Ancestry of
William Howard Taft

27th U.S. President

John Holbrook Jr.

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of William Howard Taft — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 118 
  • Father:
  • John Holbrook 
  • Mother:
  • Silence Wood   
  • Birth Date:
  • 22 Mar 1694/1695 
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  • Death Date:
  • 6 May 1756 
  • Death Location:
  • Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Ruth Hill
  • Marriage Date:
  • 13 Mar 1718/1719 
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  Silence Holbrook (Ahnentafel No:59 )

• Sources for John Holbrook Jr.

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1904, Vol. 58, p. 163.
  • ² The American Genealogist, 1945, Vol. 22, pp. 207-208.
  • ³ Morse, Rev. Abner, A Genealogical Register of the Inhabitants and History of the Towns of Sherborn and Holliston, Boston: Damrell & Moore (1856), 142.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 433.