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Male Silas TAFT Click to view Silas TAFT in the family tree

Silas was born on December 17th, 1739 in Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts.  Silas' father was Israsel TAFT and his mother was Mercy ALDRICH (ALDRIDGE).  His paternal grandparents were Robert Jr TAFT and Elizabeth WOODWARD; his maternal grandparents were Jacob ALDRICH OR ALDRIDGE and Margery HAYWARD. He had nine brothers and nine sisters, named Israel, Jacob, Elisha, Robert, Stephen, Samuel, Stephen, Silas, Phila., Huldah, Priscilla, Hannah, Mercy, Mary, Margery, Rachel, Amariah and Phila.  He was the seventh youngest of the nineteen children.  He died at the age of 1 on May 10th, 1741.

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Ancestral File (R), Ancestral File (R)


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