Caleb Taft

Brief Life History of Caleb

When Caleb Taft was born on 14 April 1757, in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Caleb Taft, was 33 and his mother, Susanna Albee, was 33. He married Hannah Thayer on 9 July 1781, in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 14 January 1840, in Mendon, Monroe, New York, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Honeoye Falls Cemetery, Honeoye Falls, Monroe, New York, United States.

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Caleb Taft
1757–1840
Hannah Thayer
1764–1832
Marriage: 9 July 1781
Sally Taft
1783–
Thankful Taft
1784–1850
Patty Taft
1785–
Caleb Taft
1791–1869
Nancy Taft
1795–
Adon Taft
1800–1879
Sylvanus Taft
1802–1888
Caroline Taft
1806–

Sources (13)

  • Birth, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  • Marriage to Hannah Thayer, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  • Death of son Adon Taft, "Michigan, Deaths, 1867-1897"

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1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New York is the 11th state.

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

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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