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: Thomas H NILSON
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 3 Nov 1807 in Laughlintown, Westmoreland Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 14 Jul 1890 d
  • Burial: New Concord, Ohio u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John NILSON Birth: 23 Jun 1771 in Northern Ireland
    • Mother:
  • Jane GABEY

Family:
Marriage:
  • Isabella SAWHILL on 31 Mar 1831 at Washington Co, Pennsylvania .m1
  • Isabella SAWHILL Birth: 27 Oct 1808 in Claysville, Washington Co, Pennsylvania Death: 10 Jan 1846 in Washington, Guernsey Co, Ohio
Children:
  1. John NILSON Birth: 3 May 1832 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania Death: 22 Oct 1921 in Carl Junction, Missouri
  2. Alexander Neely NILSON Birth: 18 Nov 1833 in Claysville, Washington Co, Pennsylvania Death: 5 Nov 1916 in Maumee, Indiana
  3. James NILSON Birth: 11 Sep 1835 in Shelby Co, Indiana Death: 26 Oct 1861
  4. Mary NILSON Birth: 11 Apr 1838 in Washington, Guernsey Co, Ohio Death: 2 Feb 1954
  5. (Infant) NILSON Birth: 14 Jan 1840 in Washington, Guernsey Co, Ohio Death: 1 Feb 1840 in Washington, Guernsey Co, Ohio
  6. Jane NILSON Birth: 2 Jan 1842 in Washington, Guernsey Co, Ohio
  7. Martha NILSON Birth: 5 Oct 1843 in Guernsey Co, Ohio Death: 5 Apr 1915 in West Middleton, Pennsylvania
  8. Isabella Sawhill NILSON Birth: 27 Oct 1845 in Cambridge, Ohio Death: 10 Jun 1878

Marriage: Children:
  1. Elizabeth NILSON
  2. (Infant) NILSON Birth: 28 Jun 1847
  3. Robert Brown NILSON Birth: 8 May 1848
  4. Thomas Henry Jr NILSON Birth: 31 Jul 1849
  5. Amanda Caroline NILSON Birth: 21 Dec 1852
  6. Joseph Renrick NILSON Birth: 9 Jun 1854
  7. William Calvin NILSON Birth: 15 Feb 1856
  8. (Infant) NILSON Birth: 26 Dec 1856

Bibliography
  1. Davis, Ed, Alexander Sawhill, private email, 2/16/2002. Author address: Edavis4123 at aol dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Ed Davis 2/16/2002].
  2. Miller, Elaine, NILSON-SAWHILL, private email, 4/20/2000. Author address devmill at amber dot indstate dot edu. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Elaine Miller 4/20/2000].
  3. Sawhill, Donald B, SAWHILL Family, from notes of Benjamin Wesley Sawhill, circulated privately Feb 1964. LDS Film #1454553#10. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008129005, images 802-1013. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SawhillDB SAWHILL p[0-9]*].
  4. Shields, Jesse W and Grace Dague, Ancestors and Descendantsof James Alexander Sawhill. Grosse Pointe, MI: authors, 1958. LDS Film#0875362#7. Available at https://archive.org/details/ancestorsdescend00shie_0. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Shields SAWHILL p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Ed Davis 2/16/2002, Elaine Miller 4/20/2000, SawhillDB SAWHILL p7],
place:
[Ref: Ed Davis 2/16/2002, Elaine Miller 4/20/2000],
parents:
[Ref: Ed Davis 2/16/2002],
father:
[Ref: Elaine Miller 4/20/2000]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Elaine Miller 4/20/2000]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Elaine Miller 4/20/2000]
Sources with Information about marriage to Isabella SAWHILL
date:
[Ref: SawhillDB SAWHILL p7],
place:
[Ref: Ed Davis 2/16/2002, SawhillDB SAWHILL p77],
names:
[Ref: Shields SAWHILL p5],
child:
[Ref: Ed Davis 2/16/2002, Elaine Miller 4/20/2000, SawhillDB SAWHILL p77, SawhillDB SAWHILL p7]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
date:
31 May 1831 [Ref: Ed Davis 2/16/2002, Elaine Miller 4/20/2000]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sarah BROWN
date:
second marriage of Thomas [Ref: Ed Davis 2/16/2002],
child:
[Ref: Ed Davis 2/16/2002]
Research Notes:
apprentice tailor when married [Ref: Elaine Miller 4/20/2000]



Pedigree of Thomas H NILSON
 /-----John NILSON
Thomas H NILSON
 \-----Jane GABEY



Descendants of Thomas H NILSON
1. Thomas H NILSON m1. Isabella SAWHILL m2. Sarah BROWN
m. Isabella SAWHILL father: Alexander SAWHILL mother: Mary NEELY
m. Sarah BROWN

2nd generation

2. John NILSON m. Charity HUNSACKER
m. Charity HUNSACKER father: John HUNSACKER mother: Rosamond WEDDEL
3. Alexander Neely NILSON m. Louisa ROBERTSON
m. Louisa ROBERTSON

3rd generation

25. Jasper Elwood NILSON m. Ella Leona Mooring DePRATO
m. Ella Leona Mooring DePRATO father: Charles DePRATO mother: Mollie Elaine MOORING
26. Neely NILSON m. Amanda E REYNOLDS
m. Amanda E REYNOLDS

4th generation

30. Living NILSON m. Living DAVIS
m. Living DAVIS father: Walter Henry DAVIS mother: Katie Salisbury CLELAND
31. Oscar NILSON m. Ethel Mae MILLER
m. Ethel Mae MILLER

5th generation

34. William Robert NILSON m. Alma Ruth ARNOLD
m. Alma Ruth ARNOLD