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: Sir John COTTON
Sex: M
Birth: 1621 ^b
Death: 12 Sep 1702 in Stratton, Beds ^d
Burial: Conington ^u

Parents:

Father:
Sir Thomas COTTON Birth: 1594 Death: 13 May 1662

Mother:

Margaret HOWARD

Family:
Marriage:

Dorothy ANDERSON on 1 .^m1
Dorothy ANDERSON

Marriage:

Elizabeth HONYWOOD on 20 Oct 1658 at Mark's Hall, Essex .^m2
Elizabeth HONYWOOD Death: 3 Apr 1702 in Cotton House, Westminster

Children:

John COTTON Death: 1681
Sir Robert COTTON

Bibliography

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 p46],
parents:: [Ref: CB I p46]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CB I p46],
place:: [Ref: CB I p46]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: CB I p46]

Sources with Information about marriage to Dorothy ANDERSON

date:: first marriage of John [Ref: CB I p46]

Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth HONYWOOD

date:: [Ref: CB I p46],
place:: [Ref: CB I p46],
child:: [Ref: CB I p46, CB I p47]

Research Notes:
3rd Bart [Ref: CB I p46]

of Conington, co Hunterdon [Ref: CB I p46]

heir of his father [Ref: CB I p46]

Pedigree of Sir John COTTON
                   /-----Thomas COTTON
          /-----Robert COTTON
         |        |         /-----Francis SHIRLEY
         |         \-----Elizabeth SHIRLEY
/-----Sir Thomas COTTON
|        |         /-----William BROCAS
|         \-----Elizabeth BROCAS
Sir John COTTON
|                                                               /-----Sir Robert HOWARD
|                                                      /-----Sir John HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
|                                                     |         \-----Margaret MOWBRAY
|                                             /-----Sir Thomas HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir William De MOLEYNS
|                                            |         \-----Catherine MOLEYNS
|                                            |                  \-----Margery WHALESBOROUGH
|                                    /-----Thomas HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
|                                   |        |                  /-----Philip TILNEY
|                                   |        |         /-----Frederick TILNEY
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Isabel THORPE
|                                   |         \-----Elizabeth TILNEY
|                                   |                 |         /-----Lawrence CHENEY
|                                   |                  \-----Elizabeth CHENEY
|                                   |                           \-----Elizabeth COKAYNE
|                           /-----Henry HOWARD, K.G., Earl of Surrey
|                          |        |                           /-----Hunphrey STAFFORD, Earl Of Stafford
|                          |        |                  /-----Henry STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Margaret BEAUFORT
|                          |        |         /-----Edward STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
|                          |        |        |         \-----Katherine WYDEVILLE
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Jacquetta Of St.Pol
|                          |         \-----Elizabeth STAFFORD
|                          |                 |                  /-----Sir Henry PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland
|                          |                 |         /-----Henry PERCY, K.G., Earl Of Northumberland
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Eleanor POYNINGS, Baroness Poynings
|                          |                  \-----Eleanor PERCY
|                          |                          |         /-----William HERBERT, K.G., Earl Of Pembroke
|                          |                           \-----Maud HERBERT
|                          |                                    \-----Anne DEVEREUX
|                  /-----Thomas HOWARD, Duke Of Norfolk
|                 |        |                                    /-----Richard De VERE, K.G., Earl of Oxford
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir Robert De VERE
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Alice SERGEAUX
|                 |        |                  /-----John De VERE
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Hugh COURTENAY
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Joan COURTENAY
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Philippa L'ARCEDEKENE
|                 |        |         /-----John De VERE, K.G., Earl of Oxford
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Walter COLBROKE
|                 |        |        |         \-----Alice COLBROKE
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Richard TRESYTHENY
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Joan TRESYTHENY
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Jane TREGENNOW
|                 |         \-----Frances VERE
|                 |                 |                           /-----Sir Thomas TRUSSELL
|                 |                 |                  /-----Sir William TRUSSELL
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth BURLEY
|                 |                 |         /-----Edward TRUSSELL
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----William KENE
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Margaret KENE
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Anne CHICHELE
|                 |                  \-----Elizabeth TRUSSELL
|                 |                          |                  /-----Griffin DONNE
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir John DONNE
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Janet SCUDAMORE
|                 |                           \-----Margaret DONNE
|                 |                                   |         /-----Sir Leonard HASTINGS
|                 |                                    \-----Elizabeth HASTINGS
|                 |                                             \-----Alice CAMOYS
|         /-----William HOWARD
|        |        |                  /-----Geoffrey AUDLEY
|        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas AUDLEY, K.G., Lord Audley
|        |         \-----Margaret AUDLEY
|        |                 |                                    /-----Edward De GREY, Lord Ferrers Of Groby
|        |                 |                           /-----Sir John GREY
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth FERRERS, Lady Ferrers Of Groby
|        |                 |                  /-----Thomas GREY, K.G., Marquess of Dorset
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth WYDVILLE
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Jacquetta Of St.Pol
|        |                 |         /-----Thomas GREY, K.G., Marquess of Dorset
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----William BONVILLE
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----William BONVILLE, Lord Harrington
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth HARINGTON
|        |                 |        |         \-----Cicely BONVILLE, Baroness Harrington And Bonvil
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Richard De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Salisbury
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Katherine NEVILLE
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Alice MONTAGU, Countess Of Salisbury
|        |                  \-----Elizabeth GREY
|        |                          |                  /-----Nicholas WOTTON
|        |                          |         /-----Sir Robert WOTTON, K.G.
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----John BAMBURGH
|        |                          |        |         \-----Elizabeth BAMBURGH
|        |                           \-----Margaret WOTTON
|        |                                   |                  /-----Hamon BELKNAP
|        |                                   |         /-----Sir Henry BELKNAP
|        |                                   |        |         \-----Joan De BOTILLER
|        |                                    \-----Anne BELKNAP
|        |                                            |         /-----Sir Richard KNOLLYS
|        |                                             \-----Margaret KNOLLYS
|        |                                                      \-----Margaret D'OYLEY
\-----Margaret HOWARD
         |                                                      /-----William De DACRE, Lord Dacre
         |                                             /-----Thomas DACRE, Lord Dacre Of Gillesland
         |                                            |         \-----Joan DOUGLAS
         |                                    /-----Humphrey DACRE, Lord Dacre Of Gillesland
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland
         |                                   |         \-----Philippa De NEVILLE
         |                                   |                  \-----Margaret STAFFORD
         |                           /-----Thomas DACRE, K.G., Lord Dacre Of Gillesland
         |                          |        |                  /-----Sir John PARR
         |                          |        |         /-----Sir Thomas PARR
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Agnes De CROPHULL
         |                          |         \-----Mabel PARR
         |                          |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas TUNSTALL
         |                          |                  \-----Alice TUNSTALL
         |                          |                           \-----Isabel HARRINGTON
         |                  /-----William DACRE, Lord Dacre of Gillesland
         |                 |        |                           /-----John De GREYSTOKE, Lord Greystoke
         |                 |        |                  /-----Ralph GREYSTOKE, Lord Greystoke
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth De FERRERS
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert GREYSTOKE
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----William FITZ HUGH, Lord FitzHugh
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth FITZHUGH
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Margery De WILLOUGHBY
         |                 |         \-----Elizabeth GREYSTOKE, Baroness Greystoke
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir John GREY, K.G.
         |                 |                 |         /-----Edmund GREY, Lord Grey, Earl Of Kent
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Constance De HOLAND
         |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth GREY
         |                 |                          |         /-----Sir Henry PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland
         |                 |                           \-----Katherine PERCY
         |                 |                                    \-----Eleanor NEVILLE
         |         /-----Thomas DACRE, Lord Dacre of Gillesland
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir John TALBOT, K.G., Earl Of Shrewsbury
         |        |        |                           /-----Sir John TALBOT, K.G., Earl Of Shrewsbury
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Maude De NEVILLE, Baroness Furnivall
         |        |        |                  /-----John TALBOT, Earl Of Shrewsbury
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----James BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth BUTLER
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Joan BEAUCHAMP
         |        |        |         /-----George TALBOT, K.G., Earl Of Shrewsbury
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Edmund STAFFORD, K.G., Earl of Stafford
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Humphrey STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
         |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Anne Countess Of Buckingham
         |        |        |        |         \-----Katherine STAFFORD
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Anne NEVILLE
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
         |        |         \-----Elizabeth TALBOT
         |        |                 |                           /-----Sir Ralph De HASTINGS
         |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Leonard HASTINGS
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Matilda De GREY
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir William HASTINGS, K.G., Lord Hastings
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Thomas CAMOYS, K.G., Lord Camoys
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Alice CAMOYS
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth LOUCHES
         |        |                  \-----Anne HASTINGS
         |        |                          |                  /-----Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland
         |        |                          |         /-----Sir Richard De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Salisbury
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
         |        |                           \-----Katherine NEVILLE
         |        |                                   |         /-----Sir Thomas MONTAGU, K.G., Earl Of Salisbury
         |        |                                    \-----Alice MONTAGU, Countess Of Salisbury
         |        |                                             \-----Eleanor De HOLAND
          \-----Elizabeth DACRE
                  |         /-----Sir James LEYBURNE
                   \-----Elizabeth LEYBURNE
                           |         /-----Thomas PRESTON
                            \-----Helen PRESTON
                                    |         /-----William THORNBURY
                                     \-----Anne THORNBURY

Descendants of Sir John COTTON

1. Sir John COTTON m1. Dorothy ANDERSON m2. Elizabeth HONYWOOD

m. Dorothy ANDERSON father: Edmund ANDERSON mother: Alice CONSTABLE

m. Elizabeth HONYWOOD father: Sir Thomas HONYWOOD mother: Hester LAMOTTE

2+ John COTTON m. Frances DOWNING

3+ Sir Robert COTTON m1. Elizabeth WIGSTON m2. Sarah MORTON

2nd generation

2. John COTTON m. Frances DOWNING

m. Frances DOWNING father: Sir George DOWNING

4 Sir John COTTON m. Elizabeth HERBERT

3. Sir Robert COTTON m1. Elizabeth WIGSTON m2. Sarah MORTON

m. Elizabeth WIGSTON

5+ Sir John COTTON m. Jane BURDETT

m. Sarah MORTON

3rd generation

5. Sir John COTTON m. Jane BURDETT

m. Jane BURDETT father: Sir Robert BURDETT mother: Magdalene ASTON

6+ Mary COTTON m. Basil FEILDING, Earl Of Denbigh

4th generation

6. Mary COTTON m. Basil FEILDING, Earl Of Denbigh

m. Basil FEILDING, Earl Of Denbigh father: William FEILDING, Earl Of Denbigh mother: Isabella De JONGE

7+ William Robert FEILDING m. Anne Catherine POWIS

5th generation

7. William Robert FEILDING m. Anne Catherine POWIS

m. Anne Catherine POWIS father: Thomas Jelf POWIS

8+ William Basil Percy FEILDING, Earl Of Denbigh m. Mary Elizabeth Kitty MORETON