Ancestry of
Taylor Swift

Singer and Songwriter

Tarzah Gillett

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• • 4th Great-grandmother of Taylor Swift — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 75 
  • Father:
  • Jacob Gillett 
  • Mother:
  • Deborah Monroe   
  • Birth Date:
  • 15 Dec 1774 
  • Birth Location:
  • Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 14 May 1849 
  • Death Location:
  • Farmington Township, Warren, Pennsylvania 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Thompson Hill Cemetery, Warren County, Pennsylvania 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Comfort Knapp
  • Marriage Date:
  • 15 Sep 1791 
  • Marriage Location:
  • New Lebanon, Columbia, New York 
  • Child:

  Annice Knapp (Ahnentafel No:37 )

  • Notes: 

  • Tarzah Gillett's given name is also seen as Tirzah, Tharzy, and Tharris.

• Sources for Tarzah Gillett

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Salisbury, p. 48, Birth record for Tharris/Tharzy Gillett.
  • ² Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A066155.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 08/28/2020).
  • ⁴ Jordan, John W., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania, Vol. 3, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1913), 759.

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