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: Francis Blackwell FORBES
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 11 Aug 1839 in New York b
  • Death: 2 May 1908 in Boston, Massachusetts d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John Murray FORBES Birth: 5 May 1807 in New York Death: 11 Oct 1885 in Elizabeth, New Jersey
    • Mother:
  • Anne HOWELL Death: 21 Jul 1849

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. James Grant FORBES Birth: 22 Oct 1879 in Shanghai, China Death: 24 Apr 1955 in Paris

Bibliography
  1. Reitwiesner, William Addams, Ancestry of Sen John Kerry, 2004. Available at http://www.wargs.com/political/kerry.html Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY].
  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
date:
[Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY],
place:
[Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY],
parents:
[Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY, Roberts RD600 p573]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY],
place:
[Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY]
Sources with Information about marriage to Isabel CLARKE
date:
[Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY],
place:
[Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY],
child:
[Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY, Roberts RD600 p573]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Francis Blackwell FORBES
                                                                /-----John FORBES
                                                       /-----Alexander FORBES
                                                      |         \-----Isabel BURNETT
                                              /-----William FORBES
                                             |         \-----Janet ROBERTSON
                                     /-----John FORBES
                                    |        |                  /-----John FORBES
                                    |        |         /-----William FORBES
                                    |        |        |         \-----Isabel BURNETT
                                    |         \-----Helen FORBES
                                    |                  \-----Isabel GORDON
                            /-----Archibald FORBES
                           |         \-----Margaret FARQUHARSON
                   /-----John Rev FORBES
                  |         \-----Agnes LUMSDEN
          /-----James Grant FORBES
         |        |                           /-----John MURRAY
         |        |                  /-----John MURRAY
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John SCOTT
         |        |                 |         \-----Margaret SCOTT
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Francis SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch
         |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret SCOTT
         |        |                 |                           \-----Margaret LESLIE
         |        |         /-----James MURRAY
         |        |        |        |         /-----Archibald BENNET
         |        |        |         \-----Anne BENNET
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Robert RUTHERFORD
         |        |        |                 |         /-----John RUTHERFORD
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Marion RIDDELL
         |        |        |                  \-----Barbara RUTHERFORD
         |        |        |                           \-----Barbara ABERNETHY
         |         \-----Dorothy MURRAY
         |                 |                  /-----Archibald BENNET
         |                 |         /-----Andrew BENNET
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Robert RUTHERFORD
         |                 |        |        |         /-----John RUTHERFORD
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Marion RIDDELL
         |                 |        |         \-----Barbara RUTHERFORD
         |                 |        |                  \-----Barbara ABERNETHY
         |                  \-----Barbara BENNET
         |                          |         /-----Alexander COLLINGWOOD
         |                           \-----Dorothy COLLINGWOOD
         |                                    \-----Dorothy LAWSON
 /-----John Murray FORBES
|         \-----Frances Elizabeth BLACKWELL
Francis Blackwell FORBES
 \-----Anne HOWELL



Descendants of Francis Blackwell FORBES
1. Francis Blackwell FORBES m. Isabel CLARKE
m. Isabel CLARKE

2nd generation

2. James Grant FORBES m. Margaret Tyndal WINTHROP
m. Margaret Tyndal WINTHROP father: Robert Charles Jr WINTHROP mother: Elizabeth MASON

3rd generation

3. Fiona FORBES m. Alain-Gauthier LEVY
m. Alain-Gauthier LEVY
4. Rosemary Isabel FORBES m. Richard John KERRY
m. Richard John KERRY father: Fritz KOHN mother: Ida LOWE

4th generation

7. John Forbes KERRY m1. Julia Stimson THORNE m2. Living SIMOES-FERREIRA
m. Julia Stimson THORNE father: Landon Ketchum Jr THORNE mother: Alice Smith BARRY
m. Living SIMOES-FERREIRA father: Jose SIMOES-FERREIRA mother: Irene THIERSTEIN