Charity Taft

Female24 November 1742–22 August 1747

Brief Life History of Charity

When Charity Taft was born on 24 November 1742, in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Thomas Taft II, was 29 and her mother, Lydia Thompson, was 31. She died on 22 August 1747, in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 4.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Taft II
1713–1793
Lydia Thompson
1710–1756
Nathaniel Taft
1733–1747
Thomas Taft
1736–1736
Kezia Taft
1737–1737
Lydia Taft
1738–1829
Charity Taft
1742–1747
Hannah Taft
1745–1833
Nathaniel Taft
1747–1827
Amariah Taft
1750–1750
Deborah Taft
1751–1856
Thomas Taft III
1753–1835
Genery Taft
1756–1761

Sources (5)

  • Charity Taft, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Charity Taft, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
  • Charity Taft, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

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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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