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:
Children:
  1. William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick Death: Before 7 Feb 1483/4

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 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. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sep 2004. Online edition January 2008. Available at http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/###. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ODNB [0-9]* [A-Za-z].*].
  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 II p[0-9]*].
  5. 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 1412 [Ref: ODNB 54135 Borthwick],
parents:
William BORTHWICK & dau Sir Thomas HAY [Ref: CP II p221],
father:
[Ref: CP II p477, ODNB 54135 Borthwick, SP II p96]
Sources for death Information
date:
abt 1483 [Ref: ODNB 54135 Borthwick]
apparently living 1467, 2nd Lord succeeded in 1470? [Ref: CP II p221]
Sources with Information about marriage to unknown
names:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p744],
child:
[Ref: CP II p221, SP II p97]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
child:
Margaret BORTHWICK (#178081) [Ref: Burke Peerage p744, SP II p97]
Research Notes:
1st Lord Borthwick, of Barony cr 1452 [Ref: CP II p221]
1st Lord Borthwick [Ref: CP II p477]

son and heir of Sir William BORTHWICK, of Borthwick Castle [Ref: CP II p221]

The name William is used for the eldest son in successive generations of the family during this period and there has always been difficulty in distinguishing a specific William from his father or son. The SP account at II 95-96 is very confused. [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v12-87(24)]

The accounts of the first 4 Lords are very obscure, and that given in Scots Peerage points to there not being very much advance in precision possible overthe one appearing in the 1st edition of CP. It is conceivable that the first 2 Lords in the text may be in fact the same man, but in that case this man must have lived to a great age. [Ref: CP II p221(d)]

1420: Captain of Edinburgh Castle [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v13-95]

No instrument creating the dignity is extant, but it appears from the evidence before the House of Lords in 1870 that this Peerage was not existing in 1450, but was so in 1455. In the protest of 1763 and elsewhere, the date ofthe Peerage is erroneously given as 1424, being attributed to Sir William Borthwick, the founder of Borthwick Castle [Ref: CP II p221(c)]

Oct 1430: knighted, at the baptism of the infant James II [Ref: ODNB 54135 Borthwick]

Jun 1452: created Lord Borthwick [Ref: ODNB 54135 Borthwick]

although he may have married twice, no spouse's name is known. The peerage petition of 1984-6 was inaccurate in stating his second wife was Marion Hoppringle[Ref: ODNB 54135 Borthwick]



Pedigree of William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
                   /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
          /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |        |                                    /-----Robert De St CLARE
         |        |                           /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Robert II Count Of Dreux
         |        |                          |         \-----Eleanor Of Dreux
         |        |                          |                  \-----Yolande De COUCY
         |        |                  /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Gilbert Earl Of Strathern
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret De TOSNY
         |        |                 |         \-----Amicia
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Hugh De MORAVIA
         |        |                 |                  \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
         |        |                 |                           \-----Annabela Of Fife
         |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
         |        |        |        |         /-----William De FENTON
         |        |        |         \-----Alice De FENTON
         |        |        |                 |         /-----John BYSET
         |        |        |                  \-----Cecilia BYSET
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Alan DURWARD
         |        |        |                           \-----(Unk) DURWARD
         |        |        |                                    \-----Marjorie
         |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
 /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|         \-----(Unk)
William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
|                                                      /-----Sir John De HAYA
|                                             /-----Sir William De HAYA
|                                            |        |         /-----Robert De LYNE
|                                            |         \-----(Unk) De LYNE
|                                    /-----Sir Gilbert De HAYA
|                           /-----Sir Thomas De HAYA
|                          |        |                           /-----Simon FRASER
|                          |        |                  /-----Simon FRASER
|                          |        |         /-----Sir Simon FRASER
|                          |        |        |         \-----Maria
|                          |         \-----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
         |        |                 |                           /-----Ferquhard Mac TAGGART, Earl Of Ross
         |        |                 |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |        |                 |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Jean COMYN
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----(Unk)
         |        |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
         |        |                          |                  /-----(Unk) De BARCLAY
         |        |                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De BARCLAY
         |        |                           \-----Eupheme
          \-----Janet GIFFORD
                  |                                             /-----William DOUGLAS
                  |                                    /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
                  |                                   |         \-----(Unk) Of Kerdal
                  |                           /-----Sir Andrew DOUGLAS
                  |                          |        |         /-----Sir John CRAWFORD
                  |                          |         \-----Margaret CRAWFORD
                  |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
                  |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
                   \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
                            \-----Joan



Descendants of William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
1. William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick m.

2nd generation

2. William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick m. Mariot HOFFRINGLE
m. Mariot HOFFRINGLE

3rd generation

3. Elizabeth BORTHWICK m. Sir Thomas HAY, Master Of Yester
m. Sir Thomas HAY, Master Of Yester father: John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester mother: Mariot LINDSAY
4. Sir William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick m.
6. Sir Thomas BORTHWICK m. Helen RUTHERFURD
m. Helen RUTHERFURD father: George RUTHERFORD mother: Jonet RUTHERFORD

4th generation

11. Margaret BORTHWICK m. Sir Oliver SINCLAIR
m. Sir Oliver SINCLAIR
12. Agnes BORTHWICK m. David KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis
m. David KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis father: John KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy mother: Elizabeth MONTGOMERY
13. Katherine BORTHWICK m1. Alexander HOME m2. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
m. Alexander HOME
m. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn father: Cuthbert CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn mother: Mariot DOUGLAS
15. Alexander BORTHWICK m. Margaret LAWSON
m. Margaret LAWSON
16. William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick m. Margaret HAY
m. Margaret HAY father: John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester mother: Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM

5th generation

19. Katherine KENNEDY m1. Quintin MURE m2. William HAMILTON
m. Quintin MURE
m. William HAMILTON
20. Christina KENNEDY m. John KENNEDY
m. John KENNEDY
21. Gilbert KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis m. Isabel CAMPBELL
m. Isabel CAMPBELL father: Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll mother: Elizabeth STEWART
25. Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m1. Jean HAMILTON m2. Janet CUNNINGHAM
m. Jean HAMILTON father: James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran mother: Janet BEATON
m. Janet CUNNINGHAM father: Sir John CUNNINGHAM
26. William BORTHWICK m. Janet SINCLAIR
m. Janet SINCLAIR
30. Margaret BORTHWICK m. Sir John BORTHWICK
m. Sir John BORTHWICK
32. Catherine BORTHWICK m. Sir James CRICHTON
m. Sir James CRICHTON father: William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton mother: Margaret STEWART