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. Janet CRICHTON Death: After 14 Mar 1460

Marriage: Children:
  1. James CRICHTON

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. 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 04 Dacre-Dysart. London: St Catherine Press, 1916. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 4 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo04byucoka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IV [Ap][p0-9].*].
  5. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 08, Lindley-Moate. London: St Catherine Press, 1932. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VIII [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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
first son [Ref: SP II p323],
parents:
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)],
father:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p713]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP II p477, CP IV p39]
Sources with Information about marriage to Janet BORTHWICK
date:
second marriage of Janet [Ref: Burke Peerage p1428, CP IV p39, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p652, SP II p96, SP VI p351]
second marriage of both [Ref: CP II p477, SP II p330],
child:
[Ref: SP II p330]
Sources with Information about marriage to (Unk) DOUGLAS
date:
before 1425 [Ref: SP II p325]
first marriage of George [Ref: CP II p477],
names:
George CRICHTON & dau Sir William DOUGLAS [Ref: CP II p477, SP II p325, SP II p330],
child:
[Ref: SP II p330]
Research Notes:
1st Earl of Caithness, of Earldom cr 1452 [Ref: CP II p477]
1st Earl of Caithness [Ref: Burke Peerage p713]
Earl of Caithness [Ref: CP IV p39, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p652, SP II p96]



Pedigree of George CRICHTON, Earl Of Caithness
                            /-----Alexander De CRICHTON
                   /-----Sir John De CRICHTON
          /-----William CRICHTON
 /-----Stephen CRICHTON
|        |                  /-----(Unk) PRESON
|        |         /-----Sir John PRESTON
|         \-----Margaret PRESTON
George CRICHTON, Earl Of Caithness
|         /-----Duncan CAIRNS Of That Ilk
 \-----(Unk) CAIRNS



Descendants of George CRICHTON, Earl Of Caithness
1. 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

2nd generation

2. Janet CRICHTON m. John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell
m. John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell father: Sir Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell mother: Janet FORRESTER

3rd generation

4. John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Agnes STEWART
m. Agnes STEWART father: Sir Alexander STEWART mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS
12. Janet MAXWELL m. William CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle
m. William CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle father: John CARLYLE, Master Of Carlyle

4th generation

14. 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)
24. Michael CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle m1. Janet CHARTBRIS m2. Mariot MAXWELL
m. Janet CHARTBRIS
m. Mariot MAXWELL

5th generation

25. Margaret MAXWELL m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus father: George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus mother: Elizabeth DRUMMOND
26. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Beatrice DOUGLAS
m. Beatrice DOUGLAS father: James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton mother: Catherine STEWART
27. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Agnes HERRIES
m. Agnes HERRIES father: William HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles mother: Katherine KENNEDY
28. William CARLYLE, Master Of Carlyle m. Jean JOHNSTONE
m. Jean JOHNSTONE father: James JOHNSTON mother: Margaret HAMILTON