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Captain Joseph Taft 1680–1747 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1680

Birth Location: Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Death Date: 18 Jul 1747

Death Location: Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Father: Robert Taft

Mother: Sarah Taft

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Captain Joseph Taft was born in 1680 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, the child of Robert I Taft And Sarah Taft. Captain Joseph Taft passed away in 1747 in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • Captain Joseph Taft was born in 1680 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, the child of Robert I Taft And Sarah Taft.
  • Captain Joseph Taft passed away in 1747 in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.

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Captain Taft's Ancestors

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Captain Taft
1680–1747
Birth Place: Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Parents
Robert I Taft
1640–1725
Leinster, Louth, Ireland, England
Sarah Taft
1640–1726
Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Grandparents
Richard (Robert) Taft
1620–1700
London, Middlesex, , England
Margaret Taft
1620–1685
St. Dionis Backchurch, London, England
William Simpson
1592–
Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England
Rachel Brackett
1614–1684
Sudbury, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Nicholas Taft
1584–1629
Margaret Milner
1587–1617
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nicholas Taft
1534–1590
Margaret (Taft)
1538–1584

Captain Taft's Timeline

2 Records

1680
1680
Birth of Captain Joseph Taft in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
1747
18 Jul 1747
Age 67
Death of Captain Joseph Taft in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1680
    Event Place: Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Jul 1747
    Event Place: Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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