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

Person Info

Name: Alexander BOYD, Lord Boyd
Sex: M
Birth: 2 ^b
Death: After 26 Jun 1508 ^d

Parents:

Father:
Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd Birth: 1 Death: Before 14 Oct 1482 in Alnwick

Mother:

Mariot MAXWELL Death: 1473

Family:
Marriage:

Janet COLVILLE on Before 23 Nov 1505 .^m1
Janet COLVILLE

Children:

Margaret BOYD
Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd Birth: 1 Death: Before 10 May 1558
Adam BOYD Birth: 3 Death: After 21 Nov 1577
Thomas BOYD Death: 1547
Euphemia BOYD

Bibliography

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].*].
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]*].
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 V p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: second son [Ref: CP II p260, SP V p145],
parents:: [Ref: CP II p260, SP V p145]

Sources for death Information

date:: living 26 Jun 1508 [Ref: CP II p261]

Sources with Information about marriage to Janet COLVILLE

date:: disp 23 Nov 1505, legitimising the children already born [Ref: SP V p150]; disp dated 23 Nov 1505 after marriage and children [Ref: CP II p261],
names:: [Ref: SP II p542 (with corr in IX p59)],
child:: [Ref: SP V p151, SP V p152]

Research Notes:
3rd Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock, of Barony cr 1454? [Ref: CP II p260]

Lord Boyd, but for attainder, though does not appear to have been recognized [Ref: CP II p260]

uncle and heir of James Boyd, 2nd Lord Boyd [Ref: CP II p260]

Pedigree of Alexander BOYD, Lord Boyd
                                              /-----Sir Robert BOYD
                                     /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
                            /-----Robert BOYD
                           |        |                  /-----Robert FLEMING
                           |        |         /-----Sir Patrick FLEMING
                           |         \-----(Unk) FLEMING
                           |                 |                  /-----Simon FRASER
                           |                 |         /-----Sir Simon FRASER
                           |                 |        |         \-----Maria
                           |                  \-----Joanna FRASER
                   /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
                  |        |                  /-----Sir John GIFFARD
                  |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
                  |        |        |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |        |        |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
                  |        |        |                           \-----Eupheme
                  |         \-----Margaret GIFFORD
                  |                 |                           /-----Sir Andrew DOUGLAS
                  |                 |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
                  |                 |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
                  |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
                  |                           \-----Joan
          /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
         |        |                                             /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
         |        |                                    /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
         |        |                                   |         \-----Joanna
         |        |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
         |        |                          |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
         |        |                          |                  \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
         |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
         |        |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
         |        |                 |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
         |        |                 |                           \-----Helen
         |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Archibald MURE
         |        |        |        |                  /-----William MURE
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret MONTGOMERY
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
         |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Edward CUNNINGHAM
         |        |        |                 |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |        |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
         |        |        |                           \-----Elen De KALENTIR
         |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |                 |                                    /-----David De GRAHAM
         |                 |                           /-----David GRAHAM
         |                 |                          |         \-----Amabel
         |                 |                  /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
         |                 |                 |         \-----Agnes NOBLE
         |                 |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Gilbert Earl Of Strathern
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret De TOSNY
         |                 |        |         \-----Annabelle Of Strathearn
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Hugh De MORAVIA
         |                 |        |                  \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
         |                 |        |                           \-----Annabela Of Fife
         |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
         |                          |                           /-----Walter STEWART, Earl Of Menteith
         |                          |                  /-----Alexander De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
         |                          |                 |         \-----Mary Of Menteith, Countess Of Menteith
         |                          |         /-----Alan De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
         |                          |        |         \-----Matilda
         |                          |        |                  \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
         |                           \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
         |                                   |                  /-----Malcolm MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife
         |                                   |         /-----Colban MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife
         |                                   |        |         \-----(Unk Dau)
         |                                    \-----Marjory
         |                                            |         /-----Sir Alan DURWARD
         |                                             \-----Anna DURWARD
         |                                                      \-----Marjorie
/-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
|        |                                                      /-----Robert MONTGOMERIE
|        |                                             /-----John MONTGOMERY
|        |                                    /-----John MONTGOMERY
|        |                           /-----John MONTGOMERY
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir John ERSKINE
|        |                          |         \-----Janet ERSKINE
|        |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir John STEWART
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Joanna
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Alexander De Bonkyl
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Christiana DUNBAR
|        |                 |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Thomas FITZ RANULF
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas RANDOLPH
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Juliana
|        |                 |                  \-----(Unk) RANDOLPH
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Adam De KILCONQUHAR
|        |                 |                           \-----Isabella De KILCONQUHAR
|        |                 |                                    \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
|        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh EGLINTON
|        |        |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
|        |        |                  \-----Agnes MORE
|         \-----Joanna MONTGOMERIE
|                 |                                             /-----Reynold Lord Of The Isles
|                 |                                    /-----Donald Lord Of The Isles
|                 |                                   |         \-----Fonia
|                 |                           /-----Anges Mor Lord Of The Isles
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |                          |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                 |                          |                  \-----Beatrix Of Angus
|                 |                  /-----Angus Og Lord Of The Isles
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Gillespie De CAMPBELL
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir Colin Mor De CAMPBELL, Lord Of Loch Awe
|                 |                 |         \-----(Unk Dau) De CAMPBELL
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Neil Earl Of Carrick, Regent Of Scotland
|                 |                 |                  \-----Aufrica Of Carrick
|                 |                 |                           \-----Isabella
|                 |         /-----John Lord Of The Isles
|                 |        |        |         /-----Guy Of Cathan Of Ulster
|                 |        |         \-----Agnes Of Cathan Of Ulster
|                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
|                          |                                    /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|                          |                           /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|                          |                          |         \-----Joanna
|                          |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
|                          |                 |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
|                          |                 |                  \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
|                          |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
|                          |        |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
|                          |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
|                          |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
|                          |        |                           \-----Helen
|                           \-----Margaret STEWART
|                                   |                           /-----Archibald MURE
|                                   |                  /-----William MURE
|                                   |                 |         \-----Margaret MONTGOMERY
|                                   |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|                                   |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
|                                    \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                                            |                  /-----Edward CUNNINGHAM
|                                            |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
|                                            |        |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                                             \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|                                                      \-----Elen De KALENTIR
Alexander BOYD, Lord Boyd
|                                                               /-----Sir Aymer De MAXWELL
|                                                      /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
|                                                     |         \-----Mary
|                                             /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
|                                    /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
|                           /-----Sir John MAXWELL
|                  /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir David LINDSAY
|                 |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                 |        |         /-----Sir James LINDSAY
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Hugh ABERNETHY
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Mary Of Argyll
|                 |        |        |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Alexander De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Matilda
|                 |         \-----Isabel LINDSAY
|                 |                 |                           /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |                 |                  /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Joanna
|                 |                 |         /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
|                 |                  \-----Egidia STEWART
|                 |                          |                  /-----Sir Henry GRAHAM
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir Nicholas GRAHAM
|                 |                          |        |         \-----(Unk) AVENEL
|                 |                           \-----Isabel GRAHAM
|                 |                                   |         /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern
|                 |                                    \-----Mary Of Strathearn
|                 |                                             \-----Marjory De MUSCHAMP
|         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
|        |        |                           /-----Hugh DANIELSTON
|        |        |                  /-----Sir John DANIELSTON
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----William De MONTFICHET
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William De MONTIFICHET
|        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret De MONTIFICHET
|        |        |         /-----Sir Robert DANIELSTON
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
|        |        |        |         \-----Mary STEWART
|        |         \-----Elizabeth DANIELSTON
\-----Mariot MAXWELL
         |                           /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
         |                  /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |                 |        |                           /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
         |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Amicia
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----William De FENTON
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Alice De FENTON
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Cecilia BYSET
         |                 |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
         |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |        |         \-----(Unk)
          \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
                  |                                             /-----Sir William De HAYA
                  |                                    /-----Sir Gilbert De HAYA
                  |                           /-----Sir Thomas De HAYA
                  |                          |        |         /-----Sir Simon FRASER
                  |                          |         \-----Margaret FRASER
                  |                  /-----Sir William De HAYA
                  |                 |        |         /-----Sir William De CUNINGESBURGH
                  |                 |         \-----Lora CUNINGESBURGH
                  |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY
                  |        |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
                   \-----(Unk) HAY
                           |                  /-----Sir John GIFFARD
                           |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
                           |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
                           |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
                           |        |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
                           |        |                 |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                           |        |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
                           |        |                           \-----Eupheme
                            \-----Janet GIFFORD
                                    |                           /-----Sir Andrew DOUGLAS
                                    |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
                                    |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
                                     \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
                                              \-----Joan

Descendants of Alexander BOYD, Lord Boyd

1. Alexander BOYD, Lord Boyd m. Janet COLVILLE

m. Janet COLVILLE father: Sir Robert COLVILLE mother: Eupheme WALLACE

2+ Margaret BOYD m. George COLQUHOUN

3+ Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd m1. Helen SOMERVILLE m2. Elizabeth NAPIER m3. Marion COLQUHOUN

4 Adam BOYD m. Helen KENNEDY; Helen KENNEDY father: John KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy mother: Elizabeth GORDON, Countess Of Erroll

5+ Thomas BOYD m. Marion FAIRLIE

6 Euphemia BOYD m. John LOGIE

2nd generation

2. Margaret BOYD m. George COLQUHOUN

m. George COLQUHOUN

7+ Margaret COLQUHOUN m. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd

3. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd m1. Helen SOMERVILLE m2. Elizabeth NAPIER m3. Marion COLQUHOUN

m. Helen SOMERVILLE father: Sir John SOMERVILLE

8+ Agnes BOYD m. Sir John COLQUHOUN

9+ Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd m. Margaret COLQUHOUN

m. Elizabeth NAPIER

m. Marion COLQUHOUN father: Sir John COLQUHOUN mother: Elizabeth STEWART

5. Thomas BOYD m. Marion FAIRLIE

m. Marion FAIRLIE father: John FAIRLIE

3rd generation

7. Margaret COLQUHOUN m. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd

m. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd father: Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd mother: Helen SOMERVILLE

12+ Gille BOYD m. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun

14+ Thomas BOYD, Lord Boyd m1. Margaret CAMPBELL m2. Elizabeth WALLACE

8. Agnes BOYD m. Sir John COLQUHOUN

m. Sir John COLQUHOUN father: Humphrey COLQUHOUN mother: Helen GRAHAM

15 Jean COLQUHOUN m. Sir Matthew STEWART

16 Margaret COLQUHOUN m. Sir James EDMONSTONE

17+ Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN m1. Janet CUNNINGHAM m2. Jean HAMILTON

18 John COLQUHOUN

19+ Alexander COLQUHOUN m. Helen BUCHANAN

9. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd m. Margaret COLQUHOUN

m. Margaret COLQUHOUN father: George COLQUHOUN mother: Margaret BOYD

12+ Gille BOYD m. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun

14+ Thomas BOYD, Lord Boyd m1. Margaret CAMPBELL m2. Elizabeth WALLACE

4th generation

12. Gille BOYD m. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun

m. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun father: Hugh MONTGOMERIE, Earl Of Eglintoun mother: Agnes DRUMMOND

20 Hugh MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun m1. Margaret MONTGOMERIE m2. Gabriela STEWART; Margaret MONTGOMERIE father: Robert MONTGOMERIE mother: Jean CAMPBELL

14. Thomas BOYD, Lord Boyd m1. Margaret CAMPBELL m2. Elizabeth WALLACE

m. Margaret CAMPBELL father: Sir Matthew CAMPBELL mother: Isabel DRUMMOND

21+ Robert BOYD m. Jean KERR

22+ Marion BOYD m. James HAMILTON, Earl Of Abercorn

m. Elizabeth WALLACE

17. Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN m1. Janet CUNNINGHAM m2. Jean HAMILTON

m. Janet CUNNINGHAM father: Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn mother: Janet CUNNINGHAM

m. Jean HAMILTON father: John HAMILTON, Marquis of Hamilton

23 Jean COLQUHOUN

24 Margaret COLQUHOUN

25 Annas COLQUHOUN

19. Alexander COLQUHOUN m. Helen BUCHANAN

m. Helen BUCHANAN father: Sir George BUCHANAN Of That Ilk

26+ Jean COLQUHOUN m1. Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart m2. Sir Duncan CAMPBELL m3. Sir William HAMILTON

27+ Sir John COLQUHOUN m. Lilias GRAHAM

5th generation

21. Robert BOYD m. Jean KERR

m. Jean KERR father: Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian mother: Margaret MAXWELL

28+ Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd m1. Margaret MONTGOMERIE m2. Christian HAMILTON

22. Marion BOYD m. James HAMILTON, Earl Of Abercorn

m. James HAMILTON, Earl Of Abercorn father: Claude HAMILTON, Lord Paisley mother: Margaret SETON

29 James HAMILTON, Earl Of Abercorn m. Katherine CLIFTON, Baroness Clifton; Katherine CLIFTON, Baroness Clifton father: Gervase CLIFTON, Lord Clifton mother: Katherine DARCY

30+ Sir George HAMILTON m. Mary BUTLER

26. Jean COLQUHOUN m1. Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart m2. Sir Duncan CAMPBELL m3. Sir William HAMILTON

m. Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart father: Alan CATHCART, Master Of Cathcart mother: Isabel KENNEDY

31+ Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart m. Marion BOSWELL

m. Sir Duncan CAMPBELL

m. Sir William HAMILTON

27. Sir John COLQUHOUN m. Lilias GRAHAM

m. Lilias GRAHAM father: John GRAHAM, Earl Of Montrose mother: Margaret RUTHVEN

32+ Lilias COLQUHOUN m. John NAPIER

33+ Sir John COLQUHOUN m. Margaret BAILLIE