Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: William TORREY
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 23Nov 1754 in Mendon, Massachusetts b
  • Death: 16 Sep 1817 in Mendon, Massachusetts d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Joseph TORREY Birth: Abt 1727 Death: 29 Nov 1760 in Mendon, Massachusetts
    • Mother:
  • Deborah HOLBROOK Birth: 24 Feb 1731/2 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts Death: 13 Sep 1775 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts

Family:
Marriage:
  • Anna DAVENPORT on 20 Jul 1788 at Mendon, Massachusetts .m1
  • Anna DAVENPORT Birth: 8 Sep 1765 in Mendon, Massachusetts Death: 1 Aug 1842 in Mendon, Massachusetts
Children:
  1. Samuel Davenport TORREY Birth: 14 Apr 1789 in Mendon, Massachusetts Death: 23 Dec 1877 in Millbury, Massachusetts

Bibliography
  1. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[0-9]*].
  2. Roberts, Gary Boyd, Ancestors of American Presidents, First Authoritative Edition. Santa Clarita, CA: Carl Boyer, 1995. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts USPres [A-Zp][A-Z0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Roberts USPres TAFT],
place:
[Ref: Roberts USPres TAFT],
parents:
[Ref: Roberts RD600 p563, Roberts USPres TAFT, Roberts USPres p196]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Roberts USPres TAFT],
place:
[Ref: Roberts USPres TAFT]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anna DAVENPORT
date:
[Ref: Roberts USPres TAFT],
place:
[Ref: Roberts USPres TAFT],
child:
[Ref: Roberts RD600 p563, Roberts USPres TAFT, Roberts USPres p196]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of William TORREY
                   /-----Angel TORREY
          /-----William TORREY
         |         \-----Hannah (TORREY)
 /-----Joseph TORREY
|        |                                    /-----John GIDDINGS
|        |                           /-----George GIDDINGS
|        |                          |        |         /-----Thomas PURRIER
|        |                          |         \-----Joan PURRIER
|        |                  /-----Joseph GIDDINGS
|        |                 |        |                  /-----John LAWRENCE
|        |                 |        |         /-----Thomas LAWRENCE
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Richard BULL
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth BULL
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Alice HUNT
|        |                 |         \-----Jane LAWRENCE
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Walter ANTROBUS
|        |                 |                  \-----Joan ANTROBUS
|        |                 |                          |         /-----John ARNOLD
|        |                 |                           \-----Joan ARNOLD
|        |         /-----Joseph Jr GIDDINGS
|        |        |         \-----Susanna RINDGE
|         \-----Susanna GIDDINGS
|                 |         /-----Uzal WARDWELL
|                  \-----Grace WARDWELL
|                           \-----Grace (WARDWELL)
William TORREY
|         /-----William HOLBROOK
 \-----Deborah HOLBROOK
          \-----Hopestill READ



Descendants of William TORREY
1. William TORREY m. Anna DAVENPORT
m. Anna DAVENPORT father: Seth DAVENPORT mother: Chloe DANIEL

2nd generation

2. Samuel Davenport TORREY m. Susan Holman WATERS
m. Susan Holman WATERS father: Asa Jr WATERS mother: Susan Trask HOLMAN

3rd generation

3. Louisa Maria TORREY m. Alphonso TAFT
m. Alphonso TAFT father: Peter Rawson TAFT mother: Sylvia HOWARD

4th generation

4. William Howard TAFT m. Helen Nellie HERRON
m. Helen Nellie HERRON father: John Williamson HERRON mother: Harriet Ann COLLINS

5th generation

5. Robert Alphonso TAFT m. Martha Wheaton BOWERS
m. Martha Wheaton BOWERS
6. Helen TAFT m. Fredrick Johnson MANNING
m. Fredrick Johnson MANNING
7. Charles Phelps TAFT m. Eleanor Kellogg CHASE
m. Eleanor Kellogg CHASE