Mary (Cotton) Marshall (abt. 1553 - abt. 1618)

Born about 1553 in London, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Marshall — married about 1569 in Abbot's Ann, Hampshire, England

Descendants

Died about 1618 at about age 65 in London, England

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Biography

Mary (Cotton) Marshall was born in Hampshire, England.

Mary Cotton, daughter of Henry Cotton of London and Margaret

Birth: about 1553, possibly London, England

Death: before 27 Nov 1618 (date of probate of husband’s will), London, Middlesex, England

“Administration on November 27, 1618 to Mary Stullard alias Marshall (sic), daughter of the defunct, Mary Marshall the relict having died before she proved.”^[1]

Marriage: about 1569, Thomas Marshall, of Abbot’s Ann, Hampshire and later, Downton, Wiltshire; he was buried 13 Jul 1618-9 at London, England^[2]

Children of Thomas Marshall and Mary, daughter of Henry Cotton

Thomas and Mary had the following children:

1. Thomas Marshall, son and heir, b. abt 1570; still living in 1623 when he was mentioned by his grandmother and godmother, widow Margaret Cotton of the Parish of St Clement Danes, London, England
2. John Marshall, b. abt 1572, prob. at Abbot’s Ann, Hampshire, England
3. Elizabeth Marshall, b. abt 1574
4. Anne Marshall, b. abt 1576, prob. at Abbot’s Ann, Hampshire, England; d. aft 12 Apr 1641; m. 1602, Philobert Cogan, b. 1563, of Chard, Somerset; d. prob. early 1641—his Will proved 12 Apr 1641
5. Mary Marshall, m. John Scullard of Wiltshire, miscalled Stullard
6. Lucy Marshall

Sources

1. ↑ Seversmith, Herbert Furman. Colonial Families Of Long Island, New York And Connecticut, Being The Ancestry And Kindred Of Herbert Furman Seversmith Volume 2 (1939). Page 608 : citing Marshall, George W. Miscellanea Marescalliana: Being Genealogical Notes on the Surname of Marshall (1883).
2. ↑ London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1538-1812 citing Parish Register - Burial; for Thomas Marshall, buried: 13 Jul 1619 St. Mary Parish, Islington Borough, London, Middlesex County, England

• Benolt, Thomas. Pedigrees from the visitation of Hampshire made by Thomas Benolt...v.64. London : Mitchell Hughes and Clarke, Printers, 1913. Marshall, page 95.
• Seversmith, Herbert Furman. Colonial Families Of Long Island, New York And Connecticut, Being The Ancestry And Kindred Of Herbert Furman Seversmith Volume 2 (1939). The Marshall Family of Tidd St. Mary, Lincolnshire, pp. 607-12 : citing Marshall, George W. Miscellanea Marescalliana: Being Genealogical Notes on the Surname of Marshall (1883).
• Seversmith, Herbert Furman. Colonial Families Of Long Island, New York And Connecticut, Being The Ancestry And Kindred Of Herbert Furman Seversmith Volume 2 (1939). Henry Cotton, pp. 618-19.

See also:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105554770/mary-marshall: accessed 06 October 2022), memorial page for Mary Cotton Marshall (18 Jul 1553–21 Jul 1625), Find A Grave: Memorial #105554770, citing St. Michael's Churchyard, Bassingham, North Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England; Maintained by Plantagenet Crown (contributor 49922906) .
• Geni Family Tree for Mary Marshall, b: 18 Jul 1553 Abbots Ann, Hampshire, England; d: 21 Jul 1625 London, England; parents: Henry Cotton & Margaret Anne Marshall; spouse: m: c1569 in Abbots Ann, England to Thomas Marshall with 8 children

Acknowledgements

• Thank you to Amanda Thomas for starting this profile.