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: Thomas MELFORD
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1524 in Arnold, Nottingham b
  • Death: Abt 25 Mar 1602 d
  • Burial: 9 Apr 1602 in Arnold, Nottinghamshire u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Ralph MELFORD Death: Abt 6 Jan 1545/6
    • Mother:
  • Anne De CLIFFORD Birth: Abt 1495 Death: After 1525

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Mary MELFORD Birth: Abt 1565
  2. Robert MELFORD
  3. Gervase MELFORD
  4. George MELFORD
  5. Elizabeth MELFORD
  6. Winifred MELFORD
  7. Ellen MELFORD
  8. Joan MELFORD

Bibliography
  1. Faris, David, Plantagenet ancestry of seventeenth century colonists: the descent from the later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of emigrants from England and Wales to the North American colonies before 1701, second edition. Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1999. NYPL APR (New England) 01-1513. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Faris PA2 p[0-9ivxc]*].
  2. Mahler, Leslie, Royal descent of Samuel Levis. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 4/5/1998. Subject: another X line. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/hjkD--g4m_U/m/ap5Cqhq0JyEJ. Author address: lmahler at worldnet dot att dot net. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Leslie Mahler SGM 4/5/1998].
  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 v4p[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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1524 (of age in Jan 1546) [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205]
abt 1525 [Ref: Leslie Mahler SGM 4/5/1998]
say 1524 [Ref: Faris PA2 p213],
place:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p213, Leslie Mahler SGM 4/5/1998],
parents:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p213, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p204, Roberts RD600 p225]
Sources for death Information
date:
will dated 25 Mar 1602, buried 9 Apr 1602 [Ref: Faris PA2 p213]
will dated 25 Mar 1602, pro 28 Jan 1602/3 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205]
Sources for burial Information
date:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p213, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205],
place:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p213, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205]
Sources with Information about marriage to Denise (MELFORD)
names:
Thomas MELFORD & Denise ___ [Ref: Faris PA2 p214, Leslie Mahler SGM 4/5/1998, Roberts RD600 p225]
Thomas MELFORD & Dionise ___ [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205],
child:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p214, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205, Roberts RD600 p225]
Research Notes:
Gent, of Arnold, Nottinghamshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205]
Gent, of Arnold, co Nottigham [Ref: Faris PA2 p213]

1546: legatee in will of his father, who granted him estates and houses in Arnold, Nottinghamshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205]

1587: legatee in will of his half-brother, Gervase, who bequeathed him 20 pounds [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205]



Pedigree of Thomas MELFORD
 /-----Ralph MELFORD
Thomas MELFORD
|                                                               /-----Robert De CLIFFORD, Lord Clifford
|                                                      /-----Sir Roger CLIFFORD, Lord Clifford
|                                                     |         \-----Isabel BERKELEY
|                                             /-----Thomas De CLIFFORD, Lord Clifford
|                                            |        |         /-----Thomas BEAUCHAMP, Orig K.G., Earl Of Warwick
|                                            |         \-----Maud De BEAUCHAMP
|                                            |                  \-----Katherine MORTIMER
|                                    /-----John De CLIFFORD, K.G., Lord Clifford
|                                   |        |                  /-----William De ROS, Lord Ros Of Helmsley
|                                   |        |         /-----Thomas De ROS, Lord Ros Of Helmsley
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Margery De BADLESMERE
|                                   |         \-----Elizabeth De ROS
|                                   |                 |         /-----Sir Ralph De STAFFORD, K.G., Earl Of Stafford
|                                   |                  \-----Beatrice STAFFORD
|                                   |                           \-----Margaret De AUDLEY, Baroness Audley
|                           /-----Thomas De CLIFFORD, Lord Clifford
|                          |        |                           /-----Henry De PERCY, Lord Percy
|                          |        |                  /-----Henry De PERCY, K.G., Earl Of Northumberland
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Mary PLANTAGENET
|                          |        |         /-----Sir Henry "Harry Hotspur" PERCY, K.G.
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Ralph De NEVILLE, Lord Neville Of Raby
|                          |        |        |         \-----Margaret De NEVILLE
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Alice AUDLEY
|                          |         \-----Elizabeth PERCY
|                          |                 |                  /-----Sir Roger MORTIMER, K.G., Earl Of March
|                          |                 |         /-----Edmund MORTIMER, Earl Of March
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Philippa De MONTAGU
|                          |                  \-----Elizbeth MORTIMER
|                          |                          |         /-----Lionel Of Antwerp K.G., Duke Of Clarence
|                          |                           \-----Philippa PLANTAGENET, Countess Of Ulster
|                          |                                    \-----Elizabeth De BURGH, Countess Of Ulster
|                  /-----John De CLIFFORD, Lord Clifford
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir Randolf De DACRE, Lord Dacre
|                 |        |                           /-----Hugh De DACRE, Lord Dacre
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Margaret MULTON, Baroness Multon
|                 |        |                  /-----William De DACRE, Lord Dacre
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth MAXWELL
|                 |        |         /-----Thomas DACRE, Lord Dacre Of Gillesland
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret Countess Of Mar
|                 |        |        |         \-----Joan DOUGLAS
|                 |         \-----Joan DACRE
|                 |                 |                           /-----Ralph De NEVILLE, Lord Neville Of Raby
|                 |                 |                  /-----John De NEVILL, K.G. Lord Neville Of Raby
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Alice AUDLEY
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Henry De PERCY, Lord Percy
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Maud PERCY
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Idonia De CLIFFORD
|                 |                  \-----Philippa De NEVILLE
|                 |                          |                  /-----Sir Ralph De STAFFORD, K.G., Earl Of Stafford
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De STAFFORD, K.G., Earl Of Stafford
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Margaret De AUDLEY, Baroness Audley
|                 |                           \-----Margaret STAFFORD
|                 |                                   |         /-----Thomas BEAUCHAMP, Orig K.G., Earl Of Warwick
|                 |                                    \-----Phillippa De BEAUCHAMP
|                 |                                             \-----Katherine MORTIMER
|         /-----Henry De CLIFFORD, Lord Clifford
|        |        |                           /-----William BROUNFLETE
|        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas BROUNFLETE
|        |        |         /-----Sir Henry BROUNFLETE, Lord Vessy
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir John De St JOHN, Baron Of Basing
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Edward De St JOHN
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Alice FITZ REYNOLD
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Edward St JOHN
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----John DAWTRY
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Eve DAWTRY
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth De La STANE
|        |        |        |         \-----Margaret St JOHN
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Gilbert D'ATON
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William D'ATON, Lord Aton
|        |        |        |                  \-----Anastasia D'ATON
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Henry De PERCY, Lord Percy
|        |        |        |                           \-----Isabel De PERCY
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Idonia De CLIFFORD
|        |         \-----Margaret BROMFLETE
|        |                 |                                    /-----Henry FITZHUGH, Lord FitzHugh
|        |                 |                           /-----Sir Henry FITZHENRY
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Eva De BULMERE
|        |                 |                  /-----Henry FITZ HUGH, Lord FitzHugh
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir Richard De FOURNEUX
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Joan De FOURNEUX
|        |                 |         /-----Sir Henry FITZ HUGH, K.G., Lord FitzHugh
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Geoffrey Le SCROPE
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Henry Le SCROPE, Lord Scrope Of Masham
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Ivette De ROS
|        |                 |        |         \-----Joan Le SCROPE
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Joan
|        |                  \-----Alianore FITZHUGH
|        |                          |                           /-----Sir John De GREY
|        |                          |                  /-----Sir John De GREY, K.G., Lord Grey Of Rotherfield
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Margaret De ODINGSELLS
|        |                          |         /-----Sir Robert De GREY
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----John MARMION, Lord Marmion
|        |                          |        |         \-----Avice MARMION
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Maud FURNIVAL
|        |                           \-----Elizabeth De GREY
|        |                                   |                  /-----Herbert De St QUINTIN
|        |                                   |         /-----Sir Hubert De ST QUENTIN
|        |                                   |        |         \-----Lora FAUCONBERG
|        |                                    \-----Lora De ST QUENTIN
|        |                                            |         /-----Sir Warin De LISLE
|        |                                             \-----Margery De LISLE
|        |                                                      \-----Alice TYEYS
 \-----Anne De CLIFFORD
         |                                                      /-----Alexander De St JOHN
         |                                             /-----Oliver De St JOHN
         |                                            |         \-----Elizabeth De UMPHREVILLE
         |                                    /-----John De St JOHN
         |                                   |        |         /-----Hugh De LUCCOMBE
         |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth De LUCCOMBE
         |                                   |                  \-----Elizabeth
         |                           /-----Sir John De St JOHN
         |                          |        |         /-----Sir John De La Bere
         |                          |         \-----Elizabeth
         |                          |                 |         /-----Payne De TURBERVILLE
         |                          |                  \-----Agnes De TURBERVILLE
         |                          |                           \-----Gwenllian TALBOT
         |                  /-----Sir Oliver St JOHN
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir John De PAVELEY
         |                 |         \-----Isabel De PAVELEY
         |         /-----Sir John St JOHN
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Roger De BEAUCHAMP, Lord Beauchamp Of Bletsoe
         |        |        |                           /-----Sir Roger De BEAUCHAMP
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Sybill PATSHULL
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir Roger De BEAUCHAMP
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Walter CLOPTON
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Joan CLOPTON
         |        |        |         /-----Sir John De BEAUCHAMP, Baron Beauchamp Of Bletsoe
         |        |        |        |         \-----Mary
         |        |         \-----Margaret De BEAUCHAMP
         |        |                 |                  /-----William De STOURTON
         |        |                 |         /-----John De STOURTON
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Richard VERNON
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan
         |        |                  \-----Edith STOURTON
         |        |                           \-----Alice
          \-----Anne ST JOHN
                  |         /-----Thomas BRADSHAW
                   \-----Alice BRADSHAW



Descendants of Thomas MELFORD
1. Thomas MELFORD m. Denise (MELFORD)
m. Denise (MELFORD)

2nd generation

2. Mary MELFORD m. Humphrey NEED
m. Humphrey NEED father: William NEED mother: Agnes

3rd generation

10. Humphrey NEED m1. Dorothy (NEED) m2. Ann (NEED)
m. Dorothy (NEED)
m. Ann (NEED)

4th generation

15. Nathaniel NEED m. Anne (NEED)
m. Anne (NEED)
16. Mary NEED m. Christopher LEVIS
m. Christopher LEVIS father: Richard LEVIS

5th generation

23. Mary NEED m. Edmund CARTLEDGE
m. Edmund CARTLEDGE
24. Joseph NEED m. Rebecca (NEED)
m. Rebecca (NEED)
25. Sarah LEVIS m. Thomas BRADSHAW
m. Thomas BRADSHAW
28. Samuel LEVIS m. Elizabeth CLAYTOR
m. Elizabeth CLAYTOR