Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

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

    Person Info
  • Name: James Madison PORTER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 6 Jan 1793 b
  • Death: 11 Nov 1862 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Andrew PORTER Birth: 24 Sep 1743 in Norristown, Pennsylvania Death: 16 Nov 1813 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Elizabeth PARKER Birth: 23 Aug 1751 Death: 15 May 1821

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Elizabeth Parker PORTER
  2. Harriet P PORTER
  3. Anna M PORTER
  4. Mary S PORTER
  5. James M PORTER
  6. Andrew Parker PORTER
  7. Emma W PORTER

Bibliography
  1. Helm, Emily Todd, "TODD Family, based on the manuscript of Emily Todd Helm", series of magazine articles in Kittochtinny Magazine, vol 1ff, 1905, p69-383 (with gaps). LDS FILM#0176612#1 (installments 1-3). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008703194 images 6-55. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Helm TODD p[0-9-]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Helm TODD p276],
parents:
[Ref: Helm TODD p174, Helm TODD p276]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Helm TODD p276]
Sources with Information about marriage to Eliza MICHLER
child:
[Ref: Helm TODD p276]
Research Notes:
studied law and was admitted to the bar Apr 24 1813. In 1818 he settled at Easton, where he practiced his profession with great success for more than forty years. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of Pennsylvania in 1838, and came within one vote of being president of that body. He was afterward President Judge of the Judicial District comprising the counties of Dauphin, Lebanon, and Schuylkill. He was secretary of War in the cabinet of President Tyler, 1843-44, but in consequence of the bitter feeling against Tyler's administration, his nomination was rejected by the Senate. He was one of the founders of Lafayette College, Easton, and was president of its Board of Trustees for a quarter of a century. [Ref: Helm TODD p276]



Pedigree of James Madison PORTER
                   /-----Robert PORTER
          /-----Robert PORTER
         |         \-----Eleanor ROGERS
 /-----Andrew PORTER
|        |         /-----John CHRISTY
|         \-----Lilliouo CHRISTY
|                  \-----Jane SMITH
James Madison PORTER
|                  /-----(Unk) PARKER
|         /-----William PARKER
 \-----Elizabeth PARKER
         |                           /-----John Or James TODD
         |                  /-----John TODD
         |                 |         \-----Isabelle PARKER
         |         /-----Robert TODD
         |        |         \-----Isabelle BODLEY
          \-----Elizabeth TODD
                   \-----Isabella HAMILTON



Descendants of James Madison PORTER
1. James Madison PORTER m. Eliza MICHLER
m. Eliza MICHLER father: Peter MICHLER