Ancestry of
William Howard Taft

27th U.S. President

Samuel Davenport

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of William Howard Taft — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 52 
  • Father:
  • John Davenport 
  • Mother:
  • Naomi -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • 20 Oct 1697 
  • Birth Location:
  • Dorchester (now Boston), Suffolk, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
  • 24 Oct 1697 
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  • Death Date:
  • 29 Jun 1773 
  • Death Location:
  • Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Rebecca Holbrook
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1719 
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  • Child:

  Seth Davenport (Ahnentafel No:26 )

• Sources for Samuel Davenport

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1879, Vol. 23, pp. 28, 33.
  • ² The American Genealogist, 1945, Vol. 22, pp. 206-207.
  • ³ Ferris, Mary Walton, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines: A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Cuneo Press (1931), Vol. 1, pp. 277-278.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 489.