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 MELFORD
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: Abt 1565 b
  • Burial: 27 Jun 1631 in Arnold, Nottinghamshire u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Thomas MELFORD Birth: Abt 1524 in Arnold, Nottingham Death: Abt 25 Mar 1602
    • Mother:
  • Denise (MELFORD)

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Humphrey NEED Birth: 15 Aug 1590 in Arnold, Nottinghamshire Death: 8 Nov 1668
  2. Helen NEED
  3. Agnes NEED

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 1565 [Ref: Faris PA2 p214],
parents:
Thomas MELFORD & Denise ___ [Ref: Faris PA2 p214, Roberts RD600 p225]
Thomas MELFORD & Dionise ___ [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205]
Sources for burial Information
date:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p214, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205],
place:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p214, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205]
Sources with Information about marriage to Humphrey NEED
date:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p214, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205],
place:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p214, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205],
names:
[Ref: Leslie Mahler SGM 4/5/1998],
child:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p214, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205, Roberts RD600 p225]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Mary MELFORD
          /-----Ralph MELFORD
 /-----Thomas MELFORD
|        |                                                      /-----Sir Roger CLIFFORD, Lord Clifford
|        |                                             /-----Thomas De CLIFFORD, Lord Clifford
|        |                                            |         \-----Maud De BEAUCHAMP
|        |                                    /-----John De CLIFFORD, K.G., Lord Clifford
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Thomas De ROS, Lord Ros Of Helmsley
|        |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth De ROS
|        |                                   |                  \-----Beatrice STAFFORD
|        |                           /-----Thomas De CLIFFORD, Lord Clifford
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Henry De PERCY, K.G., Earl Of Northumberland
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Henry "Harry Hotspur" PERCY, K.G.
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Margaret De NEVILLE
|        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth PERCY
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Edmund MORTIMER, Earl Of March
|        |                          |                  \-----Elizbeth MORTIMER
|        |                          |                           \-----Philippa PLANTAGENET, Countess Of Ulster
|        |                  /-----John De CLIFFORD, Lord Clifford
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Hugh De DACRE, Lord Dacre
|        |                 |        |                  /-----William De DACRE, Lord Dacre
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth MAXWELL
|        |                 |        |         /-----Thomas DACRE, Lord Dacre Of Gillesland
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Joan DOUGLAS
|        |                 |         \-----Joan DACRE
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----John De NEVILL, K.G. Lord Neville Of Raby
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Maud PERCY
|        |                 |                  \-----Philippa De NEVILLE
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De STAFFORD, K.G., Earl Of Stafford
|        |                 |                           \-----Margaret STAFFORD
|        |                 |                                    \-----Phillippa De BEAUCHAMP
|        |         /-----Henry De CLIFFORD, Lord Clifford
|        |        |        |                           /-----William BROUNFLETE
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas BROUNFLETE
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir Henry BROUNFLETE, Lord Vessy
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Edward De St JOHN
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Edward St JOHN
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Eve DAWTRY
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret St JOHN
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William D'ATON, Lord Aton
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Anastasia D'ATON
|        |        |        |        |                           \-----Isabel De PERCY
|        |        |         \-----Margaret BROMFLETE
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Sir Henry FITZHENRY
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Henry FITZ HUGH, Lord FitzHugh
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Joan De FOURNEUX
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Henry FITZ HUGH, K.G., Lord FitzHugh
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Henry Le SCROPE, Lord Scrope Of Masham
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan Le SCROPE
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Joan
|        |        |                  \-----Alianore FITZHUGH
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Sir John De GREY, K.G., Lord Grey Of Rotherfield
|        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Robert De GREY
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Avice MARMION
|        |        |                           \-----Elizabeth De GREY
|        |        |                                   |         /-----Sir Hubert De ST QUENTIN
|        |        |                                    \-----Lora De ST QUENTIN
|        |        |                                             \-----Margery De LISLE
|         \-----Anne De CLIFFORD
|                 |                                             /-----Oliver De St JOHN
|                 |                                    /-----John De St JOHN
|                 |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth De LUCCOMBE
|                 |                           /-----Sir John De St JOHN
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Sir John De La Bere
|                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth
|                 |                          |                  \-----Agnes De TURBERVILLE
|                 |                  /-----Sir Oliver St JOHN
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir John De PAVELEY
|                 |                 |         \-----Isabel De PAVELEY
|                 |         /-----Sir John St JOHN
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Sir Roger De BEAUCHAMP
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Roger De BEAUCHAMP
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Joan CLOPTON
|                 |        |        |         /-----Sir John De BEAUCHAMP, Baron Beauchamp Of Bletsoe
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Mary
|                 |        |         \-----Margaret De BEAUCHAMP
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----William De STOURTON
|                 |        |                 |         /-----John De STOURTON
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan
|                 |        |                  \-----Edith STOURTON
|                 |        |                           \-----Alice
|                  \-----Anne ST JOHN
|                          |         /-----Thomas BRADSHAW
|                           \-----Alice BRADSHAW
Mary MELFORD
 \-----Denise (MELFORD)



Descendants of Mary MELFORD
1. Mary MELFORD m. Humphrey NEED
m. Humphrey NEED father: William NEED mother: Agnes

2nd generation

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

3rd generation

7. Nathaniel NEED m. Anne (NEED)
m. Anne (NEED)
8. Mary NEED m. Christopher LEVIS
m. Christopher LEVIS father: Richard LEVIS

4th generation

15. Mary NEED m. Edmund CARTLEDGE
m. Edmund CARTLEDGE
16. Joseph NEED m. Rebecca (NEED)
m. Rebecca (NEED)
17. Sarah LEVIS m. Thomas BRADSHAW
m. Thomas BRADSHAW
20. Samuel LEVIS m. Elizabeth CLAYTOR
m. Elizabeth CLAYTOR

5th generation

35. Elizabeth LEVIS m. William SHIPLEY
m. William SHIPLEY