Taft
Current regionNew England, United States
Place of originNorwich, Norfolk, England
County Louth, Ireland
Connected familiesLippitt family
Estate(s)Ohio compound

The Taft family of the United States has historic origins in Massachusetts;[1] its members have served Ohio, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, Utah, and the United States in various positions such as U.S. representative (two), governor of Ohio, governor of Rhode Island, U.S. Senator (three), U.S. secretary of agriculture, U.S. attorney general, U.S. secretary of war (two), acting United States Secretary of Defense, president of the United States, and chief justice of the United States.

Overview

The first known ancestor of the Taft family is Richard Robert Taft, who was born in England in 1614 and died in County Louth, Kingdom of Ireland in 1700, which is also where his son, Robert Taft Sr., was born circa 1640. Robert Taft Sr. would be the first Taft to migrate to what is now the United States. He married his wife Sarah Simpson, who was born in January 1640 in England, in 1668 in Braintree, Massachusetts. Robert Taft Sr. began a homestead in what is today Uxbridge and then Mendon, circa 1680, and which was where he and his wife died in 1725 and 1726 respectively. His son, Robert Taft Jr., was a member of the founding Board of Selectmen for the new town of Uxbridge in 1727.

A branch of the Massachusetts Taft family descended from Daniel Taft Sr., son of Robert Taft Sr., born at Braintree, 1677–1761, died at Mendon. Daniel, a justice of the peace in Mendon, had a son Josiah Taft, later of Uxbridge,[2] who died in 1756. This branch of the Taft family claims America's first woman voter, Lydia Taft, and five generations of Massachusetts legislators and public servants beginning with Lydia's husband, Josiah Taft.[3]

The Tafts were very prominently represented as soldiers in the Revolutionary War, mostly in the New England states. Peter Rawson Taft I was born in Uxbridge in 1785 and moved to Townshend, Vermont circa 1800. He became a Vermont state legislator. He died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. His son, Alphonso Taft, was born in Townshend, Vermont, and attended Yale University, where he founded the Skull and Bones society. He later was Secretary of War and Attorney General of the United States and the father of President William Howard Taft.[4] Elmshade in Massachusetts was the site of Taft family reunions such as in 1874.[5]

History

The American Taft family began with Robert Taft Sr. who immigrated to Braintree, Massachusetts circa, 1675. There was early settlement at Mendon, Massachusetts circa 1669 and again in 1680 at what was later Uxbridge, after the King Philip's War ended.[6] Robert's homestead was in western Mendon, in what later became Uxbridge, and his son was on the founding board of selectmen. In 1734, Benjamin Taft started an iron forge, in Uxbridge, where some of the earliest beginnings of America's industrial revolution began. Robert Sr.'s son, Daniel, a justice of the peace in Mendon had a son Josiah Taft, later of Uxbridge,[6] who died in 1756. Josiah's widow became "America's first woman voter", Lydia Chapin Taft, when she voted in three Uxbridge town meetings.[3] President George Washington visited Samuel Taft's Tavern in Uxbridge in 1789 on his "inaugural tour" of New England.[7] President William Howard Taft's grandfather, Peter Rawson Taft I, was born in Uxbridge in 1785.[8] The Hon. Bezaleel Taft Sr., Lydia's son, left a legacy of five generations or more of public service, including at least three generations in the state legislature of Tafts in Massachusetts.[9][10][11] [12] Ezra Taft Benson, Sr, a famous Mormon pioneer, lived here between 1817 and 1835, and married his first wife Pamela, of Northbridge, in 1832.[13] This family eventually became an American political dynasty.

The first settler: Robert Taft Sr.

America's first woman voter and her descendants

  • Lydia Chapin Taft; Noteworthy among early Uxbridge residents was Lydia Chapin Taft, a Mendon native by birth, who voted in three official Uxbridge town meetings, beginning in 1756.[3] She was the widow of Robert Taft Sr.'s grandson, Josiah Taft, who had served in the Colonial Legislature. Josiah was the son of Daniel Taft of Mendon. Taft was America's First Woman Voter.[3] This is recognized by the Massachusetts legislature. Her first historic vote, a first in Women's suffrage, was in favor of appropriating funds for the regiments engaged in the French and Indian War.
  • Hon. Bezaleel Taft Sr., Lydia's son, held the rank of captain in the American Revolution, and answered the Battle of Lexington and Concord Alarm[11] on April 18, 1775, while Lydia looked on. He went on to become a prominent Massachusetts legislator, and State Senator.[9] At least 12 soldiers with the surname of Taft served in the Revolutionary War from the town of Uxbridge. Many more Tafts from throughout the former colonies also served in the War of Independence.
  • Hon. Bezaleel Taft Jr., the son, followed a legislative career in the Massachusetts General Court, the state Senate, and the State Executive Council.[9]
  • Elmshade- Bezaleel Taft Jr. and five generations of influential Tafts lived in a historic home known as Elmshade which was a gathering place for Taft family reunions, and which is now on the National Register of Historic Places. Young William Howard Taft and his father, Alphonso Taft, Secretary of War and founder of Skull and Bones at Yale, visited this home on a number of occasions.
  • George Spring Taft, Bezaleel Jr.'s son, was the county prosecutor, and Secretary to U.S. Senator, George Hoar.[9] George Spring Taft also lived at Elmshade.
  • The tradition of public service continued for at least five generations in this Massachusetts branch of the Taft family. The "Life of Alphonso Taft by Lewis Alexander Leonard", on Google Books, is a particularly rich source of the history of the Taft family origins in Massachusetts.[4]
  • Other local Tafts Other local Tafts in political service in the Massachusetts legislature included Arthur M. Taft, Arthur Robert Taft, and Zadok Arnold Taft. Royal Chapin Taft, originally from Northbridge, became the Governor of Rhode Island. The number of Tafts in public service across America was extraordinary including New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Ohio, Michigan, Utah, and other states.

A Presidential visit

November 8, 1789.
Sir:
Being informed that you have given my name to one of your sons, and called another after Mrs. Washington's family, and being moreover very much pleased with the modest and innocent looks of your two daughters, Patty and Polly, I do for these reasons send each of these girls a piece of chintz; and to Patty, who bears the name of Mrs. Washington, and who waited more upon us than Polly did, I send five guineas, with which she may buy herself any little ornament she may want, or she may dispose of them in any other manner more agreeable to herself. As I do not give these things with a view to having it talked of, or even to its being known, the less there is said about the matter the better you will please me; but, that I may be sure the chintz and money have got safe to hand, let Patty, who I dare say is equal to it, write me a line informing me thereof, directed to 'The President of the United States at New York.' I wish you and your family well, and am,
etc. Yours,
George Washington
– Letter to Mr. Samuel Taft, written from Hartford, Connecticut on November 8, 1789[7]

Mendon-Uxbridge connections to the Ohio Tafts, Presidential ancestors

President William Howard Taft's grandfather, Peter Rawson Taft I, was born in Uxbridge in 1785 and grew up there. His father Aaron moved to Townshend, Vermont, because of the difficult economy, when he was fifteen. The story is told that Peter Rawson walked a cow all the way from Uxbridge to Townshend, a distance of well over 100 miles. The "Aaron Taft house" is now on the National Register of Historic Places. Peter Rawson Taft I became a Vermont legislator and eventually died in Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Ohio.[8][15] Peter Rawson Taft's son, Alphonso Taft, founded Skull and Bones at Yale, served as U.S. Secretary of War, and his son William Howard became the U.S. President. The ancestry of U.S. presidents traces to Uxbridge and Mendon more than once, including both presidents bearing the last name Bush.[16] President Taft, a champion for world peace and the only president to also serve as Chief Justice of the United States, returned to Uxbridge for family reunions.[4][9][17] He remarked as he stepped off the train there on April 3, 1905, "Uxbridge,... I think I have more relatives here than in any town in America."[9] Young William Howard Taft had made other trips to Uxbridge, and Bezaleel Taft, Jr.'s home, "Elmshade", in his earlier years. It was at "Elmshade" that young William Howard Taft likely heard his father, Alphonso Taft, proudly deliver an oratory on the Taft family history and the family's roots in Uxbridge, and Mendon, circa 1874.[4][9] President Taft stayed at the Samuel Taft tavern when he visited Uxbridge, as did George Washington 120 years earlier.[9][17] The New York Times recorded President Taft's visits to his ancestral homes in Mendon and Uxbridge during his presidency.[17] William Howard Taft, as a young boy, spent a number of summers in the Blackstone Valley in Millbury, Massachusetts, and even attended schools for at least a term in that nearby town.

A Mormon apostle

Ezra T. Benson (to distinguish him from his famous great-grandson, Ezra Taft Benson), a Mendon and Uxbridge native, is famous as a key early apostle of the Mormon religion. His own autobiography states that he lived in Uxbridge between 1817 and 1835, or about 17 years, after his mother, Chloe Taft and father, John Benson, moved to a farm there.[18] Young Ezra married Pamela Andrus, of Northbridge, on January 1, 1832, at Uxbridge. He had moved in with his family in an Uxbridge center Hotel in 1827. He and Pamela lived here in the 1830s, had children, and had a child who died, which is recorded in the Uxbridge Vital Records.[19] He later managed and owned the hotel in Uxbridge Center before investing in a cotton mill at Holland, Massachusetts. He moved to Holland Mass in 1835.[18] He later moved to Illinois, and became a Mormon apostle. Ezra joined the LDS Church at Quincy, Illinois in 1840, entered plural marriages, marrying seven more wives after Pamela. He was called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles by Brigham Young in 1846, a high post within the LDS Church. He had eight wives and 32 children.[13] He was a Missionary to the Sandwich Islands, also known as Hawaii. He served as a Representative to the Utah Territorial Assembly. He died in Ogden, Utah, in 1869.

Tafts in the Blackstone Valley's industrialization

Benjamin Taft started the first iron forge in the Ironstone section of Uxbridge in 1734[9] There was good quality "bog iron ore" here. Caleb Handy added a triphammer, and scythes and guns were manufactured here before 1800. The Taft family continued to be instrumental in the early industrialization of the Blackstone Valley including mills built by a 4th generation descendant of Robert Taft I, the son of Deborah Taft, Daniel Day in 1810, and his son in law, Luke Taft (1825) and Luke's son, Moses Taft in (1852).[9] These woolen mills, some of the first to use power looms, and satinets, ran 24/7 during the Civil War producing cloth for U.S. military uniforms.[9] The 1814 Rivulet Mill Complex was established at North Uxbridge by Chandler Taft. In 1855, 2.5 million yards of cloth was produced in the mills of Uxbridge.[20] Uxbridge is the center of the Blackstone Valley, the earliest industrialized region in the United States. It is part of the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor. Samuel Slater, who built his mill in (1790), at Pawtucket, Rhode Island, on the Blackstone River, was credited by President Andrew Jackson as the father of America's industrial revolution.

Mayor Henry Chapin: an Uxbridge "Taft" story

In 1864, Judge Henry Chapin, a three-term Worcester Mayor and Chief Judge, quoted a well known Uxbridge story as follows: A stranger came to town, met a new person and said, "Hello Mr. Taft". Mr. Taft said, "How did you know my name?" The stranger replied, "I presumed that you were a Taft, just like the other 12 Tafts I have just met!".[21] This story was repeated in a poem form by Mayor Chapin, at a famous Taft family reunion here, recorded in the Life of Alphonso Taft.[4]

Family tree

Prominent members of the Taft family include:

Robert Taft Sr. (1640–1724)
Thomas Taft (1671–1755)Robert Taft Jr. (1674–1748)Daniel Taft Sr.
(1677–1761)		Joseph Taft (1680–1747)Benjamin Taft (1684-1761)

Descendants of Thomas Taft

  • Thomas Taft (1671-1755); m. Deborah Genery (1667-1747)
    • Joseph Taft (1693-1761); m. Hannah Cooke (1695-1771)
      • Aaron Taft (1721-1722)
      • Joseph Taft (1725-1803)
      • Hannah Taft (ca. 1726–1822)
      • Noah Taft (ca. 1728–1814); m. Margaret Keith (1733-1803)
        • Timothy Taft (1755-1827); m1. Eliza Chapin (1753-?); m2. Abigail Wright (1754-1840) in 1779
          • Sullivan Taft (1781-1865); m. Sarah "Sally" Flagg (1783–1870)
            • Abigail Wright Taft (1805–1844); m. Philander Austin Adams (1811–1864)
              • Infant Son Adams (1839–1839)
              • Russell Webster Adams (1842–1908)
            • Timothy Sullivan Taft (1806–1855); m. Lucretia Smith (1806–1862)
              • Sarah Jane Taft (1832–1920); m. Alfred Williams (1824–1898)
                • John J. Williams
                • Harry Taft Williams
                  • Marguerite Williams[22]
                • Parker Merrill Williams
            • Mary Flagg Taft (1808-1900); m. Lemuel Martindale Bolton (1811-1857)
              • Olive Maria Bolton (1838-1840)
              • William Henry Bolton (1840-1912); m. Sarah Jane Davis (1841-1926)
                • George Lemuel Bolton (1871-1946); m. Florence E. Davenport (1871–1968)
                  • Bernice L Bolton[22]
                  • Mildred Annette Bolton[23] (1908–1998); m. Maurice Temple Thompson (1902–1964)
                    • Richard Elwin Thompson[23] (1926–1987) stepchild of Mildred Annette Bolton
                    • Eleanor Mae Thompson[23] (1927–2003) stepchild of Mildred Annette Bolton
                    • Gerald Jesse Thompson[23] (1931–1981) stepchild of Mildred Annette Bolton
                    • Neil Conrad Thompson (1938–2021)
                • William Henry Bolton Jr (1872-1946)
                  • Grace Madeline Bolton (1901–1901)
                  • Florence Maud Bolton (1905–1974); m. Rodolph Alphonse Fournier (1904–2000)
                • Mary Eliza Bolton (1873-1953); m. Arthur Sylvester Rice (1866–1943)
                  • Earl Dewey Rice[22] (1898–1993)
                  • Marion Lucy Rice
                  • Louise May Rice (1901-1938); m. Nelson Woodbridge Joy (1896-1949)
                  • Gratia Cyrena Rice (1903–1983)
                  • Daisy Idella Rice (1904–1985)
                  • Clara Ruth Rice (1909–2004); m. Edward G. Crossin (1911–1966)
                    • Donald E Crossin (1937–1937)
                • Carrie Louisa Bolton (1875-1914); m. Otis W Kingsley (1859-1924)
                • Hugh Samuel Bolton (1876-1914)
                • Edward Spencer Bolton (1878–1923); m. Nellie Mabel Vincent (1883–1972)
                  • Leone Hazel Bolton (1905–1906)
                  • Cecil Edward Bolton (1907–1975)
                • Ransom Sullivan Bolton (1879-1967)
                • Aurora Lucy Bolton (1881-1919)
                • Olive Maria Bolton (1883-1970); m. William Shirley Cook (1883–1956)
                  • Lovisa Jennie Cook (1913–1968)
                • John Martindale Bolton (1884-1937); m. Bessie M. Shoup (1893–1984)
                  • William Samuel Bolton (1916–1995); m. Mildred Marie Miller (1916–2000)
                    • Clinton George Bolton (1941–2014); m. Arlene Lee Parlin (born 1942)
                      • Lena J. Bolton
                      • Jonathon C. Bolton
                  • Arlene Elnora Bolton (1928–2012); m. William Arthur Gilbert (1926–1993)
                    • Mark Lynn Gilbert (1958–2009)
                • Viola Jane Bolton (1886-1976)
                • Francis S Bolton
              • Infant Son Bolton (1843–1843)
              • Lemuel M Bolton (1844-1865); m. Martha Louisa Spooner (1843–1900)
              • George Colburn Bolton (1846-1924); m. Caroline Louise Stebbins (1857–1937)
                • George Deane Bolton (1876–1901); m. Annie Vesta Miner (1878–1961)
                • Corinne Mary Bolton (1885–1974); m. Arthur Erwin Totman (1886–1948)
                • Ruth Stebbins Bolton (1889–1889)
                • Harold Lester Bolton (1896–1896)
              • Samuel Bolton (1851-1859)
            • Lucy Eliza Taft (1810-1893); m. William Gleason (1805-1860)
              • William Sullivan Gleason (1830-1904); m. Lydia Melissa Sumner (1832-1920)
                • William Everett Gleason (1854-1932); m1. Frances Adelaide Swain (1858-1891) in 1876; m2. Isabel Church Henry (1839-1905) in 1892; m3. Maude L Mentor (1884-1969) in 1906. All children from 1st marriage.
                  • Ellen Melissa Gleason (1877-1922); m. Ernest Eugene Kinsman (1873–1935)
                    • Infant Son Kinsman (1900–1900)
                    • Elton Bliss Kinsman (1901–1964)
                    • Francis Swain Kinsman (1905–1969); m. Anna Ruth LaClair (1898–1990)
                      • Russell Walter Kinsman (1931–1966); m. Marlith A. Brant
                        • Michael Kinsman
                        • Dianna Kinsman
                        • Peter Kinsman
                        • Christopher Kinsman
                      • Francis Rollo Kinsman (1932–2014); m. Alice Adalene Jackson (1941–2000)
                    • Ernest Gleason Kinsman (1909–1990); m. Dorothy M. Brissette (1916–2006)
                      • Joy K. Kinsman (1941–2006); m. Roger Boyd Aquadro (1935–2012)
                        • Dana B. Aquadro
                          • Paul Aquadro
                          • Ella Aquadro
                        • Janel Aquadro; m. Thad Weaver
                          • Owen Weaver
                          • Grace Weaver
                      • Marilyn Kinsman (1946–1992); m. Francis C. Tobey
                      • Ernest Kinsman
                      • Elton B Kinsman
                  • Florence Marian Gleason (1878-1961); m1. Fred Wellington Blanchard; m2. William Clinton Willis (1876-1946)
                    • Leon Martin Blanchard (1899–1965)
                    • Lena Swain Blanchard (1900–1923)
                    • Edna May Blanchard (1902–1933); m. Maurice Temple Thompson (1902–1964)
                      • Richard Elwin Thompson (1926–1987)
                      • Eleanor Mae Thompson (1927–2003); m. Albert Francis Dewhurst (1921–2004)
                      • Gerald Jesse Thompson (1931–1981); m1. Shirley Ann Newhall; m2. Jane Harris Holden
                    • Irene Marjorie Blanchard (1903–1903)
                    • Clyde William Willis (1915–2002); m1. Catherine Doris Bowen (1909–1980) in 1932; m2. Florence M. Willis (1927–1998) in 1981
                      • Betty Ann Willis (1936–2014)
                  • Edwin Spencer Gleason (1880-1965); m. Annie Florence Fleming (1889–1979)
                    • Herbert Edwin Gleason (1913–1975); m. Dorothy Delia Pike (1917–2009)
                      • Jacqueline Gleason (1937–2012); m1. Charles A. Modugno m2. Raymond Earl Nichols (1936–1997)
                        • Steven Modugno
                        • David Modugno
                  • Berta Maude Gleason (1883-1955); m. Everett Michael Johnson (1877–1957)
                    • Harold Everett Johnson (1906–1939)
                    • Howard William Johnson (1915–1916)
                    • Madelyn Bertha Johnson (1919–2006); m. Charles David Page (1918–1983)
                • Henry Lyman Gleason (1857-1933); m1. Minnie Izina Chapin (1864–1886) in 1882; m2. Margaret Haley (1863–1901) in 1888; m3. Susan Wilmouth Brown (1870–1948) in 1902
                  • Earl W Gleason
                  • Howard H Gleason
                • Cora Melissa Gleason (1857–1944); m. William S. Allard (1855–1921)
                  • Roy E Allard (1883–1891)
                  • Alice Cora Allard (1888–1920); m. Thomas William White (1889–1974)
                • Lucie Eliza Gleason (1860–1928); m. Ezra Appleton Allard (1862–1934)
                  • Maud Everlyn Allard (1884–1936)
                • Edward Homer Gleason (1868-1874)
                • Spencer Lewis Gleason (1868-1874)
              • Adoniram Judson Gleason (1831–1863); m1. Sarah Jane Clayton (1833–1854) in 1853; m2. Martha Richardson Lawrence (1831–1894) in 1854
              • George Bordman Gleason (1833–1833)
              • Mary Lucy Gleason (1834–1911); m. Edward Henry Gale (1830–1890)
              • Sarah Celicia Gleason (1836–1861); m. Horace Jones (1826–1915)
                • Elizabeth Ellen Jones
                • Sarah Maria (Sadie) Jones (1860–1943)
              • James Homer Gleason (1840–1861)
              • Thomas Spencer Gleason (1843–1862)
              • Edward Homer Gleason (1845–1863)
              • Julia A. Gleason (1848–1935); m. Frederick Eugene Read (1847–?)
                • Nellie Edna Read (1880–1902)
                • Homer Taft Read (1885–1911); m. Julia Sharpless Penniman (1885–1913)
            • Sarah Maria Taft (1813-1876);[24] m1. Orville Short Brown (1814-1845); m2. Goodwin Roberts (1811-ca. 1880) in 1852.
              • George Russel Brown (1837-1873); m. Susan Roberts (1840-1901)
                • Ella Maria Brown (1859-aft. 1900); m. Unknown Shay
                  • Helen Josephine Shay
                  • Ernest Francis Shay
                  • Florence Louise Shay
                • Etta Branch Brown (1861-aft. 1900)
                • Winfield Martin Brown (1864-1935)
                • Linna May Brown (1866-aft. 1900)
                • Orville Short Brown (1869-aft 1900)
                • Lula Louise (Brown) Temple (1871-1922) (adopted in 1875: Amos Temple & Ann Eliza Gould); m. Frederick Bradley Hutchins (1867-1922) in 1900.
                  • Osburne "Oz" Amos Hutchins (1902-1982); m. Susan Elizabeth Brooks (1899-1988) in 1930.
                    • (Osburne) Clarke Hutchins (1930s-2000s)
                    • James "Jim" Frederick Hutchins (1940s-2000s), Eli Lilly & Company scientist
                      • Son Hutchins (1970s-?)
                      • Scott Andrew Hutchins (1970s-?) Green Party political candidate
                  • Olive Glenwood Hutchins (1904-1992); m. Edward Henry Flanagan (1900-1976)
                    • Harold Russell Flanagan (1927-1991)
                  • Elliot Clarke Hutchins (1907-1957); m1. Margaret Anna Derry (1902-1952); m2. Marie Maude Joséphine Rose Aimée Gamache (1877-?) in 1953. Child with first wife.
                    • Gertrude Ann Hutchins (1931-2009)
                  • Helen Louise Hutchins (1910-1979); m. Dennis P Murphy (aft 1900-bef 2000)
                • Sadie Russel (Brown) Maxwell (1873-1942) (adopted: Orsamus Maxwell & Maritta Sylvia Sumner)
              • Infant Son Brown (1838–1838)
              • Mary Maria Brown (1839–1883); m. Almod K. Herrington (1837–1882)
                • Harry Clark Harrington (1861–1936); m1. Lunetta May Updike (1867–1908); m2. Amy R. Robinson (1879–1944)
                  • Mattie Lela Harrington (1886–1952); m. Clyde S. Remington (1888–1970)
                    • Gayle Martha Remington (1916–1995); m. James Harrison Bullen (1918–1993)
                  • Hal R. Harrington (1904–1905)
                  • Halcia J. Harrington (1907–1979)
              • Martin O Brown (1845-?)
              • Orville R Brown (1845-?)
              • Clayton Roberts (1853–1898); m. Elizabeth A. White (1856–1925)
              • Stephen Roberts (1854-?)
            • Andrew Jackson Taft (1815–1816)
            • Andrew Taft (1817-1901); m1. Eliza Lawrence Rogers (1810–1880); m2. Mary Elizabeth Mowry (1832–1888)
            • Adoniram Judson Taft (1819–1831)
        • Chloe Taft (1763-1783) m. Eastman Taft, son of Jacob Taft (1725-1802), grandson of Israel Taft (1699-1753), who remarried Hannah Taft after her death (see below).
          • Eastman Taft Jr (1783-1857)
        • Micajah Taft (1766-1849); m. Phebe Cummings (1770-1852)
          • Charlotte Taft; m. George Carpenter (1786-1863) in 1818.
            • Emily Carpenter (1823-1895); m. Henry Peleg Slater (1822-1905) in 1855.
              • Emily Maria Slater (1859-1899)
              • Alice Carpenter Slater (1861-1951)
          • Abby “Nabby” Taft (1793-1863); m. Chandler Taft (1792-1881), son of Calvin Clark Taft (1765-1816), grandson of Gershom Taft (1739-1813) (see below)
          • Maria Taft; m. Mellen Taft (1799-1839), son of Calvin Clark Taft (1765-1816), grandson of Gershom Taft (1739-1813) (see below)
        • David Taft (1770-1832); m. Asenath Cummings (1773-1855)
          • Hopestill Taft m. Benjamin Clark Taft (1790-1857), son of Calvin Clark Taft (1765-1816) (see below)
          • Timothy Taft (1796-1877); m. Polly Marsh (1800-1874)
            • Asenath Cummings Taft (1819-1823)
            • Sarah Marsh Taft (1821-1843)
            • Emeline Newell Taft (1822-1896); m1. Albert F Wing (1818-1848) in 1839; m2. Moses Taft (1812-1893), son of Luke Taft (1783-1863), grandson of James Taft (1738-1826) and Esther Taft (1748-1834) (see below)
              • Emily H Wing (1842-1843)
              • Henry Taft Wing (1845-1908)
              • Edgar Taft Wing (1848-1848)
            • Charles Augustus Taft (1825-1904); m1. Sarah E Bowen (1825-1852) in 1847. Had two children. m2. Elizabeth Southwick (1834-1898) in 1857. Had 1 child.
              • Ellen Bowen Taft (1850-1923)
              • Emma Elizabeth Taft (1851-1903)
              • Sarah Adeline Taft (1861-1931)
            • Lydia Arnold Taft (?-1826)
          • Polly Taft (1800-1878); m. Ebenezer H Davis (1808-1888)
            • Robert Hague Davis (1837-1868)
          • David Taft (1804-1875); m. Henrietta Jefferson (1810-1889)
            • Aseneth C Taft (1833-1850)
            • Chloe Taft (1842-1861)
          • Chloe Taft (1811-1889); m. Eaton Walker (1805-1876)
            • David Taft Walker (1833-1889)
            • Charles A Walker (1834-1835)
            • William Eaton Walker (1840-1926)
            • Adeline "Addie" Newall Walker (1845-1932)
        • Charlotte Taft (1774-1777)
        • Joseph Taft (1777-1830)
      • Ezra Taft (1731-?)
      • Experience Taft (1733-ca. 1817)
      • Deborah Taft (bef 1735–1738)
      • Deborah Taft (1744-?)
    • Sarah Taft (1695-1695)
    • Eliazer Taft (1697-1759)
    • Hannah Taft (1699-?)
    • Rebecca Taft (1701-?)
    • Deborah Taft (1702-bef 1763)
    • Rachel Taft (1704-1752)
    • Susannah Taft (1704-1751)
    • Martha Taft (1708-1753)
    • Isaac Taft (1710-?)
    • Susanna Taft (1713-1751)
    • Thomas Taft Jr (1713-1793)

Descendants of Robert Taft Jr.

  • Robert Taft Jr. (1674–1748), Founding Board of Selectmen, Town of Uxbridge, Massachusetts; m. Elizabeth Woodward (1670-1753)
    • Elizabeth Taft (1696-1704)
    • Robert Taft III (1697-1776); m. Mary Chapin (1700-aft 1776)
      • Bethiah Taft (1721-1740)
      • Elizabeth Taft (1723-?)
      • Rhoda Taft (1723-?)
      • Robert Taft IV (1724–1787); m. Deborah Lovett (ca 1729–1814)
        • Dorothy Taft (1751-?)
        • Lovett Taft (1756-1837); m. Lydia Post (ca 1764–1813)
        • Auren Post Taft (1788-1861); m. Lucy Ann Stowe (1787-1869)
          • Frederick Lovett Taft (1811-1869); m. Elvira Laura Rood (1815-1892)
            • Newton Archibald Taft (1843-1898); m. Laura Alba Humphrey (1833-1907)
              • Frederick Lovett Taft II (1870/71-1913); m. Mary Alice Arter (1869-1956) in 1901.
                • Kingsley Arter Taft (1903–1970), U.S. senator, chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
                  • Charles K Taft (ca 1728/39-?)
                  • Kingsley Arter Taft Jr (ca 1930/31-?)
                  • Sheldon A Taft (ca 1936/37-?), candidate for Ohio Supreme Court judgeship
                  • David Taft (ca 1937/38-?), COO of Landec Corp., trustee of Kenyon College
                • Charles Newton Taft (1904-1980)
                • Frederick Lovett Taft Jr (1906-?)
                • Laura Emily Taft (1909-?)
          • Calvin Taft (1824-1913)
        • Harvey Taft (1790-1869)
        • Lydia Taft (1793-1867)
        • Abigail Taft (1760-1814)
      • Deborah Taft (1728-1806)
      • Seth Taft (1729-1794)
      • Jesse Taft (1731-?)
      • Mary Taft (1733-1753)
      • Ebenezer Taft (1735-?)
      • Abigail Taft (1738-?)
      • Grindel Taft (1744-?)
    • Israel Taft (1699–1753), pioneer
      • Huldah Taft (1718-1799); m. David Daniels (1710-1776) in 1738
        • Ruth Daniels (1738-1798)
        • Darius "Daniel" Daniels (1740-1832)
        • Molly "Mary" Daniels (1741-1818)
        • Chloe Daniels (1745-1823); m. Seth Davenport (1739-1813)
          • Anna Davenport (1765-1842); m. William Torrey (1754-1817) in 1788.
            • Samuel Davenport Torrey (1789-1877); m1. Delia Chapin (1798-1821) in 1821), m2. Susan Holman Waters (1803-1866) in 1824.
              • Louisa Maria Torrey (1827–1907), married to her 4th cousin twice removed, Alphonso Taft (1810-1891) (see below)
              • Samuel Davenport Torrey (1830-1831)
              • Susan Waters Torrey (1835-1904)
              • Anna Davenport Torrey (1840-1900)
          • Seth Davenport Jr (1775-1843)
        • Huldah Daniels (1752-1836)
        • Moses Daniels (1753-1830)
        • Clotilda Daniels (ca 1755-ca 1798)
        • Mercy Daniels (1757-1793)
      • Priscilla Taft (1721-?)
      • Israel Taft II (1723-ca 1775)
      • Jacob Taft (1725-1802); m. Esther Marsh (1726-1802)
      • Hannah Taft (1726-1802); m. Elijah Benjamin (1725-ca 1768)
        • Elias Benjamin
        • Chester Benjamin (1752-1830)
        • William Benjamin (ca 1753/54-?)
        • Elijah H Taft Benjamin (1755-1819)
        • Darius Benjamin
        • Hannah Benjamin
        • Cyrus Benjamin(1762-1817)
        • Mary Benjamin (1768-1849)
      • Elisha Taft (1728-1791)
      • Robert Taft (ca 1730–1810)
      • Marcy Taft (1733-1801)
      • Samuel Taft (1735–1816), soldier in the Revolutionary War
      • Stephen Taft (1741-1803)
    • Mary Taft (1700-1755)
    • Jemimah Taft (1702-?)
    • Elizabeth Taft (1704-?)
    • Jane Taft (1705-ca. 1748)
    • Alice Taft (1707-?)
    • Eunice Taft (1709-bef 1787)
    • John Taft (1710-1769); m. Hannah Cheney (1710-1759)
      • John Taft (1740-1808)
      • Jesse Taft (1742-1800); m1. Lydia Sibley (1745-1765) in 1763. They had 1 child; m2. 2nd cousin Hannah Taft (1747-1833) (see below) in 1767. They had 2 children. (see below)
        • Hannah Taft (1763-1832), married to her 2nd cousin, Eastman Taft (1763-1829) (see above)
        • Josiah Taft (1768-1853)
        • Eunice Taft (1776-1854)
      • Robert Taft (1749-1821)
      • Mary Mercy Taft (1758-1832); m. to her 1st cousin once removed, Jacob Taft Jr (ca 1751-ca 1823) see above
      • Jemima Taft (1713-1787)
      • Gideon Taft (1715-1763)
      • Rebecca Taft (1717-?)

    Descendants of Daniel Taft Sr.

    • Daniel Taft Sr., Massachusetts General Court, Colonial Legislature; m1. Hannah Read (1678-1704) in 1703; m2. Lydia Chapin (1677-1758) in 1706. All children are from the 2nd marriage.
      • Abigail Taft (1707-bef 1737)
      • Josiah Taft (1709–1756), Massachusetts General Court, Legislature; married to Lydia Chapin (1713-1778), America's First Woman Voter
        • Josiah Taft Jr (1733-1761)
        • Ebenezer Taft (1735-1735)
        • Caleb Taft (b. 1738)
        • Asahel Taft (b. 1740)
        • Joel Taft (1747-1749)
        • Joel Taft (b. ca 1749)
        • Hon. Bezaleel Taft (1750–1839), Massachusetts General Court, Legislature; m1. Abigail Taft (1754-1775) (see above). They had 1 child. m2. Sarah Richardson (1756-1809) in 1777. They had 5 children.
          • Eunice Taft (1775-1861)
          • Hon. Bezaleel Taft Jr. (1780–1846), Massachusetts General Court, Legislature; m1. Margaret Stoddard Spring (1783-1816) in 1807. m2. Hannah Spring (1797-1877) in 1817.
            • Margaret Stoddard Taft (1818-1875)
            • Lewis Spring Taft (1820-1880)
            • George Spring Taft (1822-1860), Secretary for U.S. Senator George Hoar
            • Henry Gordon Taft (1832–1903), Commissioner of Worcester County, Massachusetts from 1876 to 1903
          • Sarah (Sally) Taft (1783-1808)
          • Chloe Taft (1793-1869)
          • Abigail Taft
          • Caleb Taft
        • Chloe Taft (1753-1843); m. Robert Taft (1749-1821) (see above)
      • David Taft (1711-1756); m. Joanna Lovett (ca 1714–1776)
        • David Taft (ca 1736–1769)
        • Abigail Taft (1739-1768)
        • Ephraim Taft (1748-1833) m. Abigail Brown (1749-1827) in 1771
        • Abigail Taft (1772-?)
        • Phinehas Taft (1780-1813)
        • Joanna Taft (ca 1781–1872)
        • Zadok Lovell Taft (1786-1866); m1. Italy Ramsdell (1789-1818) in 1810. They had 2 children. m2. Anna Ramsdell (1791-1863) in 1819. They had 1 child.
          • Lovell Taft (1813-1894)
          • Farris Taft (1815-1854)
          • Don Carlos Taft (1827-1907); m1. Mary Lucy Foster (ca 1836-?) in 1856. They had 4 children. m2. Mary Virginia Ford (1848-1933)
            • Lorado Zadoc Taft (1860-1936), sculptor; m. Ada Bartlett (1869-1950)
              • Emily Taft (1899–1994), Congresswoman, U.S. representative; m. Paul Howard Douglas (1892-1976) in 1931.
            • Florizel "Flory" Adaino Taft (1861-1949)
            • Zulime Mauna "Tetie" Taft (1870-1942)
            • Turbie Doctora Taft (1872-1938)
      • Lydia Taft (1713-1793)
      • Daniel Taft Jr (1715-1761); m. Hopestill White (1717-1798) in ca 1736.
        • Mary Taft (ca 1738–1817)
        • Beulah Taft (1740-1828)
        • Deborah Taft (1747-?)
        • Daniel Taft (1751-1810)
        • Alpheus Taft (1757-?)
      • Ephraim Taft (1718-1748)
      • Japhet Taft (1721-aft 1790)
      • Caleb Taft (1724-1782)

    Descendants of Joseph Taft

    • Joseph Taft (1680–1747) m. Elizabeth Emerson (1687-1760)
      • Lucy Taft (1709-ca 1786)
      • Moses Taft (1712-1788) m. Priscilla Thayer (b. 1717)
        • James Taft (1738-1826) m. Esther Taft (1748-1834) (see above)
          • Luke Taft (1783-1863) m. Nancy Wood (1787-1859)
            • Moses Taft (1812-1893) m. Emeline Newell Taft (1822-1896) (see above)
      • Peter Taft (ca 1715–1783) m. Elizabeth Cheney (1707-1783)
        • Henry Taft (1737-1812)
        • Gershom Taft (1739-1813) m. Abigail Read (1736-1816) in 1764
          • Calvin Clark Taft (1765-1816) m. Mary “Molley” Murdock (1764-1847)
            • Benjamin Clark Taft (1790-1857) m. Hopestill Taft (1794-1855) (see above)
            • Chandler Taft (1792-1881) m. Abby “Nabby” Taft (1793-1863) (see above)
              • Augustine Calvin Taft
                • Alice Bradford Taft
                • Walton Chandler Taft
            • Mellen Taft (1799-1839) m. Maria Taft (1801-1864) (see above)
              • Charlotte Isabelle Taft; m. Unknown Arnold
                • Angelo Mellen Arnold
          • Cheney Taft (1771-1838)
        • Peter Taft Jr (1741-1802)
        • Aaron Taft (1743-1808) m. Rhoda Rawson (1749-1827)
          • Milley Taft (1769-1804)
          • Selina Taft (1771-1838)
          • Cynthia Taft (1773-1837)
          • Rawson Taft (1775-1776)
          • Anna Taft (1777-1811)
          • Zerviah Taft (1779-1852)
          • Mary Taft (1783-1860)
          • Peter Rawson Taft (1785–1867), member of the Vermont legislature; m. Rhoda Rawson (1749-1827)
            • Alphonso Taft (1810–1891), U.S. secretary of war (1876), U.S. attorney general (1876–1877); married first to Fanny Phelps (1823-1852) in 1841 (5 children), and second to his cousin Louisa Maria Torrey (1827-1907) in 1853 (see below) (5 children)
              • Charles Phelps Taft (1843–1929), U.S. representative (1895–1897), publisher (The Cincinnati Times-Star), U.S. representative, owner of the Philadelphia Athletics from 1905 to 1913 and Chicago Cubs from 1914 to 1916. Married Anna Sinton (1850-1931), daughter of David Sinton in 1873.
              • Peter Rawson Taft II (1846-1889) m. Annie Matilda Hulbert (1858-1923)
                • Hulbert Taft (1877–1959), publisher, associate editor, and reporter for the Cincinnati Times Star. m1. Nellie Phillips Leaman (1880-1927) in 1904. They had 4 children. m2. Virginia Kittredge (1899-1942) in 1928. m3. Eleanor Lawrence Gholson (1891-1980)
                  • Hulbert Taft Jr (1907-1967), broadcaster (Taft Broadcasting)
                    • Dudley S Taft (b. 1940), businessman, President and board chairman of Taft Broadcasting, Cinergy, Tribune Co.
                      • Dudley S Taft Jr. (b. 1966), blues musician, Sweetwater guitarist, Second Coming guitarist, Dudley Taft Band; co-wrote "Unknown Rider" for 1999 film The Sixth Sense
                      • Thomas Woodall Taft (b. 1969), actor, writer, businessman, founder of Southern Star Interactive.
                  • Katherine Phillips Taft (1909-2001)
                  • Margot Leaman Taft (1913-2008)
                  • David Gibson Taft (1915/16-1962), businessman, Vice-chairman of the board of Taft Broadcasting Company. Served as Executive Vice President of Radio Cincinnati, Taft Broadcasting's predecessor. In 1955 he was made manager of WKRC-TV. WWII served as captain in the US Army and liaison officer for General Joe Stillwell.
              • Mary Taft (1848-1848)
              • Alphonso Taft (1850-1851)
              • Alphonso Taft (1851-1852)
              • Samuel Davenport Taft (1855-1856)
              • William Howard Taft I (1857–1930), U.S. president (1909–1913), U.S. chief justice (1921–1930), U.S. secretary of war (1904–1908). Married Helen Louise Herron (1861-1943).
                • Robert Alphonso Taft (1889–1953), U.S. senator from Ohio (1939–1953), three-time unsuccessful Presidential candidate (1940, 1948, 1952). Married Martha Wheaton Bowers (1889-1958), daughter of Lloyd Wheaton Bowers in 1914.
                  • William Howard Taft III (1915–1991), ambassador to Ireland; m. Barbara Bradfield
                  • Robert Alphonso Taft Jr. (1917–1993), U.S. senator from Ohio (1971–1976); m1. Blanca Duncan Noel (1917-1968) in 1939. They had 4 children. m2. Katherine Longworth Whittaker (1922-2000) in 1969. m3. Joan McKelvy (1925-2015) in 1978.
                  • Lloyd Bowers Taft (1923–1985), investment banker in Cincinnati
                  • Horace Dwight Taft (1925–1983), physics professor and dean of faculty at Yale University;[26] m. Mary Jane Badger
                    • John G. Taft (b. 1954), financier and writer;[27] m1. Martha Ann McPhee (?-2007). They had 3 children. m2. Laura Delaney
                      • 3 children
                    • Hugh B Taft-Morales
                    • Horace D Taft
                • Helen Herron Taft (1891–1987), professor of history and college dean, married Frederick Johnson Manning (1894-1966) in 1920.
                  • Helen Taft Manning (1921-2013)
                  • Caroline Manning (1925-2020)
                • Charles Phelps Taft II (1897–1983), Charterite Cincinnati mayor (1955–1957), Cincinnati city council member (1938–1942), Hamilton County, Ohio, prosecutor (1927–1928), candidate for governor of Ohio (1952), candidate for Republican nomination for Ohio governor (1958); m. Eleanor Kellogg Chase (1894-1961)
                  • Eleanor Kellogg Taft (1918-2004)
                  • Sylvia Howard Taft (1920-2008)
                  • Seth Chase Taft (1922–2013), candidate for Ohio Senate (1962); candidate for mayor of Cleveland, Ohio (1967); candidate for Republican nomination for governor of Ohio (1982); m. Frances "Franny" Prindle (ca 1922-ca 2017)
                    • Frederick I Taft (b. 1940s)
                    • Seth T Taft
                    • Thomas P Taft
                    • Cynthia Taft
                  • Lucia Chase Taft (1924-1955)
                  • Cynthia Herron Taft (1928-2013)
                  • Rosalyn Rawson Taft (1930-1941)
                  • Peter Rawson Taft III (b. 1936), United States Assistant Attorney General Department of Justice; married to Diana Todd
              • Henry Waters Taft (1859–1945), candidate for justice of New York Court of Appeals (1898); New York delegate to Republican National Convention (1920, 1924); named partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft (from 1919); m. Julia Walbridge Smith (1858-1942) in 1883.
                • Walbridge Smith Taft (1885–1951), candidate for U.S. representative from New York
                • Marian Taft (1885-1885)
                • William Howard Taft II (1887–1952)
                • Louise Witherbee Taft (1891-1926)
              • Horace Dutton Taft (1861–1943), author, founder of The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut; m. Winifred Shepard Thompson (d. 1909) in 1892.
              • Frances Louise "Fanny" Taft (1865-1950)
          • Sophia Taft (1787-1843)
          • Samuel Judson Taft (1791-1794)
          • Samuel Judson Taft (1794-1867)
        • Thankful Taft (1745-1837)
        • Joel Taft (1747-1758)
      • Sarah Taft (1719-1787)
      • Joseph Taft Jr (1722-1787)
      • Aaron Taft (1727-1805)
      • Margaret Taft (b. 1729)
      • Ebenezer Taft (1732-1732)

    Descendants of Benjamin Taft

    • Benjamin Taft (1684-1761); m1. Sarah Thomas (1690-bef 1762) and had 9 children. m2. Barsheba Dicke
      • Samuel Taft (1708-ca 1761); m. Hannah Jeperson (1708-1752) in 1739.
        • Annah Taft (1740-ca 1836)
        • Chloe Taft (1745-1830)
        • Hannah Taft (1747-1833); married a distant cousin Jesse Taft (1742-1800) (see above)
        • Tabitha Taft (1749-1835)
      • Stephen Taft (1710-1770)
      • Mijamin Taft (1712-aft 1791)
      • Taborah Taft (1714-1753)
      • Lucy Taft (b. ca 1715)
      • Keziah "Kesiah" Taft (ca 1720–1765)
      • Silas Taft (ca 1727-ca 1811)
      • Paul Taft (1729-1804)
      • Mercy Taft (ca 1731–1811)

    Collins family

    The related Collins family tree:

    • Ela Collins (1786–1848), New York Assemblyman 1815, U.S. Representative from New York 1823–1825. Father of William Collins.[28]

    Lippitt family

    The related Lippitt family tree:

    • Christopher Lippitt (1744–1824) Revolutionary War officer, legislator, manufacturer
    • Henry Lippitt (1818–1891), Governor of Rhode Island 1875–1877. Father of Charles W. Lippitt and Henry F. Lippitt.[30]
      • Charles W. Lippitt (1846–1924), Governor of Rhode Island 1895–1897. Son of Henry Lippitt.[31]
      • Henry F. Lippitt (1856–1933), U.S. Senator from Rhode Island 1911–1917. Son of Henry Lippitt and married Lucy Herron Laughlin, sister of Helen Herron, who married President William Howard Taft.[32]
        • Frederick Lippitt (1916–2005), Rhode Island State Representative 1961–1983. Military officer, political figure and philanthropist.

    Chafee family

    • John Chafee (1922–1999), Rhode Island State Representative 1957–1963, Governor of Rhode Island 1963–1969, U.S. Secretary of the Navy 1969–1972, candidate for U.S. Senate from Rhode Island 1972, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island 1976–1999. Grandnephew of Henry F. Lippitt.[33]
      • Lincoln Chafee (b. 1953), Mayor of Warwick, Rhode Island 1992–1999; U.S. Senator from Rhode Island 1999–2007; Governor of Rhode Island 2011–2015 and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate. Son of John Chafee.[34]

    Others

    • Thomas Wilson (1827–1910), delegate to the Minnesota Constitutional Convention 1857, District Court Judge in Minnesota 1857–1864, Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court 1864–1865, Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court 1865–1869, Minnesota State Representative 1880–1882, Minnesota State Senator 1880–1882, U.S. Representative from Minnesota 1887–1889, candidate for Governor of Minnesota 1890. Grandfather of Martha Wheaton Bowers, who married Senator Robert A. Taft.[35]
    • John W. Herron, delegate to the Ohio Constitutional Convention 1873, U.S. Attorney in Ohio 1889–1894. Father-in-law of President William Howard Taft.[36]
    • Paul Douglas (1892–1976), Chicago, Illinois Alderman; candidate for U.S. Senate from Illinois 1942, U.S. Senator from Illinois 1949–1967. Husband of Emily Taft Douglas.

    References

    1. ↑ Leonard, Lewis Alexander (1920). Life of Alphonso Taft. New York: Hawke publishing Company (incorporated). OCLC 392382.
    2. ↑ Crane, Ellery Bicknell (1907). Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memories of Worcester County, MA with a history of Worcester Society of Antiquity;. Chicago and New York: Lewis. pp. 223. josiah taft son of daniel taft and lydia chapin.
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    7. 1 2 3 Chapin, Judge Henry (1881). Address Delivered at the Unitarian Church in Uxbridge, 1864. Worcester, MA: Press of C. Hamilton. pp. 172. address delivered at unitarian church chapin henry first woman voter.
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    22. 1 2 3 1920 United States Federal Census
    23. 1 2 3 4 1940 United States Federal Census
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