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

Bibliography
  1. 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].*].
  2. 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]*].
  3. 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
parents:
[Ref: CP II p261 (with corr in XIV p104), SP II p542 (with corr in IX p59)],
father:
[Ref: SP V p150]
Sources with Information about marriage to Alexander BOYD, Lord Boyd
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:



Pedigree of Janet COLVILLE
                                                                /-----William COLVILLE
                                                       /-----Thomas COLVILLE
                                                      |         \-----(Unk) De NORMANVILLE
                                              /-----Robert COLVILLE
                                     /-----Robert COLVILLE
                                    |         \-----Katerina
                            /-----Sir Thomas COLVILLE
                   /-----Robert COLVILLE
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
                  |        |                           /-----Sir David LINDSAY
                  |        |                          |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
                  |        |                  /-----Sir James LINDSAY
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
                  |        |                 |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
                  |        |         /-----Sir James LINDSAY
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
                  |        |        |         \-----Egidia STEWART
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Nicholas GRAHAM
                  |        |        |                  \-----Isabel GRAHAM
                  |        |        |                           \-----Mary Of Strathearn
                  |         \-----Margaret LINDSAY
                  |                 |                           /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
                  |                 |                  /-----Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
                  |                 |         /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
                  |                  \-----Margaret KEITH
                  |                          |                  /-----Sir Alexander FRASER, Lord Great Chamberlain Of Scotla
                  |                          |         /-----John FRASER
                  |                          |        |         \-----(Unk) Le CHEYNE
                  |                           \-----Margaret FRASER
          /-----Sir Robert COLVILLE
         |         \-----Margaret COLVILLE
 /-----Sir Robert COLVILLE
|        |                                    /-----Alexander De CRICHTON
|        |                           /-----William De CRICHTON
|        |                  /-----Edward De CRICHTON
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Baron Of Wark
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Baron Of Wark
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Lord Ros Of Wark
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Peter II De BRUS, Baron Of Skelton
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret De BRUS
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Hawise De LANCASTER
|        |                 |         \-----Isabel De ROS
|        |                 |                  \-----Laura
|        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
|         \-----Christian CRICHTON
|                 |         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
Janet COLVILLE
 \-----Eupheme WALLACE



Descendants of Janet COLVILLE
1. Janet COLVILLE m. Alexander BOYD, Lord Boyd
m. Alexander BOYD, Lord Boyd father: Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd mother: Mariot MAXWELL

2nd generation

2. Margaret BOYD m. George COLQUHOUN
m. George COLQUHOUN
3. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd m1. Helen SOMERVILLE m2. Elizabeth NAPIER m3. Marion COLQUHOUN
m. Helen SOMERVILLE father: Sir John SOMERVILLE
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
8. Agnes BOYD m. Sir John COLQUHOUN
m. Sir John COLQUHOUN father: Humphrey COLQUHOUN mother: Helen GRAHAM
9. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd m. Margaret COLQUHOUN
m. Margaret COLQUHOUN father: George COLQUHOUN mother: Margaret BOYD

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
14. Thomas BOYD, Lord Boyd m1. Margaret CAMPBELL m2. Elizabeth WALLACE
m. Margaret CAMPBELL father: Sir Matthew CAMPBELL mother: Isabel DRUMMOND
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
19. Alexander COLQUHOUN m. Helen BUCHANAN
m. Helen BUCHANAN father: Sir George BUCHANAN Of That Ilk

5th generation

21. Robert BOYD m. Jean KERR
m. Jean KERR father: Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian mother: Margaret MAXWELL
22. Marion BOYD m. James HAMILTON, Earl Of Abercorn
m. James HAMILTON, Earl Of Abercorn father: Claude HAMILTON, Lord Paisley mother: Margaret SETON
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
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