Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-28-2022.

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 may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page


Family:
Children:
  1. Sir James DOUGLAS Birth: 1 Death: Before Dec 1322
  2. Andrew DOUGLAS Birth: 2 Death: After 1351

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 09, Moels-Nugent. London: St Catherine Press, 1936. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IX [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. 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 VI p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
first son [Ref: SP VI p338],
father:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1428, CP IX p287, SP VI p338]
Sources for death Information
date:
after 1296 [Ref: Burke Peerage p1428]
living 1296 [Ref: CP IX p287]
living 28 Aug 1296 [Ref: SP VI p338]
Sources with Information about marriage to unknown
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1428, CP IX p287, SP VI p338]
Research Notes:
of Hermiston [Ref: Burke Peerage p1428, SP VI p338]

1296: swore fealty to Edward I for his lands in West Lothian [Ref: Burke Peerage p1428]



Pedigree of William DOUGLAS
                   /-----William DOUGLAS
          /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
         |        |         /-----(Unk) Of Kerdal
         |         \-----(Unk) Of Kerdal
 /-----Sir Andrew DOUGLAS
|        |         /-----Sir John CRAWFORD
|         \-----Margaret CRAWFORD
William DOUGLAS



Descendants of William DOUGLAS
1. William DOUGLAS m.

2nd generation

2. Sir James DOUGLAS m1. Joan m2.
m. Joan

3rd generation

4. Sir William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Atholl m1. Margaret GRAHAM m2. Elizabeth MAXWELL
m. Margaret GRAHAM father: John GRAHAM mother: Isabella
m. Elizabeth MAXWELL father: Sir John De MAXWELL
5. Sir John DOUGLAS m. Agnes GRAHAM
m. Agnes GRAHAM father: John GRAHAM mother: Isabella
7. Elizabeth DOUGLAS m. Sir Thomas SOMERVILLE
m. Sir Thomas SOMERVILLE father: Sir Thomas De SOMERVILLE
8. Joanna DOUGLAS m1. Sir Hugh GIFFORD m2. Sir Nigel CUNNINGHAM
m. Sir Hugh GIFFORD father: Sir John GIFFARD mother: Euphemia De MORHAM
m. Sir Nigel CUNNINGHAM father: Hugh De CUNNINGHAM

4th generation

11. Sir James DOUGLAS m1. m2. Agnes DUNBAR m3. Egidia STEWART
m. Agnes DUNBAR father: Sir Patrick DUNBAR mother: Isabel RANDOLPH
m. Egidia STEWART father: Walter High Steward Of Scotland mother: Isabel GRAHAM
13. John DOUGLAS m. Mariota Le CHEYNE
m. Mariota Le CHEYNE father: Sir Reginald CHEYNE mother: Helen De ABERNETHY
14. Sir Henry DOUGLAS m. Marjory STEWART
m. Marjory STEWART father: Sir John STEWART
20. Sir William SOMERVILLE m1. Katherine HALLIDAY m2. Giles HERRING
m. Katherine HALLIDAY
m. Giles HERRING father: Sir John HERRING
23. Janet GIFFORD m. Sir Thomas HAY
m. Sir Thomas HAY father: Sir William De HAYA mother: (Unk) DOUGLAS
26. Margaret GIFFORD m1. Robert BOYD m2. Sir William CUNNINGHAM
m. Robert BOYD father: Sir Thomas BOYD mother: (Unk) FLEMING
m. Sir William CUNNINGHAM father: Hugh De CUNNINGHAM
27. Elizabeth GIFFORD m. (Unk) MAXWELL
m. (Unk) MAXWELL
29. Euphemia GIFFORD m. Dougal MacDOWALL
m. Dougal MacDOWALL
30. Archibald CUNNINGHAM m.

5th generation

33. Margaret DOUGLAS m. Philip De ARBUTHNOTT
m. Philip De ARBUTHNOTT father: Hugo De ARBUTHNOTT
34. (Unk) DOUGLAS m. Walter TWEEDIE
m. Walter TWEEDIE
35. Sir James DOUGLAS, Lord Dalkeith m1. Elizabeth STEWART m2. Janet BORTHWICK
m. Elizabeth STEWART father: Robert III King Of Scots mother: Annabella DRUMMOND
m. Janet BORTHWICK father: Sir William BORTHWICK mother: (Unk) HAY
37. Agnes DOUGLAS m1. Sir John LIVINGSTON m2. John GORDON
m. Sir John LIVINGSTON father: Sir William LIVINGSTON, Lord Callendar mother: Christian De CALLENDAR
m. John GORDON
38. Jacoba DOUGLAS m1. Sir John HAMILTON m2. Sir William DOUGLAS
m. Sir John HAMILTON father: Sir David HAMILTON mother: Janet KEITH
m. Sir William DOUGLAS father: James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
42. Sir William DOUGLAS m1. Marjory LINDSAY m2. Christian LINDSAY
m. Marjory LINDSAY father: Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford mother: Marjorie DUNBAR
m. Christian LINDSAY father: Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford mother: Marjorie DUNBAR
44. Sir Thomas SOMERVILLE m1. Janet STEWART m2. Mary SINCLAIR m3. Elizabeth KEITH
m. Janet STEWART father: Alexander STEWART mother: Joanna
m. Mary SINCLAIR father: Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney mother: Jean HALYBURTON
m. Elizabeth KEITH father: Sir John KEITH mother: Jean STEWART
45. (Unk) HAY m. Sir William BORTHWICK
m. Sir William BORTHWICK father: Sir William BORTHWICK mother: (Unk)
46. Sir William HAY m1. Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM m2. Alicia BORTHWICK
m. Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
m. Alicia BORTHWICK father: Sir William BORTHWICK mother: (Unk)
48. Sir Thomas BOYD m. (Unk) STEWART
m. (Unk) STEWART father: Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany mother: Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
51. Sir William CUNNINGHAM m1. m2. Margaret DANIELSTOUN m3. Mary STEWART
m. Margaret DANIELSTOUN father: Sir Robert DANIELSTON
m. Mary STEWART father: Robert III King Of Scots mother: Annabella DRUMMOND
58. Sir William CUNNINGHAM m.