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Jacob Taft

Male 1725 - 1802  (76 years)


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  1. 1.  Jacob Taft was born on 22 Apr 1725 in Mendon, Worcester, MA; died on 16 Mar 1802 in Uxbridge, Worccester, MA; was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA.

    Jacob married Deceased on 13 Feb 1745-1746 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA. Deceased (daughter of Living and Living) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Jacob Taft  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Dec 1751 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; died on 29 May 1823 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA.
    2. 3. Easman Taft  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Jun 1763 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; died on 29 Apr 1829 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jacob Taft Descendancy chart to this point (1.Jacob1) was born on 1 Dec 1751 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; died on 29 May 1823 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA.

    Jacob married Mary Taft on 21 Feb 1777 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA. Mary (daughter of Deceased and Deceased) was born on 14 Feb 1758 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; died on 19 Jul 1832 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Lois Taft  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Aug 1780 in Mendon, Worcester, MA; died on 27 Apr 1854 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA.
    2. 5. Hannah Margaret Taft  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Nov 1782 in Mendon, Worcester, MA; died on 2 Apr 1857 in Orion, Oakland, MI; was buried in Apr 1857 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Pontic, Oakland, MI.
    3. 6. Mary Taft  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Mar 1786 in Mendon, Worcester, MA; died on 25 Feb 1860 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA.
    4. 7. John Taft  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Dec 1792 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; died on 29 May 1826 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA.
    5. 8. Orsmus Taft  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Jan 1795 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; died on 8 Jul 1880 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA.

  2. 3.  Easman Taft Descendancy chart to this point (1.Jacob1) was born on 16 Jun 1763 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; died on 29 Apr 1829 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA.

    Easman married Deceased on 19 Apr 1784 (Intentions) in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA. Deceased (daughter of Living and Living) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Chloe Taft  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Jul 1785 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; died on 27 Apr 1826 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Lois Taft Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jacob2, 1.Jacob1) was born on 27 Aug 1780 in Mendon, Worcester, MA; died on 27 Apr 1854 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA.

    Family/Spouse: Josiah Seagrave. Josiah (son of Capt. Edward Seagrave and Lois White) was born on 14 Oct 1773 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; died on 20 Mar 1855; was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Hannah Margaret Taft Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jacob2, 1.Jacob1) was born on 12 Nov 1782 in Mendon, Worcester, MA; died on 2 Apr 1857 in Orion, Oakland, MI; was buried in Apr 1857 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Pontic, Oakland, MI.

    Hannah married Stephen B. Carpenter on 30 Jan 1801 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA. Stephen (son of Joseph Carpenter and Persis Rawson) was born on 13 Aug 1778 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; died on 1 Oct 1854 in Orion, Oakland, MI; was buried in Oct 1854 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Pontiac, Oakland, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Eunice Carpenter  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Sep 1802 in Uxbridge, MA; died in Mar 1864 in Michigan.
    2. 11. Orsmus T. Carpenter  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jan 1805 in Uxbridge, MA; died on 4 Apr 1863 in Lapeer, Lapeer, MI; was buried in Stiles Cemetery, Lapeer, Lapeer, MI.
    3. 12. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    4. 13. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 14. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 15. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 16. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    8. 17. Charlotte Taft Carpenter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Feb 1809 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; was christened on 6 Nov 1831 in First Church Of Christ, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; died on 5 Sep 1845 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA.
    9. 18. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    10. 19. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

  3. 7.  John Taft Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jacob2, 1.Jacob1) was born on 3 Dec 1792 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; died on 29 May 1826 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA.

    John married Deceased on 9 Sep 1818 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA. Deceased (daughter of Living and Living) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 8.  Orsmus Taft Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jacob2, 1.Jacob1) was born on 1 Jan 1795 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; died on 8 Jul 1880 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA.

    Orsmus married Deceased on 29 Oct 1821 in Mendon, Worcester, MA. Deceased (daughter of Living and Living) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Gov Royal Chapin Taft  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Feb 1823 in Northbridge, Worcester, MA; died on 4 Jun 1912 in Providence, Providence, RI; was buried in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence, RI.

  5. 9.  Chloe Taft Descendancy chart to this point (3.Easman2, 1.Jacob1) was born on 1 Jul 1785 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; died on 27 Apr 1826 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA.

    Chloe married Deceased on 19 Dec 1805 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA. Deceased (son of Living and Living) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. Ezra Taft Benson, I  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Feb 1811 in Mendon, Worcester, MA; died on 3 Seo 1869 in Logan, Cache, UT; was buried in Logan City Cemetery, Logan, Cache, UT.


Generation: 4

  1. 11.  Orsmus T. Carpenter Descendancy chart to this point (5.Hannah3, 2.Jacob2, 1.Jacob1) was born in Jan 1805 in Uxbridge, MA; died on 4 Apr 1863 in Lapeer, Lapeer, MI; was buried in Stiles Cemetery, Lapeer, Lapeer, MI.

    Family/Spouse: Betsey McLeod. Betsey was born in 1807 in Vermont; died on 27 Feb 1885; was buried in Stiles Cemetery, Lapeer, Lapeer, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 12.  Deceased Descendancy chart to this point (5.Hannah3, 2.Jacob2, 1.Jacob1) and died.

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Charles Augustus Carpenter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Mar 1831 in Compton, Quebec, Canada; and died.
    2. 24. Algernon Sidney Carpenter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Apr 1833 in Uxbridge, MA; and died.
    3. 25. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    4. 26. Walter Scott Carpenter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Apr 1836 in Oxford, MA; and died.
    5. 27. Mary Eldora Carpenter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Feb 1839 in Northbridge, MA; and died.

  3. 17.  Charlotte Taft Carpenter Descendancy chart to this point (5.Hannah3, 2.Jacob2, 1.Jacob1) was born on 4 Feb 1809 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; was christened on 6 Nov 1831 in First Church Of Christ, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; died on 5 Sep 1845 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA.

    Notes:

    (Medical):Charlotte T. (Carpenter) Hall died of Typhus fever.

    Charlotte married Alvah Hall on 5 Jul 1829 in First Church Of Christ, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA. Alvah (son of Pvt. Nehemiah Hall, Jr. and Hannah White) was born on 2 Oct 1806 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; was christened on 13 Aug 1809 in First Church Of Christ, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; died on 21 Nov 1869 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 28. William Henry Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Jan 1831 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; died in 1917 in Holden, Worcester, MA; was buried in Grove Cemetery, Holden, Worcester, MA.
    2. 29. Samuel Judson Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Sep 1832 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; died on 5 Mar 1862 in New Bern, NC; was buried in New Bern National Cemetery, New Bern, NC.
    3. 30. John Dillon Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Mar 1834 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; died on 19 Mar 1885 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; was buried in Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    4. 31. Emily Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 May 1837 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; died on 9 Sep 1838 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA.
    5. 32. Joseph Carpenter Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 May 1839 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; died on 3 Jun 1884 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Douglas, Worcester, MA.
    6. 33. George Washington Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Jun 1841 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; died on 11 Mar 1908 in Worcester, Worcester, MA; was buried on 16 Mar 1908 in Mt. Vernon Cemetery, West Boylston, MA.
    7. 34. Stephen Carpenter Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Aug 1843 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; died on 7 Oct 1903 in West Boylston, Worcester, MA; was buried in Mt. Vernon Cemetery, West Boylston, Worcester, MA.
    8. 35. Perrey Alvah Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Apr 1845 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; died on 21 Dec 1847 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA.

  4. 18.  Deceased Descendancy chart to this point (5.Hannah3, 2.Jacob2, 1.Jacob1) and died.

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 36. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 19.  Deceased Descendancy chart to this point (5.Hannah3, 2.Jacob2, 1.Jacob1) and died.

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 20.  Gov Royal Chapin Taft Descendancy chart to this point (8.Orsmus3, 2.Jacob2, 1.Jacob1) was born on 14 Feb 1823 in Northbridge, Worcester, MA; died on 4 Jun 1912 in Providence, Providence, RI; was buried in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence, RI.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Governor of Rhode Island (1888

    Notes:

    Taft was born in Northbridge, Massachusetts, on February 14, 1823, and was educated at Worcester Academy, where he graduated in 1872. His parents were Orsmus Taft and Margaret (Smith) Taft; on October 31, 1850, he married Mary Frances Armington. They had four children.

    He belonged to the Republican Party, and was an elected member of Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1880-84 before his term as governor.

    Taft was a member of the firm Bradford & Taft, wool dealers, from which he retired in 1885. He was also president of Merchants' National Bank from 1868[3] president of the Boston & Providence Railroad, and a director of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (which took control of the B&P in 1893).

    In 1890 he became a charter member of the Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. He served as the Society's president from 1897 to 1899.
    He died June 4, 1912, at his home in Providence, Rhode Island. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living ex-governor of Rhode Island. He is interred at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence.

    He was a patron of the arts, with a large private collection; parts of his collection are now part of various institutions such as the Rhode Island School of Design.

    Taft Hall at the University of Rhode Island is named after him,[6] as well as the Royal C. Taft Outpatient Building (1891) at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence.

    Royal married Mary Frances Armington on 31 Oct 1850. Mary was born about 1830 in Vermont; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 21.  Ezra Taft Benson, I Descendancy chart to this point (9.Chloe3, 3.Easman2, 1.Jacob1) was born on 22 Feb 1811 in Mendon, Worcester, MA; died on 3 Seo 1869 in Logan, Cache, UT; was buried in Logan City Cemetery, Logan, Cache, UT.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Mormon Apostle; Rep. to Utah Territorial Legislature

    Notes:

    Benson was born in Mendon, Massachusetts, the son of John Benson and Chloe Taft. His father moved to a farm in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, in 1817 where he lived for at least 16 of the next 18 years. Benson married Pamelia Andrus of Northbridge on January 1, 1832, at Uxbridge. They lived at Uxbridge for the next three years, between 1832 and 1835. Benson also had lived in Northbridge, on his sister's farm in 1830 and 1831. He and Pamelia had children, one of whom died at Uxbridge in 1833. Benson managed a hotel in the center of Uxbridge and made a considerable sum of money which he invested in a cotton mill at Holland, Massachusetts, before moving West.

    Benson and his wife were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on July 19, 1840, in Quincy, Illinois. He had moved to Quincy previously, and first met members of the church when they came there at the time they were driven out of Missouri. In April 1841, the Bensons moved to Nauvoo.

    Benson was ordained to the office of apostle on July 16, 1846. He replaced John E. Page in the Quorum of the Twelve.

    Benson arrived in the Salt Lake Valley as one of the first 148 Mormon settlers with the vanguard company of 1847, also known as the Brigham Young Pioneer Company. The company left Winter Quarters, Nebraska, on April 16, 1847, and arrived in the Salt Lake Valley between July 21 and July 24, 1847.

    Benson served as a church missionary in the United States and in the Sandwich Islands.
    Benson's first mission in the 1840s took him to his birthplace of Mendon, Massachusetts. On this journey he also preached in Chambersburg, Illinois. During his second mission, Benson was in New Jersey, serving with John Pack, when they received news of Joseph Smith's murder. From December 1844 to May 1845, Benson served a mission to New England, during which he served as president of the Boston Conference.

    Benson served in the Utah Territorial Legislature.

    Family/Spouse: Eliza Ann Perry. Eliza was born on 30 Mar 1828; died on 30 Apr 1913; was buried in Logan City Cemetery, Logan, Cache, UT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Golliaher. Elizabeth was born on 30 Dec 1832; died on 4 May 1904; was buried in Logan City Cemetery, Logan, Cache, UT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Mary Larson. Mary was born on 19 Dec 1843 in Praesto, Denmark; died on 21 Feb 1926 in Petersboro, Cache, UT; was buried in Mendon City Cemetery, Mendon, Cache, UT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Deceased. Deceased (daughter of Living and Living) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Adeline Brooks Andrus. Adeline was born on 18 Mar 1813 in Windsor, Hartford, CT; died on 20 Apr 1898 in Logan, Cache, UT; was buried in Logan City Cemetery, Logan, Cache, UT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 37. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

    Family/Spouse: Olive Mary Knight. Olive was born on 24 Jan 1830 in Worcestershire, England; died in 27 Mar1905 in Logan, Cache, UT; was buried in Logan City Cemetery, Logan, Cache, UT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Ezra married Deceased on 26 Jan 1846 in Nauvoo Lds Temple, Salt Lake City, UT. Deceased (daughter of Living and Living) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



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