Ancestry of
Helen (Herron) Taft

First Lady of President William H. Taft

Gilbert de Umfreville

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• • 15th Great-grandfather of Helen (Herron) Taft — 18th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 235520 
  • Father:
  • Gilbert de Umfreville 
  • Mother:
  • Maud of Angus   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1244 
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  • Death Date:
  • BY 13 Oct 1307 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Hexham Priory, Northumberland, England 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Comyn
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  Gilbert de Umfreville

  Robert de Umfreville (Ahnentafel No:117760 )

  Thomas de Umfreville

  • Notes: 

  • 1st Earl of Angus

    Sir Gilbert de Umfreville's surname is also seen as Umfraville.

    Sir Gilbert de Umfreville is said to have had a daughter who was the wife of John de Lisle of Woodburn, Northumberland.

• Sources for Gilbert de Umfreville

  • ¹ Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. IV, pp. 12-14.
  • ² Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham, editor, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2011), Vol. 3, p. 360.
  • 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.
  • ⁵ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, 8th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2004), 120.
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "Gilbert de Umfraville, Earl of Angus", _Earl_of_Angus, (accessed 03/18/2013).