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: George SHIRLEY
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 23 Apr 1559 in Staunton, co Leicester b
  • Death: 27 Apr 1622 in Astwell d
  • Burial: 28 Apr 1622 in Bredon u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John SHIRLEY Death: 12 Sep 1570
    • Mother:
  • Jane LOVETT

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Sir Henry SHIRLEY Birth: Abt 1585 Death: 8 Feb 1632/3

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Baronetage, 1611-1800, vol 1 English baronetcies 1611-1625 and Irish 1618-1625. Exeter, England: W Pollard, 1900. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/268971 Also available at https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524374 Also available at https://archive.org/details/completebaroneta01coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CB I [Ap][p0-9].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: CB I p5],
place:
[Ref: CB I p5],
parents:
[Ref: CB I p5]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CB I p5],
place:
[Ref: CB I p5]
Sources for burial Information
date:
[Ref: CB I p5],
place:
[Ref: CB I p5]
Sources with Information about marriage to Frances BERKELEY
date:
settlement 21 Feb 1586/7 [Ref: CB I p5],
child:
[Ref: CB I p5]
Sources with Information about marriage to Dorothy WROUGHTON
date:
second marriage of both [Ref: CB I p5]
Research Notes:
of Stanton, co Leicester [Ref: CB I p5]

heir of his father [Ref: CB I p5]
heir of his grandfather [Ref: CB I p5]

22 May 1611: cr Baronet [Ref: CB I p5]



Pedigree of George SHIRLEY
          /-----Francis SHIRLEY
 /-----John SHIRLEY
George SHIRLEY
|         /-----Thomas LOVETT
 \-----Jane LOVETT



Descendants of George SHIRLEY
1. George SHIRLEY m1. Frances BERKELEY m2. Dorothy WROUGHTON
m. Frances BERKELEY father: Henry BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley mother: Catherine HOWARD
m. Dorothy WROUGHTON father: Sir Thomas WROUGHTON

2nd generation

2. Sir Henry SHIRLEY m. Dorothy DEVEREUX
m. Dorothy DEVEREUX father: Robert DEVEREUX, Earl Of Essex mother: Frances WALSINGHAM

3rd generation

3. Sir Robert SHIRLEY m. Catherine OKEOVER
m. Catherine OKEOVER father: Humphrey OKEOVER mother: Martha CHENEY
4. Lettice SHIRLEY m. William BOURKE, Earl of Clanricarde
m. William BOURKE, Earl of Clanricarde father: Sir William De BURGH mother: Joan O'SHAUGNESSY

4th generation

6. Robert SHIRLEY, Earl Ferrers m1. Elizabeth WASHINGTON m2. Selina FINCH
m. Elizabeth WASHINGTON father: Lawrence WASHINGTON mother: Eleanor GUISE
m. Selina FINCH father: George FINCH mother: Mary
8. John BOURKE, Earl of Clanricarde m. Mary TALBOT
m. Mary TALBOT father: James TALBOT mother: Bridget BERMINGHAM

5th generation

9. Robert SHIRLEY m. Anne FERRERS
m. Anne FERRERS father: Sir Humphrey FERRERS
10. Washington SHIRLEY, Earl Ferrers m. Mary LEVINGE
m. Mary LEVINGE father: Sir Richard LEVINGE mother: Mary CORBYN
11. Mary SHIRLEY m. Charles TRYON
m. Charles TRYON
12. Bridget BOURKE m. Richard DILLON, Viscount Dillon
m. Richard DILLON, Viscount Dillon father: Henry DILLON, Viscount Dillon mother: Frances HAMILTON