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: Helen Nellie HERRON
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: 2 Jun 1861 in Cincinnati, Ohio b
  • Death: 22 May 1943 in Washington, District of Columbia d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John Williamson HERRON Birth: 10 May 1827 in Shippensburgh, Pennsylvania Death: 6 Aug 1912 in Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Mother:
  • Harriet Ann COLLINS Birth: 15 Sep 1833 in Lowville, New York Death: 20 Jan 1902

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],
place:
[Ref: Roberts USPres TAFT],
parents:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p207]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Roberts USPres TAFT],
place:
[Ref: Roberts USPres TAFT]
Sources with Information about marriage to William Howard TAFT
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:



Pedigree of Helen Nellie HERRON
 /-----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
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Richard WARREN
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Mary WARREN
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Elizabeth (WARREN)
|        |        |         /-----Ebenezer COWLES
|        |        |        |        |         /-----John HUBBARD
|        |        |        |         \-----Sarah HUBBARD
|        |        |        |                  \-----Mary MERRIAM
|        |         \-----Lois COWLES
|        |                 |                           /-----John COWLES
|        |                 |                  /-----John COWLES
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Hannah HART
|        |                 |         /-----Jonathan COWLES
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Robert BARTLETT
|        |                 |        |         \-----Deborah BARTLETT
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----Richard WARREN
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Mary WARREN
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Elizabeth (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
                                             |         /-----Thomas BRESSIE
                                             |        |         \-----Phebe BISBY
                                              \-----Phebe BRESSIE
                                                       \-----Mary OSBORN



Descendants of Helen Nellie HERRON
1. Helen Nellie HERRON m. William Howard TAFT
m. William Howard TAFT father: Alphonso TAFT mother: Louisa Maria TORREY

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