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 CROFT
Sex: M
Death: After 1428 ^d

Parents:

Father:
Sir John CROFT

Mother:

Jonet Ferch Owain

Family:
Marriage:

Children:

Sir Richard CROFT Death: 29 Jul 1509

Bibliography

Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
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]*].
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: Burke Peerage p508, Roberts RD600 p509]

Sources for death Information

date:: living 1428 [Ref: Burke Peerage p508]

Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret WALWYN

child:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p508, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p311, Roberts RD600 p509]

Research Notes:
of Croft Castle, Herefordshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p311]

Pedigree of William CROFT
                                                                /-----Hugh De CROFT
                                                       /-----Hugh De CROFT
                                              /-----Sir Hugh De CROFT
                                             |         \-----Christina
                                     /-----Sir John De CROFT
                                    |        |         /-----Robert LONGBERCH
                                    |         \-----Isabel LONGBERCH
                            /-----Sir Hugh De CROFT, K.B.
                           |         \-----Catherine
                   /-----Hugh De CROFT
                  |         \-----Eleanor
          /-----Sir John CROFT
         |        |                                             /-----John De BRAMPTON
         |        |                                    /-----Brian De BRAMPTON
         |        |                                   |         \-----Matilda De BRAOSE
         |        |                           /-----Sir Bryan De BRAMPTON
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Walter De NEWFMESNIL
         |        |                          |         \-----Alice De NEWFMESNIL
         |        |                          |                  \-----Sara
         |        |                  /-----Sir Walter BRAMPTON
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Robert CORBET, Baron Of Cause
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Thomas CORBET, Baron Of Cause
         |        |                 |         \-----Emma CORBET
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Roger De VAUTORT, Baron Of Trematon
         |        |                 |                  \-----Isabel De VAUTORT
         |        |                 |                           \-----Alice
         |        |         /-----Sir Brian BRAMPTON
         |        |        |         \-----Joan Lady of Ewelly
         |         \-----Maud BRAMPTON
/-----Sir John CROFT
William CROFT
|                                    /-----Madog AP GRUFFYD MAELOR
|                           /-----Gruffyd O'R Rhuddallt AP MADOG
|                  /-----Gruffyd FYCHAN, Lord Of Glyndyfrdwy
|                 |        |                                    /-----John II LESTRANGE
|                 |        |                           /-----John III Le STRANGE
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Amice
|                 |        |                  /-----John IV Le STRANGE
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert TREGOZE, Baron Of Ewyas Harold
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Lucy TREGOZE
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Juliana De CANTELOU
|                 |        |         /-----John V LESTRANGE, Lord Strange
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Ralph De SOMERY, Baron Of Dudley
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Roger De SOMERY, Baron Of Dudley
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret Le GROS
|                 |        |        |         \-----Joan De SOMERY
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----William D'AUBIGNY, Earl Of Arundel
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Nichole D'AUBIGNY
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Mabel Of Chester
|                 |         \-----Elizabeth LESTRANGE
|                 |                 |         /-----John De WALTON
|                 |                  \-----Maud De WALTON
|                 |                           \-----Isabel
|         /-----Owain GLYN DWR Ap GRUFFYD
|        |        |                                             /-----Owain Ap Gruffydd
|        |        |                                    /-----Maredudd AP OWAIN, Lord Of Cardigan Uch Ayron
|        |        |                           /-----Owain Ap Maredudd, Prince Of Deheubarth
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Maelgwn Ieuanc FYCHAN, Lord Of Cardigan Is Ayron
|        |        |                          |         \-----Elena FERCH MAELGWN FYCHAN
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Angharad
|        |        |                  /-----Llywelyn AP OWAIN, Lord Of Gwynnionith And Caerwe
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Owen Ap Meredith, Lord of Cedewen
|        |        |                 |         \-----Angharad
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret Ferch Maelgon
|        |        |         /-----Thomas AP LLEWELLYN, Lord Of Iscoed Uchirwern
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert De VALE, Lord Of Trefgarn
|        |        |        |         \-----(Unk Dau) De VALE
|        |         \-----Elen Ferch Thomas
|        |                 |         /-----Maredudd
|        |                  \-----Eleanor GOCH
\-----Jonet Ferch Owain
         |         /-----Sir David HAMMER
          \-----Mararet HAMMER

Descendants of William CROFT

1. William CROFT m. Margaret WALWYN

m. Margaret WALWYN father: Thomas WALWYN

2+ Sir Richard CROFT m1. Anne FOX m2. Eleanor CORNWALL

2nd generation

2. Sir Richard CROFT m1. Anne FOX m2. Eleanor CORNWALL

3+ Elizabeth CROFT m1. Richard FIENNES, Lord Saye And Sele m2. William WEST

4+ Anne CROFT m. Sir John RODNEY

m. Eleanor CORNWALL father: Sir Edmund CORNWALL mother: Elizabeth BARRE

6 Anne CROFT m. Sir Thomas BLOUNT

7 Elizabeth CROFT m. John WHITTINGTON

8 Joyce CROFT m. Thomas MILL

9 Jane CROFT m. Sir Edward DARRELL

10 Sibyl CROFT m. Sir George HERBERT; Sir George HERBERT father: William HERBERT, K.G., Earl Of Pembroke mother: Anne DEVEREUX

11 John CROFT m. Elizabeth SEYMOUR

12+ Sir Edward CROFT m. Joyce SKULLE

3rd generation

3. Elizabeth CROFT m1. Richard FIENNES, Lord Saye And Sele m2. William WEST

m. Richard FIENNES, Lord Saye And Sele father: Henry FIENNES, Lord Saye And Sele mother: Anne HARCOURT

13+ Edward FIENNES, Lord Saye and Sele m. Margaret DANVERS

m. William WEST

4. Anne CROFT m. Sir John RODNEY

m. Sir John RODNEY father: Thomas RODNEY mother: Isabel (RODNEY)

14+ George RODNEY m. Elizabeth KIRTON

12. Sir Edward CROFT m. Joyce SKULLE

m. Joyce SKULLE father: Sir Walter SKULLE mother: Frances WINCHCOMBE

15 Joyce CROFT m. Sir Henry OWEN; Sir Henry OWEN father: Sir David OWEN mother: Mary BOHUN

16+ Elizabeth CROFT m. James VAUGHAN

17 Richard CROFT

18 Thomas CROFT

19 George CROFT

20 Eleanor CROFT m. Thomas SCRYVEN

21 Margaret CROFT m. John APRICE alias GWYNNE

22 Anne CROFT m. John HARLEY

4th generation

13. Edward FIENNES, Lord Saye and Sele m. Margaret DANVERS

m. Margaret DANVERS father: Sir John DANVERS mother: Anne STRADLING

23+ Richard FIENNES, Lord Saye and Sele m. Ursula FERMOR

14. George RODNEY m. Elizabeth KIRTON

m. Elizabeth KIRTON

24+ Agatha RODNEY m. Thomas HODGES

25+ Sir John RODNEY m. Jane SEYMOUR

16. Elizabeth CROFT m. James VAUGHAN

m. James VAUGHAN father: Watkin VAUGHAN mother: Elizabeth BASKERVILLE

26 Charles VAUGHAN

27+ Isabel VAUGHAN m. George PARRY

5th generation

23. Richard FIENNES, Lord Saye and Sele m. Ursula FERMOR

m. Ursula FERMOR father: Sir Richard FERMOR mother: Anne BROWNE

28+ Richard FIENNES, Lord Saye and Sele m1. Constance KINGSMILL m2. Elizabeth CODINGHAM

24. Agatha RODNEY m. Thomas HODGES

m. Thomas HODGES

29+ George HODGES m. Eleanor ROSSE

25. Sir John RODNEY m. Jane SEYMOUR

m. Jane SEYMOUR father: Henry SEYMOUR mother: Barbara WOLFE

30+ Elizabeth RODNEY m1. Paine FISHER m2. James KIRTON m3. Henry NORWOOD

31+ William RODNEY m. Alice CAESAR

32 Sir Edward RODNEY

33 George RODNEY

34 Jane RODNEY m. John TRENCHARD

35 Penelope RODNEY m. Sir Theodore NEWTON

27. Isabel VAUGHAN m. George PARRY

m. George PARRY father: Richard PARRY mother: Elizabeth MATHEW

37 Thomas PARRY

40+ Roger PARRY m1. Mary CROSLEY m2. Eleanor

41 Richard PARRY

42 Elizabeth PARRY

43 Katherine PARRY

44 Eleanor PARRY