Sir John Taylor 1st Bart.

Husband of Elizabeth Goodin Haughton and brother of Simon Taylor of Jamaica (both of whom q.v.), and son of Patrick Tailzour and Martha Taylor of Jamaica. The bulk of his slave-property appears to have come through his marriage, his brother Simon having inherited the bulk of their own family estates. The Lyssons estate however seems to to have descended to Simon and John Taylor from their father. Sir John Taylor died on a visit to Jamaica in 1786 aged 41.

1. Will of Sir John Taylor [late of Hill Street Berkeley Square but now] of the island of Jamaica proved 03/05/1787. He left his [leasehold] house in Hill street to his wife for life. He left an annuity of £100 p.a. to his 'good friend' Charles Smith of Bristol. He entailed his Jamaica property other than the late property of his wife and other than his Hanover estates in trust for his son Simon Richard Brissett Taylor for life. He left £20,000 to the daughters of his deceased sister Anna Graham, and £10,000 each to his own daughters.

Monumental Inscriptions Jamaica Port Royal.

1. PROB 11/1153/27