Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

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 may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Sarah HOWLETT
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: Abt 1634 in Ipswich, Massachusetts b
  • Death: 7 Dec 1688 in Dunstable, New Hampshire d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Thomas HOWLETT Birth: Abt 1606 in South Elmham, Suffolk, England Death: 22 Dec 1677 in Ipswich, Massachusetts
    • Mother:
  • Alice FRENCH Birth: 9 Apr 1610 in Assington, Suffolk, England Death: 26 Jun 1666 in Ipswich, Massachusetts

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Alice COMINGS
  2. John CUMMINGS Birth: 1656 Death: 3 Jul 1706
  3. Thomas CUMMINGS Birth: 6 Oct 1658 Death: 20 Jan 1722
  4. Nathanel CUMMINGS Birth: 10 Sep 1659
  5. Sarah CUMMINGS Birth: 28 Jan 1661 in Salem, Massachusetts Death: Abt 1715
  6. Abraham CUMMINGS Birth: 1664 Death: 1707

Bibliography
  1. Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633. Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1995. Available at http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-begins-immigrants-to-ne-1620-1633-vols-i-iii/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p[0-9]*].
  2. Davis, Walter Goodwin, Ancestry of Dudley Wildes, 1759-1820, of Topsfield, Massachusetts, Portland, Maine: Anthoensen Press, 1959. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/33853 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis WILDES p[0-9]*].
  3. French, Mara T, French and Related Farmily Genealogy. San Jose, CA: author, 1984. LDS Film#1421648#2. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: FrenchMT FRENCH p[IVX]*-[0-9]*].
  4. French, Mara T, The Frenchline Newsletter. San Jose, CA: 1984. LDS Fiche#605537. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: FrenchMT Frenchline v[0-9]*#[0-9]*].
  5. French, Robert L, Descendants of Thomas French of Ipswich, Massachusetts, in Five Generations. Chatham, NY: author, 1990. NEHGS CS71/F876/1990. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: FrenchRL FRENCH p[0-9]*].
  6. Linzee, John William, The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. Boston: author, 1913. G1638. Available at http://archive.org/details/historyofpeterpa00linz Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES p[0-9]*].
  7. Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Massachusetts, a Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns, and Churches, and other Contemporaneous Documents. Boston, MA: author, 1900. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1400537. Reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Pub Co, 1986. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Pope PioneersMA p[0-9][0-9a]*].
  8. Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register. Boston, MA: Little Brown & Co, 1860. Available at http://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic01savarich. Reprinted Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Published Co, 1965. Scanned and corrected by Robert Kraft, 1994, and available at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Sav-age [A-Z][A-Z]* [A-Z][a-z]*].
  9. Threlfall, John B, Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England, Madison, WI: author, 1990. NEHGS F3/T58/1990. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/405085. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
1634 [Ref: FrenchMT Frenchline v1#2]
1634/5 [Ref: FrenchRL FRENCH p14]
3 Mar 1634 [Ref: FrenchMT FRENCH pI-20]
abt 1634-5, aged 8-9 on 26 Jun 1643 [Ref: Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES p298]
abt 1634/5 [Ref: Davis WILDES p55]
say 1639 [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p1027],
place:
[Ref: FrenchMT FRENCH pI-20, Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES p298],
parents:
[Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p1027, Davis WILDES p55, FrenchMT FRENCH pI-20, FrenchMT Frenchline v1#2, FrenchRL FRENCH p14, Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES p298, Sav-age HOWLETT Thomas, Threlfall 50GMCol p160],
father:
[Ref: Pope PioneersMA p244]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Davis WILDES p55],
place:
[Ref: Davis WILDES p55, Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES p298]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
date:
7 Dec 1700 [Ref: FrenchMT Frenchline v1#2, Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES p298]
Sources with Information about marriage to John CUMMINGS
date:
1655 [Ref: FrenchMT Frenchline v1#2]
abt 1655 [Ref: Davis WILDES p55, Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES p298]
by 1658, first child at Topsfield [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p1027],
names:
[Ref: FrenchRL FRENCH p14, Sav-age HOWLETT Thomas],
child:
[Ref: FrenchMT Frenchline v1#2, Pope PioneersMA p244]
Research Notes:
Mass Archives BXXXVIII:239 "The deposison of Goodwife Shatswell mydwife Mrs Vinsent & Mrs Baker taken 26th of 4th moneth 1643: Whot haveing searched the body of Sarah Howlett of the age of betwixt 8 & 9 yeares, doe affirme upon their oathes that according to the best of their skill & knowledge they cannot pceave, shee is" [Ref: Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES p287]

died a month after an Indian attack in which two of her sons were slain [Ref: Davis WILDES p55]



Pedigree of Sarah HOWLETT
 /-----Thomas HOWLETT
Sarah HOWLETT
|                           /-----Stephen FRENCH
|                  /-----Jacob FRENCH
|                 |         \-----Mary (FRENCH)
|         /-----Thomas Sr FRENCH
|        |        |         /-----William WARREN
|        |         \-----Susan WARREN
|        |                  \-----Katherine (WARREN)
 \-----Alice FRENCH
         |                           /-----Jasper RIDDLESDALE
         |                  /-----Henry RIDDLESDALE
         |                 |         \-----Elizabeth (RIDDLESDALE)
         |         /-----John RIDDLESDALE
         |        |         \-----Joan (RIDDLESDALE)
          \-----Susan RIDDLESDALE
                   \-----Dorcas (RIDDLESDALE)



Descendants of Sarah HOWLETT
1. Sarah HOWLETT m. John CUMMINGS
m. John CUMMINGS father: Isaac CUMMINGS

2nd generation

3. John CUMMINGS m. Elizabeth KINGSLEY
m. Elizabeth KINGSLEY
6. Sarah CUMMINGS m. Samuel FRENCH
m. Samuel FRENCH father: Richard FRENCH mother: Martha (FRENCH)

3rd generation

8. Elizabeth CUMMINGS m. Joseph FRENCH
m. Joseph FRENCH father: Samuel FRENCH mother: Sarah CUMMINGS
11. Joseph FRENCH m. Elizabeth CUMMINGS
m. Elizabeth CUMMINGS father: John CUMMINGS mother: Elizabeth KINGSLEY
12. John FRENCH m.
16. Jonathan FRENCH m. Mary DAVIS
m. Mary DAVIS father: Joseph DAVIS

4th generation

26. Ebenezer FRENCH m1. Sarah PROCTOR m2. Susannah HAMBLET
m. Sarah PROCTOR
m. Susannah HAMBLET

5th generation

32. John FRENCH m. Sarah ESTABROOK
m. Sarah ESTABROOK