Ancestry of
William Howard Taft

27th U.S. President

Rhoda Rawson

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• • Great-grandmother of William Howard Taft — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 9 
  • Father:
  • Abner Rawson 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Allen   
  • Birth Date:
  • 4 Oct 1749 
  • Birth Location:
  • Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 9 Jun 1827 
  • Death Location:
  • Townshend, Windham, Vermont 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Taft Hill Cemetery, Townshend, Windham, Vermont 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Aaron Taft
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Jun 1769 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Peter Rawson Taft (Ahnentafel No:4 )

• Sources for Rhoda Rawson

  • ¹ American Ancestors Magazine, 2013, Vol. 14.4, p. 52.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 09/07/2019).
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Uxbridge, Vol. 1, p. 312, Marriage and intention records for Aaron Taft and Rhoda Rawson.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Uxbridge, Vol. 1, p. 123, Birth record for Rhoda Rawson.
  • ⁵ The American Genealogist, 1945, Vol. 22, p. 209.
  • ⁶ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, S.A.R. #77831, Membership application for Lloyd Bower Taft.
  • ⁷ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National No. 77831, Membership application for Lloyd B Taft.
  • ⁸ Vermont: Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1700-2008, Deaths T-U-V to 1871, p. 354, Death record for wid. Rhoda (Aaron) Taft.
  • ⁹ 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.
  • ¹⁰ 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.
  • ¹¹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 429.
  • ¹² Rockwood, Vivian VaLera, Four Centuries of American Descendants of Richard Rockwood of Dorchester 1633, Braintree 1636, Massachusetts, Johnson City, Tennessee: Overmountain Press (2000), 1177.
  • ¹³ Wikipedia, "Peter Rawson Taft", (accessed 09/24/2012).