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. Sir Robert COLVILLE Death: Before 24 Jan 1488/9

Marriage: Children:
  1. Christian ERSKINE
  2. Agnes ERSKINE
  3. Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine Birth: 1 Death: 9 Sep 1513 in Flodden
  4. Walter ERSKINE Birth: 2

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. Ravilious, John, Sanquhar and Ros of Wark. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 9/16/2003. Subject: CP ' Expansion ' : Sanquhar, co. Dumfries and de Ros of Wark. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/tPGnnBqCV5c/m/0huk2Y9cS-gJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 9/16/2003-220001].
  5. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[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 II 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 III 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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: CP V p105, John Ravilious SGM 9/16/2003-220001, SP III p222],
father:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1332, Burke Peerage p1334, SP II p541, SP V p608]
Sources for death Information
date:
abt 1478 [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 9/16/2003-220001]
between Nov 1477 and Mar 1477/8 [Ref: CP V p105, SP II p541, SP III p222]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sir Robert COLVILLE
date:
before 1451 [Ref: SP III p222]
before Feb 1450/1 [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 9/16/2003-220001, SP II p541]
first marriage of Christian [Ref: CP V p105, SP V p608],
child:
[Ref: John Ravilious SGM 9/16/2003-220001, SP II p541]
Sources with Information about marriage to Alexander ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
date:
before 1466 [Ref: SP V p607]
before 9 Oct 1466 [Ref: CP V p105, SP II p541]
before Oct 1466 [Ref: SP III p222],
names:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1334],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1332, CP V p105, CP VIII p418, Roberts RD600 p135, Roberts RD600 p136, SP V p608]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Christian CRICHTON
                            /-----Alexander De CRICHTON
                   /-----William De CRICHTON
          /-----Edward De CRICHTON
         |        |                                             /-----Everhard De ROS, Baron Of Helmsley
         |        |                                    /-----Robert De ROS, Magna Charta Surety
         |        |                                   |         \-----Roysia TRUSSEBUT
         |        |                           /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Baron Of Wark
         |        |                          |        |         /-----William The Lion King Of Scots
         |        |                          |         \-----Isabel Of Scotland
         |        |                          |                  \-----Isabel AVERNAL
         |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Baron Of Wark
         |        |         /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Lord Ros Of Wark
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Adam II De BRUS, Baron Of Skelton
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Peter I De BRUS, Baron Of Skelton
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Juetta De ARCHES
         |        |        |        |         /-----Peter II De BRUS, Baron Of Skelton
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----John Fitz Richard, Constable Of Chester
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Joan De Chester
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Alice Fitz Roger
         |        |        |         \-----Margaret De BRUS
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Roger FITZREINFRID
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Gilbert FITZROGER FITZREINFRID, Lord Of Kendal
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Alice
         |        |        |                  \-----Hawise De LANCASTER
         |        |        |                          |         /-----William II De LANCASTER, Baron Of Kendal
         |        |        |                           \-----Helwise De LANCASTER, Baroness Of Kendal
         |        |        |                                    \-----Helwise De STUTEVILLE
         |         \-----Isabel De ROS
         |                  \-----Laura
 /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
Christian CRICHTON
|         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
 \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE



Descendants of Christian CRICHTON
1. Christian CRICHTON m1. Sir Robert COLVILLE m2. Alexander ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
m. Sir Robert COLVILLE father: Robert COLVILLE mother: Margaret COLVILLE
m. Alexander ERSKINE, Lord Erskine father: Thomas ERSKINE, Lord Erskine mother: Janet DOUGLAS

2nd generation

2. Sir Robert COLVILLE m. Eupheme WALLACE
m. Eupheme WALLACE
3. Christian ERSKINE m. David STEWART
m. David STEWART
4. Agnes ERSKINE m. William MENTEITH
m. William MENTEITH father: William MENTEITH
5. Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine m. Isabel CAMPBELL
m. Isabel CAMPBELL father: George CAMPBELL mother: (Unk) KENNEDY

3rd generation

7. Janet COLVILLE m. Alexander BOYD, Lord Boyd
m. Alexander BOYD, Lord Boyd father: Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd mother: Mariot MAXWELL
8. Margaret COLVILLE m. Sir John SEMPILL, Lord Sempill
m. Sir John SEMPILL, Lord Sempill father: Sir Thomas SEMPHILL mother: Elizabeth ROSS
9. Sir William COLVILLE m1. Elizabeth KENNEDY m2. Elizabeth CRICHTON m3. Margaret KER
m. Elizabeth KENNEDY father: John KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy mother: Elizabeth GORDON, Countess Of Erroll
m. Elizabeth CRICHTON father: Sir Robert CRICHTON mother: Elizabeth ERSKINE
m. Margaret KER father: James KER
13. Christian STEWART m. John BETHUNE
m. John BETHUNE
14. Sir William MENTEITH m. Helen BRUCE
m. Helen BRUCE father: Sir John BRUCE
16. John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine m. Margaret CAMPBELL
m. Margaret CAMPBELL father: Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll mother: Elizabeth STEWART
17. James ERSKINE m. Christine STIRLING
m. Christine STIRLING
20. Margaret ERSKINE m1. Robert DOUGLAS m2. James V King Of Scots m3. James HALDANE
m. Robert DOUGLAS father: Thomas DOUGLAS mother: Elizabeth BOYD
m. James V King Of Scots father: James IV King Of Scots mother: Margaret TUDOR
m. James HALDANE

4th generation

23. Margaret BOYD m. George COLQUHOUN
m. George COLQUHOUN
24. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd m1. Helen SOMERVILLE m2. Elizabeth NAPIER m3. Marion COLQUHOUN
m. Helen SOMERVILLE father: Sir John SOMERVILLE
m. Elizabeth NAPIER
m. Marion COLQUHOUN father: Sir John COLQUHOUN mother: Elizabeth STEWART
26. Thomas BOYD m. Marion FAIRLIE
m. Marion FAIRLIE father: John FAIRLIE
28. William SEMPILL, Lord Sempill m1. Margaret MONTGOMERIE m2. Elizabeth ARNOT m3. Marion MONTGOMERIE
m. Margaret MONTGOMERIE father: Hugh MONTGOMERIE, Earl Of Eglintoun mother: Helen CAMPBELL
m. Elizabeth ARNOT father: John ARNOT
m. Marion MONTGOMERIE father: Hugh MONTGOMERIE
33. Elizabeth COLVILLE m1. Robert COLVILLE m2. Patrick COLQUHOUN
m. Robert COLVILLE father: William COLVILLE
m. Patrick COLQUHOUN
34. John BETHUNE m. Agnes ANSTRUTHER
m. Agnes ANSTRUTHER
36. James MENTEITH m. Janet SIMPSON
m. Janet SIMPSON
39. John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine m. Annabella MURRAY
m. Annabella MURRAY father: Sir William MURRAY mother: Catherine CAMPBELL
40. Sir Alexander ERSKINE m. Margaret HOME
m. Margaret HOME father: George HOME, Lord Home mother: Mariota HALYBURTON
41. Katherine ERSKINE m. Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone
m. Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone father: Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone mother: Elizabeth BARLOW
42. Alexander ERSKINE m. Elizabeth HALIBURTON
m. Elizabeth HALIBURTON
43. George DOUGLAS m. Janet LINDSAY
m. Janet LINDSAY father: John LINDSAY
44. Eupheme DOUGLAS m. Patrick LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres
m. Patrick LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres father: John LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres mother: Helen STEWART
45. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton m. Agnes LESLIE
m. Agnes LESLIE father: George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes mother: Agnes SOMERVILLE
46. James STEWART, Earl Of Moray m. Agnes KEITH
m. Agnes KEITH father: William KEITH, Earl Marischal mother: Margaret KEITH

5th generation

47. Margaret COLQUHOUN m. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
m. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd father: Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd mother: Helen SOMERVILLE
48. Agnes BOYD m. Sir John COLQUHOUN
m. Sir John COLQUHOUN father: Humphrey COLQUHOUN mother: Helen GRAHAM
49. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd m. Margaret COLQUHOUN
m. Margaret COLQUHOUN father: George COLQUHOUN mother: Margaret BOYD
52. Helen SEMPILL m. Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart
m. Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart father: Alan CATHCART, Master Of Cathcart mother: Agnes LYLE
57. Robert SEMPILL, Lord Sempill m1. Elizabeth CARLILE m2. Isabel HAMILTON
m. Elizabeth CARLILE
m. Isabel HAMILTON father: William HAMILTON mother: Katherine KENNEDY
59. Margaret BETHUNE m. John ROW
m. John ROW
63. John ERSKINE, Earl Of Mar m1. Anne DRUMMOND m2. Mary STEWART
m. Anne DRUMMOND father: David DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond mother: Lilian RUTHVEN
m. Mary STEWART father: Esme STEWART, Duke Of Lennox mother: Catherine De BALSAC
64. Thomas ERSKINE, Earl of Kellie m1. Dorothy SMITH m2. Anne OGILVY m3. Elizabeth PIERREPONT
m. Dorothy SMITH father: Humphrey SMITH
m. Anne OGILVY father: Sir Gilbert OGILVY
m. Elizabeth PIERREPONT father: Sir Henry PIERREPONT mother: Frances CAVENDISH
66. Robert ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone m. Margaret DRUMMOND
m. Margaret DRUMMOND father: Sir John DRUMMOND mother: Margaret Of Scotland
67. Ralph ERSKINE m1. Isabella CAIRNCROSS m2. Janet WILSON
m. Isabella CAIRNCROSS
m. Janet WILSON
68. Margaret DOUGLAS m. George RAMSAY, Lord Dalhousie
m. George RAMSAY, Lord Dalhousie father: James RAMSAY mother: Elizabeth RAMSAY
69. Margaret LINDSAY m. James LESLIE, Master Of Rothes
m. James LESLIE, Master Of Rothes father: Andrew LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes mother: Grizel HAMILTON
70. James LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres m. Eupheme LESLIE
m. Eupheme LESLIE father: Andrew LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes mother: Grizel HAMILTON
71. Elizabeth DOUGLAS m. Francis HAY, Earl Of Erroll
m. Francis HAY, Earl Of Erroll father: Andrew HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Jean HAY
72. Christian DOUGLAS m1. Alexander HOME, Earl of Home m2. Laurence OLIPHANT
m. Alexander HOME, Earl of Home father: Alexander HOME, Lord Home mother: Agnes GRAY
m. Laurence OLIPHANT
73. Robert DOUGLAS, Master of Morton m. Jean LYON
m. Jean LYON father: John LYON, Lord Glamis mother: Elizabeth ABERNETHY
74. Mary DOUGLAS m. Walter OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy of Deskford
m. Walter OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy of Deskford father: Alexander OGILVY mother: Barbara OGILVY
75. Agnes DOUGLAS m. Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl of Argyll
m. Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl of Argyll father: Colin CAMPBELL, Earl of Argyll mother: Agnes KEITH
77. Elizabeth STEWART m. James STEWART, Earl Of Moray
m. James STEWART, Earl Of Moray father: James STEWART, Lord Doune And St Colme mother: Margaret CAMPBELL