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: Hugh WILSON
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 6 Dec 1795 in Fayette Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: Aug 1841 in Sidney, Ohio d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Robert WILSON Birth: Abt 1763 in Northern Ireland Death: 29 Jul 1829 in Washington Twp, Shelby Co, Ohio
    • Mother:
  • Esther (WILSON) Birth: 15 Apr 1768 Death: Jul 1836 in Washington Twp, Shelby Co, Ohio

Family:
Marriage:
  • Rachel BYERS on 28 Oct 1824 .m1
  • Rachel BYERS Birth: 28 Jun 1804 in East Finley Township, Washington Co, Pennsylvania Death: 5 Oct 1834 in Sidney, Ohio
Children:
  1. Thomas Byers WILSON Birth: 1 Nov 1825 Death: 10 Apr 1826
  2. Robert Stewart WILSON Birth: 7 Mar 1828 Death: 17 Mar 1893 in Denver, Colorado
  3. Thomas Shannon WILSON Birth: 22 Nov 1829 Death: 26 Feb 1892 in Des Moines, Iowa
  4. Margaret Ann WILSON Birth: 8 Jul 1832 in Sidney, Ohio Death: 5 Feb 1856 in Mt Pleasant, Iowa
  5. Hetty Jane WILSON Birth: 14 Feb 1834 Death: 15 Aug 1837

Bibliography
  1. Beers, J. H., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, PA, J.H. Beers Co, Chicago, 1893, reprinted by Polyanthos, Inc, New Orleans, LA, 1976. Available at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008651804. Available at http://archive.org/details/commemorativebio03jhbe Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Beers WashingtonCoPA p[0-9-]*].
  2. 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]*].
  3. Bell, Raymond Martin, BYERS, Keyhole XXIII,3 (July 1995). p101-103 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bell BYERS-95 p10[1-3]].
  4. Bell, Raymond Martin, SHANNON of Washington County PA, Keyhole XVIII,2 April 1990, p77-80. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bell SHANNON].
  5. 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]*].
  6. 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]*].
  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. DAR Application 664455, Beohm, Marilyn Jane Broell Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR #664455].
  11. 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]*].
  12. 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]*].
  13. 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].
  14. Washington County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1781-1886. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1971, Book 3N, 1853-1854, LDS Film#0863604#2. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008084674 images 518-9. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WashingtonCoPA Deeds 3N-329].
  15. Washington County Pennsylvania Register of Wills, Will Books 1781-1872. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1972. Book 4, 1814-1832, Film#863625#2. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/005537969 images 365-7. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WashingtonCoPA Wills 4-125].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p10, Eagleson BYERS p66]
1795 [Ref: Bell BYERS-95 p102, Bell SHANNON, Van Truan 10/18/2000],
place:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p10, Eagleson BYERS p66],
parents:
Robert Sr. WILSON & Esther ___ [Ref: Eagleson BYERS p66],
sister:
Ann WILSON [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p10]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p10, Eagleson BYERS p66]
1841 [Ref: Bell BYERS-95 p102, Bell SHANNON, Van Truan 10/18/2000],
place:
[Ref: Borkowski ByersBurialGround p26, Taylor BYERS p24]
Sources with Information about marriage to Rachel BYERS
date:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p10, Bell BYERS-95 p102, Bell SHANNON, Eagleson BYERS p58, Van Truan 10/18/2000],
names:
[Ref: Beers WashingtonCoPA p233, Beers WashingtonCoPA p804, Borkowski ByersBurialGround p26, Boss BYERS p192, Craig BYERS p15, Craig BYERS p17, Craig BYERS p71, DAR #563918, DAR #664455, Eagleson BYERS p5, Taylor BYERS p24, WashingtonCoPA Deeds 3N-329, WashingtonCoPA Wills 4-125]
___ WILSON & dau Thomas BYERS [Ref: Craig BYERS p12, Crumrine WashingtonCoPA p980],
child:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-95 p102, Eagleson BYERS p58, Eagleson BYERS p59, Van Truan 10/18/2000]
Research Notes:
moved to Sidney, OH, about 1830 [Ref: Eagleson BYERS p58]

tailor by trade [Ref: Crumrine WashingtonCoPA p980]



Pedigree of Hugh WILSON
          /-----John WILSON
 /-----Robert WILSON
|         \-----Linnet (WILSON)
Hugh WILSON
 \-----Esther (WILSON)



Descendants of Hugh WILSON
1. Hugh WILSON m. Rachel BYERS
m. Rachel BYERS father: Thomas BYERS mother: Margaret SHANNON

2nd generation

3. Robert Stewart WILSON m. Margaret Bryant RAMSAY
m. Margaret Bryant RAMSAY father: William RAMSAY
5. Margaret Ann WILSON m. William D WALKER
m. William D WALKER