Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 05-01-2023.

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 may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Anne GIFFORD

Bibliography
  1. Moriarty, G Andrews, The Gifford-Sargent Ancestral Line, NEHGR v74-75 (Jul 1920-Jul 1921), v74 pp231-7, 267-83, v75 pp57-63, 129-42, 226-35. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Moriarty Gifford p[0-9]*].
  2. 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: Moriarty Gifford p135, Roberts RD600 p542]
Sources with Information about marriage to (Unk) VACHELL
names:
William GIFFORD & ___ VACHELL [Ref: Moriarty Gifford p135, Roberts RD600 p542],
child:
[Ref: Moriarty Gifford p135, Roberts RD600 p542]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of William GIFFORD
                                                                /-----Sir Osbern GIFFARD
                                                       /-----Sir John GIFFARD Le BOEF
                                                      |         \-----Isabel BOCLAND
                                              /-----Sir John GIFFARD Le BOEF
                                     /-----Sir John GIFFARD
                                    |        |                  /-----William De GARDIANO
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Thomas De GARDINIS
                                    |        |        |         \-----Alexandra De La HAYE
                                    |         \-----Alexandra De GARDINIS
                            /-----Sir Thomas GIFFARD
                           |        |                           /-----John De MORTEYN
                           |        |                  /-----John De MORTEYN
                           |        |                 |         \-----Constance De MERSTON
                           |        |         /-----Sir John De MORTEYN
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Hugh GOBION
                           |        |        |         \-----Joan GOBION
                           |        |        |                  \-----Matilda
                           |         \-----Lucy De MORTEYN
                           |                 |         /-----Richard De ROTHWELL
                           |                  \-----Joan De ROTHWELL
                   /-----Roger GIFFARD
                  |         \-----Elizabeth De MISSENDEN
          /-----Thomas GIFFARD
         |         \-----Isabel STRETLE
 /-----John GIFFORD
|        |                                                      /-----Sir Oliver De VAUX
|        |                                             /-----Roger De VAUX
|        |                                            |         \-----Petronilla De CRAON
|        |                                    /-----Elias De VAUX
|        |                           /-----William De VAUX
|        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth
|        |                  /-----William De VAUX
|        |                 |         \-----Joan
|        |         /-----William VAUX
|        |        |        |         /-----John THIRNING
|        |        |         \-----Joan THIRNING
|         \-----Eleanor VAUX
|                 |         /-----Sir Thomas DRAKELOWE
|                  \-----Eleanor DRAKELOWE
William GIFFORD
|         /-----Thomas WYNSLOW
 \-----Agnes WYNSLOW
         |                                                      /-----Simon De THROCKMORTON
         |                                             /-----Robert De THROCKMORTON
         |                                            |         \-----Isabel DONNISLEY
         |                                    /-----Giles De THROCKMORTON
         |                                   |        |         /-----Richard De WESTON
         |                                   |         \-----Joan De WESTON
         |                           /-----Robert De THROCKMORTON
         |                          |        |         /-----John FRAUNCEYS
         |                          |         \-----Agnes FRAUNCEYS
         |                  /-----Thomas De THROCKMORTON
         |                 |        |         /-----Geoffrey COLEMAN
         |                 |         \-----Lucy COLEMAN
         |         /-----Sir John THROCKMORTON
         |        |        |                                    /-----Alexander De BESFORD
         |        |        |                           /-----Alexander De BESFORD
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Margaret De NAUTON
         |        |        |                  /-----Alexander De BESFORD
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----John De THORNDEN
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Margery De THORNDEN
         |        |        |         /-----Alexander De BESFORD
         |        |        |        |         \-----Joan
         |        |         \-----Agnes De BESFORD
         |        |                  \-----Beatrice
          \-----Agnes THROCKMORTON
                  |                           /-----William De La SPINE
                  |                  /-----William SPYNE
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Philip DURVASSAL
                  |                 |        |         /-----Thomas DURVASSAL
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Felicia De Camville
                  |                 |         \-----Margery DURVASSAL
                  |                 |                  \-----Margery
                  |         /-----Sir Guy SPINNEY
                  |        |         \-----Alice De BRULEY
                   \-----Eleanor SPINNEY
                            \-----Katherine



Descendants of William GIFFORD
1. William GIFFORD m. (Unk) VACHELL
m. (Unk) VACHELL

2nd generation

2. Anne GIFFORD m1. Vincent CURSON m2. Edward WINDSOR
m. Vincent CURSON
m. Edward WINDSOR father: Sir Thomas WINDSOR mother: Elizabeth ANDREWS

3rd generation

3. Catherine CURSON m. Edmund TOWNELEY
m. Edmund TOWNELEY

4th generation

4. Francis TOWNELEY m. Catherine FORSTER
m. Catherine FORSTER

5th generation

6. Nicholas TOWNELEY m. Joanna WHITE
m. Joanna WHITE
7. Francis TOWNELEY m. Anne ELBOROUGH
m. Anne ELBOROUGH