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. John LYON, Lord Glamis Birth: 1 Death: 1500
  2. David LYON Birth: 2 Death: 9 Sep 1513 in Flodden
  3. William LYON Birth: 3 Death: 9 Sep 1513 in Flodden
  4. George LYON Birth: 4 Death: 9 Sep 1513 in Flodden
  5. Violet LYON Birth: 1
  6. Janet LYON
  7. Christian LYON Birth: 3 Death: After 21 Aug 1508
  8. Agnes LYON Death: Before 30 Apr 1529
  9. Margaret LYON
  10. Mariota LYON
  11. Elizabeth LYON Death: Before 24 Sep 1509

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 05 E-Goojerat. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP V [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. 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 VIII p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
father:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1924, CP V p545, CP V p657, CP V p96, CP VIII p186, SP VIII p276]
Sources for death Information
date:
before 20 Oct 1492 [Ref: CP V p657, SP VIII p276]
Sources with Information about marriage to John LYON, Lord Glamis
date:
prob in or before 1450 [Ref: CP V p657],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1924, CP V p545, CP V p657(b), CP V p657, CP V p96, CP VIII p186, SP VIII p276, SP VIII p277]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Elizabeth SCRIMGEOUR
 /-----Sir John SCRIMGEOUR, Constable Of Dundee
Elizabeth SCRIMGEOUR



Descendants of Elizabeth SCRIMGEOUR
1. Elizabeth SCRIMGEOUR m. John LYON, Lord Glamis
m. John LYON, Lord Glamis father: Patrick LYON, Lord Glamis mother: Isabel OGILVY

2nd generation

2. John LYON, Lord Glamis m. Elizabeth GREY
m. Elizabeth GREY father: Andrew GREY, Lord Grey mother: Janet KEITH
3. David LYON m. Elizabeth LINDSAY
m. Elizabeth LINDSAY father: David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford mother: Elizabeth HAMILTON
6. Violet LYON m. Hugh FRASER, Lord Lovat
m. Hugh FRASER, Lord Lovat father: Thomas FRASER
8. Christian LYON m. William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
m. William HAY, Earl Of Erroll father: William HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Isabel GORDON

3rd generation

14. John LYON, Lord Glamis m. Janet DOUGLAS
m. Janet DOUGLAS father: George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus mother: Elizabeth DRUMMOND
17. Thomas FRASER, Lord Lovat m1. Janet GORDON m2. Janet GRAY
m. Janet GORDON father: Sir Alexander GORDON
m. Janet GRAY father: Patrick GRAY, Master Of Gray mother: Annabel FORBES
18. Margaret FRASER m. Hector De KILMALEW
m. Hector De KILMALEW
20. William HAY, Earl Of Erroll m. Elizabeth RUTHVEN
m. Elizabeth RUTHVEN father: William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven mother: Christian FORBES
21. Elizabeth HAY m. William ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy
m. William ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy father: Alexander ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy mother: (Unk) STEWART

4th generation

23. Elizabeth LYON m1. John FORBES, Master Of Forbes m2. Thomas CRAIG m3. John TULLOCH m4. John ABERNETHY
m. John FORBES, Master Of Forbes father: John FORBES, Lord Forbes mother: Christian LUNDIN
m. Thomas CRAIG father: Alexander CRAIG
m. John TULLOCH
m. John ABERNETHY father: Alexander ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy mother: (Unk) STEWART
24. John LYON, Lord Glamis m. Janet KEITH
m. Janet KEITH father: Robert KEITH, Lord Keith mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS
28. Hugh FRASER, Lord Lovat m1. Anne GRANT m2. Janet ROSS
m. Anne GRANT father: John GRANT mother: Margaret OGILVY
m. Janet ROSS father: William ROSS
29. William FRASER m.
32. William HAY, Earl Of Erroll m. Helen STEWART
m. Helen STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox mother: Elizabeth STEWART
33. Elizabeth ABERNETHY m1. William MELDRUM m2. John LYON, Lord Glamis
m. William MELDRUM
m. John LYON, Lord Glamis father: John LYON, Lord Glamis mother: Janet KEITH
34. Alexander ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy m1. Alison KEITH m2. Jean JOHNSTONE
m. Alison KEITH father: William KEITH, Earl Marischal mother: Margaret KEITH
m. Jean JOHNSTONE father: James JOHNSTON mother: Margaret HAMILTON

5th generation

37. Margaret LYON m1. Gilbert KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis m2. John HAMILTON, Marquess of Hamilton
m. Gilbert KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis father: Gilbert KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis mother: Margaret KENNEDY
m. John HAMILTON, Marquess of Hamilton father: James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran mother: Margaret DOUGLAS
38. John LYON, Lord Glamis m. Elizabeth ABERNETHY
m. Elizabeth ABERNETHY father: William ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy mother: Elizabeth HAY
40. Alexander FRASER, Lord Lovat m. Janet CAMPBELL
m. Janet CAMPBELL father: Sir John CAMPBELL
42. Jean HAY m1. Andrew HAY, Earl Of Erroll m2. Alexander GORDON
m. Andrew HAY, Earl Of Erroll father: George HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Margaret ROBERTSON
m. Alexander GORDON father: George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley mother: Anne HAMILTON
43. Jean LYON m1. Robert DOUGLAS, Master of Morton m2. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus m3. Alexander LINDSAY, Lord Spynie
m. Robert DOUGLAS, Master of Morton father: William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton mother: Agnes LESLIE
m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus father: David DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus mother: Margaret HAMILTON
m. Alexander LINDSAY, Lord Spynie father: David LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford mother: Margaret BETHUNE
44. Patrick LYON, Earl of Kinghorn m. Anne MURRAY
m. Anne MURRAY father: John MURRAY, Earl of Tullibardine mother: Catherine DRUMMOND
46. George ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy m. Margaret STEWART
m. Margaret STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl mother: Elizabeth GORDON