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- Notes of James H. Marshall: Mary (N), b. 1631), m. 1st Philip Parker, m. 2nd 5/12/1660 William Marshall b. 1640, d. c1707 (Hungars Parish Records: North. Wills & Deeds 1657 1666, p. 92). Mary's birthdate taken from Wills & Deeds 1676 1690, p. 434. Among three studies of Eastern Shore Parker families the line of this particular Parker family is omitted (Virginia Magazine of History & Biogr. 6, pp. 412 418 (1899); ibid. 61, pp. 68 79 (1953); The Mark B. Lewis Files, "Parker and Allied Families," (1958), Eastern Shore Library, Accomac, Va.). At this writing only Some Descendents of Giles Copes by A.B.P. Barnes (1988) discusses this particular Philip Parker family. The name 'Philip' is taken from Northampton Wills & Deeds 1657 1666, p. 75 which also suggests that Mary's maiden name was Fletcher. Shortly after the marriage of William and Mary, William was involved in a property possession suit vs. Richard Fletcher, also suggesting a Fletcher connection for Mary (North. Orders 1657-1664, pp. 80, 92, 173 (Nov. 12, 1660 - Aug. 28, 1663). According to the Hungars Parish Records, William and Mary had a son Thomas who died July 12, 1661 (North. Deeds, Wills 1657-1666, p. 113 (Courthouse copy), p. 134 (VSL original)). There is a fair chance that William was the father (or at least an uncle) of John Martial (b. 1666, dt. 1733/4), but so far the closest association is their sequential listing as Accomack County titheables (Accomack Titheables, 1663 1695, by S. Nottingham (1931).). In 1690 William is listed with 2 titheables. John's name first appears in 1691, and he is listed immediately after William, both of them with one titheable and resident in Col. Jenifer's precinct. When Col. Daniel Jenifer was sworn in as High Sheriff of Accomack, he presented his son Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer as undersheriff and Mr. William Marshall as his deputy undersheriff (Wills & Orders 1682 1697, p. 161 (June 4, 1689)). By April 7, 1698 he had married Elizabeth who may have been the widow of Peter Morgan (Orders 1697 1703, pp. 24a, 31; Orders 1690 1697, p. 250a (Aug. 4, 1697)). An Elizabeth Morgane (and a Sarah Harrod) witnessed the will of Benjamin Eyre (dt. 1687). The earliest reference to a Willliam Marshall in Accomack/Northampton is his transportation by JOHN CUSTIS, Jr. on or before Oct. 5, 1657 (Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623 1666, Vol. I (1963), by N. Marion Nugent, p. 353.). In Vol. II (p. 128) of the same reference dated May 28, 1673 in an 800 acre Northampton Co. patent granted to Christopher Thompson, William is referred to as the owner of land near the head of "Nuswatox" Creek. If the completeness of Virginia Tax Records (1983) can be trusted, a William Marshall was the only Marshall titheable in Northampton in 1666. He was also listed among Northampton titheables in 1662 and 1677. Whitelaw, p. 1061, states that in 1668 William was the renter of a 1000 acre tract in Accomack bounded on the north by Nuswatocks Creek, which is today called Parkers Creek (This tract appears to be directly east of Accomac on Metamkin Inlet.). By the time of his marriage to Elizabeth, he was residing on 333 A. of this tract, the 333 A. belonging to Mary (Parker) Selby wife of Daniel Selby (Orders 1690 1697, pp. 118, 224a). William's birthdate is taken from two depositions given in Accomack (Wills and Orders (1675), p. 293; Wills and Orders 1682 1697, p. 130.). His deathdate is presumed to be the last year in which his name appears in court records (Orders 1703 1709, p. 34 (Oct. 13, 1704) or Deeds 1692 1715(II), p. 291 (May 5, 1708)). However, a William Marshall, Gent. is referred to as one of her majesty's attorneys in the Court of Common Pleas in the City of Dublin, Ireland (North. Wills & Deeds 1725-1733, p. 81 (Aug. 17, 1731)). Some land dealings of William, Peter, and Mary Parker are detailed in Deeds, 1715 1729(I), p. 182. William Marshall registered his cattle mark and he is listed next to William Parker (North. Deeds & Wills 1651 1654, p. 230 (Jan. 22, 1665)). A Mary Parker, perhaps the dau. of Peter (dt. 1686), is a witness to one of the deeds of John Martial (dt. 1733) (Deeds 1692 1715(I), p. 117 (Feb. 27, 1693)).
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- It was on this date that a land certificate was granted to John Wilcocks for 1,000 acres for transporting 20 persons into the county. The full list included Ann Wilcocks, Rose Yardly, Mary Avery, Cornelius Johnson, John Custis, Wm Marshall, Robt Marklockson, Henry Yardley, Wm Burton, Arien Ames, John Wilcocks, Wm St. Johns, Mary Barber, Ann Jeanes, Geo. Jenkins, John Floyd, Florence Pomroy, Wm Taylor, John Fereby & Wm Pryer.
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Abt 1640 - 1707 (67 years)
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