26 Mar [third month] 1770: Stephen Taft Mijamin Taft and Paul Taft Jesse Taft Abner Yeats Amariah Yeats yeoman and Edward Lesuer Shop joiner Chloe Lesure Wife of the said Edward Lesuer Hannah Taft Wife of the said Jesse Taft all of Uxbridge Simeon Fish Paul Hayword Caleb Hayword yeoman Tabathy Fish Wife of the said Simeon Fish Beulah Hayword Wife of the said Paul Hayword of Mendon, Rufus Smith Esq'r. Charles Colwell yeoman both of Glocester Mary Smith Wife of the said Rufus Smith Anna Colwell Wife of the said Charles Colwell Benjamin Read of Smithfield yeoman & Elizabeth Read Wife of the said Benjamin Read which Glocester and Smith field are in the County of Providence and Colony of Rhode Island for £57-15-0 to Silas Taft of Uxbridge quitclaim a parcel which Benjamin Taft late of Uxbridge deceased died seized and possessed of being his homestead of 100 acres. In addition to names above, signed by Amos White, Azubah White, Paul Yeats.
[Note: the deed does not give relationships. this is unfortunate as the records of this family are incomplete. Many of the following are grandchildren, as son Samuel, daughter Tabborah/Tabitha and daughter Keziah had died. In particular, some are married granddaughters, hence not obvious due to two name changes. It is believed that all the direct heirs have been linked to their respective pages, while spouses of heirs are left unlinked (obviously reachable through the associated heir's page).]
