"... Anthony Taylor, was the grandfather of our subject. He was born on the Brookdale farm in 1772, and in 1789 was apprenticed to John Thompson,
an extensive shipping merchant of Philadelphia. In 1793 he entered in the same line of business in partnership with Thomas Newbold, under the firm name of Taylor & Newbold. In 1808 he purchased 200 acres of land in Bristol township, Bucks County, which he named "Sunbury," and used for a country-seat for a time. Upon retiring from business in 1810, he located upon it and made it his home for the remainder of his life. He took great interest in farming, and was the largest land-owner in the county. Upon the failure of the Farmers' Bank of Bucks County, then located at Hulmeville, he with the co-operation of others restored its capital and caused it to be removed to Bristol. He was elected president and continued as such until his death in 1837. In 1802 he was joined in marriage with Mary Newbold, a daughter and the tenth child of Caleb Newbold, of Springfield, N.J. She was descended from Michael Newbold, who was a faithful member of the Society of Friends in England. He left his home at Newbold Manor, County of Derbyshire, England, in 1680, and located in Springfield township, Burlington County, N. J., near the Taylor family, where he purchased 1000 acres of land. Anthony Taylor and his wife reared eleven children, all of whom grew to maturity. Nine of them survived him, and they were as follows: Robert ; Sarah ; William ; Edward; Lawrence; Michael ; Caleb N.; Thomas N.; Emma L.; and Franklin. The family from Samuel Taylor down have been conscientious members and supporters of the Society of Friends.
Hon. Caleb Newbold Taylor, an uncle of our subject, who attained much prominence in political and business circles, was born on the old homestead, "Sunbury," in Bristol township, of which he in after years became the owner. He was a stanch Whig originally, but in later years became a Republican, and after meeting defeat at the three previous elections, in 1866 he was elected to the United States Congress, and was re-elected in 1868. He also succeeded his father as president of the Farmers' National Bank of Bucks County at Bristol. He remained unmarried throughout his entire life." [1] [2]
[1] Book of Biographies, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Co., 1899), 69, [InternetArchive].
[2] Francis Bazley Lee, ed., Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey, Vol. 4 (1910), 1306, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].