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: Peter TAFT
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1715 b
  • Death: 12 Dec 1783 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Joseph TAFT Birth: Abt 1680 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts Death: 18 Jul 1747 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts
    • Mother:
  • Elizabeth EMERSON Birth: 6 Mar 1686/7 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Death: 10 Mar 1760 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Aaron TAFT Birth: 28 May 1743 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts Death: 26 Mar 1808 in Townshend, Vermont

Bibliography
  1. 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:
abt 1715 [Ref: Roberts USPres TAFT],
parents:
[Ref: Roberts USPres TAFT, Roberts USPres p312]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Roberts USPres TAFT],
place:
[Ref: Roberts USPres TAFT]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth CHENEY
date:
[Ref: Roberts USPres TAFT],
place:
[Ref: Roberts USPres TAFT],
child:
[Ref: Roberts USPres TAFT, Roberts USPres p312]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Peter TAFT
          /-----Robert TAFT
 /-----Joseph TAFT
|         \-----Sarah (TAFT)
Peter TAFT
|                                                               /-----Robert EMERYSON
|                                                      /-----Thomas EMERSON
|                                                     |         \-----Marjorie (EMERYSON)
|                                             /-----Thomas EMERSON
|                                    /-----Robert EMERSON
|                                   |         \-----Margery (EMERSON)
|                           /-----Thomas EMERSON
|                          |        |         /-----John CRABBE
|                          |         \-----Susan CRABBE
|                  /-----Joseph EMERSON
|                 |         \-----Elizabeth BREWSTER
|         /-----James EMERSON
|        |        |         /-----Robert WOODMANSEY
|        |         \-----Elizabeth WOODMANSEY
|        |                  \-----Margaret (WOODMANSEY)
 \-----Elizabeth EMERSON
          \-----Sarah (EMERSON)



Descendants of Peter TAFT
1. Peter TAFT m. Elizabeth CHENEY
m. Elizabeth CHENEY father: Josiah CHENEY mother: Hannah (CHENEY)

2nd generation

2. Aaron TAFT m. Rhoda RAWSON
m. Rhoda RAWSON father: Abner RAWSON mother: Mary ALLEN

3rd generation

3. Peter Rawson TAFT m. Sylvia HOWARD
m. Sylvia HOWARD father: Levi HOWARD mother: Bethiah CHAPIN

4th generation

4. Alphonso TAFT m. Louisa Maria TORREY
m. Louisa Maria TORREY father: Samuel Davenport TORREY mother: Susan Holman WATERS

5th generation

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