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: Thomas LYGON
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1545 b
  • Burial: 14 Aug 1603 in Elkstone, co Gloucester u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • William LYGON Birth: 1518 Death: 8 Sep 1567 in Madresfield, Worcestershire
    • Mother:
  • Eleanor DENNIS Death: Before 2 Mar 1585/6

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Thomas LYGON Birth: Abt 1577
  2. Francis LYGON
  3. William LYGON
  4. Richard LYGON Death: 1662
  5. John LYGON
  6. Katherine LYGON
  7. Joan LYGON
  8. Alice LYGON

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 v3p[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 v5p[0-9]*].
  4. 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]*].
  5. Thompson, Neil D, Further Observations on the Ancestry of Col Thomas Ligon of Henrico County, Virginia Genealogist, vol 38 (1994), pp48-51. Available at https://mattocks2.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/further-observations-on-the-ancestry-of-colonel-thomas-ligon-of-henrico-county/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Thompson LIGON p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1545, second son [Ref: Thompson LIGON p49]
say 1545 [Ref: Faris PA2 p218],
parents:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p217, Faris PA2 p218, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p576, Roberts RD600 p259, Thompson LIGON p49]
Sources for burial Information
date:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p218, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p580, Thompson LIGON p49],
place:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p218, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p580, Thompson LIGON p49]
Sources with Information about marriage to Frances DENNIS
names:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p358, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p194],
child:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p218, Faris PA2 p219, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p580, Roberts RD600 p259, Thompson LIGON p49]
Research Notes:
Gent, of Elkstone, Gloucestershire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p580, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p194]
Gent [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p576]
of Elkstone, co Gloucester [Ref: Faris PA2 p218]



Pedigree of Thomas LYGON
                            /-----Thomas LYGON
                   /-----Sir Richard LYGON
                  |        |         /-----Nigholas GIFFARD
                  |         \-----Anne GIFFARD
          /-----Sir Richard LYGON
         |        |                                             /-----Sir Giles De BEAUCHAMP
         |        |                                    /-----Sir John De BEAUCHAMP
         |        |                                   |         \-----Catherine De BURES
         |        |                           /-----Sir William De BEAUCHAMP
         |        |                          |        |         /-----John CHERLETON, Lord Cherleton
         |        |                          |         \-----Joan CHERLETON
         |        |                          |                  \-----Maud De MORTIMER
         |        |                  /-----Sir John De BEAUCHAMP, K.G., Lord Beauchamp
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Gerard De USFLETE
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Gerard De USFLETE
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Ada
         |        |                 |         \-----Catharine De USFLETE
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Brian De THORNHILL
         |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret De THORNHILL
         |        |                 |                           \-----Joan FITZWILLIAM
         |        |         /-----Sir Richard De BEAUCHAMP, Lord Beauchamp
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir John De FERRERS, Lord Ferrers Of Chartley
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De FERRERS, Lord Ferrers Of Chartley
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth De STAFFORD
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Edmund FERRERS, Lord Ferrers Of Chartley
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Edward DESPENSER, K.G., Lord Of Glamorgan
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret Le DESPENSER
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth De BURGHERSH, Baroness Burghersh
         |        |        |         \-----Margaret FERRERS
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir John De La ROCHE
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Thomas De La ROCHE
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Isabel De BROMWICH
         |        |        |                  \-----Alienor De La ROCHE
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas BERMINGHAM
         |        |        |                           \-----Elizabeth BERMINGHAM
         |        |        |                                    \-----Isabel WHITACRE
         |         \-----Anne De BEAUCHAMP
         |                 |                                    /-----Sir John De STAFFORD
         |                 |                           /-----Ralph De STAFFORD
         |                 |                          |         \-----Margaret STAFFORD
         |                 |                  /-----Sir Humphrey STAFFORD
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----John HASTANG
         |                 |                 |         \-----Maud De HASTANG
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Maud TRUSSELL
         |                 |         /-----Sir Humphrey STAFFORD
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert BURDET
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir John BURDET
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth GARSHILL
         |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth BURDET
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir John ARDERN
         |                 |        |                  \-----Katherine ARDERN
         |                 |        |                           \-----Ellen WASTENEYS
         |                  \-----Elizabeth STAFFORD
         |                          |                           /-----Sir Thomas De AYLESBURY
         |                          |                  /-----Sir John De AYLESBURY
         |                          |                 |         \-----Joan BASSET
         |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas AYLESBURY
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Ebles Le STRANGE
         |                          |        |         \-----Isabel STRANGE
         |                           \-----Eleanor AYLESBURY
         |                                   |                  /-----Thomas De PABENHAM
         |                                   |         /-----Sir Lawrence De PABENHAM
         |                                   |        |         \-----Alice De OFFARD
         |                                    \-----Katherine PABENHAM
         |                                            |         /-----Sir John ENGAINE, Lord Engaine
         |                                             \-----Elizabeth ENGAINE
         |                                                      \-----Joan PEVEREL
 /-----William LYGON
|        |         /-----Sir William GREVELL, Judge Of Common Pleas
|         \-----Margaret GREVELL
|                 |         /-----John ARRELL
|                  \-----(Unk) ARRELL
Thomas LYGON
|                                             /-----William DENNIS
|                                    /-----Sir Gilbert DENNIS
|                                   |        |         /-----William CORBETT
|                                   |         \-----Margaret CORBETT
|                           /-----Morris DENNIS
|                          |        |         /-----Sir Maurice RUSSELL
|                          |         \-----Margaret RUSSELL
|                  /-----Sir Walter DENNIS
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir Edward STRADLING
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir William STRADLING
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Roger BERKEROLLES
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Gwenllian BERKEROLLES
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Katherine De TURBERVILLE
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Edward STRADLING
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Richard St BARBE
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John St BARBE
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Matilda
|                 |        |        |         \-----Isabel St BARBE
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Mary LANGELONDE
|                 |         \-----Katherine STRADLING
|                 |                 |                           /-----Edward III King Of England
|                 |                 |                  /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Philippa Of Hainault
|                 |                 |         /-----Henry De BEAUFORT, Bishop Of Winchester
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Payn Roet Of Hainault, Gulenne King Of Arms
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Katharine Of Hainault
|                 |                  \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|                 |                          |                  /-----Sir Richard FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel And Surrey
|                 |                          |         /-----Richard FITZ ALAN, K.G., Earl Of Arundel and Su
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Eleanor PLANTAGENET
|                 |                           \-----Alice FITZ ALAN
|                 |                                   |         /-----Sir William De BOHUN, K.G., Earl of Northampton
|                 |                                    \-----Elizabeth De BOHUN
|                 |                                             \-----Elizabeth De BADLESMERE
|         /-----Sir William DENNIS
|        |        |         /-----Sir Robert DANVERS
|        |         \-----Agnes DANVERS
|        |                 |         /-----Sir Richard DELABAR
|        |                  \-----Agnes DELABAR
 \-----Eleanor DENNIS
         |                                                      /-----Sir Maurice De BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
         |                                             /-----Thomas De BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
         |                                            |         \-----Eve ZOUCHE
         |                                    /-----Maurice De BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir Roger MORTIMER, Earl Of March
         |                                   |         \-----Margaret MORTIMER
         |                                   |                  \-----Joan De GENEVILLE, Countess Of March
         |                           /-----Sir James BERKELEY
         |                          |        |                  /-----Sir Hugh Le DESPENSER, Earl Of Winchester
         |                          |        |         /-----Hugh Le DESPENSER, Lord Despenser
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Isabel De BEAUCHAMP
         |                          |         \-----Elizabeth DESPENSER
         |                          |                 |         /-----Sir Gilbert DeCLARE, Earl Of Gloucester And Hertford
         |                          |                  \-----Alianore DeCLARE
         |                          |                           \-----Joan PLANTAGENET
         |                  /-----Sir James BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
         |                 |        |                           /-----Ralph BLUET
         |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Ralph BLUET
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Amice PICHARD
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir John BLUET
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Rhys AP HYWEL
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth FERCH RHYS AP HYWEL
         |                 |         \-----Elizabeth BLUET
         |                 |                  \-----Katherine WOGAN
         |         /-----Maurice BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir John De MOWBRAY, Lord Mowbray
         |        |        |                           /-----John De MOWBRAY, Lord Mowbray
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Aliva De BRAOS
         |        |        |                  /-----John De MOWBRAY, Lord Mowbray
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Henry PLANTAGENET, Earl Of Lancaster
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Joan PLANTAGENET
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Maud CHAWORTH
         |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MOWBRAY, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Stephen De SEGRAVE, Lord Segrave
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----John SEGRAVE, Lord Segrave
         |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Alice FITZ ALAN
         |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth SEGRAVE, Baroness Segrave
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Thomas Of Brotherton PLANTAGENET, Earl Of Norfolk
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret PLANTAGENET, Dutchess Of Norfolk
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Alice HALYS
         |        |         \-----Isabel MOWBRAY
         |        |                 |                           /-----Sir Edmund FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel
         |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Richard FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel And Surrey
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Alice De WARENNE
         |        |                 |         /-----Richard FITZ ALAN, K.G., Earl Of Arundel and Su
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Henry PLANTAGENET, Earl Of Lancaster
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Eleanor PLANTAGENET
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Maud CHAWORTH
         |        |                  \-----Elizabeth FITZ ALAN
         |        |                          |                  /-----Humphrey VIII De BOHUN, Earl Of Hereford And Essex
         |        |                          |         /-----Sir William De BOHUN, K.G., Earl of Northampton
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Elizabeth PLANTAGENET
         |        |                           \-----Elizabeth De BOHUN
         |        |                                   |         /-----Bartholomew De BADLESMERE, Lord Badlesmere
         |        |                                    \-----Elizabeth De BADLESMERE
         |        |                                             \-----Margaret De CLARE
          \-----Anne BERKELEY
                  |         /-----Philip MEAD
                   \-----Isabel MEAD
                            \-----Isabel



Descendants of Thomas LYGON
1. Thomas LYGON m. Frances DENNIS
m. Frances DENNIS father: Hugh DENNIS mother: Katherine TRYE

2nd generation

2. Thomas LYGON m. Elizabeth PRATT
m. Elizabeth PRATT father: Dennis PRATT mother: Anne (PRATT)

3rd generation

10. Thomas Col LYGON m. Mary HARRIS
m. Mary HARRIS father: Thomas HARRIS mother: Audrey HOARE