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. Patrick LYON, Lord Glamis Birth: 1 Death: 21 Mar 1459 in Belhelvies
  2. David LYON Birth: 2 Death: After 16 Nov 1471
  3. Michael LYON Birth: 3

Marriage:
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. 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 v1[pc][0-9]*].
  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]*].
  5. Doig, Suzanne, Graham of Abercorn, Kincardine etc.. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 11/26/1998. Subject: Graham of Abercorn, Kincardine etc.. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/H6nwxsmW8Cg/m/oRCWumSoM5kJ. Author address: Doigsmd49 at csc dot canterbury dot ac dot nz. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Suzanne Doig SGM 11/26/1998].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1924, CP V p656(b), Richardson RoyalAnc v1p634, SP VIII p269, Suzanne Doig SGM 11/26/1998]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP V p656, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p636, SP VIII p270, Suzanne Doig SGM 11/26/1998]
abt 1435 [Ref: Burke Peerage p1924]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p636, SP VIII p270]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth GRAHAM
names:
[Ref: Burke Peerage cclxxxix, Burke Peerage p1417, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p638, SP VIII p260, Suzanne Doig SGM 11/26/1998],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1924, CP V p656, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p635, SP VIII p270]
Sources with Information about marriage to Janet
date:
before 1417 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p635]
Research Notes:
Knt, of Glamis and Balhelvy Berklay [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p635]
of Glamis, co Farfar [Ref: Burke Peerage p1417, Burke Peerage p1924, CP V p656]

heir of his father [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p635]

Chamberlain of Scotland [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p635]



Pedigree of Sir John LYON
 /-----Sir John LYON
Sir John LYON
|                                                               /-----Walter FITZALAN, High Steward Of Scotland
|                                                      /-----Alan High Steward Of Scotland
|                                                     |         \-----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
|                                   |        |        |         \-----(Unk Dau) Of Dunbar
|                                   |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
|                           /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|                          |        |                           /-----(Unk) De COMYN
|                          |        |                  /-----Richard COMYN
|                          |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Uchtred Of Tynedale
|                          |        |        |         \-----Hextilde of Tynedale
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Bethoc Of Scotland
|                          |         \-----Joanna
|                          |                 |                  /-----Roger Earl Of Buchan
|                          |                 |         /-----Fergus Earl Of Buchan
|                          |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
|                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |        |                                    /-----Walter De BURGH
|                 |        |                           /-----William De BURGH, Lord of Connaught
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Alice
|                 |        |                  /-----Richard De BURGH, Lord of Connaught
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Domnall Mor O'Brien, King Of Munster
|                 |        |                 |         \-----(Unk Dau) O'BRIEN
|                 |        |         /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Hugh De LACY, Baron Of Weobley
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Walter De LACY, Baron Of Weobley
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Roheis De MONMOUTH
|                 |        |        |         \-----Egidia (Jill) De LACY
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----William De BRAOS, Baron Of Bramber
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Margaret De BRAOISE
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Matilda De ST VALERIE De HAIA
|                 |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
|                 |                 |                           /-----Piers De LUTEGARESHALE
|                 |                 |                  /-----Geoffrey FITZ PIERS, Earl Of Essex
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Maud
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir John FITZ GEOFFREY
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Roger De CLARE, Earl Of Hertford
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Aveline De CLARE
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Maud St. HILLARY
|                 |                  \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
|                 |                          |                  /-----Roger BIGOD, Earl Of Norfolk, MC Surety
|                 |                          |         /-----Hugh BIGOD, Earl Of Norfolk, MC Surety
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Ida Countess Of Norfolk
|                 |                           \-----Isabel BIGOD
|                 |                                   |         /-----Sir William MARSHALL, Protector, Earl Of Pembroke
|                 |                                    \-----Maud MARSHALL
|                 |                                             \-----Isabel De CLARE, Countess Of Pembroke
|         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |        |                                             /-----William De BRUS, Lord Of Annandale
|        |        |                                    /-----Robert De BRUS, Lord Of Annandale
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Christina
|        |        |                           /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Baron Of Writtle
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----David Earl Of Huntingdon
|        |        |                          |         \-----Isabella Of Huntingdon
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Maud Of Chester
|        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Richard De CLARE, Earl Of Hertford, MC Surety
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Gilbert De CLARE, Earl Of Hertford And Glouceste
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Amice MEULANT, Countess Of Gloucester
|        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De CLARE
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir William MARSHALL, Protector, Earl Of Pembroke
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Isabel MARSHALL
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Isabel De CLARE, Countess Of Pembroke
|        |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Duncan Earl Of Carrick
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Nicol Of Carrick
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Avelina Of Scotland
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Neil Earl Of Carrick, Regent Of Scotland
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Niall Ruadh O'NEILL
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) O'NEILL
|        |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
|        |        |        |                  \-----Isabella
|        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|        |                 |                                    /-----Morgrund Mac GYLOCHER, Earl Of Mar
|        |                 |                           /-----Duncan Earl Of Mar
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Agnes
|        |                 |                  /-----William Earl Of Mar
|        |                 |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Richard COMYN
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Hextilde of Tynedale
|        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth COMYN
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----Fergus Earl Of Buchan
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
|        |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
|        |                           \-----Helen
 \-----Jean STEWART
         |                                    /-----Sir Gilchrist MURE
         |                           /-----Archibald MURE
         |                          |        |                  /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
         |                          |        |         /-----Walter COMYN, Earl Of Menteith
         |                          |        |        |         \-----(Unk)
         |                          |         \-----Isabel COMYN
         |                          |                 |         /-----Maurice The Younger Earl Of Menteith
         |                          |                  \-----Isabel Countess Of Menteith
         |                  /-----William MURE
         |                 |        |                           /-----Alan MONTGOMERIE
         |                 |        |                  /-----Robert MONTGOMERIE
         |                 |        |         /-----John MONTGOMERY
         |                 |         \-----Margaret MONTGOMERY
         |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
         |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
          \-----Elizabeth MURE
                  |                                             /-----Robert MacROBERT
                  |                                    /-----Richard De CUNNINGHAM
                  |                           /-----Harvey De CUNNINGHAM
                  |                  /-----Edward CUNNINGHAM
                  |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
                  |        |        |                           /-----Alan High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |        |                  /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Eva
                  |        |        |         /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Gilchrist Earl Of Angus
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
                  |        |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
                  |        |                 |                  /-----Richard COMYN
                  |        |                 |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Hextilde of Tynedale
                  |        |                  \-----Joanna
                  |        |                          |         /-----Fergus Earl Of Buchan
                  |        |                           \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
                   \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
                            \-----Elen De KALENTIR



Descendants of Sir John LYON
1. Sir John LYON m1. Elizabeth GRAHAM m2. Janet
m. Elizabeth GRAHAM father: Sir Patrick GRAHAM, Earl Of Strathern mother: Eupheme STEWART, Countess Palatine Of Strathern
m. Janet

2nd generation

2. Patrick LYON, Lord Glamis m. Isabel OGILVY
m. Isabel OGILVY father: Sir Walter OGILVY, High Treasurer Of Scotland mother: Isabel GLEN
3. David LYON m. Marjory STRACHAN
m. Marjory STRACHAN

3rd generation

6. John LYON, Lord Glamis m. Elizabeth SCRIMGEOUR
m. Elizabeth SCRIMGEOUR father: Sir John SCRIMGEOUR, Constable Of Dundee

4th generation

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

5th generation

23. John LYON, Lord Glamis m. Janet DOUGLAS
m. Janet DOUGLAS father: George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus mother: Elizabeth DRUMMOND
26. 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
27. Margaret FRASER m. Hector De KILMALEW
m. Hector De KILMALEW
29. William HAY, Earl Of Erroll m. Elizabeth RUTHVEN
m. Elizabeth RUTHVEN father: William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven mother: Christian FORBES
30. 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