The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-24
Marshall Family.

y IMafSnallT T. aITlllys l 8R
Ii Is fitting that VIC should next turn;
T TO the Maislialla, who With the N1adisons,s
Masois and SFendet0rs, formed M liz y
vincible force, which in'rsllcd 50 success .ss I
4 fully the events or tho Revolution. The
greatest of these intellectual giants was
Chief u ustice. Marshall, OF whose family
VIC Will now treat. 4 ~
II Is not difficult To connect tho Viz,
glnIa branch viii, royal ri descent, Tl,e
name itself lis Of French origin, from
Maitres Cfeyai, master Of tho horse.
which soon became hiarcschal, time OF
William Tho Cphdunior:: ...,,
Il The MnrslIaIis tlaitf, descent from VIII :
liam leS h1aIescl,nl, who came 10 England
& with the NiUrttiatt conuncror. From him
descended J0hn Marshal ncpltnw Of tho
great Earl OF Pembroke, whose rstatcss
IN were In Wales. ag5 SR
After tile 1rath Of King john, lie be-
came d Marcchnl OF England, aid after
the browning OF Horny III, was chosen
Protector OF tho Kingdom. l1e n,nrfltd
n daughter Of Richard. Earl OF Pembroke.
s,iriiamcd "stronEbow. who lind con
Of "strongbow'.'s William, Earl of Pens
broke, succeeded TO his estates III Ireland,
and as Protector5and Guardian OF Henry
I'LL. lie sent hls nephew. John Marshall.
y to Ireland, constituting him Mnrcscha OF
England. (sec mention OF him. ~ 'low-;
= Ucn lrGianO y. NO III u no IIleIllluilt5Oi
MARSHALL after that, until 1913, at tie fall
OF Calais In the reign OF Queen Mary
whore Capt. John Marshall is there sta ed
as distinguishing himself and being So
yerely wounded. He returned to Ireland
B and there died. From him descended
John Marshall. WHIP was Captain az the
baltic OF riign liill. tln,o nj Il Charles Il
i Being an Episcppalian, he did not follow
tile fortunes OF his deposed sovereign, but
came to America about $50 and settled
first at jamestown, and a forwards moved
Al To Westmorelnnd county. Ho was noted
as a great Indian fighter. I'm wife OF
b this Capt. John Marshall, tho enfgrnfit.l
liz not known, and II seems he died leAv-s
ling no Will 5S rs.
He had two sons: First. Thomas. who
was born IN e 1886 ana died III ~ Second.
John who WAS know, ar ~ ohm Marslall9
of tie Forests who died IN Is2ss3 HIS
eldest son. Thomas, was the atherS OF
Of Chief Justice Marshall. GO. a u onlas
Marshall first y settled Il a I 4. csertnatlto WIS
near Warrenton.{i II rnuQuier sco,in
moving afterwards n to Ills famous scat.
Oak II iii, = where he had a large plattA-$
lion and many negroes. III I'M ST
The eldest Eon OF II = ohm q the Forest
4 was Col. william Marshall. one of whose
Sons Z was Col, William Marshall. Of
Aieckienburg, and from him many de-
scenda1,ts who married with the IA der-
aons,s OF X cnt,icky and Ohio; onn was The
irBt wife OF Hon. JaInes Pryor. OF Coy ~ II
FL ing tom and mother OF Ca pt. Hen, now
81 rcprcscntative In Legislature One OF 5thn4
sons Of tho sirnt Thomas Marshall was
a Captain Of yirHtnia troop In the IN
d dian wa rs.3$ OF the several sons of Col
Thomas Marshall. Johii. the eldest, .be;rs
came most prominent rising by his OWN
exertions, and the aid OF his father. TO
h the high Office n Chief Justice 81 the
.S United States. n s
Hc was born at Germantown Va
Septernber "a ~ 1885, ~ Most OF his edlca- v
III uon was gnined from a Scntchman. Rev..
q Mr.. Thomson. who was private tutor at
Oak Hill. in 76S. Blu t. said the Chief
Justice In AFT err life. the best Of my ettl-.
gained from my IA thcr.''.s.5 We,
cannot here enumerats L the many. In ter
catIng events IN the life of the grea t.
jiirIst, All OF Which, have BEEN recently
given III Tie To- Of j ohm Ma rshal Y, Al
8Dy Mr.. Henry Flanders, ~
Is John Marshall was married January 3
- 7S3 o Il Mary willis Am bier. younges
daughter OF Jacquefinc Amber, the then
Treasurer OF Virginia. Y Dung J ohm Mar
shall was then Captain In the Rcvolu-#
q tfpnary army. and met Miss Amber at
Il York, Va, where Col. Thomas Marshall
z. Ills IA Their. was. commanding ofticer;
Here he fell IN loye with her. thongh
She was only a girl OF II. nd he q shah
q by looking youth In n SLOUGH hat. b,ltsall
We're charmed with his manner and tn-s
5tellIgen IL talk. m fter the war they wero
ID married at the seat OF the. Amblers In
Hanover county, called s the c6t tngc.""
1T Is stated that after having paid tho
minister his Zee, all the fortune that
young Marshall had In the world was one
guinea in his pocket 4ss
is3 or the noble Huguenot families Of
VI Jacuuclein and Amber. from whom his
4 wife spranE, much Of interest could be
I said. but which must be reserved for a!
4 future article. s
5@i 81 the sons 81 the CHIEF Justice
Thomas, his eldest, inherited the Oak
Hill estate He had ak children, all OF
81 whom settled on d part OF tho la gc Scs.
& tate: This Mr.. Thomas { Marshall was
accidentally killed by the falling Of 20
V brick while passing through Bal imorc]
Chief Justice. at Philadelphia, who diesi
y a fewB days after. James was tho second
4 son OF judge Marshall: from him was
descended 4 ] amos MARSHALL, OF Augusta
Il county. Va, 1874 who owned several
hundred acres OF land at IIarper's Ferry
built. and which became the sconc, IN the
opening strife Of the Civil wa r. sa5 S,S
u John OF tho Forest also had g son
Thomas, born 1881, who served In. tho,
q Revolution as Captain, and In = 100 moved
L toISentucky and was Ct I've there IN form
Ing the Constitution OF the State. lie died
% In Mason county, Ky, 1877 il Is son, also
Thomas, born In Kentucky 1903, became
Brigadier- General In the Mexican war,
and died In Lewis county, KY, 1853
Many OF the Marshall descendants arc
u stillSto be found In Slkcntncky,sal all having
occupied prominent post ions, and many
have displayed some of the legal talent
Of their distinguished ancestor.
or the valley Marshalls, Ann Eliza
81 Marshall. daughter Of Edward Marshall
and sister, Of James Marshall, Of Har-s
II per's Ferry, married q Bowen, Of Mill
ford, Del. They had four children, three
OF whom moved to- New York.
The fourth, William Bowen, moved to;
q sl'ephordstown, Va. where he married
Catherine HILL daughter Of Christopher,
Hill and Catherine Yersley. daughter nr
. Michael and Barbara Yersley. Elizabeth
Catherine Bowen, daughter Of William
II and Catherine Bowen, married Hugh Laf-
M fertY GHllaher, whose family now live
Sat Waynesboro.s Va, OF this Interesting
family of Bowen, we will speak another
Il lime Among tho Marshall descendants
were Margaret Lewis Marshall, Of Oak