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: Laurence ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1400 ^b
Death: Before 13 Mar 1460/1 ^d

Parents:

Father:
Sir William ABERNETHY Birth: 1 Death: 24 Jul 1411 in Harlaw

Mother:

Margaret BORTHWICK

Family:
Marriage:

Margaret .^m1
Margaret Death: After 1448

Children:

Elizabeth ABERNETHY
(Unk Dau) ABERNETHY
William ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy Birth: 1 Death: Jun 1488
James ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy Birth: 2 Death: Abt 1504
George ABERNETHY Birth: 3
Archibald ABERNETHY Birth: 4

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 11, Ridley-Sinclair. London: St Catherine Press, 1949. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/27141 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XI [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 VII p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: abt 1400 [Ref: CP XI p415, SP VII p407]; second son [Ref: Burke Peerage p1778, SP VII p406],
parents:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p1778, CP XI p415, Roberts RD600 p133, SP VII p406]

Sources for death Information

date:: before 13 Mar 1460/1 [Ref: Burke Peerage p1778, CP XI p415, SP VII p407]

Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret

names:: [Ref: CP XI p415],
child:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p1778, CP XI p416, Roberts RD600 p133, SP VII p407]

Research Notes:
1st Lord Saltoun of Abernethy, of Barony cr 1445 [Ref: CP XI p415]
1st Baron Saltoun of Abernethy [Ref: Burke Peerage p1778, Roberts RD600 p133]

Pedigree of Laurence ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy
                                                                /-----Sir Laurence De ABERNETHY
                                                       /-----William De ABERNETHY
                                                      |         \-----Devorguile Of Galloway
                                              /-----William De ABERNETHY
                                             |         \-----Margaret
                                     /-----William De ABERNETHY
                            /-----George De ABERNETHY
                   /-----George De ABERNETHY
                  |        |         /-----William WISHART
                  |         \-----Alicia WISHART
          /-----Sir William ABERNETHY
/-----Sir William ABERNETHY
|        |                                                      /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                                             /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                                            |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
|        |                                    /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                                   |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|        |                                   |         \-----Joanna
|        |                                   |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
|        |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Richard De BURGH, Lord of Connaught
|        |                          |        |         /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Egidia (Jill) De LACY
|        |                          |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Sir John FITZ GEOFFREY
|        |                          |                  \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
|        |                          |                           \-----Isabel BIGOD
|        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Baron Of Writtle
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De CLARE
|        |                 |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Neil Earl Of Carrick, Regent Of Scotland
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Isabella
|        |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----William Earl Of Mar
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth COMYN
|        |                 |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
|        |                 |                           \-----Helen
|        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Gilchrist MURE
|        |        |        |                           /-----Archibald MURE
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Isabel COMYN
|        |        |        |                  /-----William MURE
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----John MONTGOMERY
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret MONTGOMERY
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|        |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
|        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Harvey De CUNNINGHAM
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Edward CUNNINGHAM
|        |        |                 |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Joanna
|        |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|        |        |                           \-----Elen De KALENTIR
|         \-----Maria STEWART
|                 |                                             /-----William De GRAHAM
|                 |                                    /-----David De GRAHAM
|                 |                                   |         \-----(Unk) Of Polwarth
|                 |                           /-----David GRAHAM
|                 |                          |         \-----Amabel
|                 |                  /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
|                 |                 |         \-----Agnes NOBLE
|                 |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Ferteth Earl Of Strathern
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Gilbert Earl Of Strathern
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Ethen
|                 |        |        |         /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Roger IV De TOENI, Baron Of Flamstead
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret De TOSNY
|                 |        |        |        |                  \-----Constance De BEAUMONT
|                 |        |         \-----Annabelle Of Strathearn
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----William FRESKIN
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Hugh De MORAVIA
|                 |        |                  \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Duncan MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife, Justiciar Of Scot
|                 |        |                           \-----Annabela Of Fife
|                 |        |                                    \-----Ela
|                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
|                          |                                    /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
|                          |                           /-----Walter STEWART, Earl Of Menteith
|                          |                          |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
|                          |                  /-----Alexander De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Maurice The Younger Earl Of Menteith
|                          |                 |         \-----Mary Of Menteith, Countess Of Menteith
|                          |         /-----Alan De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Gilbert Earl Of Strathern
|                          |        |        |         /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret De TOSNY
|                          |        |         \-----Matilda
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Hugh De MORAVIA
|                          |        |                  \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
|                          |        |                           \-----Annabela Of Fife
|                           \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
|                                   |                           /-----Duncan MACDUFF
|                                   |                  /-----Malcolm MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife
|                                   |                 |         \-----Alice CORBET
|                                   |         /-----Colban MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Llewellyn Fawr The Great AP IORWORTH, Prince Of North Wales
|                                   |        |         \-----(Unk Dau)
|                                   |        |                  \-----Joan
|                                    \-----Marjory
|                                            |                  /-----Thomas DURWARD
|                                            |         /-----Sir Alan DURWARD
|                                            |        |         \-----(Unk) of Atholl
|                                             \-----Anna DURWARD
|                                                     |         /-----Alexander II King Of Scots
|                                                      \-----Marjorie
Laurence ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy
|                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
|         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|        |        |                                    /-----Robert De St CLARE
|        |        |                           /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Robert II Count Of Dreux
|        |        |                          |         \-----Eleanor Of Dreux
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Yolande De COUCY
|        |        |                  /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Gilbert Earl Of Strathern
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret De TOSNY
|        |        |                 |         \-----Amicia
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Hugh De MORAVIA
|        |        |                 |                  \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Annabela Of Fife
|        |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|        |        |        |        |         /-----William De FENTON
|        |        |        |         \-----Alice De FENTON
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----John BYSET
|        |        |        |                  \-----Cecilia BYSET
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Alan DURWARD
|        |        |        |                           \-----(Unk) DURWARD
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Marjorie
|        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
\-----Margaret BORTHWICK
          \-----(Unk)

Descendants of Laurence ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy

1. Laurence ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy m. Margaret

2 Elizabeth ABERNETHY m. John GORDON

3+ (Unk Dau) ABERNETHY m. Alexander IRVINE

4+ William ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy m. Isabella BORTHWICK

5+ James ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy m.

6 George ABERNETHY

7 Archibald ABERNETHY

2nd generation

3. (Unk Dau) ABERNETHY m. Alexander IRVINE

m. Alexander IRVINE father: Alexander IRVINE mother: Elizabeth KEITH

8 Alexander IRVINE m. Elizabeth FORBES

9+ Agnes IRVINE m. Sir William De LESLIE

4. William ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy m. Isabella BORTHWICK

m. Isabella BORTHWICK

10+ (Unk Dau) ABERNETHY m. Walter OGSTOUN

11+ Christian ABERNETHY m. Sir John WEMYSS

5. James ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy m.

12+ Alexander ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy m. (Unk) STEWART

13 Margaret ABERNETHY m. John STIRLING

14+ Jonet ABERNETHY m. Alexander OGILVY

15 Elizabeth ABERNETHY m. Alexander HAY

16 Helen ABERNETHY m. Thomas URQUHART

3rd generation

9. Agnes IRVINE m. Sir William De LESLIE

m. Sir William De LESLIE father: Sir Andrew De LESLIE

17+ Alexander De LESLIE m. Isabel LAUDER

18 George De LESLIE

19 Thomas De LESLIE

10. (Unk Dau) ABERNETHY m. Walter OGSTOUN

m. Walter OGSTOUN

20+ Elizabeth OGSTOUN m. Sir Adam HEPBURN

11. Christian ABERNETHY m. Sir John WEMYSS

m. Sir John WEMYSS father: Sir John WEMYSS mother: Margaret LIVINGSTON

21+ Sir David WEMYSS m1. Euphemia LUNDY m2. Janet GREY

22 Gavin WEMYSS

23 Charles WEMYSS

25 Agnes WEMYSS m. Andrew KINNINMONTH

26 Margaret WEMYSS m. Sir John MELVILLE; Sir John MELVILLE father: John MELVILLE mother: Janet BONAR

12. Alexander ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy m. (Unk) STEWART

m. (Unk) STEWART father: Sir James STEWART, Earl Of Buchan mother: Margaret OGILVY

27+ Beatrix ABERNETHY m. Alexander FORBES

28 Agnes ABERNETHY m. William INNES

29+ William ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy m. Elizabeth HAY

30 Laurence ABERNETHY

31 John ABERNETHY m. Elizabeth LYON; Elizabeth LYON father: John LYON, Lord Glamis mother: Janet DOUGLAS

32 Thomas ABERNETHY

33 William ABERNETHY

14. Jonet ABERNETHY m. Alexander OGILVY

m. Alexander OGILVY father: James OGILVY mother: Agnes GORDON

34+ Margaret OGILVY m1. Walter BARCLAY m2. James GORDON

35 James OGILVY m. Janet GORDON; Janet GORDON father: Sir Alexander GORDON mother: Janet KENNEDY

4th generation

17. Alexander De LESLIE m. Isabel LAUDER

m. Isabel LAUDER

36+ John De LESLIE m.

20. Elizabeth OGSTOUN m. Sir Adam HEPBURN

m. Sir Adam HEPBURN father: Adam HEPBURN, Master Of Hailes mother: Helen HOME

37 John HEPBURN

38 Elizabeth HEPBURN m1. Sir William PRESTON m2. Alexander LIVINGSTON

39 Helen HEPBURN m. Sir Patrick HEPBURN

40+ Janet HEPBURN m1. James AUCHINLECK m2. Sir John SOMERVILLE

21. Sir David WEMYSS m1. Euphemia LUNDY m2. Janet GREY

m. Euphemia LUNDY father: John LUNDY

41 Elizabeth WEMYSS

42 Sir David WEMYSS m. Catherine SINCLAIR

43 James WEMYSS

44 Robert WEMYSS m. Janet SYMSOUN

m. Janet GREY father: Andrew GREY, Lord Grey mother: Elizabeth STEWART

27. Beatrix ABERNETHY m. Alexander FORBES

m. Alexander FORBES father: John FORBES mother: Jean KEITH

45+ Marion FORBES m. Alexander GORDON

46+ Alexander FORBES m.

29. William ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy m. Elizabeth HAY

m. Elizabeth HAY father: William HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Christian LYON

47+ Elizabeth ABERNETHY m1. William MELDRUM m2. John LYON, Lord Glamis

48+ Alexander ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy m1. Alison KEITH m2. Jean JOHNSTONE

34. Margaret OGILVY m1. Walter BARCLAY m2. James GORDON

m. Walter BARCLAY

m. James GORDON father: George GORDON mother: Isobel INNES

49 Henry GORDON m1. Christian FRASER m2. Agnes HEPBURN; Christian FRASER father: Andrew FRASER

50 Thomas GORDON

5th generation

36. John De LESLIE m.

51+ Alexander LESLIE m.

40. Janet HEPBURN m1. James AUCHINLECK m2. Sir John SOMERVILLE

m. James AUCHINLECK

m. Sir John SOMERVILLE father: Sir John SOMERVILLE mother: Elizabeth CARMICHAEL

52+ Agnes SOMERVILLE m1. John FLEMING, Lord Fleming m2. George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes

45. Marion FORBES m. Alexander GORDON

m. Alexander GORDON father: George GORDON mother: Katherine FORBES

53+ Sir James GORDON m1. Anna MERCER m2. Rebecca KEITH

54+ Katherine GORDON m. Alexander BURNET

46. Alexander FORBES m.

55+ John FORBES m. Christian OGILVY

47. Elizabeth ABERNETHY m1. William MELDRUM m2. John LYON, Lord Glamis

m. William MELDRUM

m. John LYON, Lord Glamis father: John LYON, Lord Glamis mother: Janet KEITH

56+ Jean LYON m1. Robert DOUGLAS, Master of Morton m2. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus m3. Alexander LINDSAY, Lord Spynie

57+ Patrick LYON, Earl of Kinghorn m. Anne MURRAY

58 Elizabeth LYON m. Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray; Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray father: Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray mother: Barbara RUTHVEN

48. Alexander ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy m1. Alison KEITH m2. Jean JOHNSTONE

m. Alison KEITH father: William KEITH, Earl Marischal mother: Margaret KEITH

59+ George ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy m. Margaret STEWART

m. Jean JOHNSTONE father: James JOHNSTON mother: Margaret HAMILTON