Robert Taft

Robert TAFT; Birth: Abt 1640 in England; Death: 8 Feb 1724/25 in Mendon, Worcester Co., MA; Immigration: 1667 Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA; Marriage 1: Sarah b: Abt 1640;

• Married: 1668 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA Children:

1. Thomas TAFT b: 1671 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA
2. Robert TAFT b: 1674 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA
3. Daniel TAFT b: 1678 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA
4. Joseph TAFT b: 1680 in Mendon, Worcester Co., MA
5. Benjamin TAFT b: 31 Mar 1684 in Bristol, Bristol Co., RI Sources:

• Media: Periodical; Abbrev: TAG: Eunice Taft; Title: Eunice Taft of Worchester County, Massachusetts, Her Three Husbands, and Some of Her Descendants; Author: Helen Schatvet Ullman, CG; Publication: The American Genealogist, Whole Number 305, Vol. 77, No. 1, January 2002; Date: 10 May 2002; Page: Vol. 77, No. 1, p. 66; Quality: 3; Date: 10 May 2002
• Media: Web Site; "Ancestory.com Web Site"; http://www.ancestory.com/, printout of 14 Dec 2000
• Media: Web Site; "Ancestory.com World Tree"

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Taft,_Sr
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~taft/ - Taft Family Association Web Site
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taft_family

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BIOGRAPHY: bef 1667 emigrated to US from England to Mass."was at Braintree, Mass. and an original settler at Mendon, when it was set off from Braintree, 1667; mem. first Bd. of Selectmen, 1680""Of his birth we have no record. He died 8th of Feb. 1725, at an age, of not less than 85 years. The date of his birth cannot be placed later than 1640. Sarah, his wife, is shown conclusively to have been born about that date. His first appearance in America, as far as we have been able to trace him, was in connection with is house and lot in Braintree, which we find him owning in 1678. In the year 1679, he made arrangements to move to Mendon, first purchasing a "house lot" in Mendon, then selling his house and lot in Braintree. The substance of the deed from him and his wife, of his house and lot in Braintree, was (Bk17, p.276) Suffolk County town records. 'That Robert Taft of Braintree, in the county of Suffolk, carpenter, and Sarah his wife, for and in consideration of eighty pounds, sold and conveyed to Caleb Hobart of the same town, yeoman, a certain parcel of land with a dwelling house, barn and orchard thereon, then in the possession of the said Robert Taft, being in Monotoquod, within the bounds, or limits of Braintree aforesaid, containing by estimation, twenty acres.' The deed was signed by Robert Taft and Sarah Taft, his wife. The date of the deed was Nov. 18, 1679, while the date of the acknowledgement was March 12, A.D. 1679, apparently eight months before the execution. This anomaly however, which presents itself repeatedly in the documents I may refer to, is explained by the law of England, which prior to the year 1752, commenced the legal year, on the 25th day of March. No record of any kind has been found, showing the source of Robert Taft's title. Nor is it strange, when we consider that so imperfect are the records of those early transactions, that scarcely any title can be traced to its source on the record. There is one deed conveying an adjoining lot, which bounded upon this lot, as ' the property of Robert Taft,' spelling his name T-a-f-f-e, and that deed was dated Oct. 19, 1678, a little more than a year before the execution of the deed to Caleb Hobart, showing that they held that property, at least, more than one year. Beyond that, we have not, as yet, been able to go."

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Robert was born in Braintree, MA in 1640. He was the son of Richard Robert and Margaret (Faun) Taft. After he married Sarah Simpson, Robert fathered five children, Thomas in 1671, Robert in 1674, Daniel in 1677, Joseph in 1680 and Benjamin in 1684. Robert died in Mendon, MA in 1725.

• Residence: - 1678 - Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
  • Updated from FamilySearch Family Tree via father Robert TAFT by SmartCopy: Sep 10 2015, 18:33:49 UTC

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GEDCOM Source

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GEDCOM Source

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GEDCOM Note

Robert was born in Ireland in 1640. He was the son of Richard Robert and Margaret (Faun) Taft. After he married Sarah Simpson, Robert fathered five children, Thomas in 1671, Robert in 1674, Daniel in 1677, Joseph in 1680 and Benjamin in 1684. Robert is credited at the very first Taft in America and the founder of Mendon, Massachusetts. Robert died in Mendon, MA in 1725.