Joseph Taylor, son of Abiah, of Didcott, in Berkshire, bound himself to a carpenter for 7 years from 1st May, 1699, but was married March 16, 1700, to Elizabeth Haines, of Harwell, b. in the same county. They came to Pa in 1708, and in 1711 purchased 705 acres of land on the west side of the Brandywine, at and below the forks. Elizabeth died 6, 21, 1743. Their children;