Ancestry of
William Howard Taft

27th U.S. President

John Wilson

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of William Howard Taft — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 146 
  • Father:
  • John Wilson 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Mansfield   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1624 
  • Birth Location:
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  • Christening Date:
  • 3 Mar 1643/1644 
  • Christening Location:
  • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 
  • Death Date:
  • 23 Aug 1691 
  • Death Location:
  • Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Hooker
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 1649 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Children:
  
  

  John Wilson

  Susanna Wilson (Ahnentafel No:73 )

• Sources for John Wilson

  • ¹ American Ancestors Magazine, 2013, Vol. 14.4, p. 52.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Medfield, Vol. 1, p. 243, Death record for John Willson.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Medfield, Vol. 1, p. 107, Birth record for son John Wilson.
  • ⁴ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 2001, Vol. 155, p. 28.
  • ⁵ New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1912, Vol. 43, p. 199.
  • ⁶ The American Genealogist, 1945, Vol. 22, Pages 208, 210.
  • ⁷ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. 2, G-O, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995), 984.
  • ⁸ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. 3, P-W, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995), 2014-2015.
  • ⁹ Hooker, Edward, The Descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, Connecticut, 1586-1908, Rochester, New York: E. R. Andrews Printing Company (1909), 10.
  • ¹⁰ Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2011), 18.
  • ¹¹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 168.
  • ¹² Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 318.
  • ¹³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 429.
  • ¹⁴ Washburn, Mabel Thacher Rosemary, Ancestry of William Howard Taft, New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Company (1908), 36, 42.