Brief Life History of Caleb
When Caleb Taft was born on 20 December 1786, in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Barzillai Taft, was 36 and his mother, Sarah Richardson, was 30. He died on 3 November 1805, in his hometown, at the age of 18, and was buried in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Caleb Taft, "Find A Grave Index"
- Caleb Taft, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Caleb Taft, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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World Events (6)
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1788 · The First Presidential Election
The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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