Taft family

The Taft family are a powerful political dynasty from Ohio, United States that spans almost two centuries. The most famous member of the family is William Howard Taft, the only person to serve as both President of the United States and Chief Justice of the United States.

Origins of the Taft family
The family were originally from Scandinavia using the name Toft, which is Old Norse for dweller at the curtilage, site or homestead. They moved to Britain sometime before the Norman Conquest in 1066 and settled in Toft, Cheshire, England. From here a branch of the family moved south and was living in London by the late 1500's. Some time before 1675 Robert Taft immigrated to Massachusetts, United States. In 1679 he settled in Mendon where he became prominent in local affairs.

Taft family tree

 * Nicholas Taft (b. ABT 1580)
 * Richard Robert Taft (b. ABT 1610)
 * Robert Taft (b. ABT 1640 - 8 Feb 1725)
 * Robert Taft Jr. (b. 1674 - 29 Sep 1748)
 * Robert Taft III (b. 24 Dec 1697 - 6 Mar 1777)
 * Robert Taft IV (b. 1724 - 22 Sep 1787)
 * Lovett Taft (b. 31 Jan 1756 - 23 Apr 1837)
 * Aurin Post Taft (b. 17 Jul 1788 - 21 Oct 1861)
 * '''Frederick Lovett Taft (b. 28 Aug 1811 - 28 Apr 1869)
 * Newton Archibald Taft (b. 1843 - 11 Jan 1890)
 * Frederick Lovett Taft (b. 1870 - 1913)
 * Kingsley Arter Taft (b. 19 Jul 1903 - 28 Mar 1970)
 * Israel Taft (b. 26 Apr 1699 - 19 Sep 1753)
 * Jacob Taft (b. 22 Apr 1725 - 15 Mar 1802)
 * Easmon Taft (b. 16 Jun 1763 - 29 Apr 1829)
 * Chloe Taft (b. 7 Jul 1785 - 1826) m. John Benson
 * Ezra Taft Benson (b. 22 Feb 1811 - 3 Sep 1869)
 * George Taft Benson (b. 1 May 1846 - 16 May 1919)
 * George Taft Benson (b. 24 Jun 1866 - 1934)
 * Ezra Taft Benson (b. 4 Aug 1899 - 29 May 1994)
 * Aaron Taft (b. 28 May 1743 - 26 Mar 1808)
 * Peter Rawson Taft (b. 14 Apr 1785 - 1 Jan 1867)
 * Alphonso Taft (b. 5 Nov 1810 - 21 May 1891)
 * William Howard Taft (b. 15 Sep 1857 - 8 May 1930)
 * Robert Alphonso Taft I (b. 8 Sep 1889 - 31 Jul 1953)
 * William Howard Taft III (b. 7 Aug 1915 - 23 Feb 1991)
 * William Howard Taft IV
 * Robert Alphonso Taft II (b. 26 Feb 1917 - 7 Dec 1993)
 * Henry Waters Taft (b. 27 May 1859 - 1945)
 * Charles Phelps Taft (b. 21 Dec 1843 - 31 Dec 1929)
 * Benjamin Taft (b. 1 Mar 1684 - 1766)
 * Silas Taft (b. ABT 1716)
 * Ephriam Taft (b. 14 Jul 1749)
 * Zadoc Taft (b. 1786 - 30 Nov 1866)
 * Don Carlos Taft (b. 19 Jun 1827)
 * Lorado Zadoc Taft (b. 29 Apr 1860 - 30 Oct 1936)
 * Emily Taft (b. 10 Apr 1899 - 28 Jan 1994) m. Paul Howard Douglas

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