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Elizabeth Taft (Woodward)

Also Known As: "widow Lincoln"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Taunton, Plymouth Colony
Death: February 29, 1748 (77)
Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Israel Woodward, Sr. and Jane (Godfrey) (Cobb) Woodward
Wife of unknown Lincoln and Robert Taft
Mother of Samuel Lincoln; Elizabeth Taft; Robert Taft, III; Israel Taft; Mary Taft and 14 others
Sister of Israel Woodward, Jr.
Half sister of John Cobb, Jr.; Samuel Cobb; Mary Julia Hoskins and Capt. Morgan Cobb

Managed by: Gwyneth Potter McNeil
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Immediate Family

About Elizabeth Taft

Sources:

1. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts with a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume I-II. New York, NY: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1907.


https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Woodward-30

Elizabeth Taft formerly Woodward

Born 15 Jun 1670 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Daughter of Israel Woodward and Jane (Godfrey) Cobb

Sister of Israel Woodward Jr, John Cobb I [half], Morgan Cobb [half], Samuel Cobb [half] and Mary (Cobb) Haskins [half]

Wife of Unknown Lincoln — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Wife of Robert Taft Jr. — married 1694 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts

Mother of Jemima Taft, Samuel Lincoln, Elizabeth Taft, Robert Taft, Israel Taft, Mary (Taft) Albee, Elizabeth (Taft) Marvell, Jane (Taft) Morse, Alice (Taft) Briggs, Eunice (Taft) Goddard, John Taft, Jemima (Taft) White and Gideon Taft

Died after 1748 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts

Profile last modified 22 Jun 2019 | Created 14 Apr 2010

Biography

Birth

Elizabeth was born, 15 June 1670, in Taunton, Massachusetts Bay. She is the daughter of a Israel Woodward and Jane Godfrey.Elizabeth [dup. Elezabeth], d. Israell [T.P.R.1sreall], June 15, 1670. [Elizabeth, d. Israell, P.C.R.] [1][2]

Marriage

Jane (Godfrey) Woodward married 2nd to John Cobb, and on 3 January 1726/7 she made a "deed of gift to her children, given to son Israel Woodward and daughter "Elesabeth Taff" (Bristol Co., Mass. Probate Records file Jane Cobb, Taunton 1727).[3] Additional evidence is that Robert and Elizabeth Taft named children Israel and Jane.

Marriage and Children

Elizabeth married to Robert Taft.

Children of Elizabeth and Robert: (not complete)

Eunice Taft b 20 Feb 1708/9 Mendon Sources

↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Birth Record ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Birth Record ↑ "Eunice Taft of Worcester Co., Mass." in The American Genealogist. (Vol 77, Page 67) New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937 subscription Online database accessed 13 Jan 2016. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the... See also:

Family Tree file http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=172521&pid=1...

Acknowledgments

16 September 2013 18:30: David Harrison imported the data for Elizabeth (Woodward-1810) Taft from Harrison Family Tree.ged

14 April 2010 14:54: Jamie Swindells imported the data for Elizabeth Woodward-30 from Jamie 2010_2010-04-10.ged


Citations

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Woodward-30

Elizabeth Taft formerly Woodward aka Lincoln

Born 15 Jun 1670 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Daughter of Israel Woodward and Jane (Godfrey) Cobb

Sister of Israel Woodward Jr, John Cobb I [half], Morgan Cobb [half], Samuel Cobb [half] and Mary (Cobb) Haskins [half]

Wife of Unknown Lincoln — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Wife of Robert Taft Jr. — married 1694 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts

Mother of Jemima Taft, Samuel Lincoln, Elizabeth Taft, Robert Taft, Israel Taft, Mary (Taft) Albee, Elizabeth (Taft) Marvell, Jane (Taft) Morse, Alice (Taft) Briggs, Eunice (Taft) Goddard, John Taft, Jemima (Taft) White and Gideon Taft

Died after 1748 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts

Profile last modified 22 Jun 2019 | Created 14 Apr 2010

Biography

Birth

Elizabeth was born, 15 June 1670, in Taunton, Massachusetts Bay. She is the daughter of a Israel Woodward and Jane Godfrey.Elizabeth [dup. Elezabeth], d. Israell [T.P.R.1sreall], June 15, 1670. [Elizabeth, d. Israell, P.C.R.] [1][2]

Marriage

Jane (Godfrey) Woodward married 2nd to John Cobb, and on 3 January 1726/7 she made a "deed of gift to her children, given to son Israel Woodward and daughter "Elesabeth Taff" (Bristol Co., Mass. Probate Records file Jane Cobb, Taunton 1727).[3] Additional evidence is that Robert and Elizabeth Taft named children Israel and Jane.

Marriage and Children

Elizabeth married to Robert Taft.

Children of Elizabeth and Robert: (not complete)

Eunice Taft b 20 Feb 1708/9 Mendon Sources

↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Birth Record ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Birth Record ↑ "Eunice Taft of Worcester Co., Mass." in The American Genealogist. (Vol 77, Page 67) New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937 subscription Online database accessed 13 Jan 2016. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the... See also:

Family Tree file http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=172521&pid=1...

Acknowledgments

16 September 2013 18:30: David Harrison imported the data for Elizabeth (Woodward-1810) Taft from Harrison Family Tree.ged

14 April 2010 14:54: Jamie Swindells imported the data for Elizabeth Woodward-30 from Jamie 2010_2010-04-10.ged

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Elizabeth Taft's Timeline

1670
June 15, 1670
Taunton, Plymouth Colony
1690
1690
1695
January 18, 1695
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
1697
December 24, 1697
Worcester County, Massachusetss, British Colonial Amerca
1699
April 26, 1699
Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1700
December 21, 1700
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1702
1702
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
1704
June 18, 1704
Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States