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Lyman Taft 1762–1833 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 Mar 1762

Birth Location: Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 24 Jul 1833

Death Location: Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Samuel Taft

Mother: Mary Murdock

Spouse(s): Deborah Wood

Children(s): Mary Taft, John Taft, Charles Taft, Samuel Taft, Horace Taft, Chapin Taft, Omar Taft, Merrill Taft

Lyman Taft was born in 1762 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Samuel Taft And Mary Hyde Murdock. Lyman Taft married Deborah Wood, and had children including Chapin Taft, Charles Dwight Taft, Horace Wood Taft, John Adams Taft, Mary Lyman Taft, Merrill Taft, Omar Taft, Samuel Dexter Taft. Lyman Taft passed away in 1833 in Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Lyman Taft was born in 1762 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Samuel Taft And Mary Hyde Murdock.
  • Lyman Taft married Deborah Wood, and had children including Chapin Taft, Charles Dwight Taft, Horace Wood Taft, John Adams Taft, Mary Lyman Taft, Merrill Taft, Omar Taft, Samuel Dexter Taft.
  • Lyman Taft passed away in 1833 in Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Samuel Taft
1735–1816
Birth Location: Upton, Ma
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Mary Murdock
1742–1785
Birth Location: Uxbridge, Ma
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Spouses(s)

Deborah Wood
1767–1832
Birth Location: Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Children(s)

Mary Taft
1793–1810
Birth Location: Montague City, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
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John Taft
1798–1798
Birth Location: Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
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Charles Taft
1806–1831
Birth Location: Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
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Samuel Taft
1802–1827
Birth Location: Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
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Horace Taft
1787–1868
Birth Location: Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
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Chapin Taft
1796–1837
Birth Location: Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
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Omar Taft
1789–1870
Birth Location: , , MA
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Merrill Taft
1789–1864
Birth Location: Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
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Lyman Taft's Ancestors

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Lyman Taft
1762–1833
Birth Place: Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Samuel Taft
1735–1816
Upton, Ma
Mary (Hyde) Murdock
1742–1785
Uxbridge, Ma
Grandparents
Israel Taft
1698–1753
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Mercy Aldrich
1700–1752
Mendon, Worcester, MA
Benjamin Murdock
1700–1749
Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Mary Hyde
1705–1749
Suffolk, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Robert Taft
1674–1748
Elizabeth Woodward
1670–1753
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lyman Taft's Descendants

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Lyman Taft (14 Mar 1762–24 Jul 1833) m. Deborah Wood (1 Nov 1767–29 Mar 1832)
  1. 1. Mary (Lyman) Taft 1793–1810 m. Cephas (Montague) Gunn 1790–1880
    1. 1. Lyman (Taft) Gunn 1810–1890 m. Carolina (Matilda) Morehead 1816–1855
      1. 1. James Gunn 1840–1880
      2. 2. Lyman (Cephas) Gunn 1846–1914
      3. 3. William (L) Gunn 1849–
      4. 4. Sophie (R) Gunn 1851–1895
      5. 5. Charles (M) Gunn 1855–
  2. 2. John (Adams) Taft 1798–1798
  3. 3. Charles (Dwight) Taft 1806–1831
  4. 4. Samuel (Dexter) Taft 1802–1827
  5. 5. Horace (Wood) Taft 1787–1868 m. Mary Montague 1791–1880
    1. 1. Francis (Lyman) Taft 1826–1856
    2. 2. Horace (Dexter) Taft 1824–1852
    3. 3. Julia (A) Taft 1821–1847
    4. 4. Henry (Walbridge) Taft 1818–1904
    5. 5. John (Jay) Taft 1829–1856
  6. 6. Chapin Taft 1796–1837 m. Harriet Bardwell 1796–1855
    1. 1. Alonzo (Frank Taft) Sr 1833–1912
    2. 2. Lysander (Nelson) Taft 1819–1839
    3. 3. Mary (Miranda) Taft 1828–1910
    4. 4. Harriet (Amanda) Taft 1824–1860
    5. 5. Fanny (Maria) Taft 1836–1924
    6. 6. Horatio Taft 1826–
  7. 7. Omar Taft 1789–1870
  8. 8. Merrill Taft 1789–1864 m. Pamela Risley 1796–1863
    1. 1. George (Hubbard) Taft 1824–1882
    2. 2. Alma (Dwight) Taft 1831–1903
    3. 3. Dwight (Morrel) Toft 1833–1910
    4. 4. Jane (Mariah) Taft 1821–1908
    5. 5. Pamela (Ann) Taft 1822–1856
    6. 6. Mary (Dexter) Taft 1827–1908
    7. 7. Lucretia (Wrisley) Moore 1826–1907
    8. 8. Dandridge (Lyman) Taft 1837–1839

Lyman Taft's Timeline

2 Records

1762
14 Mar 1762
Birth of Lyman Taft in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
1833
24 Jul 1833
Age 71
Death of Lyman Taft in Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 Mar 1762
    Event Place: Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Web: Massachusetts, Find A Grave Index, 1620-2013

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Jul 1833
    Event Place: Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Web: Massachusetts, Find A Grave Index, 1620-2013

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Web: Massachusetts, Find A Grave Index, 1620-2013
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