Person:William Marshall (204)

William Marshall was born in about 1721 at Luton in Bedfordshire, son of Joseph or Josiah Marshall and his wife Sarah. William was baptised at the age of four, alongside an older brother and a younger sister. He appears to have died in 1730, aged about nine years old.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Church of England. Parish registers of St Mary, Luton, 1603-1944. (Bedford: Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Record Service).

   Parish Register (Rough Copy)
   Baptised An[n]o 1725
   April 2: William Marshall son of Josiah & Sarah Aged 4 years
   2: Sararah [sic] Marshall da[ugh]t[e]r of Josiah & Sarah
   2: John Marshall Aged 6 years son of Josiah & Sarah
   
   Parish Register (Fair Copy)
   Baptized Anno 1725
   April 2: W[illia]m Marshall Son of Joseph & Sarah Aged 4 years
   2: Sarah Marshall Daugh[ter] of Joseph & Sarah
   2: John Marshall Son of Joseph & Sarah Aged 6
   
   Bishop's Transcript
   1725
   [exact date lost]
   William Marshall Son of Josiah & Sarah Aged 4 y[ea]rs
   Sarah Marshall Daughter of Josiah & Sarah
   John Marshall Son of Josiah & Sarah Aged 6 years

   There is a discrepancy as to William's father's name. The rough copy version of the Parish Register and the Bishop's Transcript both give his father's name as Josiah, but the fair copy of the Parish Register gives his father's name as Joseph.

2. ↑ Church of England. Parish registers of St Mary, Luton, 1603-1944. (Bedford: Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Record Service).

   Parish Register (Rough Copy)
   Buried An[n]o 1730
   June 8: William Marshall son of Simon & Sarah

   See discussion of William's parents' names on the family page. There was also a William Marshall son of Simon and Sarah baptised six days after this burial - who is therefore assumed to be a younger brother named after this William, although it is possible the baptism and burial in June 1730 are the same child but the dates have been transposed.