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. Margaret MAXWELL
  2. Janet De MAXWELL
  3. Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell Birth: 1 Death: Before 14 Feb 1453/4
  4. Aymer De MAXWELL Birth: 2 Death: After 20 Mar 1456

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. Ravilious, John, Family of Alexander Montgomery. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 2/18/2007. Subject: Montgomery Matters: NN Stewart, mother of Sir Alexander. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/eKRmdbhKvdY/m/aUla0rwaQZ8J. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 2/18/2007-124033].
  4. 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 III p[0-9]*].
  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 VI 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 VII p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
first son [Ref: SP VI p474],
father:
[Ref: CP VIII p589, SP VI p474]
Sources for death Information
date:
before 16 Oct 1421 [Ref: CP VIII p589]
before 28 Oct 1420 [Ref: SP VI p474]
Sources with Information about marriage to Katherine STEWART
date:
before 10 Aug 1386 [Ref: CP VIII p589, SP VI p474],
child:
[Ref: CP VIII p589, John Ravilious SGM 2/18/2007-124033, SP VI p474, SP VI p475]
Research Notes:
Lord of Calverock [Ref: SP VI p474]
of Carlaverock [Ref: SP III p430, SP VII p115]



Pedigree of Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
                                                       /-----Herbert De MACCUSWELL
                                              /-----Sir Aymer De MAXWELL
                                     /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
                                    |        |         /-----Roland McGEACHAN
                                    |         \-----Mary
                            /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
                   /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
          /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
 /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
|         \-----Christian
Sir Herbert De MAXWELL



Descendants of Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
1. Sir Herbert De MAXWELL m. Katherine STEWART
m. Katherine STEWART father: John STEWART

2nd generation

2. Margaret MAXWELL m. Sir John MONTGOMERY
m. Sir John MONTGOMERY father: Alexander MONTGOMERY mother: Elizabeth EGLINTON
3. Janet De MAXWELL m. Sir William DOUGLAS
m. Sir William DOUGLAS father: Sir William DOUGLAS mother: Joanna MURRAY
4. Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m1. (Unk) HERRIES m2. Catherine SETON
m. (Unk) HERRIES father: Sir Herbert HERRIES mother: Margaret
m. Catherine SETON father: Sir William SETON mother: Janet DUNBAR

3rd generation

6. Margaret MONTGOMERIE m. Sir Alexander HOME, Lord Home
m. Sir Alexander HOME, Lord Home father: Sir Alexander HOME mother: Janet HAY
8. William DOUGLAS m. Elizabeth CRICHTON
m. Elizabeth CRICHTON father: Sir Robert CRICHTON mother: Elizabeth ERSKINE
9. Sir Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Janet FORRESTER
m. Janet FORRESTER father: Sir John FORRESTER mother: Jean SINCLAIR
10. Catherine MAXWELL m. Gilbert KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
m. Gilbert KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy father: Sir James KENNEDY mother: Mary STEWART
11. Edward MAXWELL m. Margaret MUNDUELL
m. Margaret MUNDUELL father: Henry MUNDUELL
19. Mariot MAXWELL m. Sir Thomas KIRKPATRICK
m. Sir Thomas KIRKPATRICK father: Sir Roger KIRKPATRICK mother: Margaret SOMERVILLE

4th generation

20. Elizabeth HOME m. Sir Alexander SETON
m. Sir Alexander SETON father: Sir Alexander SETON mother: Elizabeth ERSKINE
24. Sir James DOUGLAS m. Janet SCOTT
m. Janet SCOTT father: David SCOTT
29. Margaret DOUGLAS m. John CATHCART, Lord Cathcart
m. John CATHCART, Lord Cathcart father: Alan CATHCART, Master Of Cathcart
30. Janet DOUGLAS m1. William SOMERVILLE, Master Of Somerville m2. Sir Alexander GORDON
m. William SOMERVILLE, Master Of Somerville father: John SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville mother: Helen HEPBURN
m. Sir Alexander GORDON father: Sir John GORDON mother: Annabella BOYD
32. John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell m. Janet CRICHTON
m. Janet CRICHTON father: George CRICHTON, Earl Of Caithness mother: Janet BORTHWICK
39. John KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy m1. Elizabeth MONTGOMERY m2. Elizabeth GORDON, Countess Of Erroll m3. Elizabeth KENNEDY
m. Elizabeth MONTGOMERY father: Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie mother: Elizabeth HEPBURN
m. Elizabeth GORDON, Countess Of Erroll father: Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley mother: Elizabeth CRICHTON
m. Elizabeth KENNEDY
44. Walter KENNEDY m. Christina HYND
m. Christina HYND
45. Catherine KENNEDY m. Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
m. Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie father: Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie mother: Elizabeth HEPBURN
48. (Unk) KENNEDY m. George CAMPBELL
m. George CAMPBELL father: Sir George CAMPBELL mother: Elizabeth STEWART
49. Edward MAXWELL m. Egidia DOUGLAS
m. Egidia DOUGLAS
50. Sir Thomas KIRKPATRICK m. Margaret SINCLAIR
m. Margaret SINCLAIR
51. Henry KIRKPATRICK m. Elizabeth GRIERSON
m. Elizabeth GRIERSON father: Roger GRIERSON mother: Isabel KIRKPATRICK

5th generation

54. Sir William DOUGLAS m. Elizabeth GORDON
m. Elizabeth GORDON father: Sir John GORDON mother: Elizabeth LINDSAY
66. Hugh SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville m1. Anna HAMILTON m2. Janet MAITLAND
m. Anna HAMILTON father: James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran mother: Mary BOYD
m. Janet MAITLAND father: William MAITLAND mother: Margaret SETON
68. John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Agnes STEWART
m. Agnes STEWART father: Sir Alexander STEWART mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS
76. Janet MAXWELL m. William CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle
m. William CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle father: John CARLYLE, Master Of Carlyle
78. Katherine KENNEDY m. Thomas KENNEDY
m. Thomas KENNEDY father: Gilbert KENNEDY
79. David KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis m1. Agnes BORTHWICK m2. Margaret BOYD
m. Agnes BORTHWICK father: Sir William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
m. Margaret BOYD father: Thomas BOYD, Earl Of Arran mother: Mary STEWART
80. Janet KENNEDY m1. Sir Alexander GORDON m2. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus m3. James IV King Of Scots m4. Sir John RAMSAY, Lord Bothwell
m. Sir Alexander GORDON father: Sir John GORDON mother: Annabella BOYD
m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus father: George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus mother: Isabel SIBBALD
m. James IV King Of Scots father: James III King Of Scots mother: Margaret Of Denmark
m. Sir John RAMSAY, Lord Bothwell father: (Unk) RAMSAY mother: Janet NAPIER
81. Elizabeth KENNEDY m. Sir William COLVILLE
m. Sir William COLVILLE father: Sir Robert COLVILLE mother: Eupheme WALLACE
82. Helen KENNEDY m1. Robert GRAHAM m2. Adam BOYD
m. Robert GRAHAM
m. Adam BOYD father: Alexander BOYD, Lord Boyd mother: Janet COLVILLE
83. Margaret KENNEDY m. Andrew STEWART, Lord Avondale
m. Andrew STEWART, Lord Avondale father: Alexander STEWART
84. Alexander KENNEDY m.
91. Hugh MONTGOMERIE, Earl Of Eglintoun m. Helen CAMPBELL
m. Helen CAMPBELL father: Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll mother: Elizabeth STEWART
95. Euphemia MONTGOMERY m. Sir Robert BRUCE
m. Sir Robert BRUCE father: John BRUCE mother: Elizabeth MENTEITH
96. Sir Hugh CAMPBELL m. Isobel WALLACE
m. Isobel WALLACE father: Sir Thomas WALLACE
99. Isabel CAMPBELL m. Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
m. Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine father: Alexander ERSKINE, Lord Erskine mother: Christian CRICHTON
101. Herbert MAXWELL m. Margaret DOUGLAS
m. Margaret DOUGLAS