Major
William
Taggart
Born in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island
Son of Henry Taggart
and Mary (Sherman) Taggart
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Clarke) Taggart
— married
26 Jan 1755 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island
Husband of
Almy (Clarke) Taggart
— married
13 Jan 1778 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Descendants 
Father of
William Taggart, Clarke Taggart, Sarah Taggart, Mary Clark (Taggart) Allen, Isaac Taggart, Alma (Taggart) Eveleth and Henry Clark Taggart
Died
at age 64
in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Oct 2012
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Biography
Major William Taggart served with Rhode Island Militia during the American Revolution.
William Taggart is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A112424.
William Taggart 1733-1798
Sources
- Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 25 Nov 2021), "Record of William Taggart", Ancestor # A112424.
- National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Patriot Index, 3 volumes (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 2003), 3:2641.
- James N Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island: 1636-1850: First Series. A Family Register For the People, 20 volumes (Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1891-1911), 4(part 2): 18, 68, 4(part 6): 21, 61, 12: 65, 14: 323.
- Application file, Lucia McCulloch, 89492; National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution. "DAR Library," digital image, DAR: Daughters of the American Revolution (http://www.dar.org : downloaded 16 November 2011).
- Major William Taggart Cemetery (Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island; LAT/LON 4150511N, -7124308W), Major William Taggart D.A.R. marker; photographed by John Graham, 5 September 2011.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #35881095
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
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~0.78%
~6.25%
John Graham 
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Scott Wessel :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member skot_vessel
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