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 Howard TAFT
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 15 Sep 1857 in Cincinnati, Ohio b
  • Death: 8 Mar 1930 in Washington, District of Columbia d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Alphonso TAFT Birth: 5 Nov 1810 in Townshend, Vermont Death: 21 May 1891 in San Diego, California
    • Mother:
  • Louisa Maria TORREY Birth: 11 Sep 1827 in Boston, Massachusetts Death: 8 Dec 1907 in Millbury, Massachusetts

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Robert Alphonso TAFT Birth: 8 Sep 1889 in Cincinnati, Ohio Death: 31 Jul 1953 in New York, New York
  2. Helen TAFT Birth: 1 Aug 1891 in Cincinnati, Ohio
  3. Charles Phelps TAFT Birth: 20 Sep 1897 in Cincinnati, Ohio Death: 24 Jun 1983 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].
  3. 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]*].
  4. 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]
1857 [Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY, Roberts RD600 p168, Roberts RD600 p563, Roberts USPres p196],
place:
[Ref: Roberts USPres TAFT],
parents:
[Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY, Roberts RD600 p168, Roberts RD600 p563, Roberts USPres TAFT, Roberts USPres p196, Roberts USPres p312]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Roberts USPres TAFT]
1930 [Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY, Roberts RD600 p168, Roberts RD600 p563, Roberts USPres p196],
place:
[Ref: Roberts USPres TAFT]
Sources with Information about marriage to Helen Nellie HERRON
date:
[Ref: Roberts USPres TAFT],
place:
[Ref: Roberts USPres TAFT],
names:
[Ref: Roberts RD600 p168, Roberts RD600 p563],
child:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p206, Hart PresidentWives p207, Reitwiesner JohnKERRY]
Research Notes:
27th President of US [Ref: Roberts RD600 p168, Roberts RD600 p563, Roberts USPres TAFT, Roberts USPres p196]



Pedigree of William Howard TAFT
                                              /-----Robert TAFT
                                     /-----Joseph TAFT
                                    |         \-----Sarah (TAFT)
                            /-----Peter TAFT
                           |        |                           /-----Thomas EMERSON
                           |        |                  /-----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
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----John Rev WILSON
         |        |                 |        |         /-----John Jr WILSON
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MANSFIELD
         |        |                 |         \-----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
|                          |        |                           /-----George GIDDINGS
|                          |        |                  /-----Joseph GIDDINGS
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Jane LAWRENCE
|                          |        |         /-----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
                                             |         /-----John COOLIDGE
                                             |        |         \-----Mary RAVENS
                                              \-----Grace COOLIDGE
                                                      |         /-----John LIVERMORE
                                                       \-----Hannah LIVERMORE
                                                                \-----Grace SHERMAN



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

2nd generation

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

3rd generation

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