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: James FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond
Sex: M
Birth: 2 ^b
Death: 14 Oct 1558 ^d
Burial: 1 Nov 1558 in Franciscan Friart, Askeaton ^u

Parents:

Father:
Sir John FITZ GERALD Birth: 4

Mother:

More O'BRIEN

Family:
Marriage:

Joan ROCHE on 1 .^m1
Joan ROCHE

Marriage:

More O'CARROLL on Before 1533 .^m2
More O'CARROLL Death: 1548

Children:

Honora FITZGERALD Death: After Aug 1598
Joan FITZGERALD Death: 1600
Eleanor FITZJOHN
Gerald FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond Birth: Abt 1533 Death: 11 Nov 1583

Marriage:

Catherine BUTLER on Before Feb 1549/50 .^m3
Catherine BUTLER Birth: 2 Death: 17 Mar 1552/3 in Askeaton, Co Limerick

Bibliography

Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 01 A-Basing. London: St Catherine Press, 1910. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 1 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo01coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP I [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 03 Canonteigh-Cutts. London: St Catherine Press, 1913. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 3 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo03coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP III [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 04 Dacre-Dysart. London: St Catherine Press, 1916. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 4 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo04byucoka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IV [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 10, Oakham-Richmond. London: St Catherine Press, 1945. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP X [Ap][p0-9].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: second but first surviving son [Ref: CP IV p251],
parents:: [Ref: CP IV p251]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP IV p252, CP X p626]

Sources for burial Information

date:: [Ref: CP IV p252],
place:: [Ref: CP IV p252]

Sources with Information about marriage to Joan ROCHE

date:: first marriage of James [Ref: CP IV p252]

Sources with Information about marriage to More O'CARROLL

date:: second marriage of James, before 1533 [Ref: CP IV p252],
child:: [Ref: CP III p214, CP IV p252, CP X p627]

Sources with Information about marriage to Catherine BUTLER

date:: before Feb 1549/50 [Ref: CP IV p252, CP X p626]; second marriage of Catherine [Ref: Burke Peerage p2079]

Research Notes:
13th Earl of Desmond, of Earldom cr 1329 [Ref: CP IV p251]

Pedigree of James FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond
                                                                /-----John FITZ THOMAS
                                                       /-----Morice FITZ JOHN
                                                      |         \-----Margery
                                              /-----Thomas FITZ MORICE
                                             |         \-----Maud De BARRY
                                     /-----Morice FITZ THOMAS, Earl Of Desmond
                                    |        |                  /-----Maurice De BERKELEY, Baron Of Berkeley
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Thomas De BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
                                    |        |        |         \-----Isabel FITZ ROY
                                    |         \-----Margaret BERKELEY
                                    |                 |         /-----William De FERRERS, Earl Of Derby
                                    |                  \-----Joan De FERRERS
                                    |                           \-----Margaret De QUINCEY
                            /-----Gerald Fitz Morice, Earl Of Desmond
                           |        |                           /-----Thomas FITZ MAURICE
                           |        |                  /-----Maurice FITZ THOMAS, Lord Kerry
                           |        |         /-----Nicholas FITZ MAURICE, Lord Kerry
                           |        |        |        |         /-----William FITZ ELIE
                           |        |        |         \-----Ellen FITZ WILLIAM
                           |         \-----Aveline Fitz Nicholas
                           |                 |                  /-----Turlough King Of Thomond
                           |                 |         /-----Connor O'BRIEN, Prince Of Thomond
                           |                  \-----Slany O'BRIEN
                   /-----James FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond
                  |        |                                    /-----Theobald Le BOTELER
                  |        |                           /-----Edmund Le BOTELER
                  |        |                          |         \-----Joan FITZ JOHN
                  |        |                  /-----James BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----John FITZ THOMAS FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Kildare
                  |        |                 |         \-----Joan FITZ JOHN
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Blanche ROCHE
                  |        |         /-----James BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Humphrey VII De BOHUN, Earl Of Hereford And Essex
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Humphrey VIII De BOHUN, Earl Of Hereford And Essex
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Maud De FIENNES
                  |        |        |         \-----Eleanor De BOHUN
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Edward I King Of England
                  |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth PLANTAGENET
                  |        |        |                           \-----Eleanor Of Castile
                  |         \-----Alianore Le BOTILLER
                  |                 |                           /-----Sir Philip DARCY, Baron Of Nocton
                  |                 |                  /-----Sir Roger DARCY
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Isabel BERTRAM
                  |                 |         /-----Sir John DARCY, Lord Darcy
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----William D'ATON
                  |                 |        |         \-----Isabel D'ATON
                  |                  \-----Elizabeth DARCY
                  |                          |                  /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
                  |                          |         /-----Richard De BURGH, Earl Of Ulster
                  |                          |        |         \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
                  |                           \-----Joan De BURGH
                  |                                   |         /-----Arnold III Count Of Guines
                  |                                    \-----Margaret Of Guines
                  |                                             \-----Alix Of Coucy
          /-----Thomas FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond
         |        |         /-----Ulick Mac RICHARD BURK
         |         \-----Mary Mac RICHARD BURK
/-----Sir John FITZ GERALD
|        |                                                      /-----David De Barry, Lord Barry
|        |                                             /-----David BARRY, Lord Barry
|        |                                    /-----David BARRY, Lord Barry
|        |                                   |         \-----Maud De BOULLTRON
|        |                           /-----David BARRY, Lord Barry
|        |                  /-----John BARRY, Lord Barry
|        |         /-----William BARRY, Lord Barry
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Morice FITZ JOHN
|        |        |        |                           /-----Thomas FITZ MORICE
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Maud De BARRY
|        |        |        |                  /-----Morice FITZ THOMAS, Earl Of Desmond
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas De BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret BERKELEY
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Joan De FERRERS
|        |        |        |         /-----Gerald Fitz Morice, Earl Of Desmond
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Maurice FITZ THOMAS, Lord Kerry
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Nicholas FITZ MAURICE, Lord Kerry
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Ellen FITZ WILLIAM
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Aveline Fitz Nicholas
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Connor O'BRIEN, Prince Of Thomond
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Slany O'BRIEN
|        |        |         \-----Ellice
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Edmund Le BOTELER
|        |        |                 |                  /-----James BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Joan FITZ JOHN
|        |        |                 |         /-----James BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Humphrey VIII De BOHUN, Earl Of Hereford And Essex
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Eleanor De BOHUN
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth PLANTAGENET
|        |        |                  \-----Alianore Le BOTILLER
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Sir Roger DARCY
|        |        |                          |         /-----Sir John DARCY, Lord Darcy
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Isabel D'ATON
|        |        |                           \-----Elizabeth DARCY
|        |        |                                   |         /-----Richard De BURGH, Earl Of Ulster
|        |        |                                    \-----Joan De BURGH
|        |        |                                             \-----Margaret Of Guines
|         \-----Ellice BARRY
|                 |         /-----(Unk) ROCHE, Lord Roche
|                  \-----Ellen ROCHE
James FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond
|         /-----Donogh O'BRIEN
\-----More O'BRIEN

Descendants of James FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond

1. James FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond m1. Joan ROCHE m2. More O'CARROLL m3. Catherine BUTLER

m. Joan ROCHE father: Maurice ROCHE, Viscount Fermoy mother: Eleanor FITZ GERALD

m. More O'CARROLL father: Sir Maolrony O'CARROLL mother: Margery O'BRIEN

2 Honora FITZGERALD m. Donough McCARTY, Earl of Clancarty

3 Joan FITZGERALD m. Edmond BARRY, Lord Barry; Edmond BARRY, Lord Barry father: John BARRY, Lord Barry mother: Ellen GIBBON

4 Eleanor FITZJOHN m. John POWER, Lord Power; John POWER, Lord Power father: Sir Richard POWER, Lord Power mother: Catherine BUTLER

5+ Gerald FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond m1. Joan FITZ GERALD m2. Eleanor BUTLER

m. Catherine BUTLER father: Sir Piers BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond mother: Margaret FITZGERALD

2nd generation

5. Gerald FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond m1. Joan FITZ GERALD m2. Eleanor BUTLER

m. Joan FITZ GERALD father: James FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond mother: Amy MAC-I-BRIEN-ARA

m. Eleanor BUTLER father: Edmund BUTLER, Lord Dunboyne mother: Julia MacCARTHY

6 Catherine FITZ GERALD m1. Maurice ROCHE, Viscount Fermoy m2. Daniel O'BRIEN, Viscount Clare; Maurice ROCHE, Viscount Fermoy father: David ROCHE, Lord Roche Of Fermoy mother: Ellen BUTLER