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: Elizabeth McDOWELL
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: 1747 in Norristown, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 9 Apr 1773 in Norristown, Pennsylvania d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Sanuel McDOWELL Birth: Scotland Death: 1750
    • Mother:
  • Mary McCLUNG Birth: 6 Oct 1709 Death: 1789

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Robert PORTER Birth: 10 Jan 1768 Death: 23 Jun 1842 in Brookville, Pennsylvania
  2. Elizabeth Rittenhouse PORTER Birth: 27 Sep 1769 in Norristown, Pennsylvania Death: 21 Jan 1850 in Lexington, Kentucky
  3. Mary PORTER Birth: 13 Mar 1771
  4. Andrew PORTER Birth: 9 Apr 1773 Death: 11 Oct 1805
  5. William PORTER Birth: 19 Apr 1773 Death: 16 Nov 1835

Bibliography
  1. 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]*].
  2. 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: Hart PresidentWives p148],
place:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p148],
parents:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p148]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p148, Helm TODD p175],
place:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p148]
Sources with Information about marriage to Andrew PORTER
date:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p148, Helm TODD p175],
child:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p148, Helm TODD p175]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Elizabeth McDOWELL
                            /-----Abraham McDOWELL
                   /-----Ephraim McDOWELL
          /-----John McDOWELL
         |        |                                    /-----Alexander IRVINE
         |        |                           /-----Robert IRVINE
         |        |                          |         \-----Magdelene SCRIMGROUR
         |        |                  /-----David IRVINE
         |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth WYLIE
         |        |         /-----James IRVINE
         |        |        |         \-----Sophia GAULT
         |         \-----Margaret IRVINE
         |                  \-----Mary WYLIE
 /-----Sanuel McDOWELL
|        |                           /-----John WOODS
|        |                  /-----John WOODS
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Alexander BRUCE
|        |                 |        |                  /-----William BRUCE
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
|        |                 |        |         /-----Patrick BRUCE
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----John FLEMING, Lord Fleming
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Jean FLEMING
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth ROSS
|        |                 |         \-----Isabelle BRUCE
|        |                 |                  \-----Janet JACKSON
|        |         /-----Michael WOODS
|        |        |        |         /-----Thomas WORSOP
|        |        |         \-----Elizabeth WORSOP
|        |        |                 |         /-----Richard PARSONS
|        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth PARSONS
|        |        |                          |         /-----Adam LOFTUS
|        |        |                           \-----Anna Letitia LOFTUS
|        |        |                                    \-----Jane VAUGHN
|         \-----Magdalen WOODS
|                 |         /-----James CAMPBELL
|                  \-----Margaret CAMPBELL
|                           \-----Susan (CAMPBELL)
Elizabeth McDOWELL
|         /-----William McCLUNG
 \-----Mary McCLUNG



Descendants of Elizabeth McDOWELL
1. Elizabeth McDOWELL m. Andrew PORTER
m. Andrew PORTER father: Robert PORTER mother: Lilliouo CHRISTY

2nd generation

3. Elizabeth Rittenhouse PORTER m. Robert Porter PARKER
m. Robert Porter PARKER father: James PARKER mother: Mary TODD
4. Mary PORTER m. Robert PORTER
m. Robert PORTER

3rd generation

7. Mary Ann PARKER m. John C RICHARDSON
m. John C RICHARDSON
8. James Porter PARKER m. Mary MILLIGAN
m. Mary MILLIGAN
9. Andrew William PARKER m. Camile BRASHER
m. Camile BRASHER
10. John Todd PARKER m. Jane Logan ALLEN
m. Jane Logan ALLEN father: John Col ALLEN mother: Jane LOGAN
12. Ann Eliza PARKER m. Robert Smith TODD
m. Robert Smith TODD father: Levi TODD mother: Jane BRIGGS

4th generation

28. Camile PARKER m. William D IRVINE
m. William D IRVINE
29. Elizabeth Jane PARKER m. Samuel BOYD
m. Samuel BOYD
39. Mary Ann TODD m. Abraham LINCOLN
m. Abraham LINCOLN father: Thomas LINCOLN mother: Nancy HANKS

5th generation

57. Robert Todd LINCOLN m. Mary Eunice HARLAN
m. Mary Eunice HARLAN