Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

Martha Marshall

Female 1724 - 1794  (~ 66 years)


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  • Name Martha Marshall 
    Birth Between 1720 and 1724  Caroline County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death Between Sep 1786 and Dec 1794  Caroline County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I21158  Tree1
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2024 

    Father William 'caroline' Marshall,   b. Abt 1697, Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Nov 1757, Caroline County, Virginia - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Williams,   b. 1697, Sittingbourne Parish, Essex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1768, King & Queen County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Oct 1717  Caroline County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F3834  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Michael Yates,   b. 1720, Baltimore County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1788 and Sep 1789, Caroline County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 11 Sep 1756  Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • two marriage dates

      11 SEP 1756

      11 Sep 1743
    Children 
     1. George Yates,   b. Abt 1751, St. Margaret's Parish, Caroline County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jun 1788, St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 37 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. William Yates,   b. Abt 1752, Caroline County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     3. Michael Yates,   b. 30 Jun 1753, Caroline County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     4. Martha Yates,   b. Abt 1754, Caroline County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1803, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 50 years)  [Father: natural]
     5. Marshall Yates,   b. Abt 1758, Caroline County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1796, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 38 years)  [Father: natural]
     6. Abner Yates,   b. 1760, Caroline County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1791, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)  [Father: natural]
     7. John Yates,   b. Abt 1764, St. Margaret's Parish, Caroline County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1812, Caroline County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 48 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F13867  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Property: September 1786 214 acres, land, George Terrell's Dist., Caroline County, Virginia (deed of sale by Michael Yates and wife to son William Yates for £192.12.0) Property 2: December 1794 164 acres, land, Caroline County, Virginia (to son Abner) Property 3: December 1794 60 acres, land, Caroline County, Virginia (to dau. Martha) Census 1: 1792 Caroline County, Virginia (253 acres from estate of Michael Yates; 7 slaves) Census 2: 1793 Caroline County, Virginia (253 acres from estate of Michael Yates; 7 slaves)

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      Contributed by: James Hughes

      URL: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2874167&id=I54 8309458
      URL title: Yates-Looper Tree
      The George Yates mentioned here could be the same George Yates that had a son named Michael that married Martha Marshall d/o William Marshall and Elizabeth Williams of Caroline County, Virginia.

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      James Hughes 2005-06-04 15:30:55
      WILL OF JOHN ESTES

      Martha Marshall's sister Mary Marshall was the first wife of John Estes.
      Anne Estes dau. of John Estes and Mary Marshall married Michael Yates son of Michael Yates and Martha Marshall.
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      Contributed by: James Hughes

      URL: http://www5.familytreemaker.com/cgi-bin/texis/find/search30/?query=History +of+the+Early+Settlers+of+Sangamon+County%2C+&db=online&areas=10&head=onli ne&booknum=&category=&words=History+of+the+Early+Settlers+of+Sangamon+Coun ty%2C+&first=&last=&cmd=context&i
      URL title: History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois , Page 1173
      Note:
      For a different point of view on Martha Marshall see the following:

      Page 1172

      YATES, HENRY, was born October 29, 1786, in Caroline county, Virginia. Dr. Michael Yates, a native of England, emigrated to America before the Revolution and settled in Caroline county, Virginia. He there married Martha Marshall, a sister of John Marshall, afterwards Chief Justice of the United States. [not hardly - cousins yes] Their son, Abner, born in Caroline county, married Mollie Hawes, daughter of Thomas Hawes and Elizabeth Fisher, his wife. They had two children, Henry, whose name heads this sketch, and Martha, who married Henry Ellis. See his name. Henry Yates was taken by his parents, in 1788, from Caroline county, Virginia, to Fayette county, Kentucky, where his father died. The family moved to Woodford, thence to Scott, and from there to Gallatin county in the same State, in 1804. Henry Yates Henry Ellis, and Colonel Robert Johnson laid out a town on the Ohio river, and Colonel Johnson named it Fredericks burg, in honor of his native city of that name in Virginia. It was at a late period changed to Warsaw, and is th?? county seat of Gallatin county. Henry Yates returned to Caroline county Virginia, and was there married, July 11 1809, to his cousin, Millicent Yates, who was born May 15, 1791. They went to Gallatin county, Kentucky, where they had eleven children, five of whom died young, and Mrs. Millicent Yates died April 19, 1830. Henry Yates married Mary A. Shuff, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in May, 1831, at Springfield. In November, 1832, they moved to Island Grove, where Berlin now stands. They had one child there, and Mrs. Mary A. Yates died May 11, 1835. Henry Yates was married Sept. 28, 1835, to Elizabeth McMillan. They had six children, one of whom died in childhood. Of his twelve children, including the six brought from Kentucky--
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      Contributed by: James Hughes

      URL: http://www.historiccourtrecords.org/courtrecordsearch.asp?query1=yates%2C+ martha&process=newsearch&B1=Search
      URL title: Fredericksburg Court Record Search
      Note:
      Court Record Data
      Context Extract
      Death abated Apr. 1796 by the death of William Marshall
      Defendant William Marshall
      Locality Caroline Co.
      Plaintiff Martha Yates
      Administrative Information
      Record title Yates vs Marshall
      Year recorded 1796
      Collection CR-DC-L
      Record ID 390-94
      End Notes
      Preserved by Virginia Circuit Court Records Preservation Program
      Processed by Margaret Anne Crickman
      Extracted by Barry L. McGhee
      Extracted on 10/21/2002
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      1751-1761 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book E; [William Armstrong Crozier];
      Oct. 5, 1756. Michael Yates and Martha, his wife; Daniel May and Alice, his wife; John Jones and Ann, his wife, to James Nelson of Spts. Co. £57 12s. curr. 670 a., part of a pat. granted Michael Ginney, June 30, 1726, in Spts. Co. No witnesses. Oct. 5, 1756.

  • Sources 
    1. [S171] Paxton.FTW.
      Date of Import: Jul 20, 2002

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