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: John RIDDLESDALE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 26 Sep 1557 in Boxford, Suffolk, England b
  • Baptism: 26 Sep 1557 in Boxford, Suffolk, England c
  • Death: 4 Jun 1629 in Bures St Mary, Suffolk, England d
  • Burial: Assington, Suffolk, England u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Henry RIDDLESDALE Birth: Abt 1518 in Boxford, Suffolk, England Death: 25 Jun 1591 in Boxford, Suffolk, England
    • Mother:
  • Joan (RIDDLESDALE) Death: After 1591

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Susan RIDDLESDALE Birth: Abt 20 Apr 1584 in Boxford, Suffolk, England Death: Aug 1658 in Ipswich, Massachusetts
  2. Richard RIDDLESDALE Birth: Abt 1586 in Assington, Suffolk, England Death: 6 Nov 1610 in Assington, Suffolk, England
  3. Thomas RIDDLESDALE Birth: Abt 1588 in Assington, Suffolk, England Death: After 1591
  4. Joan RIDDLESDALE Birth: Abt 1590 in Assington, Suffolk, England
  5. Dorcas RIDDLESDALE Birth: Abt 1590 in Assington, Suffolk, England Death: 15 Dec 1610 in Assington, Suffolk, England
  6. Edward RIDDLESDALE Birth: Abt 1592 in Assington, Suffolk, England Death: 9 Feb 1630/1 in Bures St Mary, Suffolk, England
  7. John RIDDLESDALE Birth: Abt 1594 in Assington, Suffolk, England Death: 10 Dec 1602 in Assington, Suffolk, England
  8. Sarah RIDDLESDALE Birth: 2 Mar 1599/1600 in Assington, Suffolk, England

Bibliography
  1. 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]*].
  2. Threlfall, John B, Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England, Madison, WI: author, 1990. NEHGS F3/T58/1990. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/405085. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p[0-9]*].
  3. Threlfall, John B, Thomas French of Assington, Suffolk, England, and Ipswich, Massachusetts. NEHGR v142 (July 1988) pp250-2, v143 pp363-4. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Threlfall FRENCH p[0-9]*].
  4. Threlfall, John Brooks, John Wyatt of Ipswich, Massachusetts, and his wife Mary (--) Riddlesdale. NEHGR v143 (Jul 1989) pp213-220. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Threlfall WYATT p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
bp 26 Sep 1557 [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p315, Threlfall WYATT p216],
place:
[Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p315, Threlfall WYATT p216],
parents:
Henry RIDDLESDALE & Joan ___ [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p317, Threlfall WYATT p216]
Sources for baptism Information
date:
[Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p315],
place:
[Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p315]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: FrenchMT Frenchline v1#2, Threlfall 50GMCol p315, Threlfall WYATT p216],
place:
[Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p315]
Bures [Ref: FrenchMT Frenchline v1#2]
of Bures at time of death [Ref: Threlfall WYATT p216]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p315, Threlfall WYATT p216]
Sources with Information about marriage to Dorcas (RIDDLESDALE)
date:
abt 1583 [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p315, Threlfall WYATT p216],
place:
abt 1583 [Ref: FrenchMT Frenchline v1#2]
prob Assington [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p315, Threlfall WYATT p216],
names:
John RIDDLESDALE & Dorcas ___ [Ref: FrenchMT Frenchline v1#2, Threlfall 50GMCol p159, Threlfall 50GMCol p315, Threlfall 50GMCol p316, Threlfall FRENCH p251, Threlfall WYATT p216, Threlfall WYATT p217],
child:
[Ref: FrenchMT Frenchline v1#2, Threlfall 50GMCol p159, Threlfall 50GMCol p315, Threlfall 50GMCol p316, Threlfall FRENCH p251, Threlfall WYATT p217]
Research Notes:
Jan 3 1613/4: sold a ten acre close, two others of five acres, and one of two acres to John Gryme the elder of Assington and his wife Faith, for #120. All were pasture and lying in Assington. [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p315, Threlfall WYATT p217]



Pedigree of John RIDDLESDALE
          /-----Jasper RIDDLESDALE
 /-----Henry RIDDLESDALE
|         \-----Elizabeth (RIDDLESDALE)
John RIDDLESDALE
 \-----Joan (RIDDLESDALE)



Descendants of John RIDDLESDALE
1. John RIDDLESDALE m. Dorcas (RIDDLESDALE)
m. Dorcas (RIDDLESDALE)

2nd generation

2. Susan RIDDLESDALE m. Thomas Sr FRENCH
m. Thomas Sr FRENCH father: Jacob FRENCH mother: Susan WARREN
7. Edward RIDDLESDALE m. Mary (RIDDLESDALE)
m. Mary (RIDDLESDALE)

3rd generation

10. Thomas FRENCH m. Mary SCUDMORE
m. Mary SCUDMORE father: William SCUDAMORE
11. Alice FRENCH m. Thomas HOWLETT
m. Thomas HOWLETT
12. Dorcas FRENCH m1. Christopher PEAKE m2. Griffin CRAFTS
m. Christopher PEAKE
m. Griffin CRAFTS
17. John FRENCH m. Freedom KINGSLEY
m. Freedom KINGSLEY father: John KINGSLEY mother: Elizabeth (KINGSLEY)
18. Mary FRENCH m. George SMITH
m. George SMITH
20. Mary RIDDLESDALE m. Henry KIMBALL
m. Henry KIMBALL father: Richard KIMBALL mother: Ursula SCOTT

4th generation

25. Mary FRENCH m. Robert SMITH
m. Robert SMITH
26. John FRENCH m. Phoebe KEYES
m. Phoebe KEYES father: Robert KEYES mother: Sarah (KEYES)
27. Thomas FRENCH m. Mary ADAMS
m. Mary ADAMS father: William ADAMS
30. Ephraim FRENCH m.
31. Sarah HOWLETT m. John CUMMINGS
m. John CUMMINGS father: Isaac CUMMINGS
32. Thomas HOWLETT m. Lydia PAYBODY
m. Lydia PAYBODY father: Francis PAYBODY mother: Lydia (PAYBODY)
33. John HOWLETT m. Susanna HUDSON
m. Susanna HUDSON father: Francis HUDSON mother: Mary (HUDSON)
35. Samuel HOWLETT m. Sara CLARK
m. Sara CLARK father: Daniel CLARKE mother: Mary BEANE
36. William HOWLETT m. Mary PERKINS
m. Mary PERKINS father: Thomas PERKINS mother: Phebe GOULD
38. Jonathan PEAKE m. Sarah FRENCH
m. Sarah FRENCH father: William FRENCH mother: Elizabeth GODFREY
65. Dorcas KIMBALL m. Thomas DOW
m. Thomas DOW father: Thomas DOW mother: Phebe (DOW)
69. Mehitable KIMBALL m. Thomas STICKNEY
m. Thomas STICKNEY father: William STICKNEY mother: Elizabeth (STICKNEY)

5th generation

74. Thomas SMITH m. Martha (SMITH)
m. Martha (SMITH)
75. Mary SMITH m. John TOWNE
m. John TOWNE father: Jacob TOWNE mother: Catherine SYMONDS
76. Phebe SMITH m. Jacob TOWNE
m. Jacob TOWNE father: Jacob TOWNE mother: Catherine SYMONDS
77. Ephraim SMITH m. Mary RAMSDELL
m. Mary RAMSDELL father: John RAMSDELL mother: Elizabeth PERKINS
78. Samuel SMITH m. Rebecca CURTIS
m. Rebecca CURTIS father: John CURTIS mother: Mary LOOKE
79. Amy SMITH m. Joseph TOWNE
m. Joseph TOWNE father: Edmund TOWNE mother: Mary BROWNING
82. Jacob SMITH m. Rebecca SYMONDS
m. Rebecca SYMONDS father: Samuel SYMONDS mother: Elizabeth ANDREWS
83. Mariah SMITH m. Peter SHUMWAY
m. Peter SHUMWAY father: Peter SHUMWAY mother: Frances (SHUMWAY)
85. Sarah FRENCH m. Thomas TOWNE
m. Thomas TOWNE father: Edmund TOWNE mother: Mary BROWNING
102. John CUMMINGS m. Elizabeth KINGSLEY
m. Elizabeth KINGSLEY
105. Sarah CUMMINGS m. Samuel FRENCH
m. Samuel FRENCH father: Richard FRENCH mother: Martha (FRENCH)
112. Mary HOWLETT m. Ephraim WILDE
m. Ephraim WILDE father: John WILDE mother: Sarah AVERILL
114. John HOWLETT m. Bershabah HOYTE
m. Bershabah HOYTE father: John HOYT mother: Mary BARNES
118. Samuel HOWLETT m. Martha CHAPMAN
m. Martha CHAPMAN
120. Jonathan PEAKE m. Hannah LEAVENS
m. Hannah LEAVENS
122. Henry DOW m. Elizabeth COLBY
m. Elizabeth COLBY father: Isaac COLBY mother: Martha PARRATT