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Robert Hood Tait 1694 – 1760 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Mar 1694

Birth Location: Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland

Death Date: 29 Jul 1760

Death Location: Augusta, Russell County, Virginia, USA

Father: William Tait

Mother: Elizabeth Murray

Spouse(s): Margaret Smith

Children(s): Robert Tait

The story of Robert Hood Tait began in 1694 in Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland. Robert Hood Tait married Margaret Smith, and had children including Robert Tait. Robert Hood Tait passed away in 1760 in Augusta, Russell County, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Robert Hood Tait began in 1694 in Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland.
  • Robert Hood Tait married Margaret Smith, and had children including Robert Tait.
  • Robert Hood Tait passed away in 1760 in Augusta, Russell County, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Tait
1674 –
Birth Location: Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland
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Elizabeth Murray
1674 – 1700
Birth Location: Eddleston, Peeblesshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Smith
1695 – 1746
Birth Location: Kirkwall and St Ola, Orkney, Orkney Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Robert Tait
1722 – 1785
Birth Location: Traquair, Peebles, Scotland
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Robert Tait's Ancestors

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Robert Tait
1694 – 1760
Birth Place: Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Parents
William Henry Tait
1674 –
Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Elizabeth ("Bessie") Murray
1674 – 1700
Eddleston, Peeblesshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Great-Grandparents
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Robert Tait's Descendants

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Robert (Hood) Tait (25 Mar 1694 – 29 Jul 1760) m. Margaret Smith (1695 – 1746)
  1. 1. Robert Tait (18 February 1722 – 1 August 1785) m. Mary Broun (29 Dec 1723 – 29 January 1773)
    1. 1. Alexander Tait (11 Nov 1753 – ) m. Catherine Halcrow (2 Mar 1747 – Abt. 1830)
      1. 1. Margaret Tait (1774 – 8 Jun 1860) m. William Wards (2 May 1781 – Bef 1856)
        1. 1. William (McDonald Donald Ross) Wards (20 Apr 1804 – 3 Jun 1886) m. Grizel ("Grace") Robertson (1802 – 17 Dec 1880)

Robert Tait's Timeline

2 Records

1694
25 Mar 1694
Birth of Robert Hood Tait in Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland
1760
29 Jul 1760
Age 66
Death of Robert Hood Tait in Augusta, Russell County, Virginia, USA
Augusta, Russell County, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Mar 1694
    Event Place: Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Jul 1760
    Event Place: Augusta, Russell County, Virginia, USA
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