William Howard TAFT (1857-1930), 27th U. S. President, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Secretary of War, Provisional Governor of Cuba, Civil Governor of Philippine Islands, judge, attorney, and author, married Helen HERRON (1861-1943), 23rd First Lady. Pres. TAFT was father of Sen. Robert Alphonso TAFT I (1889-1953), grandfather of Sen. Robert Alphonso TAFT II (1917-1993), and great grandfather of Ohio Gov. Robert Alphonso TAFT III (b. 1942).

• Alfonso TAFT (1810-1891) and Louisa Maria TORREY (1827-1907) [see below]
• Peter Rawson TAFT (1785-1867) and Sylvia HOWARD [see below]
• Aaron TAFT (1743-1808) and Rhoda RAWSON (1749-1827)
• Peter TAFT (1715-1783) and Elizabeth CHENEY (1707-1783)
• Josiah CHENEY (1685-1754) and Hannah MASON (d. 1717)
• Joseph CHENEY (1647-1704) and Hannah THURSTON (b. 1650)
• William CHENEY (c1603-1667) and Margaret (d.1686)
   
• Louisa Maria TORREY (1827-1907) and Alfonso TAFT (1810-1891)
• Samuel Davenport TORREY (1789-1877) and Susan Holman WATERS (1803-1866) [see below]
• William TORREY (1754-1817) and Anna DAVENPORT (1765-1842) [see below]
• Joseph TORREY (1727-1760) and Deborah HOLBROOK (1731-1775)
• William HOLBROOK (1695-1776) and Hopestill READ (1698-1762) [see below]
• Peter HOLBROOK (d. 1712) and Alice GODFREY (d. 1705)
• Thomas HOLBROOK (1625-1697) and Joan KINGMAN (1624-1696)
• Thomas HOLBROOK (1590-1677) and Jane POWYES (1594-1682)
   
• Sylvia HOWARD and Peter Rawson TAFT (1785-1867)
• Levi HOWARD (1752-1833) and Bethiah CHAPIN (1755-1829)
• John CHAPIN (1730-1815) and Rhoda ALBEE (1731-1819)
• John CHAPIN (1695-1770) and Dorcas (1694-1767)
• Seth CHAPIN (1668-1746) and Bethiah THURSTON (1672- )
• Josiah CHAPIN (c1634-1726) and Mary KING (1639-1676)
• Samuel CHAPIN (1598-1675) and Cicely PENNY (1601-1682)
   
• Susan Holman WATERS (1803-1866) and Samuel Davenport TORREY (1789-1877)
• Asa WATERS and Susan Trask HOLMAN
• Jonathan HOLMAN and Susanna TRASK
• Samuel TRASK and Anna BOND
• Josiah BOND (b. 1695) and Elizabeth FULLER (b. 1701) [see below]
• Jonas BOND (1664-1727) and Grace COOLIDGE (1664-1699) [see below]
• William BOND (1625-1695) and Sarah BISCOE (d. 1692)
   
• Anna DAVENPORT (1765-1842) and William TORREY (1754-1817)
• Seth DAVENPORT (1739-1813) and Chloe DANIEL (1745-1823) [see below]
• Samuel DAVENPORT and Rebecca HOLBROOK
• Daniel HOLBROOK and Abigail CRAFT
• John HOLBROOK and Elizabeth HEMINGWAY
• Ralph HEMINGWAY (d. 1678) and Elizabeth HEWES
• John HEWES (d. 1621) and Mary FOOTE
• Robert FOOTE (1523-1608) and Joan BROOKE (1555-1609)
   
• Hopestill READ (1698-1762) and William HOLBROOK (1695-1776)
• Samuel READ (1669-1725) and Deborah CHAPIN (1675-1702) [see below]
• Samuel READ (d. 1717) and Hopestill HOLBROOK
• William HOLBROOK (1620-1699) and Elizabeth PITTS (d. 1696)
   
• Elizabeth FULLER (b. 1701) and Josiah BOND (b. 1695)
• Joseph FULLER (1652-1740) and Lydia JACKSON (1656-1726)
• John FULLER (1611-1697) and Elizabeth COLE (d. 1700)
   
• Grace COOLIDGE (1664-1699) and Jonas BOND (1664-1727)
• John COOLIDGE (c1630-1691) and Hannah LIVERMORE (1633-1678) [see below]
• John COOLIDGE (1604-1691) and Mary RAVENS (1602-1691)
   
• Chloe DANIEL (1745-1823) and Seth DAVENPORT (1739-1813)
• David DANIEL (1710-1776) and Huldah TAFT (b. 1718)
• Eleazer DANIEL (1681-1772) and Mary HOLBROOK (1686-1759) [see below]
   
• Deborah CHAPIN (1675-1702) and Samuel READ (1669-1725)
• Josiah CHAPIN (c1634-1726) and Mary KING (1639-1676)
• Samuel CHAPIN (1598-1675) and Cicely PENNY (1601-1682)
   
• Hannah LIVERMORE (1633-1678) and John COOLIDGE, Jr. (c1630-1691)
• John LIVERMORE (1607-1684) and Grace SHERMAN (c1616-1691)
• Edmond SHERMAN (c1572-c1641) and Joan
   
• Mary HOLBROOK (1686-1759) and Eleazer DANIEL (1681-1772)
• Samuel HOLBROOK (1650-1712) and Mary PIERCE (1654-1735)
• William HOLBROOK (1620-1699) and Elizabeth PITTS (d. 1696)
   
• Mary PIERCE (1654-1735) and Samuel HOLBROOK (1650-1712)
• Capt. Michael PIERCE (d. 1676) and Persis EAMES (1621-1662)
  

William Howard TAFT (1857-1930), 27th U. S. President, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Secretary of War, Provisional Governor of Cuba, Civil Governor of Philippine Islands, judge, attorney, and author, married Helen HERRON (1861-1943), 23rd First Lady.

• Judge John Williamson HERRON and Harriet Anne COLLINS
• Ela COLLINS and Maria CLINTON
• Isaac CLINTON and Charity WELLES
• David WELLES and Joanna WILCOXSON
• Timothy WILCOXSON and Abigail PLATT
• John PLATT and Phebe BRESSIE
• Thomas BRESSIE, Jr. and Mary OSBORN
• Thomas BRESSIE, Sr. and Phebe BISBY
• Edmund BRESSIE and Constance SHEPARD
• Thomas SHEPARD and Amphyllis CHAMBERLAIN ALIAS SPICER
• Thomas SHEPARD and Constance HAWES
• Thomas HAWES and Elizabeth BROME
• Nicholas BROME and Katherine LAMPECK
• John BROME and Beatrix SHIRLEY
• Sir Ralph SHIRLEY and Joan BASSET
• Sir Hugh SHIRLEY and Beatrix DE BRAOSE
• Sir Peter DE BRAOSE and Joan DE PERCY
• William DE BRAOSE and Eleanor DE BAVANT
• William DE BRAOSE and Mary DE ROS
• Sir Robert DE ROS and Isabel D'AUBIGNY
• Sir William DE ROS and Lucy FITZ PIERS

  Refer to Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Seventh Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis (Baltimore, 1992), Line 170, Generation 26 for continuation of line to William I of England, father of Henry I of England, and ancestor of both Griffith BOWEN and Margaret FLEMING.

Elizabeth Rosemond TAYLOR (b. 1932), stage and film actress, appeared in over 50 films, won Academy Awards for BUterfield 8 and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, married eight times (and divorced seven times): Nicky HILTON (1950-1951), Michael WILDING (1952-1956), Mike TODD (1957-died 1958), Eddie FISHER (1959-1964), Richard BURTON (1964-1974 and 1975-1976), Sen. John WARNER (1976-1982), and Larry FORTENSKY (1991-1996).

• Francis Lenn TAYLOR (1897-1968) and Sarah Viola WARMBRODT (1896-1994)
• Francis Marion TAYLOR (1860-1946) and Elizabeth Mary ROSEMOND (1869-1937)
• Peter TAYLOR (1829-1921) and Margaret Jane PERIGO (1830-1866)
• Jonathan PERIGO (1798-1844) and Isabella McGILL (d. 1830)
• Romey PERIGO (c1779-1830) and Rhoda HINMAN (1774-1822)
• Asahel HINMAN (1742-1825) and Mary Harris HINMAN (1749-1845) [daughter of Jonas]
• Jonas HINMAN (1700-1758) and Elizabeth WARD (1708-1772)
• Samuel WARD (b. c1677) and Hannah
• Samuel WARD (c1645-1693) and Ms. OGDEN (c1648-1691)
• Andrew WARD (c1603-1659) and Hester SHERMAN (1606-1666)
• Edmund SHERMAN (c1572-c1641) and Joan

Zachary TAYLOR (1784-1850), 12th U. S. President, Maj. General, married Margaret Mackall SMITH (1788-1852), 10th First Lady.

• Richard TAYLOR (1744-1829) and Sarah Dabney STROTHER (1760-1822)
• William STROTHER (c1725-c1808) and Sarah BAYLY (c1720-a1774)
• Francis STROTHER (d. c1751) and Susannah DABNEY (d. p1752)
• William STROTHER, Jr. (c1670-a1726) and Margaret THORNTON (1678-p1727)
• Francis THORNTON (1651-c1726) and Alice SAVAGE (c1650-a1701)
• Anthony SAVAGE (d. a 1695)
• Anthony SAVAGE and Elizabeth HALL
• Francis SAVAGE (d. a1558) and Anne SHELDON
• Christopher SAVAGE and Anne LYGON
• Sir Christopher SAVAGE and Anne STANLEY
• Sir John SAVAGE and Catherine STANLEY
• Sir John SAVAGE and Eleanor BRERETON
• Sir John SAVAGE and Maud SWINNERTON

  Refer to Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Seventh Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis (Baltimore, 1992), Line 32, Generation 33 for continuation of line to William I of England, father of Henry I of England, and ancestor of both Griffith BOWEN and Margaret FLEMING.

Lowell THOMAS (1892-1981), radio and television commentator, and travel author.

• Harry George THOMAS and Harriet May WAGNER
• David Randall THOMAS and Pheriba Anne JACKSON
• Charles W. THOMAS and Mercy SACKETT
• Cyrus SACKETT and Nancy STAPLETON
• Reuben SACKETT and Mercy FINNEY
• Jonathan SACKETT and Anne FILER (b. 1705)
• Samuel FILER (1681-1710) and Abigail PHELPS (1682-1710)

Louis Comfort TIFFANY (1848-1933), painter and decorative glass artist, the son of Charles Lewis TIFFANY (1812-1902), jeweler and founder of Tiffany & Co., whose ancestry follows.

• Comfort TIFFANY and Chloe DRAPER.
• Isaac DRAPER and Chloe TINGLEY.
• Ebenezer DRAPER and Dorothy CHILD.
• Joshua CHILD (c1658-1730) and Elizabeth MORRIS (1666-1752) [see below]
• Benjamin CHILD (d. 1678) and Mary BOWEN (1635-1707)
   
• Elizabeth MORRIS (1666-1752) and Joshua CHILD (c1658-1730)
• Lt. Edward MORRIS (1632-1690) and Grace BETT (d. 1705)

Clarence Almon TORREY (1869-1962), genealogist, and compiler of New England Marriages Before 1700 (1979).

• Charles Oscar TORREY and Susan Almira ROE
• Almon TORREY and Lois CHENEY [see below]
• Samuel TORREY and Olive SMALLEY
• David SMALLEY and Mercy CLARK
• Jonathan CLARK, Jr. and Mercy DEWEY
• Jonathan CLARK and Hannah SMALLEY
• William CLARK and Hannah STRONG (1657-1693)
• John STRONG (c1609-1699) and Abigail FORD (1619-1688)
   
• Lois CHENEY and Almon TORREY
• Edward CHENEY, Jr. and Betsey GILBERT
• Abraham GILBERT and Bethiah BLISS
• Moses GILBERT and Sarah GILBERT
• Josiah GILBERT and Sarah LORD
• Robert LORD and Esther WARD
• William WARD and Deborah LOCKWOOD
• Andrew WARD (1597-1659) and Hether SHERMAN (1606-1666)
• Edmund SHERMAN (c1572-c1641) and Joan

Harry S TRUMAN (1884-1972), 33rd U. S. President, Vice President, Senator, judge, attorney, and haberdasher, married Elizabeth Virginia 'Bess' WALLACE (1885-1982), 30th First Lady.

• David Willcock WALLACE and Margaret GATES (parents of Bess)
• George Porterfield GATES and Elizabeth EMERY
• George William GATES and Sarah D. TODD
• Samuel GATES and Jerusha CLARK
• Ebenezer CLARK III and Eunice POMEROY [see below]
• Ebenezer CLARK, Jr. and Jerusha RUSSELL
• Ebenezer CLARK and Abigail PARSONS [see below]
• John CLARK (1651-1704) and Mary STRONG (1654-1738)
• Elder John STRONG (1610-1699) and Abigail FORD (1619-1688)
   
• Eunice POMEROY and Ebenezer CLARK III
• Ebenezer POMEROY III and Mindwell LYMAN
• John LYMAN III and Abigail MOSELEY
• Joseph MOSELEY and Abigail ROOT
• John MOSELEY and Mary NEWBERRY
• Benjamin NEWBERRY and Mary ALLYN
• Thomas NEWBERRY and Jane DABINOTT (1610-1645)
   
• Abigail PARSONS and Ebenezer CLARK
• Joseph PARSONS Jr. and Elizabeth STRONG (b. 1647)
• Elder John STRONG (1610-1699) and Abigail FORD (1619-1688)
  

John TRUMBULL (1756-1843), artist, having painted historic scenes and portraits of notables, including George WASHINGTON and Timothy DWIGHT. Four of his paintings are in the rotunda of the Capitol: Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga, Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Declaration of Independence, and Resignation of Washington.

• CT Gov. Jonathan TRUMBULL (1710-1785) and Faith ROBINSON (d. 1780)
• Capt. Joseph TRUMBULL (d. 1755) and Hannah HIGLEY (1683-1768)
• Capt. John HIGLEY (1649-1714) and Hannah DRAKE (1653-1694)

Jonathan TRUMBULL (1740-1809), Gov. of Connecticut, U. S. Senator, Speaker of U. S. House, Congressman, 1st Comptroller of the U. S. Treasury. Brother of John TRUMBULL, artist.

• CT Gov. Jonathan TRUMBULL (1710-1785) and Faith ROBINSON (d. 1780)
• Capt. Joseph TRUMBULL (d. 1755) Hannah HIGLEY (1683-1768)
• Capt. John HIGLEY (1649-1714) and Hannah DRAKE (1653-1694)

Brig. Gen. Strong VINCENT (1837-1863), Commander of the 3rd Brigade, Fifth Corps at Gettysburg, where he died on July 7th.

• Bethuel B. VINCENT (b. 1803) and Sarah STRONG (b. 1812)
• Martin STRONG (1770-1858) and Sarah DRAKE (1778-1866)
• Timothy STRONG (1719-1803) and Abi GONDY (1742-1792)
• Jacob STRONG (1673-1750) and Abigail BISSELL (1676-1749)
• John STRONG (d. 1698) and Elizabeth WARRINER (d. 1684)
• Elder John STRONG (1610-1699) and Margery DEANE
• John STRONG (d. 1631), of Chard, England