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. Elizabeth BESSILES Birth: 1475 Death: Before 9 Oct 1520

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. Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2004. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson PA p[0-9]*].
  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 v1[pc][0-9]*].
  4. 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]*].
  5. 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 v5p[0-9]*].
  6. 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]*].
  7. Roberts, Gary Boyd, Ancestors of American Presidents, First Authoritative Edition. Santa Clarita, CA: Carl Boyer, 1995. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts USPres [A-Zp][A-Z0-9]*].
  8. Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, David Faris, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 7th Edition, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1992. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Weis AR7 #[0-9][0-9]*[A-Z]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: Richardson PA p103, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p353]
Sources for death Information
date:
1515 [Ref: Richardson PA p103, Weis AR7 #50]
will dated 4 May 1515 pro 18 May 1515 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p353],
place:
of Bessiles-Leigh [Ref: Weis AR7 #50]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p353]
Sources with Information about marriage to Alice HARCOURT
names:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p387],
child:
[Ref: Richardson PA p103, Richardson PA p104, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p353, Roberts RD600 p215, Roberts USPres p201, Weis AR7 #50]
Research Notes:
Esq, of Besselsleigh, Berkshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p387]
Esq, of Bessels Leigh, West Hall and Carswell (both in Buckland), and Longworth, Berkshire, and Grafton and Radcot, Oxfordshire [Ref: Richardson PA p103, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p353]
of Bessiles-Leigh, co Berks [Ref: Faris PA2 p297]

heir of his father [Ref: Richardson PA p103, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p353]



Pedigree of William BESSILES
 /-----Thomas BESSILES
William BESSILES
|         /-----John LYDYARD
 \-----Clemence LYDYARD



Descendants of William BESSILES
1. William BESSILES m. Alice HARCOURT
m. Alice HARCOURT father: Sir Richard HARCOURT mother: Edith St. CLAIR

2nd generation

2. Elizabeth BESSILES m1. Richard FETTIPLACE m2. Sir Richard ELIOT
m. Richard FETTIPLACE father: John FETTIPLACE mother: Joan FABIAN
m. Sir Richard ELIOT father: Simon ELIOT

3rd generation

10. Anne FETTIPLACE m. Edward PUREFOY
m. Edward PUREFOY father: Nicholas PUREFOY mother: Alice DENTON

4th generation

15. Mary PUREFOY m. Thomas THORNE
m. Thomas THORNE father: William THORNE mother: Alice STUTYSBURY

5th generation

32. Susan THORNE m. Roger Captain DUDLEY
m. Roger Captain DUDLEY father: Sir Henry Captain DUDLEY mother: (Unk) ASHTON