Ancestry of
William Howard Taft

27th U.S. President

Peter Rawson Taft

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• • Grandfather of William Howard Taft — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • Aaron Taft 
  • Mother:
  • Rhoda Rawson   
  • Birth Date:
  • 14 Apr 1785 
  • Birth Location:
  • Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 1 Jan 1867 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Sylvia Howard
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1810 
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  • Child:

  Alphonso Taft (Ahnentafel No:2 )

• Sources for Peter Rawson Taft

  • ¹ American Ancestors Magazine, 2013, Vol. 14.4, p. 52.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 09/24/2012).
  • ³ The American Genealogist, 1945, Vol. 22, pp. 207, 209.
  • ⁴ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, S.A.R. #77831, Membership application for Lloyd Bower Taft.
  • ⁵ 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.
  • ⁶ 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.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 429, 481.
  • ⁸ 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.
  • ⁹ Wikipedia, "Peter Rawson Taft", (accessed 09/24/2012).