Horton family

The Horton family is an original and the core fictional family on the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives, featured continuously since the series debut episode first-run November 8, 1965. The ensemble is created around the marriage, children, and family of Dr. Tom Horton (Macdonald Carey) and his wife Alice (Frances Reid). Prominently a family of doctors, the Hortons have branched out to include lawyers, journalists, police officers and more. Along with the Brady family, the Hortons are one of the two central families on the show.

Since April 1966, every episode is opened by Carey speaking the voice-over epigraph, "Like sands through the hourglass, so are the 'days of our lives' ... "; from Days inception until Carey's death in 1994, and on special episodes since, the initial words are followed by " ... this is Macdonald Carey, and these are the 'days of our lives.'"

Members

This is a list of all known members of the Horton family, both past and present, deceased and living. Characters still presently on Days of our Lives are bolded, characters who are members of the family through marriage only are italicized. Dates of birth as those as seen on screen and do not necessarily reflect the portrayed age at any given time.

First generation

• William Horton, I (deceased)
  • Adelaide Horton (deceased)
• Sid Grayson (deceased)
  • Abigail Grayson (deceased)

Second generation

• Dr. Thomas Horton (deceased, June 20, 1994)
  • Alice Grayson (deceased, June 23, 2010)

Third generation

• Thomas "Tommy" Horton Jr.
  • Kitty Horton (Deceased, 1967)
• Adelaide "Addie" Horton (deceased 1974)
  • Ben Olson (Dissolved by his death, 1971)
  • Doug Williams (Dissolved by Addie's death in 1974)
• Michael "Mickey" Horton (deceased January 2010)
  • Maggie Simmons
• William "Bill" Horton
  • Laura Spencer
• Marie Horton
  • Craig Merritt (married in 1966; divorced)
  • Neil Curtis (married in 1983; divorced)

Fourth generation

• Sandy Horton
• Julie Olson Williams
  • Scott Banning Sr. (1969 to 1973; dissolved by his death)
  • Robert Anderson Sr. (1974 to 1976; divorced)
  • Doug Williams
• Steven Olson
• Hope Williams Brady
  • Larry Welch (1984; divorced; deceased)
  • Bo Brady
• Melissa Horton (adopted)
• Sarah Horton
• Mike Horton
  • Margo Anderman (1978 to 1980; dissolved by her death)
• Jennifer Horton
  • Lawrence Alamain (1990 to 1991; annulled; deceased in 2009)
  • Peter Blake (1995 to 1996; divorced)
  • Jack Deveraux (married: July 1991 - c. 1993; 2003 - May 2011), Deceased August 2012
• Lucas Horton
  • Nicole Walker (1999 to 2002; divorced)
  • Caroline "Carrie" Reed (2006; divorced)
  • Samantha "Sami" Brady (2007); annulled)
  • Chloe Lane (2009; annulled)
• Jessica Blake
  • Joshua Fallon

Fifth generation

• Spencer Olson
• David Banning (born onscreen 1967)
  • Trish Clayton
• Shawn-Douglas Brady
  • Isabella "Belle" Brady
• Beauregard Isaac Theo "Zack" Brady
• Ciara Alice Brady
• Nathan Horton
• Jeremy Horton
• Abigail Johanna Deveraux
• Jack Patrick "JJ" Deveraux, Jr.
• William Robert "Will" Horton
• Alice Caroline "Allie" Horton
• Nicholas "Nick" Fallon

Sixth generation

• Scott Banning II
• Claire Brady
• Arianna Grace Horton

Family tree

Legend

Descendants

William Horton (deceased)
m. Adelaide [maiden name unknown] (deceased)
  c. Tom Horton (born 1910; died 1994)
    m. Alice Grayson [1930-89 (invalid); 1989-94]
      c. Tom Horton, Jr. (born 1931) [twin]
        m. Kitty Horton [pre 1953-69; divorced]
          c. Sandy Horton (born 1952)
      c. Addie Horton (born 1931; died 1974) [twin]
        m. Ben Olson [widowed 1971]
          c. Steven Olson
            a. Virginia Stanhope (deceased)
              c. Spencer Olson
          c. Julie Olson (born 1949)
            a. David Martin (died 1967)
              c. David Banning (born 1968)
                m. Trish Clayton [1977-81; divorced]
                  c. Scotty Banning (born 1977)
                m. Renée DuMonde [1982-83; divorced]
                  c. Unnamed child (miscarriage; 1983)
            m. Scott Banning [1969-73; widowed]
            m. Bob Anderson [1974-76; divorced]
              c. Robert Anderson, Jr. (miscarriage; 1975]
            m. Doug Williams [1976-79; 1981-86; 1994-present; married]
        m. Doug Williams [1972-74; dissolved]
          c. Hope Williams (born 1974)
            m. Larry Welch [1984-85; divorced]
            m. Bo Brady [1985-95; divorced]
              c. Unnamed child (miscarriage)
              c. Shawn-Douglas Brady (born 1987)
            m. John Black [1999-2012; divorced]
            m. Bo Brady [2000-12; invalid]
              c. Zack Brady (born 2000; died 2006)
              c. Ciara Brady (born 2006)
      c. Mickey Horton (born 1932; died 2010)
        m. Laura Spencer [1967-74; divorced]
        m. Maggie Simmons [1974 (invalid); 1975-83; 1986-2012; widowed]
          c. Melissa Horton (adopted)
            m. Peter Jannings [1985-87; divorced]
            m. Unnamed man [divorced]
              c. Nathan Horton (born 1994)
          c. Sarah Horton (adopted by Mickey)
        m. Bonnie Lockhart [2004-05; invalid]
      c. Bill Horton (born 1940) 
        r. Laura Spencer
          c. Mike Horton (born 1968)
            m. Margo Anderman [1978-80; widowed]
            a. Robin Jacobs
              c. Jeremy Horton
        m. Laura Spencer [1975-93; divorced]
          c. Jennifer Horton (born 1976)
            m. Lawrence Alamain [1990-91; annulled]
            m. Jack Deveraux [1991-93; divorced]
              c. Abigail Deveraux (born 1992)
            m. Peter Blake [1995-96; divorced]
            m. Jack Deveraux [2003-11; divorced]
              c. Jack Deveraux, Jr. (born 2004)
            m. Frankie Brady [2006-07; divorced]
        a. Kate Roberts
          c. Lucas Horton (born 1975)
            a. Sami Brady
              c. Will Horton (born 1995)
                a. Gabi Hernandez
                  c. Arianna Horton (born 2013)
            m. Nicole Walker [1999-2001; invalid]
            m. Carrie Brady [2006; annulled]
            m. Sami Brady [2007; annulled]
              c. Allie Horton (born 2007; twin)
            m. Chloe Lane [2009; divorced]
      c. Marie Horton (born 1942)
        m. Craig Merritt [1966; divorced]
        a. Alex Marshall
          c. Jessica Blake
            m. Josh Fallon
              c. Nick Fallon
                m. Cassandra Arvin [2007; annulled]
                m. Gabi Hernandez [2013-present; married]
        m. Neil Curtis [1983; divorced]