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. Elizabeth SUTHERLAND
  2. William SUTHERLAND Birth: 1
  3. Alexander SUTHERLAND Birth: 2 Death: After 1551

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 III p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p644, SP III p196]
Sources for death Information
date:
before 1 Jun 1529 [Ref: SP III p197]
before Sep 1530 [Ref: Burke Peerage p644]
Sources with Information about marriage to Janet INNES
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p644, CP II p479, SP III p197]
Research Notes:
of Duffin [Ref: Burke Peerage p326, CP II p479]
of Duffus [Ref: Burke Peerage p644]



Pedigree of William SUTHERLAND
                                                                /-----William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
                                                       /-----William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
                                              /-----Kenneth SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
                                     /-----Nicholas SUTHERLAND
                                    |        |                  /-----William Earl Of Mar
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
                                    |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth COMYN
                                    |         \-----Margaret Of Mar
                                    |                  \-----Helen
                            /-----Henry SUTHERLAND
                           |        |                           /-----Reginald Le CHEYNE
                           |        |                  /-----Sir Reginald Le CHEYNE
                           |        |         /-----Sir Reginald CHEYNE
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Freskin De MORAVIA
                           |        |        |         \-----Mary De MORAVIA
                           |        |        |                  \-----Johanna Lady Of Strathnaver
                           |         \-----Mary Le CHEYNE
                           |                 |                  /-----William De ABERNETHY
                           |                 |         /-----Laurence De ABERNETHY
                           |                  \-----Helen De ABERNETHY
                   /-----Alexander SUTHERLAND
                  |         \-----Margaret MORAY
          /-----William SUTHERLAND
         |        |         /-----John CHISHOLM
         |         \-----Muriel CHISHOLM
 /-----William SUTHERLAND
William SUTHERLAND
|         /-----Berowald INNES
 \-----Janet INNES



Descendants of William SUTHERLAND
1. William SUTHERLAND m. Janet INNES
m. Janet INNES father: Alexander INNES

2nd generation

2. Elizabeth SUTHERLAND m. John SINCLAIR, Earl Of Caithness
m. John SINCLAIR, Earl Of Caithness father: William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Caithness mother: Margaret KEITH

3rd generation

5. George SINCLAIR, Earl Of Caithness m. Elizabeth GRAHAM
m. Elizabeth GRAHAM father: William GRAHAM, Lord Graham, Earl Of Montrose mother: Janet KEITH

4th generation

6. Agnes SINCLAIR m. Andrew HAY, Earl Of Erroll
m. Andrew HAY, Earl Of Erroll father: George HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Margaret ROBERTSON
8. John SINCLAIR m. Jean HEPBURN
m. Jean HEPBURN father: Patrick HEPBURN, Earl Of Bothwell mother: Agnes SINCLAIR

5th generation

10. George SINCLAIR, Earl Of Caithness m. Jean GORDON
m. Jean GORDON father: George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley mother: Anne HAMILTON
11. James SINCLAIR m. Elizabeth STEWART
m. Elizabeth STEWART father: Robert STEWART, Earl Of Orkney mother: Jean KENNEDY