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

Person Info

Name: Sir John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1469 ^b
Death: 9 Sep 1513 in Flodden ^d

Parents:

Father:
John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester Birth: Abt 1450 Death: Sep 1508

Mother:

Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM Death: Before 7 Dec 1529

Family:
Marriage:

Elizabeth CRICHTON .^m1
Elizabeth CRICHTON Death: After 6 Jul 1524

Children:

Elizabeth HAY
Christian HAY
Marion HAY Death: Jun 1564
Isabel HAY
John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester Birth: 1 Death: Before Jul 1543
Thomas HAY Birth: 2 Death: After 26 Sep 1552
John HAY Birth: 3 Death: After 15 Feb 1542/3

Bibliography

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]*].
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].*].
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]*].
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

date:: abt 1470, second son [Ref: Burke Peerage p2019]; in or about 1469-70 [Ref: SP VIII p432]; secon son, first by second wife [Ref: SP VIII p431]; second or third son, first surv son by second wife [Ref: CP VI p423],
parents:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p2019, CP VI p423, Roberts RD600 p114, SP VIII p431]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p2019, CP VI p423, SP VIII p433],
place:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p2019, CP VI p423, SP VIII p433]

Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth CRICHTON

names:: [Ref: CP VI p423],
child:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p2019, CP VI p424, Roberts RD600 p114, SP VIII p433, SP VIII p434 (with corr in IX p166), SP VIII p434]

Sources with Inaccurate marriage information

child:: Elizabeth HAY (#182180) wife of William ABERNETHY 5th Lord Saltoun [Ref: SP VIII p434]

Research Notes:
2nd Lord Hay of Yester, of Barony cr 1488 [Ref: CP VI p423]
2nd Baron Hay of Yester [Ref: Burke Peerage p2019, Roberts RD600 p114]

Pedigree of Sir John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester
                                                                /-----Sir William De HAYA
                                                       /-----Sir Gilbert De HAYA
                                              /-----Sir Thomas De HAYA
                                             |        |         /-----Sir Simon FRASER
                                             |         \-----Margaret FRASER
                                     /-----Sir William De HAYA
                                    |        |         /-----Sir William De CUNINGESBURGH
                                    |         \-----Lora CUNINGESBURGH
                            /-----Sir Thomas HAY
                           |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
                   /-----Sir William HAY
                  |        |                  /-----Sir John GIFFARD
                  |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
                  |        |        |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |        |        |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
                  |        |        |                           \-----Eupheme
                  |         \-----Janet GIFFORD
                  |                 |                           /-----Sir Andrew DOUGLAS
                  |                 |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
                  |                 |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
                  |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
                  |                           \-----Joan
          /-----Sir David HAY
         |        |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
         |        |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Amicia
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----William De FENTON
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Alice De FENTON
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Cecilia BYSET
         |        |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
         |         \-----Alicia BORTHWICK
         |                  \-----(Unk)
/-----John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester
|        |                                                      /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
|        |                                             /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |                                            |         \-----Margaret CRAWFORD
|        |                                    /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |                                   |         \-----Constance
|        |                           /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent Of Scotland
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Matthew De LOUVAINE, Baron Of Little Easton
|        |                          |        |         /-----Matthew De LOUVAINE, Baron Of Little Easton
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Muriel (Amy)
|        |                          |         \-----Eleanor LOVAINE
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Thomas of Perche
|        |                          |                  \-----Helisant
|        |                          |                           \-----Catherine LESMAYE
|        |                  /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Walter De LINDSAY
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Christian
|        |                 |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
|        |                 |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                 |                           \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |                 |                                    \-----Joanna
|        |         /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir John STEWART
|        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Angus
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas RANDOLPH
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) RANDOLPH
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Isabella De KILCONQUHAR
|        |        |        |         /-----Thomas STEWART, Earl Of Angus
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Hugh ABERNETHY
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Mary Of Argyll
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret ABERNETHY
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Alexander De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
|        |        |        |        |                           \-----Matilda
|        |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART, Countess Of Angus And Mar
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Amicia
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----William De FENTON
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Alice De FENTON
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Cecilia BYSET
|        |        |                  \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
|         \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|                 |                                             /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |                                    /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |                                   |         \-----Joanna
|                 |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
|                 |                          |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
|                 |                          |                  \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
|                 |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
|                 |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
|                 |                 |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
|                 |                 |                           \-----Helen
|                 |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Archibald MURE
|                 |        |        |                  /-----William MURE
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret MONTGOMERY
|                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
|                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Edward CUNNINGHAM
|                 |        |                 |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                 |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|                 |        |                           \-----Elen De KALENTIR
|                  \-----Mary STEWART
|                          |                                    /-----John DRUMMOND
|                          |                           /-----Malcolm DRUMMOND
|                          |                          |         \-----(Unk) Of Lennox
|                          |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
|                          |                 |         \-----(Unk) GRAHAM
|                          |                 |                  \-----Annabelle Of Strathearn
|                          |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|                           \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|                                   |                           /-----William De MONTFICHET
|                                   |                  /-----William De MONTFICHET
|                                   |         /-----Sir William De MONTIFICHET
|                                    \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
Sir John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester
|                                                               /-----Edward CUNNINGHAM
|                                                      /-----Robert CUNNINGHAM
|                                                     |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                                             /-----Hugh De CUNNINGHAM
|                                    /-----Sir Nigel CUNNINGHAM
|                           /-----Archibald CUNNINGHAM
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir Andrew DOUGLAS
|                          |        |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
|                          |        |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|                          |         \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
|                          |                  \-----Joan
|                  /-----Sir William CUNNINGHAM
|         /-----George CUNNINGHAM
\-----Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM

Descendants of Sir John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester

1. Sir John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester m. Elizabeth CRICHTON

m. Elizabeth CRICHTON

2+ Elizabeth HAY m. James TWEEDIE

3+ Christian HAY m. William STEWART

4 Marion HAY m. George BROUN

5+ Isabel HAY m. Walter KER

6+ John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS

8 John HAY m. Janet SCOTT

2nd generation

2. Elizabeth HAY m. James TWEEDIE

m. James TWEEDIE

9+ Katherine TWEEDIE m. Robert HAMILTON

3. Christian HAY m. William STEWART

m. William STEWART father: James STEWART mother: Catherine RUTHERFORD

10+ James STEWART m. Katherine KERR

5. Isabel HAY m. Walter KER

m. Walter KER father: Andrew KER mother: (Unk) DOUGLAS

11+ Elizabeth KER m1. Philip RUTHERFORD m2. Sir Walter SCOTT

12 Margaret KER

13+ Sir Robert KER m. Christian RUTHERFURD

14+ Mark KER m. Marjorie AINSLIE

6. John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS

m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS father: George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus mother: Elizabeth DRUMMOND

16+ John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester m. Margaret LIVINGSTON

17+ Elizabeth HAY m. George SETON, Lord Seton

3rd generation

9. Katherine TWEEDIE m. Robert HAMILTON

m. Robert HAMILTON father: Sir John HAMILTON mother: Jane LYDDELL

18 James HAMILTON

19 Sir David HAMILTON

10. James STEWART m. Katherine KERR

m. Katherine KERR

20+ Sir Robert STEWART m. Alice COCKBURN

21+ Janet STEWART m. John VEATCH

22+ John STEWART m. Margaret STEWART

11. Elizabeth KER m1. Philip RUTHERFORD m2. Sir Walter SCOTT

m. Philip RUTHERFORD father: James RUTHERFORD mother: Margaret ERSKINE

23 Katherine RUTHERFORD m. James STEWART

24 Helen RUTHERFORD m1. Sir John FORMAN m2. Sir Thomas KER m3. Andrew RUTHERFORD m4. Patrick HOME

25 Richard RUTHERFORD

m. Sir Walter SCOTT father: David SCOTT mother: Janet DOUGLAS

26+ Sir Walter SCOTT m1. Elizabeth CARMICHAEL m2. Janet KERR m3. Janet BETOUN

27 William SCOTT

13. Sir Robert KER m. Christian RUTHERFURD

m. Christian RUTHERFURD father: James RUTHERFORD mother: Margaret ERSKINE

28 Sir Andrew KER m. Agnes CRICHTON; Agnes CRICHTON father: Sir Patrick CRICHTON

29 George KER m. Margaret HALYBURTON

14. Mark KER m. Marjorie AINSLIE

m. Marjorie AINSLIE father: John AINSLIE

30 Sir Andrew KER

16. John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester m. Margaret LIVINGSTON

m. Margaret LIVINGSTON father: William LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston mother: Agnes HEPBURN

31+ William HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester m. Margaret KERR

17. Elizabeth HAY m. George SETON, Lord Seton

m. George SETON, Lord Seton father: George SETON, Lord Seton mother: Janet HEPBURN

32+ George SETON, Lord Seton m. Isabel HAMILTON

33+ John SETON m. Isabel BALFOUR

34+ Beatrix SETON m. Sir George OGILVY

35+ Marion SETON m1. John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith m2. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland

4th generation

20. Sir Robert STEWART m. Alice COCKBURN

m. Alice COCKBURN

36+ Christian STEWART m. John CRANSTON

21. Janet STEWART m. John VEATCH

37+ Malcolm VEATCH m.

38+ Alexander VEITCH m. Margaret SCOTT

22. John STEWART m. Margaret STEWART

m. Margaret STEWART father: Andrew STEWART, Master of Ochiltree mother: Margaret STEWART

39+ John STEWART, Earl of Traquair m. Catherine CARNEGIE

26. Sir Walter SCOTT m1. Elizabeth CARMICHAEL m2. Janet KERR m3. Janet BETOUN

m. Elizabeth CARMICHAEL

40+ Sir William SCOTT m. Grisel BETOUN

m. Janet KERR father: Andrew KERR

m. Janet BETOUN father: John BETOUN

31. William HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester m. Margaret KERR

m. Margaret KERR father: Sir John KERR mother: Catherine KER

41 William HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester m. Mary MAXWELL

42+ James HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester m. Margaret KERR

32. George SETON, Lord Seton m. Isabel HAMILTON

m. Isabel HAMILTON father: Sir William HAMILTON

43+ Margaret SETON m. Claude HAMILTON, Lord Paisley

44+ Robert SETON, Earl of Wintoun m. Margaret MONTGOMERY

45+ Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline m1. Lilias DRUMMOND m2. Grizel LESLIE m3. Margaret HAY

33. John SETON m. Isabel BALFOUR

m. Isabel BALFOUR

46+ George SETON m. Margaret AYTON

34. Beatrix SETON m. Sir George OGILVY

m. Sir George OGILVY father: Sir Walter OGILVY

47+ Janet OGILVY m. William FORBES

35. 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

48+ William GRAHAM, Earl of Menteith m. Margaret DOUGLAS

m. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland father: Alexander GORDON, Master Of Sutherland mother: Janet STEWART

5th generation

36. Christian STEWART m. John CRANSTON

m. John CRANSTON

49+ James Rev CRANSTON m.

37. Malcolm VEATCH m.

50 James VEATCH m. Mary GAKERLIN

38. Alexander VEITCH m. Margaret SCOTT

m. Margaret SCOTT

51+ William VEITCH m.

39. John STEWART, Earl of Traquair m. Catherine CARNEGIE

m. Catherine CARNEGIE father: Sir David CARNEGIE, Earl of Southesk mother: Margaret LINDSAY

52+ Elizabeth STEWART m. Patrick MURRAY, Lord Elibank

53+ Margaret STEWART m. James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry

54+ John STEWART, Earl of Traquair m1. Henrietta GORDON m2. Anne SETON

40. Sir William SCOTT m. Grisel BETOUN

m. Grisel BETOUN father: John BETOUN

55+ Sir Walter SCOTT m. Margaret DOUGLAS

42. James HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester m. Margaret KERR

m. Margaret KERR father: Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian mother: Margaret MAXWELL

56+ Margaret HAY m1. Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline m2. James LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Callendar

57+ John HAY, Earl of Tweeddale m1. Jean SETON m2. Margaret MONTGOMERIE

43. Margaret SETON m. Claude HAMILTON, Lord Paisley

m. Claude HAMILTON, Lord Paisley father: James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran mother: Margaret DOUGLAS

58+ James HAMILTON, Earl Of Abercorn m. Marion BOYD

59 Sir John HAMILTON m. Johanna EVERARD; Johanna EVERARD father: Levimus EVERARD

60 Sir Claude HAMILTON

61 Sir George HAMILTON

62 Sir Frederick HAMILTON

63 Henry HAMILTON

64 Alexander HAMILTON

65 Margaret HAMILTON

66+ Margaret HAMILTON m. William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas

44. Robert SETON, Earl of Wintoun m. Margaret MONTGOMERY

m. Margaret MONTGOMERY father: Hugh MONTGOMERIE, Earl Of Eglintoun mother: Agnes DRUMMOND

67 Robert SETON, Earl of Wintoun m. Anna MAITLAND

68+ George SETON, Earl of Wintoun m1. Anne HAY m2. Elizabeth MAXWELL

69+ Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun m1. Anne LIVINGSTON m2. Margaret SCOTT

70+ Isabel SETON m1. James DRUMMOND, Earl of Perth m2. Francis STEWART

45. Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline m1. Lilias DRUMMOND m2. Grizel LESLIE m3. Margaret HAY

m. Lilias DRUMMOND father: Patrick DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond mother: Elizabeth LINDSAY

71+ Anne SETON m. Alexander ERSKINE, Viscount Fentoun

72+ Sophia SETON m. David LINDSAY, Lord Balcarres

73+ Isabel SETON m. John MAITLAND, Earl of Lauderdale

74+ Margaret SETON m. Colin MACKENZIE, Earl Of Seaforth

m. Grizel LESLIE father: James LESLIE, Master Of Rothes mother: Margaret LINDSAY

75+ Jean SETON m. John HAY, Earl of Tweeddale

m. Margaret HAY father: James HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester mother: Margaret KERR

76+ Charles SETON, Earl of Dunfermline m. Mary DOUGLAS

46. George SETON m. Margaret AYTON

m. Margaret AYTON

77+ George SETON m. Cecilia KYNNYNMOND

47. Janet OGILVY m. William FORBES

m. William FORBES

78+ Thomas FORBES m. Jean RAMSAY

48. William GRAHAM, Earl of Menteith m. Margaret DOUGLAS

m. Margaret DOUGLAS father: Sir James DOUGLAS mother: Christian MONTGOMERIE

79+ John GRAHAM, Earl of Menteith m. Mary CAMPBELL