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


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. William FORTESCUE Birth: Abt 1385
  2. Sir John FORTESCUE Birth: 2 Death: Abt 1435

Bibliography
  1. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
  2. Clutterbuck, Robert, History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford, London: Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1815-27, v1-3. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/188626. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v[1-3]p[0-9]*].
  3. Foss, Edward, Biographia Juridica, Biographical Dictionary of the Judges of England, London: John Murray, 1870. Available at https://books.google.com/books?id=O0oBAAAAQAAJ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Foss Judges p[0-9]*].
  4. 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]*].
  5. 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 v1[pc][0-9]*].
  6. 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]*].
  7. 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]*].
  8. 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]*].
  9. 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]*].
  10. 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:
1345 [Ref: Hart PresidentWives p118]
say 1345 [Ref: Weis AR7 #246E],
parents:
[Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v2p348, Hart PresidentWives p118, Weis AR7 #246E]
Sources for death Information
date:
living 1410 [Ref: Weis AR7 #246E]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth BEAUCHAMP
date:
by 1394 prob much earlier [Ref: Weis AR7 #246E],
names:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p513],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p784, Clutterbuck Hertford v2p348, Hart PresidentWives p118, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p111, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p7, Roberts RD600 p548, Roberts USPres p187, Weis AR7 #246E]
Research Notes:
of Whympston (in Modbury), Devon, and in right of his wife, of Buckerell and Escot (in Talaton), Devon [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p111]
of Shympston, Devon [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p513]
Lord of Whympston, Devon [Ref: Weis AR7 #246E]
of Winston [Ref: Burke Peerage p784]

1401: William and Elizabeth sued her sister, Joan's, husband, Sir Robert Challons, regarding tenements in Oulescombe and Buckerell, Devon, which had beenpossessed by Elizabeth's brother, Sir Thomas Beauchamp [Ref: Weis AR7 #246E]

1410: license for an oratory was granted by Bishop Stafford to William Fortescue, senior, and Elizabeth, his wife, and also to William Fortescue, junior, and Matilda, alias Mabilla, his wife, for the mansion of the said William (senior) at Whympston [Ref: Weis AR7 #246E]



Pedigree of William FORTESCUE
          /-----Adam FORTESCUE
 /-----William FORTESCUE
|        |         /-----William De La PORT
|         \-----Anne De La PORT
William FORTESCUE
|         /-----Walter De STRECHEIGH
 \-----Alice De STRECHEIGH



Descendants of William FORTESCUE
1. William FORTESCUE m. Elizabeth BEAUCHAMP
m. Elizabeth BEAUCHAMP father: Sir John BEAUCHAMP mother: Margaret WALESBURGH

2nd generation

2. William FORTESCUE m. Matilda FALWELL
m. Matilda FALWELL father: John FALWELL
3. Sir John FORTESCUE m1. Eleanor NORRELS m2. Clarice
m. Eleanor NORRELS father: William NORRELS mother: (Unk) COLATON
m. Clarice

3rd generation

4. John FORTESCUE m. Joan PRUTTESTON
m. Joan PRUTTESTON father: John PRUTTESTON
6. Sir John FORTESCUE m1. Elizabeth BRYTTE m2. Isabella JAMYS
m. Elizabeth BRYTTE father: Robert BRYTTE
m. Isabella JAMYS father: John JAMYS mother: Margery
7. Sir Richard FORTESCUE m. Alice De WINDSOR
m. Alice De WINDSOR father: Walter De WINDSOR

4th generation

10. Joan FORTESCUE m. Thomas HEXT
m. Thomas HEXT
11. William FORTESCUE m. Elizabeth CHAMPERNOWNE
m. Elizabeth CHAMPERNOWNE father: Richard CHAMPERNOWNE mother: Elizabeth REYNELL
12. Martin FORTESCUE m. Elizabeth DEYNSELL
m. Elizabeth DEYNSELL father: Richard DEYNSELL mother: Joan FILLEIGH
15. Sir John FORTESCUE m1. Alice BOLEYN m2. Elizabeth STAPLETON
m. Alice BOLEYN father: Sir Geoffrey BOLEYN, Lord Mayor Of London mother: Anne HOO
m. Elizabeth STAPLETON father: Sir Miles STAPLETON mother: Katharine De La POLE

5th generation

16. Agnes HEXT m. Sir Lewis POLLARD
m. Sir Lewis POLLARD
22. Thomas HEXT m. Wilmot POYNTZ
m. Wilmot POYNTZ father: William POYNTZ
28. Jane FORTESCUE m. John COBLEIGH
m. John COBLEIGH father: John COBLEIGH mother: Alice COCKWORTHY
29. John FORTESCUE m. Jacquet St LEGER
m. Jacquet St LEGER father: Ralph St LEGER
34. Sir John FORTESCUE m1. Philippa SPICE m2.
m. Philippa SPICE father: Humphrey SPICE
35. Sir Adrian FORTESCUE m1. Anne STONOR m2. Anne READE
m. Anne STONOR father: Sir William STONOR mother: Anne NEVILLE
m. Anne READE father: Sir William READE mother: Anne WARHAM