Robert Taft
Abt 1640 - 1725 (85 years)-
Name Robert Taft Birth Abt 1640 England or Ireland 
Gender Male Death 8 Feb 1725 Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Person ID I413 Murrow Last Modified 16 Oct 2026
Family 
Living Children 1. Benjamin Taft, b. 31 Mar 1684, Bristol, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay (now Rhode Island), USA d. 24 Aug 1761 (Age 77 years)Family ID F127 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Oct 2026
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Event Map 
Birth - Abt 1640 - England or Ireland 
Death - 8 Feb 1725 - Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - THE AMERICAN PROGENITOR of the Taft family. Spelled 'Taffe' on his first deed (19 Oct 1678). Came from England/Ireland ~1675; one of the Braintree men who founded Mendon, Massachusetts in 1667. Housewright - he and his sons built the first bridge across the Mendon River. Owned land in Braintree (sold 1679); the Taft homestead in Uxbridge facing 'Taft's Pond' is still held by descendants.
FIVE SONS -> FIVE LINES: Thomas (1671-1755), Robert Jr. (1674-1748), Daniel (1677-1761), Joseph (1680-1747) [PRESIDENT TAFT'S LINE], Benjamin (1684-1761) [OUR LINE].
Wyatt & Harper Taft are FIFTH COUSINS ~5R of President WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT through Joseph's line (President's chain: Joseph > Peter > Aaron > Peter Rawson > Alphonso > William Howard). Source: 'Ancestry of William Howard Taft' (Allaben 1908); WikiTree Taft-88.
- THE AMERICAN PROGENITOR of the Taft family. Spelled 'Taffe' on his first deed (19 Oct 1678). Came from England/Ireland ~1675; one of the Braintree men who founded Mendon, Massachusetts in 1667. Housewright - he and his sons built the first bridge across the Mendon River. Owned land in Braintree (sold 1679); the Taft homestead in Uxbridge facing 'Taft's Pond' is still held by descendants.