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: James Faris BLAYNEY
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 24 Oct 1831 in Ohio Co, West Virginia b
  • Death: 6 Feb 1915 d
  • Burial: West Alexander, Pennsylvania u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Charles BLAYNEY Birth: 1788 in Ireland Death: 11 Jun 1860 in Ohio Co, West Virginia
    • Mother:
  • Nancy FARIS Birth: 30 Sep 1800 in Ohio Co, West Virginia Death: After 23 Oct 1860

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Laura Atkinson BLAYNEY Birth: 12 Apr 1861 in Ohio Co, West Virginia Death: 14 Dec 1886
  2. Charles Trimble BLAYNEY Birth: 20 Feb 1866 in Ohio Co, West Virginia Death: 23 Dec 1943 in Westerville, Ohio

Marriage: Children:
  1. Mary Elizabeth BLAYNEY Birth: 6 Dec 1872 in West Alexander, Pennsylvania Death: 22 Mar 1919 in Wheeling, West Virginia

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. Blayney, Chester Oliver, Genealogy of the Blayney and Allied Families, Washington, PA: author, 1966. Citizens Library 929.2BLA. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p[0-9]*].
  3. Ohio County Virginia Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1778-1901. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1958, Book 45, 1852-1862, LDS Film#0855542#2. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008294310 image 675. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: OhioCoVA Deeds 45-562].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p300],
place:
[Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p300],
parents:
[Ref: Beers WashingtonCoPA p914, BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p252],
father:
[Ref: OhioCoVA Deeds 45-562]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p300]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p300]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret ATKINSON
date:
[Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p301],
names:
James BLAYNEY & Margaret ___ [Ref: OhioCoVA Deeds 45-562],
child:
[Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p301]
Sources with Information about marriage to Linda R GILFILLIN
date:
[Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p301],
child:
[Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p301]
Research Notes:
Oct 23 1860: confirmed an agreement made by Charles Blayney on 20 Jun 1839, to sell to sons David and Adam 267 1/2 acres of land on Castlemans Run, at $40/acre [Ref: OhioCoVA Deeds 45-562]

home was built on part of the property which had originally belonged to his brother, John [Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p300]

owned farm in Ohio County, WVa; almost daily traveled to and from his farm; distance about 3 miles. One of several Blayney farms located on the slope above Castleman's Run, the others being owned by David, Adam, and Edward Blayney [Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p300]

original stockholder of the West Alexander Cemetery Association, which was organized in 1871 considered one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the country [Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p300]

member West Alexander Presbyterian Church; elder [Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p300]



Pedigree of James Faris BLAYNEY
                   /-----(Unk) BLAYNEY
          /-----John BLAYNEY
 /-----Charles BLAYNEY
James Faris BLAYNEY
|                  /-----William FARIS
|         /-----William FARIS
|        |         \-----Dorothea JOHNSON
 \-----Nancy FARIS
         |         /-----James CURTIS
          \-----Susanna CURTIS
                   \-----Elizabeth COFFENBERRY



Descendants of James Faris BLAYNEY
1. James Faris BLAYNEY m1. Margaret ATKINSON m2. Linda R GILFILLIN
m. Margaret ATKINSON
m. Linda R GILFILLIN

2nd generation

2. Laura Atkinson BLAYNEY m. Nicholas E MURRAY
m. Nicholas E MURRAY
3. Charles Trimble BLAYNEY m. Edith O HARRISON
m. Edith O HARRISON

3rd generation

8. Helen Antoinette BLAYNEY m. Dana Edmund CARTWRIGHT
m. Dana Edmund CARTWRIGHT

4th generation

9. Dana Edmund Jr CARTWRIGHT m. Living KOONS
m. Living KOONS