Choose a figure in American history: Lydia Chapin Taft
Your subject's major accomplishments should have occurred prior to 1870
Describe the biographical details of your chosen figure
Where/when they were born
Family members
Early life details
Education, if any
Major accomplishments
Later life details
Death
Describe the role that your chosen figure played in US history during their lifetime
Describe how your chosen figure is studied and remembered today
Sample Solution
Lydia Chapin Taft (1712–October 29, 1778) was born in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of John Chapin and Susanna Bolles. Her family members included two brothers, Samuel and Moses; four sisters, Sarah Aldrich, Ruth Blodgett, Abigail White, and Hannah Thwing; and her husband Captain Joseph Taft (1702-1789).
Lydia's early life is not well documented but it is known that she received some form of education as she could read and write. In 1734 Lydia married Captain Joseph Taft at Mendon Meetinghouse in Massachusetts. The couple had eight children together: Phebe (baptized 1735); Susanna (baptized 1737); Experience (born ca. 1738); Job (born ca. 1742); Ephraim (born ca. 1744); John Jr.; Simeon; and an unnamed infant daughter who died shortly after birth in November of 1745.