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About Robert Taft, Sr.
Robert Taft Sr., also Robert Taffe, was the first Taft in the United States and the founder of the American Taft family. Believed to be of Scottish heritage, Taft left the British Isles to settle in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1670s. Living first in Braintree, he settled in Mendon in 1680 and was a leading citizen and wealthy landholder, who was instrumental in the growth of the town.
Everything about Robert Taft, Sr. →- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- 1640
- Died
- February 8, 1725