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 tIunsell's American Ancestry. Vol. XII, D. 1921 The genealogy begins with Captain John Marshall who commanded body of cavalry under Charles l. Unwilling to live under Cromwell, he removed with his family about 1850 to Virginia. Here h e engaged, actively in the Indian wars and is mentioned in Campbelfs History of Virginia as causing the suc- cessful termination of hostilities. Sev- eral families of Marshals claim de- scent from him by tradition, but Thom- as is the only name certified to as that of his son. Captain John settled in westmoreland County. near Dumfries, where his tombstone was standing generation ago.
 Thomas Marshall, his son. was a small farmer of no distinction; he was horn in Eastern Virginia about 1885 and died in 17O4 in Washingto Parish, westmorelad County, Va. He married Martha -. A copy of his will Is given | in which he alludes to his children; William and John are the only ones apparently who left descendants. Will liam. born 1885, was the father or the celebrated Colonel William Marshall of Mecklenburg County, who served In the Revolution. Colonel William Mar shall married Lucy Goode of Pownatan | County, Va. He had several children; one of his sons, William J. Marshall or Henderson. Ky, married in ls24 Saran
 Lyme Holloway; their descendants are | known as the Henderson lMarshalls.
 There are hundreds of Marshalls who
 are descended from William, the elder, | hut cannot trace their connection. They | all have the tradition. however, that | they are closely related to the line of the Chief Justice.
 Captain John Marhsall of the "For- est" was born in Westmoreland County Va, about 1700, died April, 1Io2 He
 married about 1722 Elizabeth Markham. He was militia captain and man of | infiuerpce. The will of John Marshall | is given. He mentions daughters Sa- rah, Ann, Lizzy, Mary. Margaret or
 Perry: sons. Thomas. John, Abraham
 or CNfarkham) and William.
 Sarah married Revert Lowell; de-
 scendants not traced; Ann or Nancy
 married Augustine Smith; Elizabeth or l Lizzy married John Smith CD; Mary | married Rev. William Mechanism;
 Margaret or Peggy married - Smell | Ian, descendants no t traced. Thomas | Marshall married Mary Randolph
 Keith; John married Jane Guisen- | bury and went to Kentucky; William Marshall married Mary | Ann Pickett. became a Baptist preach cher and moved to Kentucky; Mark
 ham me rried Ann Bailey and moved to Kentucky Many descendants of these couples are mentioned in the book, but
 esepecial prominence is given to the
 family of Col. Thomas Marshal, who
 was born in Westmoreland County,
 Virginia, 1730, and died in Kentucky in 1902. He married Mary Randolph
 Keith in 1754, in Fauquier County. He
 won especial distinction in the Revo- lution in many ways. His children, as
 mentioned in his will, are as follows:
 John, Thomas, James Markham.
 Charles, William, Elizabeth, Mary
 Anne. Judith, Lucy. Alexander Keith,
 Louis. Susanna, Charlotte, Jane and
 Nancy.
 John was the Chief Justice and mar
 ried Mary Willis Amber; Capt, Thomas
 Marshall married Frances Maitland
 Kennon: James Markham married Hes
 ter Morris; Charles married Lucy Pick
 ett: William married list. Alice Adams;
 second, Mary Macon; third, Maria C..
 Winston; Elizabeth married Ral-
 eigh Colston; Mary married her cousin,
 Humphrey Marshall; Judith married
 George Brooke: Lucy married John
 Ambler; Alexander married Mary Me
 Dowell, second. Mrs. Eliza Lewis Ball;
 Dr. Louis married Agatha Smith; Su-
 san married Judge William McClung;
 Charlotte married Dr. Basil Duke;
 Jane married George Keith Taylor;
 Nancy married Col. Joe Hamilton Da-
 viess.
 The book is principally devoted to the
 history of the descendants of the above
 families.
 It may be of interest to state that
 Lewis Marshall, the son of the Rev.
 William Marshall and Mary Ann Pick
 ett. removed in early life to Alabama
 and nothing more could be learned of
 him. This must have been after 1906, as he is mentioned SIS executor to his fathers will at that date
 It has been affirmed and generally be- lieved that Elizabeth Marshall, wife
 of Abram Martin. the famous revolu- tionary heroine of South Carolina. was
 the daughter of John Marshall of the Forest and sister of Col. Thomas Mar shall and aunt of the Chief Justice. Paxton's Marshall Family seems to deny this. for he quotes the wiS. of
 John Marshall, dated 1732. and one item
 specifies: T give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Lizzie Smith one ne-
 gro boy named Will. now in possession
 of John Smith" This author further
 more says, Elizabeth Marshall was
 born about 1727. married about 1742, l John Smith, who is sai to have died in 17S3. They raised three sons and one | daughter" But in spite of this, the
 following letter seems to offer the
 strongest proofs of the fact of the rela- tionship claimed by the descendants of
 Elizabeth Marshall Martin:
 | "Elizs beth Mashal Martin was my great grandmother. The descendants
 of three of her sons are living in Au-
 gusta al this writing. We have in our possession correspondence between | Thomas Marshall and Elizabeth Mar
 shall Martin. which fully determines their relationship. One of these letters
 was written by her to him, dated Mar | tins Plantation, June 18th, 1T55 and
 she addresses him as Dear brother Thomas and signed, Your affection ats sister, Elizabeth Marshall Martin | This letter is written to ask him to come to her assistance if possible. she being in bed i'll with a young babe a l few days old. and two children sick. She tells him of the danger she is in, | her plantation having been visited the night. before by the enemy, outhouses burned, cattle stolen, and other depre- dations committed. She also informs him that General Braddock and staff camped here last night: he informed father Martin that Abram has taken his command to join Colonel Washing ton with General Braddock; they are on their way to Du Quesne." This | statement is correct. for MT. w. H. Fleming. our Congressman, and per frapd of I,oipo vTitac mo from