US President Zachary Taylor

Here are some comments following up on the subject of the previous post. These are from fellow Taylor DNA project administrator, Leigh Taylor:

Have you ever been told that you were related to Zachary Taylor? If so, you’re not the only one! But this is only is true for a very few people. He is probably the best-known and most prominent Taylor in US early history. He is also the base of many myths for our participants.

It might be helpful to view the tree for Zachary Taylor at Rootsweb's WorldConnect. [See link in previous post.] As it turns out, Zachary had no living direct male descendants. His only two male grandchildren died very young. You have to look further up/down his tree to his siblings & cousins to find your connection to Zachary, if any. Most of those branches also "daughtered out". The short version is: If your surname is Taylor, you're probably not related to Zachary.

If you or members of your family have been told that you are related to Zachary Taylor, you might want to compare your markers with the markers for participants in group 2 and study their family trees. Members of Group 2 that claim to have a paper trail to Zachary are:

Kit# 54705 - 12 markers but no tree submitted

Kit# 58928 - 67 markers but no tree submitted

Kit# 24691 - 37 markers = Kit# N2079 - 12 markers

Kit# 48113 - 37 markers similar to above

from Kit# 48113:
1. James Taylor (1610 ENG- 1698 VA) +m2 Mary Gregory
2. John Taylor (1696 VA- 1780 NC) + Catherine Pendleton
3. Joseph Taylor (xxx VA - xxx xx) + xxx

from Kit# 24691 and Kit# N2079:
1. James Taylor (1610 ENG- 1698 VA) +m2 Mary Gregory
2. John Taylor (1696 VA- 1780 NC) + Catherine Pendleton
3. Edmund Taylor (1723 VA- 1808 NC) + Ann Lewis