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: Christian FORBES
Sex: F

Parents:

Father:
William FORBES, Lord Forbes Birth: 1 Death: Before 5 Jul 1483

Mother:

Christian GORDON Birth: 3

Family:
Marriage:

William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven on After 1509 .^m1
William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven Death: After 12 Jul 1528

Children:

Elizabeth RUTHVEN Death: Before 20 Jul 1529
William RUTHVEN Birth: 3 Death: Before Jun 1556

Bibliography

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]*].
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].*].
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].*].
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 IV p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

parents:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p776, SP IV p52],
father:: [Ref: CP V p96, CP XI p157]

Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information

father:: Sir John FORBES of Pitsligo [Ref: CP XI p246]

Sources with Information about marriage to William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven

date:: second marriage of William [Ref: CP V p96, CP XI p246, SP IV p258, SP IV p52],
names:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p776],
child:: [Ref: CP V p96, CP XI p157, SP IV p101, SP IV p258]

Research Notes:

Pedigree of Christian FORBES
                                     /-----John De FORBES
                            /-----Sir John FORBES
                           |         \-----Margaret
                   /-----Sir Alexander FORBES, Lord Forbes
                  |        |         /-----John KENNEDY
                  |         \-----Margaret KENNEDY
                  |                  \-----Mary
          /-----James FORBES, Lord Forbes
         |        |                                             /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
         |        |                                    /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
         |        |                                   |         \-----Constance
         |        |                           /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent Of Scotland
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Matthew De LOUVAINE, Baron Of Little Easton
         |        |                          |         \-----Eleanor LOVAINE
         |        |                          |                  \-----Helisant
         |        |                  /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
         |        |                 |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
         |        |                 |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |        |                 |                           \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |        |         /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Angus
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) RANDOLPH
         |        |        |        |         /-----Thomas STEWART, Earl Of Angus
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret ABERNETHY
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
         |        |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART, Countess Of Angus And Mar
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Alice De FENTON
         |        |        |                  \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
         |         \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
         |                 |                                    /-----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 III King Of Scots
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----William MURE
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
         |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
         |                 |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
         |                 |        |                           \-----Elen De KALENTIR
         |                  \-----Mary STEWART
         |                          |                           /-----Malcolm DRUMMOND
         |                          |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
         |                          |                 |         \-----(Unk) GRAHAM
         |                          |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
         |                           \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
         |                                   |                  /-----William De MONTFICHET
         |                                   |         /-----Sir William De MONTIFICHET
         |                                    \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
/-----William FORBES, Lord Forbes
|        |                                                      /-----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
|        |                  /-----Sir Robert KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|        |                 |        |                           /-----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
|        |         /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|        |        |         \-----(Unk) Of TROUP
|         \-----Egidia KEITH
|                 |                                             /-----Sir Walter FITZ GILBERT
|                 |                                    /-----Sir David FITZ WALTER
|                 |                                   |         \-----Mary GORDON
|                 |                           /-----Sir David HAMILTON
|                 |                          |        |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|                 |                          |         \-----Margaret De ROSS
|                 |                          |                  \-----Eupheme
|                 |                  /-----Sir John HAMILTON
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Sir William De KEITH
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH
|                 |                 |         \-----Janet KEITH
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|                 |                 |                  \-----(Unk dau) MURE
|                 |                 |                           \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|                 |         /-----Sir James HAMILTON
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir John DOUGLAS
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Joan
|                 |        |        |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----John GRAHAM
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Agnes GRAHAM
|                 |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabella
|                 |        |         \-----Jacoba DOUGLAS
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Alexander DUNBAR
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
|                 |        |                  \-----Agnes DUNBAR
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Thomas RANDOLPH, Earl Of Moray
|                 |        |                           \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
|                 |        |                                    \-----Isabella De ROSS
|                  \-----Mary HAMILTON
|                          |                                    /-----William LIVINGSTON
|                          |                           /-----Sir William LIVINGSTON, Lord Callendar
|                          |                          |         \-----Margaret
|                          |                  /-----Sir John LIVINGSTON
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Patrick De CALLENDAR, Lord Callendar
|                          |                 |         \-----Christian De CALLENDAR
|                          |         /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter De MONTEITH
|                          |        |        |         /-----Sir John MENTEITH
|                          |        |         \-----(Unk) MENTEITH
|                          |        |                  \-----Margery STIRLING
|                           \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
|                                   |                  /-----John De DUNDAS
|                                   |         /-----James DUNDAS
|                                    \-----(Unk) DUNDAS
Christian FORBES
|                                    /-----Alan De WINTOUN
|                           /-----Sir William SETON
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir Christopher SETON
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander SETON
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Christian BRUCE
|                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander SETON
|                          |        |        |         \-----Christian CHEYNE
|                          |         \-----Margaret SETON
|                  /-----Sir Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon
|                 |        |                                    /-----Robert FLEMING
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir Patrick FLEMING
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm FLEMING
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Simon FRASER
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Joanna FRASER
|                 |        |         /-----Sir David FLEMING
|                 |        |        |         \-----Christian KEITH
|                 |         \-----Janet FLEMING
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir David BARCLAY, Lord Of Brechin
|                 |                  \-----Jean BARCLAY
|                 |                          |                  /-----Sir William Of Brechin, Lord Of Brechin
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir David Of Brechin, Lord Of Brechin
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Elena COMYN
|                 |                           \-----Margaret Of Brechin
|                 |                                   |         /-----Alexander De Bonkyl
|                 |                                    \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
|                 |                                             \-----Christiana DUNBAR
|         /-----Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley
|        |        |                                             /-----Adam Of Gordon
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir Adam GORDON
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Marjory
|        |        |                           /-----Sir Adam GORDON
|        |        |                          |         \-----Amabilia
|        |        |                  /-----Sir John GORDON
|        |        |         /-----Sir Adam GORDON
|        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
|        |         \-----Elizabeth GORDON
|        |                 |                                    /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|        |                 |                           /-----Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|        |                 |         /-----Sir John KEITH
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander FRASER, Lord Great Chamberlain Of Scotla
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----John FRASER
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) Le CHEYNE
|        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret FRASER
|        |                  \-----Elizabeth KEITH
|        |                          |                           /-----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
|        |                           \-----Jean STEWART
|        |                                   |                  /-----William MURE
|        |                                   |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|        |                                   |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
|        |                                    \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |                                            |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
|        |                                             \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|        |                                                      \-----Elen De KALENTIR
\-----Christian GORDON
         |                                             /-----Alexander De CRICHTON
         |                                    /-----Sir John De CRICHTON
         |                           /-----William CRICHTON
         |                  /-----Sir John CRICHTON
         |                 |        |                  /-----(Unk) PRESON
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir John PRESTON
         |                 |         \-----Margaret PRESTON
         |         /-----William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton
         |        |         \-----Christian
          \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
                   \-----Agnes

Descendants of Christian FORBES

1. Christian FORBES m. William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven

m. William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven father: Sir Patrick RUTHVEN mother: (Unk) CRANSTON

2+ Elizabeth RUTHVEN m1. William HAY, Earl Of Erroll m2. Ninian ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead

3 William RUTHVEN

2nd generation

2. Elizabeth RUTHVEN m1. William HAY, Earl Of Erroll m2. Ninian ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead

m. William HAY, Earl Of Erroll father: William HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Christian LYON

4+ William HAY, Earl Of Erroll m. Helen STEWART

m. Ninian ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead father: John ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead mother: Christian EDMONSTONE

3rd generation

4. William HAY, Earl Of Erroll m. Helen STEWART

m. Helen STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox mother: Elizabeth STEWART

5+ Jean HAY m1. Andrew HAY, Earl Of Erroll m2. Alexander GORDON

4th generation

5. 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

6+ Eleanor HAY m. Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Linlithgow

7 Alexander HAY

8+ Francis HAY, Earl Of Erroll m1. Margaret STEWART m2. Mary STEWART m3. Elizabeth DOUGLAS

m. Alexander GORDON father: George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley mother: Anne HAMILTON

5th generation

6. Eleanor HAY m. Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Linlithgow

m. Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Linlithgow father: William LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston mother: Agnes FLEMING

9+ Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Linlithgow m1. Elizabeth GORDON m2. Mary DOUGLAS

10+ Margaret LIVINGSTONE m. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown

11+ Anne LIVINGSTON m. Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun

12 James LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Callendar m. Margaret HAY; Margaret HAY father: James HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester mother: Margaret KERR

8. Francis HAY, Earl Of Erroll m1. Margaret STEWART m2. Mary STEWART m3. Elizabeth DOUGLAS

m. Margaret STEWART father: James STEWART, Earl Of Moray mother: Agnes KEITH

m. Mary STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl mother: Margaret FLEMING

m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton mother: Agnes LESLIE

13+ William HAY, Earl Of Erroll m. Anne LYON

14+ Anne HAY m. George SETON, Earl of Wintoun

15+ Mary HAY m. Walter SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch