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. John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell Birth: Abt 1454 Death: 9 Sep 1513 in Flodden
  2. George MAXWELL Birth: 2 Death: After 25 Mar 1460
  3. Robert MAXWELL Birth: 3 Death: After 8 May 1485
  4. James MAXWELL Birth: 4
  5. Homer MAXWELL Birth: 5
  6. John MAXWELL Birth: 6
  7. Thomas MAXWELL Birth: 7
  8. William MAXWELL Birth: 8 Death: After 1497
  9. Janet MAXWELL Birth: 1
  10. Christian MAXWELL Death: After 14 Oct 1497

Bibliography
  1. 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].*].
  2. 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].*].
  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 VI p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
bedfore marriage of parents [Ref: CP VIII p591],
parents:
[Ref: SP II p330],
father:
[Ref: CP III p41, SP VI p477]
George CRICHTON Earl of Caithness by second wife but before marriage [Ref: CP VIII p591]
Sources for death Information
date:
after 14 Mar 1460 [Ref: SP II p331]
Sources with Information about marriage to John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell
date:
1454 [Ref: SP II p330]
abt 1454 [Ref: CP VIII p591, SP VI p477],
child:
[Ref: CP III p41, CP VIII p591, SP II p331, SP VI p477, SP VI p478]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Janet CRICHTON
                                     /-----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
Janet CRICHTON
|                           /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
|                  /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|                 |        |                                    /-----Robert De St CLARE
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Eleanor Of Dreux
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Amicia
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
|                 |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----William De FENTON
|                 |        |        |         \-----Alice De FENTON
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----John BYSET
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Cecilia BYSET
|                 |        |        |                           \-----(Unk) DURWARD
|                 |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
|         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|        |         \-----(Unk)
 \-----Janet BORTHWICK
         |                                                      /-----Sir John De HAYA
         |                                             /-----Sir William De HAYA
         |                                            |         \-----(Unk) De LYNE
         |                                    /-----Sir Gilbert De HAYA
         |                           /-----Sir Thomas De HAYA
         |                          |        |                  /-----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
                  |        |                 |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |        |                 |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Jean COMYN
                  |        |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
                  |        |                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De BARCLAY
                  |        |                           \-----Eupheme
                   \-----Janet GIFFORD
                           |                                    /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
                           |                           /-----Sir Andrew DOUGLAS
                           |                          |         \-----Margaret CRAWFORD
                           |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
                           |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
                            \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
                                     \-----Joan



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

2nd generation

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

3rd generation

12. 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)
22. Michael CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle m1. Janet CHARTBRIS m2. Mariot MAXWELL
m. Janet CHARTBRIS
m. Mariot MAXWELL

4th generation

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

5th generation

29. John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS
m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS father: David DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus mother: Margaret HAMILTON
31. Sarah MAXWELL m1. Sir James JOHNSTON m2. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown m3. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Viscount Montgomery
m. Sir James JOHNSTON
m. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown father: John FLEMING, Lord Fleming mother: Elizabeth ROSS
m. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Viscount Montgomery father: Adam MONTGOMERY mother: Margaret MONTGOMERY
32. Margaret MAXWELL m. Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian
m. Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian father: Mark KERR mother: Helen LESLIE
33. William MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Catherine KERR
m. Catherine KERR father: Mark KERR mother: Helen LESLIE