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Marshall Family

By Jeannette Holland Austin



John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States, was born 24 Sept 1755 in Germantown, Virginia and died 6 July 1835 in Philadelphia. The eldest of 15 children, John Marshall was born in a log cabin on the Virginia frontier (today in Fauquier co., Va.) and spent his childhood and youth in primitive surroundings. His father rose to prominence in local and state politics. Through his mother he was related to the Lees and the Randolphs as well as to Thomas Jefferson, later his great antagonist. He was also related to Thomas Camp of Essex County, Virginia. Marshall served as an officer in the American Revolution; he was admitted to the bar in 1780, he practiced law in the West and was elected (1782) a delegate to the Virginia assembly. He married and settled in Richmond, his home until his death.

He was a Federalist, Lawyer, Judge, Episcopalian, statesman and jurist who shaped American constitutional law and made the Supreme Court a center of power. Marshall served as Chief Justice of the United States serving 1801 until his death in 1835. He served in the US House of Representatives from 1799 to 1800; was Secretary of State under President John Adams from 1800-1801. Justice Marshall was the longest serving Chief Justice in the history of the Supreme Court and helped to shape the American legal system for over three decades

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  1. Thomas Marshall, born 24 July 1784, married Margaret Wardrop Lewis.
  2. Dr. Jacquelin Ambler Marshall, born 3 Dec 1787 in Richmond, Virginia, married Eliza Letitia Steptoe Clarkson.
  3. Mary Ann Marshall 24 Nov 1789-1 Aug 1792.
  4. John James Marshall 13 Feb 1792-10 Jun 1792.
  5. Mary Marshall, born Sept 1795 in Richmond, Virginia, died 29 April 1841, buried in the Shockoe Hill Cemetery in Richmond, married General Jaquelin Burwell Harvie on 18 Sep 1813 in Fauquier County.
  6. John Marshall, born 13 Jan 1798 in Richmond, Virginia, died 18 Nov 1833 at "Mt. Blanc" in Fauquier County; married Elizabeth Maria Alexander on 3 Feb 1820.
  7. James Keith Marshall, born 13 Feb 1800 in Philadelphia, died 2 Dec 1862 at "Leeds Manor" in Fauquier County, buried in Leeds Churchyard. He married on 22 Dec 1821 Claudia Hamilton Burwell.
  8. Charles William Marshall, 11 Feb 1803-Oct 1803.
  9. Edward Carrington Marshall, born 13 Jan 1805 in Richmond, Virginia, married Rebecca Courtenay Peyton.
  • Elizabeth Marshall, born 1756 near Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia, married Rawleigh Colston, son of Traverse Colston and Susanna Opie on 15 Oct 1785 at the home of John Marshall in Richmond, Virginia. She died 1842 at "Honeywood" in Berkeley County, Virginia.
  • Mary Ann Marshall, born 1758, died ca 1827 in Frankfort, Kentucky where she was buried. She was married to Capt. Humphrey Marshall, son of John Marshall and Mary Jane Quesenbury.
  • Capt. Thomas Marshall, born 27 Oct 1761 in Fauquier County, Virginia, died 19 Mar 1817 in Washington, Mason County, Kentucky. He was a Captain of the 3rd Virginia Regiment during the Revolutionary War and was the first Clerk of the County in Mason County, Kentucky.
  • James Markham Marshall, born 12 Mar 1764 in Fauquier County, Virginia, married (1) Hester Morris (2) Elizabeth Hurst.
  • Judith Marshall, born ca 1766 in Fauquier County, married George Brooke of Lewis, Kentucky.
  • William Marshall, born 31 Jan 1767 at "Oakhill" in Fauquier County, died 1815 in Richmond, Virginia. He married (1) Alice Adams on 28 Jun 1788, a daughter of Colonel Richard Adams and Elizabeth Griffin. He married (2) Mary Macon, daughter of William Hartwell Macon and Sarah Ambler. He married (3) Maria C. Winston.
  • Charles Marshall, born 31 Jan 1767 at "Oakhill" in Fauquier County, died 1805 in Warrenton, Virginia, buried in the Old Turkey Churchyard in Fauquier County. He was married to Lucy Pickett, a daughter of Colonel Martin Pickett and ANn Blackwell on 13 Sept 1787.
  • Lucy Marshall died 1795 in Jamestown, Virginia, married Colonel John Ambler in 1790, a son of Edward J. Ambler and Mary Cary.
  • Alexander Keith Marshall, born 1770 at "Oakhill", died 7 February 1825 at "Walnut Grove" in Mason County, Kentucky. He married (1) Mary McDowell on 10 Oct 1794 at Danville, Kentucky, a daughter of Samuel McDowell and Mary McClung. He married (2) Eliza A. Lewis on 3 Nov 1823, a daughter of John Lewis and Patsy Love.
  • Dr. Louis Marshall, physician, born 7 Oct 1773 at "Oakhill", died 1866 at "Buckpond" in Woodford County, Kentucky. He married Agatha Smith in 1800 in Frankfort, Kentucky, a daughter of Francis Smith and Anne Preston.
  • Susan Tarleton Marshall, born 12 May 1774 at "Oakhill", died 1858 in Marysville, Kentucky, married William McClung on 25 May 1793 in Woodford County, Kentucky, a son of John McClung and Elizabeth Alexander.
  • Charlotte Marshall, born 1777 at "Oak Hill", died 13 Sep 1866 at Mt. Ephriam in Fauquier County. She married George Keith Taylor on 22 Dec 1799, a son of Richard Taylor and Mary Field.
  • Nancy Marshall, born at "Oakhill", died 1860. She married (1) Colonel Joe Hamilton Daviess in 1803; (2) William Pollard (3) Mr. Cox.

    For more information on the Marshall lineage, traced further back, go to VirginiaPioneers

    Ref: Some Prominent Virginia Families, pp. 458-461; Cavaliers and Pioneers, Northern Neck Grants No. 1 1690-92; Camp-Kemp by C. C. Mann, Vol. I.
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