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 BURNS
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 15 Sep 1754 in Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 1 Dec 1837 in York Co, South Carolina d
  • Burial: Beersheba Cemetery, York Co, South Carolina u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • William BURNS

Family:
Marriage:
  • Mary LESSLIE on 20 Jul 1781 at York Co, South Carolina .m1
  • Mary LESSLIE Birth: 1761 in Ireland Death: 21 Feb 1848 in York Co, South Carolina
Children:
  1. Gabriel BURNS Birth: 28 Jun 1782
  2. William Watson BURNS Birth: 2 Nov 1783 Death: 16 Apr 1831
  3. Margaret BURNS Birth: 22 Nov 1785
  4. Anne BURNS Birth: 24 Mar 1788
  5. George BURNS Birth: 7 Apr 1790
  6. Martha BURNS Birth: 19 Jan 1792
  7. Samuel BURNS Birth: 15 Jan 1794
  8. John BURNS Birth: 29 Mar 1796
  9. Mary BURNS Birth: 29 Mar 1796
  10. Grace BURNS Birth: Oct 1798 Death: 1798
  11. Joab Addi BURNS Birth: 29 Sep 1800
  12. Cyrus Iddo BURNS Birth: 29 Sep 1800 Death: 31 Mar 1882 in Johnson Co, Illinois
  13. Amos BURNS Birth: 27 Oct 1802 Death: 6 Aug 1882
  14. Jediah BURNS Birth: 23 Jul 1805 Death: 1 Nov 1844

Bibliography
  1. Jones, June, Stapleton-DeLong-Mowery families, private email, 12/1/2002. Author address: JonesJuneM at aol dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002].
  2. Hutten, Karen, Briggs-Leslie. WorldConnect db=briggs2, visited 11/29/2008. Author address: klhutten at hotmail dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Karen Hutten 7/7/2007].
  3. Lesslie, Samuel B, Lessley Family Records - Samuel Lesslie of the Carolina Waxhaws and Descendants. Claremore, OK: author, 1983. NYPL APV (Lessley) 84-2870. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LesslieSB LESSLIE p[0-9]*].
  4. Mendenhall, Samuel, Plaxco-Robinson, being an account of two of the ancient presbyterian families of Upper South Carolina. Sock Hills, SC: author, 1958. NYPL APV (Plaxco) (Mendenhall, S.B. Plaxco-Robinson). Available at http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005732310. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Mendenhall PLAXCO-ROBINSON p[0-9]*].
  5. Murphy, Marion F, Early Leslies in York County, South Carolina: their rmigrations to Tennessee, Missouri, and Arkansas, their ancestry and descendants. San Diego, CA: author, 1976. NYPL APV (Leslie) 77-13. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Murphy LESLIE p[v0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002, LesslieSB LESSLIE p367, Murphy LESLIE p15d]
17 Sep 1754 [Ref: Mendenhall PLAXCO-ROBINSON p146],
place:
[Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002],
father:
[Ref: LesslieSB LESSLIE p367, Murphy LESLIE p15d]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
place:
Scotland [Ref: Murphy LESLIE p15d]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002, LesslieSB LESSLIE p367, Murphy LESLIE p15d],
place:
[Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002, Murphy LESLIE p15d]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: LesslieSB LESSLIE p366]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary LESSLIE
date:
[Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002, Karen Hutten 7/7/2007, LesslieSB LESSLIE p366, LesslieSB LESSLIE p367, Mendenhall PLAXCO-ROBINSON p146],
place:
[Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002, Karen Hutten 7/7/2007],
child:
[Ref: LesslieSB LESSLIE p367, LesslieSB LESSLIE p368, Mendenhall PLAXCO-ROBINSON p146, Murphy LESLIE p15e]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
date:
26 Jul 1781 [Ref: Murphy LESLIE p15d]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Samuel BURNS
 /-----William BURNS
Samuel BURNS



Descendants of Samuel BURNS
1. Samuel BURNS m. Mary LESSLIE
m. Mary LESSLIE father: George LESSLIE mother: Mary (LESSLIE)

2nd generation

13. Cyrus Iddo BURNS m. Elizabeth Johnston ENLOW
m. Elizabeth Johnston ENLOW father: Nathaniel ENLOW mother: Frances BORLAND
15. Jediah BURNS m. Enexima EWING
m. Enexima EWING

3rd generation

22. Mahala Ellen BURNS m1. Thomas J BRYANT m2. Moses LAY
m. Thomas J BRYANT
m. Moses LAY father: Burnell LAY mother: Leannah NEWELL
24. William Albertus BURNS m. Margaret Jane ROBINSON
m. Margaret Jane ROBINSON father: Andrew Egger ROBINSON mother: Nancy MEEK

4th generation

27. Sarah LAY m. (Unk) THROGMARTON
m. (Unk) THROGMARTON
28. Joseph LAY m. Rilda Belle CHESTER
m. Rilda Belle CHESTER father: Nathaniel Lafayette CHESTER mother: Sarah Malinda HOLLAND
29. Dink LAY m. Enoch WHITE
m. Enoch WHITE
32. William Berry BURNS m. Effie Cordelia CARROLL
m. Effie Cordelia CARROLL father: Milus Smith CARROLL mother: Sarah Catherine NEIL
34. Amzi Jediah Meek BURNS m. Margaret QUINN
m. Margaret QUINN
35. Andrew Edward BURNS m. Ada Alberta SMITH
m. Ada Alberta SMITH father: Leonidas Lowry SMITH mother: Laura E WALKER
37. James Ewing BURNS m. Annie Laura SMITH
m. Annie Laura SMITH father: Leonidas Lowry SMITH mother: Laura E WALKER

5th generation

42. Harry Lee LAY m. Jennie KERR
m. Jennie KERR
44. Joseph Coy LAY m. Alma FOSTER
m. Alma FOSTER
45. Mollie Malinda LAY m. James Harrison BURNS
m. James Harrison BURNS
46. Chester Frederick LAY m. Harriet LEWIS
m. Harriet LEWIS
47. Ewell Tanner (Andy) LAY m. Living LITTLE
m. Living LITTLE
49. Sue Ellen LAY m1. Alvin MATHIS m2. Glenn ZELLHOEFER
m. Alvin MATHIS
m. Glenn ZELLHOEFER
57. Edith Rachel BURNS m. Herbert Darvin HOWELL
m. Herbert Darvin HOWELL
60. Howard Hudson BURNS m. Living LAMSON
m. Living LAMSON
62. Leland Smith BURNS m1. Elizabeth DUNN m2. Mary CLINTON
m. Elizabeth DUNN
m. Mary CLINTON
64. Leslie Meek BURNS m. Carolyn Grantland HURST
m. Carolyn Grantland HURST
65. Albert Edward BURNS m. Living SCHOENBERG
m. Living SCHOENBERG
66. Mary Alice BURNS m. Charles Arnold GIBSON
m. Charles Arnold GIBSON
67. Frank Avery BURNS m. Orene MULLIS
m. Orene MULLIS
68. Annie Ruth BURNS m. Edward HOPKINS
m. Edward HOPKINS
70. Philip Walker BURNS m. Kathleen HURD
m. Kathleen HURD father: Charles Van Vorhes HURD mother: Harriett Cornelia DYER
71. Joseph Eugene BURNS m. Clara Barton PLUMBLEE
m. Clara Barton PLUMBLEE father: John Otis PLUMBLEE mother: Anne BALLENGER
72. George Vaughn BURNS m. Sarah Cassels DAVIS
m. Sarah Cassels DAVIS father: Henry Campbell DAVIS mother: Eva CDASSELS