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• m1. wife unknown.
• Henry and his wife had 5 daughters, all born at Charlton Mackrell, Somersetshire:
  • Edith Squire*; bap. May 29, 1587
    • m1. Henry Adams*, on Oct. 19, 1606 in Charleton Mackrell. He emigrated with Edith and his children to America in 1638, and settled in Braintree (now Quincy) MA. Henry and Edith were progenitors of the Presidents, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Calvin Coolidge.
    • m2. John Fussell, of Weymouth and Medfield MA, in c1651.
  • Sarah Squire; bap. Apr. 6, 1589.
    • m. Robert Batt, on Nov. 1, 1613, at Charleton Mackrell.
  • Ann Squire; bap. Nov. 30, 1591; d Dec. 20, 1662, Boston MA.
    • m1. Aquila Purchase (c1588-1633), on Jan. 28, 1613/4, at Kingweston. He emigrated with Ann to America in 1633. Aquilla and Ann are progenitors of President Millard Fillmore.
    • m2. Thomas Oliver, of Boston MA, in about 1637.
  • Margaret Squire; bap. Apr. 25, 1596.
    • m. John Shepard (or Shepherd), in England. He emigrated with her to New England in 1638. John and Margaret were progenitors of President William Howard Taft.
  • Frances Squire; bap. Feb 3, 1598/9.

Brief Biography:

Henry Squire was a progenitor of at least 5 Presidents of the U.S.: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Calvin Coolidge, Millard Fillmore, and William Howard Taft.

A Line of Descent to Presidents John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Calvin Coolidge.
Go to Edith Squire.

A Line of Descent to President Millard Fillmore

• Henry Squire (c1563-bef1649); Somersetshire, England, had a daughter:
• Ann Squire (1591-1662), who married Aquila Purchase (c1588-c1633), in 1614, and had a daughter:
• Abigail Purchase (1624-1675), who married Sampson Shore (c1615-c1679), in c1639, and had a son:
• Jonathan Shore (1649-1724), who married Priscilla Hathorn (b. 1649), in 1669, and had daughter:
• Phoebe Shore (1674-1717). who married Nehemiah Millard (1668-1751), in 1697, and had a son:
• Robert Millard (1702-c1784), who married Hannah Eddy (c1704-1739), in 1726, and had a son:
• Abiathar Millard (1744-c1811), who married Tabatha Hopkins (b. 1745), in 1761, and had a daughter:
• Phoebe Millard (1780-1831), who married Nathaniel Fillmore, Jr. (1771-1863), in 1796, and had a son:
• Millard Fillmore (1800-1874), 13th President of the United States.

A Line of Descent to President William Howard Taft

• Henry Squire (c1563-bef1649); Somersetshire, England, had a daughter:
• Margaret Squire (1596-1675), who married John Shepard, and had a daughter:
• Hannah Shepard, who married Thomas Holbrook, and had a son:
• John Holbrook (1667-1741), who married Silence Wood (1676-1756), in 1693, and had a son:
• John Holbrook, Jr. (1694-1756), who married Ruth Hill (d. 1747), in 1719, and had a daughter:
• Silence Holbrook (b. 1724), who married Samuel Goodale (1708-1769), in 1743, and had a daughter:
• Sarah Goodale (1745-1828), who married Asa Waters (1741-1813), in 1764, and had a son:
• Asa Waters, Jr., (1769-1841), who married Susan Trask Holman (1784-1849), in 1802, and had a daughter:
• Susan Holman Waters (1803-1866), who married Samuel Davenport Torrey (1798-1877), in 1824, and had a daughter:
• Louisa Maria Torrey (1827-1907), who married Alphonso Taft (1810-1891), as his first wife, and had a son:
• William Howard Taft (1857-1930), 27th President of the United States.

Line of descent to President Calvin Coolidge

• Henry Adams, m. Edith Squire and had:
• Samuel Adams, m. Rebecca Graves, and had:
• Susanna Adams, m. David Waldo; and had:
• Bethia Waldo, m. Edmund Littlefield, Jr.; and had:
• Esther Littlefield, m Samuel Soper, Jr.; and had:
• Esther Soper, m. Silas Briggs; and had:
• Asa Briggs, m. Elizabeth Paul; and had:
• Sally Brgiggs, m. Israel Putnam Brown; and had:
• Sally Brown, m. Israel C. Brewer; and had:
• Sarah Almeda Brewer, m. Calvin Galusha Coolidge; and had:
• John Calvin Coolidge, m. Victoria Josephine Moor; and had:
• John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. (1872-1933); 30th President of the United States.
  • m. Grace Anna Goodhue; First Lady

References:

• Henry Adams of Somersetshire, England and Braintree, Mass., compiled by J. Gardner Bartlett for Edward Dean Adams, privately printed, New York, 1927.
• Dorset Pilgrims, by Frank Thistlethwaite, pub. by Heart of the Lakes, Interlaken NY, 1993.

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