Elizabeth (Markham) Marshall (abt. 1704 - bef. 1779)

Born about 1704 in Alexandria, Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of John Marshall — married about 5 Jan 1722 in Appomattox, Westmoreland, Virginia

Descendants

Died before 17 May 1779 before about age 75 in Culpeper, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth (Markham) Marshall (abt.1704-bef.1779) was born about 1704 in Alexandria, Westmoreland County, Virginia.^{[citation needed]} She is the daughter of John Markham and Mary Sedgebrook.^{[citation needed]}

Elizabeth married John Marshall before 5 January 1721/22 in the Northern Neck of Virginia.^{[citation needed]}

Elizabeth passed away before 17 May 1779 when her Will was proved in Culpeper County, Virginia.^[1]

Children

John and Elizabeth's children include:

1. Thomas^[1]
2. William^[1]
3. John^[1]
4. Mary^[1]
5. Markham^[1]
6. Margaret^[1]

Will & Death

Last Will and Testament of Elizabeth Marshall^[1]
Culpeper County, Virginia.
17 April 1779.
17 May 1779 (proved).

In her Will, she names:

• my Grand Daughter Elizabeth Marshall [not yet age 21 years], Daughter to my son Thomas
• my Grandson Lewis Marshall [not yet age 21 years], son to son William Marshall
• my Grandson George Marshall [not yet age 21 years]
• my son William Marshall
• my Grandson Thomas Marshall, son of Jn'o. Marshall
• my Grandson Thomas Smith
• my Grandson W'm. Lovell
• my Daughter Mary/Molley McClanahan
• my son Markham Marshall
• my Daughter Margaret Snelling
• my Grand Daughter Elizabeth Snelling

Signed: Eliz'a. Marshall (her mark).
Witnesses: Samuel Stallard, Peter Wood, George Hammett (his mark).
Executors: William Marshall, Markham Marshall.

Timeline

Baker-53780 King George County Orders 1721-1723
King George County Court 6th of October 1721; pg 18.
-Upon the Petition of John Farguson. Guardian to Elizabeth Markham, Spinster, against James Markham setting forth that the said James, her Brother, has all or the major part of her Estate in his Custody and possession: Whereupon it is considered by the Court and accordingly ordered that William Strother Gent., Thomas Turner, Benjamin Strother and Walter Anderson or any three of them seperate and set apart all such goods chattells rights and Credits as belongs to the said Elizabeth Markham and make report thereof to the next Court.

Baker-53780 Westmoreland Deeds
On 25 May 1752, Mrs. Elizabeth Marshall of Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia for & in consideration of the natural love & affection which she hath & beareth unto the said Thomas Marshall, and for the better maintenance of him, hath given, & confirmed unto said Thomas Marshall a tract of 100 acres of land being part of the tract of land John Marhsall died possessed of and lying along the east line of the said tract, in Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, being all right, title, interest whatsoever of the said Elizabeth Marshall of in and to the said Messuage etc. Wit: Benjamin Rollins, Augustine Smith, John Whiting.

Baker-53780 On 28 Aug 1753, Thomas Marshall of Westmoreland County, Virginia, Planter, sold to the Churchwardens & Vestrymen of Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia for the sum of 240£ sterling all that tract of land which John Marhsall late of Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, died seized & possessed in fee simple, which said tract of land said John Marshall dec'd by his last will & Testament dated 1 Apr 1752, devised to his son, Thomas Marshall, in fee simple, as by said will duly proved & recorded in Westmoreland County, Virginia. containing by estimation 300 acres.

Marshall Family Legend

Daughter of John Marshall of Burk Neck, lived in Alexandria, Virginia.

Marshall family legend, related by the chief justice's oldest sister, Eliza Colston, holds that Elizabeth Markham was the stepdaughter of the famous pirate Blackbeard. According to the tale, when John Markham, the Alexandria merchant, died in the early 1700's his young widow took up with and then married a dashing naval personage whom she subsequently learned was Blackbeard. The Markham children were purposely sent away from the Alexandria homestead, and Elizabeth, still a young girl, found a home with her uncles, William and Lewis Markham, in Westmoreland County. There she met and married the original John Marshall, "John of the forest." For Eliza Colston's recounting of the matter see W.M. Paxton, "Marshall Family" pp 15-17.

Research Notes

• Needs Biography: Biography is currently a list of categorized (subheading) facts, apparently generated from a GEDCOM. The Biography should tell the story of her life. Spratlin-29 14:18, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
• Needs Research: Biography lists multiple, conflicting sources for Vital Statistics without clearly identifying which is most likely and why, and moving the others to Research Notes (see Vital Statistics below). Spratlin-29 14:18, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
• Needs Relationship Review: Multiple children with same first name currently attached. Spratlin-29 14:18, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Vital Statistics

Death
There are two death dates commonly associated with Elizabeth (see GEDCOM Records Needing Review ):

• April or May 1779 which are consistent with her Will being executed on 17 April 1779 and proved on 17 May 1779.
• April 1775 in Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia, which is also listed on her Find a Grave memorial. This date is clearly incorrect as she executed her Will on 17 April 1779.

A source for her death in Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia, needs to be found.

Disputed Father

Other records say her father was Lewis Markham.^{[citation needed]}

See Marriage for a possible source for the alternate father. Spratlin-29 15:13, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

GEDCOM Records Needing Review

Name

Name: Elizabeth Martha /Markham/^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1704

Place: Alexandria, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA^[8][9][10]

ABT 1704 Alexandria, Westmoreland, Colony of Virginia, Virginia. ^[11]

Record ID Number: MH:IF1765

1704 Alexandria, Virginia^[12]

Record ID Number: MH:IF1767

1704 Alexandria, Virginia, USA^[13]

Record ID Number: MH:IF1769

Marriage

John Marshall married Elizabeth Markham before 5 Jan 1721/22 in the Northern Neck of Virginia. Groom was from Westmoreland County. Bride was a daughter of Lewis Markham (died Westmoreland County 1713). (Westmoreland County KGC OB 1:18, 35; SC Book M:316; WC DW 5:176; MRC:128, 129)^[14]

Husband: @I8902@

Wife: Elizabeth Martha Markham

Child: @I8877@

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 05 JAN 1721/22

Place: Westmoreland, Virginia, USA^[15]

Imported only 05 JAN 1721 from Marriage Date and marked as uncertain.

Husband: @I28674@

Wife: Elizabeth Martha Newton

Child: Elizabeth Martha Markham

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: BEF 1700

Place: Westmoreland, Virginia, USA^[16]

Husband: @I28673@

Wife: Elizabeth Martha Newton

Child: Elizabeth Martha Markham

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 1696^[17]

Death

[see Comment dated 29 Jun 2023 regarding the proposed deletion of these GEDCOM records. Spratlin-29 16:15, 29 June 2023 (UTC)]

Death:

Date: 1775

Place: Fauquier, Virginia, USA^[18]

Death:

1775 Fauquier, Virginia, USA

Age: 70-71

Cause: Natural / Old Age^[11]

Record ID Number: MH:IF1766

Death:

1775 Fauquier, Virginia

Age: 70-71^[12]

Record ID Number: MH:IF1768

Death:

1775 Fauquier, Virginia, USA

Age: 70-71^[13]

Record ID Number: MH:IF1770

Death:

Date: 1779

Place: "The Virginia Genealogist, Vol 26, No. 2, Apr-Jun, 1982"/Culpeper, Virginia, USA^[19]

Death:

Date: APR 1779

Place: Culpeper, Virginia, USA^[20]

Death:

Date: APR 1779

Place: Germantown, Fauquier, Virginia, USA^[21][22][23]

Death:

Date: 01 MAY 1779

Place: Germantown, Fauquier, Virginia, USA^[24]

Burial

Burial:

Place: Locust Level Cemetery/Bedford, Virginia, USA^[25]

[The attached Find a Grave memorial lists her burial in Marshall Cemetery, Front Royal, Warren County, Virginia, though the image is of a family stone instead of a gravestone for her plot. Spratlin-29 14:18, 29 June 2023 (UTC)]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Circuit Court, Culpeper County, Virginia, Mixed probate records, 1749-1870; index, 1749-1930, Mixed records, Vols. A-B 1749-1783; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89PD-T3GN), images 415-416.
2. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Markham
3. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Ann Marshall (Smith)
4. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Ann Marshall
5. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Markham
6. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Thomas Marshall
7. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth Markham
8. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Markham
9. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth Markham
10. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Thomas Marshall
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Source: #S1 Database online. Record for Col. Thomas Marshall Quality: 0
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Source: #S1 Database online. Record for Thomas Marshall Quality: 0
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Source: #S1 Database online. Record for Elizabeth Markham Quality: 0
14. ↑ Ancestry.com. Virginia, USA, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, USA, 1649-1800 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original source: Headley, Robert K. Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649–1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003.
15. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Capt John of the Forest Marshall 1700/
16. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Lewis Markham
17. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Markham
18. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Ann Marshall
19. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth Markham
20. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Thomas Marshall
21. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Ann Marshall (Smith)
22. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Capt John of the Forest Marshall 1700/
23. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Markham
24. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Markham
25. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Markham

See also:

• Source: S1 Record ID Number: MH:S1 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA;
• Source: S50 Record ID Number: MH:S51 Author: Ramon G. Otero Title: Breeden Web Site Text: MyHeritage.com Family tree: Breeden_2009-07-07 Media: 137415411-2 Type: Smart Matching Elizabeth Marshall [Markham] Event: Smart Matching Role: 2002431 Added by confirming a Smart Match Quality: 3
• Virginia Marriages
• Paxton, W. M. (William McClung), 1819-. The Marshall Family, or a Genealogical Chart of the Descendants of John Marshall and Elizabeth Markham, his wife, Sketches of Individuals and Notices of Families Connected with them. Cincinnati, R. Clarke & Co., 1885. Available at archive.org. Folded Genealogical Chart of the Marshall Family bound in at the end (cf. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/261840-genealogical-chart-of-the-marshall-family-or-the-descendants-of-john-marshall-and-elizabeth-markham?viewer=1&offset=0#page=1&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q=).
• Original data: Mackenzie, George Norbury, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, editors. Colonial Families of the United States of America: in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. 7 volumes. 1912. Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995. PAGE 356
• https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/941Y-JKY/elizabeth-martha-markham-1704-1775, accessed 3 May 2021
• Source: S1 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R1
• Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:

See also - other family trees:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #200630668 for Elizabeth Markham Marshall (1704–Apr 1775) (family stone only; unsourced).

Acknowledgements

• Markham-910 was created by John Armstrong through the import of JTArmstrong_2015-11-14.ged on Nov 14, 2015.