Ancestry of
Helen (Herron) Taft

First Lady of President William H. Taft

Abigail Platt

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• • 6th Generation — 3rd Great-grandmother of Helen (Herron) Taft
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 63 
  • Father:
  • John Platt   
  • Mother:
  • Phebe Bressie   
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  • Death Date:
  • 30 Jul 1744 
  • Death Location:
  • Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Timothy Wilcockson
  • Marriage Date:
  • 24 Apr 1740 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Joanna Wilcockson (Ahnentafel No:31 )

• Sources for Abigail Platt

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 , Stratford, p. 158, Marriage record for Timothy Wilcoxson and Abigail Platt, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ² Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 , Stratford, p. 155, Death record for Abigail Wilcoxson, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ³ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 , Stratford, p. 157, Birth record for daughter Joannah Wilcoxson, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd , "The Royal Descents of Jane Pierce, Alice and Edith Roosevelt, Helen Taft, Eleanor Roosevelt , and Barbara Bush" , (accessed 09/30/2014), New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd , Notable Ki n, Volume 1 , Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998) , 109.
  • ⁶ Wilcox, Thomas , Descendants of William Wilcoxson of Derbyshire, England, and Stratford, Conn. , Los Angeles: Unknown (1963) , 29, Ancestry.com (Online Database).