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: Robert Alphonso TAFT
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 8 Sep 1889 in Cincinnati, Ohio b
  • Death: 31 Jul 1953 in New York, New York d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • William Howard TAFT Birth: 15 Sep 1857 in Cincinnati, Ohio Death: 8 Mar 1930 in Washington, District of Columbia
    • Mother:
  • Helen Nellie HERRON Birth: 2 Jun 1861 in Cincinnati, Ohio Death: 22 May 1943 in Washington, District of Columbia

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. William Howard TAFT Birth: 7 Aug 1915 in Bar Harbor, Maine Death: 23 Feb 1991 in Washington, District of Columbia
  2. Robert Alphonso TAFT Birth: 1917 Death: 1993
  3. Lloyd Bowers TAFT Birth: 1 Jan 1923 Death: 25 Oct 1985
  4. Horace Dwight TAFT Birth: 2 Apr 1925 in Cincinnati, Ohio

Bibliography
  1. Hart, Craig, Genealogy of the Wives of the American Presidents, Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2004. NYPL APK 05-1088 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Hart PresidentWives p[0-9]*].
  2. Reitwiesner, William Addams, Ancestry of Sen John Kerry, 2004. Available at http://www.wargs.com/political/kerry.html Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p206]
1889 [Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY],
place:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p206],
parents:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p206, Reitwiesner JohnKERRY]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p206]
1953 [Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY],
place:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p206]
Sources with Information about marriage to Martha Wheaton BOWERS
date:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p206],
place:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p206],
child:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p206, Reitwiesner JohnKERRY]
Research Notes:
US Senator [Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY]



Pedigree of Robert Alphonso TAFT
                                                       /-----Robert TAFT
                                              /-----Joseph TAFT
                                             |         \-----Sarah (TAFT)
                                     /-----Peter TAFT
                                    |        |                  /-----Joseph EMERSON
                                    |        |         /-----James EMERSON
                                    |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth WOODMANSEY
                                    |         \-----Elizabeth EMERSON
                                    |                  \-----Sarah (EMERSON)
                            /-----Aaron TAFT
                           |        |         /-----Josiah CHENEY
                           |         \-----Elizabeth CHENEY
                           |                  \-----Hannah (CHENEY)
                   /-----Peter Rawson TAFT
                  |        |                                    /-----Edward RAWSON
                  |        |                           /-----Grindall RAWSON
                  |        |                          |         \-----Rachel PERNE
                  |        |                  /-----Edmund RAWSON
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----John Jr WILSON
                  |        |                 |         \-----Susanna WILSON
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Sarah HOOKER
                  |        |         /-----Abner RAWSON
                  |        |        |        |         /-----John HAYWARD
                  |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth HAYWARD
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Experience MITCHELL
                  |        |        |                  \-----Sarah MITCHELL
                  |        |        |                           \-----Mary (MITCHELL)
                  |         \-----Rhoda RAWSON
                  |                 |         /-----Ebenezer ALLEN
                  |                  \-----Mary ALLEN
                  |                           \-----Mary HILL
          /-----Alphonso TAFT
         |        |         /-----Levi HOWARD
         |         \-----Sylvia HOWARD
         |                  \-----Bethiah CHAPIN
 /-----William Howard TAFT
|        |                                             /-----Angel TORREY
|        |                                    /-----William TORREY
|        |                                   |         \-----Hannah (TORREY)
|        |                           /-----Joseph TORREY
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Joseph GIDDINGS
|        |                          |        |         /-----Joseph Jr GIDDINGS
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Susanna RINDGE
|        |                          |         \-----Susanna GIDDINGS
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Uzal WARDWELL
|        |                          |                  \-----Grace WARDWELL
|        |                          |                           \-----Grace (WARDWELL)
|        |                  /-----William TORREY
|        |                 |        |         /-----William HOLBROOK
|        |                 |         \-----Deborah HOLBROOK
|        |                 |                  \-----Hopestill READ
|        |         /-----Samuel Davenport TORREY
|        |        |        |         /-----Seth DAVENPORT
|        |        |         \-----Anna DAVENPORT
|        |        |                  \-----Chloe DANIEL
|         \-----Louisa Maria TORREY
|                 |         /-----Asa Jr WATERS
|                  \-----Susan Holman WATERS
|                          |         /-----Jonathan HOLMAN
|                           \-----Susan Trask HOLMAN
|                                   |         /-----Samuel TRASK
|                                    \-----Susanna TRASK
|                                            |         /-----Jonas BOND
|                                             \-----Anna BOND
|                                                     |         /-----John COOLIDGE
|                                                      \-----Grace COOLIDGE
|                                                               \-----Hannah LIVERMORE
Robert Alphonso TAFT
|         /-----John Williamson HERRON
 \-----Helen Nellie HERRON
         |                           /-----Jonathan COLLINS
         |                  /-----Oliver COLLINS
         |                 |         \-----Agnes LYNN
         |         /-----Eli COLLINS
         |        |        |                                    /-----John COWLES
         |        |        |                           /-----John COWLES
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Hannah HART
         |        |        |                  /-----Samuel COWLES
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert BARTLETT
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Deborah BARTLETT
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Mary WARREN
         |        |        |         /-----Ebenezer COWLES
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----John HUBBARD
         |        |        |        |         \-----Sarah HUBBARD
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Mary MERRIAM
         |        |         \-----Lois COWLES
         |        |                 |                           /-----John COWLES
         |        |                 |                  /-----John COWLES
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Hannah HART
         |        |                 |         /-----Jonathan COWLES
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Robert BARTLETT
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Deborah BARTLETT
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Mary WARREN
         |        |                  \-----Kezziah COWLES
         |        |                           \-----Prudence FRARY
          \-----Harriet Ann COLLINS
                  |         /-----Isaac CLINTON
                   \-----Marie CLINTON
                           |         /-----David WELLS
                            \-----Charity WELLS
                                    |         /-----Timothy WILCOXSON
                                     \-----Joanna WILCOXSON
                                             |         /-----John PLATT
                                              \-----Abigail PLATT
                                                      |         /-----Thomas BRESSIE
                                                       \-----Phebe BRESSIE
                                                                \-----Mary OSBORN



Descendants of Robert Alphonso TAFT
1. Robert Alphonso TAFT m. Martha Wheaton BOWERS
m. Martha Wheaton BOWERS

2nd generation

3. Robert Alphonso TAFT m1. Blanca Duncan NOEL m2. Katherine WHITCH m3. Joan WARNER
m. Blanca Duncan NOEL
m. Katherine WHITCH
m. Joan WARNER