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 BORTHWICK Death: After 5 Jun 1464
  2. William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick Birth: Abt 1412 Death: Abt 1470
  3. Margaret BORTHWICK Death: After 16 Aug 1473

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. Ravilious, John, SP Addition: Sinclair ancestry of the Borthwicks. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 12/3/2005. Subject: SP Addition: Sinclair ancestry of the Borthwicks. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/50fVFMxHcVY/m/yPMgUHtFXUcJ. Author address: therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/3/2005-111110].
  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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
father:
[Ref: CP II p221]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sir William BORTHWICK
names:
William BORTHWICK & dau Sir Thomas HAY [Ref: CP II p221, John Ravilious SGM 12/3/2005-111110],
child:
[Ref: CP II p221]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
child:
Margaret BORTHWICK (#150650) [Ref: SP II p96]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of (Unk) HAY
                                              /-----Sir John De HAYA
                                     /-----Sir William De HAYA
                                    |        |         /-----Robert De LYNE
                                    |         \-----(Unk) De LYNE
                            /-----Sir Gilbert De HAYA
                   /-----Sir Thomas De HAYA
                  |        |                                    /-----Gilbert FRASER
                  |        |                           /-----Simon FRASER
                  |        |                          |         \-----Christian
                  |        |                  /-----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
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Richard COMYN
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Hextilde of Tynedale
|        |                 |        |         \-----Jean COMYN
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----William De VESCY, Baron Of Alnwick
|        |                 |        |                  \-----(Unk)
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Burga De STUTEVILLE
|        |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
|        |                          |                  /-----(Unk) De BARCLAY
|        |                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De BARCLAY
|        |                           \-----Eupheme
 \-----Janet GIFFORD
         |                                             /-----William DOUGLAS
         |                                    /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
         |                                   |        |         /-----(Unk) Of Kerdal
         |                                   |         \-----(Unk) Of Kerdal
         |                           /-----Sir Andrew DOUGLAS
         |                          |        |         /-----Sir John CRAWFORD
         |                          |         \-----Margaret CRAWFORD
         |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
         |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
          \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
                   \-----Joan



Descendants of (Unk) HAY
1. (Unk) HAY m. Sir William BORTHWICK
m. Sir William BORTHWICK father: Sir William BORTHWICK mother: (Unk)

2nd generation

2. Janet BORTHWICK m1. Sir James DOUGLAS, Lord Dalkeith m2. George CRICHTON, Earl Of Caithness
m. Sir James DOUGLAS, Lord Dalkeith father: Sir James DOUGLAS mother: Agnes DUNBAR
m. George CRICHTON, Earl Of Caithness father: Stephen CRICHTON mother: (Unk) CAIRNS
3. William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick m.
4. Margaret BORTHWICK m. Sir John MAXWELL
m. Sir John MAXWELL father: Sir Robert MAXWELL mother: Elizabeth DANIELSTON

3rd generation

6. Janet CRICHTON m. John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell
m. John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell father: Sir Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell mother: Janet FORRESTER
7. William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick m. Mariot HOFFRINGLE
m. Mariot HOFFRINGLE
8. Mariot MAXWELL m. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
m. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd father: Sir Thomas BOYD mother: Joanna MONTGOMERIE
9. Sir John MAXWELL m. Janet BOYD
m. Janet BOYD father: Sir Thomas BOYD mother: Joanna MONTGOMERIE

4th generation

11. John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Agnes STEWART
m. Agnes STEWART father: Sir Alexander STEWART mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS
19. Janet MAXWELL m. William CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle
m. William CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle father: John CARLYLE, Master Of Carlyle
21. 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
22. Sir William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick m.
24. Sir Thomas BORTHWICK m. Helen RUTHERFURD
m. Helen RUTHERFURD father: George RUTHERFORD mother: Jonet RUTHERFORD
26. Thomas BOYD, Earl Of Arran m. Mary STEWART
m. Mary STEWART father: James II King Of Scots mother: Marie Of Gueldres
27. Alexander BOYD, Lord Boyd m. Janet COLVILLE
m. Janet COLVILLE father: Sir Robert COLVILLE mother: Eupheme WALLACE
28. Archibald BOYD m. Christian MURE
m. Christian MURE
30. Elizabeth BOYD m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus father: George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus mother: Isabel SIBBALD
31. Annabella BOYD m. Sir John GORDON
m. Sir John GORDON father: William GORDON
33. Sir Gavin MAXWELL m. Elizabeth
m. Elizabeth

5th generation

34. 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)
44. Michael CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle m1. Janet CHARTBRIS m2. Mariot MAXWELL
m. Janet CHARTBRIS
m. Mariot MAXWELL
48. Margaret BORTHWICK m. Sir Oliver SINCLAIR
m. Sir Oliver SINCLAIR
49. Agnes BORTHWICK m. David KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis
m. David KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis father: John KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy mother: Elizabeth MONTGOMERY
50. 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
52. Alexander BORTHWICK m. Margaret LAWSON
m. Margaret LAWSON
53. William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick m. Margaret HAY
m. Margaret HAY father: John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester mother: Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
57. Margaret BOYD m. George COLQUHOUN
m. George COLQUHOUN
58. 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
60. Thomas BOYD m. Marion FAIRLIE
m. Marion FAIRLIE father: John FAIRLIE
63. Elizabeth BOYD m. Thomas DOUGLAS
m. Thomas DOUGLAS father: Sir Robert DOUGLAS mother: Margaret BALFOUR
64. Margaret BOYD m1. James IV King Of Scots m2. John MURE, Laird Of Rowallan
m. James IV King Of Scots father: James III King Of Scots mother: Margaret Of Denmark
m. John MURE, Laird Of Rowallan father: John MURE mother: Mariot STEWART
67. George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus m. Elizabeth DRUMMOND
m. Elizabeth DRUMMOND father: Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond mother: Elizabeth LINDSAY
68. Sir William DOUGLAS m. Elizabeth AUCHLINLECK
m. Elizabeth AUCHLINLECK father: James AUCHLINLECK
71. Mariot DOUGLAS m. Cuthbert CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
m. Cuthbert CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn father: Robert CUNNINGHAM, Lord Kilmaurs mother: Christian LINDSAY
74. Sir Alexander GORDON m1. Janet KENNEDY m2. Janet DOUGLAS m3. Elizabeth STEWART
m. Janet KENNEDY father: John KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy mother: Elizabeth GORDON, Countess Of Erroll
m. Janet DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS mother: Elizabeth CRICHTON
m. Elizabeth STEWART
75. Sir Robert MAXWELL m. Sibella CARMICHAEL
m. Sibella CARMICHAEL father: Sir Walter CARMICHAEL