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: Sir Thomas GIFFARD
Sex: M
Birth: Bef Nov 1339 ^b
Death: 25 Sep 1394 in Twyford ^d

Parents:

Father:
Sir John GIFFARD Birth: Abt 1299 Death: 25 Jan 1368/9 in Twyford

Mother:

Lucy De MORTEYN Death: After 8 Mar 1361

Family:
Marriage:

Elizabeth De MISSENDEN on Before 20 Dec 1360 .^m1
Elizabeth De MISSENDEN Death: Abt 1367

Children:

Roger GIFFARD Birth: Abt 1367 Death: 14 Apr 1409 in Twyford

Marriage:

Margery on Before 12 Aug 1367 .^m2
Margery Death: After 22 Aug 1374

Children:

Marriage:

Sybil on Before 6 Jul 1383 .^m3
Sybil Death: 26 Feb 1428/9

Bibliography

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]*].
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]*].
Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, David Faris, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 7th Edition, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1992. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Weis AR7 #[0-9][0-9]*[A-Z]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: abt 1345 [Ref: Moriarty Gifford p132]; before Nov 1339 [Ref: Weis AR7 #42],
parents:: [Ref: Moriarty Gifford p132, Roberts RD600 p540, Weis AR7 #42]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Moriarty Gifford p132, Weis AR7 #42],
place:: of Twyford [Ref: Weis AR7 #42]

Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth De MISSENDEN

date:: abt 1361 [Ref: Moriarty Gifford p132]; before 20 Dec 1360 [Ref: Weis AR7 #42],
child:: [Ref: Moriarty Gifford p133, Roberts RD600 p540, Weis AR7 #42]

Sources with Information about marriage to Margery

date:: before 12 Aug 1367 [Ref: Weis AR7 #42]; before 4 Jan 1367/8 [Ref: Moriarty Gifford p132],
names:: Sir Thomas GIFFARD & Margery ___ [Ref: Weis AR7 #42],
child:: [Ref: Moriarty Gifford p133]

Sources with Information about marriage to Sybil

date:: before 6 Jul 1383 [Ref: Moriarty Gifford p132, Weis AR7 #42],
names:: Sir Thomas GIFFARD & Sybil ___ [Ref: Weis AR7 #42]

Research Notes:
Knt, of Twyford, co Bucks [Ref: Moriarty Gifford p132]

Pedigree of Sir Thomas GIFFARD
                                                                /-----Osbern GIFFARD, Baron Of Elston
                                                       /-----Elis I GIFFARD, Baron Of Elston
                                                      |         \-----Hadvise
                                              /-----Sir Elis II GIFFARD, Baron Of Elston
                                             |         \-----Ala
                                     /-----Sir Ellis III GIFFARD, Baron Of Elston
                                    |        |                  /-----Pons
                                    |        |         /-----Richard Fitz PONS, Baron Of Clifford
                                    |         \-----Berta
                                    |                 |         /-----Walter FITZ ROGER
                                    |                  \-----Maud Of Gloucester
                                    |                           \-----Berthe De BALLON
                            /-----Sir Osbern GIFFARD
                           |        |                           /-----Harding
                           |        |                  /-----Robert FITZHARDING, Lord Of Berkeley
                           |        |         /-----Maurice FITZROBERT FITZHARDING, Baron Of Berkele
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Estmond
                           |        |        |         \-----Eve
                           |        |        |                  \-----Godiva
                           |         \-----Maud
                           |                 |                  /-----William De BERKELEY
                           |                 |         /-----Roger De BERKELEY, Baron Of Dursley
                           |                  \-----Alice De BERKELEY
                   /-----Sir John GIFFARD Le BOEF
                  |        |                  /-----Guy De BOCLAND
                  |        |         /-----Sir Alan De BOCLAND
                  |         \-----Isabel BOCLAND
                  |                 |                           /-----Ralph MURDAC
                  |                 |                  /-----Ralph MURDAC
                  |                 |         /-----Ralph MURDAC
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Roger De CHESNEY
                  |                 |        |         \-----Beatrice De CHESNEY
                  |                 |        |                  \-----Alice De LANGTOT
                  |                  \-----Alice MURDAC
                  |                          |                  /-----Anchitel De GREY
                  |                          |         /-----John De GRAYE
                  |                           \-----Eva De GREY
          /-----Sir John GIFFARD Le BOEF
/-----Sir John GIFFARD
|        |                  /-----William De GARDIANO
|        |         /-----Sir Thomas De GARDINIS
|        |        |        |         /-----Thomas De La HAYE
|        |        |         \-----Alexandra De La HAYE
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Manasser De ARSIC, Baron Of Cogges
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Alexander De ARSIC, Baron Of Cogges
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Margaret
|        |        |                 |         /-----Robert De ARSIC, Baron Of Cogges
|        |        |                  \-----Alexandra De ARSIC
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Daniel De CREVEQUER, Baron Of Chatham
|        |        |                          |         /-----Robert De CREVEQUER, Baron Of Chatham
|        |        |                           \-----Sibyl De CREVEQUER
|         \-----Alexandra De GARDINIS
Sir Thomas GIFFARD
|                           /-----John De MORTEYN
|                  /-----John De MORTEYN
|                 |         \-----Constance De MERSTON
|         /-----Sir John De MORTEYN
|        |        |                                    /-----Hugh De GOBION
|        |        |                           /-----Richard De GOBION
|        |        |                          |         \-----(Unk)
|        |        |                  /-----Richard GOBION
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----William De LOUCELLES
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Hugh De LOUCELLES
|        |        |                 |         \-----Beatrice De LUCELLES
|        |        |         /-----Hugh GOBION
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----William De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Ralph De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Menialda
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Roger De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Gospatric II Earl Of Dunbar, Baron Of Beanley
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Juliana Of Dunbar
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Sybil
|        |        |        |         \-----Agnes De MERLAY
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Osmund De Estouteville
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Roger De STUTEVILLE
|        |        |        |                  \-----Alice De STUTEVILLE
|        |         \-----Joan GOBION
|        |                  \-----Matilda
\-----Lucy De MORTEYN
         |         /-----Richard De ROTHWELL
          \-----Joan De ROTHWELL

Descendants of Sir Thomas GIFFARD

1. Sir Thomas GIFFARD m1. Elizabeth De MISSENDEN m2. Margery m3. Sybil

m. Elizabeth De MISSENDEN

2+ Roger GIFFARD m1. Joan De BEREFORD m2. Elizabeth m3. Isabel STRETLE

4 Thomas GIFFARD

5 William GIFFARD

2nd generation

2. Roger GIFFARD m1. Joan De BEREFORD m2. Elizabeth m3. Isabel STRETLE

m. Joan De BEREFORD father: Sir Baldwin De BEREFORD

6+ Katharine GIFFARD m. Sir Thomas BILLING

m. Isabel STRETLE

7+ Thomas GIFFARD m. Eleanor VAUX

3rd generation

6. Katharine GIFFARD m. Sir Thomas BILLING

m. Sir Thomas BILLING father: John BILLING

8 Thomas BILLING m.

9 Joan BILLING m. John HAUGH

7. Thomas GIFFARD m. Eleanor VAUX

m. Eleanor VAUX father: William VAUX mother: Eleanor DRAKELOWE

10 Elizabeth GIFFARD m. (Unk) MOORE

11+ John GIFFORD m1. Alles m2. Agnes WYNSLOW

4th generation

11. John GIFFORD m1. Alles m2. Agnes WYNSLOW

m. Alles

12 Eleanor GIFFORD m. Roger SAMWELL

13 Isabel GIFFORD m. John ARDERNE

14 Alles GIFFORD m. Thomas PERWICKE

15 Margaret GIFFORD m. William PORTER

m. Agnes WYNSLOW father: Thomas WYNSLOW mother: Agnes THROCKMORTON

16+ Thomas GIFFORD m. Joan LANGSTON

17+ William GIFFORD m. (Unk) VACHELL

18 John GIFFORD

19 Edmund GIFFORD

20 Robert GIFFORD

21+ Roger GIFFORD m. Mary NANSEGLOS

5th generation

16. Thomas GIFFORD m. Joan LANGSTON

m. Joan LANGSTON father: John LANGSTON mother: Amy DANVERS

22+ Thomas GIFFORD m. Mary STAVELEY

23+ Amy GIFFORD m. Richard SAMWELL

24 Mary GIFFORD m. William BECKE

17. William GIFFORD m. (Unk) VACHELL

m. (Unk) VACHELL

25+ Anne GIFFORD m1. Vincent CURSON m2. Edward WINDSOR

21. Roger GIFFORD m. Mary NANSEGLOS

m. Mary NANSEGLOS father: William NANSEGLOS

26+ John GIFFORD m. Dorothy DANNETT

27+ Sir George GIFFORD m1. Constance DYKE m2. Margaret BRADFORD m3. Philippa TRAPPES

28+ Ralph GIFFORD m. Mary CHAMBERLAIN

29 William GIFFORD

30 William GIFFORD m. Alice FREEBODY

31+ Nicholas GIFFORD m. Agnes MASTER

32 Joan GIFFORD m1. Thomas CARTWRIGHT m2. William LAMBOURNE m3. Ambrose DAUNTESEY

33 Alice GIFFORD m. Thomas CARROLL