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: William HOWLETT
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1650 in Ipswich, Massachusetts b
  • Death: 1718 in Ipswich, Massachusetts 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:
  • Mary PERKINS on 27 Oct 1671 at Topsfield, Massachusetts .m1
  • Mary PERKINS Birth: Abt 1651 Death: Abt Jun 1728 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
Children:
  1. Thomas HOWLETT Birth: 26 Oct 1672 Death: 10 Feb 1713

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, 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]*].
  4. 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]*].
  5. 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]*].
  6. 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:
abt 1650 [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p1027, Davis WILDES p56, FrenchRL FRENCH p14, Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES p302],
place:
[Ref: Davis WILDES p56, Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES p302],
parents:
[Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p1027, Davis WILDES p56, FrenchRL FRENCH p14, Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES p302, Threlfall 50GMCol p160],
father:
[Ref: Pope PioneersMA p244]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Davis WILDES p56, Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES p302],
place:
[Ref: Davis WILDES p56, Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES p302]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary PERKINS
date:
[Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p1027, Davis WILDES p56, Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES p302],
place:
[Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p1027, Davis WILDES p56, Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES p302],
names:
[Ref: FrenchRL FRENCH p14],
child:
[Ref: Davis WILDES p57]
Research Notes:
moved to Topsfield, MA [Ref: FrenchRL FRENCH p14]

1677: mentioned in will of father [Ref: Pope PioneersMA p244]

1678: deposed aged 27 years [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p1027]

Nov 26 1679: deposed aged 29 years [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p1027]

1696: deposed age 46 [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p1027]

1703: corporal [Ref: Davis WILDES p56]

1718: sergeant [Ref: Davis WILDES p56]

will dated Jan 3 1717/8, proved May 12 1718. Mentions wife and cousin John Howlett, cousin Joseph Cummings, grandson of his sister Sarah [Ref: Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES p302]

will dated Jan 3 1717/8, proved May 12 1718, named his cousin (nephew) John Howlett executor. One half of his personal estate was to be divided between his cousin (nephew) John Howlett "that lives hard by me" and my cousin (great-nephew) Joseph Cummings. The other half, to include a silver tankard, silver porringer and grater, was left to his wife, to be divided at her death as she saw fit. A silver spoon was to go to his great-nephew William Howlett, son of his cousin (newphew) John. The heirs gave receipts to the executor on Oct 1 1718 [Ref: Davis WILDES p56]

Nov 1 1718: John Howlett of Topsfield, Mary Howlett widow of William, and Joseph Cummings all shared in the personal estate of William Howlet [Ref: Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES p302]



Pedigree of William HOWLETT
 /-----Thomas HOWLETT
William 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 William HOWLETT
1. William HOWLETT m. Mary PERKINS
m. Mary PERKINS father: Thomas PERKINS mother: Phebe GOULD