Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 01-20-2025.

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 available to be downloaded.

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


Individual Page


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Thomas OGILVY
  2. Sir John OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie Birth: 1 Death: Before 9 Jan 1505/6
  3. Margaret OGILVY Birth: 1
  4. Archibald OGILVY Birth: 2

Marriage: Children:
  1. Oliver OGILVY Birth: 3
  2. Alexander OGILVY Birth: 4
  3. Malcolm OGILVY Birth: 5
  4. John OGILVY Birth: 6
  5. Isabella OGILVY Birth: 2 Death: After 20 May 1491

Marriage: Children:
  1. Janet OGILVY Birth: 3
  2. Matiota OGILVY Birth: 4 Death: After 22 Jun 1575

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 03 Canonteigh-Cutts. London: St Catherine Press, 1913. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 3 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo03coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP III [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 06 Gordon-Huntley. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VI [Ap][p0-9].*].
  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 I p[0-9]*].
  6. 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 VI p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1430 [Ref: CP I p70]
first son [Ref: SP I p113],
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p30]
Sir John OGILVY & Margaret Countess of Moray [Ref: SP I p113],
father:
[Ref: CP I p70]
Sources for death Information
date:
1504 [Ref: CP VI p53]
1504, before 25 Sep [Ref: SP I p114]
before 25 Sep 1504 [Ref: Burke Peerage p30]
shortly before 25 Sep 1504, 3 1/2 years before 2 May 1508 [Ref: CP I p70 (with corr in XIV p13)]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth KENNEDY
date:
abt 1450 [Ref: CP I p70]
first marriage of James [Ref: Burke Peerage p30, SP I p114],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p30, CP I p70, SP I p114, SP I p115 (with corr in IX p8)]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elene DOUGLAS
date:
before 1478 [Ref: CP VI p53]
before May 1478 [Ref: Burke Peerage p30, CP I p70 (with corr in XIV p13), SP I p114 (with corr in IX p7)]
second marriage of Helen [Ref: SP I p175 (with corr in IX p11), SP VI p223 (with corr in IX p137)],
names:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p916],
child:
[Ref: SP I p114 (with corr in IX p7), SP I p114, SP I p115, SP VI p223]
Sources with Information about marriage to Jean LYLE
date:
after 1486, as third marriage of James [Ref: SP I p114]
last marriage of James [Ref: CP I p70]
third marriage of James [Ref: Burke Peerage p30],
child:
[Ref: SP I p115]
Research Notes:
1st Lord Ogilvy of Airlie, of Barony cr 1491 [Ref: CP I p70]
Lord Ogilvy of Airlie [Ref: SP I p175 (with corr in IX p11)]

of Airlie and Lintrathen, co Forfar [Ref: CP I p70]

son and heir of Sir John Ogilvy of Airlie and Lintrathen [Ref: CP I p70]

1484: succeeded father [Ref: CP I p70]

1484: one of the grantors of the treaty of peace concluded with the English [Ref: CP I p70]

Apr 28 1491: created Lord Ogilvy of Airlie [Ref: CP I p70]

May 18 1492: ambassador to Denmark [Ref: CP I p70]



Pedigree of Sir James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie
                                                                /-----Gilbert
                                                       /-----Alexander De OGILUILL
                                              /-----Patrick De OGILVY
                                     /-----Patrick De OGILVY
                            /-----Walter De OGILVY
                           |        |         /-----Robert RAMSAY
                           |         \-----Marjorie RAMSAY
                   /-----Sir Walter OGILVY
          /-----Sir Walter OGILVY, High Treasurer Of Scotland
         |        |         /-----Sir Malcolm RAMSAY, Lord Of Auchterhouse
         |         \-----Isabel RAMSAY
 /-----Sir John OGILVY
|         \-----Isabel
Sir James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie
|                                    /-----Alan De WINTOUN
|                           /-----Sir William SETON
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir Christopher SETON
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander SETON
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Christian BRUCE
|                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander SETON
|                          |        |        |         \-----Christian CHEYNE
|                          |         \-----Margaret SETON
|                  /-----Sir John SETON, Lord Of Seton
|                 |        |                                    /-----Robert FLEMING
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir Patrick FLEMING
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm FLEMING
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Simon FRASER
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Joanna FRASER
|                 |        |         /-----Sir David FLEMING
|                 |        |        |         \-----Christian KEITH
|                 |         \-----Janet FLEMING
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir David BARCLAY, Lord Of Brechin
|                 |                  \-----Jean BARCLAY
|                 |                          |                  /-----Sir William Of Brechin, Lord Of Brechin
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir David Of Brechin, Lord Of Brechin
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Elena COMYN
|                 |                           \-----Margaret Of Brechin
|                 |                                   |         /-----Alexander De Bonkyl
|                 |                                    \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
|                 |                                             \-----Christiana DUNBAR
|         /-----Sir William SETON
|        |        |                                             /-----John De St CLAIR
|        |        |                                    /-----John De St CLAIR
|        |        |                           /-----William De St CLAIR
|        |        |                  /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|        |        |         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Amicia
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----William De FENTON
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Alice De FENTON
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Cecilia BYSET
|        |        |        |         \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
|        |         \-----Katherine De St CLAIR
|        |                 |         /-----Sir Patrick POLWARTH
|        |                  \-----Elizabeth POLWARCH
 \-----Margaret SETON
         |                                                      /-----Sir Parick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
         |                                             /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
         |                                            |         \-----Euphemia
         |                                    /-----Sir Alexander DUNBAR
         |                                   |        |         /-----John FITZ ROBERT, MC Surety
         |                                   |         \-----Cecilia
         |                                   |                  \-----Ada De BALIOL
         |                           /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
         |                  /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
         |                 |        |                           /-----Thomas FITZ RANULF
         |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas RANDOLPH
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Juliana
         |                 |        |         /-----Thomas RANDOLPH, Earl Of Moray
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Adam De KILCONQUHAR
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Isabella De KILCONQUHAR
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
         |                 |         \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
         |                 |                 |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |                 |                 |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Jean COMYN
         |                 |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
         |                 |                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De BARCLAY
         |                 |                           \-----Eupheme
         |         /-----Sir George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
         |        |         \-----Christiana WARDLAW
          \-----Janet DUNBAR
                   \-----Beatrice



Descendants of Sir James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie
1. Sir James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie m1. Elizabeth KENNEDY m2. Elene DOUGLAS m3. Jean LYLE
m. Elizabeth KENNEDY
m. Elene DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus mother: Margaret HAY
m. Jean LYLE

2nd generation

3. Sir John OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie m1. Marion (OGILVY) m2. Jean GRAHAM
m. Marion (OGILVY)
m. Jean GRAHAM father: William GRAHAM, Lord Graham mother: Elene DOUGLAS
12. Matiota OGILVY m. David BETHUNE, Cardinal Archbishop of St Andr
m. David BETHUNE, Cardinal Archbishop of St Andr

3rd generation

13. James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie m. Margaret LINDSAY
m. Margaret LINDSAY father: Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford mother: Isobel CAMPBELL
17. Margaret BETHUNE m. David LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford
m. David LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford father: Alexander LINDSAY, Master Of Crawford mother: Jean SINCLAIR

4th generation

18. James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie m. Helen SINCLAIR
m. Helen SINCLAIR father: Henry SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair mother: Margaret HEPBURN
19. David LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford m1. Lilias DRUMMOND m2. Grizell STEWART
m. Lilias DRUMMOND father: David DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond mother: Lilian RUTHVEN
m. Grizell STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl mother: Margaret FLEMING
20. Henry LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford m1. Helen CHISHOLM m2. Margaret SHAW
m. Helen CHISHOLM father: James CHISHOLM mother: Jean DRUMMOND
m. Margaret SHAW father: Sir James SHAW mother: Marjory KIRKCALDY
22. Helen LINDSAY m. Sir David LINDSAY
m. Sir David LINDSAY

5th generation

23. Marion OGILVY m. Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray
m. Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray father: Gilbert GRAY mother: Egidia MERCER
24. James OGILVY, Master of Ogilvy m. Catherine CAMPBELL
m. Catherine CAMPBELL father: Sir John CAMPBELL mother: Muriel CALDER
25. Helen OGILVY m. James STEWART, Lord Innermeath
m. James STEWART, Lord Innermeath father: John STEWART, Lord Innermeath mother: Elizabeth BETHUNE
30. Margaret LINDSAY m. Sir David CARNEGIE, Earl of Southesk
m. Sir David CARNEGIE, Earl of Southesk father: David CARNEGIE mother: Euphame WEMYSS