John Trask, Sr.

John Trask was born about 1678 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, son of the 2nd William Trask and his second wife Anna / Hannah, and died there in 1737.

Ancestor of Pres Taft.

Family

He married

1. Hannah, daughter of William and Hannah (Burton) Osborn, on 26 Nov 1701. She was born 2 Oct 1679.
2. married second 3 Sept 1722, Mary, widow of Adoniram Collins, and daughter of Joshua and Hannah (Flint) Ward.

Children by 1st wife

1. William b. 10 Sept. 1702
2. John b. 10 Oct. 1704
3. George b 12 Oct 1706; probably died young
4. Elizabeth b. 31 May 1708; m John Twiss and Mr Dwight
5. Edward b. 8 april 1710
6. Hannah b. 14 Feb. 1712; probably died young
7. Sarah b. 18 March 1714; m. Joseph Stacy, then Daniel Gould
8. Mary b. 26 May 1716
9. James b. 16 May 1718; a mariner; d. before 20 May 1748
10. Samuel b. 17 Dec. 1721

Notes

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Traske-16

In various transfers of property he was called husbandman, yeoman, "inn-holder," and miller. He kept the Black Horse Tavern that his father began, and ran the old mill that belonged to his grandfather.

References

• Trask, William Blake. "Captain William Traske and Some of his Descendants. New England Historical and Genealogical Register 55:324-7. Boston: NEHGS, 1901 link
• Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.