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

Person Info

Name: John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell
Sex: M
Birth: 1 ^b
Death: 22 Jul 1484 in Kirtlemure ^d

Parents:

Father:
Sir Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell Birth: 1 Death: Abt May 1485

Mother:

Janet FORRESTER Death: After 1488

Family:
Marriage:

Janet CRICHTON on Abt 1454 .^m1
Janet CRICHTON Death: After 14 Mar 1460

Children:

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

Bibliography

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].*].
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].*].
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]*].
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]*].
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:: eldest son [Ref: SP II p331]; first son [Ref: SP VI p476],
parents:: [Ref: CP VIII p591, SP VI p476],
father:: [Ref: SP II p331]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP VIII p591],
place:: [Ref: CP VIII p591]

Sources with Information about marriage to Janet CRICHTON

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:
Master of Maxwell, sometimes called Lord Maxwell [Ref: CP VIII p591]
Master of Maxwell [Ref: CP III p41]

heir of his father [Ref: CP VIII p591]

Pedigree of John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell
                                                                /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
                                                       /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
                                              /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
                                     /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
                            /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
                           |         \-----Christian
                   /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
          /-----Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
         |        |                                             /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
         |        |                                    /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
         |        |                                   |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
         |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
         |        |                          |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
         |        |                          |         \-----Joanna
         |        |                          |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
         |        |                  /-----Sir Walter STEWART, Lord Of Dalswinton
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Adam De Bonkyl
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Alexander De Bonkyl
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----(Unk) COMYN
         |        |                 |         \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
         |        |                 |                  \-----Christiana DUNBAR
         |        |                 |                           \-----Cecilia
         |        |         /-----John STEWART
         |         \-----Katherine STEWART
/-----Sir Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|        |                           /-----Sir John HERRIES
|        |                  /-----Sir John HERRIES
|        |                 |         \-----Margaret
|        |         /-----Sir Herbert HERRIES
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|        |        |        |                           /-----Sir David LINDSAY
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir James LINDSAY
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir James LINDSAY
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Egidia STEWART
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Nicholas GRAHAM
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabel GRAHAM
|        |        |        |        |                           \-----Mary Of Strathearn
|        |        |         \-----Eufemia LINDSAY
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|        |        |                  \-----Margaret KEITH
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Sir Alexander FRASER, Lord Great Chamberlain Of Scotla
|        |        |                          |         /-----John FRASER
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----(Unk) Le CHEYNE
|        |        |                           \-----Margaret FRASER
|         \-----(Unk) HERRIES
|                  \-----Margaret
John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell
|                  /-----Sir Adam FORRESTER
|         /-----Sir John FORRESTER
|        |         \-----Margaret
\-----Janet FORRESTER
         |                                                      /-----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
         |                  /-----Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin
         |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
         |        |        |                                    /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern
         |        |        |                           /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Maud Of Caithness
         |        |        |                  /-----Malise Earl Of Strathearn
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Alexander COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Agnes COMYN
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth De QUINCY
         |        |        |         /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern, Caithness, And Orkney
         |        |        |        |         \-----Agnes
         |        |         \-----Isabel Of Strathern
         |        |                 |                           /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |        |                 |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Jean COMYN
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh De BARCLAY
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Eupheme
         |        |                  \-----Margery Of Ross
         |        |                          |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Baron Of Writtle
         |        |                          |         /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Isabel De CLARE
         |        |                           \-----Matilda De BRUS
         |        |                                   |         /-----Neil Earl Of Carrick, Regent Of Scotland
         |        |                                    \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
         |        |                                             \-----Isabella
          \-----Jean SINCLAIR
                  |                                             /-----William De HALIBURTON
                  |                                    /-----Philip De HALIBURTON
                  |                                   |         \-----Christian De FAWNYS
                  |                           /-----Henry HALIBURTON
                  |                          |         \-----Alice
                  |                  /-----Sir Adam HALIBURTON
                  |                 |        |         /-----Peter MORDINGTON
                  |                 |         \-----Agnes MORDINGTON
                  |         /-----Sir Walter HALIBURTON
                  |        |         \-----Isabella
                   \-----Jean HALYBURTON

Descendants of John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell

1. John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell m. Janet CRICHTON

m. Janet CRICHTON father: George CRICHTON, Earl Of Caithness mother: Janet BORTHWICK

2+ John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Agnes STEWART

3 George MAXWELL

4 Robert MAXWELL

5 James MAXWELL

6 Homer MAXWELL

8 Thomas MAXWELL

9 William MAXWELL

10+ Janet MAXWELL m. William CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle

11 Christian MAXWELL

2nd generation

2. John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Agnes STEWART

m. Agnes STEWART father: Sir Alexander STEWART mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS

12+ Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m1. Janet DOUGLAS m2. Agnes STEWART

13 Herbert MAXWELL

14 John MAXWELL

15 Edward MAXWELL

16 Mary MAXWELL m. James JOHNSTONE

17 Agnes MAXWELL m. Robert CHARTERIS

18 Katherine MAXWELL m. Ninian GLENDONING

10. Janet MAXWELL m. William CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle

m. William CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle father: John CARLYLE, Master Of Carlyle

19 Catherine CARLYLE m. Simon CARRUTHERS

20 Elizabeth CARLYLE

21 James CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle m. Janet SCRIMGEOUR

22+ Michael CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle m1. Janet CHARTBRIS m2. Mariot MAXWELL

3rd generation

12. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m1. Janet DOUGLAS m2. Agnes STEWART

m. Janet DOUGLAS father: Sir William DOUGLAS mother: Elizabeth GORDON

23+ Margaret MAXWELL m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus

24+ Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Beatrice DOUGLAS

25+ John MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Agnes HERRIES

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

26+ William CARLYLE, Master Of Carlyle m. Jean JOHNSTONE

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

27 James DOUGLAS, Master of Angus

24. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Beatrice DOUGLAS

m. Beatrice DOUGLAS father: James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton mother: Catherine STEWART

28 Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell

29+ John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS

25. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Agnes HERRIES

m. Agnes HERRIES father: William HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles mother: Katherine KENNEDY

30 Mary MAXWELL m. William HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester

31+ Sarah MAXWELL m1. Sir James JOHNSTON m2. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown m3. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Viscount Montgomery

32+ Margaret MAXWELL m. Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian

33+ William MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Catherine KERR

26. William CARLYLE, Master Of Carlyle m. Jean JOHNSTONE

m. Jean JOHNSTONE father: James JOHNSTON mother: Margaret HAMILTON

34 Elizabeth CARLYLE, Baroness Carlyle m1. Sir James DOUGLAS m2. William SINCLAKR

5th generation

29. John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS

m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS father: David DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus mother: Margaret HAMILTON

35+ Elizabeth MAXWELL m. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries

36+ Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Elizabeth BEAUMONT

31. Sarah MAXWELL m1. Sir James JOHNSTON m2. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown m3. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Viscount Montgomery

m. Sir James JOHNSTON

37+ James JOHNSTONE, Earl of Hartfell m1. Margaret DOUGLAS m2. Elizabeth JOHNSTON m3. Margaret HAMILTON

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

38+ Jean KERR m1. Robert BOYD m2. David LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford m3. Thomas HAMILTON

39+ Janet KERR m. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn

40+ Margaret KERR m1. James HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester m2. Sir Andrew KERR, Master of Jedburgh

41+ Isabel KER m. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry

33. William MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Catherine KERR

m. Catherine KERR father: Mark KERR mother: Helen LESLIE

42+ John MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Elizabeth MAXWELL