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:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Elizabeth ERSKINE Death: After 1398
  2. Jean ERSKINE Death: Before 23 Apr 1411
  3. Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine Birth: 1 Death: Before 6 Nov 1452
  4. John ERSKINE Birth: 2 Death: After 25 Oct 1392

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. Fraser, William, The Red Book of Menteith. Edinburg: author, 1880. Available at http://archive.org/details/redbookofmentev100fras. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Fraser MENTEITH p[0-9]*].
  5. Ravilious, John, Graham of Montrose. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 12/5/2005. Subject: Graham of Montrose: a Keith/Barclay Connection. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/_IE30U74Vyc/m/u5K0D8FqnasJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/5/2005-002947].
  6. 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 v3p[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 II p[0-9]*].
  8. 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]*].
  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]*].
  10. 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]*].
  11. Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, Medieval Heritage: The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England, The Genealogist, 2:157-68, 3:25-44, 3:175-94, 4:144-58, 5:64-72, 5:226-39, 6:100-3, 6:148-65, 7-8:137-43, 9:40-4, 10:73-85, 11:63-72, 11:184-93, 12:83-90, 12:250-6, 13:92-9, 13:252-6, 14:81-4, 14:207-10, 15:99-103, 15:220-4, 16:93-8, 16:227-31, 17:61-4, 17:250-5, 18:123-7, 18:228-31, 19:62-8, 19:251-5, 20:85-8, 20:184-90, 21:71-5, 21:250-4, 22:101-6, 22:186-91, 23:73-9, 23:203-8, 24:110-27, 24:239-54, 25:56-73, 25:214-32, 26:77-101, 26:202-26, 27:189, 28:90, 33:300. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Reprinted, with further corrections, as Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England: A Medieval Heritage. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton & Gunn, 2012. NYPL ARF 13-5787. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v[0-9]*-[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
first son [Ref: Burke Peerage p1334, SP V p595],
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1334, CP VIII p400f, John Ravilious SGM 12/5/2005-002947, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p150, SP V p596],
father:
[Ref: CP VIII p409(e), SP II p224, SP V p580, SP VI p342]
Sources for death Information
date:
1403 [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/5/2005-002947]
abt 1404 [Ref: Burke Peerage p1334]
between Martinmas (11 Nov) 1403 and Whitsunday (18 May) 1404 [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-120 (with corr in 25-73)]
between Martinmas 1403 and Whitsunday 1404 [Ref: CP V p104, SP V p598]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
date:
1405 [Ref: SP II p224]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary DOUGLAS
date:
abt 1365 [Ref: Burke Peerage p1334]
disp 1365 [Ref: SP VI p342]
disp 29 Nov 1365 [Ref: SP V p598(5)]
second marriage of Mary [Ref: Burke Peerage p1428]
Sources with Information about marriage to Janet KEITH
date:
before 13 Apr 1370 [Ref: SP V p598, Thompson CharlesII v24-120]
before 13 Apr 1370, as second marriage of both [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/5/2005-002947]
before 16 Apr 1369 [Ref: SP II p224]
before 16 Apr 1370 [Ref: Burke Peerage p1334]
before or abt 13 Apr 1370 [Ref: SP V p580]
second marriage of Janet [Ref: SP VI p132]
second marriage of both [Ref: CP VIII p409(e)],
names:
[Ref: Fraser MENTEITH p460, SP VI p35],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1332, Burke Peerage p1334, CP V p104, CP VIII p400f, CP VIII p409(e), CP VIII p414, John Ravilious SGM 12/5/2005-002947, SP II p223, SP V p600, SP VIII p482, Thompson CharlesII v24-120]
Research Notes:
of Erskine on the Clyde [Ref: CP V p104]
Knt [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p150]

by 1370: knighted, in order to enter the lists against Sir james Douglas over an inheritance dispute [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-120]

by 1371: keeper of Edinburgh castle and Sheriff of Edinburgh [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-120]

1376: had a charter to the barony of Dun, resigned to him by his father [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-120]

frequent witness to royal charters [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-120]

captured at the battle of Homildon Hill, 14 Sep 1402, and may have been held a prisoner in England until his death [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-120]



Pedigree of Sir Thomas ERSKINE
                            /-----Sir John ERSKINE
                   /-----John ERSKINE
          /-----Sir William ERSKINE
 /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk
Sir Thomas ERSKINE
|                                                               /-----William De LINDSAY
|                                                      /-----Walter De LINDSAY
|                                             /-----William De LINDSAY
|                                            |        |         /-----(Unk) ANGLICUS
|                                            |         \-----(Unk) ANGLICUS
|                                    /-----William De LINDSAY
|                                   |        |                  /-----Alan De LIMESY, Baron Of Cavendish
|                                   |        |         /-----Gerard De LIMESY, Baron Of Cavendish
|                                   |         \-----Alice De LIMESY
|                                   |                 |         /-----Halneth De BIDUN, Baron Of Lavendon
|                                   |                  \-----Amicia De BIDUN
|                                   |                           \-----Sara
|                           /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
|                  /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
|         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|        |        |                                             /-----Walter De LINDSAY
|        |        |                                    /-----William De LINDSAY
|        |        |                                   |         \-----(Unk) ANGLICUS
|        |        |                           /-----Walter De LINDSAY
|        |        |                  /-----William De LINDSAY
|        |        |         /-----Walter De LINDSAY
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Reinfrid
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Roger FITZREINFRID
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Gonilla
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Gilbert FITZROGER FITZREINFRID, Lord Of Kendal
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Robert FOLIOT
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Alice
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret
|        |        |        |         \-----Alice De LANCASTER, Baroness Of Kendal
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----William I De LANCASTER, Baron Of Kendal
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----William II De LANCASTER, Baron Of Kendal
|        |        |        |                  \-----Helwise De LANCASTER, Baroness Of Kendal
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Robert De STUTEVILLE, Baron Of Cottingham
|        |        |        |                           \-----Helwise De STUTEVILLE
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Helwise
|        |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
|        |                  \-----Christian
 \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
          \-----(Unk) STEWART
                  |                                             /-----Alan FITZ FLEALD
                  |                                    /-----Walter FITZALAN, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |                                   |         \-----Avelina De HESDIN
                  |                           /-----Alan High Steward Of Scotland
                  |                          |        |         /-----Thomas Of London
                  |                          |         \-----Sechym De MOILE
                  |                  /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |                 |        |         /-----Swan
                  |                 |         \-----Eva
                  |         /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |        |                  /-----Gilbride Earl Of Angus
                  |        |        |         /-----Gilchrist Earl Of Angus
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Gospatric I Earl Of Northumberland
                  |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk Dau) Of Dunbar
                  |        |        |        |                  \-----(Unk Dau)
                  |        |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
                   \-----(Unk) STEWART
                           |                                    /-----(Unk) De COMYN
                           |                           /-----(Unk) De COMYN
                           |                  /-----Richard COMYN
                           |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
                           |        |        |                  /-----Waltheof Of Tynedale
                           |        |        |         /-----Uchtred Of Tynedale
                           |        |         \-----Hextilde of Tynedale
                           |        |                 |         /-----Domnall Bane (Donald) Mac DONNCHAD, King Of Scots
                           |        |                  \-----Bethoc Of Scotland
                            \-----Joanna
                                    |                           /-----Colban Earl Of Buchan
                                    |                  /-----Roger Earl Of Buchan
                                    |                 |         \-----Eve Countess Of Buchan
                                    |         /-----Fergus Earl Of Buchan
                                     \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan



Descendants of Sir Thomas ERSKINE
1. Sir Thomas ERSKINE m1. Mary DOUGLAS m2. Janet KEITH
m. Mary DOUGLAS father: Sir William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Atholl mother: Elizabeth MAXWELL
m. Janet KEITH father: Sir Edward De KEITH mother: Christian MENTEITH

2nd generation

3. Jean ERSKINE m. Sir John COLQUHOUN
m. Sir John COLQUHOUN father: Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN
4. Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine m1. Elizabeth LINDSAY m2. (Unk Dau) STEWART
m. Elizabeth LINDSAY father: David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford mother: Elizabeth STEWART
m. (Unk Dau) STEWART father: Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn mother: Joan STEWART

3rd generation

6. Margaret COLQUHOUN m. Sir David MURRAY
m. Sir David MURRAY father: Sir David MURRAY mother: Isabel STEWART
7. Malcolm COLQUHOUN m.
9. Thomas ERSKINE, Lord Erskine m. Janet DOUGLAS
m. Janet DOUGLAS
10. Elizabeth ERSKINE m. Sir Henry DOUGLAS
m. Sir Henry DOUGLAS father: Sir William DOUGLAS mother: Christian LINDSAY
11. Janet ERSKINE m. Sir Walter STEWART
m. Sir Walter STEWART father: Murdoch STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany mother: Isabel LENNOX, Countess Of Lennox
12. Christian ERSKINE m1. Patrick GRAHAM, Lord Graham m2. William CHARTERIS
m. Patrick GRAHAM, Lord Graham father: Alexander GRAHAM
m. William CHARTERIS

4th generation

13. William MURRAY m. Margaret GRAY
m. Margaret GRAY father: Sir Andrew GRAY mother: Elizabeth BUCHANAN
17. Patrick MURRAY m. Katherine BALFOUR
m. Katherine BALFOUR father: Michael BALFOUR
18. James MURRAY m. Margaret FRASER
m. Margaret FRASER
23. Mariot MURRAY m. Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
m. Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND father: Sir Walter DRUMMOND mother: Margaret RUTHVEN
25. Christian MURRAY m. Sir Murdoch MENTEITH
m. Sir Murdoch MENTEITH father: Robert MENTEITH mother: Margaret LENNOX
26. Sir John COLQUHOUN m1. (Unk) BOYD m2. Elizabeth DUNBAR
m. (Unk) BOYD
m. Elizabeth DUNBAR father: James DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray mother: Margaret SETON
27. Isobel ERSKINE m. Patrick GRAHAM
m. Patrick GRAHAM father: Malise GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith mother: Janet De ROCHFORD
28. Helen ERSKINE m. Humphrey COLQUHOUN
m. Humphrey COLQUHOUN father: Sir John COLQUHOUN mother: (Unk) BOYD
29. Elizabeth ERSKINE m. Sir Alexander SETON
m. Sir Alexander SETON father: Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley mother: Egidia HAY
30. Alexander ERSKINE, Lord Erskine m1. Christian CRICHTON m2. Helen HOME
m. Christian CRICHTON father: Sir Robert CRICHTON mother: Elizabeth ERSKINE
m. Helen HOME father: Sir Alexander HOME, Lord Home mother: Mariot LAUDER
31. Mariot ERSKINE m. Sir William KEITH, Earl Marischal
m. Sir William KEITH, Earl Marischal father: Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland mother: Mary HAMILTON
32. Sir Robert DOUGLAS m1. Elizabeth BOSWELL m2. Isabel SIBBALD m3. Mariot BALLIE
m. Elizabeth BOSWELL father: David BOSWELL
m. Isabel SIBBALD father: Sir John SIBBALD mother: Joan LIVINGSTON
m. Mariot BALLIE father: Sir William BALLIE
36. William GRAHAM, Lord Graham m. Elene DOUGLAS
m. Elene DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus mother: Margaret HAY
40. Janet GRAHAM m. Sir Gilbert KEITH
m. Sir Gilbert KEITH
41. Elizabeth GRAHAM m. William LIVINGSTON
m. William LIVINGSTON father: Edward LIVINGSTON

5th generation

43. Sir Andrew MURRAY m. Margaret BARCLAY
m. Margaret BARCLAY
44. Sir William MURRAY m. Mary KEITH
m. Mary KEITH father: Sir William KEITH, Earl Marischal mother: Mariot ERSKINE
45. David MURRAY m. Margaret PITCAIRN
m. Margaret PITCAIRN father: Henry PITCAIRN
47. Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond m. Elizabeth LINDSAY
m. Elizabeth LINDSAY father: Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford mother: Margaret DUNBAR
54. Elizabeth MENTEITH m. John NAPIER
m. John NAPIER father: Sir Alexander NAPIER mother: Elizabeth LAUDER
55. Humphrey COLQUHOUN m1. Helen ERSKINE m2. Marion BAILLIE
m. Helen ERSKINE father: Thomas ERSKINE, Lord Erskine mother: Janet DOUGLAS
m. Marion BAILLIE father: Sir William BAILLIE
58. Alexander GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith m. Margaret BUCHANAN
m. Margaret BUCHANAN father: Walter BUCHANAN
61. Sir John COLQUHOUN m1. Elizabeth STEWART m2. Margaret CUNNINGHAM
m. Elizabeth STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox mother: Margaret MONTGOMERIE
m. Margaret CUNNINGHAM
67. Sir Alexander SETON m. Elizabeth HOME
m. Elizabeth HOME father: Sir Alexander HOME, Lord Home mother: Margaret MONTGOMERIE
68. Christian ERSKINE m. David STEWART
m. David STEWART
69. Agnes ERSKINE m. William MENTEITH
m. William MENTEITH father: William MENTEITH
70. Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine m. Isabel CAMPBELL
m. Isabel CAMPBELL father: George CAMPBELL mother: (Unk) KENNEDY
72. William KEITH, Earl Marischal m. Elizabeth GORDON
m. Elizabeth GORDON father: Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley mother: Elizabeth HAY
77. Janet KEITH m1. John LESLIE m2. Thomas STEWART, Lord Innermeath
m. John LESLIE father: Sir Andrew LESLIE, Master Of Rothes mother: Elizabeth SINCLAIR
m. Thomas STEWART, Lord Innermeath father: Walter STEWART, Lord Innermeath mother: Margaret LINDSAY
78. Mary KEITH m. Sir William MURRAY
m. Sir William MURRAY father: William MURRAY mother: Margaret GRAY
79. Sir Robert DOUGLAS m1. Margaret BALFOUR m2. Margaret HAY
m. Margaret BALFOUR father: David BALFOUR
m. Margaret HAY father: Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Beatrice DOUGLAS
82. William GRAHAM, Lord Graham, Earl Of Montrose m1. Annabel DRUMMOND m2. Janet EDMONSTOUN m3. Christian WAWANE
m. Annabel DRUMMOND father: Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond mother: Elizabeth LINDSAY
m. Janet EDMONSTOUN father: Sir Archibald EDMONSTOUN mother: Janet SHAW
m. Christian WAWANE father: Thomas WAWANE
83. George GRAHAM m. Elizabeth OLIPHANT
m. Elizabeth OLIPHANT
85. Jean GRAHAM m. Sir John OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie
m. Sir John OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie father: Sir James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie mother: Elizabeth KENNEDY
87. Agnes GRAHAM m. Sir Walter FORRESTER
m. Sir Walter FORRESTER
88. Margaret KEITH m. William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Caithness
m. William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Caithness father: William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness mother: Marjorie SUTHERLAND
89. William LIVINGSTON m. Jonet BRUCE
m. Jonet BRUCE father: Sir Robert BRUCE mother: Euphemia MONTGOMERY