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: William MAXWELL
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1755 in New York b
  • Death: 9 Sep 1809 in Xenia, Greene Co, Ohio d
  • Burial: Xenia, Greene Co, Ohio u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • William MAXWELL Birth: Scotland

Family:
Marriage:
  • Nancy ROBINS on 8 Apr 1794 at Ft Washington, Hamilton Co, Ohio .m1
  • Nancy ROBINS Birth: Abt 6 Aug 1760 in Wheeling, Virginia Death: 9 Nov 1868 in Sidell Twp, Vermillion Co, Illinois
Children:
  1. William MAXWELL
  2. Elias MAXWELL
  3. George MAXWELL
  4. Ludlow MAXWELL
  5. Nancy MAXWELL
  6. Eliza MAXWELL
  7. Levina MAXWELL
  8. John MAXWELL Birth: Abt 1799 in Greene Co, Ohio Death: 27 Apr 1891 in McLean Co, Illinois

Bibliography
  1. Robinson, George F, History of Greene County, Ohio. Chicago, IL: S J Clarke, 1902. FHL 977.174 H2r. Available at http://archive.org/details/historyofgreenec00robi. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Robinson GreenCoOH p[0-9]*].
  2. Upper Sandusky Commercial Tribune, "David Harpster is Dead", Oct 29 1898. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SanduskyOH Tribune 10/29/1898].
  3. Brown, Terri, David Harpster, private email, 3/10/2002. Author address: terri at tctc dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Terri Brown 3/10/2002].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1755 [Ref: Terri Brown 3/10/2002],
place:
New York or New Jersey [Ref: Terri Brown 3/10/2002],
father:
[Ref: Terri Brown 3/10/2002]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Terri Brown 3/10/2002]
1809 [Ref: Robinson GreenCoOH p47],
place:
[Ref: Terri Brown 3/10/2002]
Greene Co, Ohio [Ref: Robinson GreenCoOH p47]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Terri Brown 3/10/2002]
Sources with Information about marriage to Nancy ROBINS
date:
[Ref: Terri Brown 3/10/2002],
place:
[Ref: Terri Brown 3/10/2002],
child:
[Ref: Robinson GreenCoOH p48, Terri Brown 3/10/2002]
Research Notes:
Nov 9 1793: established an office at the corner of Front and Sycamore streets, printing press brought down the river from Pittsburgh, PA; the name of the paper was "The Sentinel of the Northwestern Territory." [Ref: Robinson GreenCoOH p47]

second postmaster of Cincinnati [Ref: Robinson GreenCoOH p48]

edited and published the first newspaper in Cincinnati [Ref: Robinson GreenCoOH p47, SanduskyOH Tribune 10/29/1898]



Pedigree of William MAXWELL
 /-----William MAXWELL
William MAXWELL



Descendants of William MAXWELL
1. William MAXWELL m. Nancy ROBINS
m. Nancy ROBINS

2nd generation

9. John MAXWELL m. Sarah ROBISON
m. Sarah ROBISON