Thomas Marshall

Abt 1602 - 1664  (~ 62 years)

• Name	Thomas Marshall
  Birth	Abt 1602  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 24 May 1664 and 8 Dec 1664	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I6256	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	15 May 2020

  
  

  Family	(Unknown first wife of Thomas Marshall)   d. Bef 1637
  Marriage	Bef 1627  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Samuel Marshall,   b. Abt 1627   d. 19 Dec 1675, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island (Age ~ 48 years)
  Family ID	F17031	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 May 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Emigrated to Boston about 1634. He was a cordwainer and a ferryman. Deputy to the general court 22 May 1650. Boston selectman on several occasions; many other civil posts at various times. Deacon of the church at Boston. Not to be confused with the Thomas Marshall, tailor, who was in Boston from early 1644 to early 1646. From The Great Migration Begins, citation details below: Thomas Marshall was one of the leading supporters of Anne Hutchinson and the Rev. John Wheelwright. On 2 November 1637, "Thomas Marshall being convented for having his hand to the said seditious writing, & justifying the same, is also disfranchised" [MCBR 1:207]. On 20 November 1637, "Thom[as] Marshall" was one of fifty-eight Boston men who were disarmed for their involvement in this controversy. There is no record that Thomas Marshall recanted, but he was not forced to leave Boston, and eventually returned to a position of respect, as evidenced by the wide range of town and church duties to which he was elected or appointed. Given this association with Wheelwright and Hutchinson, we note the possibility that this immigrant also came from Alford, Lincolnshire. In the parish register for Alford, there is a baptism for a Samuel Marshall, son of Thomas, on 7 May 1630, which could be the son of this immigrant. There are many more records for Thomas Marshall in Alford which do not connect with Thomas Marshall of Boston. A detailed examination of the Marshall family of Alford might resolve this point. [Other TNH immigrant ancestors from Alford include William Wentworth (1619-1697) and Thomas Wardwell (1604-1646), both of whom were also supporters of the Rev. Wheelwright and Mrs. Hutchinson. William Wentworth was also, of course, a grandson of Katherine Marbury, Mrs. Hutchinson's aunt. TNH immigrant ancestor Judith Smith (1606-~1680), wife of immigrant ancestor Edward Fisher, was also born and baptised at Alford. —PNH]

  
  

• Sources

  [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011. [S4163] John Insley Coddington, "The Wilton and Marshall Families of Windsor, Conn., and Northampton, Mass." The American Genealogist 38:1, Jan 1962.