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: Francis RUSSELL, Earl of Bedford
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1587 ^b
Baptism: 19 Oct 1587 in Watford ^c
Death: 9 May 1641 ^d
Burial: Chenies ^u

Parents:

Father:
William RUSSELL, Lord Russell of Thronhaugh Birth: Abt 1558 Death: 9 Aug 1613 in Northall, Bucks

Mother:

Elizabeth LONG Death: 12 Jun 1611

Family:
Marriage:

Catharine BRYDGES on 26 Feb 1608/9 at St Mary le Strand .^m1
Catharine BRYDGES Death: 29 Jan 1656/7

Children:

Anne RUSSELL Death: 26 Jan 1696/7
Catharine RUSSELL Birth: 1 Death: Abt 1 Dec 1676
Margaret RUSSELL Birth: 3 Death: Nov 1676
Diana RUSSELL Birth: 4 Death: 30 Jan 1694/5
William RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford Birth: Aug 1616 Death: 7 Sep 1700 in Bedford House, Strand

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 02 Bass-Canning. London: St Catherine Press, 1912. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 2 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo02coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP II [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 03 Canonteigh-Cutts. London: St Catherine Press, 1913. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 3 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo03coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP III [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 08, Lindley-Moate. London: St Catherine Press, 1932. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VIII [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 11, Ridley-Sinclair. London: St Catherine Press, 1949. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/27141 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XI [Ap][p0-9].*].
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].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: 1587 or 1593 [Ref: CP II p78 (with corr in XIV p80)]; 1593 [Ref: CP XI p240],
parents:: [Ref: CP II p78, CP XI p240]

Sources for baptism Information

date:: [Ref: CP II p78 (with corr in XIV p80)],
place:: [Ref: CP II p78 (with corr in XIV p80)]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP II p78]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: CP II p78]

Sources with Information about marriage to Catharine BRYDGES

date:: [Ref: CP II p78],
place:: [Ref: CP II p78],
names:: [Ref: CP II p288],
child:: [Ref: CP II p274, CP II p321, CP II p333, CP II p79, CP III p33]

Research Notes:
4th Earl of Bedford, of Earldom cr 1549/50 [Ref: CP II p78]
4th Earl of Bedford [Ref: CP II p274]
Earl of Bedford [Ref: CP II p288, CP XI p240]
2nd Lord Russell of Thornhaugh, of Barony cr 1603 [Ref: CP XI p240]

heir of his father [Ref: CP II p78, CP XI p240]
heir male of his cousin 3rd Earl of Bedford [Ref: CP II p78]

3 May 1627: succ as Earl of Bedford on death of his cousin Edward [Ref: CP XI p240]

Pedigree of Francis RUSSELL, Earl of Bedford
                                              /-----John RUSSELL
                                     /-----Sir John RUSSELL
                                    |        |         /-----John HERING
                                    |         \-----Elizabeth HERING
                            /-----James RUSSELL
                           |        |         /-----John FROXMERE
                           |         \-----Elizabeth FROXMERE
                   /-----John RUSSELL, K.G., Earl of Bedford
                  |        |         /-----John WYSE
                  |         \-----Alice WYSE
          /-----Francis RUSSELL, K.G., Earl of Bedford
         |        |         /-----Sir Guy SAPCOTE
         |         \-----Anne SAPCOTE
         |                 |         /-----Sir Guy WOLSTON
         |                  \-----Margaret WOLSTON
/-----William RUSSELL, Lord Russell of Thronhaugh
|        |                                                      /-----John De St JOHN
|        |                                             /-----Sir John De St JOHN
|        |                                            |         \-----Elizabeth
|        |                                    /-----Sir Oliver St JOHN
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Sir John De PAVELEY
|        |                                   |         \-----Isabel De PAVELEY
|        |                           /-----Sir John St JOHN
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Sir Roger De BEAUCHAMP
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir John De BEAUCHAMP, Baron Beauchamp Of Bletsoe
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Mary
|        |                          |         \-----Margaret De BEAUCHAMP
|        |                          |                 |         /-----John De STOURTON
|        |                          |                  \-----Edith STOURTON
|        |                          |                           \-----Alice
|        |                  /-----Sir John St JOHN
|        |                 |        |         /-----Thomas BRADSHAW
|        |                 |         \-----Alice BRADSHAW
|        |         /-----Sir John St JOHN
|        |        |        |         /-----Morgan AP JENKYN AP PHILIP
|        |        |         \-----Sybil Ferch Morgan
|        |        |                 |         /-----Dafydd MATTHEW
|        |        |                  \-----Margred MATTHEW
|         \-----Margaret St JOHN
|                 |                                             /-----Sir Richard WALDEGRAVE
|                 |                                    /-----Sir Richard WALDEGRAVE
|                 |                                   |         \-----Joan SILVESTER
|                 |                           /-----Sir William WALDEGRAVE
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Thomas De MUNCHENSY
|                 |                          |         \-----Joan De MUNCHENSY
|                 |                          |                  \-----Joan VAUNCY
|                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas WALDEGRAVE
|                 |                 |        |         /-----John DOREWARD
|                 |                 |         \-----Joan DOREWARD
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Walter WOLCOT
|                 |                 |                  \-----Katherine WOLCOT
|                 |         /-----Sir William WALDEGRAVE, K.B.
|                 |        |        |         /-----Sir John FRAY
|                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth FRAY
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir John DANVERS
|                 |        |                  \-----Agnes DANVERS
|                 |        |                          |         /-----William VERNEY
|                 |        |                           \-----Alice VERNEY
|                  \-----Margaret WALDEGRAVE
|                          |                                    /-----John WENTWORTH
|                          |                           /-----John WENTWORTH
|                          |                          |         \-----Alice BISSETT
|                          |                  /-----Sir Roger WENTWORTH
|                          |                 |        |         /-----John DRONSFIELD
|                          |                 |         \-----Agnes DRONSFIELD
|                          |                 |                  \-----Joan De STAINTON
|                          |         /-----Henry WENTWORTH
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Sir Philip Le DESPENSER, Lord Despenser
|                          |        |        |         /-----Sir Philip Le DESPENSER, Lord Despenser
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
|                          |        |         \-----Margery DESPENSER, Baroness Despenser
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Sir Robert De TIBETOT, Lord Tibetot
|                          |        |                  \-----Elizabeth De TIBETOT
|                          |        |                           \-----Margaret DEINCOURT
|                           \-----Margery WENTWORTH
|                                   |                           /-----Sir Robert HOWARD
|                                   |                  /-----Sir John HOWARD
|                                   |                 |         \-----Margaret De SCALES
|                                   |         /-----Henry HOWARD
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Sir William TENDRING
|                                   |        |         \-----Alice TENDRING
|                                   |        |                  \-----Catherine De MYLDE
|                                    \-----Elizabeth HOWARD
|                                            |         /-----Sir Henry HUSSEY
|                                             \-----Mary HUSSEY
Francis RUSSELL, Earl of Bedford
|         /-----Henry LONG
\-----Elizabeth LONG
         |         /-----Nicholas CLARKE
          \-----Dorothy CLARKE

Descendants of Francis RUSSELL, Earl of Bedford

1. Francis RUSSELL, Earl of Bedford m. Catharine BRYDGES

m. Catharine BRYDGES father: Giles BRYDGES, Lord Chandos of Sudeley mother: Frances CLINTON

2+ Anne RUSSELL m. George DIGBY, K.G., Earl of Bristol

3+ Catharine RUSSELL m. Robert GREVILLE, Lord Brooke of Beauchamps Cou

4 Margaret RUSSELL m1. James HAY, Earl of Carlisle m2. Edward MONTAGU, Earl Of Manchester; Edward MONTAGU, Earl Of Manchester father: Henry MONTAGU, Earl Of Manchester mother: Catherine SPENCER

5+ Diana RUSSELL m. Francis NEWPORT, Earl of Bradford

6+ William RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford m. Anne CARR

2nd generation

2. Anne RUSSELL m. George DIGBY, K.G., Earl of Bristol

m. George DIGBY, K.G., Earl of Bristol father: John DIGBY, Earl of Bristol mother: Beatrice WALCOTT

7+ Anne DIGBY m. Robert SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland

8 John DIGBY, Earl of Bristol

3. Catharine RUSSELL m. Robert GREVILLE, Lord Brooke of Beauchamps Cou

m. Robert GREVILLE, Lord Brooke of Beauchamps Cou father: Fulke GREVILLE mother: Margaret COPLEY

9 Francis GREVILLE, Lord Brooke of Beauchamps Cou

10+ Robert GREVILLE, Lord Brooke of Beauchamps Cou m. Ann DODDINGTON

11+ Fulke GREVILLE, Lord Brooke of Beauchamps Cou m. Sarah DASHWOOD

5. Diana RUSSELL m. Francis NEWPORT, Earl of Bradford

m. Francis NEWPORT, Earl of Bradford father: Richard NEWPORT, Lord Newport mother: Rachael LEVESON

12+ Diana NEWPORT m. Thomas HOWARD

13+ Richard NEWPORT, Earl of Bradford m. Mary WILBRAHAM

6. William RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford m. Anne CARR

m. Anne CARR father: Sir Robert KER, Earl of Somerset mother: Frances HOWARD

14 Diana RUSSELL m. William ALINGTON, Lord Alington; William ALINGTON, Lord Alington father: William ALINGTON, Lord Alington mother: Elizabeth TELLEMACHE

15 Francis RUSSELL, Lord Russell

16+ William RUSSELL, Lord Russell m. Rachel WRIOTHESLEY

3rd generation

7. Anne DIGBY m. Robert SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland

m. Robert SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland father: Henry SPENCER, Earl of Sunderland mother: Dorothy SIDNEY

17 Robert SPENCER

18+ Charles SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland m1. Arabel CAVENDISH m2. Anne CHURCHILL m3. Judith TICHBORNE

19 Henry SPENCER

20 Anne SPENCER m. James HAMMILTON, Duke of Hamilton

21 Elizabeth SPENCER m. Donnagh MACCARTY, Earl of Clancarty

22 Isabella SPENCER

23 Mary SPENCER

10. Robert GREVILLE, Lord Brooke of Beauchamps Cou m. Ann DODDINGTON

m. Ann DODDINGTON father: John DODDINGTON

24 Anne GREVILLE m1. William PIERREPONT, Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull m2. William PIERREPONT

25+ Doddington GREVILLE m. Charles MONTAGU, Duke Of Manchester

11. Fulke GREVILLE, Lord Brooke of Beauchamps Cou m. Sarah DASHWOOD

m. Sarah DASHWOOD father: Francis DASHWOOD mother: Alice SLEIGH

26+ Katherine GREVILLE m1. Wriothesley Baptist NOEL, Earl of Gainsborough m2. John SHEFFIELD, Duke of Buckingham

27 Elizabeth GREVILLE m. Francis NORTH, Lord Guilford; Francis NORTH, Lord Guilford father: Francis NORTH, Lord Guilford mother: Frances POPE

12. Diana NEWPORT m. Thomas HOWARD

m. Thomas HOWARD

28+ Diana HOWARD m. Edward WARD, Lord Ward

13. Richard NEWPORT, Earl of Bradford m. Mary WILBRAHAM

m. Mary WILBRAHAM father: Sir Thomas WILBRAHAM mother: Elizabeth MITTON

29 Henry NEWPORT, Earl of Bradford

30 Thomas NEWPORT, Earl of Bradford

31+ Anne NEWPORT m. Sir Orlando BRIDGEMAN

16. William RUSSELL, Lord Russell m. Rachel WRIOTHESLEY

m. Rachel WRIOTHESLEY father: Thomas WRIOTHESLEY, Earl of Southampton mother: Rachel De MASSUE

32+ Rachel RUSSELL m. William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire

33+ Catherine RUSSELL m. John MANNERS, Duke Of Rutland

34+ Wriothesley RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford m. Elizabeth HOWLAND

4th generation

18. 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

35 Frances SPENCER m. Henry HOWARD, Earl Of Carlisle; Henry HOWARD, Earl Of Carlisle father: Charles HOWARD, Earl Of Carlisle mother: Anne CAPELL

m. Anne CHURCHILL father: John CHURCHILL, Duke Of Marlborough mother: Sarah JENNINGS

36 Anne SPENCER m. William BATEMAN

37 Diana SPENCER m. John RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford; John RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford father: Wriothesley RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford mother: Elizabeth HOWLAND

38 Robert SPENCER

39 Robert SPENCER, Earl of Sunderland

40+ Charles SPENCER, K.G., Duke of Marlborough m. Elizabeth TREVOR

41+ John SPENCER m. Georgiana Caroline CARTERET

m. Judith TICHBORNE father: Benjamin TICHBORNE mother: Elizabeth GIBBS

25. Doddington GREVILLE m. Charles MONTAGU, Duke Of Manchester

m. Charles MONTAGU, Duke Of Manchester father: Robert MONTAGU, Earl Of Manchester mother: Anne YELVERTON

42+ Charlotte MONTAGU m. Pattee BYNG, Viscount Torrington

43+ Robert MONTAGU, Duke Of Manchester m. Harriet DUNCH

26. Katherine GREVILLE m1. Wriothesley Baptist NOEL, Earl of Gainsborough m2. John SHEFFIELD, Duke of Buckingham

m. Wriothesley Baptist NOEL, Earl of Gainsborough father: Edward NOEL, Earl of Gainsborough mother: Elizabeth WRIOTHESLEY

44 Rachel NOEL m. Henry SOMERSET, Duke of Beaufort; Henry SOMERSET, Duke of Beaufort father: Charles SOMERSET mother: Rebecca CHILD

45+ Elizabeth NOEL m. Henry BENTINCK, Duke of Portland

m. John SHEFFIELD, Duke of Buckingham father: Edmund SHEFFIELD, Earl of Mulgrave mother: Elizabeth CRANFIELD

28. Diana HOWARD m. Edward WARD, Lord Ward

m. Edward WARD, Lord Ward father: William WARD mother: Frances DILKE

46 Edward WARD, Lord Ward

31. Anne NEWPORT m. Sir Orlando BRIDGEMAN

m. Sir Orlando BRIDGEMAN

47+ Henry BRIDGEMAN m. Elizabeth SIMPSON

32. Rachel RUSSELL m. William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire

m. William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire father: William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire mother: Mary BUTLER

48+ William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m. Catherine HOSKINS

33. Catherine RUSSELL m. John MANNERS, Duke Of Rutland

m. John MANNERS, Duke Of Rutland father: John MANNERS, Duke Of Rutland mother: Catherine NOEL

49+ Elizabeth MANNERS m. John MONCKTON, Viscount Galway

50+ John MANNERS, Duke Of Rutland m. Bridget SUTTON

34. Wriothesley RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford m. Elizabeth HOWLAND

m. Elizabeth HOWLAND father: John HOWLAND mother: Elizabeth CHILD

51 William RUSSELL, Marquess of Tavistock

52 William RUSSELL, Marquess of Tavistock

53 Wriothesley RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford m. Anne EGERTON; Anne EGERTON father: Scroope EGERTON, Duke Of Bridgwater mother: Elizabeth CHURCHILL

54+ John RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford m1. Diana SPENCER m2. Gertrude LEVESON-GOWER

5th generation

40. Charles SPENCER, K.G., Duke of Marlborough m. Elizabeth TREVOR

m. Elizabeth TREVOR father: Thomas TREVOR, Lord Trevor mother: Elizabeth BURRELL

55+ Diana SPENCER m1. Frederick Viscount Bolingbroke and St John m2. Topham BEAUCLERK

56 Elizabeth SPENCER m. Henry HERBERT, Earl Of Pembroke

57+ George SPENCER, Duke of Marlborough m. Caroline RUSSELL

58 Charles SPENCER m. Mary BEAUCLERK

59 Robert SPENCER m. Henrietta FAWKENER

41. John SPENCER m. Georgiana Caroline CARTERET

m. Georgiana Caroline CARTERET father: John CARTERET, Earl Granville mother: Frances WORSLEY

60+ John SPENCER, Earl Spencer m. Margaret Georgiana POYNTZ

61 Diana SPENCER

42. Charlotte MONTAGU m. Pattee BYNG, Viscount Torrington

m. Pattee BYNG, Viscount Torrington father: George BYNG, Viscount Torrington mother: Margaret MASTER

63 Frederick BYNG

43. Robert MONTAGU, Duke Of Manchester m. Harriet DUNCH

m. Harriet DUNCH father: Edmund DUNCH mother: Elizabeth GODFREY

64 Charles Greville MONTAGU m. Elizabeth BULMER

45. Elizabeth NOEL m. Henry BENTINCK, Duke of Portland

m. Henry BENTINCK, Duke of Portland father: William BENTINCK, Earl of Portland mother: Anne VILLIERS

65+ William BENTINCK, Duke of Portland m. Margaret CAVENDISH

47. Henry BRIDGEMAN m. Elizabeth SIMPSON

m. Elizabeth SIMPSON father: John SIMPSON

66+ Orlando BRIDGEMAN, Earl of Bradford m. Lucy Elizabeth BYNG

48. William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m. Catherine HOSKINS

m. Catherine HOSKINS father: John HOSKINS mother: Catherine HALE

67+ William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m. Charlotte Elizabeth BOYLE, Baroness Clifford

49. Elizabeth MANNERS m. John MONCKTON, Viscount Galway

m. John MONCKTON, Viscount Galway father: Robert MONCKTON mother: Theodosia FOUNTAINE

68 Robert MONCKTON

50. John MANNERS, Duke Of Rutland m. Bridget SUTTON

m. Bridget SUTTON father: Robert SUTTON, Lord Lexington of Aram mother: Margaret HUNGERFORD

69+ John MANNERS, Marquess Of Granby m1. m2. Frances SEYMOUR

70+ George MANNERS-SUTTON m. Diana CHAPLIN

54. John RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford m1. Diana SPENCER m2. Gertrude LEVESON-GOWER

m. Diana SPENCER father: Charles SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland mother: Anne CHURCHILL

m. Gertrude LEVESON-GOWER father: John LEVESON-GOWER, Earl Gower mother: Evelyn PIERREPONT

71+ Caroline RUSSELL m. George SPENCER, Duke of Marlborough