Person:Silas Taft (6)

Name^[3]	Silas Taft
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	Bef 1727	Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United StatesBased on date of marriage
Marriage	26 Jan 1748/49	Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United Statesto Mary Farnum
Marriage	26 Apr 1771	Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Keziah Twitchell (add)
Death^[1]^[2]	Bef 17 Oct 1811	Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Taft, Justin. Tafts of Rochester, Illinois: A Genealogical and Historical Account of the Taft Pioneers and Their Descendants That Settled in Rochester, Sangamon County, Illinois. (Bloomington, IN: self-published, 2007)
p. 41.

Silas Taft [#3], s/o Benjamin Taft [#2] and Sarah Thomas, b. Uxbridge 1727, d. Richmond, NH, 1811, m. (1) Smithfield 26 Jan 1748/9 Mary Farnum, m. (2) Uxbridge 26 Apr 1771 Kezia Twitchell. Quaker. Moved to Richmond soon after 2nd marriage.
↑ New Hampshire. Probate Court (Cheshire County). Probate estate files, 1769-1885. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 2001-2002)
Case T-58 Taft Silas Richmond 1811.

Will of "Silas Taft of Richmond", dated 16 Feb 1807, proved 17 Oct 1811, names grandson Josiah Taft; grandsons Levi and Phenihas Tafts; daughter Rachel [Morey?]; granddaughter Mary Taft; granddaughter Lucy Taft. Oldest son Ephraim Taft to be executor.
Undated (warranted 18 Oct 1811, exhibited Mar 1812); Inventory of Silas Taft late of Richmond deceased: $247.71, by Moses Tyler, Edmond Ingalls, Joseph Weeks.
↑ Source:Bassett, William. History of the Town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire : From Its First Settlement, to 1882, p. 496, misidentifies Silas Taft, calling him s/o Stephen and Mary Taft, b. 1744. But clearly a person b. 1744 could not have married in 1748/49, nor had a child in 1749. The Silas born in 1744 was a nephew of this man.