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: James WATSON
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1530 in Holme-On-Spalding-Moor, England b
  • Death: Abt 10 Jul 1615 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John WATSON Birth: Abt 1500 in Holme-On-Spalding-Moor, England Death: Abt Jul 1568 in Holme-On-Spalding-Moor, England
    • Mother:
  • Joane SOTHERON Death: Before 5 Jul 1568

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. (Unk Dau) WATSON Death: Before 1615
  2. (Unk Dau) WATSON Death: Before 1615
  3. (Unk Dau) WATSON Death: Before 1615
  4. (Unk Dau) WATSON Death: Before 1615
  5. Dorothy WATSON Birth: 25 Oct 1559 in Holme-On-Spalding-Moor, England Death: Before 1615
  6. Isabel WATSON Birth: 21 Feb 1560/1 in Holme-On-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England Death: Abt 8 Jun 1634
  7. Christopher WATSON Birth: Abt 1563 in Holme-On-Spalding-Moor, England
  8. Katharine WATSON Birth: Abt 1566 in Holme-On-Spalding-Moor, England
  9. William WATSON Birth: Abt 1573 in Holme-On-Spalding-Moor, England
  10. Prudence WATSON Birth: 6 Feb 1575/6 in Holme-On-Spalding-Moor, England Death: Before 1615
  11. Constance WATSON Birth: 17 Aug 1578 in Holme-On-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England

Bibliography
  1. Brigham, Emma Elisabeth, The History of the Brigham Family. Rutland, VT: Tuttle Co, 1927. UMI #G3444. Available at http://archive.org/details/historyofbrigham01brig and http://archive.org/details/historyofbrigham02inbrig Information from this source tagged as [Ref: BrighamEE BRIGHAM p[0-9]*].
  2. Holman, Mary Lovering, Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury, Concord, NH: Rumsford Press, 1938. NEHGS CS71/P643/1938. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/29865. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p[0-9]*].
  3. Sheppard, Walter Lee, The Watson Ancestry of Constance (Brigham) Crosby of Holme-Upon-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, and Rowley, Massachusetts, and Notes on the Sothern and Millington Families, NEHGR v120 (Jul 1966) pp21-25,231. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Sheppard WATSON p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1530 [Ref: Sheppard WATSON p22],
place:
[Ref: Sheppard WATSON p22],
parents:
[Ref: Sheppard WATSON p22]
Sources for death Information
date:
will dated 10 Jul 1615 [Ref: BrighamEE BRIGHAM p23]
Sources with Information about marriage to Jenet (WATSON)
names:
possibly James WATSON & Jenet ___ [Ref: Sheppard WATSON p23],
child:
[Ref: Sheppard WATSON p23]
Research Notes:
will dated Jul 10 1615, proved May 31 1616, mentions daughter Isabel, wife of Thomas Brigham [Ref: BrighamEE BRIGHAM p25, Holman PILLSBURY p400]

will proved "last of May 1616" and left legacies to Isabel Brigham, wife of Thomas, #3 which he owes me and 20s more, in full satisfaction of her child's portion. to Christopher Watson my son 40s in full satisfaction of his child's portion. to Katharine Patchet, wife of Robert Patchet #4 he owes me in full satisfaction of child's portion; to Constance wife of John Brigham #8 he owes me in full satisfaction of child's portion, to George Barker 5s to Robert Barker 5s, to George Gathorne 5s, to Jennet Gathorn 5s, to Elizabeth Gathorn 5s, to Marie Gathorne 6s 8d, to Henry Yonge son of Phillip Yonge 6s 8d, to Margaret Mitchell, Robert Mitchell, Marie Mitchell each 6s 8d, to Thomas Ellithorpe, Christopher Ellithorpe, and Francis Ellithorpe each 5s, to James Watson son of Christopher 20s, to Jennet Watson daughter of William Watson 20s. Legacies to be paid two years after his death [Ref: Sheppard WATSON p23]



Pedigree of James WATSON
          /-----John WATSON
 /-----John WATSON
|         \-----Margaret (WATSON)
James WATSON
|                  /-----William SOTHERON
|         /-----William SOTHERON
|        |         \-----Agnes (SOTHERON)
 \-----Joane SOTHERON



Descendants of James WATSON
1. James WATSON m. Jenet (WATSON)
m. Jenet (WATSON)

2nd generation

2. (Unk Dau) WATSON m. (Unk) BARKER
m. (Unk) BARKER
3. (Unk Dau) WATSON m. (Unk) GATHORNE
m. (Unk) GATHORNE
4. (Unk Dau) WATSON m. Phillip YONGE
m. Phillip YONGE
5. (Unk Dau) WATSON m. (Unk) MITCHELL
m. (Unk) MITCHELL
7. Isabel WATSON m1. Richard ELLITHORPE m2. Thomas BRIGHAM
m. Richard ELLITHORPE
m. Thomas BRIGHAM father: Thomas BRIGHAM mother: Gillian (BRIGHAM)
10. William WATSON m. Phillippa LASING
m. Phillippa LASING
12. Constance WATSON m. John BRIGHAM
m. John BRIGHAM father: Thomas BRIGHAM mother: Gillian (BRIGHAM)

3rd generation

28. Constance BRIGHAM m. Robert CROSBY
m. Robert CROSBY father: John CROSBY mother: Jane WEBSTER
29. Anne BRIGHAM m1. Simon CROSBY m2. William Rev THOMPSON
m. Simon CROSBY father: Thomas CROSBY mother: Jane SOTHERON
m. William Rev THOMPSON
34. Thomas BRIGHAM m. Mercy (BRIGHAM)
m. Mercy (BRIGHAM)
37. Sebastian BRIGHAM m. Mary (BRIGHAM)
m. Mary (BRIGHAM)
38. John BRIGHAM m. Mary ANDERSON
m. Mary ANDERSON

4th generation

42. Mary CROSBY m. Richard LANGHORNE
m. Richard LANGHORNE father: (Unk) LANGHORNE
45. Thomas Rev CROSBY m. Sarah (CROSBY)
m. Sarah (CROSBY)
46. Simon CROSBY m. Rachel BRACKETT
m. Rachel BRACKETT father: Richard BRACKETT mother: Alice BLOWER
49. Mary BRIGHAM m. John FAY
m. John FAY
50. Thomas BRIGHAM m1. Mary RICE m2. Susannah SHATTUCK
m. Mary RICE father: Henry RICE mother: Elizabeth MOORE
m. Susannah SHATTUCK
51. John BRIGHAM m1. Sarah DAVIS m2. Deborah HAYNES m3. Sarah BOWKER
m. Sarah DAVIS mother: Bridget LOKER
m. Deborah HAYNES
m. Sarah BOWKER
52. Hannah BRIGHAM m1. Gershom EAMES m2. William WARD
m. Gershom EAMES
m. William WARD father: William WARD mother: Elizabeth WELLS
53. Samuel BRIGHAM m. Elizabeth HOWE
m. Elizabeth HOWE father: Abraham HOWE mother: Hannah WARD

5th generation

62. Elizabeth LANGHORNE m. Abraham HASELTINE
m. Abraham HASELTINE father: Robert HAZELTINE mother: Anne LANGLEY
71. Simon CROSBY m. Mary NICKERSON
m. Mary NICKERSON
83. Rachel CROSBY m. Ephraim KIDDER
m. Ephraim KIDDER father: James KIDDER mother: Anna MOORE
91. Samuel FAY m. Tabitha WARD
m. Tabitha WARD father: Increase WARD mother: Record WHEELOCK
92. John FAY m. Elizabeth WELLINGTON
m. Elizabeth WELLINGTON father: Benjamin WELLINGTON mother: Elizabeth SWEETMAN
94. Gershom BRIGHAM m. Mehitable WARREN
m. Mehitable WARREN father: Joseph WARREN mother: Experience WHEELOCK
96. John BRIGHAM m. Martha (BRIGHAM)
m. Martha (BRIGHAM)
104. Samuel BRIGHAM m. Abigail MOORE
m. Abigail MOORE father: Richard MOORE mother: Mary COLLINS