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. George CRICHTON, Earl Of Caithness Birth: 1 Death: Aug 1454
  2. James CRICHTON Birth: 2

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 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].*].
  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 II p[0-9]*].
  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 III p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
second son [Ref: Burke Peerage p713, SP III p56]
younger son [Ref: SP II p323],
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p713],
father:
[Ref: SP II p323, SP III p56],
mother:
[Ref: SP III p57 (with corr in IX p62)]
Sources for death Information
date:
living 4 Jan 1433/4 [Ref: CP II p477 (with corr in XIV p133), SP II p323]
Sources with Information about marriage to (Unk) CAIRNS
names:
Stephen CRICHTON & dau Duncan CAIRNS of that Ilk [Ref: CP II p477 (with corr in XIV p133), SP II p323 (with corr in IX p50)],
child:
[Ref: CP II p477 (with corr in XIV p133), SP II p323 (with corr in IX p50)]
Research Notes:
of Cairns [Ref: Burke Peerage p713, CP II p477, SP III p56]

ancestor of the Earls of Caithness [Ref: SP III p56]



Pedigree of Stephen CRICHTON
                   /-----Alexander De CRICHTON
          /-----Sir John De CRICHTON
 /-----William CRICHTON
Stephen CRICHTON
|                  /-----(Unk) PRESON
|         /-----Sir John PRESTON
 \-----Margaret PRESTON



Descendants of Stephen CRICHTON
1. Stephen CRICHTON m. (Unk) CAIRNS
m. (Unk) CAIRNS father: Duncan CAIRNS Of That Ilk

2nd generation

2. George CRICHTON, Earl Of Caithness m1. Janet BORTHWICK m2. (Unk) DOUGLAS
m. Janet BORTHWICK father: Sir William BORTHWICK mother: (Unk) HAY
m. (Unk) DOUGLAS father: Sir William DOUGLAS
3. James CRICHTON m. Agnes HEPBURN
m. Agnes HEPBURN

3rd generation

4. Janet CRICHTON m. John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell
m. John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell father: Sir Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell mother: Janet FORRESTER
6. Margaret CRICHTON m1. Sir William STIRLING m2. Sir John SEMPILL, Lord Sempill
m. Sir William STIRLING
m. Sir John SEMPILL, Lord Sempill father: Sir Thomas SEMPHILL mother: Elizabeth ROSS
7. Adam CRICHTON m1. Elizabeth STIRLING m2. Isobel GRAY
m. Elizabeth STIRLING father: William STIRLING
m. Isobel GRAY father: Andrew GREY, Lord Grey mother: Elizabeth STEWART

4th generation

8. John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Agnes STEWART
m. Agnes STEWART father: Sir Alexander STEWART mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS
16. Janet MAXWELL m. William CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle
m. William CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle father: John CARLYLE, Master Of Carlyle
18. Katherine STIRLING m1. Alexander HOME, Lord Home m2. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
m. Alexander HOME, Lord Home father: Alexander HOME, Lord Home mother: Nichole KER
m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus father: George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus mother: Isabel SIBBALD

5th generation

22. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m1. Janet DOUGLAS m2. Agnes STEWART
m. Janet DOUGLAS father: Sir William DOUGLAS mother: Elizabeth GORDON
m. Agnes STEWART father: Sir James STEWART, Earl Of Buchan mother: Margaret (MURRAY)
32. Michael CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle m1. Janet CHARTBRIS m2. Mariot MAXWELL
m. Janet CHARTBRIS
m. Mariot MAXWELL
33. John HOME m.