Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

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. Maud Of Strathern Birth: 1
  2. Eupheme Of Strathern Birth: 2 Death: After 20 Jan 1364/5
  3. Agnes Of Strathern Birth: 3 Death: 1360
  4. Isabel Of Strathern Birth: 4

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 02 Bass-Canning. London: St Catherine Press, 1912. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 2 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo02coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP II [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. 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].*].
  5. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-1, Skelmersdale-Towton. London: St Catherine Press, 1953. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XII/1 [Ap][p0-9].*].
  6. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1[pc][0-9]*].
  7. 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]*].
  8. 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]*].
  9. 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 VII p[0-9]*].
  10. 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 VIII p[0-9]*].
  11. Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, Medieval Heritage: The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England, The Genealogist, 2:157-68, 3:25-44, 3:175-94, 4:144-58, 5:64-72, 5:226-39, 6:100-3, 6:148-65, 7-8:137-43, 9:40-4, 10:73-85, 11:63-72, 11:184-93, 12:83-90, 12:250-6, 13:92-9, 13:252-6, 14:81-4, 14:207-10, 15:99-103, 15:220-4, 16:93-8, 16:227-31, 17:61-4, 17:250-5, 18:123-7, 18:228-31, 19:62-8, 19:251-5, 20:85-8, 20:184-90, 21:71-5, 21:250-4, 22:101-6, 22:186-91, 23:73-9, 23:203-8, 24:110-27, 24:239-54, 25:56-73, 25:214-32, 26:77-101, 26:202-26, 27:189, 28:90, 33:300. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Reprinted, with further corrections, as Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England: A Medieval Heritage. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton & Gunn, 2012. NYPL ARF 13-5787. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v[0-9]*-[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1290 [Ref: CP II p476],
parents:
[Ref: CP II p476, CP XII/1 p385]
Malise & unk first wife [Ref: SP VIII p251],
father:
[Ref: CP X AppA p30, CP X AppX p30]
Sources for death Information
date:
before 1350 [Ref: Burke Peerage p326]
before 1357 [Ref: SP VIII p254]
before 1358 [Ref: CP X p93]
between 1344 and 1350 [Ref: CP II p476, SP II p320]
between 7 Jun 1344 and 11 Nov 1357 [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-114]
between Jun 1344 and 11 Nov 1357 [Ref: CP XII/1 p385]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margery Of Ross
date:
abt 1325/28 [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-114]
abt 1334 [Ref: CP X AppX p31]
before 1334 [Ref: SP VII p236]
between 1325 and 1328 [Ref: SP VIII p254]
perhaps abt 1325-28 [Ref: CP II p476 (with corr in XIV p133), CP XII/1 p386],
names:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p602],
child:
[Ref: CP II p476(b), CP X AppX p31, SP II p320, Thompson CharlesII v24-114]
Research Notes:
8th Earl of Strathern, of Earldom cr before 1124 [Ref: CP XII/1 p385]
8th Earl of Strathern [Ref: CP II p476 (with corr in XIV p133), CP X AppA p30]
Earl of Strathern [Ref: Burke Peerage p326, CP I p153]
Earl of Strathearn, Orkney, and Caithness [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-114]
1st Earl of Caithness, of Earldom cr 1328 [Ref: CP II p476]
Earl of Caithness [Ref: Burke Peerage p326, CP I p153, CP X AppX p30]
Earl of Orkney [Ref: Burke Peerage p326]
Jarl of Orkney [Ref: CP I p153, CP X AppX p30]

heir of his father [Ref: CP XII/1 p385]

between 1323 and 1329: succeeded his father in earldom of Strathearn [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-114(76)]

succeeded his kinsman, Magnus (who d.before 1329) in the earldoms of Orkney and Caithness [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-114(76)]

not improbable that he inherited Caithness and Orkney through his grandmother, Agnes [Ref: CP II p476 (with corr in XIV p133)]

inherited half the lands of caithness as sole heir of his great-grandmother [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-114]

1332: resigned the earldom of Strathearn into the hands of Edward Baliol [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-114]

said to have fought in the battle of Halidon Hill against the English [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-114]

1334: described by Edward III as a notorious and adjudged rebel [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-114]

later efforts to regain Strathearn were unsuccessful [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-114]



Pedigree of Malise Earl Of Strathern, Caithness, And Orkney
                                                       /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern
                                              /-----Ferteth Earl Of Strathern
                                     /-----Gilbert Earl Of Strathern
                                    |         \-----Ethen
                            /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
                           |        |                           /-----Roger III De TOENI, Baron Of Flamstead
                           |        |                  /-----Ralph V De TOENI, Baron Of Flamstead
                           |        |                 |         \-----Ida (Gertrude) Of Hainault
                           |        |         /-----Roger IV De TOENI, Baron Of Flamstead
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert II De Beaumont, Earl Of Leicester
                           |        |        |         \-----Margaret De BEAUMONT
                           |        |        |                  \-----Amicia De Gael
                           |         \-----Margaret De TOSNY
                           |                 |                  /-----Roscelin De BEAUMONT, Viscount Of Maine
                           |                 |         /-----Richard I De BEAUMONT, Viscount Of Maine
                           |                 |        |         \-----Constance
                           |                  \-----Constance De BEAUMONT
                           |                          |         /-----Richard II Seigneur of l'Aigle
                           |                           \-----Lucie De L'AIGLE
                           |                                    \-----Beatrice
                   /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern
                  |        |                           /-----Freskin
                  |        |                  /-----William FRESKIN
                  |        |         /-----Hugh De MORAVIA
                  |         \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
                  |                 |                           /-----Gillemichel MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife
                  |                 |                  /-----Duncan MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife, Regent Of Scotlan
                  |                 |         /-----Duncan MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife, Justiciar Of Scot
                  |                  \-----Annabela Of Fife
                  |                           \-----Ela
          /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern
         |        |                           /-----Gilbride Earl Of Angus
         |        |                  /-----Magnus Earl Of Caithness
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Harald MADDADSSON, Jarl Of Orkney
         |        |                 |        |         /-----John HARALDSSON, Jarl Of Orkney
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Gormflaeth
         |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) Of Caithness
         |        |         /-----Gilbert Earl Of Caithness And Orkney
         |         \-----Maud Of Caithness
 /-----Malise Earl Of Strathearn
|        |                                             /-----(Unk) De COMYN
|        |                                    /-----(Unk) De COMYN
|        |                           /-----Richard COMYN
|        |                  /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Waltheof Of Tynedale
|        |                 |        |         /-----Uchtred Of Tynedale
|        |                 |         \-----Hextilde of Tynedale
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Donnchad (Duncan I) Mac CRINAN, King Of Scots
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Domnall Bane (Donald) Mac DONNCHAD, King Of Scots
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Sibylia Of Northumbria
|        |                 |                  \-----Bethoc Of Scotland
|        |         /-----Alexander COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|        |        |        |                           /-----Colban Earl Of Buchan
|        |        |        |                  /-----Roger Earl Of Buchan
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Gartnach Mormaer Of Buchan
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Eve Countess Of Buchan
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Ete
|        |        |        |         /-----Fergus Earl Of Buchan
|        |        |         \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
|         \-----Agnes COMYN
|                 |                                    /-----Saher De QUINCEY, Lord Of Buckby In Northampto
|                 |                           /-----Robert De QUINCEY
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Simon De St. LIZ, Earl Of Huntingdon
|                 |                          |         \-----Maud De ST LIZ
|                 |                          |                  \-----Maud Of Huntingdon
|                 |                  /-----Saire De QUINCEY, Earl Of Winchester, MC Suret
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----William Lord Of Leuchars
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Ness Of Leuchars
|                 |                 |         \-----Orabella
|                 |         /-----Roger De QUINCY, Earl Of Winchester
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Sir Robert De Beaumont, Earl Of Leicester
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert II De Beaumont, Earl Of Leicester
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De Vermandois, Countess Of Leicester
|                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert De BEAUMONT, Earl Of Leicester
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Ralph De MONTFORT, Seigneur Of Montfort-Gael
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Amicia De Gael
|                 |        |         \-----Margaret BEAUMONT
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Robert De GRANTMESNIL
|                 |        |                 |         /-----William De GRANTMESNIL
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Emma De Estouteville
|                 |        |                  \-----Petronilla De GRANTMESNIL
|                  \-----Elizabeth De QUINCY
|                          |                                    /-----Fergus Lord Of Galloway
|                          |                           /-----Uchtred Of Galloway
|                          |                          |         \-----Sibyl/Elizabeth
|                          |                  /-----Roland Lord Of Galloway, Constable Of Scotland
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Waltheof Baron Of Allendale
|                          |                 |         \-----Gunnild Of Dunbar
|                          |                 |                  \-----Sigrid
|                          |         /-----Alan Lord Of Galloway, Constable Of Scotland
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Hugh De MORVILLE, Constable Of Scotland
|                          |        |        |         /-----Richard De MORVILLE, Constable Of Scotland
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Beatrice BEAUCHAMP
|                          |        |         \-----Elena De MORVILLE
|                          |        |                 |         /-----William I De LANCASTER, Baron Of Kendal
|                          |        |                  \-----Avice De LANCASTER
|                           \-----Helen Of Galloway
|                                   |                           /-----Richard FITZ EUSTACE, Constable Of Chester
|                                   |                  /-----John Fitz Richard, Constable Of Chester
|                                   |                 |         \-----Albreada LIZOURS, Baroness Of Pontfract
|                                   |         /-----Roger De LACY, Baron Of Pontefract
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Roger FITZ RICHARD, Baron Of Warkworth
|                                   |        |         \-----Alice Fitz Roger
|                                   |        |                  \-----Alice De VERE
|                                    \-----(Unk Dau) De LACY
|                                            |                  /-----Hugh III Seigneur De Puiset, Vicount Chartres
|                                            |         /-----Ebrard IV Seigneur De Puiset, Vicount Chartres
|                                            |        |         \-----Agnes
|                                             \-----Maud De CLERE
|                                                      \-----Heloise De ROUCY
Malise Earl Of Strathern, Caithness, And Orkney
 \-----Agnes



Descendants of Malise Earl Of Strathern, Caithness, And Orkney
1. Malise Earl Of Strathern, Caithness, And Orkney m. Margery Of Ross
m. Margery Of Ross father: Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross mother: Matilda De BRUS

2nd generation

2. Maud Of Strathern m. Wayland De La ARDE
m. Wayland De La ARDE
3. Eupheme Of Strathern m. Guthorn SPAR
m. Guthorn SPAR
5. Isabel Of Strathern m. Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin
m. Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin father: Sir William SINCLAIR

3rd generation

8. Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney m. Jean HALYBURTON
m. Jean HALYBURTON father: Sir Walter HALIBURTON

4th generation

10. Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney m. Jill DOUGLAS
m. Jill DOUGLAS father: Sir William DOUGLAS mother: Jill STEWART
13. Elizabeth SINCLAIR m. Sir John DRUMMOND
m. Sir John DRUMMOND father: Sir John DRUMMOND mother: Mary De MONTIFICHET
15. Jean SINCLAIR m. Sir John FORRESTER
m. Sir John FORRESTER father: Sir Adam FORRESTER mother: Margaret
20. Beatrice SINCLAIR m. James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
m. James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas father: Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas mother: Joan MORAY

5th generation

21. William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness m1. Elizabeth DOUGLAS m2. Marjorie SUTHERLAND m3. Janet YEMAN m4.
m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS father: Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas mother: Margaret STEWART
m. Marjorie SUTHERLAND father: Alexander SUTHERLAND mother: Catherine CHALMER
m. Janet YEMAN
22. Helen SINCLAIR m. John SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
m. John SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland father: Robert SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland mother: Margaret STEWART
23. Sir Walter DRUMMOND m. Margaret RUTHVEN
m. Margaret RUTHVEN father: Sir William RUTHVEN
27. Sir John FORRESTER m.
28. Henry FORRESTER m. Helen FAIRLIE
m. Helen FAIRLIE father: John FAIRLIE
31. Janet FORRESTER m. Sir Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
m. Sir Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell father: Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell mother: (Unk) HERRIES
34. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Moray m. Elizabeth DUNBAR
m. Elizabeth DUNBAR father: James DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray mother: Margaret SETON
35. Hugh DOUGLAS, Earl Of Ormond m.
39. Beatrice DOUGLAS m1. Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll m2. Arthur FORBES
m. Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll father: Gilbert HAY mother: Alice HAY
m. Arthur FORBES father: Sir William FORBES mother: Agnes FRASER
40. Janet DOUGLAS m. Robert FLEMING, Lord Fleming
m. Robert FLEMING, Lord Fleming father: Sir Malcolm FLEMING mother: Elizabeth STEWART
41. Margaret DOUGLAS m. Sir Henry DOUGLAS
m. Sir Henry DOUGLAS father: Sir James DOUGLAS, Lord Dalkeith mother: Elizabeth STEWART