Person:Comfort Taft (1)

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Comfort Taft
b.10 May 1743 Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
d.16 Mar 1824 Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1737
  1. Mary TaftAbt 1737 -
  2. Beulah Taft1740 - 1828
  3. Hephzibah Taft1740/41 - Bef 1763
  4. Comfort Taft1743 - 1824
  5. Amos Taft1745 - Bef 1763
  6. Deborah Taft1747 - 1795
  7. Hopestill Taft1749 -
  8. Major Daniel Taft1751 - 1810
  9. Nathan Taft1753 -
  10. Jehoshaba Taft1755 - Bef 1763
  11. Alpheus Taft1757 -
  12. Zadock Taft1759 - Bef 1763
  13. Patience Taft1761 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Benjamin Read (add)
  • W.  Comfort Taft1743 - 1824
m. 27 May 1762
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Facts and Events
Name Comfort Taft
Gender Female
Birth[1] 10 May 1743 Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Christening[1] 16 Dec 1744 Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 27 May 1762 Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Benjamin Read (add)
Death[3][4] 16 Mar 1824 Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Delorey, Janet Ireland. "Thomas4 White of Mendon and Uxbridge, Mass.", in The American Genealogist (TAG). (Donald Lines Jacobus, et.al.)
    Vol. 67, p. 146.

    Children of Daniel Taft and Hopestill White: 4) Comfort, b. 10 May 1743 [citing guardian records], bp. Uxbridge 16 Dec 1744 [presuambly citing Church records 1:33], d. 16 Mar 1824 [citing Chapin book], m. Uxbridge 27 May 1762 Benjamin Read.

  2.   Massachusetts. Probate Court (Worcester County). Probate files, 1731–1881. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Digitized by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2012)
    Case 57802 Taft Comfort Mendon 1761.

    9 Dec 1761: Request of "Comfort Taft Dafter to Cap't Daniel Taft Late of Mendon Decest aged Eighteen Years the tenth Day of May 1761", choosing Nathan Tyler of Upton as her guardian. [birth calculates to 10 May 1743].
    10 Dec 1761: Bond of Nathan Tyler of Upton Gent. as guardian of Comfort Taft aged above Eighteen years Daughter of Daniel Taft late of Mendon.

  3. ↑ Chapin, Gilbert Warren. The Chapin Book of Genealogical Data: With Brief Biographical Sketches Of the Descendants of Deacon Samuel Chapin. (Hartford, Conn.: Chapin Family Association (Hartford, Conneccticut), 1924)
    p. 304.

    Benjamin Read m. Uxbridge 27 May 1762 Comfort Taft, d/o Daniel & Hopestill Taft, bp. 16 Dec 1744, d. 16 Mar 1824.

  4. ↑ Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter, 1920)
    p. 492.

    READ, ---, wid. of Benjamin, [died] Mar. 16, 1824.

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