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: Edward GARFIELD
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 28 Jul 1583 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire b
  • Baptism: 28 Jul 1583 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire c
  • Death: 14 Jun 1672 in Watertown, Massachusetts d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Thomas GARFIELD Birth: Abt 1557 Death: After 1596
    • Mother:
  • Agnes (GARFIELD) Death: Abt 22 Feb 1615/6 in Holy Trinity, Coventry

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Jonathan GARFIELD Birth: Abt 13 Oct 1611 in Holy Trinity, Coventry, Warwickshire, England Death: 31 Oct 1611 in Holy Trinity, Coventry, Warwickshire, England
  2. Samuel GARFIELD Birth: Abt 1 Oct 1613 in Holy Trinity, Coventry, Warwickshire, England Death: 20 Nov 1684
  3. Sarah GARFIELD Birth: Abt 1 Nov 1616 in Holy Trinity, Coventry, Warwickshire, England

Marriage: Children:
  1. Joseph GARFIELD Birth: 11 Sep 1637 in Watertown, Massachusetts Death: 22 Aug 1692
  2. Rebecca GARFIELD Birth: 10 Mar 1640/1 in Watertown, Massachusetts Death: 16 Mar 1681 in Watertown, Massachusetts
  3. Benjamin Capt GARFIELD Birth: 1643 in Watertown, Massachusetts Death: 28 Nov 1717 in Watertown, Massachusetts
  4. Abagail GARFIELD Birth: 29 Jun 1646 in Watertown, Massachusetts

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Anderson, Robert Charles, English Origin of Edward Garfield of Watertown, Massachusetts. NEHGR Oct 2002, pp327-332. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Anderson GARFIELD p[0-9]*].
  2. 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]*].
  3. Anderson, Robert Charles, George F Sanborn Jr, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999. M-LH 929.174And. Available at http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-immigrants-to-new-england-1634-1635-volume-i-a-b/image, ..volume-ii-c-f, iii-g-h, iv-i-l, v-m-p, vi-r-s, vii-t-y. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v[1-7]p[0-9]*].
  4. 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]*].
  5. Bond, Henry, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Second Edition, New England Historic-Genealogical Society, Boston, 1860. Available at http://archive.org/details/genealogiesoffam00bond Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bond Watertown [A-Z]*[0-9 p]*].
  6. Farmer, John, A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England. Lancaster, MA: Carter, Andrew & Co, 1829. Available at http://books.google.com/?id=TUGHVUEbRBoC Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Farmer [A-Z][A-Z]* [A-Z][a-z]*].
  7. Moore, Winifred H, Moore Genealogy, Report of the Genealogical Records Commttee District of Columbia Daughters of American Revolution, 1948-50. LDS Film#0874739#4. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007831154 images 490-625. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MooreWH MOORE p[0-9]*].
  8. Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Massachusetts, a Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns, and Churches, and other Contemporaneous Documents. Boston, MA: author, 1900. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1400537. Reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Pub Co, 1986. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Pope PioneersMA p[0-9][0-9a]*].
  9. Roberts, Gary Boyd, Ancestors of American Presidents, First Authoritative Edition. Santa Clarita, CA: Carl Boyer, 1995. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts USPres [A-Zp][A-Z0-9]*].
  10. Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register. Boston, MA: Little Brown & Co, 1860. Available at http://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic01savarich. Reprinted Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Published Co, 1965. Scanned and corrected by Robert Kraft, 1994, and available at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Sav-age [A-Z][A-Z]* [A-Z][a-z]*].
  11. Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register. Boston, MA: Little Brown & Co, 1860. Available at http://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic01savarich. Reprinted Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Published Co, 1965. Scanned and corrected by Robert Kraft, 1994, and available at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Savage [A-Z][A-Z]* [A-Z][a-z]*].
  12. 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]*].
  13. Watertown Massachusetts, Watertown Records, comprising the First and Second Books of Town Proceedings, ... Watertown, MA: Fred G Barker, 1894. PS197. Available at http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Watertown/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WatertownMA vitals v[0-9]p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
bp 20 Jul 1683 [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v3p20]
bp 28 Jul 1583 [Ref: Anderson GARFIELD p331],
place:
[Ref: Anderson GARFIELD p331, Anderson GreatMigrationII v3p20]
England [Ref: MooreWH MOORE p26, Sav-age GARFIELD Edward],
parents:
Thomas GARFIELD & Agnes ___ [Ref: Anderson GARFIELD p331, Anderson GreatMigrationII v3p20]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
1575 [Ref: MooreWH MOORE p26]
abt 1575? [Ref: Roberts USPres GARFIELD],
place:
Kilsby, Northamptonshire [Ref: Banks Topo p126],
father:
another Edward GARFIELD, b 1575, d 14 Jun 1672 [Ref: Savage GARFIELD Edward]
Sources for baptism Information
date:
[Ref: Anderson GARFIELD p331, Anderson GreatMigrationII v3p20],
place:
[Ref: Anderson GARFIELD p331, Anderson GreatMigrationII v3p20]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Anderson GARFIELD p332, Anderson GreatMigrationII v3p20, Bond Watertown GARFIELD, MooreWH MOORE p26]
1672 [Ref: Roberts USPres GARFIELD, Torrey NE<1700 p294]
Will probated 11 Jul 1672, four weeks after his death [Ref: Sav-age GARFIELD Edward],
place:
[Ref: Anderson GARFIELD p332, Anderson GreatMigrationII v3p20, Bond Watertown GARFIELD, Roberts USPres GARFIELD]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sarah (GARFIELD)
date:
by 1611 [Ref: Anderson GARFIELD p332, Anderson GreatMigrationII v3p20],
place:
[Ref: Anderson GARFIELD p332],
names:
Edward GARFIELD & unk first wife [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v3p20]
Edward GARFIELD & unk first wife, possibly Sarah ___ [Ref: Anderson GARFIELD p332],
child:
[Ref: Anderson GARFIELD p332, Anderson GreatMigrationII v3p20]
Sources with Information about marriage to Rebecca (GARFIELD)
date:
abt 1634 [Ref: Roberts USPres GARFIELD]
by 1635 [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v3p20]
by 1637 [Ref: Anderson GARFIELD p332]
first marriage of Edward [Ref: Pope PioneersMA p182, Sav-age GARFIELD Edward],
place:
[Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p294],
names:
Edward GARFIELD & Rebecca ___ [Ref: Anderson GARFIELD p332, Anderson GreatMigrationII v3p20, Anderson GreatMigrationII v3p21, Bond Watertown GARFIELD 3, Bond Watertown GARFIELD 4, Bond Watertown GARFIELD 5, Bond Watertown GARFIELD 6, MooreWH MOORE p26, Pope PioneersMA p182, Roberts USPres GARFIELD, Sav-age GARFIELD Edward, Torrey NE<1700 p294, WatertownMA vitals v1p13, WatertownMA vitals v1p5, WatertownMA vitals v1p7],
child:
[Ref: Anderson GARFIELD p332, Anderson GreatMigrationII v3p20, Anderson GreatMigrationII v3p21, Bond Watertown GARFIELD 3, Bond Watertown GARFIELD 4, Bond Watertown GARFIELD 5, Bond Watertown GARFIELD 6, MooreWH MOORE p26, Pope PioneersMA p182, Roberts USPres GARFIELD, Sav-age GARFIELD Edward, WatertownMA vitals v1p13, WatertownMA vitals v1p5, WatertownMA vitals v1p7]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
date:
abt 1622 [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p294],
child:
Samuel (#5700) [Ref: Sav-age GARFIELD Edward, Sav-age GARFIELD Samuel]
Sources with Information about marriage to Johannah (BUCKMASTER)
date:
[Ref: Anderson GARFIELD p332, Anderson GreatMigrationII v3p20, Bond Watertown GARFIELD, Torrey NE<1700 p294, WatertownMA vitals v1p23],
place:
[Ref: Anderson GARFIELD p332, Anderson GreatMigrationII v3p20, Torrey NE<1700 p294, WatertownMA vitals v1p23],
names:
Edward GARFIELD & Johanna ___ [Ref: Anderson GARFIELD p332, Anderson GreatMigrationII v3p20, Bond Watertown GARFIELD, Torrey NE<1700 p294, WatertownMA vitals v1p23]
Research Notes:
emigrated in 1634, settled in Watertown [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v3p16]

1635: freeman, of Watertown, MA [Ref: Farmer GARFIELD Edward]

May 6 1635: freeman [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v3p16, Bond Watertown GARFIELD, Pope PioneersMA p182, Sav-age GARFIELD Edward]

Ellery Crane claims that the records are confused by Bond, with those of his son Edward(2). [Ref: MooreWH MOORE p26]

Bond created much confusion in the accounts of this family, by splitting the immigrant into two men, and then doing the same with his eldest son [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v3p21]

Sep 29 1645: bought from Nicholas Knap of Watertown one acre of meadow [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p1135]

conveyed with second wife, Joanna widow of Thomas BUCKMASTER, 25 (4) 1663, land to her son Joseph Buckmaster [Ref: Pope PioneersMA p182]

will dated Dec 30 1668; probated 11 (5) 1672. [Ref: MooreWH MOORE p26, Pope PioneersMA p182]

Will mentions sons Samuel, Joseph, Benjamin (exec'r), daughters Rebecca Mixer, Abigail Garfield, grandchildren Sarah Parkhurst, Sarah Garfield, and Ephraim Garfield, and maid Ann. [Ref: Bond Watertown GARFIELD, MooreWH MOORE p26]

Inventory of estate July 11, 1672, L457.3.6 [Ref: Bond Watertown GARFIELD]



Pedigree of Edward GARFIELD
          /-----Edward GARFIELD
 /-----Thomas GARFIELD
|         \-----Alice (GARFIELD)
Edward GARFIELD
 \-----Agnes (GARFIELD)



Descendants of Edward GARFIELD
1. Edward GARFIELD m1. Sarah (GARFIELD) m2. Rebecca (GARFIELD) m3. Johannah (BUCKMASTER)
m. Sarah (GARFIELD)
m. Rebecca (GARFIELD)
m. Johannah (BUCKMASTER)

2nd generation

3. Samuel GARFIELD m1. Susanna (GARFIELD) m2. Mary BENFIELD
m. Susanna (GARFIELD)
m. Mary BENFIELD
4. Sarah GARFIELD m. George PARKHURST
m. George PARKHURST
5. Joseph GARFIELD m. Sarah GALE
m. Sarah GALE father: Richard GALE
6. Rebecca GARFIELD m. Isaac MIXER
m. Isaac MIXER father: Isaac MIXER mother: Sarah THURSTON
7. Benjamin Capt GARFIELD m1. Mehitable HAWKINS m2. Elizabeth BRIDGE
m. Mehitable HAWKINS father: Timothy HAWKINS mother: Hannah HAMMOND
m. Elizabeth BRIDGE father: Matthew BRIDGE mother: Anna DANFORTH

3rd generation

37. Joanna MIXER m1. Joseph HARRINGTON m2. Obadiah WARD
m. Joseph HARRINGTON
m. Obadiah WARD father: Richard WARD mother: Mary MOORE
38. John MIXER m. Abagail FISKE
m. Abagail FISKE father: Nathan FISKE mother: Elizabeth FRY
41. Joseph MIXER m. Ann JONES
m. Ann JONES father: Josiah JONES
44. Benjamin MIXER m. Rebecca NEWTON
m. Rebecca NEWTON
50. Thomas GARFIELD m. Mercy BIGELOW
m. Mercy BIGELOW father: Samuel BIGELOW mother: Mary FLAGG
54. Samuel GARFIELD m. Mary BOWMAN
m. Mary BOWMAN

4th generation

57. Richard WARD m. Lydia WHEELOCK
m. Lydia WHEELOCK father: Samuel WHEELOCK mother: Lydia RICE
58. Obadiah WARD m. Eunice (WARD)
m. Eunice (WARD)
59. Hannah WARD m. Daniel HEYWOOD
m. Daniel HEYWOOD
60. Daniel WARD m1. Sarah (WARD) m2. Mary STONE
m. Sarah (WARD)
m. Mary STONE
64. Isaac WARD m. Sibyl MOORE
m. Sibyl MOORE father: Nathanial MOORE
65. Thankful WARD m. Jonas FARNSWORTH
m. Jonas FARNSWORTH father: Benjamin FARNSWORTH
85. Thomas Jr GARFIELD m. Rebecca JOHNSON
m. Rebecca JOHNSON father: Samuel JOHNSON mother: Rebecca (JOHNSON)

5th generation

87. Jonas WARD m1. Abagail CHILD m2. Sarah DRAPER
m. Abagail CHILD
m. Sarah DRAPER
88. Lydia WARD m. Thomas DRYDEN
m. Thomas DRYDEN
92. David WARD m.
110. Azubah WARD m. John GREENE
m. John GREENE father: Nathaniel Jr GREENE mother: Elizabeth TAYLOR
137. Solomon GARFIELD m. Sarah BRYANT
m. Sarah BRYANT