When Cynthia Taft was born on 17 August 1773, in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Aaron Taft, was 30 and her mother, Rhoda Rawson, was 23. She married Nathaniel Butler on 4 October 1798. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 1 December 1837, in Mexico, Mexico, Oswego, New York, United States, at the age of 64.