Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Marshall and Sarah Smith




Husband John Marshall 1 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Nov 1729 1
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 19 Dec 1688 - Darby, Chester (later Delaware) Co, PA 1



Wife Sarah Smith 1 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Jul 1749 1
         Buried: 


         Father: [Father] Smith (      -      )
         Mother: 




Children
1 M John Marshall 1

           Born: 1690 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1749 1
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Joanna Paschall (      -      ) 1
         Spouse: Elinor Shenton (      -      ) 1


2 M William Marshall 1

           Born: 1692 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1727 1
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary Sellers (      -      ) 1


3 M Thomas Marshall 1 2 3 4

           Born: 10 Feb 1694 - Darby Twp, Chester Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1741 - Concord Twp, Chester Co, PA
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Hannah Mendenhall (1696-1770) 1 3 4 5
           Marr: 24 Apr 1718 - Concord Twp, Chester Co, PA 1



General Notes: Husband - John Marshall


He came to Pennsylvania from the parish of Elton, County Derby, England, about 1686, and settled in Blockley township, Philadelphia County. He was a member of the Society of Friends and one of the early members of Darby Meeting.
After his marriage he located in Darby township, then Chester, now Delaware County. He purchased a farm on Cobb's Creek, in Upper Darby in 1689 and added to it an additional plantation of 150 acres in 1692. Until his death he owned 110 acres in Blockley, which he devised to his widow. He was an overseer of Darby Monthly Meeting, and active in local affairs, holding a number of township offices.

His will refers to Abraham Marshall, of West Bradford, Chester county, as "Cousin." This Abraham Marshall, the father of Humphrey Marshall, the famous botanist, came from Gratton, parish of Youlgreave, Derbyshire, in 1700.


General Notes: Wife - Sarah Smith


She came to the Darby Meeting, Society of Friends, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, with her brother, Thomas Smith, from Croxton, County Leicester, England.


Notes: Marriage

Their marriage was the first one solemnized in the Darby Meeting House after its erection.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 614.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 874.

3 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 655.

4 —, Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (J. H. Beers & Co., 1903), Pg 49.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 875.


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