Robert Taft

1640 - 1725  (85 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has 34 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Robert Taft
  Birth	1640	Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Feb 1725	Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
  Initiatory (LDS)	9 Feb 1931	SLAKE
  FamilySearch ID	LRPZ-3GC
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  Person ID	I3158	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Richard Robert Taft,   b. 1614, London, Middlesex, England d. 1700, Leinster (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Margaret Faun,   b. 1620, England d. 1685, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	3 Jun 1646	Saint Dionis Backchurch, London, Middlesex, England
  Family ID	F2203	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Simpson,   b. 1640, Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States d. 8 Nov 1726, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	1668	Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Taft,   b. 1671, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States d. 1755, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States (Age 84 years) + 2. Robert Taft Jr,   b. Abt 1674, Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States d. 29 Apr 1748, Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States (Age 74 years) + 3. Daniel Taft,   b. 1677, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States d. 24 Aug 1761, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States (Age 84 years) + 4. Captain Joseph Taft,   b. 1680, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States d. 18 Jun 1747, Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F2169	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 May 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1640 - Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Marriage - 1668 - Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Death - 8 Feb 1725 - Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Initiatory (LDS) - 9 Feb 1931 - SLAKE  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Was in Mendon, MA as early as 1680. He probably immigrated from Scotla n d . There is a family tradition that he was a Scottish Puritan who sou g h t r efuge in England during the troublesome times consequent upon th e r ul e o f Charles II. He ended up being an extensive land-owner and wa s ch ose n a s one of the first selectmen in the first town meeting, 3 Ja n. 16 80. H e and his sons built a bridge for the town which was in use f or ma n y year s. Occupation: Carpenter, Land-owner Was the ancestor of 27th President William Howard Taft.