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: George COMPTON, Earl Of Northampton
Sex: M
Birth: 18 Oct 1664 ^b
Death: 13 Apr 1727 in Bloomsbury Sq ^d
Burial: Compton Wynyates, co Warwick ^u

Parents:

Father:
James COMPTON, Earl Of Northampton Birth: 19 Aug 1622 Death: 15 Dec 1681 in Cstle Ashby, Northants

Mother:

Mary NOEL Death: 22 Aug 1719

Family:
Marriage:

Jane FOX on 9 May 1686 .^m1
Jane FOX Death: 11 Jul 1721

Children:

James COMPTON, Earl Of Northampton Birth: 2 May 1687 Death: 3 Oct 1754

Marriage:

Elizabeth RUSHOUT on 3 Jul 1726 .^m2
Elizabeth RUSHOUT Birth: 20 Feb 1682/3 Death: 15 Jan 1749/50

Bibliography

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 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 p683],
parents:: [Ref: CP IX p683, Roberts RD600 p48],
father:: [Ref: CP III p391]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP III p391, CP IX p684],
place:: [Ref: CP IX p684]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: CP IX p684]

Sources with Information about marriage to Jane FOX

date:: [Ref: CP IX p683],
child:: [Ref: CP IX p684, Roberts RD600 p48]

Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth RUSHOUT

date:: [Ref: CP IX p684]

Research Notes:
4th Earl of Northampton, of Earldom cr 1618 [Ref: CP IX p683]
4th Earl of Northampton [Ref: Roberts RD600 p48]
5th Lord Compton, of Barony cr 1572 [Ref: CP III p391]

heir of his father [Ref: CP III p391, CP IX p683]

Pedigree of George COMPTON, Earl Of Northampton
                                     /-----Peter COMPTON
                            /-----Henry COMPTON, Lord Compton
                           |        |                           /-----Sir John TALBOT, K.G., Earl Of Shrewsbury
                           |        |                  /-----John TALBOT, Earl Of Shrewsbury
                           |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth BUTLER
                           |        |         /-----George TALBOT, K.G., Earl Of Shrewsbury
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Humphrey STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
                           |        |        |         \-----Katherine STAFFORD
                           |        |        |                  \-----Anne NEVILLE
                           |         \-----Anne TALBOT
                           |                 |                  /-----Thomas WALDEN
                           |                 |         /-----Sir Richard WALDEN
                           |                 |        |         \-----Margaret WHETEHILL
                           |                  \-----Elizabeth WALDEN
                           |                          |         /-----Sir Henry WOGAN
                           |                           \-----Margery WOGAN
                   /-----William COMPTON, Earl Of Northampton
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir William HASTINGS, K.G., Lord Hastings
                  |        |                           /-----Edward HASTINGS, Lord Hastings Of Hungerford
                  |        |                          |         \-----Katherine NEVILLE
                  |        |                  /-----George HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas HUNGERFORD
                  |        |                 |         \-----Mary HUNGERFORD, Baroness Botreaux
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Anne PERCY
                  |        |         /-----Sir Francis HASTINGS, K.G., Earl Of Huntingdon
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Hunphrey STAFFORD, Earl Of Stafford
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Henry STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret BEAUFORT
                  |        |        |         \-----Anne STAFFORD
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
                  |        |        |                  \-----Katherine WYDEVILLE
                  |        |        |                           \-----Jacquetta Of St.Pol
                  |         \-----Frances HASTINGS
                  |                 |                           /-----Geoffrey POLE
                  |                 |                  /-----Sir Richard POLE, K.G.
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Edith St JOHN
                  |                 |         /-----Sir Henry POLE, Lord Montagu
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir George PLANTAGENET, K.G., Duke Of Clarence
                  |                 |        |         \-----Margaret PLANTAGENET, Countess Of Salisbury
                  |                 |        |                  \-----Isabel NEVILLE
                  |                  \-----Catherine POLE
                  |                          |                  /-----Sir George NEVILLE, Lord Abergavenny
                  |                          |         /-----George NEVILLE, K.G., Lord Abergavenny
                  |                          |        |         \-----Margaret FENNE
                  |                           \-----Jane NEVILLE
                  |                                   |         /-----Thomas ARUNDEL, K.G., Earl of Arundel
                  |                                    \-----Joan FITZ ALAN
                  |                                             \-----Margaret WYDEVILLE
          /-----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
George COMPTON, Earl Of Northampton
|                                                               /-----Thomas NOEL
|                                                      /-----Robert NOEL
|                                                     |         \-----Jane DRAYCOTT
|                                             /-----James NOEL
|                                            |        |         /-----William BRERETON
|                                            |         \-----Maud BRERETON
|                                            |                  \-----Katherine WILDE
|                                    /-----Andrew NOEL
|                                   |        |         /-----Henry POLE
|                                   |         \-----Cecily POLE
|                                   |                  \-----Ursula TWYFORD
|                           /-----Sir Andrew NOEL
|                          |         \-----Elizabeth HOPTON
|                  /-----Edward NOEL, Viscount Campden
|                 |        |         /-----James HARINGTON
|                 |         \-----Mabel HARINGTON
|         /-----Baptist NOEL, Viscount Campden
|        |        |                  /-----Robert HICKS
|        |        |         /-----Sir Baptist HICKS, Viscount Campden
|        |        |        |        |         /-----William ARTHUR
|        |        |        |         \-----Julian ARTHUR
|        |         \-----Juliana HICKS
|        |                 |         /-----Richard MAY
|        |                  \-----Elizabeth MAY
|        |                           \-----Mary HILLERSDON
\-----Mary NOEL
         |                           /-----Thomas WOTTON
         |                  /-----Edward WOTTON, Lord Wotton
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir John RUDSTON
         |                 |         \-----Elizabeth RUDSTON
         |         /-----Thomas WOTTON, Lord Wotton
         |        |        |         /-----Sir William PICKERING
         |        |         \-----Hester PICKERING
          \-----Hester WOTTON
                  |         /-----Sir Arthur THROCKMORTON
                   \-----Mary THROCKMORTON
                           |         /-----Sir Thomas LUCAS
                            \-----Anne LUCAS

Descendants of George COMPTON, Earl Of Northampton

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

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

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

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

2nd generation

2. 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

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

3rd generation

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

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

4+ John TOWNSHEND m. Georgiana Anne POYNTZ

4th generation

4. John TOWNSHEND m. Georgiana Anne POYNTZ

m. Georgiana Anne POYNTZ father: William POYNTZ

5+ George Osborne TOWNSHEND m. Jessie Victoria MacKELLAR

5th generation

5. George Osborne TOWNSHEND m. Jessie Victoria MacKELLAR

m. Jessie Victoria MacKELLAR

6+ Charles Thornton TOWNSHEND m. Louise GRAHAM