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: William LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
Sex: M
Birth: 1 ^b
Death: 1514 ^d

Parents:

Father:
James LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston Death: Before 2 Mar 1502/3

Mother:

Elizabeth FLEMING

Family:
Marriage:

Agnes HEPBURN on Abt 1501 .^m1
Agnes HEPBURN Death: After 3 Feb 1509/10

Children:

Margaret LIVINGSTON Birth: 1 Death: After 26 Dec 1591
Alexander LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston Birth: 1 in England Death: Before 4 Jan 1550/1 in England
James LIVINGSTON Birth: 2
William LIVINGSTON Birth: 3 Death: After 16 Oct 1563

Bibliography

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].*].
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].*].
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 II 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 V p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: first son [Ref: CP VIII p93, SP II p144, SP V p434],
parents:: [Ref: CP VIII p93, SP V p434 (with corr in IX p129)],
father:: [Ref: SP II p144]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: SP V p435]; before 21 Apr 1518 [Ref: CP VIII p94]

Sources with Information about marriage to Agnes HEPBURN

date:: contr before 2 Apr 1501 [Ref: CP VIII p94, SP II p144, SP V p435],
child:: [Ref: CP VI p424, CP VIII p94, SP II p144, SP V p435]

Research Notes:
4th Lord Livingston, of Barony cr 1458 [Ref: CP VIII p93]

heir of his father [Ref: CP VIII p93]

Pedigree of William LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
                                                                /-----Sir Andrew LIVINGSTON
                                                       /-----William LIVINGSTON
                                                      |         \-----Elena
                                              /-----Sir William LIVINGSTON, Lord Callendar
                                             |         \-----Margaret
                                     /-----Sir John LIVINGSTON
                                    |        |         /-----Patrick De CALLENDAR, Lord Callendar
                                    |         \-----Christian De CALLENDAR
                            /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
                           |        |                           /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
                           |        |                  /-----Sir Walter De MONTEITH
                           |        |         /-----Sir John MENTEITH
                           |         \-----(Unk) MENTEITH
                           |                  \-----Margery STIRLING
                   /-----James LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
                  |        |                  /-----John De DUNDAS
                  |        |         /-----James DUNDAS
                  |         \-----(Unk) DUNDAS
          /-----Alexander LIVINGSTON
         |         \-----Marian
/-----James LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
William LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
|                                                      /-----Robert FLEMING
|                                             /-----Sir Patrick FLEMING
|                                    /-----Sir Malcolm FLEMING
|                                   |        |                  /-----Simon FRASER
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir Simon FRASER
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Maria
|                                   |         \-----Joanna FRASER
|                           /-----Sir David FLEMING
|                          |         \-----Christian KEITH
|                  /-----Sir Malcolm FLEMING
|                 |        |         /-----Donald STRATHECHIN
|                 |         \-----Isabel STRATHECHIN
|                 |                  \-----Annabel
|         /-----Robert FLEMING, Lord Fleming
|        |        |                                             /-----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 STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Archibald MURE
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----William MURE
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret MONTGOMERY
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
|        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Edward CUNNINGHAM
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |        |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|        |        |        |                           \-----Elen De KALENTIR
|        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |                 |                                    /-----David De GRAHAM
|        |                 |                           /-----David GRAHAM
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Amabel
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Agnes NOBLE
|        |                 |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Gilbert Earl Of Strathern
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret De TOSNY
|        |                 |        |         \-----Annabelle Of Strathearn
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----Hugh De MORAVIA
|        |                 |        |                  \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Annabela Of Fife
|        |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
|        |                          |                           /-----Walter STEWART, Earl Of Menteith
|        |                          |                  /-----Alexander De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Mary Of Menteith, Countess Of Menteith
|        |                          |         /-----Alan De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
|        |                          |        |         \-----Matilda
|        |                          |        |                  \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
|        |                           \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
|        |                                   |                  /-----Malcolm MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife
|        |                                   |         /-----Colban MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife
|        |                                   |        |         \-----(Unk Dau)
|        |                                    \-----Marjory
|        |                                            |         /-----Sir Alan DURWARD
|        |                                             \-----Anna DURWARD
|        |                                                      \-----Marjorie
\-----Elizabeth FLEMING
         |                                                      /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
         |                                             /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
         |                                            |         \-----Margaret CRAWFORD
         |                                    /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
         |                                   |         \-----Constance
         |                           /-----James DOUGLAS
         |                          |        |                  /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
         |                          |        |         /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
         |                          |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                          |                 |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
         |                          |                  \-----Joanna
         |                          |                           \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
         |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
         |                 |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
         |                 |                 |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |                 |                 |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Jean COMYN
         |                 |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
         |                 |                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De BARCLAY
         |                 |                           \-----Eupheme
         |         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Andrew De MORAVIA
         |        |        |                           /-----Sir Andrew De MORAVIA
         |        |        |                          |         \-----(Unk Dau) COMYN
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir Andrew MORAY
         |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORAY, Lord Of Bothwell
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Baron Of Writtle
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
         |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel De CLARE
         |        |        |        |         \-----Christian BRUCE
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Neil Earl Of Carrick, Regent Of Scotland
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Isabella
         |        |         \-----Joan MORAY
         |        |                 |                           /-----Sir William MORAY
         |        |                 |                  /-----Sir John MORAY
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir Maurice MORAY, Earl Of Strathern
         |        |                  \-----Joan MORAY
         |        |                          |                  /-----Walter STEWART, Earl Of Menteith
         |        |                          |         /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Mary Of Menteith, Countess Of Menteith
         |        |                           \-----Joan De MONTEITH
          \-----Janet DOUGLAS
                  |                                             /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
                  |                                    /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
                  |                                   |         \-----Amicia
                  |                           /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
                  |                          |        |         /-----William De FENTON
                  |                          |         \-----Alice De FENTON
                  |                          |                  \-----Cecilia BYSET
                  |                  /-----Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin
                  |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
                  |        |        |                           /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern
                  |        |        |                  /-----Malise Earl Of Strathearn
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Agnes COMYN
                  |        |        |         /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern, Caithness, And Orkney
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Agnes
                  |        |         \-----Isabel Of Strathern
                  |        |                 |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |        |                 |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Eupheme
                  |        |                  \-----Margery Of Ross
                  |        |                          |         /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
                  |        |                           \-----Matilda De BRUS
                  |        |                                    \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
                   \-----Beatrice SINCLAIR
                           |                                    /-----Philip De HALIBURTON
                           |                           /-----Henry HALIBURTON
                           |                          |         \-----Alice
                           |                  /-----Sir Adam HALIBURTON
                           |                 |        |         /-----Peter MORDINGTON
                           |                 |         \-----Agnes MORDINGTON
                           |         /-----Sir Walter HALIBURTON
                           |        |         \-----Isabella
                            \-----Jean HALYBURTON

Descendants of William LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston

1. William LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston m. Agnes HEPBURN

m. Agnes HEPBURN father: Alexander HEPBURN mother: Janet NAPIER

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

3+ Alexander LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston m1. Janet STEWART m2. Agnes DOUGLAS m3. Jeanne De PIEDEFER

4 James LIVINGSTON

5 William LIVINGSTON m. Margaret STRANG

2nd generation

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

m. John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester father: John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS

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

3. Alexander LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston m1. Janet STEWART m2. Agnes DOUGLAS m3. Jeanne De PIEDEFER

m. Janet STEWART father: Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Buchan mother: Margaret RUTHVEN

m. Agnes DOUGLAS father: Sir John DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton mother: Janet CRICHTON

7+ Janet LIVINGSTON m. Sir Alexander BRUCE

8+ William LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston m. Agnes FLEMING

m. Jeanne De PIEDEFER

3rd generation

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

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

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

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

7. Janet LIVINGSTON m. Sir Alexander BRUCE

m. Sir Alexander BRUCE father: Robert BRUCE mother: Janet FORRESTER

11+ William BRUCE m. Jean FLEMING

8. William LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston m. Agnes FLEMING

m. Agnes FLEMING father: Malcolm FLEMING, Lord Fleming mother: Janet STEWART

12+ Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Linlithgow m. Eleanor HAY

13 Margaret LIVINGSTON m1. Sir Lewis BELLENDEN m2. Patrick STEWART, Earl Of Orkney

14+ Jean LIVINGSTON m. Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone

4th generation

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

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

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

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

11. William BRUCE m. Jean FLEMING

m. Jean FLEMING father: John FLEMING, Lord Fleming mother: Elizabeth ROSS

17+ Patrick BRUCE m. Janet JACKSON

18+ Sir John BRUCE m. Margaret ELPHINSTONE

12. Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Linlithgow m. Eleanor HAY

m. Eleanor HAY father: Andrew HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Jean HAY

19+ Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Linlithgow m1. Elizabeth GORDON m2. Mary DOUGLAS

20+ Margaret LIVINGSTONE m. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown

21+ Anne LIVINGSTON m. Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun

22 James LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Callendar m. Margaret HAY; Margaret HAY father: James HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester mother: Margaret KERR

14. Jean LIVINGSTON m. Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone

m. Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone father: Robert ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone mother: Margaret DRUMMOND

23+ Margaret ELPHINSTONE m. Sir John BRUCE

24+ Helen ELPHINSTONE m1. Sir William COCKBURN m2. Henry ROLLO

25+ James ELPHINSTONE m. Helen FORBES

26+ Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone m. Elizabeth DRUMMOND

27+ Agnes ELPHINSTONE m. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland

5th generation

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

m. Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline father: George SETON, Lord Seton mother: Isabel HAMILTON

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

m. James LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Callendar father: Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Linlithgow mother: Eleanor HAY

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

m. Jean SETON father: Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline mother: Grizel LESLIE

29+ John HAY, Marquess of Tweeddale m. Jean SCOTT

m. Margaret MONTGOMERIE father: Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun mother: Anne LIVINGSTON

17. Patrick BRUCE m. Janet JACKSON

m. Janet JACKSON

30+ Isabelle BRUCE m. John WOODS

18. Sir John BRUCE m. Margaret ELPHINSTONE

m. Margaret ELPHINSTONE father: Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone mother: Jean LIVINGSTON

31+ Christian BRUCE m. John INNES

32+ Jean BRUCE m. David ROBERTSON

19. Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Linlithgow m1. Elizabeth GORDON m2. Mary DOUGLAS

m. Elizabeth GORDON father: George GORDON, Marquess Of Huntley mother: Henrietta STEWART

33+ Margaret LIVINGSTONE m. Sir Thomas NICHOLSON

34+ George LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Linlithgow m1. Elizabeth MAULE m2. Agnes WAUCHOPE

m. Mary DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus mother: Elizabeth OLIPHANT

35 Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Callendar m. Mary HAMILTON

20. Margaret LIVINGSTONE m. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown

m. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown father: John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown mother: Lilias GRAHAM

36+ Anne FLEMING m1. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd m2. George RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie

37 Helenor FLEMING m. David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss; David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss father: John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss mother: Jean GRAY

38+ John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown m. Jean DRUMMOND

39+ Alexander FLEMING m. Elizabeth ANDERSON

21. Anne LIVINGSTON m. Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun

m. Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun father: Robert SETON, Earl of Wintoun mother: Margaret MONTGOMERY

40+ Hugh MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun m1. Anne HAMILTON m2. Mary LESLIE

41 Margaret MONTGOMERIE m1. John HAY, Earl of Tweeddale m2. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn; John HAY, Earl of Tweeddale father: James HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester mother: Margaret KERR; William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn father: William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn mother: Janet KERR

23. Margaret ELPHINSTONE m. Sir John BRUCE

m. Sir John BRUCE father: William BRUCE mother: Jean FLEMING

31+ Christian BRUCE m. John INNES

32+ Jean BRUCE m. David ROBERTSON

24. Helen ELPHINSTONE m1. Sir William COCKBURN m2. Henry ROLLO

m. Sir William COCKBURN father: William COCKBURN mother: Janet HOME

42+ Sir William COCKBURN m. Margaret ACHESON

25. James ELPHINSTONE m. Helen FORBES

m. Helen FORBES father: John FORBES

43+ Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone m. Lilias ELPHINSTONE

26. Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone m. Elizabeth DRUMMOND

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

44+ Lilias ELPHINSTONE m. Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone

27. Agnes ELPHINSTONE m. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland

m. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland father: Alexander GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland mother: Jean GORDON

45+ Elizabeth GORDON m. Sir James CRICHTON

46+ John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland m1. Jean DRUMMOND m2. Anne FRASER