Sarah Marshall (abt. 1803 - aft. 1880)

Born about 1803 in Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Weisel Sr. — married before 10 Feb 1823 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Birth

Sarah Marshall was born to Martin Marshall and Catharine (surname unknown) in Pennsylvania (probably in Tinicum) circa 1803. Josephine (Moorehead) Jones' family tree from the early 1900's shows that her father was Martin Marshall, that her sisters were Ann McIntrye and Eliza Purcell, that her married name was Sarah Weisel Spear, her four children's names, etc. (The tree is basically a chart illustrating the relationships of several generations of Edward Marshall's descendants.)

1823 Probated Estate of Uncle William MARSHALL

Will: Book 10, Image 103, Will #5087..... Bucks County Estate index A-R: Image 479 on Family Search

Names four of his nieces - all 4 daughters of Martin Marshall!  (Also names William Marshall, son of Moses Marshall. Relationship not given, but this is his nephew and namesake.) 

William Marshall of Tinicum Twp.

“To my two Nieces Elizabeth Marshall and Rebecca Marshall daughters of Martin Marshall deceased I give devise and bequeath all my real estate to have and to hold the same to them their heirs and assigns forever.  Joseph Smith of Tinicum owes me one hundred pounds which sum with the interest that may be due thereon at the time of my decease I give and bequeath to the Monthly meeting of the Religious Society of friends held at Buckingham to be appropriated to such Meeting use as the said Meeting may deem proper and I authorise and direct my executor to pay the same to any person authorised by the said meeting to recieve (sic) it.  But in case the said Meeting should not see proper to except (sic) of and recieve (sic) the said Legacy, then I direct the Same to be placed with and divided as the residue of my estate is hereafter directed to be – My Rifle and shot gun with their accouteraments (sp?) I give to William Marshall son of Moses Marshall.  All the rest residue and remainder of my estate I give and bequeath to Sarah Marshall and Ann Marshall other daughters of the Said Martin Marshall deceased to be equally divided between them share & share alike.  Lastly I nominate Constitute and appoint my neighbour George Smith of the Township of Tinicum aforesaid Executor of this my last will and testament revoking all others and ratifying this only as such…..

Will signed with his mark: 3 Sep 1821

Witnesses: Joseph Heaney and Elias Shull

Will proved: 10 Feby. 1823

Will probated: 10 May 1823 

1823 Orphan's Court Records - Martin MARSHALL

Bucks County Orphans Court INDEX: Image 32 on Family Search

Anna, Eliza, MARTIN, Rebecca MARSHALL (Tinicum) 

File #3052, 1823

Pet. Guard. 6-76 (Image 61)

Acct. Rept. Audit 6-75 (Image 61) AND 6-106 (Image 106 –Auditor’s Report from April Term 1823) 

Exceptions to acct. settlement 6-87 (image 68)  February Term 1823 

 

From looking at the report of the accounts of Martin Marshall’s estate in the Bucks County Orphans Court Book 6, page 75 (image 61) – February Term 1823, I see that Henry Ridge was the Administrator of Martin Marshall’s estate. 

 

File #3052 February 10, 1823 Martin Marshall, Tinicum Twp. Petition by Samuel Weisel, husband of Martin’s daughter, Sarah. This petition specifies that Martin Marshall died leaving four children --  under 14: Rebecca; daughters Ann and Eliza over 14. Nicholas Black appointed guardian of Rebecca and Anne.  Daniel Boileau appointed guardian of Elizabeth.  (Samuel Weisel petitions for Rebecca – Anne (sic)and Eliza petition for themselves. Eliza is consistently referred to here as Elizabeth.) 

Note: I do NOT know who Nicholas Black and Daniel Boileau were, but it isn't the first time that I've come across Daniel Boileau's name in my research! I believe that Daniel Boileau has some connection to the Weisels. In the 1850 census, Daniel Boileau is an immediate neighbor of Samuel Weisel, Sr.'s older half-sister, Mary "Magdalena" (Weisel) Bussey/Bissey in Tinicum.

Probated Estate of Samuel Weisel, Sr.

Petition for Guardians for her children

Misc

25 APR 1836

Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States

(Family Search) Pennsylvania, Probate Records, 1683-1994 > Bucks > Orphans’ Court records 1836-1843 vol 9-10 > Image 44  (Page number 3 of book) 

Orphan’s Court  April Term  AD 1836

The Petition of Sarah Weisel mother and next friend of William, John, Mary Jane, Rebecca and Samuel Weisel, minors under the age of fourteen years, was presented and read Representing that they have no person legally authorized to take charge of their persons and estates therefore prayed the Court to appoint some Suitable person as Guardian

Whereupon April 25th 1836 the Court appointed John M Pursell, agreeably to the prayer of the petitioner

(Written in left margin):

No 8

Sarah Weisell

Et al Pet. Guar. (strange squiggle)

4702

 

Misc

Abbrev: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Bucks County Orphans Records 1685-1852

Title: Bucks County Orphans Records 1685-1852

974.821 MYE

Bucks County Historical Society, Mercer Museum, Spruance Library

Doylstown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Text: A “guardian” in this sense of the meaning is NOT one who cares for the minor, but looks after the financial aspects as an overseer to ensure there is no squandering of funds by the remaining parent that will hurt the children.

Page: File #4702

Text: File #4702 Samuel Weisel April 27, 1836, Tinicum Twp.

Widow Sarah and children under 14. William, John, Mary, Jane, Rebecca, and Samuel. John M. Pursell appointed guardian.

(cont.) December 12, 1836 John M. Pursell declines to act as guardian. Moses Ridge Appointed.

Moses M. Ridge is Sarah (Marshall) Weisel Spear's first cousin.

No clue of EXACTLY who John M. Pursell is or how he's related to the Marshalls, but he's definitely related to me through the Moores and Williams on ANOTHER branch of my family tree..... Sarah Marshall's brother-in-law was Thomas Purcell (husband of Eliza.)

Note: the text about the guardianship is from the EXCELLENT citation on the Weisels.

Census Records

1850

Tinicum, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States ^[1]

1860

Tinicum, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States^[2]

1870

Tinicum, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States^[3]

1880

Tinicum, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States^[4]

Sources

• Source: S128 1850 U. S. Census, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, , ; digital images, (: accessed ).
• Source: S129 1860 U. S. Census, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, , ; digital images, (: accessed ).
• Source: S130 1870 U. S. Census, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, , ; digital images, (: accessed ).
• Source: S131 1880 U. S. Census, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, , ; digital images, (: accessed ).

1. ↑ Source: #S128

   1850 Census

   Tinicum Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania

   Page/image number: Image 12, Page: 560 (Handwritten)

   Lines: 39-42 (plus the blank space at the bottom of the page)

   Dwelling number: 90

   Family number: 90

   Enumeration date: 16 September, 1850

   Website: Family Search

   URL: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M44R-FPQ (Sarah)

   Access date: 2 October, 2013

   David Spear (indexed as Davide Spear), 47, Male, White, (Occupation: blank), Real estate: 1800, PA (About 1803)

   Sarah Spear, 47, Female, White, (Occupation: blank), PA (1803)

   John Spear, 27, Male, White, (Occupation: blank), PA (1823)

   Rebecca Spear, 18, Female, White, (Occupation: blank), PA (1832)

   Saml. Spear, 17, Male, White, Occupation: “none”, PA (1833)

   NOTE: These Spear children are actually Weisels! (David Spear is their step-father.) None of the Weisel children took the surname Spear after their mother remarried.

   (Note: Samuel is enumerated in the blank space BELOW the last line on the page!) 

   THREE related households right in a row: Sarah (Marshall) Weisel Spear & David Spear, Thomas & Eliza (Marshall) Pursell, Catherine Marshall & Watson Marshall(age 20 - likely her grandson) (Only the Weisel/Spear family is on this page. The last two families are on the next page.)

2. ↑ Source: #S129

   1860 Census

   Tinicum, Bucks, Pennsylvania

   Post office/Ward #: (blank)

   Page/image number: Images 26-27, Page 676 (stamped 676, handwritten 27)

   Lines: 34-40, line 1

   Dwelling number: 197

   Family number: 197

   Enumeration date: 26 June, 1860

   Website: Family Search then Heritage Quest

   URL: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXPQ-5X3

   Access date: 22 December, 2012

   David Spear, 57, Male, White, Farmer, Real estate: 1800, Personal: 300, PA

   Sarah Spear, 57, Female, White, PA

   Samuel Whisel (sic), 26, Male, White, Lab., PA

   Amanda Nightingail (No clue of who she is!), 11, Female, White, PA, Attended school

   Rebecca Morehead (sic), 29, Female, White, PA

   Wm. Morehead (sic), 7, Male, White, PA, Attended school

   Josefin (sic) Morehead (sic), 5, Female, White, PA

   PAGE BREAK

   John Morehead, 2, Male, White, PA

   No clue of who the Nightingail chick is, but she’s obviously related – Wonder if perhaps she’s a granddaughter/niece of David Spear???? 

   Samuel Weisel is one of Sarah’s children from her first marriage, as is Rebecca.  The three Moorhead children all belong to Rebecca. (She’s widowed.) 

   The McIntyre/McIntire family is on the second page.  (The three Marshall sisters: Sarah (Marshall) Weisel Spear, Ann McIntire, and Eliza Purcell/Pursel/Pursell’s households are enumerated consecutively. Their mother, Catherine, is living in Ann’s household.)   

3. ↑ Source: #S130

   1870 Census

   Tinicum Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania

   Post office: Erwinna

   Page/image number: Image 6, Page: 6

   Lines: 26-31

   Dwelling number: 44

   Family number: 48

   Enumeration date: 11 July, 1870

   Website: Family Search then Heritage Quest

   URL: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZLY-5YT (Sarah)

   Access date: 2 October, 2013

   David Spear, 67, Male, White, Farmer, Real estate: (none), Personal: 200, PA, Citizen  (b. abt. 1803)

   Sarah Spear, 66, Female, White, Keeping House, Real estate: 3000, Personal: 200, PA (1804)

   Saml. Weisel, 36, Male, White, Laborer, PA, Citizen (1834)

   Laura Moorhead, 18, Male, White, (Occupation: blank), PA (1852)

   Wm. Moorhead, 16, Male, White, (Occupation: blank), NJ, (1854)

   John Moorhead, 11, Female, White, (Occupation: blank), PA, Attended school within year (1859)

   Next door to William McIntire and his daughter, Mary Jane. House after THAT is Sarah's sister, Eliza, and her husband Thomas Purcell.

      

   Samuel Weisel is Sarah (Marshall) Weisel Spear's youngest child. The Moorehead/Moorhead children are Sarah’s orphaned grandchildren.  Their parents were William Howard Moorhead and Rebecca Weisel. 

    

   The family is next door to Sarah's widowed brother-in-law, William McIntire/McIntyre and his daughter, Mary Jane.  House after THAT is Sarah's sister, Eliza, and her husband Thomas Purcell. 

    

   Lines 32-36

   Dwelling 45/Family 49

   Wm. McIntyre, 72, Male, White, Farmer, 3000 real, 700 personal, PA (sic), Citizen (b. about 1898)

   Mary J. McIntyre, 24, Female, White, Keeping House, PA (1846)

   Moses Silverthorn, 18, Male, White, (Occupation: blank), PA, Attended school within year (1852)

   John Samsel, 10, Male, White, (Occupation: blank), PA, Attended school within year (1860)

   Ellen Ulmer, 13, Female, White, Domes. Servant, PA, Attended school within year (1857)

   (I suspect that Moses Silverthorn and John Samsel may be William's grandchildren. I also believe that Ann Marshall was William's SECOND wife. These two boys were probably descended from William's first wife. They definitely do NOT belong to either Howell McEntire or Mary Jane McIntyre, Ann Marshall's children!)

    

   Lines 37-40

   Dwelling 46/Family 50

   Thomas Purcell, 65, Male, White, (Occupation: blank), Real estate: (none), Personal: (none), PA, Insane, Citizen, Male Citizen of U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards, whose right to vote is denied or abridged on other grounds than rebellion or other crime  (b. abt. 1805)

   Eliza Purcell, 62, Female, White, Keeping House, Real estate: (none), Personal: (none), PA (1808)

   Ann Purcell, 40, Female, White, (Occupation: blank), PA (1830)

   Mary Jane Purcell, 30, Female, White, (Occupation: blank), PA (1840)

    
4. ↑ Source: #S131

   1880 Census

   Tinicum Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania

   ED: 169

   Page/image number:  Image 8, Page 152, Sheet 10B

   Line number: 1-2

   Dwelling number: 79

   Family number: 90

   Enumeration date: 3 June, 1880

   Website: Family Search then Heritage Quest

   URL: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWXC-GKG

   Access date: 2 October, 2013

    

   David Spear, White, Male, 77, Head, Married, Farmer, PA, PA, PA (1803)

   Sarah Spear, White, Female, 76, Wife, Married, Keeping House, PA , PA, PA (1804)

   They can both read and write. 

    

   The Schaible household next-door has probably purchased the estate from one of Sarah’s deceased sisters. 

    

   Lines 11-15

   Dwelling 81/ Family 92

   William McIntyre, White, Male, 81, Head, Widowed, Farmer, NY, NY, NY

   Mary J. McIntyre , White, Female, 35, Daughter, Single, Keeping House, PA, NY, PA

   Stella McIntyre, White, Female, 17, Servant, Single, Servant, PA, PA, PA (1863)

   John Wismer, White, Male, 23, (NO relationship to head), Single, Farm Laborer, PA, PA, PA

   Nancy Wismer, White, Female, 95, Widowed, Keeping Ho., PA, PA, PA   

   (Perhaps Stella is a niece, or possibly a great-niece?)

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Kathryn Smith for creating WikiTree profile Marshall-3712 through the import of Wikitree Jan 2013 GEDCOM.ged on Jan 25, 2013.