Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

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:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Sir Herbert De MAXWELL Birth: 1 Death: 1298 in Falkirk
  2. Edward De MAXWELL Birth: 2
  3. Sir John De MAXWELL Birth: 3
  4. Alexander De MAXWELL Birth: 4 Death: After 1300

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 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].*].
  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
father:
Herbert de MACCUSWELL [Ref: SP VI p470]
Herbert de MACCUSWELL or John de MACCUSWELL [Ref: CP VIII p587]
Sources for death Information
date:
abt 1266 [Ref: CP VIII p587]
living 1260 [Ref: SP VI p470]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1353, CP VIII p587, SP VI p470, SP VI p471]
Research Notes:
third in descent from Maccus, son of Undewyn, who had a grant of land (now Springwood) on the Tweed [Ref: Burke Peerage p1353]

succeeded John (his father or brother) as sheriff [Ref: CP VIII p587]

the Terregles manuscrips history makes Edward Maxwell (a crusader with 'Lewis the ffrench king' in 1246) the eldest son of Aymer. There was an "Edward of Maxwell' in 1248, but, if really the eldest son, he must have died before 1266, when Sir Herbert was heir of Aymer [Ref: SP VI p471]

Sheriff of Dumfries [Ref: Burke Peerage p1353, Burke Peerage p1356]



Pedigree of Sir Aymer De MAXWELL
 /-----Herbert De MACCUSWELL
Sir Aymer De MAXWELL



Descendants of Sir Aymer De MAXWELL
1. Sir Aymer De MAXWELL m. Mary
m. Mary father: Roland McGEACHAN

2nd generation

2. Sir Herbert De MAXWELL m.
4. Sir John De MAXWELL m.

3rd generation

6. Sir John De MAXWELL m.
7. Sir Robert De MAXWELL m.

4th generation

9. Sir John De MAXWELL m.
10. Sir Robert De MAXWELL m.

5th generation

12. Sir John De MAXWELL m. Christian
m. Christian
13. Elizabeth MAXWELL m1. Sir William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Atholl m2. Hugh De DACRE, Lord Dacre
m. Sir William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Atholl father: Sir James DOUGLAS mother: Joan
m. Hugh De DACRE, Lord Dacre father: Sir Randolf De DACRE, Lord Dacre mother: Margaret MULTON, Baroness Multon
14. Sir John MAXWELL m1. Isabel LINDSAY m2. Elizabeth De ST MICHAEL
m. Isabel LINDSAY father: Sir James LINDSAY mother: Egidia STEWART
m. Elizabeth De ST MICHAEL