Horton family
| Horton family | |
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| Days of Our Lives family | |
| Created by | Peggy Phillips and Kenneth Rosen |
| Introduced by | Ted Corday |
| Duration | 1965— |
| First appearance | November 8, 1965 |
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.'" The family is currently represented by: Julie Olson Williams, Hope Williams Brady, Maggie Horton, Jennifer Horton, Lucas Horton, Will Horton, Shawn-Douglas Brady, Belle Black, Abigail Deveraux, JJ Deveraux, Ciara Brady, Claire Brady, Eli Grant, Arianna Horton and Thomas DiMera.
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 are those as seen on screen and do not necessarily reflect the portrayed age at any given time.
Backstory generation
- William Horton I (deceased)
- Adelaide Horton (deceased)
- Sid Grayson (deceased)
- Abigail Grayson (deceased)
First generation
- Tom Horton (deceased, June 20, 1994)
- Alice Horton (née Grayson) (deceased, June 23, 2010)
Second generation
- Tommy Horton
- Addie Horton (deceased 1974)
- Doug Williams (Dissolved by Addie's death in 1974)
- Mickey Horton (deceased January 2010)
- Bill Horton
- Marie Horton
Third generation
- Sandy Horton
- Julie Olson Williams
- Doug Williams (1976-1979, 1981-1986, 1994-present)
- Steven Olson
- Hope Williams
- Bo Brady (deceased in 2015)
- Melissa Horton (adopted)
- Sarah Horton (legal)
- Mike Horton
- Margo Anderman (1978 to 1980; dissolved by her death)
- Jennifer Horton
- Jack Deveraux (married: July 1991- c.1993, 2003-May 2011; deceased August 2012)
- Lucas Horton
- Jessica Blake
- Joshua Fallon
Fourth generation
- Spencer Olson
- David Banning (born onscreen 1967; died February, 2017)
- Trish Clayton
- Shawn-Douglas Brady
- Zack Brady
- Ciara Brady
- Nathan Horton (legal)
- Jeremy Horton
- Abigail Deveraux
- Jack "JJ" Deveraux, Jr.
- Will Horton
- Sonny Kiriakis (2014-18)
- Allie Horton
- Nick Fallon
Fifth generation
- Scott Banning II
- Eli Grant
- Claire Brady
- Arianna Horton
- Thomas DiMera
Sixth generation
- David Grant (stillborn 2018)
Family tree
Legend
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| William Horton | Adelaide Horton | Sid Grayson | Abigail Grayson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Horton | Alice Grayson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tommy Horton | Kitty Horton | Ben Olson | Addie Horton | Doug Williams | Maggie Simmons | Mickey Horton | Laura Spencer | Bill Horton | Kate Roberts | Alex Marshall | Marie Horton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sandy Horton | David Martin, Sr. | Julie Olson | Steven Olson | Virginia Stanhope | Hope Williams | Bo Brady | Melissa Horton (adopted) | Nathan's father | Sarah Horton (adopted) | Mike Horton | Robin Jacobs | Jennifer Horton | Jack Deveraux | Lucas Horton | Sami Brady | Josh Fallon | Jessica Blake | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trish Clayton | David Banning | Valerie Grant | Spencer Olson | Shawn-Douglas Brady | Belle Black | Zack Brady | Ciara Brady | Nathan Horton | Jeremy Horton | Chad DiMera | Abigail Deveraux | JJ Deveraux | Allie Horton | Will Horton | Gabi Hernandez | Nick Fallon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scotty Banning | Eli Grant | Claire Brady | Thomas DiMera | Arianna Horton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Descendants
- Tom Horton (1910–94); son of William and Adelaide Horton; married Alice Grayson (1930–88, 1988–94)
- Tommy Horton (1931–); Tom and Alice's twin son; married Kitty Horton (divorced)
- Sandy Horton (1952–); Tommy and Kitty's daughter.
- Addie Horton (1931–74);Tom and Alice's twin daughter; married Ben Olson (1948–71), Doug Williams (1972–74)
- Julie Olson (1949–); Ben and Addie's daughter; married Scott Branning (1969–73), Bob Anderson (1974–76), Doug Williams (1976–79, 1981–86, 1994–)
- David Banning (1958–2017), Julie's son with David Martin; adopted by Scott; married Trish Clayton (1977–81), Renée DuMonde (1982–83)
- Scotty Banning (1977–); Trish and David's son.
- Eli Grant ; David's son with Valerie Grant.
- David Banning (1958–2017), Julie's son with David Martin; adopted by Scott; married Trish Clayton (1977–81), Renée DuMonde (1982–83)
- Steven Olson (1951–); Ben and Addie's son.
- Spencer Olson.
- Hope Williams (1964–); Doug and Addie's daughter; married Larry Welch (1984–85), Bo Brady (1985–95, 2000–12, 2012–14), John Black (1999–2012)
- Shawn-Douglas Brady (1984–); Bo and Hope's son; married Mimi Lockhart (2006–07), Belle Black (2007–)
- Claire Brady (1996–); Shawn-Douglas and Belle's daughter.
- Zack Brady (2000–06); Bo and Hope's son.
- Ciara Brady (1997–); Bo and Hope's daughter.
- Shawn-Douglas Brady (1984–); Bo and Hope's son; married Mimi Lockhart (2006–07), Belle Black (2007–)
- Julie Olson (1949–); Ben and Addie's daughter; married Scott Branning (1969–73), Bob Anderson (1974–76), Doug Williams (1976–79, 1981–86, 1994–)
- Mickey Horton (1932–2010); Laura Spencer (1967–74), Maggie Simmons (1974–84, 1986–2010), Bonnie Lockhart (2004–05)
- Melissa Horton (1971–); Mickey and Maggie's adopted daughter; married Peter Jannings (1985–87)
- Nathan Horton (1989–); Melissa's son.
- Sarah Horton (1981–); Maggie's daughter with Neil Curtis; adopted by Mickey.
- Melissa Horton (1971–); Mickey and Maggie's adopted daughter; married Peter Jannings (1985–87)
- Bill Horton (1939–); married Laura Spencer (1975–93)
- Mike Horton (1959–); Bill and Laura's son; married Margo Anderman (1978–80)
- Jeremy Horton (1987–); Mike's son with Robin Jacobs
- Jennifer Horton (1967–); Bill and Laura's daughter; married Lawrence Alamain (1990–91), Jack Deveraux (1991–93, 2003–11), Peter Blake (1995–96), Frankie Brady (2006–07)
- Abigail Deveraux (1992–); Jack and Jennifer's daughter; married Chad DiMera (2016–17, 2017–), Dario Hernandez (2017).
- Thomas DiMera (2015–); Abigail and Chad's son.
- Jack "JJ" Deveraux, Jr. (1995–); Jack and Jennifer's son.
- Abigail Deveraux (1992–); Jack and Jennifer's daughter; married Chad DiMera (2016–17, 2017–), Dario Hernandez (2017).
- Lucas Horton (1975–); Bill's son with Kate Roberts; married Nicole Walker (1999–2002), Carrie Brady (2006), Sami Brady (2007), Chloe Lane (2009)
- Will Horton (1992–); Lucas and Sami's son; married Sonny Kiriakis (2014–18)
- Arianna Horton (2013–); Will's daughter with Gabi Hernandez
- Allie Horton (2007–); Lucas and Sami's daughter.
- Will Horton (1992–); Lucas and Sami's son; married Sonny Kiriakis (2014–18)
- Mike Horton (1959–); Bill and Laura's son; married Margo Anderman (1978–80)
- Marie Horton (1942–); married Craig Merritt (1966), Neil Curtis (1983)
- Jessica Blake (c1972–); Marie's daughter with Alex Marshall; married Joshua Fallon (1982–)
- Nick Fallon (1986–2013); Jessica and Joshua's son; married China Lee (2007), Gabi Hernandez (2013)
- Jessica Blake (c1972–); Marie's daughter with Alex Marshall; married Joshua Fallon (1982–)
- Tommy Horton (1931–); Tom and Alice's twin son; married Kitty Horton (divorced)