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. John SPENCER Birth: Abt 6 Dec 1590 Death: 6 Aug 1610 in Blois, France
  2. William SPENCER, Lord Spencer of Wormleighton Death: 19 Dec 1636
  3. Richard SPENCER Death: 1 Nov 1661
  4. Edward SPENCER Death: 11 Feb 1655
  5. Mary SPENCER Death: 14 Jul 1658
  6. Margaret SPENCER
  7. Elizabeth SPENCER Death: 1618

Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-1, Skelmersdale-Towton. London: St Catherine Press, 1953. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XII/1 [Ap][p0-9].*].
  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. 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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p159],
parents:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p159, Clutterbuck Hertford v1p107, Roberts RD600 p558]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p160, Clutterbuck Hertford v1p107],
place:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p160]
Sources for burial Information
date:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p160],
place:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p160]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret WILLOUGHBY
date:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p159],
place:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p159],
names:
[Ref: Roberts RD600 p558],
child:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p160, Clutterbuck Hertford v1p107]
Research Notes:
1st Lord Spencer of Wormleighton, of Barony cr 1603 [Ref: CP XII/1 p159]
1st Baron Spencer [Ref: Roberts RD600 p558]
Lord Spencer of Wormleighton [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v1p107]

of Wormleighton, co Warwick, and of Althorp, co Northampton [Ref: CP XII/1 p159]

heir of his father [Ref: CP XII/1 p159]

Sheriff of Northampton [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v1p107]

patrilineal forebear of British Prime Minister Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill [Ref: Roberts RD600 p558]



Pedigree of Robert SPENCER, Lord Spencer of Wormleighton
                            /-----Sir John SPENCER
                   /-----Sir William SPENCER
                  |        |         /-----Walter GRAUNT
                  |         \-----Isabel GRAUNT
          /-----Sir John SPENCER
         |        |                  /-----Richard KNIGHTLY
         |        |         /-----Sir Richard KNIGHTLY
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Robert De THROCKMORTON
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Thomas De THROCKMORTON
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Lucy COLEMAN
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John THROCKMORTON
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Alexander De BESFORD
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Agnes De BESFORD
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Beatrice
         |        |        |         \-----Eleanor THROCKMORTON
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----William SPYNE
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Guy SPINNEY
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Alice De BRULEY
         |        |        |                  \-----Eleanor SPINNEY
         |        |        |                           \-----Katherine
         |         \-----Susan KNIGHTLEY
         |                  \-----Joan SKENARD
 /-----Sir John SPENCER
|        |         /-----Sir Thomas KITSON
|         \-----Katherine KITSON
Robert SPENCER, Lord Spencer of Wormleighton
|         /-----Sir Robert CATELIN
 \-----Mary CATELIN



Descendants of Robert SPENCER, Lord Spencer of Wormleighton
1. Robert SPENCER, Lord Spencer of Wormleighton m. Margaret WILLOUGHBY
m. Margaret WILLOUGHBY father: Sir Francis WILLOUGHBY mother: Elizabeth LYTTELTON

2nd generation

3. William SPENCER, Lord Spencer of Wormleighton m. Penelope WROTTESLEY
m. Penelope WROTTESLEY father: Henry WROTTESLEY, Earl of Southampton mother: Elizabeth VERNON

3rd generation

18. Henry SPENCER, Earl of Sunderland m. Dorothy SIDNEY
m. Dorothy SIDNEY father: Robert SIDNEY, Earl of Leicester mother: Dorothy PERCY
20. Alice SPENCER m. Henry MOORE, Earl of Drogheda
m. Henry MOORE, Earl of Drogheda father: Charles MOORE, Viscount Drogheda mother: Alice LOFTUS

4th generation

22. Dorothy SPENCER m. George SAVILLE, Marquess of Halifax
m. George SAVILLE, Marquess of Halifax father: Sir William SAVILLE mother: Anne COVENTRY
24. Robert SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland m. Anne DIGBY
m. Anne DIGBY father: George DIGBY, K.G., Earl of Bristol mother: Anne RUSSELL
25. Mary MOORE m1. William RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie m2. John KERR, Lord Bellenden
m. William RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie father: George RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie mother: Anne FLEMING
m. John KERR, Lord Bellenden father: William DRUMMOND-KER, Earl of Roxburghe mother: Jean KER

5th generation

28. William SAVILE, Marquess of Halifax m1. Elizabeth GRIMSTON m2. Mary FINCH
m. Elizabeth GRIMSTON father: Sir Samuel GRIMSTON mother: Elizabeth FINCH
m. Mary FINCH father: Daniel FINCH, Earl of Winchilsea mother: Essex RICH
30. Charles SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland m1. Arabel CAVENDISH m2. Anne CHURCHILL m3. Judith TICHBORNE
m. Arabel CAVENDISH father: Henry CAVENDISH, Duke of Newcastle mother: Frances PIERREPONT
m. Anne CHURCHILL father: John CHURCHILL, Duke Of Marlborough mother: Sarah JENNINGS
m. Judith TICHBORNE father: Benjamin TICHBORNE mother: Elizabeth GIBBS
38. Mary KERR m. John CAMPBELL, Duke Of Argyll
m. John CAMPBELL, Duke Of Argyll father: John CAMPBELL mother: Elizabeth ELPHINSTONE