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 John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester Birth: Abt 1469 Death: 9 Sep 1513 in Flodden
  2. William HAY Birth: 3 Death: After 7 Oct 1478
  3. George HAY Birth: 4 Death: After 30 May 1552
  4. Sir Nicholas HAY Birth: 5 Death: 1498
  5. Margaret HAY
  6. Isobel HAY

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. MacEwen, Andrew B W, Boyd Tomb at Kilmarnock, in The Genealogist, vol 24 no 1 (Spring 2010), pp52-64. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MacEwen BoydTomb p[0-9]*].
  4. 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]*].
  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 VIII p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
father:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p2019, CP VI p421, MacEwen BoydTomb p59(32), SP VIII p430]
Sources for death Information
date:
living 16 Dec 1528, died before 7 Dec 1529 [Ref: CP VI p422]
living 7 Oct 1509 [Ref: SP VIII p430]
Sources with Information about marriage to John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester
date:
abt 1468 [Ref: CP VI p421]
contract 1468, disp 3 Aug 1469 [Ref: SP VIII p430 (with corr in IX p165)]
disp 3 Aug 1469 [Ref: Burke Peerage p2019],
names:
[Ref: MacEwen BoydTomb p59(32)],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p2019, CP VI p423, Roberts RD600 p114, SP VIII p431 (with corr in IX p165), SP VIII p431, SP VIII p432 (with corr in IX p165), SP VIII p432]
Research Notes:
heiress of her father [Ref: MacEwen BoydTomb p59(32)]



Pedigree of Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
                                                                /-----Harvey De CUNNINGHAM
                                                       /-----Edward CUNNINGHAM
                                              /-----Robert CUNNINGHAM
                                             |        |         /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
                                             |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
                                             |                  \-----Joanna
                                     /-----Hugh De CUNNINGHAM
                            /-----Sir Nigel CUNNINGHAM
                   /-----Archibald CUNNINGHAM
                  |        |                                    /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
                  |        |                           /-----Sir Andrew DOUGLAS
                  |        |                          |         \-----Margaret CRAWFORD
                  |        |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
                  |        |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
                  |         \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
                  |                  \-----Joan
          /-----Sir William CUNNINGHAM
 /-----George CUNNINGHAM
Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM



Descendants of Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
1. Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM m. John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester
m. John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester father: Sir David HAY mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS

2nd generation

2. Sir John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester m. Elizabeth CRICHTON
m. Elizabeth CRICHTON
6. Margaret HAY m. William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
m. William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick father: Sir William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick

3rd generation

8. Elizabeth HAY m. James TWEEDIE
m. James TWEEDIE
9. Christian HAY m. William STEWART
m. William STEWART father: James STEWART mother: Catherine RUTHERFORD
11. Isabel HAY m. Walter KER
m. Walter KER father: Andrew KER mother: (Unk) DOUGLAS
12. John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS
m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS father: George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus mother: Elizabeth DRUMMOND
16. Margaret BORTHWICK m. Sir John BORTHWICK
m. Sir John BORTHWICK
18. Catherine BORTHWICK m. Sir James CRICHTON
m. Sir James CRICHTON father: William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton mother: Margaret STEWART

4th generation

20. Katherine TWEEDIE m. Robert HAMILTON
m. Robert HAMILTON father: Sir John HAMILTON mother: Jane LYDDELL
21. James STEWART m. Katherine KERR
m. Katherine KERR
22. Elizabeth KER m1. Philip RUTHERFORD m2. Sir Walter SCOTT
m. Philip RUTHERFORD father: James RUTHERFORD mother: Margaret ERSKINE
m. Sir Walter SCOTT father: David SCOTT mother: Janet DOUGLAS
24. Sir Robert KER m. Christian RUTHERFURD
m. Christian RUTHERFURD father: James RUTHERFORD mother: Margaret ERSKINE
25. Mark KER m. Marjorie AINSLIE
m. Marjorie AINSLIE father: John AINSLIE
27. John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester m. Margaret LIVINGSTON
m. Margaret LIVINGSTON father: William LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston mother: Agnes HEPBURN
28. Elizabeth HAY m. George SETON, Lord Seton
m. George SETON, Lord Seton father: George SETON, Lord Seton mother: Janet HEPBURN
30. Margaret CRICHTON m. John ROBERTSON
m. John ROBERTSON

5th generation

33. Sir Robert STEWART m. Alice COCKBURN
m. Alice COCKBURN
34. Janet STEWART m. John VEATCH
m. John VEATCH
35. John STEWART m. Margaret STEWART
m. Margaret STEWART father: Andrew STEWART, Master of Ochiltree mother: Margaret STEWART
39. Sir Walter SCOTT m1. Elizabeth CARMICHAEL m2. Janet KERR m3. Janet BETOUN
m. Elizabeth CARMICHAEL
m. Janet KERR father: Andrew KERR
m. Janet BETOUN father: John BETOUN
44. William HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester m. Margaret KERR
m. Margaret KERR father: Sir John KERR mother: Catherine KER
45. George SETON, Lord Seton m. Isabel HAMILTON
m. Isabel HAMILTON father: Sir William HAMILTON
46. John SETON m. Isabel BALFOUR
m. Isabel BALFOUR
47. Beatrix SETON m. Sir George OGILVY
m. Sir George OGILVY father: Sir Walter OGILVY
48. Marion SETON m1. John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith m2. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland
m. John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith father: William GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith mother: Margaret MOUBRAY
m. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland father: Alexander GORDON, Master Of Sutherland mother: Janet STEWART
49. Gilbert ROBERTSON m. Janet REID
m. Janet REID