Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 12-10-2023.

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: John GURNEY
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1615 in Bury St Edmunds, England b
  • Death: Before 16 Mar 1662/3 in Braintree, Massachusetts d


    • Parents:

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Mary GURNEY Birth: Abt 1628 Death: Abt 1659 in Braintree, Massachusetts
  2. Richard GURNEY Birth: Abt 1630
  3. John GURNEY Birth: Abt 1633 Death: 1675 in Mendon, Massachusetts
  4. Peter GURNEY Birth: Abt 1636
  5. Isaac GURNEY Birth: Abt 1640

Marriage:
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. Banks, Charles Edward, Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England 1620-1650, Philadelphia, PA: Elijah Ellsworth Brownell, 1937. LDS Film#0874196#1. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/283805. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Banks Topo p[0-9]*].
  3. Bates, Samuel A, Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793. Braintree, MA: author, 1886. PS26. Available at http://archive.org/details/cu31924025963665 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: BraintreeMA vitals p[0-9]*].
  4. Cutter, William Richard, New England Families, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co, 1913. M-LH 974 Cut. NYPL APR (New England) (Cutter) (NYPL has both 1913 and 1915 editions). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/272367. Two editions of this work were published in 1913, but contents and page numbering is different; the other is available at (vol 1) http://books.google.com/?id=KvUsAAAAYAAJ, (vol 2) http://books.google.com/?id=_c4UAAAAYAAJ, (vol 3) http://books.google.com/?id=7_UsAAAAYAAJ, (vol 4) http://books.google.com/?id=NegUAAAAYAAJ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Cutter NE p[0-9]*].
  5. Holman, Mary Lovering, Grissell of the many marriages, TAG v10 (1933), pp70-3. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Holman Grissell p[0-9]*].
  6. Shedd, Frank E., Daniel Shed Genealogy, 1327-1920. Boston, MA: Shedd Family Association, 1921. M-LH #G486. Available at http://archive.org/details/danielshedgeneal01shed and http://archive.org/details/danielshedgeneal02shed Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ShedFE SHED p[0-9]*].
  7. Smith, Dean Crawford, Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton 1878-1908. Boston, MA: NEHGS, 2000-04. NYPL APV (Kempton) 96-1179. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Smith KEMPTON v[1-4]p[0-9]*].
  8. Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1987. M-LH 974Tor Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1603 [Ref: ShedFE SHED p45]
age 21 in 1636 [Ref: Smith KEMPTON v4p277],
place:
[Ref: Banks Topo p151]
England [Ref: ShedFE SHED p45]
Sources for death Information
date:
1662-63 [Ref: Holman Grissell p70]
abt 1663 [Ref: ShedFE SHED p45]
by 16 Mar 1662/3 [Ref: Smith KEMPTON v4p277],
place:
[Ref: Holman Grissell p70, ShedFE SHED p45, Smith KEMPTON v4p277]
Sources with Information about marriage to (Unk) (GURNEY)
date:
first marriage of John [Ref: Smith KEMPTON v4p278],
names:
John Cheny & Cheny the wiffe of John Cheny [Ref: BraintreeMA vitals p638]
John GURNEY & unk first wife [Ref: Smith KEMPTON v4p278]
Sources with Information about marriage to Grizzell FLETCHER
date:
[Ref: Holman Grissell p70, Smith KEMPTON v4p277],
place:
[Ref: Holman Grissell p70, Smith KEMPTON v4p277],
names:
John GURNEY & Grisell ___ [Ref: Cutter NE p1480]
Research Notes:
tailor [Ref: Smith KEMPTON v4p277]

from Bury St. Edmunds, to Braintree, MA [Ref: Banks Topo p151]

Sep 29 1636: apprenticed to John Newgate, age 21 [Ref: Smith KEMPTON v4p277]

before 1645: in Braintree [Ref: ShedFE SHED p45]

deposed in 1653, giving age as about 50 years [Ref: ShedFE SHED p45]

Jun 2 1659: witnessed the will of Gregory Baxter of Braintree. Took the inventory Jul 7 1659 [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p138]



Pedigree of John GURNEY
John GURNEY



Descendants of John GURNEY
1. John GURNEY m1. (Unk) (GURNEY) m2. Grizzell FLETCHER
m. (Unk) (GURNEY)
m. Grizzell FLETCHER father: Robert FLETCHER

2nd generation

2. Mary GURNEY m. Daniel SHED
m. Daniel SHED father: Daniel SHED mother: Sarah (SHED)
4. John GURNEY m. Ruth RETCHELL
m. Ruth RETCHELL

3rd generation

7. Mary SHED m. John ROGERS
m. John ROGERS father: John ROGERS mother: Priscilla DAWES
8. Daniel SHED m. Ruth MOORE
m. Ruth MOORE father: Golden MOORE
10. John SHED m. Sarah CHAMBERLAIN
m. Sarah CHAMBERLAIN father: Thomas CHAMBERLAIN
11. Elizabeth SHED m. Samuel FARLEY
m. Samuel FARLEY father: George FARLEY mother: Christian BIRTHS
12. Zechariah SHED m1. Ann BRAY m2. Lydia FARLEY m3. Hannah HARRIS
m. Ann BRAY
m. Lydia FARLEY father: Caleb FARLEY
m. Hannah HARRIS
13. Sarah SHED m. John DUTTON
m. John DUTTON father: Thomas DUTTON mother: Susanna (DUTTON)

4th generation

19. Samuel ROGERS m1. Grace (ROGERS) m2. Elizabeth STEARNS
m. Grace (ROGERS)
m. Elizabeth STEARNS father: John STEARNS
20. Sarah ROGERS m. Roger TOOTHAKER
m. Roger TOOTHAKER
21. Unis (Eunice) ROGERS m1. John Jr MARSHALL m2. Samuel FITCH
m. John Jr MARSHALL father: John MARSHALL mother: Mary BURRAGE
m. Samuel FITCH father: Samuel FITCH
22. John ROGERS m. Abigail (ROGERS)
m. Abigail (ROGERS)
27. Daniel SHED m. Rebecca DUTTON
m. Rebecca DUTTON father: Thomas DUTTON
31. Ruth SHED m. John LEVISTONE
m. John LEVISTONE father: John LEVISTONE mother: Margaret ROSS
33. Sarah SHED m. Nathaniel CROSBY
m. Nathaniel CROSBY
40. Hannah SHED m. Nathan SHED
m. Nathan SHED father: Nathan SHED mother: Mary FRENCH
41. Benjamin SHED m1. Abial (SHED) m2. Elizabeth HILL
m. Abial (SHED)
m. Elizabeth HILL father: Joseph HILL

5th generation

77. Mary TOOTHAKER m1. John ROGERS m2. Benjamin Dr ATHERTON
m. John ROGERS father: Daniel ROGERS mother: Mary (ROGERS)
m. Benjamin Dr ATHERTON
79. John MARSHALL m. Abigail PARKER
m. Abigail PARKER father: Benjamin PARKER mother: Abigail FRENCH
82. Thomas MARSHALL m1. Ruth PHELPS m2. Mary TARBELL m3. Phoebe HOLT
m. Ruth PHELPS
m. Mary TARBELL father: John TARBELL mother: Hannah FLINT
m. Phoebe HOLT
84. William MARSHALL m1. Elizabeth RICHARDSON m2. Eunice DAVIS
m. Elizabeth RICHARDSON
m. Eunice DAVIS father: Eliazer DAVIS mother: Eunice POTTER
85. Isaac MARSHALL m1. Phebe RICHARDSON m2. Rebecca HILL
m. Phebe RICHARDSON father: Andrew RICHARDSON mother: Hannah JEFTS
m. Rebecca HILL father: Samuel HILL
91. Timothy ROGERS m1. Rebecca FRENCH m2. Ruth (ROGERS)
m. Rebecca FRENCH father: Jacob FRENCH mother: Elizabeth DAVIS
m. Ruth (ROGERS)
92. Zebediah ROGERS m. Bette FARMER
m. Bette FARMER father: Oliver FARMER
93. Samuel ROGERS m. Rebecca FARMER
m. Rebecca FARMER father: Oliver FARMER
94. Daniel SHED m1. Rebecca FARLEY m2. Abigail PATTEN
m. Rebecca FARLEY father: George FARLEY
m. Abigail PATTEN father: Kendall PATTEN
98. Daniel LEVISTONE m. Rebecca CHAPMAN
m. Rebecca CHAPMAN
101. Mary CROSBY m. John PARKER
m. John PARKER father: Benjamin PARKER mother: Abigail FRENCH
106. Jacob SHED m. Rebecca LEVISTON
m. Rebecca LEVISTON
116. Benjamin SHED m. Kezia (SHED)
m. Kezia (SHED)
118. Samuel SHED m. Hannah JAQUITH
m. Hannah JAQUITH father: Abraham JAQUITH
121. Joseph SHED m. Rebecca NEEDHAM
m. Rebecca NEEDHAM father: Benjamin NEEDHAM