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: William RODNEY
  • Sex: M
  • Baptism: 21 Jun 1637 in Catcott, Somerset c
  • Death: Jan 1678/9 in at sea d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • William RODNEY Birth: 1610 Death: 12 Jun 1669
    • Mother:
  • Alice CAESAR Birth: Before 1611 Death: Before 1669

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Elizabeth RODNEY
  2. William RODNEY Death: 8 Sep 1708
  3. Robert RODNEY
  4. Rachel RODNEY
  5. George RODNEY
  6. George RODNEY

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, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p[0-9]*].
  3. 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
parents:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p311, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p621, Roberts RD600 p152]
Sources for baptism Information
date:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p311, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p622],
place:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p311, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p622]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p311, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p622],
place:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p311, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p622]
Sources with Information about marriage to Rachel (RODNEY)
names:
William RODNEY & Rachel ___ [Ref: Faris PA2 p311, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p622, Roberts RD600 p152],
child:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p311, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p622, Roberts RD600 p152]
Research Notes:
Gent [Ref: Faris PA2 p311, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p621]

1665: Merchant Venturer at Bristol [Ref: Faris PA2 p311]

1667: Merchant on the ship "Robert" of Bristol bound for the Barbados [Ref: Faris PA2 p311]

sometime of New York City [Ref: Roberts RD600 p152]

28 Jun 1674/5: resident of New York City [Ref: Faris PA2 p311]

Jul 1675: Royal Prosecutor in New York City [Ref: Faris PA2 p311]

Jul 1675: Surveyor of the Customs [Ref: Faris PA2 p311]

while he served as a colonial official in New York his family evidently remained in Bristol [Ref: Faris PA2 p311]

died at sea while bound from the island of Nevis to New York on board the vessel Lavrell in the Sound of New Haven abt Jan 1678/9 [Ref: Faris PA2 p311]



Pedigree of William RODNEY
                                              /-----Sir Walter RODNEY
                                     /-----Thomas RODNEY
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas HUNGERFORD
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Walter HUNGERFORD, K.G., Lord Hungerford
                                    |        |        |         \-----Joan HUSSEY
                                    |         \-----Margaret HUNGERFORD
                                    |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas PEVERELL
                                    |                  \-----Catherine PEVERELL
                                    |                           \-----Margaret COURTENAY
                            /-----Sir John RODNEY
                           |         \-----Isabel (RODNEY)
                   /-----George RODNEY
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir John CROFT
                  |        |                           /-----Sir John CROFT
                  |        |                  /-----William CROFT
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Owain GLYN DWR Ap GRUFFYD
                  |        |                 |         \-----Jonet Ferch Owain
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Mararet HAMMER
                  |        |         /-----Sir Richard CROFT
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Thomas WALWYN
                  |        |        |         \-----Margaret WALWYN
                  |         \-----Anne CROFT
                  |                  \-----Anne FOX
          /-----Sir John RODNEY
         |         \-----Elizabeth KIRTON
 /-----William RODNEY
|        |                                                      /-----Roger SEYMOUR
|        |                                             /-----Sir John SEYMOUR
|        |                                            |         \-----Maud ESTUMY
|        |                                    /-----John SEYMOUR
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Mark WILLIAM
|        |                                   |         \-----Isabel WILLIAM
|        |                                   |                  \-----Agnes
|        |                           /-----John SEYMOUR
|        |                          |        |         /-----Robert COKER
|        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth COKER
|        |                          |                 |         /-----John WALLYS
|        |                          |                  \-----Joan WALLYS
|        |                  /-----Sir John SEYMOUR
|        |                 |        |                  /-----William DARELL
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir George DARELL
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Thomas CALSTON
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth CALSTON
|        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth DARELL
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----William De STURTON
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John STOURTON, Lord Stourton
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth MOIGNE
|        |                 |                  \-----Margaret STOURTON
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Sir John WADHAM
|        |                 |                           \-----Margery WADHAM
|        |                 |                                    \-----Joan WROTTESLEY
|        |         /-----Henry SEYMOUR
|        |        |        |                                    /-----John WENTWORTH
|        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Roger WENTWORTH
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Agnes DRONSFIELD
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Philip WENTWORTH
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Philip Le DESPENSER, Lord Despenser
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Margery DESPENSER, Baroness Despenser
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth De TIBETOT
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir Henry WENTWORTH, Lord Despenser
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Thomas De CLIFFORD, Lord Clifford
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----John De CLIFFORD, K.G., Lord Clifford
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth De ROS
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Mary CLIFFORD
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Henry "Harry Hotspur" PERCY, K.G.
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth PERCY
|        |        |        |        |                           \-----Elizbeth MORTIMER
|        |        |         \-----Margaret WENTWORTH
|        |        |                 |                  /-----John SAYE
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John SAYE
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Alice
|        |        |                  \-----Anne SAY
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Sir William CHEYNEY
|        |        |                          |         /-----Lawrence CHENEY
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Katherine PABENHAM
|        |        |                           \-----Elizabeth CHENEY
|        |        |                                   |         /-----John COKAYNE
|        |        |                                    \-----Elizabeth COKAYNE
|        |        |                                             \-----Ida De GREY
|         \-----Jane SEYMOUR
|                 |         /-----Morgan WOLFE
|                  \-----Barbara WOLFE
|                          |         /-----John De BARRY
|                           \-----Gwenllian De BARRY
William RODNEY
|         /-----Sir Thomas CAESAR
 \-----Alice CAESAR
         |         /-----Sir William RYDER
          \-----Susan RYDER



Descendants of William RODNEY
1. William RODNEY m. Rachel (RODNEY)
m. Rachel (RODNEY)

2nd generation

3. William RODNEY m1. Mary HOLLYMAN m2. Sarah JONES
m. Mary HOLLYMAN father: Thomas HOLLYMAN
m. Sarah JONES father: Daniel JONES mother: Sarah (JONES)