Ancestry of
William Howard Taft

27th U.S. President

Samuel Read Jr.

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of William Howard Taft — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 102 
  • Father:
  • Samuel Read 
  • Mother:
  • Hopestill Holbrook   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1669 
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  • Death Date:
  • 14 Feb 1725 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Old Cemetery, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Deborah Chapin
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  Deborah Read

  Hopestill Read (Ahnentafel No:51 )

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  • Spouse:
  • Abigail White

• Sources for Samuel Read Jr.

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, 1918, Vol 52, pp. 53-54.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/22/2015).
  • ³ The American Genealogist, 1945, Vol. 22, pp. 206, 209.
  • ⁴ The American Genealogist, 1992, Vol. 67, p. 93.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 459.