Robert
Taft
Jr.
Born in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Robert Taft
and Sarah (Unknown) Taft
Husband of
Elizabeth (Woodward) Taft
— married
1694 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth Taft, Robert Taft, Israel Taft, Mary (Taft) Albee, Jemima Taft, Elizabeth (Taft) Marvell, Jane (Taft) Morse, Alice (Taft) Briggs, Eunice (Taft) Goddard, John Taft, Jemima (Taft) White and Gideon Taft
Died
at about age 74
in Uxbridge, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Aug 2010
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Contents |
Biography
Robert Taft, Jr. or 2nd[1]
Robert was a son of Robert Taft and Sarah Simpson.
Robert Taft Jr. was a member of the founding Board of Selectmen for the new town of Uxbridge in 1727.[2]
Death
TAFT, Robert, Apr 28, 1748.[3]
Last will and testament
Written 24 Feb 1747/8. Names wife Elizabeth, sons Robert, Israel, John, and Gideon, daughters Mary Albee, Jane Morse, grandchildren Tristan Marvel, Margaret Marvel, daughter Alice Briggs, grandson Benjamin Walker, granddaughter Mary White, daughter Jemima White. Son Robert named executor, [4][5]
His inventory was taken on 15 August 1748 in Uxbridge.[6]
Sources
- ↑ Wikipedia contributor, "Robert Taft, 2nd." 5 March 2015, accessed 15 January 2016.
- ↑ The Taft Family of Uxbridge an article on Wikipedia.
- ↑ Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Uxbridge, MA to the Year 1850, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass. 1916.) p 408.
- ↑ Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) Case 58036: Will.
- ↑ "Probate records v. 3 1748-1751, 1793-1837, 1865-1898" database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YY-F3XW-F : 16 March 2024), Film# 007704428, Worcester, Massachusetts, image 12-13, Vol 3, Page 13-14.
- ↑ "Probate records v. 3 1748-1751, 1793-1837, 1865-1898" database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YY-F3X4-S : 16 March 2024), Film# 007704428, Worcester, Massachusetts, image 16, Vol 3, Page 20-21.
See also:
- Other--
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25434390/robert-taft
- Ancestry.com, OneWorldTree The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25434390/robert-taft
- This is a link to a document I found in the family archives. It is a handwritten genealogy of the Taft family, written at an unknown date (but sometime after 1860) by an unknown person (but possibly) Hannah Rebecca Cope Plimpton (Cope-1031). https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sdtXN7yEclMgNux0PlPYO3uMgevNpAoZ/view?usp=sharing
Research Notes
- Notes about the Taft Family Genealogy document. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L1XvellGaPPzvy18bvBsqhFBecAdxVQi/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108383801055786877960&rtpof=true&sd=true
Acknowledgments
Thank you to David Harrison for creating WikiTree profile Taft-165 through the import of Harrison Family Tree.ged on Aug 22, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by David and others.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Robert:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Robert:
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edited by Jane (Cournoyer) McNicol
Thanks. Hoping we can drill down to a reliable Pre-1700 source.
Unless I missed something, I haven't seen a reliable source for the information on Wikipedia or FindAGrave.
Have I missed something? -Gene.
Because Richard Robert Taft. Same ID
Is both married To Margaret Faun and father of Richard Richard Faun’s daughter
The Margaret Holme (Holme-73) about whom you write, was reported born in 1583, This Taft-18 was born 1674,--Gene
Richard Robert Faun not Taft. Richard Robert Taft can’t be possible
Taft-97. Can’t be both husband and parent to Faun’s daughter
Please approve if you agree. Thanks!