Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 12-10-2023.

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. Elizabeth DIGBY Death: After 1520
  2. Anne DIGBY Death: 1 Apr 1543
  3. Simon DIGBY
  4. Rowland DIGBY
  5. Everard DIGBY
  6. Alice DIGBY
  7. Dorothy DIGBY
  8. William DIGBY Birth: Abt 1478 Death: Before 1 Aug 1529 in Kettleby And Luffenham, Co Leicester

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Farnham, George F, Leicestershire Medieval Pedigrees. Leicester: Thornley, 1925. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007941560 images 458-633. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Farnham Pedigrees p[0-9]*].
  2. Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2005. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson MCA 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. 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 v4p[0-9]*].
  5. 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]*].
  6. 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:
third son [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p680, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p519],
parents:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p680, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p519, Weis AR7 #99]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Richardson MCA p711, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p681, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p519]
will 1 Aug 1529 codicil 19 May 1533 [Ref: Weis AR7 #99],
place:
of Eye Kettleby [Ref: Weis AR7 #99]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Richardson MCA p711, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p681, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p519]
Sources with Information about marriage to Catherine GRIFFIN
date:
second marriage of Katherine [Ref: Farnham Pedigrees p26, Farnham Pedigrees p32, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p145, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p680]
third marriage of John Digby [Ref: Weis AR7 #99],
child:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p680, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p681, Roberts RD600 p463, Roberts RD600 p464, Weis AR7 #99]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sanche WILLOUGHBY
date:
second marriage of Sanche [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p41]
settlement dated 24 Oct 1517 [Ref: Richardson MCA p711, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p681, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p519]
Research Notes:
Knt, of South Luffenham, Rutland, and in right of his 1st wife, of Eye Kettleby, Leicestershire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p519]
Knt, of South Luffenham, Rutland, and in right of his wife, of Eye Kettleby, Leicestershire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p680]
Knt, of South Luffenham, Rutland [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p145]
of Kettleby [Ref: Farnham Pedigrees p93]
Knt, of Eye Kettleby, Leicestershire, and South Luffenham, Rutland [Ref: Richardson MCA p711]

1485: knighted by King Henry VII for his services at Bosworth Field [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p681]

knighted at Bosworth Field [Ref: Weis AR7 #99]

1490-1, 1501-2, 1517-8, 1523-4: Sheriff of Rutland [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p680, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p519]

1513: Captain of Calais [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p680, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p519]

1514-5: Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p680, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p519]



Pedigree of Sir John DIGBY
 /-----Everard DIGBY
Sir John DIGBY
|         /-----Sir John ELLIS
 \-----Jacquette ELLIS



Descendants of Sir John DIGBY
1. Sir John DIGBY m1. Catherine GRIFFIN m2. Sanche WILLOUGHBY
m. Catherine GRIFFIN father: Nicholas GRIFFIN, Lord Latimer Of Braybrook mother: Catharine CURZON
m. Sanche WILLOUGHBY father: Sir Robert WILLOUGHBY mother: Margaret GRIFFITH

2nd generation

2. Elizabeth DIGBY m. Humphrey HERCY
m. Humphrey HERCY
9. William DIGBY m1. Rose PRESTWICH m2. Ellen ROPER
m. Rose PRESTWICH father: William PRESTWICH mother: Goditha PULTENEY
m. Ellen ROPER father: John ROPER

3rd generation

10. Anne HERCY m. Nicholas DENMAN
m. Nicholas DENMAN
11. Alice HERCY m. Henry HATFIELD
m. Henry HATFIELD
12. Barbara HERCY m. George NEVILLE
m. George NEVILLE
13. Ellen HERCY m. Francis MACKWORTH
m. Francis MACKWORTH father: George MACKWORTH mother: Anne SHERARD
14. John DIGBY m.
15. Simon DIGBY m. Anne GREY
m. Anne GREY father: Reginald GREY mother: Elizabeth ISAAC

4th generation

20. Francis DENMAN m. Anne BLOUNT
m. Anne BLOUNT father: Robert BLOUNT
21. Elizabeth HATFIELD m. Thomas WHALLEY
m. Thomas WHALLEY
22. John NEVILLE m. Gertrude WHALLEY
m. Gertrude WHALLEY
23. Katherine MACKWORTH m. John BALDWIN
m. John BALDWIN father: Thomas BALDWIN mother: Agatha
26. Everard DIGBY m. Katherine STOCKBRIDGE
m. Katherine STOCKBRIDGE father: Magistri STOCKBRIDGE De VANDERSCHAFF THEUBER De N

5th generation

27. Anne DENMAN m1. William DARELL m2. Sir Thomas AYLESBURY
m. William DARELL
m. Sir Thomas AYLESBURY father: William AYLESBURY mother: Anne POOLE
28. Richard WHALLEY m. Frances CROMWELL
m. Frances CROMWELL father: Sir Henry CROMWELL mother: Joan WARREN
29. Hercy NEVILLE m. Bridget SAVILLE
m. Bridget SAVILLE
30. (Unk) BALDWIN m.
31. Elizabeth DIGBY m. Enoch LYNDE
m. Enoch LYNDE father: Hendrick Van de LINDE