Person:Sarah Marshall (66)

Sarah Marshall was baptised on 22nd February 1747 at Luton in Bedfordshire, daughter of Elizabeth Marshall, formerly Saunders, and her husband John Marshall. Sarah appears to have been the eldest of six children.

On 23rd February 1770, aged 23, she was married in London to Giles Dukes, who was a widower. After their marriage they returned to Luton, where they had five children baptised between 1771 and 1777. Sarah also witnessed her brother John's marriage in 1771.

Sarah has yet to be traced after the baptism of her youngest child in 1777.

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

   Baptized in 1746 Feb the 22 [i.e. 22 Feb 1746/7] / Sarah Marshall dau of John and Sarah

   Sarah appears to have witnessed the marriage of John Marshall and Elizabeth Arnold in 1771. John appears to have been the son of John Marshall and Elizabeth Saunders, who married in Luton in 1745 but the first child baptised to John and Elizabeth in Luton is not until 1748. It seems likely that this "Sarah daughter of John & Sarah Marshall" baptised at Luton on 22 Feb 1746/7 was actually another daughter of John Marshall and Elizabeth Saunders and her mother's name is incorrect on the baptism, making Sarah the sister of the John Marshall whose marriage she witnessed. There does not appear to be any other evidence of a John and Sarah Marshall couple in Luton around this time.