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 COMPTON, Earl Of Northampton
Sex: M
Birth: 19 Aug 1622 ^b
Death: 15 Dec 1681 in Cstle Ashby, Northants ^d
Burial: 29 Dec 1681 in Compton Wynyates, co Warwick ^u

Parents:

Father:
Spencer COMPTON, Earl Of Northampton Birth: May 1601 in Compton Death: 19 Mar 1642/3 in Hopton Heath

Mother:

Mary BEAUMONT Death: 18 Mar 1653/4 in Queen Str, London

Family:
Marriage:

Isabella SACKVILLE on 5 Jul 1647 at St james's, Clerkenwell .^m1
Isabella SACKVILLE Birth: 6 Oct 1622 in Knole House, Kent Death: 14 Oct 1661 in Lincoln's Inn Fields

Marriage:

Mary NOEL on Abt 1664 .^m2
Mary NOEL Death: 22 Aug 1719

Children:

Mary COMPTON Death: 6 Aug 1691 in London
George COMPTON, Earl Of Northampton Birth: 18 Oct 1664 Death: 13 Apr 1727 in Bloomsbury Sq

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 02 Bass-Canning. London: St Catherine Press, 1912. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 2 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo02coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP II [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 09, Moels-Nugent. London: St Catherine Press, 1936. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IX [Ap][p0-9].*].
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: CP III p391, CP IX p681],
parents:: [Ref: CP IX p681, Roberts RD600 p48],
father:: [Ref: CP III p391],
name:: Charles [Ref: CP II p53]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP III p391, CP IX p682],
place:: [Ref: CP IX p682]

Sources for burial Information

date:: [Ref: CP IX p682],
place:: [Ref: CP IX p682]

Sources with Information about marriage to Isabella SACKVILLE

date:: [Ref: CP IX p682],
place:: [Ref: CP IX p682]

Sources with Information about marriage to Mary NOEL

date:: in or before 1664 [Ref: CP IX p682],
child:: [Ref: CP IV p425, CP IX p683, Roberts RD600 p48]

Research Notes:
3rd Earl of Northampton, of Earldom cr 1618 [Ref: CP IX p681]
3rd Earl of Northampton [Ref: Roberts RD600 p48]
4th Lord Compton, of Barony cr 1572 [Ref: CP III p391]

heir of his father [Ref: CP III p391, CP IX p681]

3rd Earl of Northampton [Ref: CP IV p425]
Earl of Northampton [Ref: CP II p53]

Pedigree of James COMPTON, Earl Of Northampton
                            /-----Peter COMPTON
                   /-----Henry COMPTON, Lord Compton
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir John TALBOT, K.G., Earl Of Shrewsbury
                  |        |                           /-----Sir John TALBOT, K.G., Earl Of Shrewsbury
                  |        |                          |         \-----Maude De NEVILLE, Baroness Furnivall
                  |        |                  /-----John TALBOT, Earl Of Shrewsbury
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----James BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond
                  |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth BUTLER
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Joan BEAUCHAMP
                  |        |         /-----George TALBOT, K.G., Earl Of Shrewsbury
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Edmund STAFFORD, K.G., Earl of Stafford
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Humphrey STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Anne Countess Of Buckingham
                  |        |        |         \-----Katherine STAFFORD
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland
                  |        |        |                  \-----Anne NEVILLE
                  |        |        |                           \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
                  |         \-----Anne TALBOT
                  |                 |                           /-----John WALDEN
                  |                 |                  /-----Thomas WALDEN
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth
                  |                 |         /-----Sir Richard WALDEN
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Richard WHEATHILL
                  |                 |        |         \-----Margaret WHETEHILL
                  |                 |        |                  \-----Joan
                  |                  \-----Elizabeth WALDEN
                  |                          |         /-----Sir Henry WOGAN
                  |                           \-----Margery WOGAN
          /-----William COMPTON, Earl Of Northampton
         |        |                                             /-----Sir Leonard HASTINGS
         |        |                                    /-----Sir William HASTINGS, K.G., Lord Hastings
         |        |                                   |         \-----Alice CAMOYS
         |        |                           /-----Edward HASTINGS, Lord Hastings Of Hungerford
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Richard De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Salisbury
         |        |                          |         \-----Katherine NEVILLE
         |        |                          |                  \-----Alice MONTAGU, Countess Of Salisbury
         |        |                  /-----George HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Robert HUNGERFORD, Lord Hungerford
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas HUNGERFORD
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Eleanor De MOLEYNS
         |        |                 |         \-----Mary HUNGERFORD, Baroness Botreaux
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Henry PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland
         |        |                 |                  \-----Anne PERCY
         |        |                 |                           \-----Eleanor NEVILLE
         |        |         /-----Sir Francis HASTINGS, K.G., Earl Of Huntingdon
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Humphrey STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Hunphrey STAFFORD, Earl Of Stafford
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Anne NEVILLE
         |        |        |        |         /-----Henry STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Edmund BEAUFORT, K.G., Duke of Somerset
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret BEAUFORT
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Eleanor BEAUCHAMP
         |        |        |         \-----Anne STAFFORD
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Richard De WYDEVILLE
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan BEDLISGATE
         |        |        |                  \-----Katherine WYDEVILLE
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Peter Of Luxemburg, Count Of St. Pol
         |        |        |                           \-----Jacquetta Of St.Pol
         |        |        |                                    \-----Margaret Of Andria
         |         \-----Frances HASTINGS
         |                 |                           /-----Geoffrey POLE
         |                 |                  /-----Sir Richard POLE, K.G.
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir Oliver St JOHN
         |                 |                 |         \-----Edith St JOHN
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Margaret De BEAUCHAMP
         |                 |         /-----Sir Henry POLE, Lord Montagu
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Richard PLANTAGENET, K.G., Duke of York
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir George PLANTAGENET, K.G., Duke Of Clarence
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Cecily NEVILLE
         |                 |        |         \-----Margaret PLANTAGENET, Countess Of Salisbury
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Richard King-Maker NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Warwick
         |                 |        |                  \-----Isabel NEVILLE
         |                 |        |                           \-----Anne BEAUCHAMP
         |                  \-----Catherine POLE
         |                          |                           /-----Edward NEVILLE, Lord Abergavenny
         |                          |                  /-----Sir George NEVILLE, Lord Abergavenny
         |                          |                 |         \-----Elizabeth BEAUCHAMP, Baroness Abergavenny
         |                          |         /-----George NEVILLE, K.G., Lord Abergavenny
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Hugh FENNE
         |                          |        |         \-----Margaret FENNE
         |                           \-----Jane NEVILLE
         |                                   |                  /-----William ARUNDEL, K.G., Earl of Arundel
         |                                   |         /-----Thomas ARUNDEL, K.G., Earl of Arundel
         |                                   |        |         \-----Joan NEVILL
         |                                    \-----Joan FITZ ALAN
         |                                            |         /-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
         |                                             \-----Margaret WYDEVILLE
         |                                                      \-----Jacquetta Of St.Pol
/-----Spencer COMPTON, Earl Of Northampton
|        |         /-----Sir John SPENCER
|         \-----Elizabeth SPENCER
|                  \-----Alice BROMFIELD
James COMPTON, Earl Of Northampton
|                  /-----Anthony BEAUMONT
|         /-----Sir Francis BEAUMONT
|        |        |         /-----Thomas ARMSTRONG
|        |         \-----Anne ARMSTRONG
\-----Mary BEAUMONT

Descendants of James COMPTON, Earl Of Northampton

1. James COMPTON, Earl Of Northampton m1. Isabella SACKVILLE m2. Mary NOEL

m. Isabella SACKVILLE father: Richard SACKVILLE, Earl of Dorset mother: Anne CLIFFORD

m. Mary NOEL father: Baptist NOEL, Viscount Campden mother: Hester WOTTON

2+ Mary COMPTON m. Charles SACKVILLE, Earl of Dorset

3+ George COMPTON, Earl Of Northampton m1. Jane FOX m2. Elizabeth RUSHOUT

2nd generation

2. Mary COMPTON m. Charles SACKVILLE, Earl of Dorset

m. Charles SACKVILLE, Earl of Dorset father: Richard SACKVILLE, Earl of Dorset mother: Frances CRANFIELD

4 Mary SACKVILLE m. Henry SOMERSET, Duke of Beaufort; Henry SOMERSET, Duke of Beaufort father: Charles SOMERSET mother: Rebecca CHILD

3. George COMPTON, Earl Of Northampton m1. Jane FOX m2. Elizabeth RUSHOUT

m. Jane FOX father: Sir Stephen FOX mother: Elizabeth WHITTLE

5+ James COMPTON, Earl Of Northampton m. Elizabeth SHIRLEY, Baroness Ferrers Of Chartley

m. Elizabeth RUSHOUT father: Sir James RUSHOUT mother: Alice PITT

3rd generation

5. James COMPTON, Earl Of Northampton m. Elizabeth SHIRLEY, Baroness Ferrers Of Chartley

m. Elizabeth SHIRLEY, Baroness Ferrers Of Chartley father: Robert SHIRLEY mother: Anne FERRERS

6+ Charlotte COMPTON, Baroness Ferrers Of Chartley m. George TOWNSHEND, Marquess Townshend

4th generation

6. Charlotte COMPTON, Baroness Ferrers Of Chartley m. George TOWNSHEND, Marquess Townshend

m. George TOWNSHEND, Marquess Townshend father: Charles TOWNSHEND, Viscount Townshend mother: Audrey HARRISON

7+ John TOWNSHEND m. Georgiana Anne POYNTZ

5th generation

7. John TOWNSHEND m. Georgiana Anne POYNTZ

m. Georgiana Anne POYNTZ father: William POYNTZ

8+ George Osborne TOWNSHEND m. Jessie Victoria MacKELLAR