I am Jacob L. Bateman III or Le middlename is LeRoy. I have two ancestors with the given name MARSHALL. So I am trying to find the connection. Even though these relatives are not related I am interested in how they got the name MARSHALL as a given name. MARSHALL COVINGTON was born in 1800 in Lincoln County Ga. He died in Dale County Alabama in 1879. His father William COVINGTON born in 1731 in Amelia County was from Virginia. William MARSHALL SCARBOROUGH was also born in Georgia in Laurens County in 1839. His father William Perrien SCARBOROUGH was born in Georgia 1812. They are connected to the SCARBOROUGH'S from SCARBOROUGH FAIR England so I have been told. We descend from a cousin or brother of William SCARBOROUGH who was hung for being a conspirator with Col. Nathaniel BACON. That William was a brother or cousin to Captain Edmund SCARBOROUGH who first settled in Virginia. I do hope someone can help me. Le