Research by Martha Mewborn Marble and Mrs. Robert Taylor According to the Census Reports, Edwin was bc 1785 and was probably the youngest son. He died by September 1876 when his Will was probated in Lenoir County. His burial place is not known but it was in the Woodington area where he lived. There is no Bible Record that we are aware of at this time. We are fortunate he lived to such a ripe old age and he had a Will which survived. The Will proves his children and for the girls, who they married. According to the late Malcolm Grady, he married a Penelope Smith of Wayne County but that is not proven. His wife was Penelope and it is assumed she was the mother of his children. On the 1870 Census there was a Nancy Taylor in his household so it is assumed Penelope had died and he remarried. Almost nothing is known about Edwin but he appears to have lived on Taylor family land. According to his Will he had the following children: Catherine Elva Taylor &endash; b 7 March 1818 and married Thomas Evans Whaley. This family moved to Florida and the line has been followed by several people. John Taylor &endash; bc 1820 and died during the Civil War &endash; married Mary E. Bryant daughter of Blake Duwain and Hannah Holland Bryan who moved from Greene to Lenoir County by the 1840 Census. Blake was the son of Joel Bryant of Greene County but he may not have been married to Blake's mother, an unknown Rentfroe. John was deceased when his father made his Will, so Edwin left John's share to his children. I descend from their daughter Rebecca who married Thomas Henry Hardison, Jr. There are no Bible Records for this line, but the marriage of John and Mary is proven by Death Records of some of their children. Edwin Taylor, Jr &endash; b 29 August 1821 and died 15 December 1892. He married Martha Holland. The line has been followed with a fair amount of documentation. James Taylor &endash; bc 1825 &endash; died by 1882 according to some accounts. Married Eliza, surname unknown but his widow was Martha A.. There is less information on James in the Taylor Booklet than on the other lines. Some of his children may have left Lenoir Co as there may have been a James Wendall in Wayne County bc 1850. He had two proven children, Wendall, and Susan Pearcy Suphronia E. Taylor &endash; b 9 June 1831 &endash; d 23 July 1914 married Ira Smith &endash; no issue Mrs. Taylor also listed a Rebecca Taylor but no daughter by that name was listed in the Will of Edwin Taylor. She may have been the sister of Martha Holland, wife of Edwin Jr as she is listed in the Will of Charles Holland. She married Thomas Haynes.