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GENEALOGICAL NOTES AND ANECDOTES

   

DESCENDANTS
of
PHILIP SHERWOOD
(ABT 1638 - BEF 4 September 1685)

   

G0500A: Philip SHERWOOD [010]
Birth: ABT 1638
Death: BEF 4 September 1685, Rappahannock County, Virginia, British North America

Marriage: BEF 1661
Spouse: Mary UNKNOWN

Child 1: Margaret ("Mary") SHERWOOD (ABT 1661, Sittingbourne Parish, Rappahannock County, Virginia, British North America - AFT 1730) [F]: m. Francis JAMES (? - BY 7 July 1721, Sittingbourne Parish, King George's County, Virginia, British North America), 2 August 1685, Rappahannock County, Virginia, British North America

Child 2: Martha Jane SHERWOOD (ABT 1663, Sittingbourne Parish, Rappahannock County, Virginia, British North America - 4 July 1749, Culpeper County, Virginia, British North America) [F]: m1. Thomas MARSHALL II (1661, Northampton County, Virginia, British North America: christened 2 April 1661, Hungars Parish, Northampton County, Virginia, British North America - BEF 31 May 1704, Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America), February 1684/85, Rappahannock County, Virginia, British North America [See G0499A: Thomas MARSHALL II in Antecedents and Descendants of Thomas MARSHALL II (1661 - BEF 31 May 1704).]; m2. Alexander THOMASON, BEF 25 July 1705

Child 3: Sarah SHERWOOD (ABT 1666, Sittingbourne Parish, Rappahannock County, Virginia, British North America - ?) [F]: m. David ROZIER (or ROSIER or ROSSIER or ROSSER), BEF 23 November 1688 - 1752) [F]

Child 4: Ann SHERWOOD (ABT 1672, Sittingbourne Parish, Rappahannock County, Virginia, British North America - 1752) [F]: m. James DABNEY (ABT 1670, <New Kent County>, Virginia, British North America - AFT 1702), 30 April 1690, Rappahannock County, Virginia, British North America

Note 1: Concerning Philip SHERWOOD, from Rappahannock County, Virginia, Order Book 1 (1683-1686), pp. 173-174:

  4 September 1685: Whereas Philip SHERWOOD late of this County dyed seized and possessed in Fee of a certain tract of Land lying and being on the north side of Rappahannock River in the freshes therof which said land doth now lawfully come and Vest in Mary, Martha, Sarah, and Ann the four daughters & coheirs of the said Philip SHERWOOD and whereas Thomas MARSHALL who marryed Sarah1 one of the said coheirs did in right of his wife bring this action in this Court against Francis JAMES who marryed Mary the Eldest of the said daughters and shows that the said James did marry contrary to law and without the mutual consent of the said Sisters and coheirs make division of the Land aforesaid. But it evidently made appear that Mary and Martha the two eldest daughters of the said Philip SHERWOOD were of full age and did Consent to the division of the land and seriously weighing the matter have ordered that the division of the said land already made to continue good and firme untill such time as the youngest Sister daughter of the said Philip SHERWOOD shall move for a new division thereof.

Editorial Note:

  1. Thomas MARSHALL who marryed Sarah: The record here is confused. Thomas MARSHALL II was married to Martha Jane SHERWOOD.

Note 2: The Will of Francis JAMES furnishes the given name of Mary SHERWOOD as "Margaret." The Will of Francis JAMES was signed on 24 October 1717. The document was proved, in Sittingbourne Parish, King George's County, Virginia on 7 July 1721. James named his wife Margaret, his son Sherwood JAMES (who, as of 24 October 1717, had not attained the age of 21), and his daughter Jane JAMES (who, as of 24 October 1717, had not attained the age of 21). Francis JAMES also mentioned fifty acres of land "I bought of my sister-in-law Mrs. Martha MARSHALL." He named his wife Margaret JAMES as his executrix. The Will was witnessed by Peter Jett and John Gilbert.

Note 3: About David ROZIER (or ROSIER or ROSSIER or ROSSER), from Elroy Christenson [Elroy Christenson's Family Records]:

  1688, November 23 - David ROSSIER of Sittingbourne Parish, Rappahannock County, Virginia and his wife Sarah ROSSIER, sold to Francis JAMES the land formerly belonging to Philip SHERWOOD deceased. The whole property was situated in the Parish of Sittingbourne adjoining the land of William Jett.

1715, April 6 - David ROSSIER, Jr. sold land which formerly belonged to Philip SHERWOOD, deceased, out of Coleman's Patent, which descended unto Philip SHERWOOD's four daughters to Francis JAMES of Sittingbourne Parish, Richmond County. David ROSSIER, Jr. had inherited the land from his mother's part of the estate.

Note 4: James DABNEY, the husband of Ann SHERWOOD, was the son of Cornelius ("the Interpreter") DABNEY (christened 11 December 1631, Bucknall Parish, Lincolnshire, England - ABT 1694, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia, British North America) and Susanna SWAN (ABT 1640 - ABT 1724, St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia, British North America).

Cornelius DABNEY arrived in Virginia about 1660. He is said to have been a negotiator and interpreter between the British authorities and Cockacoeske, queen of the Pamunkey Indians and widow of Chief Totopotomoi, a grandson of the sister of chief Powhatan, the father of Pocahontas.

Cornelius DABNEY seems to have been first married to Eedeth MORYSON.

Susannah SWAN, the second wife of Cornelius DABNEY, was herself second married to David ANDERSON. Thus, this abstract, from Carol Mitchell, of the Will of Susannah ANDERSON:

  Hanvover County, Virginia, Will Book 1, p. 632:
   
  Susanah ANDERSON. Hanover St. Paul . . . March 1722 - 5 February 1724, grandson William ANDERSON (under 18 years of age). James TRICE, father in law of William ANDERSON. Son Cornelius DABNEY. Daughter Dorothy TRICE, wife of James TRICE. Daughter Mary CARR, wife of Capt. Thomas CARR. Son David ANDERSON.
   

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G0499A: Martha Jane SHERWOOD [009]
Birth: ABT 1662, Sittingbourne Parish, Rappahannock County, Virginia, British North America
Death: 4 July 1749, Culpeper County, Virginia, British North America
Father: Philip SHERWOOD (ABT 1638 - BEF 4 September 1685, Rappahannock County, Virginia, British North America
Mother: Unknown UNKNOWN

Marriage: February 1684/85, Rappahannock County, Virginia, British North America
Spouse: Thomas MARSHALL II (1661, Northampton County, Virginia, British North America: christened 2 April 1661, Hungars Parish, Northampton County, Virginia, British North America - BEF 31 May 1704, Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America) [See G0499A: Thomas MARSHALL II in Antecedents and Descendants of Thomas MARSHALL II (1661 - BEF 31 May 1704).]

Child 1: Elizabeth MARSHALL (1685, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America - AFT 29 March 1704, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America) [F]: m. Bridges ROZIER (or ROSIER or ROSSIER or ROSSER) (? - AFT 29 January 1703/04 and BEF 29 March 1704)

Child 2: William MARSHALL, Sr. Colonel (ABT 1686, Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America - 1757, Culpeper County, Virginia, British North America) [M]: m. Elizabeth ("Betty") WILLIAMS (ABT 1697, <Virginia, British North America> - AFT July 1767, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, British North America), October 1727, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America

Child 3: Thomas MARSHALL III (ABT 1688, Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America - 1727) [M]

Child 4: Susannah MARSHALL (ABT 1695, Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America - ?) [F]

Child 5: Mary Iva MARSHALL (1697, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America - 1757, Culpeper County, Virginia, British North America) [F]: m. Thomas CAMP II (1691, King and Queen County, Virginia, British North America - 1751, Culpeper County, Virginia, British North America), ABT 1715, <King and Queen County>, Virginia, British North America), 1715, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America

Child 6: John ("John of the Forest") MARSHALL, Captain (1700, Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America - AFT 1 April 1752 and BEF 26 May 1752, at "The Forest," Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America) [M]: m1. Elizabeth MARKHAM (ABT 1704, Alexandria, Virginia, British North America - 1775, Fauquier, Virginia, British North America), 5 January 1721/22, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America

Other Marriage: BEF 25 July 1705
Spouse: Alexander THOMASON

Note 1: Concerning Thomas MARSHALL II, Northhampton County Order Book for 1661-1662, pp. 389-392, birth notations: "A true account of such persons as have bin borne, Baptized, Married and buried in Hungers Parish from ye 25th of March 1661 to ye 25th of March Anno 1662:"

  "Thomas MARTIALL ye sonne of Tho and Mary MARTIALL - April 2d (1661)"

Note 2: About Thomas MARSHALL II, from Westmoreland County Deed and Will Book 4:

  Written 25 May 1707 and recorded 28 May 1707:

"John Wright of Westmoreland County well knowing that a certain tract of land lying in or near Appamattox Creek was formerly sold by my father Francis Wright to Thomas MARSHALL, his heirs &c; as by the said Francis Wright's deed to the said MARSHALL may more fully appear, the said land containing 200 acres, but my late mother, the wife of said Francis Wright, not acknowledging acting and doing as on her part ought to have been done by means whereof the said Thomas MARSHALL in his right and title to the said land hath not secured and confirmed as he ought to have been, the said MARSHALL dying before such security was made. Now Know Ye that I, John Wright do release to the said MARSHALL's heirs <. . . > of and from all and all manner of right , title or interest which I may have and my heirs &c may have to the said virtue of my right of inheritance and other right or title whatsoever."

Note 3: Concerning Thomas MARSHALL II, Westmoreland County Court Order Book 1705 -1721, p. 56:

  "John Wright, Gentleman, Acknowledged a certain writing under his hand importing a discharge and disclaimer of right to a certain parcel of land formerly sold by Francis Wright to Thomas MARSHALL and his heirs and to be his deed. 28 May 1707."

Note 4: The Will of Thomas MARSHALL II, proved 31 May 1704 in Westmoreland County, Virginia [Westmoreland County Book of Deeds and Wills No.4, 1707-1709, pp. 232-233]

  In the name of God, Amen! I, Thomas MARSHALL, of the County of Westmoreland, of Washington Parish, carpenter, being very weak, but of perfect memory, thanks be God for it, doth ordain this my last will and testament, in the manner and form following:

First, I give and bequeath my soul into the hands of my Blessed Creator and Redeemer, hoping, through merits of my blessed Saviour, to receive full pardon and remission of all my sins; and my body to the earth, to be decently buried according to the direction of my executor, which hereafter shall be named.

Item: I will and ordain that my well beloved wife, Martha MARSHALL, shall be my full and whole executrix.

Item: I will that my estate shall remain in the hands of my wife as long as she remains single; but in case she marries, then, she is to have her lawful share, and the rest to be taken out of her hands, equally to be divided among my children.

Item: I will that if my wife marry, that David Brown, Sr., and John Brown be guardians over my children, and to take the estate into their hands, bringing it to appraisement, giving good seeurity to what it is valued, and to pay my children their dues as they become of age.

Item: I will that Elizabeth ROSSER is to have a heifer, delivered by my wife, called White-belly, to be delivered as soon as I am deceased.

Item: I will that my son William MARSHALL have my plantation, as soon as he comes of age, to him and his heirs forever, but in case my son William die before he comes of age, or die without issue, then my plantation is to fall to the next heir apparent at law. [No date.]

Thomas MARSHALL [Seal.]
Witnesses: Edward Taylor, John Oxford and John Taylor.
At a Court held for the said County the 31st day of May 1704.
The last will and testament of Thomas MARSHALL with written was proved by the oaths of John Oxford and John Taylor two of the witnesses thereto subscribed and a Probat[e] granted to Martha MARSHALL his relict and executrix therein named.
[Will of Thomas Marshall. recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Westmoreland County; in Deed and Will Book no. 3 at page 232 et seq.]

25 July 1705, Westmoreland County Records:
"It is ordered that Alexander THOMASON and Martha, his wife, relict of Thomas MARSHALL, do return a true inventory of the estate of Thomas MARSHALL. It is also ordered that Joseph Hemmings, Anthony Rawlins, Richd Rawlins and Michll. Halbert appraize the estate. "
[Circuit Court of Westmoreland County, in Deed and Will Book no. 3 at page 268a]

"... Alexander THOMSON & Martha THOMPSON returned the inventory of her dec'd husband , Thomas MARSHALL on 15 August 1705. "
[Circuit Court of Westmoreland county; in Deed and Will Book no. 3 page 368]

Note 5: About Martha Jane SHERWOOD, the wife of Thomas MARSHALL II, from Col. Robert Neville Mann and Catherine Creek-Mann, Camp-Kemp Family History (Cedar Bluff, Alabama: 1967), vol. I, p. 6:

  "She died a very old lady at the home of her son-in-law Thomas CAMP on the 4th day of July 1749."

Note 6: Concerning Elizabeth MARSHALL, the Will of Bridges ROZIER dated 29 January 1703/4 and proved 29 March 1704 in Westmoreland County, Virginia names his wife, Elizabeth, and son John. His wife was the the executrix.

Note 7: Concerning Col. William MARSHALL, from Virginia Vital Records, p. 701: William MARSHALL, "Called Col., served in Revolutionary War as a private under Col. Christian Febrigers Command."

Note 8: Concerning Col. William MARSHALL, from Judge Zelma Wells Price, Of Whom I Came; From Whence I Came - Wells-Wise, Rish-Wise, and Otherwise (Greenville, Mississippi: 1963), vol. VI (Bolling volume), p. 323:

  Col. William MARSHALL "married about 1727, Elizabeth WILLIAMS (daughter of John WILLIAMS) issue. William MARSHALL moved about 1727 to that part of Caroline County, Virginia. which was formed from King and Queen County.

Note 9: Concerning Col. William MARSHALL, from William Paxton, The Marshall Family (Platte City, Missouri: 1885):

  Col. William MARSHALL "lived in King and Queen County. Deeded lands to his younger brother John for 5 Shillings, 23 Oct, 1727. These were the Appomattox creek lands - 1200 acres, Westmoreland County, Washington Parish. His son William may be Col Wm. of Mecklenburg County. Lived in King and Queen County. Deeded lands to his younger brother John for 5 Shillings, 23 Oct, 1727.

Note 10: About Col. William MARSHALL:

  Westmoreland County, Virginia.

By indentures dated 23 and 24 October 1727, William MARSHALL, planter, of King and Queen County and Elizabeth his wife, conveyed to his brother John MARSHALL the 200 acre plantation in Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, which had been bequeathed to the grantor by the will of their father, Thomas MARSHALL, dec'd, and acknowledged in court by John Wright on 28 May 1707 to the said Thomas MARSHALL and his heirs.

Note 11: About Thomas MARSHALL III, see Judge Zelma Wells Price, Of Whom I Came; From Whence I Came - Wells-Wise, Rish-Wise, and Otherwise (Greenville, Mississippi: 1963), vol. VI (Bolling volume), p. 323.

Note 12: About Susannah MARSHALL, see Judge Zelma Wells Price, Of Whom I Came; From Whence I Came - Wells-Wise, Rish-Wise, and Otherwise (Greenville, Mississippi: 1963), vol. VI (Bolling volume), p. 323.

Note 13: About Capt. John ("John of the Forest") MARSHALL, from William Paxton, The Marshall Family (Platte City, Missouri: 1885):

  "Capt. John MARSHALL of the "Forest," was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, about the year 1700; died April, 1752, = about 1722, Elizabeth MARKHAM, born perhaps in Alexandria, Virginia, about 1704, died in Fauquier County, 1775. Mr. MARSHALL was a farmer, possessed of a plantation of 1,200 acres on Appomattox (called Mattox) Creek, in Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was a militia captain, and a man of good reputation and influence in his neighborhood. The records of conveyances in Westmoreland County show that in 1728, William MARSHALL, of King and Queen County, Virginia., conveyed to John MARSHALL, of Westmoreland County, 1,200 acres on Appomattox Creek, Washington Parish. This may have been the estate known as "The Forest" and may have been devised to William, the oldest son, by his father Thomas, as shown by his Will. If so, we ascertain that William, the father of Col. William, of Mecklenburg County, was a resident of King and Queen County in 1728. Other records may be here referred to: 1. Louis MARKHAM died in Washington Parish in 1713, and his estate was divided among eight children; 2. In 1732 William MARKHAM, of Hamilton Parish, Prince William County, conveys 126 acres on Mattox Creek, to John Price; 3. In 1744, John Smith, Jr., and Patience, his wife, sell to John Smith, Sr., of Westmoreland County, 160 acres adjoining John MARSHALL; 4. In 1752, Elizabeth MARSHALL conveys, by deed of gift, to Thomas MARSHALL 100 acres of the homestead (The Forest) granted her by the will of her husband; 5. Mrs. MARSHALL, is referred to as "Lizzie MARKHAM, of Curls Neck, daughter of John MARKHAM."

Note 14: Concerning Capt. John ("John of the Forest") MARSHALL, from Jean Edward Smith, John Marshall: Definer of a Nation (New York: 1996), p. 25:

  "In 1752, when "John of the Forest" died, he left the bulk of his small estate to his wife, Elizabeth for her lifetime, and then to Thomas. The poor land offered little promise, and with the aid of his friend George Washington, Thomas MARSHALL found employment as a surveyor and land agant for Lord Fairfax. In early 1753 he and his mother abandoned their homestead in Westmoreland County and resettled in the small frontier community of Germantown, in what subsequently became Fauquier county."

Note 15: The Will of Capt. John ("John of the Forest") MARSHALL, signed 1 April 1752 and proved 26 May 1752:

  Being very sick and weak, but of perfect mind and memory, I first give and recommend my soul to God that gave it, and my body to be buried in Christianlike and decent manner, at the discretion of my executor, hereinafter mentioned:

I. Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter, Sarah LOVELL, one negro girl, named Rachel, now in possession of Robert LOVELL.

II. Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter, Ann SMITH, one negro boy named Daniel, now in possession of Augustine SMITH.

III. Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter, Lizzie SMITH, one negro boy named Will, now in possession of John SMITH.

IV. Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Elizabeth MARSHALL, one negro fellow, named Joe, and one negro woman named -, and one negro woman -, after delivering the next child born of her body, to my son John; until which time she shall remain in the possession of my wife, Likewise I leave my corn and meat to remain for the use of mare named "Beauty,' and a side-saddle; also six hogs; also I leave her the use of my land during the widowhood, and afterward to fall to my son, Thomas MARSHALL, and his heirs forever.

V. Item: I leave my tobacco to pay my debts, and, if any be over, for the clothing of my small children.

VI. Item: I give and bequeath unto my well-beloved son. Thomas MARSHALL, one negro woman named Hannah, and one negro child named Jacob.

VII. Item: I give and bequeath unto my well-beloved son John MARSHALL, one negro fellow named George, and one negro child named Nan.

VIII. Item: I give and bequeath unto my well-beloved son, William MARSHALL, one negro woman named Sall, and one negro boy named Hannibal, to remain into the possession of his mother until he becomes of the age of twenty years.

IX. Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved son, Abraham MARSHALL, one negro man named Jim, and one negro girl named Bett, to remain in the possession of his mother until he comes to the age of twenty years.

X. Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter, Mary MARSHALL, one negro girl named Kate, and one negro boy, Gus, to remain in possession of her mother until she comes to the age of eighteen years, or until marriage.

XI. Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter, Peggy MARSHALL, one negro boy named Joshua, and one negro girl named Liz, to remain in possession of her mother until she comes to the age of eighteen, or until marriage.

XII. Item: I leave my personal estate, except the legacies above mentioned, to be equally divided between my wife and six children above mentioned. [Perhaps his six unmarried children.]

XIII. Item: I constitute my wife and two sons, Thomas MARSHALL and John MARSHALL, executors of this, my last will and testament.

In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal this first day of April, 1752. John MARSHALL [Seal.]
Interlined before signing.

Benjamin Rollins, William Houston, Augustine SMITH, witnesses.

Probated May 26, 1752, and Eliza, his relict, and Thomas MARSHALL qualified as executors.

Note 16: Elizabeth MARKHAM, the wife of Capt. John ("John of the Forest MARSHALL), was the daughter of Lewis MARKHAM (ABT 1660, Virginia, British North America - AFT 15 March 1712/13 and BEF 13 June 1713, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America), a prominent attorney in Westmoreland County, Virginia, and Elizabeth UNKNOWN. Lewis MARKHAM signed his will 15 March 1712/3 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He made bequests to Joseph Bayley and his wife Ann, and to his eight children, of whom the only one named was William, who was to receive the plantation at Mattoax at the death of Lewis's wife Elizabeth. Lewis MARKHAM's estate was probated 13 June 1713 in Westmoreland County, Virginia.

Note 17: The children of Capt. John ("John of the Forest") MARSHALL and Elizabeth MARKHAM were: Sarah MARSHALL (1723, Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America - ?) [F]: m. Robert T. LOVELL, Jr. (1701, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America - August 1778, Virginia), 1743, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America; Ann ("Nancy") MARSHALL (ABT 1725, Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America - ABT 1781, Fauquier County, Virginia, British North America) [F]: m. Augustine SMITH (ABT 1715, Mattox Creek, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America - 1781, Fauquier County, Virginia), ABT 1745, Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America; Elizabeth ("Lizzie") MARSHALL (1 March 1726/27, Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America - July 1797) [F]: m. John SMITH, Jr. (ABT 1720, Mattox Creek, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America - 1783, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America), 21 December 1741, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America; Thomas MARSHALL, Col. (2 April 1730, Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America - 22 June 1802, Washington, Mason County, Kentucky) [M]: m. Mary Randolph KEITH (28 April 1737, Fauquier County, Virginia, British North America - 19 September 1809, Mason County, Kentucky), 2 April 1754, Fauquier County, Virginia, British North America; John MARSHALL (1732, Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America - ABT 1800, Kentucky) [M]: m. Mary Jane QUESENBERRY (ABT 1732 - 1790, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky), ABT 1755, Floyd County, Viginia, British North America; William MARSHALL, Rev. (1735, Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America - AFT 10 December 1806 and BEF 1 December 1809, Eminence, Henry County, Kentucky) [M]: m. Mary Ann PICKETT (1747, Fauquier County, Virginia, British North America - AFT 1821, Henry County, Kentucky), 27 January 1763, Virginia, British North America; Mary MARSHALL (28 April 1738, Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America -?, North Carolina) [F]: m. William MCCLANAHAN, Rev. (1732, Port Conway, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America - 15 May 1802, Greenville, Greenville District, South Carolina), 1752, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America; Abraham Markham MARSHALL (1740, Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America - 1803, Lincoln County, Kentucky) [M]: m. Ann BAILEY, 1750; and Margaret ("Peggy") MARSHALL (1745 - ?) [F]: m. Unknown SMELLAN.

Augustine SMITH, the husband of Ann ("Nancy") MARSHALL, and John SMITH, the husband of Elizabeth ("Lizzie") MARSHALL, were brothers, the sons of John SMITH and Mary Ann ADKINS.

Of Col. Thomas MARSHALL and Mary Randolph KEITH, the children were: John MARSHALL, third Chief Justice of the United States (24 September 1755, "Oak Hill," Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia, British North America - 6 July 1833, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania: interment at Sheekee Hill Cemetery, Henrico County, Virginia) [M]: m. Mary Willis ("Polly") AMBLER (18 March 1766, Virginia, British North America - 25 December 1831, Richmond, Virginia), 3 January 1783, Yorktown, York County, Virginia; Elizabeth MARSHALL (1758, "Oak Hill," Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia, British North America - 1842, "Honeywood," Berkeley County, Virginia) [F]: m. Rawleigh COLSTON (10 May 1749, Exeter Lodge, Northumberland County, Virginia, British North America - 1823, "Honeywood," Berkeley County, Virginia), 15 October 1785, Richmond, Virginia; Mary Ann ("Polly") MARSHALL (29 September 1757, "Oak Hill," Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia, British North America - 1824, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky) [F]: m. Humphrey MARSHALL, Senator (1757, Virginia, British North America - 1 July 1841, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky), 18 September 1784, Fauquier County, Virginia; Thomas A. MARSHALL, Capt. (27 October 1761, "Oak Hill," Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia, British North America - 19 May 1817, Washington, Mason County, Kentucky) [M]: m1. Susanna ADAMS (1 April 1769, Virginia, British North America, 1788, Fauquier County, Virginia: m2. Frances ("Aunt Fanny") Maitland KENAN (24 July 1773, Virginia, British North America - 19 November 1833, Mason County, Kentucky); James Markham MARSHALL (12 March 1764, "Oak Hill," Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia, British North America - 26 April 1848, "Fairfield," Fauquier County, Virginia: interment at "Happy Creek," Warren County, Virginia) [M]: m. Hester ("Hetty") MORRIS (30 July 1774, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, British North America - 18 April 1816, "Fairfield," Fauquier County, Virginia: interment at "Happy Creek," Warren County, Virginia), 10 April 1795, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Judith D. MARSHALL (ABT 1766, "Oak Hill," Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia, British North America - ?, Lewis County, Kentucky) [F]: m. George BROOKE (died in Lewis County, Kentucky), ABT 1783, Fauquier County, Virginia; William MARSHALL (31 January 1767, "Oak Hill," Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia, British North America - 1815, Richmond, Virginia) [M]: m1. Alice ADAMS (ABT 1768, Virginia, British North America - BEF 1790, Virginia), 28 June 1788, Henrico County, Virginia: m2. Mary MACON, ABT 1790, Virginia: m3. Maria Overton WINSTON (née PRICE) (ABT 1798, Fauquier County, Virginia - 6 March 1858, Fauquier County, Virginia), ABT 1814, Fauquier County, Virginia; Charles MARSHALL (31 January 1767, "Oak Hill," Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia, British North America - 1805, Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia: interment at Old Turkey Church, Fauquier County, Virginia) [M]: m. Lucy PICKETT (2 May 1767, "Paradise," Fauquier County, Virginia - 1825, Fauquier County, Virginia: interment at Old Turkey Church, Fauquier, Virginia), 13 September 1787, Fauquier County, Virginia; Lucy MARSHALL (ABT 1768, "Oak Hill," Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia, British North America - 1795, James Town, James City County, Virginia) [F]: m. John AMBLER (25 September 1762, James Town, James City County, Virginia, British North America - 8 May 1836, Richmond, Virginia), 1790; Alexander Keith MARSHALL (11 January 1770, "Oak Hill," Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia, British North America - 7 February 1825, "Walnut Grove," Mason County, Kentucky) [M]: m1. Mary ("Polly") MCDOWELL (11 January 1772, Rockbridge County, Virginia, British North America - 27 January 1822, at the home of James Paxton, Washington, Mason County, Kentucky), 10 October 1794, Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky; m2. Eliza A. BALL (née LEWIS, first the widow of John LUKE and second the widow of Maj. James V. BALL) (died July 1829), 3 October 1823, Franklin County, Kentucky; Louis MARSHALL, Dr. (7 October 1772, "Oak Hill," Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia, British North America - 1866, Buckspond, Woodford County, Kentucky) [M]: m. Agatha Preston SMITH (29 June 1780, Virginia - May 1844, Buckspond, Woodford County, Kentucky), 25 May 1800, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky; Susan Tarleton MARSHALL (12 May 1774, "Oak Hill," Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia, British North America - 1858, Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky) [F]: m. William MCCLUNG, Judge (12 July 1758, Rockbridge County, Virginia, British North America - 1811, Mason County, Kentucky), 25 May 1793, Buckspond, Woodford County, Kentucky; Charlotte MARSHALL (1777, "Oak Hill," Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia, British North America - 17 April 1817, Washington, Mason County, Kentucky) [F]: m. Basil DUKE, Dr. (1766, Calvert County, Maryland, British North America - 1828, Washington, Mason County, Kentucky), 3 April 1794, Buckspond, Woodford County, Kentucky; Jane MARSHALL (29 July 1779, "Oak Hill," Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia, British North America - 13 September 1866, Mt. Ephraim, Fauquier County, Virginia) [F]: m. George Keith TAYLOR (16 March 1769, "Spring Garden," Petersburg, Virginia, British North America - 10 November 1815, "Spring Garden," Petersburg, Virginia, British North America), 22 December 1799, Fauquier County, Virginia; and Nancy MARSHALL (ABT 1781, "Oak Hill," Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia, British North America - 1860) [F]: m1. Joe Hamilton DAVIESS (4 March 1774, Bedford County, Virginia - 8 November 1811, Battle of Tippecanoe, Prophet's Town, Tippecanoe County, Indiana Territory ), 9 July 1803: m2. William POLLARD: m3. Unknown COX.

Concerning Col. Thomas MARSHALL, from William Paxton, The Marshall Family (Platte City, Missouri: 1885):

  He was a surveyor. He was the Lieutenant of Volunteers during French and Indian War. He was superintendent of Lord Fairfax's Estate. He was High Sheriff of Fauquier County in 1767. He organized the Culpeper Minutemen. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. He served at Valley Forge. He succeeded to Gen. Mercer's command when Mercer was killed at the Battle of Germantown. He fought at the Battle of Brandywine where he commanded the Third Virginia Regiment. He was a member of the 1776 Virginia Convention that declared independence in Virginia. He resided in 'Oak Hill', Fauquier Co., Virginia. He resided in 1785 in Woodford, Kentucky. He was Member of the Virginia Legislature in 1787 in Fayette, Kentucky.

"Col MARSHALL's Will was executed June 26, 1798, in Woodford County, Kentucky and is found of record in Mason County Book B, p. 212. It was probated February 15, 1803.

"The inscription on his tomb is now illegible; but, many years ago, I transcribed it, and here reproduce it:

  'THOMAS MARSHALL, to whom this memorial is inscribed, was born the 2d of April, 1730, intermarried with Mary KEITH, in her 17th year, by whom he had fifteen children, who attained maturity; and after distinguishing himself by the performance of his duties as a husband, father, citizen and soldier, died on the 22d of June, 1802, aged 72 years 2 months and 20 days.'"

The only daughter of Chief Justice John MARSHALL and Mary Willis ("Polly") AMBLER was Mary MARSHALL (17 September 1795, Richmond, Virginia - 29 April 1841) who, on 18 September 1813 at "Oak Hill," Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia married Gen. Jacquelin Burwell HARVIE (9 October 1788, Richmond, Virginia - ?). Gen. Jacquelin Burwell HARVIE was the son of Col. John HARVIE (ABT 1747, Albemarle County, Virginia, British North America - 6 February 1807, Belvidere, Richmond County, Virginia) and his wife, Margaret JONES (also known as Margaret Morton JONES) (24 December 1752, Rockingham County, Virginia, British North America - ?), who was the daughter of Gabriel JONES (17 May 1734, Culpeper County, Virginia, British North America - 6 October 1806) and Margaret STROTHER (3 September 1726 - October 1822) (who, before her marriage to Gabriel JONES on 16 October 1749, had been the widowed by George MORTON within one month of a wedding which took place 6 April 1744). Margaret JONES, who was the wife of Col. John HARVIE, should not be confused with Margaret JONES (EST 1752, South Carolina or Georgia, British North America - 10 February 1801, Georgia) who was married to Rev. John HARVEY (Jr.) (ABT 1749/50, <Brunswick, Lunenburg, or Bedford County>, Virginia, British North America - 1823, Clarke County, Georgia). [See G0495A: Margaret JONES in Antecedents and Descendants of Michael Jones (BEF 25 February 1718 - December 1755/56) and see G0495A: Rev. John HARVEY (Jr.) in Antecedents and Descendants of Rev. Isaac Harvey, Sr. (1786 - 16 September 1838).]

Humphrey MARSHALL, the husband of Mary Ann ("Polly") MARSHALL, was the son of John MARSHALL and Mary Jane QUESENBERRY.

Hester ("Hetty") MORRIS, the wife of Lt. James Markham MARSHALL, was the daughter of Robert MORRIS, Jr., signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution of the United States. [See Child 2: Robert MORRIS (Jr.) under G0496A: Robert MORRIS (Sr.) in Descendants of Andrew Morris (ABT 1685 - 1728) and see Note 9 under G0496A: Robert MORRIS (Sr.) in Descendants of Andrew Morris (ABT 1685 - 1728).] The children of Lt. James Markham MARSHALL and Hester ("Hetty") MORRIS were: Thomas MARSHALL (6 February 1796, born on a man-of-war in the River Thames, England, - 1826, Winchester, Virginia: perished in an epidemic) [M]: m. Katherine Innes THORNTON (ABT 1800, Fall Hill, Spotsylvania County, Virginia - 1826, Winchester, Virginia: perished in an epidemic), 1822; Robert Morris MARSHALL (20 January 1797, born on a United States vessel off the coast of England - 10 February 1870, "Happy Creek," Warren County, Virginia) [M]: m. Lucy Pickett MARSHALL (1796, Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia - ?); John MARSHALL (4 February 1798, "Happy Creek," Warren County, Virginia - ABT 1799, "Happy Creek," Warren County, Virginia) [M[; William MARSHALL (1 April 1800, Richmond, Virginia - 1824, Richmond, Virginia) [M]; Eliza MARSHALL (14 April 1801, Richmond, Virginia - ?) [F]; James MARSHALL (21 October 1802, Winchester, Virginia - 11 February 1880, "Happy Creek," Warren County, Virginia) [M]; John ("Navy John") MARSHALL (27 June 1804, "Happy Creek," Warren County, Virginia - 18 September 1855, Edgeworth, Fauquier County, Virginia) [M]: m1. Mary Jane PAYNE (née SHACKELFORD: sister of Dr. John SHACKELFORD of Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky) (6 February 1811 - 7 August 1849, Fauquier County, Virginia: interment at Leeds Church, Fauquier County, Virginia), 1837, Virginia: m2. Rebecca Boyd SMITH (21 December 1822, Virginia - ?, Mason County, Kentucky), 24 October 1850, Virginia; William MARSHALL (29 March 1806, Warren County, Virginia - ?) [M]; Lucy MARSHALL (26 June 1807, "Happy Creek," Warren County, Virginia - ?) [F]; Charles Lewis MARSHALL (14 April 1809, Warren County, Virginia - 1831, "Fairfield," Fauquier County, Virginia) [M]; Henry Morris MARSHALL (13 June 1811, "Happy Creek," Warren County, Virginia - AFT 1884) [M]: m. Elizabeth Whiting BROOKE (October 1813, Fauquier County, Virginia - ?), 16 May 1834, Warren County, Virginia; Susan ("Susanna") MARSHALL (11 October 1812, "Happy Creek," Warren County, Virginia - AFT 1884) [F]: m. Richard Cary AMBLER, M. D. (8 November 1810 - 16 July 1877: interment at Leeds Church, Fauquier County, Virginia), 8 June 1843, Fauquier County, Virginia; William MARSHALL (1 January 1815, "Happy Creek," Warren County, Virginia - ?) [M]; and Lucy MARSHALL (22 March 1817, "Happy Creek," Warren County, Virginia - ?) [F].

Concerning Lt. James Markham MARSHALL, from William Paxton, The Marshall Family (Platte City, Missouri: 1885):

  "James Markham MARSHALL, born in Fauquier County, Virginia, March 12, 1764; died at 'Fairfield,' Fauquier County, April 26, 1848; = April 9, 1795, Hester MORRIS, born July 30, 1774; died at "Fairfield," April 18, 1816. Both were buried at 'Happy Creek.'

"Mr. MARSHALL, like his brothers, was thoroughly educated at home. Though quite a youth, he was elected Lieutenant in one of the companies of Alexander Hamilton's regiment, and served to the close of the Revolutionary War. At the siege of Yorktown he led the "forlorn hope" in an attack upon the fort. He came to Kentucky with his father, and on one occasion went to the field to fight a duel with James Brown, afterward Minister to France and Senator from Louisiana. He returned to Virginia in 1795, and married Hester, daughter of Robert MORRIS, the great patriot and financier of the Revolution. He was sent by Washington as agent of the government, to negotiate the release of LaFayette, when a prisoner of Austria, at Olmutz; and while in Paris witnessed the outrages of the Reign of Terror. Several years were spent abroad, and his two oldest children were born on ships of war, on the British coast. While in England, he purchased of the heirs of Lord Fairfax all their estates in what was called the Northern Neck of Virginia. This purchase was made in the name of John MARSHALL (Chief Justice), Rawley COLSTON, Harry (Light Horse) Lee, and James M. MARSHALL. But the State of Virginia set up title to the lands by confiscation, and a compromise was effected, whereby the company received all the Fairfax lands in Leeds Manor and some other smaller tracts. Their portion embraced about 180,000 acres, and the cost to them was something less than one dollar per acre. James M. MARSHALL purchased the share of Harry Lee, and Mr. COLSTON took lands on the Potomac. All the unsold lands in Leeds Manor, therefore, went to John and James MARSHALL, and here their posterity have found homes. They form a community in and around the little town of Marshall, Fauquier County; attend Leeds Church, and send their sons to the State University. All are Democrats, and members of the Episcopal Church. They are a frugal, honest, upright, hospitable, sensible and pious people; and I venture to say, there is no spot in the continent that has produced so many preachers to the acre than Leeds Manor, and I am confident that no other portion of the South, of equal population, sent to the Southern Army so many heroes. With a double portion of the lands thus acquired, Mr. Marshall became a large proprietor, and left his children large estates.

"Mr. MARSHALL studied law, and practiced in Winchester. He was eminent in his profession, and like all the early members of the family, he was a decided Federalist. Under the tutelage of Alexander Hamilton he could be nothing else. Early in the nineteenth century, Mr. MARSHALL left Winchester, and built on his "Happy Creek" estate a costly villa, consisting of a baronial castle, and spacious quarters for his servants, tenants and dependents. This massive structure, with its wide halls and lofty ceilings, still affords shelter for half of his posterity, and its broad and fertile acres bring them a good income. About 1816 he yielded possession of this magnificent estate to his oldest son, R. M. MARSHALL, and retired to Fairfield, where he died. He was a handsome and dignified old gentleman, six feet two inches tall, weighed about 200 pounds, raw-boned, and he wore a cue, stockings and kneebuckles."

Lucy Pickett MARSHALL, the wife of Robert Morris MARSHALL, was the daughter of Charles MARSHALL and Lucy PICKETT.

Epitaphs in Leeds Church Yard of John ("Navy John") MARSHALL and Mary Jane PAYNE (née SHACKELFORD):

  JOHN MARSHALL, born June 27, 1804, died September 18, 1855. The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

MARY JANE MARSHALL, born February 6, 1811, died August 7, 1849. There remaineth, therefore, a rest for the people of God.
   

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