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. Isabel LINDSAY
  2. Janet LINDSAY Death: 8 Apr 1569
  3. Patrick LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres Birth: 1521 Death: 11 Dec 1589 in Struthers, co Fife

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 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].*].
  3. 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].*].
  4. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 11, Ridley-Sinclair. London: St Catherine Press, 1949. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/27141 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XI [Ap][p0-9].*].
  5. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p[0-9]*].
  6. 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 I p[0-9]*].
  7. 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 V p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
first son [Ref: Burke Peerage p1228, SP V p397],
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1228, CP VIII p8, SP V p397],
father:
[Ref: CP III p511]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1228, SP V p398]
1563 [Ref: CP III p511]
abt 17 Dec 1563 [Ref: CP VIII p8],
place:
[Ref: SP V p398]
Sources with Information about marriage to Helen STEWART
date:
first marriage of Helen [Ref: CP VIII p8, SP I p443, SP V p398],
names:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p44],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1228, CP VIII p9, CP XI p193, CP XI p740]
Research Notes:
5th Lord Lindsay of the Byres, of Barony cr 1444 [Ref: CP VIII p8]
5th Lord Lindsay of the Byres [Ref: Burke Peerage p1228, CP III p511, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p44, SP I p443]

heir of his grandfather Patrick [Ref: CP VIII p8]
heir of his father [Ref: CP VIII p8]

contracted to marry Marjory, daughter and heiress of George LINDSAY, but the marriage did not take place [Ref: SP V p398 (with corr in IX p128)]



Pedigree of John LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres
                                                                /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
                                                       /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
                                                      |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
                                              /-----Sir David LINDSAY
                                             |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
                                             |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
                                     /-----Sir William LINDSAY
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir Hugh ABERNETHY
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
                                    |        |        |         \-----Mary Of Argyll
                                    |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
                                    |                 |         /-----Alexander De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
                                    |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
                                    |                           \-----Matilda
                            /-----Sir William LINDSAY
                           |        |         /-----Sir William MURE
                           |         \-----Christiana MURE
                   /-----Sir John LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir William De KEITH
                  |        |                           /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
                  |        |                          |         \-----Barbara De SETON
                  |        |                  /-----Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Alexander De SYNTON
                  |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Maria
                  |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
                  |         \-----Christiana KEITH
                  |                 |                           /-----Sir Andrew FRASER
                  |                 |                  /-----Sir Alexander FRASER, Lord Great Chamberlain Of Scotla
                  |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk) Le CHEN
                  |                 |         /-----John FRASER
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Reginald Le CHEYNE
                  |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) Le CHEYNE
                  |                 |        |                  \-----Mary De MORAVIA
                  |                  \-----Margaret FRASER
          /-----Patrick LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres
         |        |                                             /-----Sir John STEWART
         |        |                                    /-----Sir James STEWART
         |        |                                   |         \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
         |        |                           /-----Sir Robert STEWART
         |        |                  /-----Sir John STEWART
         |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Alan Mac JOHN
         |        |        |        |                  /-----John Of Argyll, Lord Of Lorn
         |        |        |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
         |        |        |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Thomas ISAAC
         |        |        |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
         |        |        |                           \-----Mathilda De BRUS
         |        |        |                                    \-----Elizabeth De BURG
         |         \-----(Unk Dau) STEWART
         |                 |                                    /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
         |                 |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
         |                 |                          |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
         |                 |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
         |                 |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
         |                 |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----William MURE
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
         |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
         |                 |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
         |                 |        |                           \-----Elen De KALENTIR
         |                  \-----Joan STEWART
         |                          |                           /-----David GRAHAM
         |                          |                  /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
         |                          |                 |         \-----Agnes NOBLE
         |                          |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
         |                          |        |         \-----Annabelle Of Strathearn
         |                          |        |                  \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
         |                           \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
         |                                   |                  /-----Alexander De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
         |                                   |         /-----Alan De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
         |                                   |        |         \-----Matilda
         |                                    \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
         |                                            |         /-----Colban MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife
         |                                             \-----Marjory
         |                                                      \-----Anna DURWARD
 /-----Sir John LINDSAY
|        |         /-----Henry PITCAIRN
|         \-----Isabella PITCAIRN
John LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres
|         /-----Sir Robert LUNDIE
 \-----Elizabeth LUNDIE



Descendants of John LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres
1. John LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres m. Helen STEWART
m. Helen STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl mother: Janet CAMPBELL

2nd generation

3. Janet LINDSAY m. Henry SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair
m. Henry SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair father: William SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair mother: Elizabeth KEITH
4. Patrick LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres m. Eupheme DOUGLAS
m. Eupheme DOUGLAS father: Robert DOUGLAS mother: Margaret ERSKINE

3rd generation

5. James SINCLAIR m. Isabel LESLIE
m. Isabel LESLIE father: Andrew LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes mother: Grizel HAMILTON
6. Margaret LINDSAY m. James LESLIE, Master Of Rothes
m. James LESLIE, Master Of Rothes father: Andrew LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes mother: Grizel HAMILTON
7. James LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres m. Eupheme LESLIE
m. Eupheme LESLIE father: Andrew LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes mother: Grizel HAMILTON

4th generation

10. Patrick SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair m. Margaret COCKBURN
m. Margaret COCKBURN father: Sir John COCKBURN
11. Grizel LESLIE m. Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline
m. Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline father: George SETON, Lord Seton mother: Isabel HAMILTON
13. Robert LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres m. Christian HAMILTON
m. Christian HAMILTON father: Thomas HAMILTON, Earl of Haddington mother: Margaret BORTHWICK

5th generation

15. John SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair m. Mary WEMYSS
m. Mary WEMYSS father: John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss mother: Jean GRAY
16. Jean SETON m. John HAY, Earl of Tweeddale
m. John HAY, Earl of Tweeddale father: James HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester mother: Margaret KERR
17. John LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford m. Margaret HAMILTON
m. Margaret HAMILTON father: James HAMILTON, Marquess of Hamilton mother: Anne CUNNINGHAM