Robert Taliaferro was born on November 11, 1626 in Stepney, Co. Middlesex, Eng and died about 1670 in Gloucester Co. VA. He married Katherine Debnam, daughter of William Debnam and Katherine …, about 1655 in Hampton Parish, York Co. VA. She was born about 1638 in England and died after 1672 in Gloucester Co., VA.

John Taliaferro, son of Robert Taliaferro and Katherine Debnam, was born in 1656 in Gloucester Co., VA and died on June 21, 1720 in Essex Co. VA at the age of 64. He married Sarah Smith, daughter of Lawrence Smith and Mary Debnam, in 1682 in VA. She was born in 1661 in York Co. VA and died in 1720 in Essex Co. VA at the age of 59.

Mary Taliaferro, daughter of John Taliaferro and Sarah Smith, was born in 1686 in Powhatan Plantation, Essex Co. VA and died after 1714 in Snow Creek, Essex Co. VA. She married Francis Thornton, son of Francis Thornton and Alice Stafford Savage, on September 3, 1703 in Snow Creek, Essex Co.St. Marks Parish, VA. He was born on January 4, 1682 in Fall Hill, Gloucester Co. VA and died before June 28, 1738 in Snow Creek, Essex Co. VA.