Lewis Markham and Descendants

Ralph Dean Clark
P.O. Box 641188
Los Angeles, CA 90064-1188
Ultimate Family Tree, ver 3.0
MARCUM Project Version 921
August 14, 1999

Surname List
First Generation
Second Generation
Third Generation
Fourth Generation
Index

Markham, Marshall

First Generation

1. Lewis¹ Markham (#256) was born in Glamorgan, Wales maybe around 1636.⁽¹⁾

He married Jane (Markham). (Jane (Markham) is #6336.) Jane was born maybe around 1640. (Additional notes for Jane (Markham)⁽²⁾)

22 Dec 1658 Lewis Markham of St. Fagans, Glamorgan, was bound to William Hayman to serve 4 years in Barbados.⁽³⁾

Sometime after 1660 he made his way to Virginia, by means yet undiscovered. He settled in Westmoreland County, where became involved in contracting bonded servants from his home area of Wales and Bristol to come to Virginia. Evidently he worked as a middleman, as no grant of land has been discovered in his name in return for the transport of these people.

1 Nov 1676 four men and a woman were recorded as being apprenticed in Bristol to go to Virginia in the service of Lewis Markham. Their surnames are common in Wales; no indication of their origins was given.⁽⁴⁾

On 15 Nov and 30 Nov 1676 two more four year apprentices to Lewis Markham were recorded, to travel in the same ship.⁽⁵⁾

16 Sept 1685 another list of those apprenticed in Bristol to serve Lewis Markham in Virginia for terms of four or six years was more informative. The three men and three women were all from Welsh towns, two explicitly from Glamorgan, and one even from Lewis Markham's village of origin, St. Fagan. Lewis must have spoken eloquently to his former neighbors of opportunity in the New World.⁽⁶⁾

Lewis Markham and Jane (Markham) had the following child:

+ 2 i. Lewis² Markham was born maybe around 1660.

Second Generation

2. Lewis² Markham (Lewis¹)⁽⁷⁾ (#5823) was born in Virginia maybe around 1660. Lewis died early in 1713 at age 52.

He married Elizabeth (Markham). (Elizabeth (Markham) is #9040.) Elizabeth was born maybe around 1665.

9 Feb 1697/8 Lewis received a grant of 100 acres of land, adjacent to Richard Brown's property in Westmoreland Co, VA.⁽⁸⁾ He was named to the Quorum of of Westmoreland County 8 June 1699.⁽⁹⁾ He was named Sheriff of Westmoreland County 25 April 1702.⁽¹⁰⁾ Lewis Markham was a Justice of Westmoreland County 8 July 1702.⁽¹¹⁾ On 1 Dec 1708 Lewis Markham "of Westmoreland Co. in Forest in said Co." was granted 151.5 acres on path to Nanjattico, adjacent property of Mr. Stark and William Baltrop.⁽¹²⁾

Lewis Markham wrote his will 15 March 1712/3 in Westmoreland Co, VA.⁽¹³⁾ He made bequests to Joseph Bayley and his wife Ann, and to his eight children, of whom the only one named was William, who was to receive the plantation at Mattoax at the death of Lewis's wife Elizabeth.

Lewis's estate was probated 13 June 1713 in Westmoreland Co, VA.⁽¹⁴⁾

He was a prominent attorney in Westmoreland County.

Lewis Markham and Elizabeth (Markham) had the following children:

3 i. William³ Markham (#6335) was born in Virginia maybe around 1690. In Lewis Markham's will written 15 March 1712 in Westmoreland Co, VA, William was named as his son.⁽¹⁵⁾ He was to inherit the plantation at Mattoax upon the death of his mother.

+ 4 ii. Elizabeth Markham was born about 1704.

Third Generation

4. Elizabeth³ Markham (Lewis², Lewis¹) (#5824) was born in maybe, Alexandria, VA about 1704.⁽¹⁶⁾ Elizabeth died 1775 in Fauquier Co, VA, at age 71.⁽¹⁷⁾

She married John Marshall about 1722. (John Marshall is #5825.) John was born around 1700 in Westmoreland Co, VA. John was the son of Thomas Marshall and Martha (Marshall). John died April 1752 at age 51.

Elizabeth Markham and John Marshall had the following child:

+ 5 i. Thomas⁴ Marshall was born 2 April 1730.

Fourth Generation

5. Thomas⁴ Marshall (Elizabeth³ Markham, Lewis², Lewis¹) (#5826) was born in Washington Parish, Westmoreland Co, VA 2 April 1730.⁽¹⁸⁾ Thomas died 22 June 1802 in Washington, Mason Co, KY, at age 72.⁽¹⁹⁾

He married Mary Randolph Keith 1754 in Fauquier Co, VA.⁽²⁰⁾ (Mary Randolph Keith is #5926.) Mary was born 28 April 1737 in Fauquier Co, VA.⁽²¹⁾ Mary died 19 Sept 1809 in Mason Co, KY, at age 72.⁽²²⁾

Thomas Marshall and Mary Randolph Keith had the following child:

6 i. John⁵ Marshall (#5827) was born in Virginia 24 Sept 1755. John died 6 July 1835 in Philadelphia, PA, at age 79. From 1801 until his death he served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Notes and References

1. Presuming around 22 at emigration, birth not far from residence.
2. She is evidently not related to the Bayleys who were mentioned in her husbands will, as the will of Caleb Butner (Fothergill, Wills, p. 45) mentions "my sister Ann wife of Joseph Bayley."
3. Peter Wilson Coldham, The Complete Book of Emigrants 1607 - 1660, Volume 1 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987), p. 404, cites 'Servants to Foreign Plantations,' manuscript volumes, ref. 04220 at the Bristol Record Office (hereafter cited as Coldham, Vol. 1, Complete Book of Emigrants); and R. Hargreaves-Mawdsley, "Servants to Foreign Plantations, Vol. I, 1654-63," Bristol and America A record of the First Settlers in The Colonies of North America 1654 - 1685, Wm Dodgson Bowman, ed. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1970), p. 52, cites p.173 of manuscript, lists "Lewis Markham (of St, ffagons); destination, Barbadoes" (hereafter cited as Hargreaves-Mawdsley, Vol. 1, Servants to Foreign Plantations).
4. Peter Wilson Coldham, The Complete Book of Emigrants 1661 - 1699, Volume 2 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1993), p. 274, cites his own book, Bristol Registers of Servants sent to Foreign Plantations 1654-1686 (1988), 1 November 1676. The following apprenticed in Bristol to go to Virginia by the Francis & Mary: Reece Jenkins to Lewis Markham, 4 years; Stephen Morgan to same, 4 years; Thomas Jenkins to same, 4 years; William Morgan to same, 4 years; Ann Davis to same, 4 years. (hereafter cited as Coldham, Vol. 2, Complete Book of Emigrants); and R. Hargreaves-Mawdsley, "Servants to Foreign Plantations, Vol. II, 1663-79," Bristol and America A record of the First Settlers in The Colonies of North America 1654 - 1685, Wm Dodgson Bowman, ed. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1970), pp. 161-2, lists the same names with ship and destination but without contractor, citing page 286 of the original manuscript (hereafter cited as Hargreaves-Mawdsley, Vol. 2, Servants to Foreign Plantations).
5. Coldham, Vol. 2, Complete Book of Emigrants, p. 275, 15 November, Joseph Roberts among others for the same ship apprenticed to different masters; p. 276, 30 November, David Rosser/I>; and Hargreaves-Mawdsley, Vol. 2, Servants to Foreign Plantations, p. 162, lists the same names with ship and destination but without contractor, citing pages 287 and 288 of the original manuscript.
6. Coldham, Vol. 2, Complete Book of Emigrants, p. 546, cites Coldham's own Bristol Registers, 16 September 1685. The following apprenticed in Bristol: David Miles of Llantrissant, Glam, to Lewis Markham, 4 years Virginia by John; Dorothy Price of Carmarthen Town to same, 4 years Virginia by John; Elizabeth Norton of Cardiff, Glam, to same, 6 years Virginia by John; Katherine Thomas of Llandedgouth (sic) to same, 4 years Virginia by John; Reece Edwards of Llanquidd (sic) to same, 4 years Virginia by John; Morgan Llewis of Fagan (sic) to same, 6 years Virginia by John.
7. William H. & Fonda Gilbert Waters Marcum, The Way it Was with our Ancestors, Markham/Marcum - Cobia and Waters - Gilbert, Allied Families Butler - Davis - Gorman - Hutchison - Kendrick - Roberts - Richebourg - Webster (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, 1982), p. 18, says Lewis, son of the immigrant Lewis, became a prominent attorney in Westmoreland Co. (hereafter cited as Marcum, The Way it Was).
8. Gertrude E. Gray, comp., Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, Volume I: 1694-1742 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1988), p. 21, Grant Book 2, p. 285: Thomas Terwhit of Westmoreland Co. died seized of 100 A. in said Co. Grant to Lewis Markham of Westmoreland Co. adj. Richard Brown. 9 Feb. 1697/8 (hereafter cited as Gray, Vol. 1, Northern Neck Grants).
9. Louis des Cognets, Jr., comp., English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records (Princeton: the author, 1958), p. 7 (hereafter cited as des Cognets, English Duplicates).
10. Ibid., p. 2.
11. Ibid., p. 19, but gives name "Lem'l Markham," listing the same name as Sheriff, who was Lewis in the record on p. 2.
12. Gray, Vol. 1, Northern Neck Grants, p.39, cites Grant Book 3, p. 193: George Thorne died seized of 151 1/2 A. in Westmoreland Co. granted 9 Oct. 1694 by William ffitzhugh Agt. Endorsement by James Westcomb Clk of said Co. Escheat Grant to Lewis Markham of Westmoreland Co. in fforest in said Co., on path to Nanjattico, adj. Mr. Stark, William Baltrop. 1 Dec. 1708.
13. Augusta B. Fothergill, Wills of Westmoreland County, Virginia 1654-1800 (1925; reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1973), p. 50 (hereafter cited as Fothergill, Wills of Westmoreland Co. VA); and Fothergill, Wills of Westmoreland Co. VA, p. 52, 15 Mar 1712 will of Lewis Markham: To Joseph Bayley and his wife Ann; my eight children; son William, plantation at Mattoax at death of my wife Elizabeth (hereafter cited as Fothergill, 15 Mar 1712, Will of Lewis Markham).
14. Fothergill, Wills of Westmoreland Co. VA, p. 50.
15. Fothergill, 15 Mar 1712, Will of Lewis Markham.
16. Louise Pecquet du Bellet, "Marshall Family," Some Prominent Virginia Families, Four Volumes in Two. (1907; reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1976), Vol. 2, p. 462 (hereafter cited as du Bellet, Marshall Family).
17. Ibid., Vol. 2, p. 462.
18. Ibid., Vol. 2, p.467.
19. Ibid., Vol. 2, p.467.
20. Ibid., Vol. 2, p. 470.
21. Ibid., Vol. 2, p. 470.
22. Ibid., Vol. 2, p. 470.

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