Betsy (Beals) Taft (1791 - 1883)

Born 29 Nov 1791 in Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Otis Taft — married 19 Jun 1811 in Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Died 20 Mar 1883 at age 91 in Auburn, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Betsey Beals was born 29 November 1791 in Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts. She died 20 March 1883 in Auburn, Worcester, Massachusetts at age 92.

Daughter of Asa Beal (1765–1849) and Olive Cheney (1772–1826).^[1]

Betsey Beals married Capt. Otis Taft on 19 Jun 1811 in Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts.

Children:

• Eliza Beals Taft (1811–1833).
• Jane Thankful Taft (1813–1876).
• Abner Palmer Taft (1815–1877).
• Mary Ann Clap Taft (1817–1902).
• Harrison Gray Otis Taft (1818–1893).
• Silas Sadler Taft (1820–1871).
• Lucinda White Taft (1821–1901).
• Asa Beals Taft (1824–1892).
• Elisha C. Taft (1825–1869).

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCLR-B6B : 5 January 2021), Betsy Beall, 1791.

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• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCLR-B6B : 5 January 2021), Betsy Beall, 1791.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD98-K97 : 22 December 2020), Betsey Taft in household of Asa P Taft, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZC6-GNB : 18 February 2021), Betsey Taft in entry for Asa Taft, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQ6-83F : 29 May 2021), Betsey Taft in entry for Asa B Taft, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHFM-C1S : 19 February 2021), Betsey Taft in household of Asa W Taft, Auburn, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 799, sheet 33C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,562.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG12-4SB1 : 2 March 2020), Otis Toft and Betsey Beals, 19 May 1811; citing Marriage, Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011161.
• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7LV-YLV : 2 March 2021), Betsey Bealstaft, 20 Mar 1883; citing Auburn, Worcester, Massachusetts, v 348 p 375, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,225.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29Y-3S85 : 7 August 2020), Betsey Beals Taft, ; Burial, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, North Cemetery; citing record ID 152030987, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.