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Subject: [MAFRANKL] Ancestors of TAFT & FISH Genealogy
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 20:12:21 EDT

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FIRST GENERATION
1. Child TAFT.

SECOND GENERATION
2. Francis Lyman TAFT was born on October 15, 1826 in Sunderland, Franklin,
Massachusetts.1 He died on February 11, 1856.2 History of The Town of
Sunderland, Massachusetts, by John Montague Smith, prepared by Henry W. Taft
& Abbie T. Montague. Press of E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, Mass., 1899. p.
554.
Died without issue. He was married to Mary Ann FISH on November 12, 1851.3

3. Mary Ann FISH was born on October 9, 1828.4 She died on November 16,
1854.5 Francis Lyman TAFT and Mary Ann FISH had the following children:

1 i. Child TAFT.

THIRD GENERATION
4. Horace Wood TAFT was born on July 1, 1787 in Montague, Franklin,
Massachusetts.6,7 He died on March 7, 1868 in Montague, Franklin,
Massachusetts.8 History of The Town of Sunderland, Massachusetts, by John
Montague Smith, prepared by Henry W. Taft & Abbie T. Montague. Press of E. A.
Hall & Co., Greenfield, Mass., 1899. p. 554.
Graduated, 1806, at Dartmouth; settled in Sunderland, 1810. He was a
lawyer by profession; lived at first , on home lot No. 18, West side, and at
time of his death on the Montague lot, No. 14, West side. He was eight times
elected to the State legislature; fifty years town clerk, and served three
terms as commissioner for Franklin County, an office he previously held under
executive appointment before it became elective. He was married to Mary
MONTAGUE on August 7, 1817.9

5. Mary MONTAGUE was born on July 31, 1791 in Sunderland, Franklin,
Massachusetts.10 She died on September 27, 1880.11 Horace Wood TAFT and
Mary MONTAGUE had the following children:

i. Henry Walbridge TAFT was born on November 13, 1818 in Sunderland,
Franklin, Massachusetts.12 History of The Town of Sunderland, Massachusetts,
by John Montague Smith, prepared by Henry W. Taft & Abbie T. Montague. Press
of E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, Mass., 1899. p. 554.
Removed to Lenox 1838; studied law with Judge Henry W. Bishop
of Lexnox; admitted to the bar 1841; practiced his profession in West
Stockbridge about ten years, and represented that town in the Legislature,
1847; retunred to Lenox; was Register of Probate for Berkshire Co., 1853-4;
clerk of courts for same county, 1856-97; Pres. Third National Bank,
Pittsfield, from its organizations in 1881; remove to Pittsfield 1871.
ii. Julia Ann TAFT was born on March 21, 1821 in Sunderland,
Franklin, Massachusetts.13 She died on February 2, 1847 in Granville,
Licking, Ohio.14
iii. Horace Dexter TAFT was born on February 10, 1824 in
Sunderland, Franklin, Massachusetts.15
2 iv. Francis Lyman TAFT.
v. John Jay TAFT was born on June 5, 1829 in Sunderland, Franklin,
Massachusetts.16 He died on January 8, 1856.17 Died unmarried.

6. Lauriston FISH was born on December 24, 1801.18 He died on November 1,
1882 in Sunderland, Franklin, Massachusetts.19 Resided in Manlius and Pompey
and removed to Sunderland, 1848. He was married to Eliza HOLT on December
26, 1827 in Morrsonville, Clinton, New York.20

7. Eliza HOLT was born on June 11, 1802 in , , New York.21 She died on
March 23, 1887.22 Lauriston FISH and Eliza HOLT had the following children:

3 i. Mary Ann FISH.
ii. Gaius Dwight FISH was born on June 14, 1834 in Manlius, Onondaga,
New York.23 Occupies lots Nos. 1 and 2, West side.
iii. Lewis L. FISH was born on August 23, 1846 in Pompey,
Onondaga, New York.24 Resides in Windham, N.H.

FOURTH GENERATION
8. Lyman TAFT was born in 1763.25,26 He died on July 24, 1833 in Montague,
Franklin, Massachusetts.27,28 He was buried in East Mineral Road Cemetery,
Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts.29 He was married to Deborah WOOD.30

9. Deborah WOOD was born in 1768.31,32 She died on March 29, 1832 in
Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts.33,34 She was buried in East Mineral Road
Cemetery, Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts.35 Lyman TAFT and Deborah WOOD
had the following children:

4 i. Horace Wood TAFT.
ii. Omar TAFT was born on April 22, 1789 in Montague, Franklin,
Massachusetts.36,37 He died on December 3, 1870 in Montague, Franklin,
Massachusetts.38 He was buried in Old South Cemetery, Montague, Franklin,
Massachusetts.39 Vital Records of Montague, Massachusetts To The End of The
Year 1849. Published by the Essex Institute Salem Mass. 1934. p. 115.
of Montague, Mass.
iii. Merrill TAFT was born on January 17, 1789 in Montague,
Franklin, Massachusetts.40 He died on February 26, 1864 in Montague,
Franklin, Massachusetts.41 He was buried in East Mineral Road Cemetery,
Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts.42
iv. Mary Lyman TAFT was born on January 28, 1793 in Montague,
Franklin, Massachusetts.43,44 She died on April 16, 1810 in Montague,
Franklin, Massachusetts.45,46,47 She was buried in Old South Cemetery,
Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts.48 "Only daughter of Lyman & Deborah Taft"
v. Chapin TAFT was born on January 7, 1796 in Montague, Franklin,
Massachusetts.49,50 He died on October 10, 1837 in Montague, Franklin,
Massachusetts.51,52 He was buried in East Mineral Road Cemetery, Montague,
Franklin, Massachusetts.53
vi. John Adams TAFT was born on April 29, 1798 in Montague, Franklin,
Massachusetts.54,55 He died on December 23, 1798 in Montague, Franklin,
Massachusetts.56 He was buried in Old South Cemetery, Montague, Franklin,
Massachusetts.57
vii. George Washington TAFT was born on April 30, 1798 in
Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts.58
viii. John Adams TAFT was born on February 11, 1800 in Montague,
Franklin, Massachusetts.59,60 He died on July 15, 1832 in East Hartford,
Hartford, Connecticut.61,62,63 Recorded in St. James's Episcopal Church of
Greenfield, Mass. He was buried in East Mineral Road Cemetery, Montague,
Franklin, Massachusetts.64
ix. Samuel Dexter TAFT was born on April 22, 1802 in Montague,
Franklin, Massachusetts.65,66 He died on July 13, 1827 in Montague,
Franklin, Massachusetts.67 He was buried in East Mineral Road Cemetery,
Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts.68
x. Charles Dwight TAFT was born on June 10, 1806 in Montague,
Franklin, Massachusetts.69,70 He died on February 5, 1831 in Montague,
Franklin, Massachusetts.71 He was buried in East Mineral Road Cemetery,
Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts.72

10. John MONTAGUE was born on August 12, 1752 in Sunderland, Franklin,
Massachusetts.73 He died on November 7, 1832 in Sunderland, Franklin,
Massachusetts.74 History of The Town of Sunderland, Massachusetts, by John
Montague Smith, prepared by Henry W. Taft & Abbie T. Montague. Press of E. A.
Hall & Co., Greenfield, Mass., 1899. p. 461.
Owned and lived on Lot No. 13, West side; after a few years succeeded to
his father's homestead; was town clerk for 32 consecutvie years and during
most of those years was selectman, assessor and treasurer; was one of those
men whose services in town affairs were multiplied and indispensable. He was
for 27 years deacon of the church and for many years teacher of the town
school; was instrumental in establishing a social library during the last
century. His last years were spent with his son John, where the latter lived
so many year and whre he died, and which place is ow owned by Charles F.
Clark. He was married to Abigail HUBBARD on October 8, 1777.75

11. Abigail HUBBARD was born on July 21, 1756.76 She died on March 12, 1796
in Sunderland, Franklin, Massachusetts.77 John MONTAGUE and Abigail HUBBARD
had the following children:

i. Belinda MONTAGUE was born on November 11, 1778 in Sunderland,
Franklin, Massachusetts.78 She died on December 14, 1842.79 Died unmarried.
ii. Caleb MONTAGUE was born on February 7, 1781 in Sunderland,
Franklin, Massachusetts.80 He died on October 28, 1825 in Sunderland,
Franklin, Massachusetts.81 History of The Town of Sunderland, Massachusetts,
by John Montague Smith, prepared by Henry W. Taft & Abbie T. Montague. Press
of E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, Mass., 1899. p. 465.
Lived on his father's homestead, No. 14, West side.
iii. Abigail MONTAGUE was born on September 21, 1783 in
Sunderland, Franklin, Massachusetts.82 She died on December 11, 1860.83
iv. Fanny MONTAGUE was born on July 29, 1786 in Sunderland, Franklin,
Massachusetts.84 She died on April 7, 1821.85
v. Eunice MONTAGUE was born on March 10, 1789 in Sunderland,
Franklin, Massachusetts.86,87 She died on September 2, 1880.88,89
5 vi. Mary MONTAGUE.
vii. Sally MONTAGUE was born on December 8, 1793 in Sunderland,
Franklin, Massachusetts.90 She died on July 1, 1882.91 History of The Town
of Sunderland, Massachusetts, by John Montague Smith, prepared by Henry W.
Taft & Abbie T. Montague. Press of E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, Mass., 1899.
p. 544.
Adopted daughter of Nathaniel Smith (b: 1759) & Thankful Graves.
viii. John MONTAGUE was born on March 6, 1796 in Sunderland,
Franklin, Massachusetts.92 He died on January 29, 1881 in Sunderland,
Franklin, Massachusetts.93 History of The Town of Sunderland, Massachusetts,
by John Montague Smith, prepared by Henry W. Taft & Abbie T. Montague. Press
of E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, Mass., 1899. p. 466.
Lived on Lot No. 18, West side; Rep. 1835; deacon for more than
40 years.

12. Ezra FISH. He was married to Olive SHUMWAY.94

13. Olive SHUMWAY. Ezra FISH and Olive SHUMWAY had the following children:

6 i. Lauriston FISH.
ii. Rodolphus D. FISH was born in 1812 in Shutesbury, Franklin,
Massachusetts.95 He died on August 29, 1877 in Sunderland, Franklin,
Massachusetts.96 History of The Town of Sunderland, Massachusetts, by John
Montague Smith, prepared by Henry W. Taft & Abbie T. Montague. Press of E. A.
Hall & Co., Greenfield, Mass., 1899. p. 340.
Removed from Hadley to Sunderland, Mass about 1833. Lived in
the house now occupied by the family of the late Geroge L. Batchelder;
afterwards in that occupied by William Gaylord.

14. Daniel HOLT. of N.H. He was married to Polly.97

15. Polly. Daniel HOLT and Polly had the following children:

7 i. Eliza HOLT.

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