Stephen Taft was born December 1767 in Barnard, Windsor County, Vermont, United States to Seth Taft (1739-1781) and Jemima Angell (1744-1827) and died 1810 Barnard, Windsor County, Vermont, United States of unspecified causes. He married Patience Perkins (1783-1862) 1801 in Windsor County, Vermont.
"Stephen, a son of Seth, who was the son of Stephen, the second son of Benjamin, emigrated to Vermont about the year 1790, and was the first to build a dam across the Queechee River, in or near Woodstock, and established there a scythe factory. In 1792, his brother Daniel came up, then a boy of sixteen, and began to learn the trade of scythe making. In 1804, Daniel, then twenty-six years of age, and Seth, another brother, bought out Stephen and carried on the business till 1811, when the shop was destroyed by fire, and Seth lost his life by an injury received at the fire. Daniel rebuilt the shop and enlarged the business far beyond the conceptions of his brother Stephen who commenced it. It has been a very important manufactory of agricultural cutlery."
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Samuel Taft (1802-1802) | |||
| David Taft (1804-1841) | |||
| Lewis Taft (1805-1890) | |||
| Mary Ann Taft (1807-1865) | |||
| Lucy Taft (1807-1887) | |||
Siblings