Robert Taft (1697 - bef. 1776)

Born 24 Dec 1697 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Chapin) Taft — married 20 Nov 1720 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died before 4 Apr 1776 before age 78 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts

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Biography

Research notes

• Fact: Residence (1697) Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
• Fact: Burial (1777) , , ,
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch "His [Robert Jr.'s] oldest son, who remained in Mendon, had large transactions in real estate, and was a man of spirit and enterprise. He was popular, and held every office of trust and honor the town had to give, from fence viewer and tything-man, to selectman and representative in "the Great and General Court." He came upon the stage after Captain Josiah Chapin had passed off, and after his uncle Daniel had become absorbed in the important duties which, at that time, weighed down a colonial justice of the peace. Capt. Robert was elected representative many times. From 1740, he was chosen not less than five or six times in succession. He lived and died in Mendon. He and his cousin, Captain Eleazer Taft, were contemporaries, and each had a lively turn of mind, which, after Uxbridge was cut off, seemed to be needed to keep the old town awake; and af they ever went a little too fast, their uncle Daniel was always ready to check, as well as to sustain them."

Taft family gathering. Proceedings of the meeting of the Taft family, at Uxbridge, Mass., August 12, 1874, Page 40.

Sources

• Thomas W. Baldwin, A.B., S.B., comp., Vital Records of Mendon Massachusetts, to the year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1920), p. 176 (birth); p. 399 (marriage)
• 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 58037: Will. Written 5 Jun 1760, Filed 4 Sep 1776.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 10 May 2017, 02:09), entry for Robert Taft(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZZ8-2GV); contributed by various users.
• 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 58038: Will