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opened their office in 1677 at Swann's Point, Marshall and others lodged complaints against Sir William Berkeley which they recanted ; Marshall begged pardon on his bended knees. His will was proved Jmie 9, 1688. and mentions son Humphrey, daugh- ter Mary, "a younger son" unnamed, and brothers Humphrey Marshall and Peter Best.

Marshall, Captain Roger, born in 161 1, was in the military service of the colony, and in 1646 was in command of Fort Royall alias Rickahock Fort on the Mattapony river.

Marshall, Thomas, son of John Marshall, of Westmoreland county and Elizabeth Markham, his wife, was born in Washing- ton parish, Westmoreland county, April 2, 1730; was a lieutenant in the French and Indian war; burgess for Fauquier county in tlie assemblies of 1761-1765, 1766-1769, 1769- 177 1, 1 772- 1 774. 1775. and a member of the conventions of 1774, 1775, 1776; colonel of the Third Virginia Regiment in the Conti- nental army; in 1780 surveyor-general of the lands in Kentucky appropriated to the officers and soldiers of the Virginia Conti- nental line ; removed to Kentucky and died there June 22. 1802. He married Mary Ran- dolph Keith, and was father of Chief Justice John Marshall.

Marshall, Thomas, was burgess for North- ampton county at the last session of the assembly of 1723-1726, in the place of Thomas Harmanson, who died. He was burgess in the assembly of 1727-1734, but in 1732 vacated his seat by accepting the office of sheriff.

Marshall, Captain William, came from

Barbadoes to Virginia. He was burgess for Elizabeth City county in 1692 and died the same year, being murdered by some sailors at Hampton, Virginia. He married Hannah Hand and left one son, William Marshall. His widow married (second) Captain Rich- ard Booker, of Gloucester county, and left issue by him. The name Marshall has de- scended in the Booker family.

Marshart, Michael, was a London mer- chant who settled in Virginia about 1640 and furnished the colony with supplies at different times. He had ships trading as far as Canada.

Martian (Martue), Nicholas, was a French Walloon, who obtained his denization in England before coming to Virginia ; born in 1591 ; arrived before 1620; first burgess for the first settlement on the York river, 1632 ; took a leading part in 1635 at the meeting at William Warren's house, near the pres- ent Yorktown, in protesting against Sir John Harvey's tyranny. Flis will, dated March i, 1656, was proved April 24, 1657, and in it he names his three daughters — Elizabeth, wife of Colonel George Reade ; Mary, wife of Lieutenant-Colonel John Scasbrook. and Sarah, wife of Captain Wil- liam Fuller, sometime governor of Mary- land.

Martin, Colonel John, came to Virginia about 1730. In 1738 he advertised for a stolen silver pint cup with his arms en- graved thereon, "a chevron between three half moons." He was a member of the house of burgesses for Caroline county, where he resided in 1738- 1740 and 1752- 1756, in which last year he died. He mar- ried Martha Burwell (1703-1738), and left