Ancestry of
William Howard Taft

27th U.S. President

Levi Hayward alias Howard

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• • Great-grandfather of William Howard Taft — 4th Generation
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  • 10 
  • Father:
  • Benjamin Hayward Jr. 
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  • Mary Wheaton   
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Bethiah Chapin
  • Marriage Date:
  • 28 May 1776 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Sylvia Howard (Ahnentafel No:5 )

  • Notes: 

  • Levi is said to have changed his name from Hayward to Howard.

• Sources for Levi Hayward alias Howard

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Milford Marriages, Vol. 1, p. 209, Marriage record for Levi Hayward and Bethia Chapin.
  • ² The American Genealogist, 1945, Vol. 22, pp. 206-207.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 481.
  • ⁴ Rockwood, Vivian VaLera, Four Centuries of American Descendants of Richard Rockwood of Dorchester 1633, Braintree 1636, Massachusetts, Johnson City, Tennessee: Overmountain Press (2000), 1175, 1177.
  • ⁵ Wikipedia, "Peter Rawson Taft", (accessed 09/24/2012).