Ancestry of
Helen (Herron) Taft

First Lady of President William H. Taft

William Umfreville

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• • 11th Great-grandfather of Helen (Herron) Taft — 14th Generation
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  • (probable) Robert de Umfreville 
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  William Umfreville (Ahnentafel No:7360 )

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  • William Umfreville is said to be the illegitimage son of Sir Robert de Umfeville. His father took him to Missenden, Buckinghamshire, where Sir Robert de Umfreville is said to have become a monk. William was eventually left with the abbott of Missenden and he is said to be the ancestor of the Umfrevilles of Farnham Royal.

• Sources for William Umfreville

  • ¹ Harwood, H. W. Forsyth, ed., The Genealogist: A Quarterly Magazine of Genealogical, Antiquarian, Topographical and Heraldic Research, Volume 26, London: George Bell and Sons (1910), 209.
  • ² Mackenzie, E., An Historical, Topographical, and Descriptive View of the County of Northumberland, and of . . ., Vol. 2, Newcastle upon Tyne: Mackenzie and Dent (1825), 367.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 530.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 405.