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 BONAR
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: 8 Apr 1786 in Washington Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 15 Apr 1817 in Washington Co, Pennsylvania d
  • Burial: West Alexander, Washington Co, Pennsylvania u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • William BONAR Birth: 1750 in Scotland Or Pennsylvania Death: 9 Mar 1814 in Washington Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Sarah McELLIOTT Birth: 1750 in Co Derry, Northern Ireland Death: 12 Oct 1838 in Washington Co, Pennsylvania

Family:
Marriage:
  • John MD BYERS on 1809 at Washington Co, Pennsylvania .m1
  • John MD BYERS Birth: 22 Jul 1786 in Finley Twp, Washington Co, Pennsylvania Death: 29 Jul 1871 in Batesville, Arkansas
Children:
  1. William BYERS Birth: 4 Mar 1810 in Cannonsburg, Washington Co, Pennsylvania Death: 28 Aug 1881 in Memphis, Shelby Co, Tennessee
  2. Thomas Newton BYERS Birth: 14 Oct 1812 in Washington Co, Pennsylvania Death: 2 Jun 1856 in Batesville, Arkansas
  3. John Hancock BYERS Birth: 12 Dec 1814 in Washington Co, Pennsylvania Death: 8 Mar 1855 in Batesville, Independence Co, Arkansas

Bibliography
  1. Bell, Raymond Martin, The BYERS Family of Washington County, Pennsylvania, Washington, PA, 1987, LDS Film#1320702#7. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/526675. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p[0-9]*].
  2. Bell, Raymond Martin, BYERS, Keyhole XXIII,3 (July 1995). p101-103 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bell BYERS-95 p10[1-3]].
  3. Bell, Raymond Martin, SHANNON of Washington County PA, Keyhole XVIII,2 April 1990, p77-80. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bell SHANNON].
  4. Borkowski, Helen, The Byers Burial Ground, Keyhole XIX,1 Jan 1991, pp24-28. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Borkowski ByersBurialGround p[0-9]*].
  5. Boss, Lula Reed, Descendants of Thomas Byers, in Kentucky Ancestor, vol 8, no 4, April 1973. Sutro F450.K4. Available at http://kentuckyancestors.org/kentucky-ancestors-print-archive-goes-digital/ vol 8 No 4, available at http://kyhistory.com/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16602coll3/id/181/rec/188. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Boss BYERS p[0-9]*].
  6. Craig, Marion Stark, The American Ancestry of Marion Stark Craig, Supplement #4, 1991, LDS Film#1697645 item#3. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Craig AmAncestrySupp4 #[0-9A]*].
  7. Craig, Marion Stark, My BYERS-BONAR-SHANNON And Allied Families, 1976, LDS Film#1036519 item#3. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Craig BYERS p[0-9]*].
  8. Crumrine, History of Washington County. Philadelphia: Everts, 1882. Available at http://archive.org/details/historyofwashing00crum Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Crumrine WashingtonCoPA p[0-9]*].
  9. DAR Application 563918, Tice, Alice Tomlinson Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR #563918].
  10. Eagleson, Andrew S, BYERS Family History, 1908, LDS Film #1320634#5 1988. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/456946. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Eagleson BYERS p[0-9-ab]*].
  11. Tylor, Alma Martin, Byers Family Data, in Kentucky Genealogical Records compiled by Mrs M. H. Dunn, Genealogical Records Chairman, Kentucky Society DAR, Series 1 vol 296 1966. DAR KY GRC 1966 S1 V296. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Taylor BYERS p[0-9]*].
  12. Truan, Van, Descendants of Thomas Byers, private email, 10/18/2000. Author address renegade dot royal at juno dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Van Truan 10/18/2000].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p9, Craig AmAncestrySupp4 #34, Craig BYERS p16, Craig BYERS p68, Craig BYERS p72]
1786 [Ref: Bell BYERS-95 p102, Bell SHANNON, Van Truan 10/18/2000],
place:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p9, Craig AmAncestrySupp4 #34, Craig BYERS p68, Craig BYERS p72],
parents:
[Ref: Craig BYERS p68, Craig BYERS p72]
William BONAR & Sarah ___ [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p9]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p9, Craig AmAncestrySupp4 #34, Craig BYERS p16, Craig BYERS p68, Craig BYERS p72, Eagleson BYERS p6]
1817 [Ref: Bell BYERS-95 p102, Bell SHANNON, Van Truan 10/18/2000],
place:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p9, Craig AmAncestrySupp4 #34, Craig BYERS p72]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Craig BYERS p72]
Sources with Information about marriage to John MD BYERS
date:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-95 p102, Bell SHANNON, Van Truan 10/18/2000]
1808 [Ref: Craig AmAncestrySupp4 #34]
abt 1809 [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p9, Craig BYERS p16, Craig BYERS p68, Craig BYERS p70]
first marriage of John BYERS [Ref: Eagleson BYERS p4]
first marriage of John [Ref: Borkowski ByersBurialGround p25, Boss BYERS p192, Craig BYERS p12, Craig BYERS p72, Crumrine WashingtonCoPA p980, DAR #563918, Taylor BYERS p24],
place:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p9, Craig AmAncestrySupp4 #34, Craig BYERS p72],
names:
John BYERS & ___ BONAR [Ref: Craig BYERS p12, Crumrine WashingtonCoPA p980],
child:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p9, Craig AmAncestrySupp4 #34, Craig BYERS p72, Craig BYERS p73, Craig BYERS p80, Craig BYERS p84, Eagleson BYERS p6, Eagleson BYERS p7, Van Truan 10/18/2000]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Sarah BONAR
 /-----William BONAR
Sarah BONAR
 \-----Sarah McELLIOTT



Descendants of Sarah BONAR
1. Sarah BONAR m. John MD BYERS
m. John MD BYERS father: Thomas BYERS mother: Margaret SHANNON

2nd generation

2. William BYERS m1. Lucy Adelia MANNING m2. Emily S BURTON
m. Lucy Adelia MANNING
m. Emily S BURTON father: Phillip Patrick BURTON
4. John Hancock BYERS m. Esther Ann WILSON
m. Esther Ann WILSON father: John WILSON mother: Sarah BUCKLES

3rd generation

7. Aurelia Adelia BYERS m. Henry C SMITH
m. Henry C SMITH father: Robert SMITH mother: Einnetta STUART
9. Ann Grow BYERS m. Hugh STEWART
m. Hugh STEWART father: Hugh STEWART
14. Sarah Ann BYERS m. Edward M DICKINSON
m. Edward M DICKINSON father: Benjamin DICKINSON mother: Maria L SLATER
15. Mary Adelia BYERS m. Robert NEILL
m. Robert NEILL father: Henry NEILL mother: Dorcas STARK
16. Ella Aurelia BYERS m. Robert Ridgeway CASE
m. Robert Ridgeway CASE father: George CHASE mother: Sarah RIDGWAY

4th generation

19. Mary Adelia STEWART m. William Augustus ELDREDGE
m. William Augustus ELDREDGE
25. Aurelia Adelia DICKINSON m. Miller JOBLIN
m. Miller JOBLIN
31. Clara NEILL m. Samuel Robinson PHILLIPS
m. Samuel Robinson PHILLIPS father: Theodore H PHILLIPS mother: Amanda ROBINSON
34. Robert Jr NEILL m. Ida Percy WING
m. Ida Percy WING
45. Mary CASE m. Marion Stark MD CRAIG
m. Marion Stark MD CRAIG father: Andrew Johnson CRAIG mother: Dorcas Mary ENGLES

5th generation

51. William Augustus ELDREDGE m1. Lucille CREWS m2. Medora Brown DORTCH
m. Lucille CREWS
m. Medora Brown DORTCH father: James Baker DORTCH mother: Nellie LYNN
54. Neill PHILLIPS m.
58. Clare PHILLIPS m. Walter Anthony Jr DOWELL
m. Walter Anthony Jr DOWELL father: Walter Anthony DOWELL mother: Stella WILLIAMS
59. Robert III NEILL m. Nancy MITCHELL
m. Nancy MITCHELL
61. Marion Stark MD CRAIG m. Evelyn Louise TORRENCE
m. Evelyn Louise TORRENCE father: James Ulys TORRENCE mother: Living HUFFMAN
62. Robert Andrew DDS CRAIG m. Patsy Jean CHAMBERLAIN
m. Patsy Jean CHAMBERLAIN father: Living CHAMBERLAIN mother: Living LOVEL