He may have died in Carlisle, England, or Lancaster County, PA, or Lancaster County, VA.

John Taylor I, s/o Thomas and Margaret (Swinderly) Taylor was born August 10, 1607 in England. Records in Northumberland and Lancaster Co. VA indicate that he came to America about 1648. He is listed in Greer's Immigrant List, 1648. In that year, he, James Jones and John Ellis patented 500 acres of land. On April 28, 1651 John Taylor patented 950 acres and 1,400 acres. He sold the 1,400 acres to Francis Morrison. In 1652 he patented two tracts of land in Lancaster Co.---440 acres and 450 acres-which passed to son John II, Northumberland Co. VA.