Mary Taylor

circa 1677 - 1744

Nothing is known of Mary prior to her marriage to Solomon Mycock of Flagg on 23rd September 1700 ⁽¹⁾, other than that she was "of Flagg" at the time, implying she may have been born there.

Her first child, Elizabeth, was born in late 1702 ⁽²⁾, followed by George in 1705 ⁽³⁾, Francis in 1708 ⁽⁴⁾ and Richard in 1711 ⁽⁵⁾. Her daughter Elizabeth died in November 1712 ⁽⁶⁾. Her next child was Anne born in 1713 ⁽⁷⁾, then Mary in 1716 ⁽⁸⁾, Solomon in 1719 ⁽⁹⁾, Matthew in 1722 ⁽¹⁰⁾, and finally Hannah in 1726 ⁽¹¹⁾.

Mary's husband Solomon died in February 1733 ⁽¹²⁾. Mary survived him by 11 years, dying in October 1744 ⁽¹³⁾.

• Elizabeth was born in late 1702 ⁽²⁾ and died in late 1712 ⁽⁶⁾.
• George was born around June 1705 ⁽³⁾. He married Esther Platts, also of Flagg on 8th May 1733 ⁽¹⁴⁾. No details of any children have been found. Esther died in 1750 ⁽¹⁵⁾, and George in 1767 ⁽¹⁶⁾.
• Francis was born arond the middle of 1708 ⁽⁴⁾. Nothing more is known of him.
• Richard was born in Flagg in the Spring of 1711 ⁽⁵⁾. He may be the Richard Micock who married Elizabeth Naylor in Peak Forest on 19th August 1734 ⁽¹⁷⁾.
• Anne was born in Flagg in the Autumn of 1713 ⁽⁷⁾. She married Joseph Eyre of Chelmorton in 1735 ⁽¹⁸⁾, and had at least one child, Anne, around New Year 1739 ⁽¹⁹⁾.
• Mary was born in Flagg in the first half of 1716 ⁽⁸⁾. She may ⁽²⁰⁾ be the Mary Mycocke who married John Farmer of Flagg in 1738 ⁽²¹⁾.
• Solomon has his own page
• Matthew has his own page
• Hannah was born in Flagg in the first half of 1726 ⁽¹²⁾. Nothing more is known of her.

1. Marriage entry in Parish register of All Saints, Bakewell reads:
   [1700, September] 23 Solomon Micock & Mary Taylor of Flagg marryd
2. Transcription of all the Mycock entries from Chelmorton parish registers by Ken Mycock shows the baptism of Elyzabeth, daughter of Solomon Mycock on 17th December 1702.
3. Transcription of all the Mycock entries from Chelmorton bishop's transcripts by Ken Mycock shows the baptism of George, son of Solomon Mycock on 24th June 1705.
4. Transcription of all the Mycock entries from Chelmorton bishop's transcripts by Ken Mycock shows the baptism of Francis, son of Solomon Mycock on 25th July 1708.
5. Transcription of all the Mycock entries from Chelmorton bishop's transcripts by Ken Mycock shows the baptism of Richard, son of Solomon Mycock of Flagg on 13th May 1711.
6. Transcription of all the Mycock entries from Chelmorton bishop's transcripts by Ken Mycock shows the burial of Elizabeth, daughter of Solomon Mycock of Flagg on 29th November 1712.
7. Transcription of all the Mycock entries from Chelmorton bishop's transcripts by Ken Mycock shows the baptism of Anne, daughter of Solomon Mycock of Flagg on 1st November 1713.
8. Parish Register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton includes the entry:
   [1716] June 17^th Bap^d Mary daughter of Solomon Mycock of Flagg
9. Baptism entry in parish register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton reads:
   [1719], 9^ber 15^th Bap^d: Solomon Son of Solomon Mycocke of Flagg
10. Entry in Chelmorton parish registers reads:
    [1722] April 22 Bap Matthew son of Solomon Mycocke of Flagg
11. Entry in Chelmorton parish registers reads:
    [1726] June 20 Bap^d Hannah Daughter of Solomon Mycocke of Flagg
12. Burial entry in Parish register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton reads:
    [1732/33, Feb] 20^th Bur^d Solomon Mycock of Flagg
13. Burial entry in parish register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton reads:
    [1744] 8^ber 21^st Bur^d: Mary Mycock of Flagg widow
14. Parish Register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton includes the entry:
    [1733] May 8^th: Marr^d: George Mycocke & Esther Platts both of Flagg.
15. Parish Register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton includes the entry:
    [1750] Jan^y 13^th*: Bur^d: Esther wife of George Mycocke of Flagg.
    * Note: The date is from the Julian calendar, so for 1751, read 1752. See note in glossary.
16. Parish Register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton includes the entry:
    [1767] May 10^th Bur^d Geo^r Mycock of Flagg
17. "The Marriage Registers of Peak Forest Chapel, Co. Derby" GW Marshall 1901
18. Parish Register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton includes the entry:
    [1735] 10^ber 30^th: Marr^d: Joseph Eyre of Chelmorton & Anne Mycock of Flagg.
19. Parish register extraction in the IGI shows the christening of Anne Eyre, daughter of Joseph Eyre and Anne, at Chelmorton on 3rd January 1739.
20. Without further investigation it is impossible to say whether this was her or another Mary Mycock, daughter of Matthew Mycock, who was also born in Flagg about 10 months earlier.
21. Parish Register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton includes the entry:
    [1738] Aug 3^rd: Marr^d: John Farmer & Mary Mycocke of both Flagg.

Elizabeth's baptism is not very readable on PR film (Can only make out "[.....fi] lia Solomon Mycock in Flagg. Baptised December 17 1702") - check BT.
Confirm other BT entries from transcript.