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:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Sir John FORRESTER Birth: 1 Death: After 1456
  2. Henry FORRESTER Birth: 2 Death: After 8 Jan 1426/7
  3. John FORRESTER Birth: 3 Death: After 1430/1
  4. Elizabeth FORRESTER
  5. Janet FORRESTER Death: After 1488

Marriage:
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 IV p[0-9]*].
  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 VI p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
first son [Ref: SP IV p82],
parents:
[Ref: SP IV p82]
Sources for death Information
date:
prob in 1448 [Ref: SP IV p83]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: SP IV p83]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret
date:
first marriage of John [Ref: SP IV p83]
Sources with Information about marriage to Jean SINCLAIR
date:
second marriage of John [Ref: SP IV p83],
names:
[Ref: SP VI p570],
child:
[Ref: CP VIII p591]
Sources with Information about marriage to Marion STEWART
date:
abt 1422 [Ref: Burke Peerage p806, SP IV p150]
in or before 1422 [Ref: SP IV p83]
Research Notes:
of Corstorphine [Ref: Burke Peerage p806, SP IV p150, SP VI p476]



Pedigree of Sir John FORRESTER
 /-----Sir Adam FORRESTER
Sir John FORRESTER
 \-----Margaret



Descendants of Sir John FORRESTER
1. Sir John FORRESTER m1. Margaret m2. Jean SINCLAIR m3. Marion STEWART
m. Margaret
m. Jean SINCLAIR father: Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney mother: Jean HALYBURTON
m. Marion STEWART father: Sir Walter STEWART

2nd generation

2. Sir John FORRESTER m.
3. Henry FORRESTER m. Helen FAIRLIE
m. Helen FAIRLIE father: John FAIRLIE
6. Janet FORRESTER m. Sir Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
m. Sir Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell father: Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell mother: (Unk) HERRIES

3rd generation

7. Alexander FORRESTER m.
11. John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell m. Janet CRICHTON
m. Janet CRICHTON father: George CRICHTON, Earl Of Caithness mother: Janet BORTHWICK

4th generation

18. Archibald FORRESTER m1. Margaret HEPBURN m2. Agnes TOD
m. Margaret HEPBURN father: Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Hailes mother: Ellen WALLACE
m. Agnes TOD
19. Matthew FORRESTER m. Christian BELLENDEN
m. Christian BELLENDEN
22. John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Agnes STEWART
m. Agnes STEWART father: Sir Alexander STEWART mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS
30. Janet MAXWELL m. William CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle
m. William CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle father: John CARLYLE, Master Of Carlyle

5th generation

32. Alexander FORRESTER m. Margaret FORRESTER
m. Margaret FORRESTER father: Sir Duncan FORRESTER
34. Mariot FORRESTER m1. William DRUMMOND m2. Sir James SANDILANDS
m. William DRUMMOND father: Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond mother: Elizabeth LINDSAY
m. Sir James SANDILANDS father: John SANDILANDS mother: Elizabeth SCRYMGEOUR
37. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m1. Janet DOUGLAS m2. Agnes STEWART
m. Janet DOUGLAS father: Sir William DOUGLAS mother: Elizabeth GORDON
m. Agnes STEWART father: Sir James STEWART, Earl Of Buchan mother: Margaret (MURRAY)
47. Michael CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle m1. Janet CHARTBRIS m2. Mariot MAXWELL
m. Janet CHARTBRIS
m. Mariot MAXWELL