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 Rawson TAFT
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 14 Apr 1785 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts b
  • Death: 1 Jan 1867 in Cincinnati, Ohio d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Aaron TAFT Birth: 28 May 1743 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts Death: 26 Mar 1808 in Townshend, Vermont
    • Mother:
  • Rhoda RAWSON Birth: 4 Oct 1749 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts Death: 9 Jun 1827 in Townshend, Vermont

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Alphonso TAFT Birth: 5 Nov 1810 in Townshend, Vermont Death: 21 May 1891 in San Diego, California

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 p168, 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 Sylvia HOWARD
date:
[Ref: Roberts USPres TAFT],
child:
[Ref: Roberts RD600 p168, Roberts USPres TAFT, Roberts USPres p312]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Peter Rawson TAFT
                            /-----Robert TAFT
                   /-----Joseph TAFT
                  |         \-----Sarah (TAFT)
          /-----Peter TAFT
         |        |                                             /-----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)
 /-----Aaron TAFT
|        |         /-----Josiah CHENEY
|         \-----Elizabeth CHENEY
|                  \-----Hannah (CHENEY)
Peter Rawson TAFT
|                                    /-----Edward RAWSON
|                           /-----Grindall RAWSON
|                          |         \-----Rachel PERNE
|                  /-----Edmund RAWSON
|                 |        |                           /-----William Rev WILSON
|                 |        |                  /-----John Rev WILSON
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Isabel WOODHALL
|                 |        |         /-----John Jr WILSON
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Lancelot MANSFIELD
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----John MANSFIELD
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Anne EURE
|                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MANSFIELD
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth BATTE
|                 |         \-----Susanna WILSON
|                 |                  \-----Sarah HOOKER
|         /-----Abner RAWSON
|        |        |         /-----John HAYWARD
|        |         \-----Elizabeth HAYWARD
|        |                 |         /-----Experience MITCHELL
|        |                  \-----Sarah MITCHELL
|        |                           \-----Mary (MITCHELL)
 \-----Rhoda RAWSON
         |         /-----Ebenezer ALLEN
          \-----Mary ALLEN
                   \-----Mary HILL



Descendants of Peter Rawson TAFT
1. Peter Rawson TAFT m. Sylvia HOWARD
m. Sylvia HOWARD father: Levi HOWARD mother: Bethiah CHAPIN

2nd generation

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

3rd generation

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

4th generation

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

5th generation

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