Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

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 available to be downloaded.

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


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Mary BRETT
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: Abt 1604 in Toddington, England b
  • Death: After 22 Dec 1682 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • William BRETT Birth: Abt 1562 in London, England Death: 1624 in Toddington, Bedfordshire, England
    • Mother:
  • Mary (BRETT) Death: After 1624

Family:
Marriage:
  • William ISHAM on 13 Aug 1625 at Toddington, co Bedford .m1
  • William ISHAM Birth: Abt 20 Mar 1587/8 in Pytchley, England Death: 1631 in Pytchley, England
Children:
  1. Euseby ISHAM
  2. Anne ISHAM
  3. Henry ISHAM Birth: Abt 1628 in Pytchley, Northamptonshire Death: Before 11 Sep 1677 in Bermuda Hundred, Henrico Co, Virginia

Bibliography
  1. Hart, Craig, Genealogy of the Wives of the American Presidents, Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2004. NYPL APK 05-1088 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Hart PresidentWives p[0-9]*].
  2. Reed, Paul C, English Origins of John Harleston, Immigrant to South Carolina, The Genealogist vol 9 no 2 (1991), pp163-225. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Reed HARLESTON p[0-9]*].
  3. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p[0-9]*].
  4. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[0-9]*].
  5. Roberts, Gary Boyd, Ancestors of American Presidents, First Authoritative Edition. Santa Clarita, CA: Carl Boyer, 1995. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts USPres [A-Zp][A-Z0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
1603 [Ref: Hart PresidentWives p136]
abt 1604 [Ref: Roberts USPres JEFFERSON],
place:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p136],
parents:
William BRETT & Mary ___ [Ref: Reed HARLESTON p195, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p403, Roberts USPres JEFFERSON],
father:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p137]
Sources for death Information
date:
1675 [Ref: Hart PresidentWives p136]
after 22 Dec 1682 [Ref: Reed HARLESTON p195]
before 22 Dec 1682 [Ref: Roberts USPres JEFFERSON]
Sources with Information about marriage to William ISHAM
date:
[Ref: Reed HARLESTON p195, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p403],
place:
[Ref: Reed HARLESTON p195, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p403],
child:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p136, Reed HARLESTON p195, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p403, Roberts RD600 p426, Roberts USPres JEFFERSON, Roberts USPres p182]
Research Notes:
1624: legatee in will of her father, who bequeathed her 100 pounds for her marriage [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p403]

1682: legatee in will of her brother Sir Edward Brett, of Bexley, Kent [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p403]



Pedigree of Mary BRETT
 /-----William BRETT
Mary BRETT
 \-----Mary (BRETT)



Descendants of Mary BRETT
1. Mary BRETT m. William ISHAM
m. William ISHAM father: Sir Euseby ISHAM mother: Anne BORLASE

2nd generation

4. Henry ISHAM m. Katherine BANKS
m. Katherine BANKS father: Christopher BANKS

3rd generation

5. Anne ISHAM m. Francis III EPES
m. Francis III EPES father: Francis II EPES mother: Frances WELLS
7. Mary ISHAM m. William RANDOLPH
m. William RANDOLPH father: Richard RANDOLPH mother: Elizabeth RYLAND

4th generation

8. Francis IV EPES m. Sarah KENNON
m. Sarah KENNON
11. Isham RANDOLPH m. Jane ROGERS
m. Jane ROGERS father: Charles ROGERS mother: Jane LILBURNE

5th generation

21. Martha EPES m. John WAYLES
m. John WAYLES
22. Jane RANDOLPH m. Peter JEFFERSON
m. Peter JEFFERSON father: Thomas Jr JEFFERSON mother: Mary FIELD