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: Martha WILFORD
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: 18 Jan 1669/70 in Bradford, Massachusetts b
  • Death: 21 Feb 1757 in Hudson, New Hampshire d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Gilbert WILFORD Birth: England Death: Jul 1676 in Concord, New Hampshire
    • Mother:
  • Mary DOW Birth: 26 Apr 1644 in Newbury, Massachusetts Death: After 1695

Family:
Marriage:
  • Joseph GRELE on 7 Feb 1694/5 at Haverhill, Massachusetts .m1
  • Joseph GRELE Birth: 5 Feb 1651/2 in Salisbury, Massachusetts Death: 7 Mar 1745 in Hudson, New Hampshire
Children:
  1. Samuel GRELE Birth: 22 Dec 1695 in Haverhill, Massachusetts Death: 25 May 1771 in Hudson, New Hampshire
  2. Joseph GRELE Birth: 17 Feb 1697/8 in Haverhill, Massachusetts Death: 19 Apr 1759 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
  3. Benjamin GREELE Birth: 28 Feb 1699/1700 in Haverhill, Massachusetts Death: 22 Feb 1785 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
  4. Hannah GREELE Birth: 12 Jul 1702 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
  5. Moses GRELE Birth: 11 Apr 1704 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
  6. Miriam GRELE Birth: 11 Apr 1704 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
  7. Martha GREELE Birth: Abt 1706 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
  8. Ruth GREELE Birth: Abt 1708 in Haverhill, Massachusetts Death: 24 Mar 1739/40 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
  9. Moses GREELE Birth: 31 Mar 1711 in Haverhill, Massachusetts Death: Phillips, Maine
  10. Mary GRELE Birth: 17 Nov 1714 in Haverhill, Massachusetts

Bibliography
  1. Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1907. M-LH #PS25. Available at http://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofbr00brad Information from this source tagged as [Ref: BradfordMA vitals p[0-9]*].
  2. Dow, Robert Piercy, The Book of Dow: Genealogical Memoirs of the Descendants of Henry Dow of 1637, Thomas Dow 1639, and others. Claremont, NH: Robert P Dow, 1929. UMI #G1279. LDS Film #1321446#1 (vol 1), #1321126#1-3 (vol 2-4), Fiche #6060589. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2364454. Also available at https://archive.org/details/bookofdowgenealo00dowr. Also available at http://dowlink.net/pdffiles/bookofdowmodi.pdf. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DowRP DOW p[0-9]*].
  3. Greeley, George Hiram, Genealogy of the Greely-Greeley Family. Boston, MA: George Hiram Greeley, 1908. M-LH #G108. Available at http://books.google.com/?id=cm0ZAQAAMAAJ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: GreeleyGH GREELY p[0-9]*].
  4. Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1910. M-LH #PS86. Available at http://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofha02have Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HaverhillMA vitals p[0-9]*].
  5. Holman, Mary Lovering, Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury, Concord, NH: Rumsford Press, 1938. NEHGS CS71/P643/1938. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/29865. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p[0-9]*].
  6. Hoyt, David W, The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts. Baltimore: Gen Pub Co, 1982. Available at http://archive.org/details/oldfamiliesofsal01hoyt, http://archive.org/details/oldfamiliesofsal02hoyt, and http://archive.org/details/oldfamiliesofsal03hoyt. Volume 1 also available at http://archive.org/details/cu31924025963772. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Hoyt S&A p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p499]
18 Jan 1669 [Ref: BradfordMA vitals p167, DowRP DOW p746, Holman PILLSBURY p512],
place:
[Ref: BradfordMA vitals p167, Holman PILLSBURY p499, Hoyt S&A p1024]
Rowley Village by Merrimacke [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p512],
parents:
[Ref: DowRP DOW p746, Holman PILLSBURY p499, Holman PILLSBURY p512, Hoyt S&A p1024],
father:
[Ref: BradfordMA vitals p167]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
8 Jan 1669/70 [Ref: GreeleyGH GREELY p22, Hoyt S&A p1024],
place:
Merrimac Massachusetts [Ref: GreeleyGH GREELY p22]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: GreeleyGH GREELY p22, Holman PILLSBURY p499],
place:
[Ref: GreeleyGH GREELY p22, Holman PILLSBURY p499]
Sources with Information about marriage to Joseph GRELE
date:
[Ref: DowRP DOW p746, GreeleyGH GREELY p22, HaverhillMA vitals p140, Holman PILLSBURY p499, Hoyt S&A p1024, Hoyt S&A p181],
place:
[Ref: DowRP DOW p746, GreeleyGH GREELY p22, HaverhillMA vitals p140, Holman PILLSBURY p499, Hoyt S&A p1024, Hoyt S&A p181],
child:
[Ref: HaverhillMA vitals p144, Holman PILLSBURY p500, Holman PILLSBURY p501]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
names:
Joseph GRELE & Martha CORLIS dau John CORLIS & Mary WILFORD [Ref: GreeleyGH GREELY p22, GreeleyGH GREELY p23]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Martha WILFORD
 /-----Gilbert WILFORD
Martha WILFORD
|         /-----Thomas DOW
 \-----Mary DOW
          \-----Phebe (DOW)



Descendants of Martha WILFORD
1. Martha WILFORD m. Joseph GRELE
m. Joseph GRELE father: Andrew GRELE mother: Mary MOYSE

2nd generation

2. Samuel GRELE m1. Rachel ROBINSON m2. Jane (GRELE)
m. Rachel ROBINSON father: David ROBINSON mother: Sarah TAYLOR
m. Jane (GRELE)
4. Benjamin GREELE m1. Ruth WHITTIER m2. Hannah POOR
m. Ruth WHITTIER father: Joseph WHITTIER mother: Mary PEASLEY
m. Hannah POOR
5. Hannah GREELE m. John BRADBURY
m. John BRADBURY father: William BRADBURY mother: Sarah COTTON
8. Martha GREELE m1. Richard HUTCHINS m2. Nathaniel Col PEASLEE
m. Richard HUTCHINS father: John HUTCHINS mother: Sarah PAGE
m. Nathaniel Col PEASLEE father: Joseph PEASLEE mother: Ruth BERNARD
9. Ruth GREELE m. James HUTCHINS
m. James HUTCHINS father: John HUTCHINS mother: Sarah PAGE
10. Moses GREELE m1. Mehitable PAGE m2. (Unk) (CHURCH)
m. Mehitable PAGE
m. (Unk) (CHURCH)
11. Mary GRELE m. Zachariah HANAFORD
m. Zachariah HANAFORD

3rd generation

12. Samuel GREELY m. Abigail BLODGETT
m. Abigail BLODGETT father: Joseph BLODGETT mother: Dorothy (BLODGETT)
14. Mehitable GREELY m. Hezekiah HAMBLET
m. Hezekiah HAMBLET
16. Rachel GREELY m. Daniel MARSHALL
m. Daniel MARSHALL father: John MARSHALL mother: Abigail PARKER
17. Jonathan GREELY m1. Ruth (GREELY) m2. Phebe (PARKER)
m. Ruth (GREELY)
m. Phebe (PARKER)
21. Ann GREELE m. Thomas MARSH
m. Thomas MARSH father: John MARSH mother: Sarah SEVERANCE
25. Joseph GREELEY m. Prudence CLEMENT
m. Prudence CLEMENT father: Jonathan CLEMENTS mother: Mary GREENLEAF

4th generation

80. Hezekiah HAMBLET m.
86. Richard MARSHALL m. Esther PIERCE
m. Esther PIERCE father: Joshua PIERCE mother: Esther RICHARDSON
87. Samuel MARSHALL m. Lydia (MARSHALL)
m. Lydia (MARSHALL)
88. David MARSHALL m. Abigail COOLEGE
m. Abigail COOLEGE father: Nathaniel COOLEGE mother: Sarah PARKER
89. Abigail Parker MARSHALL m. Thomas BARRETT
m. Thomas BARRETT
94. Daniel MARSHALL m. Mary PEABODY
m. Mary PEABODY father: Jedediah PEABODY mother: Alice HOWLET
122. Joseph GREELEY m. Dorothy SARGENT
m. Dorothy SARGENT father: Christopher SARGENT mother: Anna SARGENT
125. Stephen GREELEY m. Betsey BALCH
m. Betsey BALCH father: Nathaniel BALCH mother: Joanna DAY

5th generation

127. Amos HAMBLET m. Nancy P (HAMBLET)
m. Nancy P (HAMBLET)
128. Richard MARSHALL m1. Hannah LAWRENCE m2. Mary KELLEY m3. Lucy SMITH
m. Hannah LAWRENCE
m. Mary KELLEY
m. Lucy SMITH
129. Esther MARSHALL m. Josiah MELVIN
m. Josiah MELVIN father: Eleazer MELVIN mother: Sarah HARTWELL
133. Sarah MARSHALL m. Asa SARGENT
m. Asa SARGENT father: William SARGENT mother: Rachel FOSTER
134. Nathan Richardson MARSHALL m. Abigail HAWKS
m. Abigail HAWKS father: Farrington HAWKS
135. Cummings MARSHALL m1. Polly BAGLEY m2. Betsy BAGLEY m3. Lucy PRESBY
m. Polly BAGLEY
m. Betsy BAGLEY
m. Lucy PRESBY father: Nathaniel Jr PRESBY
137. Parker MARSHALL m. Judith KIRK
m. Judith KIRK
148. Nathaniel MARSHALL m. Rebecca WALLACE
m. Rebecca WALLACE father: William WALLACE mother: Rhoda (WALLACE)
155. Parkhurst BARRETT m. Betsey WHEELER
m. Betsey WHEELER
157. Isaac Peabody MARSHALL m. Isabella WILSON
m. Isabella WILSON father: Andrew WILSON mother: Mary PATTON
159. Naomi MARSHALL m. Ezra MOULTON
m. Ezra MOULTON
161. Ruby MARSHALL m. Alanson GATES
m. Alanson GATES father: Jonas GATES mother: Anna (GATES)
163. Russell MARSHALL m. Mary WILSON
m. Mary WILSON father: Andrew WILSON mother: Mary PATTON
165. Polly GREELEY m. Henry CARLETON
m. Henry CARLETON father: Moses CARLETON mother: Margaret SPRAKE
171. John Balch GREELEY m1. Clarissa JEWETT m2. Francis Dunn COBB
m. Clarissa JEWETT
m. Francis Dunn COBB