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. George LYLE Birth: 1

Marriage: Children:
  1. Robert LYLE, Lord Lyle Birth: 2 Death: Before 11 Mar 1501/2
  2. George LYLE Birth: 3 Death: After 1495
  3. John LYLE Birth: 4 Death: After 1491
  4. Nicholas LYLE Birth: 5 Death: After 1491
  5. Mariota LYLE Death: After 1495
  6. Agnes LYLE Birth: 7

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 03 Canonteigh-Cutts. London: St Catherine Press, 1913. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 3 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo03coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP III [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. 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].*].
  4. 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].*].
  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 II p[0-9]*].
  6. 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 IV p[0-9]*].
  7. 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]*].
  8. 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
parents:
[Ref: CP VIII p293, SP V p553]
Sources for death Information
date:
before 14 Jan 1498/9 [Ref: CP VIII p295]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret SETON
date:
first marriage of Robert [Ref: CP VIII p294, SP V p554 (with corr in IX p132)],
names:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p687],
child:
[Ref: CP VIII p295(a), SP V p554 (with corr in IX p132), SP VIII p578]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret HOUSTON
date:
before 1495, as second marriage of Robert [Ref: SP V p554]
first marriage of Margaret [Ref: Burke Peerage p876, CP VI p99, SP IV p277]
second marriage of Robert [Ref: CP VIII p295],
child:
[Ref: CP VIII p295, SP V p554]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
child:
Margaret LYLE (#149999) [Ref: SP V p554]
Research Notes:
2nd Lord Lyle, of Barony cr 1453 [Ref: CP VIII p293]

heir of his father [Ref: CP VIII p293]



Pedigree of Robert LYLE, Lord Lyle
                            /-----Sir John De LYLE
                   /-----Sir John De LYLE
                  |         \-----Margaret De VAUS
          /-----Sir Robert LYLE
 /-----Robert LYLE, Lord Lyle
|        |         /-----Sir John STEWART
|         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
Robert LYLE, Lord Lyle
 \-----Margaret WALLACE



Descendants of Robert LYLE, Lord Lyle
1. Robert LYLE, Lord Lyle m1. Margaret SETON m2. Margaret HOUSTON
m. Margaret SETON father: John SETON, Master Of Seton mother: Christian LINDSAY
m. Margaret HOUSTON

2nd generation

3. Robert LYLE, Lord Lyle m1. Elizabeth DOUGLAS m2. Mariot LINDSAY
m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS father: Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus mother: Elizabeth BOYD
m. Mariot LINDSAY
7. Mariota LYLE m. Sir Peter HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk
m. Sir Peter HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk father: Sir John HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk mother: Elizabeth SINCLAIR
8. Agnes LYLE m1. Alan CATHCART, Master Of Cathcart m2. John MAXWELL
m. Alan CATHCART, Master Of Cathcart father: John CATHCART, Lord Cathcart mother: Margaret KENNEDY
m. John MAXWELL

3rd generation

10. John LYLE, Lord Lyle m. Grizel BEATON
m. Grizel BEATON father: David BEATON
11. Patrick HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk m. Janet CUNYNGHAM
m. Janet CUNYNGHAM father: William CUNYNGHAM mother: Elizabeth STEWART
12. Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart m. Helen SEMPILL
m. Helen SEMPILL father: William SEMPILL, Lord Sempill mother: Margaret MONTGOMERIE

4th generation

13. Jean LYLE m. Sir Neil MONTGOMERY
m. Sir Neil MONTGOMERY father: Sir Neil MONTGOMERIE mother: Margaret MURE
15. John HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk m. Agnes HOPRINGLE
m. Agnes HOPRINGLE
16. Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart m1. Margaret WALLACE m2. Florence McDOUGALL
m. Margaret WALLACE father: John WALLACE
m. Florence McDOUGALL

5th generation

17. Sir Neil MONTGOMERY m. Elizabeth CUNYNGHAM
m. Elizabeth CUNYNGHAM
18. Sir Patrick HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk m. Janet CUNYNGHAM
m. Janet CUNYNGHAM father: Gabriel CUNYNGHAM mother: Elizabeth LIVINGSTON
19. Alan CATHCART, Master Of Cathcart m. Isabel KENNEDY
m. Isabel KENNEDY father: Thomas KENNEDY