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- WARNING: WIFE CONFLICT (both readings recorded, Sep 9 2026): (1) Mary CLARK 'of Gloucester RI' - Uxbridge VRs: 'Mijamin and Mary Clark of Gloucester, R.I., int. May 5, 1787' [DOCUMENTED]; (2) Amy/Luna SPRAGUE m. 1785 per Sprague genealogy/WikiTree Taft-1442/FaG 113342487 [LIKELY]. The Dorsey genealogy warns the Clark marriage may belong to the OTHER Mijamin (nephew, son of Nathan). Resolve via Uxbridge birth entries for Benedict/Jesse 's. of Mijamin'.
DO NOT MERGE with his father Mijamin (1712-1785) or cousin Mijamin5 - the two same-name Mijamins have been conflated in print once already.
DAR patriot 'MIJAMIN TAFT, Private, MA' exists on chapter rosters - which Mijamin it refers to needs the DAR GRS ancestor search (free).
* DAR VERDICT 10 Sep 2026 (GRS, browser): OUR Mijamin (b. 9 Sep 1760
Glocester RI) is NOT a registered DAR patriot. The two registered
Mijamin Tafts are: A112368 = Mijamin b. 13 Jun 1740 Uxbridge, d. 23 Jun
1817 Uxbridge (PRIVATE, MA) - our Mijamin's FIRST COUSIN (son of Nathan
1738); DAR spouse list for A112368 = (1) SARAH SMITH (2) MARY CLARK,
member apps 619549/635292 (via Sally Hutchinson), 706199 (via Hannah
Lilley) - this settles the Clark-vs-Sprague reading: the 1787 Mary
CLARK marriage belongs to the 1740 Mijamin (as Dorsey warned), NOT to
ours; and A206647 = the 1712 Mijamin (Civil Service). COROLLARY: the
Amy/Luna SPRAGUE 1785 marriage attribution to OUR Mijamin rests on
WikiTree/FaG only - Uxbridge VR has no Sprague entry for either
Mijamin; our Mijamin's wife remains OPEN (children Benedict 1787 +
Jesse 1798 need their mother documented). The DAR-registered PRIVATE
1740 cousin is also the man whose wife-problem Dorsey described.
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