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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



1734, in Concord, married (first) Han- 

 nah James, daughter of Joseph and Han- 

 nah (Hickman) James, of Westtown, and 

 settled in Birmingham township, where 

 his wife died in 1764, leaving two chil- 

 dren. Mary, who married William Phil- 

 lips; and Martha, v/ho died unmarried. 

 He removed to Kennett township in 

 1765, and on 4 mo. 27, 1768, married Su- 

 sanna Lamborn, daughter of Robert ixnd 

 Ann (Bourne) Lamborn. She was born 



4 mo. 7, 1749, and died 3 mo. 3, 1839. 

 John Marshall became a large landowner 

 in Kennett, among his extensive hold- 

 ings being a grist and saw mill. He and 

 his family were members of Hockesin 

 Meeting, and Kennett Monthly Meeting. 

 He died 11 mo. 30, 1815. The children 

 of John and Susanna (Lamborn) Mar- 

 shall were: Thomas, born 4 mo. 22, 1769, 

 died 2 mo. 2, 1851, married Sarah Gregg; 

 Robert, born 9 mo. 15, 1771, (see below); 

 William, born 5 mo. 26, 1773, died 

 young; Hannah, born i mo. 7, 1775, died 

 I mo. 21, 1859, married John Yeaman; 

 Ann, born 8 mo. 22, 1778, died 5 mo. 26, 

 1862, married John Scarlett; Martha, 

 born 8 mo. 20, 1780, died i mo. 3, 1811, 

 unmarried; and William, born 7 mo. 30, 

 1784, died 1859, married Margaret Mc- 

 Cammon. 



Robert Marshall, second son of John 

 and Susanna (Lamborn) Marshall, was 

 born in Kennett township, Chester 

 county, Pennsylvania, 9 mo. 15, 1771. He 

 inherited his father's homestead in Ken- 

 nett. His^ son Caleb some years before 

 the latter's death in 1869, removed to 

 Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle county. 

 . Delaware. Prior to his removal to Del- 

 aware he operated the grist mill in Ken- 

 nett, inherited from his father. His son 

 Thomas was also a miller and success- 

 fully operated the mill in Kennett for 

 many years, and in 1856 began the man- 

 ufacture of paper, establishing the ex- 

 tensive plant now operated by his sons, 

 T. El wood and Israel W. Marshall. 

 Robert Marshall married 11 mo. 22, 1804, 

 Mary Hoopes, born 3 mo. 16. 1781, died 

 7 mo. 30, 1847, daughter of Thomas and 

 Sarah (Bane) Hoopes. of Goshen, Ches- 

 ter county. They had five children, viz.: 

 Caleb H., born 9 mo. 11, 1806, (see for- 

 ward) ; John, born 10 mo. 7, 1808, died 



5 mo. 23, 1885, married Sarah Phillips, 

 and (second) Mary Harlan; Martha, 

 born 8 mo. i, 1810, married Thomas 

 Hannum; Abner, born 8 mo. 27, 1814, 

 married Ann Eliza Pvle; and Thomas, 

 born 3 mo. 18. 1818. d"ied 3 mo. 6, 1887, 

 married Mary Way. 



Caleb H. Marshall, born on the old 

 Marshall homestead in Kennett, 9 mo. 

 II. 1806. removed to New Castle county, 

 Delaware. He married Jane Thompson, 

 daughter of John and Elizabeth (Reed) 

 Thompson, of Mill Creek Hundred, and 

 settled at the site of the present town of 

 IMarshallton, New Castle county. Jolin 

 Marshall, second son of Robert and 



Mary (Hoopes) Marshall, also removed 

 to New Castle county, and the two broth- 

 ers, Caleb H. and John, engaged in the 

 iron busines at Alarshallton, building uj> 

 a large business. In 1863 Caleb H. re- 

 moved to Philadelphia, where the firm 

 had already established a large plant 

 under the name of the Penn Treaty Iron 

 Works. In 1878 Alfred Marshall, the 

 subject of this sketch, with his two- 

 brothers, W. W. Marshall and J. Howard 

 Marshall, purchased their father's and 

 and uncle's interest in the business, and 

 continued it with great success under 

 the firm name of Marshall Brothers & 

 Company, introducing many new fea- 

 tures, keeping abreast of the times dur- 

 ing the period of vast developments in 

 the iron and steel business in America. 

 Both J. Howard and Alfred Marshall be- 

 came residents of Langhorne Manor, 

 Bucks county, Pennsylvania, where J. 

 Howard died January 24, 1902. John. 

 Marshall, junior member of the original 

 firm, died 5 mo. 23, 1885. 



John Thompson, the maternal ances- 

 tor of Alfred Marshall, came to Fen- 

 wick's colony near Salem, New Jersey, 

 in 1679, from W^icklow county, Ireland, 

 but was of English birth. He was a son 

 of Thomas and Elizabeth Thompson, 

 and was born in Kirkfenton parish, York- 

 shire, in May, 1635. In 1658 Thomas 

 and Elizabeth Thompson, with their twcv 

 sons, John and Andrew, removed to 

 Ireland, locating in the parish of Don- 

 ard. county Wicklow, where John mar- 

 ried in 1665 Jane Humble, daughter of 

 Thomas Humble, who had lately re- 

 moved to Ireland from county Durham, 

 England. Four children were born to- 

 John and Jane in Ireland; Thomas, born 

 7 mo., 1666; James, born 8 mo., 1668- 

 Ann, born 9 mo., 1672 ; and Mary, borrr 

 10 mo. 25, 1675. Andrew Thompson, 

 brotiier of John, married in countj^ Wick- 

 low, Isabel Mar.shall. in 1664. and had 

 by her Elizabeth. William and Anarew, 

 born in Ireland. On 9 mo. 16, 1677, Johrt 

 and Andrew Thompson with their fam- 

 ilies embarked on the ship "Mary." for 

 Fenwick's colony in West Jersey, where 

 they arrived 12 mo. 22. 1677. John 

 Thompson died in 1715- James Thomp- 

 son, son of John and Jane, married 

 in October, 1700, Ann Hollingsworth, 

 daughter of Valentine and Ann (Cal- 

 vert) Holilngsworth. of New Castle 

 county, Delaware. He died in 1712, leav- 

 ing five children: Jane. Ann. John. Eliza- 

 beth and James. James Thompson, son 

 of James and Ann, was born in Salem 

 county. New^ Jersey, 8 mo. 26. 1712. On 

 arriving at manhood he settled in Lea- 

 cock township. Lancaster county, Penn- 

 sylvania, and married 3 mo. 22, 1735, 

 Sarah Worslej', daughter of Daniel and 

 Sarah Worsley, of New Castle county. 

 She was born 4 mo. 3. 1717. On his mar- 

 ria,ge James Thompson removed to New- 

 Castle county, locating in Mill Creek 



