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 BYERS
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Feb 1751 b
  • Death: Abt 1822 in Portsmouth, Scioto Co, Ohio d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Samuel BYERS Birth: 1719 in Chester Co, Pennsylvania Death: Apr 1796 in Washington Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Jane WHITE Birth: 1727 in Northern Ireland or Pennsylvania Death: Nov 1801 in Washington Co, Pennsylvania

Family:
Marriage:
  • Mary MUNN on 11 Dec 1781 at Nottingham Twp, Washington Co, Pennsylvania .m1
  • Mary MUNN Birth: 1 Apr 1761 in Nottingham Township, Washington Co, Pennsylvania Death: 1807 in Scioto Co, Ohio
Children:
  1. Jane BYERS Birth: 1782
  2. Hannah BYERS Birth: 22 Jul 1785 in Pennsylvania Death: 28 Aug 1860 in Maysville, Kentucky
  3. Margaret BYERS Birth: 1787
  4. William BYERS Birth: 1789 Death: 1841
  5. Mary BYERS Birth: 10 Apr 1791 Death: 3 Oct 1841
  6. Samuel BYERS Birth: 1793
  7. Nancy BYERS Birth: Abt 1796

Marriage: Children:
  1. Exira BYERS Birth: Abt 1816

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. 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]*].
  5. 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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p8, Bell BYERS-95 p101, Boss BYERS p193],
parents:
[Ref: Beers WashingtonCoPA p233, Bell BYERS-87 p8, Bell BYERS-95 p101]
Sources for death Information
date:
abt 1822 [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p8, Bell BYERS-95 p101],
place:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p8, Bell BYERS-95 p101]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary MUNN
date:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p7, Bell BYERS-87 p8],
place:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p7, Bell BYERS-87 p8],
names:
William BYERS & widow Mary (FROMAN) [Ref: Boss BYERS p193],
child:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p8]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
date:
11 Oct 1781 [Ref: Boss BYERS p193]
Sources with Information about marriage to Hannah SMITH
date:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p8],
place:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p8],
child:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p8]
Research Notes:
Listed in Nottingham Township, Washington County, PA in 1782-94 [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p6]

Taxed in 1782 in Nottingham: 2 horses, 1 cow [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p16]
Taxed in 1783 in Nottingham: 3 horses, 1 cow [ReF: Bell p16]

Ensign under Captain James MUNN on May 1 1783 [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p16]

Taxed in 1786 in Nottingham: 100 acres, 3 horses, 3 cows [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p16]

In John MUNN Will of April 1786, 100 acres left to grandson, Solomon FROMAN, "where William & Mary BYERS live." [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p16]

Bought land adjacent to James & Thomas Byers on April 27, 1786 [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p16]

Got a warrant in 1786 and in 1793 for 551 acres in what is now East Finley Township, Washington County [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p4]

Bought a tract of land in Washington County, PA, adjoining on the north his brothers, James and Thomas. He bought this on Apr 27 1786 from Archibald McNeal and had it surveyed on August 1 that year on McNeal's Virginia Certificate. McNeal had made a settlement there in 1775. William and wife, Mary, sold this tract in 1790 to William Cotton. [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p6]

Land records show Virginia Certificate to Archibald McNeal dated Jun 6 1780, survey Aug 1 1786, and 214 acres sold to William Cotton [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p12]

Wife Mary filed accounts of the estate of her deceased FROMAN husband on May 1 1787 [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p16]

Taxed in Nottingham in 1787: 100 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p16]
Taxed in Nottingham in 1788: 100 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p16]
Taxed in Nottingham in 1789: 100 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p16]

1790 census of Washington County, page 246, shows 1 white male over 16, 2 under 16, 4 white females, no slaves [Ref: Craig BYERS p18]

Sold land on Oct 7 1790 that had bought in 1786 [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p16]

1791: Taxed in Nottingham, no taxables listed [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p16]

1792: Taxed in Nottingham, no taxables listed [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p16]

1793: Taxed in Nottingham, no taxables listed [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p16]

Sold land adjacent to Samuel Byers Jr, on Jan 4 1792 [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p16]

Warranted another tract of land east of his brother Samuel Jr in 1793. He had sold it earlier to Michael Kuntz, but Kuntz died before it became warranted. In 1803 this farm was patented by the Kuntz executors. The estate papers of Kuntz report that William Byers then "lived down the (Ohio) river." This "down the river" indicates William was in Kentucky. In fact, William moved his family from Washington County, PA, to the area of Maysville, Kentucky, about 1794. [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p6]

Land records show Warrant Aug 28 1793, survey done Oct 2 1793, for 337 acres sold to Michael Kuntz [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p12]

settled near Maysville, KY [Ref: Beers WashingtonCoPA p233]

Taxed in Nottingham in 1794: 100 acres, 1 horse, 2 cows [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p16]

Moved to Maysville, Mason Co, Kentucky, in 1794 [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p16]

1794: moved to KY [Ref: Bell BYERS-95 p101]

Taxed in Mason Co, KY, in 1795 [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p16]

Bought lot#46 in Maysville, KY, on Sep 11 1796 [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p16]

1800 census appears in Mason Co, KY [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p16]

last record in Mason Co tax lists was 1804. Taxed in Scioto Co, OH in 1806 and 1810 [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p16]

moved to Ohio 1805 [Ref: Bell BYERS-95 p101]



Pedigree of William BYERS
                   /-----Thomas BYERS
          /-----James BYERS
 /-----Samuel BYERS
William BYERS
|         /-----Thomas WHITE
 \-----Jane WHITE
          \-----Ann (WHITE)



Descendants of William BYERS
1. William BYERS m1. Mary MUNN m2. Hannah SMITH
m. Mary MUNN father: John MUNN
m. Hannah SMITH

2nd generation

3. Hannah BYERS m. Jeremiah MARTIN
m. Jeremiah MARTIN father: Edmund MARTIN mother: Hannah (MARTIN)

3rd generation

12. Narcissa MARTIN m. Reuben CASE
m. Reuben CASE
16. Edmund MARTIN m. Ann R GRAHAM
m. Ann R GRAHAM

4th generation

26. Francis Sprigg MARTIN m. Mary Evelyn JEWELL
m. Mary Evelyn JEWELL father: Stephen Sanford JEWELL mother: Caroline COOKE-BUTTS