Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-28-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page


Family:
Children:
  1. Gilbert Earl Of Caithness And Orkney Death: 1256

Bibliography
  1. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 01 A-Basing. London: St Catherine Press, 1910. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 1 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo01coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP I [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 10, Oakham-Richmond. London: St Catherine Press, 1945. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP X [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP I p[0-9]*].
  5. Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP II p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
Gillbride Earl of Angus & heiress of the Earls of Caithness [Ref: CP I p145],
father:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p29]
the Earl of Angus [Ref: CP X AppA p28],
mother:
either sister or daughter of John Earl of Caithness [Ref: SP I p163]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
father:
Gilchrist Earl of Angus (#13709) [Ref: SP I p162]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP X AppA p29, SP I p163]
Sources with Information about marriage to unknown
child:
[Ref: CP X AppX p29]
Research Notes:
Earl of Caithness [Ref: CP I p145]

parentage is uncertain, as is his relationship to the predecessors in Orkney and Caithness [Ref: CP X AppA p28(b)]

son of either Gilbride (accepted in CP I p145) or Gilchrist (accepted in CP II p475 and SP II p317); the second theory is more probable [Ref: CP X AppA p28(b)]

through his mother succeeded to the Earldom of Caithness [Ref: Burke Peerage p29]

usually designed "son of Gillebride, Earl of Angus, called Earl of Caithness" [Ref: SP II p317]

1227: described as "son of Earl of Agnes" [Ref: SP I p163]



Pedigree of Magnus Earl Of Caithness
 /-----Gilbride Earl Of Angus
Magnus Earl Of Caithness
|                                                               /-----Duncan Lord Of Mormaer Of Athol
|                                                      /-----Crinan The Thane Abbot Of Dunkeld
|                                             /-----Donnchad (Duncan I) Mac CRINAN, King Of Scots
|                                            |        |         /-----Mael Coluim (Malcolm II) Mac CINAED, King Of Scots
|                                            |         \-----Bethoc
|                                    /-----Melmare
|                                   |        |                  /-----Beorn
|                                   |        |         /-----Sigurd Digera Earl Of Northumbria
|                                   |         \-----Sibylia Of Northumbria
|                                   |                 |         /-----Ealdred Of Bernicia
|                                   |                  \-----Aelflaed
|                           /-----Madach Earl Of Atholl
|                  /-----Harald MADDADSSON, Jarl Of Orkney
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sigurd II Earl Of Orkney
|                 |        |                           /-----Thorfinn Earl Of Orkney
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Doada
|                 |        |                  /-----Paul I Jarl Of Orkney
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Finn Arnisson
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Ingibiorg Finnsdatter
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Bergliot
|                 |        |         /-----Hakon Jarl Of Orkney
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Hakon Ivarsson
|                 |        |        |         \-----(Unk Dau)
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Magnus Olavsson Barfuss King Of Norway
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Ragenhild
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Thora
|                 |         \-----Margaret
|                 |                 |         /-----Moddan Of Dair
|                 |                  \-----Helga
|         /-----John HARALDSSON, Jarl Of Orkney
|        |        |                                             /-----Crinan The Thane Abbot Of Dunkeld
|        |        |                                    /-----Donnchad (Duncan I) Mac CRINAN, King Of Scots
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Bethoc
|        |        |                           /-----Mael Coluim Ceann Moir (Malcolm III) Canmore Mac DONNCHAD, King Of Scots
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Sigurd Digera Earl Of Northumbria
|        |        |                          |         \-----Sibylia Of Northumbria
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Aelflaed
|        |        |                  /-----Alexander Mac MAEL COLUIM, King Of Scots
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Edmund Ironside King Of England
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Edward Athling The Exile
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Ealgyth
|        |        |                 |         \-----Saint Margaret Of Scotland
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Jaroslav I Grand Prince Of Kiev
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Agatha
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Ingegard
|        |        |         /-----Malcolm II Earl Of Ross
|        |         \-----Gormflaeth
|        |                 |                                    /-----Meargaige
|        |                 |                           /-----Solam
|        |                 |                  /-----Gilla-Adomnain
|        |                 |         /-----Gilla-Brighte
|        |                  \-----(Unk dau)
 \-----(Unk) Of Caithness



Descendants of Magnus Earl Of Caithness
1. Magnus Earl Of Caithness m.

2nd generation

2. Gilbert Earl Of Caithness And Orkney m.

3rd generation

3. Maud Of Caithness m. Malise Earl Of Strathern
m. Malise Earl Of Strathern father: Robert Earl Of Strathern mother: (Unk dau) De MORAVIA
4. Magnus Earl Of Caithness And Orkney m.

4th generation

5. Malise Earl Of Strathern m. Agnes COMYN
m. Agnes COMYN father: Alexander COMYN, Earl Of Buchan mother: Elizabeth De QUINCY
9. John Earl Of Caithness And Orkney m.

5th generation

10. Malise Earl Of Strathearn m1. Agnes m2. Joan De MONTEITH
m. Agnes
m. Joan De MONTEITH father: Sir John De MONTEITH