John Marshall was born in Ramsgate,Kent,England on 15 February 1748.Having been bound apprentice at the age of six, he spent his life at sea.In 1788 he captained the "Scarborough" a ship of the First Fleet taking convicts from England to Botany Bay.He then sailed from Australia to China, charting previously unknown islands,as well as a new trade route to Canton. The islands which he had originally called "Lord Mulgrove's range" were later named Marshall Islands.John Marshall also captained the Scarborough on her second voyage transporting convicts to Australia, but the convicts coming aboard were in poor health and many did not survive the voyage; this combined with an attempted seizure of the ship by the convicts deterred him from any further voyages of transportation. He saw action during the American war of Independence, and also the Napoleonic wars, being severely wounded when on board the ship "Diana". He died in 1819 at the age of 71. The First Fleet is the name given to the group of people and ships who sailed from England in May 1787 to establish the first European colony in New South Wales. ...
Reference:"A Journal of the different voyages of Mr John Marshall written by himself"
JohnMarshall born on September 24, 1755, eleven weeks after Braddock's defeat during which most of the British officers, including Braddock, were killed or wounded.
But it is known that the Marshall home had a bible, almost for certain Shakespeare and Dryden, and definitely Pope who JohnMarshall said he had copied every word of the "Essay on Man" and other moral essays and had memorized many of the more interesting passages by the time he was twelve.
JohnMarshall returned to the United States to be enthusiastically received by most of the country.
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