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


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. William JENNEY Birth: 24 May 1470 Death: 28 Feb 1519/20
  2. Robert JENNEY Birth: 1484 Death: 1560
  3. Sir Christopher JENNEY Birth: 1486 Death: Abt 1542
  4. John JENNEY Birth: 1488 Death: 6 Oct 1532
  5. Jane JENNEY Birth: 1468 Death: Abt Apr 1540
  6. Anne JENNEY
  7. Thomase JENNEY
  8. Isabella JENNEY Death: 1523
  9. Elizabeth JENNEY Birth: 1471
  10. Rose JENNEY Birth: 1474

Bibliography
  1. Burke, Sir John, Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Harrison, Pall Mall, 1847. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id= C8fTAAAAMAAJ (Part I) and 0NEKAAAAYAAJ (Part II). Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke LandedGentry v[0-9]p[0-9]*].
  2. Dashwood, George Henry, Visitation of Norfolk of 1563, vol 1, 1878. Volume 1 available at http://archive.org/details/visitationnorfo00dashgoog, and volume 2 at http://archive.org/details/visitationnorfo01dashgoog. Also at http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008881577. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Dashwood Norfolk v[12]p[0-9]*].
  3. Foss, Edward, Biographia Juridica, Biographical Dictionary of the Judges of England, London: John Murray, 1870. Available at https://books.google.com/books?id=O0oBAAAAQAAJ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Foss Judges p[0-9]*].
  4. Harvey, William, Visitation of Norfolk in the Year 1563, Norwich, England: Miller and Leavins, 1895. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=zWEEAAAAIAAJ. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Harvey Norfolk p[0-9]*].
  5. Hervy, William, The Visitation of Suffolk 1561, Part II. London: Harleian Society, 1984. NYPL ARCA (Harleian Society) 92-954. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Hervy Suffolk p[0-9]*].
  6. Hovius, Matthew, Norwich Revisited: The Origin of John Jenney, Plymouth Colonist. In The Genealogist 22,1 (2008), pp3-28. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Digitized copy at https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sadlerak&id=I21644. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Hovius JENNEY p[0-9]*].
  7. 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 v2p[0-9]*].
  8. Rye, Walter, The Visitacion of Norffolk: Made and Taken by William Hervey, Clarencieux King of Arms, Anno 1563, Enlarged with Another Visitacion Made by Clarenceux Cooke, with Many Other Descents; and Also the Vissitation Made by John Raven, Richmond, Anno 1613, London: Harlein Society, 1891. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=HS8EAAAAIAAJ. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Rye Norfolk p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
first son [Ref: Burke LandedGentry v1p647, Dashwood Norfolk v1p133, Foss Judges p376, Hervy Suffolk p297],
parents:
[Ref: Burke LandedGentry v1p647, Dashwood Norfolk v1p133, Foss Judges p376, Hervy Suffolk p295, Hervy Suffolk p297, Hervy Suffolk p340]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
name:
William [Ref: Rye Norfolk p170]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Hervy Suffolk p298]
15 Hen 8, c1523 [Ref: Dashwood Norfolk v1p133]
1522 [Ref: Burke LandedGentry v1p648]
Sources with Information about marriage to Katherine BOYS
date:
abt 1457 [Ref: Burke LandedGentry v1p647],
names:
[Ref: Hervy Suffolk p295, Hovius JENNEY p27],
child:
[Ref: Burke LandedGentry v1p647, Burke LandedGentry v1p648, Dashwood Norfolk v1p133, Foss Judges p376, Harvey Norfolk p267, Hervy Suffolk p296, Hervy Suffolk p298, Rye Norfolk p170, Rye Norfolk p171, Rye Norfolk p43]
Research Notes:
Knight [Ref: Dashwood Norfolk v1p133, Hovius JENNEY p13]

of Knodishall and Theberton [Ref: Hervy Suffolk p298]
of Knotyshall, Suffolk [Ref: Hervy Suffolk p295]
of Knodishall [Ref: Burke LandedGentry v1p647]

Sheriff of Suffolk [Ref: Hovius JENNEY p26]

17 Nov 1501: knighted [Ref: Hervy Suffolk p298]

1522: will proved, as "Edmund Jenney, miles, Of Knodeshale, Buxlowe, hale, Sloley, etc: [Ref: Hervy Suffolk p298]

succeeded by his grandson [Ref: Burke LandedGentry v1p648]

heirs were his grandsons, Edward and Francis Jenney [Ref: Hervy Suffolk p298]

Knt [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p266]



Pedigree of Sir Edmund JENNEY
                            /-----Edmond JENNEY
                   /-----William JENNEY
          /-----John JENNEY
         |         \-----Maud
 /-----Sir William JENNEY
|        |         /-----John BOKILL
|         \-----Maud BOKILL
|                 |         /-----John LEYSTON
|                  \-----Jane LEYSTON
|                          |         /-----William GERARD
|                           \-----Anne GERARD
Sir Edmund JENNEY
|         /-----Thomas CAWSE
 \-----Elizabeth CAWSE



Descendants of Sir Edmund JENNEY
1. Sir Edmund JENNEY m. Katherine BOYS
m. Katherine BOYS father: Robert BOYS mother: Jane WYCHINGHAM

2nd generation

2. William JENNEY m1. Audrey CLERE m2. Elizabeth BUTTON
m. Audrey CLERE father: Sir Robert CLERE mother: Anne HOPTON
m. Elizabeth BUTTON father: Thomas BUTTON
4. Sir Christopher JENNEY m1. Elizabeth EYRE m2. Mary FABYAN
m. Elizabeth EYRE father: William EYRE
m. Mary FABYAN
5. John JENNEY m1. Catherine PELLETT m2. Anne THIRKILL
m. Catherine PELLETT father: William PELLETT
m. Anne THIRKILL
6. Jane JENNEY m. William PLAYTERS
m. William PLAYTERS father: Thomas PLAYTERS mother: Anne DENNYS
7. Anne JENNEY m. Thomas BILLINGFORD
m. Thomas BILLINGFORD father: James BILLINGFORD
8. Thomase JENNEY m. William DUKE
m. William DUKE father: Thomas DUKE mother: Margery BAYNARD

3rd generation

12. Francis JENNEY m1. Margaret PAYTON m2. Margaret BROGRAVE
m. Margaret PAYTON father: Sir Robert PAYTON
m. Margaret BROGRAVE father: Robert BROGRAVE
13. Edmund JENNEY m. Susan PUREFOY
m. Susan PUREFOY father: Nicholas PUREFOY mother: Clemence LYDIARD
17. John JENNEY m. Elizabeth SPRING
m. Elizabeth SPRING father: Robert SPRING
20. William JENNEY m. Anne LITLEBERY
m. Anne LITLEBERY father: John LITLEBERY
23. Christopher JENNEY m. Avis HUMBERSTONE
m. Avis HUMBERSTONE father: John HUMBERSTONE mother: Ceciley HEWSE
25. Mary PLAYTERS m. John TILNEY
m. John TILNEY
27. Margery PLAYTERS m. Richard CLOPTON
m. Richard CLOPTON father: Sir William CLOPTON mother: Thomasine KNYVET
28. Christopher PLAYTERS m1. Dorothy ASLAKE m2. Anne REDE
m. Dorothy ASLAKE father: William ASLAKE
m. Anne REDE father: William REDE
36. Edmond BILLINGFORD m. Elizabeth FELTON
m. Elizabeth FELTON
42. George DUKE m. Anne BLENNERHASSETT
m. Anne BLENNERHASSETT father: Sir Thomas BLENNERHASSETT

4th generation

43. Arthur JENNEY m1. Eley JERINGHAM m2. Agnes (HAMMOND)
m. Eley JERINGHAM father: George JERNEGAN mother: Ela SPELMAN
m. Agnes (HAMMOND)
54. Edmund JENNEY m. Elizabeth LOKE
m. Elizabeth LOKE father: Mihill LOKE
58. William JENNEY m. Anne THURSBY
m. Anne THURSBY father: Edward THURSBY
62. Henry JENNEY m. Mary SMYTH
m. Mary SMYTH father: Simon SMYTH
63. Ambrose JENNEY m. Elizabeth BADGECROFT
m. Elizabeth BADGECROFT father: Thomas BACHECROFT
64. Robert JENNEY m. Mary SMYTH
m. Mary SMYTH father: William SMYTH
69. John JENNEY m.
71. William CLOPTON m. Margery WALDEGRAVE
m. Margery WALDEGRAVE father: Edward WALDEGRAVE mother: Joan ACWORTH
80. Thomas PLAYTERS m. Elizabeth JERMYN
m. Elizabeth JERMYN father: Sir Thomas JERMYN
91. Margaret PLAYTERS m1. John THROCKMORTON m2. Arthur CHEWT
m. John THROCKMORTON father: Francis THROCKMORTON mother: Jane NEWBURGH
m. Arthur CHEWT
94. Thomas BILLINGFORD m1. Jane BROWNE m2. Dorothy HARMAN
m. Jane BROWNE father: Robert BROWNE
m. Dorothy HARMAN father: George HARMAN
95. Edward DUKE m. Dorothy JERMYN
m. Dorothy JERMYN father: Sir Ambrose JERMYN mother: Anne HEVENINGHAM
98. Thomasine DUKE m. William PLAYTERS
m. William PLAYTERS father: Thomas PLAYTERS mother: Elizabeth JERMYN

5th generation

102. Francis JENNEY m. Anne READE
m. Anne READE father: George READE
110. John JENNEY m. Temperance (JENNEY)
m. Temperance (JENNEY)
121. William JENNEY m. Elizabeth BACHECROFT
m. Elizabeth BACHECROFT father: Richard BACHECROFT
122. Francis JENNEY m.
126. John JENNEY m. Sarah CAREY
m. Sarah CAREY
128. Walter CLOPTON m. Margaret MAIDSTONE
m. Margaret MAIDSTONE father: Robert MAIDSTONE
137. William PLAYTERS m1. Elizabeth TIMPERLEY m2. Thomasine TYRRELL m3. Mary DRAKE m4. Thomasine DUKE
m. Elizabeth TIMPERLEY father: Thomas TIMPERLEY
m. Thomasine TYRRELL father: Edmund TYRRELL
m. Mary DRAKE father: William DRAKE
m. Thomasine DUKE father: George DUKE mother: Anne BLENNERHASSETT
142. Frances PLAYTERS m. John CASTELL
m. John CASTELL
156. Ambrose DUKE m. Elizabeth CALTHORPE
m. Elizabeth CALTHORPE father: Bertram CALTHORPE mother: Margaret TYCHRBORNE