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Taft Notes 2022

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Nicholas Taft (abt.1584-1629)
Richard Robert Taft (1614-1700)
Robert Taft (abt.1640-1725)

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Published

Taft Family Gathering: Proceedings of the Meeting of the Taft Family, at Uxbridge, Mass., August 12, 1874 (Uxbridge, Mass.: Spencer Brothers, 1874), accessible at FamilySearch Books.

"The Ancestry of William Howard Taft," Genealogy: A weekly journal of American Ancestry, 1 (15) (13 April 1912):[113]-115; digital images, FamilySearch Books. This 1912 material reports, as the top of the tree, Robert Taft, born in England about 1640, died 8 February 1725; immigrant to New England. His wife was Sarah ____, died November 1725. Sons as Thomas, Robert, Daniel, Joseph and Benjamin.

Mabel Thacher Rosemary Washburn, "The Ancestry of President Taft," The journal of American history 5 (3-[4]) (July 1911):413-428; digital images, FamilySearch Books. Immigrating ancestor is "Robert Taft or Taffe ... born in 1640," said arrived Braintree, Massachusetts, before 15 May 1667. He died Uxbridge, 25 July 1727.

Neil B. Todd, "Benjamin^2 Taft (Robert^1) and a 'Good Deed' of 1770," NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 13 (6) (1966):196-199; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors. courtesy of Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl.

Taft-Unknown, 1671 marriage, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, multiple vols. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015), 3:1483 (Taft); database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, works consulted as "Chapin 24; Ross Anc. 291; Taft Fam. (1874) 32; Taft Anc.; TAG 22:209; Reg. 52:276, 84:293."

Primary

Elizabeth Taft, 1620 baptism, Parish Registers of the Stepney parish church, baptisms 1568-1656; digital images, FamilySearch, FHL film 595417, Digital Collection (DGS) 007906338, image 233 of 717; she is Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Taft of Ratcliffe, ropemaker, and Margarett his wife, baptized the same day [fift] [of May] being three days old," courtesy of Jo Fitz.

Robert Taft, 1725, case 5045, Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.

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Research Notes

In Hollick? Might anyone know if genealogies of this Taft family were noticed in the most recent version of Martin Edward Hollick's New Englanders in the 1600s? (Likely the edition published 2012.) -- See G2G, Any early Taft family members noticed in Hollick's New Englanders in the 1600s?

Not seeing link from the immigrant, Robert Taft (1640-1725). to parents. See page 20-21, 1874.





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The baptism entry is "Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Taft of Ratcliffe, ropemaker, and Margarett his wife, baptized the same day [fift] [of May] being three days old"
posted by Jo Fitz-Henry
Hi Jo, Bless you for this! -- Gene
posted by GeneJ X