Researching Benson Taylor
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 191515 people with the Taylor surname? In that year Taylor was ranked number 5 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Benson means "Excellent son" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Benson Taylor on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Benson Taylor in your family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Taylor ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Benson Taylor and the Taylor Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Taylor Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Taylor family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Benson Taylor at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Benson Taylor using the FreeBMD database.
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Explore the LDS Database for records about Benson Taylor.
Research the Taylor surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Taylor Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 239073 people with the Taylor surname in the UK? Taylor is now ranked number 5 for popularity in the UK. |
Taylor Family Tree Databases
Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.
Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Benson Taylor.
Study MyTrees for information on the Taylor family and people looking to contact living Taylor relations.
Study One Great Family for Taylor records submitted by people who are already researching the Taylor Family Tree.
Find Benson Taylor from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Taylor Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
Research the Taylor surname using Genealogy.com forums .
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 944895 people with the Taylor surname in the USA? Taylor is ranked number 9 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Taylor Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Benson Taylor. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Benson Taylor
Benson Taylor
Mark Davison (born 10 September 1983), known professionally as Benson Taylor, is an English composer, record producer, electronic musician and humanitarian who is best known for producing music for film. His style of music has a British influence, often working a classic film score sound amongst electronics, and other musical settings.
Taylor won the "Best Original Music" award at the 2014 Monaco International Film Festival. In 2018, he scored and produced the music to Mathew Cullen's thriller adaptation of the Martin Amis novel, London Fields, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Amber Heard, Cara Delevingne, Theo James and Johnny Depp. In 2020, he scored the music for the film, Chick Fight, starring Bella Thorne, Alec Baldwin & Malin Akerman, for which he also served as executive producer.
In November 2016, Taylor was awarded an honorary doctorate for services to humanitarian causes & music.
He founded A Remarkable Idea in 2017, a sub label of Universal Music, located in Santa Monica, California. Taylor has collaborated and produced artists for the label, including Mercury Prize-nominated Maxïmo Park and Kele Okereke, Bloc Party, Pulled Apart by Horses, Robot Koch, Lack of Afro, MOBO-winning Kairos 4Tet, Benoît Pioulard, Bo Ningen, Menace Beach, and The Halle Orchestra.
Taylor is an goodwill ambassador for the UK aid agency CAFOD, part of Caritas Internationalis, and a goodwill ambassador for the Cambodian Children's Trust. He is patron of the British charity, Music and the Deaf. Taylor was appointed the first ambassador of the music conservatoire, Leeds College of Music, and in November 2021, he was installed as the first Composer in Residence at the University of Huddersfield, both in the United Kingdom.
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