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. Eleanor VILLIERS
  2. John VILLIERS
  3. Bartholomew VILLIERS
  4. Joan VILLIERS

Bibliography
  1. Acheson, Eric, Gentry Community: Leicestershire in fifteenth century. Cambridge: Univ Press, 1993. NYPL JFD 92-12870. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Acheson Leicester p[0-9]*].
  2. Banks, Thomas Christopher, Baronia anglica concentrata: or, A concentrated account of all the baronies commonly called baronies in fee; deriving their origin from writ of summons, and not from any specific limited creation. London: Simpkin, 1844. Available at https://archive.org/details/baroniaanglicaco01bankuoft. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Banks Baronies v[1-2]p[0-9]*].
  3. 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]*].
  4. 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]*].
  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 v2p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p352],
place:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p352],
parents:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p352]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Farnham Pedigrees p32, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p352]
Sources with Information about marriage to Joan BELERS
names:
[Ref: Banks Baronies v1p178]
___ VILLIERS & Joan BELERS [Ref: Farnham Pedigrees p26],
child:
[Ref: Acheson Leicester p213, Burke Peerage p769, Farnham Pedigrees p26, Farnham Pedigrees p32, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p352, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p677]
Research Notes:
Esq, of Brooksby, Leicestershire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p352, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p677]
of Brokesby, co Leicester [Ref: Burke Peerage p769, Farnham Pedigrees p3]

heir of his father [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p352]



Pedigree of William VILLIERS
 /-----John VILLIERS
William VILLIERS
|         /-----William MERLING
 \-----Joan MERLING



Descendants of William VILLIERS
1. William VILLIERS m. Joan BELERS
m. Joan BELERS father: John BELERS mother: Elizabeth SUTTON

2nd generation

2. Eleanor VILLIERS m. John FITZWILLIAM
m. John FITZWILLIAM father: Sir John FITZWILLIAM, Lord Of Emley mother: Eleanor GREENE
5. Joan VILLIERS m. Ralph WOODFORD
m. Ralph WOODFORD father: Thomas WOODFORD mother: Alice BERKELEY

3rd generation

6. Sir William FITZWILLIAM m1. Anne HAWES m2. Mildred SACKVILLE m3. Joan ORMOND
m. Anne HAWES father: Sir John HAWES
m. Mildred SACKVILLE father: Richard SACKVILLE mother: Isabel DIGGS
m. Joan ORMOND father: John ORMOND mother: Joan CHAWORTH
11. Mary FITZWILLIAM m1. Thomas WADDINGTON m2. Richard OGLE
m. Thomas WADDINGTON
m. Richard OGLE
13. William WOODFORD m. Anne NORWICH
m. Anne NORWICH father: Simon NORWICH

4th generation

14. Anne FITZWILLIAM m. Sir Anthony COOKE
m. Sir Anthony COOKE father: John COOKE mother: Alice SAUNDERS
17. Richard FITZWILLIAM m. Elizabeth KNYVET
m. Elizabeth KNYVET father: Charles KNYVET
19. Mary FITZWILLIAM m1. John SHELLEY m2. Sir John GUILFORD
m. John SHELLEY father: William SHELLEY mother: Alice BELKNAP
m. Sir John GUILFORD father: George GUILFORD mother: Elizabeth MORTIMER
25. Margaret WOODFORD m. Thomas MORTON
m. Thomas MORTON

5th generation

27. Sir Richard COOKE m. Anna CAUTON
m. Anna CAUTON
31. Elizabeth COOKE m1. Sir Thomas HOBY m2. John RUSSELL, Lord Russell
m. Sir Thomas HOBY
m. John RUSSELL, Lord Russell father: Francis RUSSELL, K.G., Earl of Bedford mother: Margaret St JOHN
32. Katherine COOKE m. Sir Henry KILEGREW
m. Sir Henry KILEGREW father: John KILLIGREW mother: Elizabeth TREWINARD
33. Mildred COOKE m. William CECIL, Lord Burghley
m. William CECIL, Lord Burghley father: Richard CECIL mother: Jane HECKINGTON
34. Anne COOKE m. Sir Nicholas BACON
m. Sir Nicholas BACON father: Robert BACON mother: Isabel GAGE
36. Margaret FITZWILLIAM m. Brian ROBERTSON
m. Brian ROBERTSON father: Nicholas ROBERTSON mother: Florence STYLE
37. Rachel FITZWILLIAM m1. Richard HUDDLESTON m2. (Unk) HALL m3. John REPPES m4. Richard CURE
m. Richard HUDDLESTON father: Robert HUDDLESTON mother: Alice WINTER
m. (Unk) HALL
m. John REPPES
m. Richard CURE
38. John FITZWILLIAM m1. Margaret HUDDLESTON m2. Bridget
m. Margaret HUDDLESTON father: Richard HUDDLESTON
m. Bridget