Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 12-10-2023.

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: Humphrey NEED
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 15 Aug 1590 in Arnold, Nottinghamshire b
  • Baptism: 15 Aug 1590 in Arnold, Nottinghamshire c
  • Death: 8 Nov 1668 d
  • Burial: Friends Burial Ground, Arnold, Nottinghamshire u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Humphrey NEED Death: Abt 25 Jul 1591
    • Mother:
  • Mary MELFORD Birth: Abt 1565

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Nathaniel NEED
  2. Joseph NEED
  3. Nathaniel NEED Death: Abt 29 Mar 1701
  4. Mary NEED Death: 16 May 1664 in Harby, Leicestershire

Marriage:
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:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p214]
bp 15 Aug 1596 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205],
place:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p214],
parents:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p214, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205, Roberts RD600 p225]
Sources for baptism Information
date:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p214, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205],
place:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p214, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p214, Leslie Mahler SGM 4/5/1998, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205]
Sources with Information about marriage to Dorothy (NEED)
date:
first marriage of Humphrey [Ref: Faris PA2 p214, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205],
names:
Humphrey NEED & Dorothy ___ [Ref: Faris PA2 p214, Leslie Mahler SGM 4/5/1998, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205, Roberts RD600 p225],
child:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p214, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205, Roberts RD600 p225]
Sources with Information about marriage to Ann (NEED)
date:
license 10 Jul 1641 [Ref: Faris PA2 p214, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205],
names:
Humphrey NEED & Ann ___ [Ref: Faris PA2 p214, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205]
Research Notes:
yeoman, of Arnold, Nottinghamshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205]
yeoman of Arnold, co Nottingham [Ref: Faris PA2 p214]

1591: legatee in will of his father [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205]

1602: legatee in will of his grandfather, Thomas Melford, Gent [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205]

1629: churchwarden at Arnold, Nottinghamshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205]

1647: became a Quaker [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p205]



Pedigree of Humphrey NEED
          /-----William NEED
 /-----Humphrey NEED
|         \-----Agnes
Humphrey NEED
|                  /-----Ralph MELFORD
|         /-----Thomas MELFORD
|        |        |                                             /-----Thomas De CLIFFORD, Lord Clifford
|        |        |                                    /-----John De CLIFFORD, K.G., Lord Clifford
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth De ROS
|        |        |                           /-----Thomas De CLIFFORD, Lord Clifford
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Henry "Harry Hotspur" PERCY, K.G.
|        |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth PERCY
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Elizbeth MORTIMER
|        |        |                  /-----John De CLIFFORD, Lord Clifford
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----William De DACRE, Lord Dacre
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Thomas DACRE, Lord Dacre Of Gillesland
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Joan DOUGLAS
|        |        |                 |         \-----Joan DACRE
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Philippa De NEVILLE
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Margaret STAFFORD
|        |        |         /-----Henry De CLIFFORD, Lord Clifford
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----William BROUNFLETE
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas BROUNFLETE
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Henry BROUNFLETE, Lord Vessy
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Edward St JOHN
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret St JOHN
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Anastasia D'ATON
|        |        |        |         \-----Margaret BROMFLETE
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Henry FITZ HUGH, Lord FitzHugh
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Henry FITZ HUGH, K.G., Lord FitzHugh
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan Le SCROPE
|        |        |        |                  \-----Alianore FITZHUGH
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Robert De GREY
|        |        |        |                           \-----Elizabeth De GREY
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Lora De ST QUENTIN
|        |         \-----Anne De CLIFFORD
|        |                 |                                    /-----John De St JOHN
|        |                 |                           /-----Sir John De St JOHN
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir Oliver St JOHN
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir John De PAVELEY
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Isabel De PAVELEY
|        |                 |         /-----Sir John St JOHN
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Roger De BEAUCHAMP
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir John De BEAUCHAMP, Baron Beauchamp Of Bletsoe
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Mary
|        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret De BEAUCHAMP
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----John De STOURTON
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Edith STOURTON
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Alice
|        |                  \-----Anne ST JOHN
|        |                          |         /-----Thomas BRADSHAW
|        |                           \-----Alice BRADSHAW
 \-----Mary MELFORD
          \-----Denise (MELFORD)



Descendants of Humphrey NEED
1. Humphrey NEED m1. Dorothy (NEED) m2. Ann (NEED)
m. Dorothy (NEED)
m. Ann (NEED)

2nd generation

4. Nathaniel NEED m. Anne (NEED)
m. Anne (NEED)
5. Mary NEED m. Christopher LEVIS
m. Christopher LEVIS father: Richard LEVIS

3rd generation

12. Mary NEED m. Edmund CARTLEDGE
m. Edmund CARTLEDGE
13. Joseph NEED m. Rebecca (NEED)
m. Rebecca (NEED)
14. Sarah LEVIS m. Thomas BRADSHAW
m. Thomas BRADSHAW
17. Samuel LEVIS m. Elizabeth CLAYTOR
m. Elizabeth CLAYTOR

4th generation

32. Elizabeth LEVIS m. William SHIPLEY
m. William SHIPLEY

5th generation

34. William SHIPLEY m.