Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William Marquis and Margaret [Unk]




Husband William Marquis 1 2 3

            AKA: William Marques 4
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         Father: [Ancestor] Marquis (      -      )
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Wife Margaret [Unk] 1 4

            AKA: Mary [Unk] 2
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Children
1 M Thomas Marquis 1

            AKA: Thomas Marques,4 James Marquis 2
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         Spouse: Mary Colville (      -      ) 1
           Marr: Aft 1720


2 F Mary Marquis 1

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         Spouse: John Wilson (      -      ) 1 2
           Marr: Aft 1720



General Notes: Husband - William Marquis


In 1720 he and his wife, together with their son Thomas and daugh-ter Mary, emigrated to America from Ireland, and settled in Frederick County, Virginia, near to Win-chester. It is believed that some of the children of this family remained in Ireland.

There were some others of the name of Marquis who lived in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and were cousins of the children of Thomas and Mary (Colville) Marquis. George Marquis was one of the first bench of elders of Cross Creek Church. Samuel Marquis lived near Burgettstown, and John also lived in the same neighborhood. If these were first cousins of John and Rev. Thomas Marquis, as they claimed, William Marquis, who came from Ireland in 1720, must have left other children in Ireland, who came to America at a later period; and this appears most likely to be the case as all these par-ties came from near Winchester, Virginia, to Washington County.

Another source [TCHNCLC] states that he had just two children and they were born in America after the immigration from Ireland. The two elder of Thomas' sons, William and James, remained in Virginia when the two younger sons, John and Thomas, removed to southwestern Pennsylvania. The other members of the Marquis family in Washington County were descendants of William and James.

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Sources


1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 182.

2 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 452.

3 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1277.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1129.


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