The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-10-14
A CORNER IN ANCESTORS
By FRANCES CowLEs.
THE MARSHALL FAMILY.

The Founder of the EneIish Family
Was John Marshall, of The Reals.
The Founder of the Southern
Family Was John Marshall. Can
tain Of Cavalry Under Charles L.
The Great Duke of wellinrto,
Was Member of CoTey FAMILY.
First Americas BuIls-NcC.rty
and Mccarthy Are the Same In
Origin.
1t would be hard to find a coat-of-
arms born by any American family
tnat Is more interesting than that of
the Marshalls. 1t is here given I'm
us simplest end most ancient form
and Is described simply. Gules a
pend fusilly or. The founder of the
family In England was John Mar
shall who sided with the Empress
Maude again King Stephen, Of Eng
land. and was Marshal of the Realm
hence deriving his name He was
summoned to parliament in 1909.
Gules, the color of the shield in
TINS coat-of-arms. represented by
horizontal lines in the cut, is the
heraldic red, and is the color of
loyalty and truth. 1t is also the color
that was devoted to the Virgin in
\
probably derived from the scarf, or
the shield suspender of the knight.
1t was an honorable bearing granted
to knights and soldiers. Or, the her
aldo gold, is represented by dots,
and indicated generosity and eleva-
ton of mind.
By all means the most prominent
branch of this family is that of Ken
nr1 LIT,
branch was established by John Mar
shall. He was a captain of cavalry
In the service of Charles I, of Eng
land and emigrated to Virginia in
the year 1860. There he had a large
plantation. He had a son called
John of the Forrest" so called from
the name of his estate. His son.
Thomas. born in 1870, was the father
of the great jurist, John. Thomas
was a friend of George Washington
and served in the Revolution.
John Marshall the great jurist, who
has been called the greatest intellect
produced by Americanism, was born
in 1755. When he was Is he began
to study law. but at 20 he Joined the
volunteer army to serve in the Revo-
luton. Later he became Secretary of
State and Chief Justice. There are
few families that have produced more
illustrious men, Lawyers, soldiers
clergymen, physicians and teachers
of this family are numbered by the
score.
The South was not alone in boast
ing distinguished members of the
Marshall family. There were Mar
shalls in New England. One family
there was established by John, of
Boston. who was born in England in
1921. He died in Boston in his, at
the ripe age of "a. He came to Amer
lea in the Hopewell in 1885. and ten
years later married a wife whose
first name was Sarah. They had eight
children.
There were at least two families of
the name in Pennsylvania in colonial
times. One of these was founded by
Joseph Marshall. who was born in
the north Of Ireland about ITO, and
made his home in Sherman Valley,
now Perry County. Pa. He had
eight Authenticated, Joseph, John,
David, Catherine, Eleanor, Jean and
Mary. OF these David served as a
captain in the Revolution. He mar
ried Sarah Graham and had nine
children, many of whom left descen-
dants in Minnesota, Kentucky and
other States.
The Philadelphia Marshalls trace
descent to William who was born
in Ireland in 1922 and came to this
country in 174S. By his wife, Mar
garet Armstrong. he had a large