Robert married Sarah Ann Wilson on 15 Aug 1842 in St Pancras Old Church, St Pancras, Middlesex, England. Sarah (daughter of Zachariah Wilson and Elizabeth Stone) was born on 1 Mar 1819 in Middlesex, England; was christened on 11 Apr 1819 in St Andrew's Church, Holborn, Middlesex, England; died after 1901. [Group Sheet]

1. Henry John Herring was born in 1843; and died.
2. William James Herring was born in 1848; and died.
3. Edward Zachariah Herring was born in 1850; died in 1881 in London, England.
4. Alfred Charles Herring was born in 1851; and died.
5. Elizabeth Sarah Herring was born in 1853; died between 1854 and 1861.