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:
Children:
  1. Duncan WEMYSS Birth: 1 Death: After 1438 in England
  2. Alexander WEMYSS Birth: 2 Death: 1418
  3. Michael WEMYSS Birth: 3

Marriage: Children:
  1. David WEMYSS Birth: 4 Death: Before Sep 1430
  2. Andrew WEMYSS Birth: 5 Death: After 1468
  3. Elizabeth WEMYSS Birth: 1 Death: After 15 May 1470
  4. Isabel WEMYSS

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 06 Gordon-Huntley. 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 VI [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 I p[0-9]*].
  5. 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]*].
  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 V 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 VIII p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
grandfather:
Sir John WEMYSS [Ref: Burke Peerage p2103, SP VIII p479]
Sources for death Information
date:
abt 1428 [Ref: Burke Peerage p2103, SP VIII p482]
Sources with Information about marriage to unknown
names:
Sir John WEMYSS & unk first wife [Ref: Burke Peerage p2103, SP VIII p482],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p2103, SP VIII p482]
Sources with Information about marriage to Isabella ERSKINE
date:
abt 1386 [Ref: Burke Peerage p2103, SP VIII p480]
abt 1386, as second marriage of John [Ref: SP V p592]
second marriage of John [Ref: SP VIII p482],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p2103, CP VI p99, SP VIII p482]
Sources with Information about marriage to Christian OGILVY
date:
after 1427, as third marriage of John [Ref: SP VIII p482]
second marriage of John [Ref: SP I p110]
third marriage of John [Ref: Burke Peerage p2103]
Research Notes:
of Rires [Ref: SP IV p274]
of Kincaldrum and Reres [Ref: SP VIII p480]
of Kincaldrum and Reres, afterwards of Wemyss [Ref: SP V p592]
of Reres [Ref: SP I p110]



Pedigree of Sir John WEMYSS
                                              /-----Michael Of Methil
                                     /-----John Of Methil
                            /-----Michael WEMYSS
                   /-----Sir David WEMYSS
                  |        |         /-----Sir David LOCHORE
                  |         \-----(Unk) LOCHORE
          /-----Sir John WEMYSS
         |        |                  /-----Robert De St CLARE
         |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Louis VI The Fat King Of France
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Robert I Count Of Dreux
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Adelaide Of Savoy
         |        |        |        |         /-----Robert II Count Of Dreux
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Gui Seigneur De Baudmont And Braine
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Agnes De Baudemont
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Adelaide
         |        |        |         \-----Eleanor Of Dreux
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Enguerrand II Sire De COUCY
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Ralph I Sire De COUCY
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Agnes De BAUGENCI
         |        |        |                  \-----Yolande De COUCY
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Baldwin IV Count Of Hainault
         |        |        |                           \-----Agnes Of Hainault
         |        |        |                                    \-----Alix De NAMUR
         |         \-----Annabel SINCLAIR
         |                 |                                    /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern
         |                 |                           /-----Ferteth Earl Of Strathern
         |                 |                  /-----Gilbert Earl Of Strathern
         |                 |                 |         \-----Ethen
         |                 |         /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Ralph V De TOENI, Baron Of Flamstead
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Roger IV De TOENI, Baron Of Flamstead
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret De BEAUMONT
         |                 |        |         \-----Margaret De TOSNY
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Richard I De BEAUMONT, Viscount Of Maine
         |                 |        |                  \-----Constance De BEAUMONT
         |                 |        |                           \-----Lucie De L'AIGLE
         |                  \-----Amicia
         |                          |                           /-----Freskin
         |                          |                  /-----William FRESKIN
         |                          |         /-----Hugh De MORAVIA
         |                           \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
         |                                   |                  /-----Duncan MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife, Regent Of Scotlan
         |                                   |         /-----Duncan MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife, Justiciar Of Scot
         |                                    \-----Annabela Of Fife
         |                                             \-----Ela
 /-----(Unk) WEMYSS
Sir John WEMYSS



Descendants of Sir John WEMYSS
1. Sir John WEMYSS m1. m2. Isabella ERSKINE m3. Christian OGILVY
m. Isabella ERSKINE father: Sir Allan ERSKINE mother: Isabel INCHMARTINE
m. Christian OGILVY father: Patrick OGILVY mother: Christian KEITH

2nd generation

5. David WEMYSS m. Christian LINDSAY
m. Christian LINDSAY father: Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford mother: Marjorie DUNBAR
7. Elizabeth WEMYSS m. Andrew GRAY, Lord Gray
m. Andrew GRAY, Lord Gray father: Sir Andrew GRAY mother: Janet MORTIMER

3rd generation

11. Sir John WEMYSS m1. Margaret LIVINGSTON m2. Helen DUNBAR
m. Margaret LIVINGSTON father: Sir Robert LIVINGSTON mother: Margaret
m. Helen DUNBAR
12. Patrick GRAY, Master Of Gray m1. Margaret FLEMING m2. Annabel FORBES
m. Margaret FLEMING father: Sir Malcolm FLEMING mother: Elizabeth STEWART
m. Annabel FORBES father: Sir Alexander FORBES, Lord Forbes mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS
13. Andrew GRAY m.
14. David GRAY m. Elizabeth BUCHANAN
m. Elizabeth BUCHANAN
15. Margaret GREY m. Robert LYLE, Lord Lyle
m. Robert LYLE, Lord Lyle father: Sir Robert LYLE mother: Elizabeth STEWART

4th generation

18. Sir John WEMYSS m. Christian ABERNETHY
m. Christian ABERNETHY father: William ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy mother: Isabella BORTHWICK
21. Elizabeth GRAY m. David ROLLOK
m. David ROLLOK father: Robert ROLLO
24. Andrew GREY, Lord Grey m1. m2. Janet KEITH m3. Elizabeth STEWART m4. Margaret HOUSTON m5. Elizabeth HAY
m. Janet KEITH father: Robert KEITH, Master Of Keith mother: Janet SETON
m. Elizabeth STEWART father: Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl mother: Margaret DOUGLAS, Countess Of Douglas
m. Margaret HOUSTON
m. Elizabeth HAY father: Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Beatrice DOUGLAS

5th generation

29. Sir David WEMYSS m1. Euphemia LUNDY m2. Janet GREY
m. Euphemia LUNDY father: John LUNDY
m. Janet GREY father: Andrew GREY, Lord Grey mother: Elizabeth STEWART
35. Elizabeth ROLLOK m. Sir Thomas MAULE
m. Sir Thomas MAULE father: Alexander MAULE mother: Elizabeth GUTHRIE
40. Elizabeth GREY m1. John LYON, Lord Glamis m2. Alexander GORDON, Earl Of Huntley m3. George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
m. John LYON, Lord Glamis father: John LYON, Lord Glamis mother: Elizabeth SCRIMGEOUR
m. Alexander GORDON, Earl Of Huntley father: Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley mother: Elizabeth HAY
m. George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes father: William LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes mother: Jonet BALFOUR
42. Gilbert GRAY m. Egidia MERCER
m. Egidia MERCER father: Sir Laurence MERCER
45. Isobel GRAY m1. Sir James SCRYMGEOUR m2. Adam CRICHTON m3. Sir John CAMPBELL
m. Sir James SCRYMGEOUR father: Sir James SCRYMGEOUR mother: Jonet LYON
m. Adam CRICHTON father: James CRICHTON mother: Agnes HEPBURN
m. Sir John CAMPBELL
46. Janet GREY m1. John CHARTERS m2. Sir David WEMYSS m3. Sir William De KEITH m4. James CAMPBELL
m. John CHARTERS
m. Sir David WEMYSS father: Sir John WEMYSS mother: Christian ABERNETHY
m. Sir William De KEITH father: Sir William De KEITH mother: Janet DUNBAR
m. James CAMPBELL father: John CAMPBELL mother: Agnes MONCRIEFF