Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Samuel HOWLETT
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1646 in Ipswich, Massachusetts b
  • Death: 11 Mar 1720 in Topsfield, Massachusetts d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Thomas HOWLETT Birth: Abt 1606 in South Elmham, Suffolk, England Death: 22 Dec 1677 in Ipswich, Massachusetts
    • Mother:
  • Alice FRENCH Birth: 9 Apr 1610 in Assington, Suffolk, England Death: 26 Jun 1666 in Ipswich, Massachusetts

Family:
Marriage:
  • Sara CLARK on 3 Jan 1670 at Topsfield, Massachusetts .m1
  • Sara CLARK Birth: 31 Jan 1651 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: 26 Mar 1717 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
Children:
  1. Mary HOWLETT Birth: 17 Feb 1671/2 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: 17 May 1758 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
  2. Sarah HOWLETT Birth: 25 Nov 1674 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: 11 Jul 1729
  3. John HOWLETT Birth: 3 Apr 1677 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: 7 Sep 1735 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
  4. Susannah HOWLETT Birth: 27 Aug 1679 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
  5. Martha HOWLETT Birth: 10 Sep 1684 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
  6. Meriam HOWLETT Birth: 5 May 1689 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
  7. Samuel HOWLETT Birth: 6 Apr 1693 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: 18 Oct 1759 in Woodstock, Connecticut

Bibliography
  1. Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633. Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1995. Available at http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-begins-immigrants-to-ne-1620-1633-vols-i-iii/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p[0-9]*].
  2. Davis, Walter Goodwin, Ancestry of Dudley Wildes, 1759-1820, of Topsfield, Massachusetts, Portland, Maine: Anthoensen Press, 1959. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/33853 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis WILDES p[0-9]*].
  3. French, Robert L, Descendants of Thomas French of Ipswich, Massachusetts, in Five Generations. Chatham, NY: author, 1990. NEHGS CS71/F876/1990. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: FrenchRL FRENCH p[0-9]*].
  4. Linzee, John William, The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. Boston: author, 1913. G1638. Available at http://archive.org/details/historyofpeterpa00linz Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES p[0-9]*].
  5. Huppe, Phil, Start family, private email 11/14/2011. Author address: huppe at uniserve dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Phil Huppe 11/14/2011].
  6. Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Massachusetts, a Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns, and Churches, and other Contemporaneous Documents. Boston, MA: author, 1900. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1400537. Reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Pub Co, 1986. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Pope PioneersMA p[0-9][0-9a]*].
  7. Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register. Boston, MA: Little Brown & Co, 1860. Available at http://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic01savarich. Reprinted Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Published Co, 1965. Scanned and corrected by Robert Kraft, 1994, and available at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Sav-age [A-Z][A-Z]* [A-Z][a-z]*].
  8. Threlfall, John B, Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England, Madison, WI: author, 1990. NEHGS F3/T58/1990. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/405085. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p[0-9]*].
  9. Vital Records of Topsfield, Mass. Topsfield MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1916. M-LH #P186. Printed Newcomb & Gauss, Salem Mass. Available at http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Topsfield/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: TopsfieldMA vitals p[0-9]*].
  10. Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1987. M-LH 974Tor Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
1646? [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p395]
abt 1640 [Ref: Phil Huppe 11/14/2011]
abt 1646 [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p1027, Davis WILDES p56, FrenchRL FRENCH p14, Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES p301],
place:
[Ref: Davis WILDES p56, Davis WILDES p57, Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES p301],
parents:
[Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p1027, Davis WILDES p56, FrenchRL FRENCH p14, Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES p301, Threlfall 50GMCol p160],
father:
[Ref: Pope PioneersMA p244, Sav-age HOWLETT Thomas]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Davis WILDES p57, Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES p301, Phil Huppe 11/14/2011, TopsfieldMA vitals p230]
1720 [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p395],
place:
[Ref: Davis WILDES p57, Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES p301, TopsfieldMA vitals p230]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sara CLARK
date:
[Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p1027, Davis WILDES p57, Davis WILDES p69, Davis WILDES p70, Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES p301, TopsfieldMA vitals p130, TopsfieldMA vitals p156, Torrey NE<1700 p395],
place:
[Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p1027, Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES p301, TopsfieldMA vitals p130, TopsfieldMA vitals p156, Torrey NE<1700 p395],
names:
[Ref: FrenchRL FRENCH p14],
child:
[Ref: Davis WILDES p57, Davis WILDES p58, Davis WILDES p59, Phil Huppe 11/14/2011, TopsfieldMA vitals p61]
Research Notes:
1668: invited by town of Topsfield to settle there and practice his trade of smithing, four acres of the common hill being offered as an inducement [Ref: Davis WILDES p57, Davis WILDES p57]

moved to Topsfield, MA [Ref: FrenchRL FRENCH p14]

1675/6: made a commoner of the town of Topsfield [Ref: Davis WILDES p57]

1678: constable of Topsfield [Ref: Davis WILDES p57]

1681: selectman, also in 1683, 85, 87, 88, 90, 93, 96, 1700, 07, 11, 13, 15, and 16 [Ref: Davis WILDES p57]

1687: sergeant of the military company [Ref: Davis WILDES p57]

1694: assessor, also in 1696 and 97 [Ref: Davis WILDES p57]

1698: tithingman [Ref: Davis WILDES p57]

1700: ensign of the military company [Ref: Davis WILDES p57]

1701: member of a committee to deal with the Indians "as lays Claime to our Lands" [Ref: Davis WILDES p57]

1702: grand juror, also in 1706, 14, and 18 [Ref: Davis WILDES p57]

1703: deacon of the church [Ref: Davis WILDES p57]

1703: shared in a job of seating the people in the meeting house [Ref: Davis WILDES p57]

1704: trial juror [Ref: Davis WILDES p57]

1708: moderator of the town meeting, also in 1710, 13, and 16 [Ref: Davis WILDES p57]

1709: trial juror [Ref: Davis WILDES p57]

1717: representative to the General Court [Ref: Davis WILDES p57]

1718: representative to the General Court [Ref: Davis WILDES p57]

1720: overseer of the poor [Ref: Davis WILDES p57]

will dated May 9 1715, proved Apr 4 1720. Mention wife, sons John and Samuel, daughters Martha Dorman, Susannah Shearin, Meriam Stanley [Ref: Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES p302]

will dated January 24 1714/15, and proved Apr 4 1720. He directed that his wife should have one "fire room" (room with a fireplace) and a cellar room in his house, and all necessary supplies. To his son John he left all the upland, meadow and houses of the land on which John lived. To his son Samuel, the homestead, shop, and tools, the wainscot bedstead, great table and joined form. All of the remainder of his personal property was to be divided among his daughters, Mary Wild, Sarah Averill, Martha Dorman, Susanna Sherwin, and Miriam Stanley, after their mother's death. "All my Bibles and Sermon books" to be equally divided between the sons and daughters. The two sons were named executors. Witnesses: Humphrey Clarke, John Curtis, Joseph Capen. [Ref: Davis WILDES p57]



Pedigree of Samuel HOWLETT
 /-----Thomas HOWLETT
Samuel HOWLETT
|                           /-----Stephen FRENCH
|                  /-----Jacob FRENCH
|                 |         \-----Mary (FRENCH)
|         /-----Thomas Sr FRENCH
|        |        |         /-----William WARREN
|        |         \-----Susan WARREN
|        |                  \-----Katherine (WARREN)
 \-----Alice FRENCH
         |                           /-----Jasper RIDDLESDALE
         |                  /-----Henry RIDDLESDALE
         |                 |         \-----Elizabeth (RIDDLESDALE)
         |         /-----John RIDDLESDALE
         |        |         \-----Joan (RIDDLESDALE)
          \-----Susan RIDDLESDALE
                   \-----Dorcas (RIDDLESDALE)



Descendants of Samuel HOWLETT
1. Samuel HOWLETT m. Sara CLARK
m. Sara CLARK father: Daniel CLARKE mother: Mary BEANE

2nd generation

2. Mary HOWLETT m. Ephraim WILDE
m. Ephraim WILDE father: John WILDE mother: Sarah AVERILL
4. John HOWLETT m. Bershabah HOYTE
m. Bershabah HOYTE father: John HOYT mother: Mary BARNES
8. Samuel HOWLETT m. Martha CHAPMAN
m. Martha CHAPMAN

3rd generation

9. John WILDE m. Phebe PERKINS
m. Phebe PERKINS father: Elisha PERKINS mother: Katherine TOWNE
13. Susanna WILDES m. Benjamin TOWNE
m. Benjamin TOWNE father: Joseph TOWNE mother: Amy SMITH
16. Dorothy WILDE m. John PERKINS
m. John PERKINS father: Timothy PERKINS mother: Abigail (PERKINS)
17. Jacob WILDE m. Ruth FOSTER
m. Ruth FOSTER
20. Samuel WILDE m. Elizabeth (WILDE)
m. Elizabeth (WILDE)
29. Thomas HOWLETT m. Lydia POTTER
m. Lydia POTTER father: Samuel POTTER mother: Sarah CHILSON

4th generation

43. Sarah WILDE m. George START
m. George START father: William START mother: Mercy FRIGG
45. Amos WILDES m. Hannah PERKINS
m. Hannah PERKINS father: Jonathan PERKINS mother: Elizabeth PORTER
47. Benjamin TOWNE m. Edna TOWNE
m. Edna TOWNE
48. Ephraim TOWNE m. Sarah BRAGG
m. Sarah BRAGG
49. Jacob TOWNE m. Elizabeth PERKINS
m. Elizabeth PERKINS
50. Joseph TOWNE m1. Elizabeth ROGERS m2. Martha BAKER
m. Elizabeth ROGERS
m. Martha BAKER
51. Eli TOWNE m. Elizabeth GOULD
m. Elizabeth GOULD
53. Edmund TOWNE m. Susannah CUMMINGS
m. Susannah CUMMINGS
54. Ezra TOWNE m1. Elizabeth (TOWNE) m2. Elizabeth DUTTON m3. Kezia (START)
m. Elizabeth (TOWNE)
m. Elizabeth DUTTON
m. Kezia (START)
69. Alice HOWLET m. Jedediah PEABODY
m. Jedediah PEABODY father: John PEABODY mother: Mary CHADWICK

5th generation

71. William START m. Keziah BULLARD
m. Keziah BULLARD
72. George START m. Mary TUCKER
m. Mary TUCKER father: Moses TUCKER mother: Johannah DOW
73. John START m. Jane EMERY
m. Jane EMERY father: Daniel EMERY
78. Dudley WILDES m. Bethia HARRIS
m. Bethia HARRIS
84. Benjamin TOWNE m. Martha HITCHCOCK
m. Martha HITCHCOCK
95. Ephraim TOWNE m. Ruth BIXBY
m. Ruth BIXBY
96. Jacob TOWNE m. Mary PERKINS
m. Mary PERKINS
103. Eli TOWNE m. Abigail CUTTING
m. Abigail CUTTING father: Cliphalet CUTTING
110. Elijah TOWNE m. Miriam LANE
m. Miriam LANE
112. Solomon TOWNE m. Betsey DIX
m. Betsey DIX
114. Amos TOWNE m. Hannah B HAZELTINE
m. Hannah B HAZELTINE
119. Edmund TOWNE m1. Eunice SPENCER m2. Polly FITCH
m. Eunice SPENCER
m. Polly FITCH
120. Benjamin TOWNE m. Sarah BURT
m. Sarah BURT
121. Ezra Jr TOWNE m. Rebecca JENKS
m. Rebecca JENKS
124. Elijah TOWNE m. Elizabeth FLAGG
m. Elizabeth FLAGG
134. Ammi Howlet PEABODY m1. Margaret RICE m2. Sarah JOHNSON
m. Margaret RICE father: Daniel RICE mother: Sarah CHILDS
m. Sarah JOHNSON father: Miles JOHNSON
135. Mary PEABODY m. Daniel MARSHALL
m. Daniel MARSHALL father: Daniel MARSHALL mother: Rachel GREELY
136. Moses PEABODY m. Hannah WARD
m. Hannah WARD father: Josiah WARD mother: Sarah GOODELL
138. Thomas PEABODY m. Betsy WILLIS
m. Betsy WILLIS
139. Alice PEABODY m. Eleazer WHITNEY
m. Eleazer WHITNEY father: Alexander WHITNEY mother: Lois CARROLL
140. Andrew PEABODY m. Sally KENNEY
m. Sally KENNEY
141. Frederick PEABODY m. Rebecca Edwards CARTER
m. Rebecca Edwards CARTER father: Josiah CARTER mother: Rebecca EDWARDS