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Facts and Events
Name |
Samuel Taft |
Gender |
Male |
Birth[2] |
23 Sep 1735 |
Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States |
Marriage |
Aft 16 Dec 1758 |
Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United StatesIntentions to Mary Murdock |
Marriage |
9 Jan 1786 |
Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Experience Humes |
Death[3][4] |
2 Aug 1816 |
Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States |
Reference Number |
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Q7412742 (Wikidata) |
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Samuel Taft (September 23, 1735 at Upton, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts – August 2, 1816 at Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts) was a Revolutionary War soldier who later hosted his former commander in Chief, President George Washington, at his home, on his inaugural tour of New England.
References
- Samuel Taft, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
- ↑ Rice, Franklin P. Vital records of Upton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Boston, Massachusetts: Stanhope Press, 1904)
p. 55.
TAFT, Samuel, s. Israel and Masse, [born] Sept. 23, 1735.
- ↑ Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, 1916)
p. 409.
TAFT, Samuel, [died] Aug. 2, 1816, a. 80 y. (a. 80 y. 10 m. Revolutionary soldier. GR1)
- ↑ Massachusetts. Probate Court (Worcester County). Probate files, 1731–1881. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Digitized by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2012)
Case 58051 Taft Samuel Uxbridge 1816.
Will of "Samuel Taft of Uxbridge", dated 21 Jul 1814, filed 3 Oct 1816, proved 26 Nov 1816, names wife Experience [mentions daughters Experience & Mary [unmarried], son Warner]; proceeds of land sale to seven oldest sons [shares going to son Frideric; son Lyman; son Willard; son Merritt; son Otis; son Washington; son Dandridge]; son Warner; grandchildren heirs of daughter Sibel [Rughs?Right?probably some form of Ruggles] deceased; children of daughter Marcy Olds; daughter Parley Wills; children of daughter Phila Craggins; daughters Experience & Mary; granddaughter Siloma Craggins. Sons Frederic Taft & Warner Taft to be executors.
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