Thomas Marshall (1719 - 1800)

Born 21 Jul 1719 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (Allen) Marshall — married after 16 May 1757 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Abigail (Williams) Marshall — married 6 Dec 1795 in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Died 18 Nov 1800 at age 81 in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Colonel Thomas Marshall served with 10th Massachusetts Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Thomas Marshall is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 241919
Rank: Colonel

Thomas Marshall, a son of Christopher Marshall and Elizabeth _______. Born: 21 Jul 1719 Boston ^[1][2][3][4]

His father was Captain Christopher Marshall, born 1697, an officer in the British service, assisted in the capture of Louisburg in 1746.

A Colonel in the American Revolution, first of the Boston Regiment, then in the Continental Army.^[5][6]

Marshall was a tailor. As a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts since 1761, he was named a colonel before the Revolutionary War. As a prominent Boston citizen, he was active in civic and government affairs, and served as a selectman from 1772–1776. His portrait and bio at dar.org.^[7]

"Was Captain in the Boston militia. A prominent citizen, involved with political brawls, witnessing the Boston Massacre and participating in an attack on a Loyalist publisher. During the siege of Boston he remained in town while most Patriot leaders left. As a town official he help to negotiate the British evacuation in 1776. After commanding a regiment as a colonel during the Revolutionary War, he retired to the small town of Weston to live out the rest of his days." ^[8]

Marriages: 1) Margaret Maccarty (1719-1755) 5 March 1746 Boston by The Rev. Thomas Prince. ^[9]2) Lucy Allen(1728-1794) 02 June 1757 Boston, Suffolk, MA; 3) Abigail Williams (1729-1805) 11 January 1753 Waltham, Middlesex, MA by Rev Jacob Cushing; Early Settlers, Watertown (Vol. 1, P. 665), she was widow of Rev Samuel Woodward (1727-1772)

A Member of the Provincial Congress named Lowell, John (1743-1802) Lowell-145 was one of those who signed Commission of Thomas Marshall as Colonel of the Boston Regiment of Militia.

Military Details:

1763-1767 Commander of Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company

13 June 1763 Boston, Suffolk, MA

03 Dec 1764 Boston, Suffolk, MA

1765 rank of Major, Boston regiment

5 March 1770 Witnessed Boston Massacre; he testified at trial of Capt Thomas Preston as a witness of Boston Massacre but Preston represented by John Adams was acquitted. See The Kennebec Proprietors p 271

Merchant tailor on King Street, Boston

30 April 1776 commissioned Col of Boston Regt. of Mass. Militia; See Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors of The Revolutionary War

08 May 1776) Massachusetts

1777 led 10th Reg MA Militia to defeat British at Ft Ticonderoga See Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors.

09 Sep 1778 Massachusetts

Mar 1779 Massachusetts

Apr 1779 Massachusetts

1 Jan 1781 Boston Massachusetts, retired from service

After the war he purchased land of a Tory in Weston, MA

Death: Colonel Thomas Marshall Event Type Death Birth Date Abt. 1718 Age at Death 82 Death Date 18 Nov 1800 Death Place Boston, USA^[10]

Probate: Name Thomas Surname Marshall Location Weston Date 1800 Subject Will Number 14726. Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. mentions 3rd wife Abigail, brother Christopher. signed by Artemas Ward^[11]

Burial: Record details Name Thomas Marshall Cemetery, Central Cemetery, Location Post Rd, Weston MA 70. ^{[12] [13]}

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 for Thomas Marshall, Boston, Births, 1689-1744, Deaths, 1721-1744. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2495/images/40400_274678-00492 Birth record.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHYM-62B : 15 January 2020), Thomas Marshall, 1719.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Births, 1636-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHYF-WLN : 27 October 2020), Thomas Marshall, 1719.
4. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/12420273?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a226d44415a7658656165785677796f466b372b6d6c2b624958326e4a6e6e7a324e34797444494d37582b48553d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d
5. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary WarMassachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 10, p. 265
6. ↑ SAR https://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/241919
7. ↑ https://www.dar.org/museum/featured-object/boston-uncommon?ID=1365
8. ↑ Revolutionary Characters http://www.revolutionarycharacters.org/thomas-marshall
9. ↑ Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850
10. ↑ The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011
11. ↑ Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org); Will, case 14726
12. ↑ Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
13. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201475977/thomas-marshall : accessed 08 November 2021), memorial page for COL Thomas Marshall (1718–18 Nov 1800), Find A Grave: Memorial #201475977, citing Central Cemetery, Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Denise (contributor 46820671) . -no photo

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DCTD-GTPZ : 10 November 2020), Thomas Marshall, 21 Jul 1719; citing Birth, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004329324.
• (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH7C-B4Z : 10 November 2020), Col. Thos. Marshal, 22 Nov 1795; citing Marriage, Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009671.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHZR-N2G : 10 November 2020), Thos Colo Marshal, 22 Nov 1795; citing Marriage, Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010704.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH7Z-94X : 10 November 2020), Col. Thomas Marshall, 6 Dec 1795; citing Marriage, Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009671.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHZR-KJM : 10 November 2020), Thomas Col Marshall, 6 Dec 1795; citing Marriage, Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010704.

• Vinton, John Adams. The Giles Memorial (Boston, 1864); p. 347

• Town of Weston. Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1707-1850. 1703-Gravestones-1900. Church records, 1709-1825 (McIndoe Bros., Boston, 1901)
  • p. 171
  • p. 185
  • p. 367
  • p. 343
• https://boston1775.blogspot.com/2012/02/thomas-marshall-tailor-and-town-officer.html

See Also: Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889