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: William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1673 ^b
Death: 4 Jun 1729 in Devonshire House, Piccadilly, Midx ^d
Burial: All Saints, Derby ^u

Parents:

Father:
William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire Birth: 25 Jan 1640/1 Death: 18 Aug 1707 in Devonshire House, Piccadilly, Midx

Mother:

Mary BUTLER Birth: 1646 Death: 31 Jul 1710

Family:
Marriage:

Rachel RUSSELL on 21 Jun 1688 at Chapel of Southampton House, St Giles's-in-the-Fields, Midx .^m1
Rachel RUSSELL Birth: Jan 1674 Death: 28 Dec 1725

Children:

William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire Birth: 1698 Death: 5 Dec 1755

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 04 Dacre-Dysart. London: St Catherine Press, 1916. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 4 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo04byucoka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IV [Ap][p0-9].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: abt 1673 [Ref: CP IV p344],
parents:: [Ref: CP IV p344]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP IV p344],
place:: [Ref: CP IV p344]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: CP IV p344]

Sources with Information about marriage to Rachel RUSSELL

date:: [Ref: CP IV p344],
place:: [Ref: CP IV p344],
child:: [Ref: CP IV p345]

Research Notes:
2nd Duke of Devonshire, of Dukedom cr 1694 [Ref: CP IV p344]
5th Earl of Devonshire, of Earldom cr 1618 [Ref: CP IV p344]

heir of his father [Ref: CP IV p344]

Pedigree of William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire
                                                                /-----William CAVENDISH
                                                       /-----Thomas CAVENDISH
                                                      |         \-----Joan STAVENTON
                                              /-----Thomas CAVENDISH
                                             |         \-----Katherine SCUDAMORE
                                     /-----Sir William CAVENDISH
                                    |        |         /-----John SMITH
                                    |         \-----Alice SMITH
                            /-----Sir William CAVENDISH, Earl of Devonshire
                           |        |                           /-----John HARDWICK
                           |        |                  /-----John HARDWICK
                           |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth BAKEWELL
                           |        |         /-----John HARDWICK
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas PINCHBECK
                           |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth PINCHBECK
                           |        |        |                  \-----Ann GREENE
                           |         \-----Elizabeth HARDWICK
                           |                 |                  /-----William LEEKE
                           |                 |         /-----Thomas LEEKE
                           |                 |        |         \-----Katherine CHAWORTH
                           |                  \-----Elizabeth LEEKE
                           |                          |         /-----William FOX
                           |                           \-----Margaret FOX
                   /-----William CAVENDISH, Earl of Devonshire
                  |        |         /-----Henry KEIGHLEY
                  |         \-----Anne KEIGHLEY
                  |                 |         /-----Thomas CARUS
                  |                  \-----Mary CARUS
          /-----William CAVENDISH, Earl of Devonshire
         |        |                  /-----Sir Edward BRUCE
         |        |         /-----Edward BRUCE, Lord Kinloss
         |        |        |        |         /-----William REID
         |        |        |         \-----Alison REID
         |         \-----Christian BRUCE
         |                 |         /-----Alexander CLERK
         |                  \-----Magdalen CLERK
/-----William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire
|        |                                    /-----Richard CECIL
|        |                           /-----William CECIL, Lord Burghley
|        |                          |        |         /-----William HECKINGTON
|        |                          |         \-----Jane HECKINGTON
|        |                  /-----Robert CECIL, Earl of Salisbury
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Philip COOKE
|        |                 |        |                  /-----John COOKE
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth BELKNAP
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Anthony COOKE
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----William SAUNDERS
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Alice SAUNDERS
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Jane SPENCER
|        |                 |         \-----Mildred COOKE
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----John FITZWILLIAM
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir William FITZWILLIAM
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Eleanor VILLIERS
|        |                 |                  \-----Anne FITZWILLIAM
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Sir John HAWES
|        |                 |                           \-----Anne HAWES
|        |         /-----William CECIL, Earl of Salisbury
|        |        |        |                                    /-----John BROOKE, Lord Cobham
|        |        |        |                           /-----Thomas BROOKE, Lord Cobham
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Margaret NEVILL
|        |        |        |                  /-----George BROOKE, Lord Cobham
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Henry HEYDON
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Dorothy HEYDON
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Anne BOLEYN
|        |        |        |         /-----William BROOKE, Lord Cobham
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----John BRAY
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Edmund BRAY, Lord Braye
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Anne BRAY
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Richard HALLYWELL
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Jane HALLYWELL
|        |        |        |        |                           \-----Jane NORBURY
|        |        |         \-----Elizabeth BROOKE
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John NEWTON
|        |        |                  \-----Frances NEWTON
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Sir Robert POYNTZ
|        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Anthony POYNTZ
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Margaret WYDEVILLE
|        |        |                           \-----Margaret POYNTZ
|        |        |                                   |         /-----Sir William HUDDLESIELD
|        |        |                                    \-----Elizabeth HUDDLESIELD
|        |        |                                             \-----Katherine COURTENAY
|         \-----Elizabeth CECIL
|                 |                                             /-----Sir Thomas HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
|                 |                                    /-----Thomas HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
|                 |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth TILNEY
|                 |                           /-----Henry HOWARD, K.G., Earl of Surrey
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Edward STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
|                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth STAFFORD
|                 |                          |                  \-----Eleanor PERCY
|                 |                  /-----Thomas HOWARD, Duke Of Norfolk
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----John De VERE
|                 |                 |        |         /-----John De VERE, K.G., Earl of Oxford
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Alice COLBROKE
|                 |                 |         \-----Frances VERE
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Edward TRUSSELL
|                 |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth TRUSSELL
|                 |                 |                           \-----Margaret DONNE
|                 |         /-----Thomas HOWARD, Earl Of Suffolk
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Geoffrey AUDLEY
|                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas AUDLEY, K.G., Lord Audley
|                 |        |         \-----Margaret AUDLEY
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Thomas GREY, K.G., Marquess of Dorset
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Thomas GREY, K.G., Marquess of Dorset
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Cicely BONVILLE, Baroness Harrington And Bonvil
|                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth GREY
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Sir Robert WOTTON, K.G.
|                 |        |                           \-----Margaret WOTTON
|                 |        |                                    \-----Anne BELKNAP
|                  \-----Catherine HOWARD
|                          |         /-----Sir Henry KNYVETT
|                           \-----Catherine KNEVET
|                                   |                  /-----William STUMPE
|                                   |         /-----Sir James STUMPE
|                                   |        |        |         /-----James BERKELEY
|                                   |        |         \-----Joyce BERKELEY
|                                    \-----Elizabeth STUMPE
|                                            |                  /-----Sir John BAYNTON
|                                            |         /-----Sir Edward BAYNTON
|                                            |        |         \-----Joan DIGGS
|                                             \-----Bridget BAYNTON
|                                                     |         /-----Sir John SULYARD
|                                                      \-----Elizabeth SULLIARD
|                                                               \-----Anne ANDREWS
William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire
|                                                               /-----Sir James BUTLER
|                                                      /-----Sir Piers BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond
|                                                     |         \-----Sabine KAVANAGH
|                                             /-----James BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond
|                                            |        |         /-----Gerald FITZGERALD, K.G., Earl Of Kildare
|                                            |         \-----Margaret FITZGERALD
|                                            |                  \-----Alison FITZEUSTACE
|                                    /-----Sir John BUTLER
|                                   |        |                  /-----Maurice FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond
|                                   |        |         /-----James FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Ellen ROCHE
|                                   |         \-----Joan FITZ GERALD
|                                   |                 |         /-----Turlogh MAC-I-BRIEN-ARA, Bishop Of Killiloe
|                                   |                  \-----Amy MAC-I-BRIEN-ARA
|                           /-----Walter BUTLER, Earl of Ossory and Ormond
|                          |        |         /-----Cormac Rea McCARTY
|                          |         \-----Catharine McCARTY
|                          |                 |         /-----Cormac Oge MacCARTHY
|                          |                  \-----Julia MacCARTHY
|                  /-----Thomas BUTLER, Viscount Thurles
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir James BUTLER
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir Piers BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Sabine KAVANAGH
|                 |        |                  /-----Richard BUTLER, Viscount Mountgarret
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Gerald FITZGERALD, K.G., Earl Of Kildare
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Margaret FITZGERALD
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Alison FITZEUSTACE
|                 |        |         /-----Edmund BUTLER, Viscount Mountgarret
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Theobald BUTLER
|                 |        |        |         \-----Eleanor BUTLER
|                 |         \-----Helen BUTLER
|                 |                 |         /-----Barnaby FITZPATRICK, Lord of Upper Ossory
|                 |                  \-----Grizel FITZPATRICK
|                 |                          |                  /-----Sir James BUTLER
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir Piers BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Sabine KAVANAGH
|                 |                           \-----Margaret BUTLER
|                 |                                   |         /-----Gerald FITZGERALD, K.G., Earl Of Kildare
|                 |                                    \-----Margaret FITZGERALD
|                 |                                             \-----Alison FITZEUSTACE
|         /-----James BUTLER, Duke of Ormonde
|        |        |         /-----Sir John POYNTZ
|        |         \-----Elizabeth POYNTZ
|        |                 |         /-----Alexander SYDENHAM
|        |                  \-----Elizabeth SYDENHAM
\-----Mary BUTLER
         |                  /-----Richard PRESTON
         |         /-----Richard PRESTON, Lord Dingwall
         |        |        |         /-----Alan CUTTS
         |        |         \-----Helen CUTTS
          \-----Elizabeth PRESTON, Baroness Dingwall
                  |                                             /-----Sir Edmund BUTLER
                  |                                    /-----Sir James BUTLER
                  |                                   |         \-----Shile O'CARROLL
                  |                           /-----Sir Piers BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond
                  |                          |        |         /-----Donald Reagh MacMorrogh KAVANAGH
                  |                          |         \-----Sabine KAVANAGH
                  |                  /-----James BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Thomas FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Kildare
                  |                 |        |         /-----Gerald FITZGERALD, K.G., Earl Of Kildare
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Joan FITZ GERALD
                  |                 |         \-----Margaret FITZGERALD
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Rowland FITZEUSTACE, Baron Portlester
                  |                 |                  \-----Alison FITZEUSTACE
                  |                 |                           \-----Jenet BELLEW
                  |         /-----Thomas BUTLER, Earl of Ormond
                  |        |        |                           /-----Thomas FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond
                  |        |        |                  /-----Maurice FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Ellice BARRY
                  |        |        |         /-----James FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Maurice ROCHE, Lord Roche Of Fermoy
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Ellen ROCHE
                  |        |        |        |                  \-----Joan FITZ GERALD
                  |        |         \-----Joan FITZ GERALD
                  |        |                 |         /-----Turlogh MAC-I-BRIEN-ARA, Bishop Of Killiloe
                  |        |                  \-----Amy MAC-I-BRIEN-ARA
                   \-----Elizabeth BUTLER
                           |                                    /-----Sir Robert SHEFFIELD
                           |                           /-----Sir Robert SHEFFIELD
                           |                          |         \-----Helen DELVES
                           |                  /-----Edmund SHEFFIELD, Lord Sheffield
                           |                 |        |         /-----Sir John ZOUCHE
                           |                 |         \-----Margaret ZOUCHE
                           |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth St JOHN
                           |         /-----John SHEFFIELD, Lord Sheffield
                           |        |        |                  /-----John De VERE
                           |        |        |         /-----John De VERE, K.G., Earl of Oxford
                           |        |        |        |         \-----Alice COLBROKE
                           |        |         \-----Anne VERE
                           |        |                 |         /-----Edward TRUSSELL
                           |        |                  \-----Elizabeth TRUSSELL
                           |        |                           \-----Margaret DONNE
                            \-----Elizabeth SHEFFIELD
                                    |                           /-----Sir John HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
                                    |                  /-----Sir Thomas HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
                                    |                 |         \-----Catherine MOLEYNS
                                    |         /-----William HOWARD, K.G., Lord Howard Of Effingham
                                    |        |        |         /-----Hugh TILNEY
                                    |        |         \-----Agnes TILNEY
                                    |        |                  \-----(Unk) TAILBOYS
                                     \-----Douglas HOWARD
                                             |                  /-----Morgan GAMAGE
                                             |         /-----Sir Thomas GAMAGE
                                             |        |         \-----Eleanor VAUGHAN
                                              \-----Margaret GAMAGE
                                                      |         /-----Sir John St JOHN
                                                       \-----Margaret De St. JOHN
                                                                \-----Sybil Ferch Morgan

Descendants of William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire

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

m. Rachel RUSSELL father: William RUSSELL, Lord Russell mother: Rachel WRIOTHESLEY

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

2nd generation

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

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

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

3rd generation

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

m. Charlotte Elizabeth BOYLE, Baroness Clifford father: Richard BOYLE, Earl of Burlington mother: Dorothy SAVILE

4+ William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m1. Georgiana SPENCER m2. Elizabeth HERVEY

4th generation

4. William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m1. Georgiana SPENCER m2. Elizabeth HERVEY

m. Georgiana SPENCER father: John SPENCER, Earl Spencer mother: Margaret Georgiana POYNTZ

5+ Georgiana Dorothy CAVENDISH m. George HOWARD, Earl Of Carlisle

m. Elizabeth HERVEY father: Frederick Augustus HERVEY, Earl Of Bristol mother: Elizabeth DAVERS

5th generation

5. Georgiana Dorothy CAVENDISH m. George HOWARD, Earl Of Carlisle

m. George HOWARD, Earl Of Carlisle father: Frederick HOWARD, Earl Of Carlisle mother: Margaret Caroline LEVESON-GOWER

6+ Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana HOWARD m. George Granville SUTHERLAND-LEVESON-GOWER, Duke Of Suthe