Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

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 available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: John Potter PEABODY
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 5 Dec 1780 in Topsfield, Massachusetts b
  • Death: 5 Nov 1846 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Jacob PEABODY Birth: 6 Apr 1739 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: 4 Nov 1806 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
    • Mother:
  • Sarah POTTER Birth: Abt 1744 Death: 11 Oct 1828

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Hannah PEABODY Birth: 16 Nov 1807 Death: 5 Sep 1900
  2. Cyrus PEABODY Birth: 16 Mar 1810 Death: 14 Sep 1814
  3. Esther PEABODY Birth: 12 Sep 1812 Death: 31 Dec 1891
  4. Harriet Newell PEABODY Birth: 23 Apr 1816
  5. Mary Perkins PEABODY Birth: 26 Sep 1818
  6. Mehitable PEABODY Birth: 23 Oct 1821 Death: 24 May 1869
  7. Lydia Perkins PEABODY Birth: 24 Aug 1825 Death: 29 Dec 1852
  8. Sarah B PEABODY Birth: 19 Mar 1829

Bibliography
  1. Peabody, Selim Hobart, Peabody Genealogy. Boston, MA: Charles Pope, 1909. UMI #G350. Available at http://archive.org/details/peabodypaybodypa00peab. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/8295. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p[0-9]*].
  2. Towne, Edwin Eugene, Descendants of William TOWNE, Newtonville, MA: author, 1901. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/26765. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p44],
place:
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p44],
parents:
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p44]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p88]
Sources with Information about marriage to Esther PERKINS
date:
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p88],
child:
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p88, TowneEE TOWNE p235]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of John Potter PEABODY
                                     /-----John PAYBODY
                            /-----Francis PAYBODY
                           |         \-----Isabell (PAYBODY)
                   /-----Isaac PEABODY
                  |         \-----Lydia (PAYBODY)
          /-----Joseph PEABODY
         |        |         /-----Robert ESTES
         |         \-----Sarah ESTES
 /-----Jacob PEABODY
|        |                                    /-----Simon Rev BRADSTREET
|        |                           /-----Simon Gov BRADSTREET
|        |                          |         \-----Margaret
|        |                  /-----(Unk) BRADSTREET
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Henry Captain DUDLEY
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Roger Captain DUDLEY
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) ASHTON
|        |                 |        |         /-----Thomas Gov DUDLEY
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Thomas THORNE
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Susan THORNE
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Mary PUREFOY
|        |                 |         \-----Anne DUDLEY
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Edmund YORKE
|        |                 |                  \-----Dorothy YORKE
|        |                 |                           \-----Katherine
|        |         /-----Simon BRADSTREET
|         \-----Elizabeth BRADSTREET
|                  \-----Elizabeth CAPEN
John Potter PEABODY
 \-----Sarah POTTER



Descendants of John Potter PEABODY
1. John Potter PEABODY m. Esther PERKINS
m. Esther PERKINS father: Robert PERKINS mother: Esther GOULD

2nd generation

4. Esther PEABODY m. Benjamin Boardman TOWNE
m. Benjamin Boardman TOWNE father: Benjamin TOWNE mother: Sally BOARDMAN
5. Harriet Newell PEABODY m. Alfred Porter TOWNE
m. Alfred Porter TOWNE father: Benjamin TOWNE mother: Sally BOARDMAN
9. Sarah B PEABODY m. Jacob Adin TOWNE
m. Jacob Adin TOWNE father: Benjamin TOWNE mother: Sally BOARDMAN

3rd generation

12. John Henry TOWNE m. Laura Jane ROBERTS
m. Laura Jane ROBERTS father: Nathan H ROBERTS mother: Mary J SYKES
17. Alfred Everett TOWNE m. Mary Jane KAVANAUGH
m. Mary Jane KAVANAUGH
18. Benjamin Porter TOWNE m. Leonora Guertner De ROCHEMONT
m. Leonora Guertner De ROCHEMONT
25. Jacob Martin TOWNE m. Alice BRIERLY
m. Alice BRIERLY
30. Walter Irving TOWNE m. Amy A SMART
m. Amy A SMART
33. Mabel Rosa TOWNE m. Frederick Morgan PEABODY
m. Frederick Morgan PEABODY father: George Warren PEABODY mother: Mary Elizabeth GRAY