When Phineas Taft was born on 29 January 1754, in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Gideon Taft, was 38 and his mother, Elizabeth Emerson, was 37. He married Jemima Thompson on 4 September 1774, in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Danby, Rutland, Vermont, United States for about 30 years and Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, United States in 1820. He registered for military service in 1776. He died on 6 November 1828, in West Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Center Rutland Cemetery, Rutland Town, Rutland, Vermont, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""
English (mainly Staffordshire and Derbyshire): variant of Toft .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial or metonymic occupational name from German Taft ‘taffeta’.
History: Robert Taft (born c. 1640), lived in Braintree, MA, and subsequently Mendon, MA. — Alphonso Taft (1810–91), jurist and politician born in Townshend, VT, was the father of William Howard Taft (1857–1930), 27th president of the US and chief justice of the US Supreme Court.
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