Rash's Surname Index

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Notes for Thomas Sr. MARSHALL

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Thomas Marshall, the youngest son of John and Sarah (Smith) Marshall, was born in Darby township, Chester county, February 10, 1694-5. About the time of attaining his majority he removed to Concord township, Chester county, and located on a farm near the present village of Concordville, where he erected
later, in 1727, a house that has since been continuously occupied by his descendants. He died there about the year 1741. Thomas Marshall married, at Concord Friends Meeting, April 24, 1718, Hannah Mendenhall, who was born in Chester county, August 11, 1696, and died about 1770. She was a daughter of Benjamin Mendenhall, of Concord township, who with his brothers John and Moses, and a sister Mary Mendenhall, who became the wife of Nathaniel Newlin, came from Mildenhall, County Suffolk, England, in 1686. Benjamin Mendenhall, died in 1740, at an advanced age. He was many years prominent in local affairs,
religious and civil, and was held in high repute. He was a member of the Provincial assembly in 1714, and held a number of minor offices. He married, April 17, 1689, Ann, daughter of Robert and Hannah Pennell, who had settled in Middletown township, Chester county in 1686. Ann Mendenhall, a sister to Hannah (Mendenhall) Marshall, became the wife of John Bartram, the famous founder of "Bartram's Gardens," the well known botanist and horticulturist. Hannah Marshall married (second) Peter Grubb the eminent ironmaster.

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