Robert Taft

Background

He was the son of Robert Taft, Senior, the first American Taft, of the famous Taft family, and Sarah Simpson.

Career

Robert Taft, Junior., is an early American pioneer. Robert lived the earliest part of his life at Braintree until he was age 6, when his father moved back to the western part of Mendon, Massachusetts, following the King Philip"s War. This part of town later became the town of Uxbridge.

Robert Taft, Junior. married Elizabeth Woodard of Braintree, Norfolk County.

The town of Uxbridge was incorporated as a separate town from Mendon in 1727. Robert Taft 2nd, was the first known elected political figure in the famous Taft family, a dynasty in American politics.

Robert Taft, Junior., was a prominent citizen of Mendon and Uxbridge. He died in Uxbridge, Worcester County, in 1748.

His descendants number among well-known Americans and political figures, especially among the Taft family in Ohio.

Achievements

• Robert Taft, Junior., was a founder and founding Selectman on the first Board of Selectmen, of the colonial town of Uxbridge, in Worcester County, Massachusetts.