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 BRETT
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1562 in London, England b
  • Death: 1624 in Toddington, Bedfordshire, England d


    • Parents:

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Mary BRETT Birth: Abt 1604 in Toddington, England Death: After 22 Dec 1682

Bibliography
  1. Hart, Craig, Genealogy of the Wives of the American Presidents, Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2004. NYPL APK 05-1088 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Hart PresidentWives p[0-9]*].
  2. Reed, Paul C, English Origins of John Harleston, Immigrant to South Carolina, The Genealogist vol 9 no 2 (1991), pp163-225. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Reed HARLESTON p[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 v3p[0-9]*].
  4. Roberts, Gary Boyd, Ancestors of American Presidents, First Authoritative Edition. Santa Clarita, CA: Carl Boyer, 1995. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts USPres [A-Zp][A-Z0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
1578 [Ref: Hart PresidentWives p137]
abt 1562 [Ref: Roberts USPres JEFFERSON],
place:
prob London [Ref: Roberts USPres JEFFERSON]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p137]
between 4 Jun and 20 Sep 1624 [Ref: Roberts USPres JEFFERSON],
place:
[Ref: Roberts USPres JEFFERSON]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary (BRETT)
names:
William BRETT & Mary ___ [Ref: Reed HARLESTON p195, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p403, Roberts USPres JEFFERSON],
child:
[Ref: Reed HARLESTON p195, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p403, Roberts USPres JEFFERSON]
Research Notes:
of Hearne (in Toddington), Bedfordshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p403]

brother of Sir Edward BRETT of Blendenhall, Bexley, Kent, whose 1682 will mentions the two daughters of his nephew Henry Isham, late of Virginia [Ref: Roberts USPres JEFFERSON]



Pedigree of William BRETT
William BRETT



Descendants of William BRETT
1. William BRETT m. Mary (BRETT)
m. Mary (BRETT)

2nd generation

2. Mary BRETT m. William ISHAM
m. William ISHAM father: Sir Euseby ISHAM mother: Anne BORLASE

3rd generation

5. Henry ISHAM m. Katherine BANKS
m. Katherine BANKS father: Christopher BANKS

4th generation

6. Anne ISHAM m. Francis III EPES
m. Francis III EPES father: Francis II EPES mother: Frances WELLS
8. Mary ISHAM m. William RANDOLPH
m. William RANDOLPH father: Richard RANDOLPH mother: Elizabeth RYLAND

5th generation

9. Francis IV EPES m. Sarah KENNON
m. Sarah KENNON
12. Isham RANDOLPH m. Jane ROGERS
m. Jane ROGERS father: Charles ROGERS mother: Jane LILBURNE