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: Thomas FRENCH
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1580 in Halstead, Essex Co, England b
  • Death: Abt 1620/1 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Thomas FRENCH Birth: Abt 1550 in Halstead, Essex Co, England Death: 20 Nov 1613 in Halstead, Essex Co, England
    • Mother:
  • Agnes OLMSTEAD Birth: 1560 in Halstead, Essex Co, England Death: 11 Feb 1624 in Halstead, Essex Co, England

Family:
Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. French, Elizabeth, Genealogical Research in England, NEHGR v65 (Jul 1911) p284. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: French England1911 p[0-9]*].
  2. French, Mara T, French and Related Farmily Genealogy. San Jose, CA: author, 1984. LDS Film#1421648#2. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: FrenchMT FRENCH p[IVX]*-[0-9]*].
  3. French, Mara T, The Frenchline Newsletter. San Jose, CA: 1984. LDS Fiche#605537. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: FrenchMT Frenchline v[0-9]*#[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: FrenchMT Frenchline v1#2],
place:
[Ref: FrenchMT Frenchline v1#2],
parents:
[Ref: French England1911 p285, FrenchMT Frenchline v1#2]
Sources for death Information
date:
admin of estate grated 2 Mar 1620/1 [Ref: French England1911 p285]
Sources with Information about marriage to Palladia WOOD
place:
[Ref: French England1911 p285],
names:
Thomas FRENCH & ___ WOOD [Ref: FrenchMT Frenchline v1#2]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
child:
William FRENCH (#2060) who d. 20 Nov 1681 in Billerica [Ref: FrenchMT Frenchline v1#2]
Research Notes:
heir to the estate of his mother, which he sold to John COOKE for 3500 pounds on Nov 1 1618 [Ref: FrenchMT FRENCH pII-2]

Nov 1620 sold Stanstead Hall to Sir Oliver Luke for 3500 pounds [Ref: French England1911 p285]

children Frances, Jemima, Thomas (emig), and William (emig) [Ref: FrenchMT Frenchline v1#2]

no male issue [Ref: French England1911 p285]

Feb 17 1635/6: commission was issued to John French, brother of Thomas, to administer the goods left unadministered by Palladia, who had died [Ref: French England1911 p285]

Jul 15 1639: commission was issued to Edward French to administer the goods of Thomas left unadministered by John French, who had died [Ref: French England1911 p285]

1642: commission to Edward French revoked, and the power given to Thomas Lewyn and his wife, Dorothy Lewyn alias French [Ref: French England1911 p285]



Pedigree of Thomas FRENCH
                   /-----Thomas FRENCH
          /-----Thomas FRENCH
         |         \-----Elizabeth (FRENCH)
 /-----Thomas FRENCH
|         \-----Bridget (FRENCH)
Thomas FRENCH
|         /-----John OLMSTEAD
 \-----Agnes OLMSTEAD
          \-----Palladia (OLMSTEAD)



Descendants of Thomas FRENCH
1. Thomas FRENCH m. Palladia WOOD
m. Palladia WOOD