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. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell Birth: Abt 1493 Death: 9 Jul 1546 in Logan
  2. Herbert MAXWELL Birth: Before 13 May 1495 Death: After 13 May 1495
  3. John MAXWELL Birth: 3 Death: After 1524
  4. Edward MAXWELL Birth: 4 Death: After 6 Jun 1540
  5. Mary MAXWELL Birth: 1
  6. Agnes MAXWELL
  7. Katherine MAXWELL

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
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p806, CP VIII p592, SP IV p152],
father:
[Ref: SP VI p478]
Sources for death Information
date:
living 25 Jul 1530 [Ref: CP VIII p592, SP VI p478]
Sources with Information about marriage to John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
date:
abt 1491 [Ref: SP IV p152]
between 15 Feb 1490/1 and 20 Feb 1491/2 [Ref: CP VIII p592, SP VI p478],
names:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p806],
child:
[Ref: CP VIII p592(i), CP VIII p592, SP VI p478, SP VI p479]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Agnes STEWART
                            /-----Sir William STEWART
                   /-----Sir John STEWART
                  |         \-----Isobel
          /-----Sir William STEWART
         |        |                                             /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
         |        |                                    /-----Sir John STEWART
         |        |                                   |         \-----Joanna
         |        |                           /-----Sir Walter STEWART, Lord Of Dalswinton
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Alexander De Bonkyl
         |        |                          |         \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
         |        |                          |                  \-----Christiana DUNBAR
         |        |                  /-----John STEWART
         |        |         /-----Sir Walter STEWART
         |         \-----Marion STEWART
 /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
|        |                                                      /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                                             /-----Sir John STEWART
|        |                                            |         \-----Joanna
|        |                                    /-----Sir Alan STEWART
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Alexander De Bonkyl
|        |                                   |         \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
|        |                                   |                  \-----Christiana DUNBAR
|        |                           /-----Alexander STEWART
|        |                  /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
|        |                 |         \-----Joanna
|        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir John De KEITH
|        |        |        |                           /-----Robert De KEITH
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Margaret COMYN
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir William De KEITH
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH
|        |        |         \-----Janet KEITH
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Archibald MURE
|        |        |                 |                  /-----William MURE
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Margaret MONTGOMERY
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
|        |        |                  \-----(Unk dau) MURE
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Edward CUNNINGHAM
|        |        |                          |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |        |                           \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|        |        |                                    \-----Elen De KALENTIR
|         \-----Elizabeth
|                 |                                             /-----Aulay Of Lennox
|                 |                                    /-----Sir Duncan Of Lennox
|                 |                           /-----Aulay De FASLANE
|                 |                  /-----Walter MacALLAN De FASLANE
|                 |         /-----Sir Duncan LENNOX, Earl Of Lennox
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Malcolm Earl Of Lennox
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Malcolm Earl Of Lennox
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret
|                 |        |        |         /-----Donald Earl Of Lennox
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Mar
|                 |        |        |        |                  \-----Helen
|                 |        |         \-----Margaret Countess Of Lennox
|                  \-----Elizabeth LENNOX
|                          |                                    /-----Sir Colin Mor De CAMPBELL, Lord Of Loch Awe
|                          |                           /-----Sir Neil CAMPBELL
|                          |                          |         \-----Aufrica Of Carrick
|                          |                  /-----Sir Colin CAMPBELL
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Andrew CRAWFORD
|                          |                 |         \-----(Unk Dau) CRAWFORD
|                          |         /-----Gillespic CAMPBELL
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Walter STEWART, Earl Of Menteith
|                          |        |        |         /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Mary Of Menteith, Countess Of Menteith
|                          |        |         \-----Helena De MONTEITH
|                           \-----Helen CAMPBELL
|                                   |         /-----Sir John LAMONT
|                                    \-----Isabel LAMONT
Agnes STEWART
|                                                               /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|                                                      /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent Of Scotland
|                                                     |         \-----Eleanor LOVAINE
|                                             /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|                                            |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
|                                            |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                                    /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                                   |        |                  /-----Gratney Earl Of Mar
|                                   |        |         /-----Donald Earl Of Mar
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Christian BRUCE
|                                   |         \-----Margaret Countess Of Mar
|                                   |                 |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
|                                   |                  \-----Isabel STEWART
|                                   |                           \-----(Unk) RANDOLPH
|                           /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
|                  /-----William DOUGLAS
|         /-----Sir Archibald DOUGLAS
 \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS



Descendants of Agnes STEWART
1. Agnes STEWART m. John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
m. John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell father: John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell mother: Janet CRICHTON

2nd generation

2. 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)

3rd generation

9. Margaret MAXWELL m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus father: George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus mother: Elizabeth DRUMMOND
10. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Beatrice DOUGLAS
m. Beatrice DOUGLAS father: James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton mother: Catherine STEWART
11. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Agnes HERRIES
m. Agnes HERRIES father: William HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles mother: Katherine KENNEDY

4th generation

14. John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS
m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS father: David DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus mother: Margaret HAMILTON
16. Sarah MAXWELL m1. Sir James JOHNSTON m2. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown m3. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Viscount Montgomery
m. Sir James JOHNSTON
m. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown father: John FLEMING, Lord Fleming mother: Elizabeth ROSS
m. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Viscount Montgomery father: Adam MONTGOMERY mother: Margaret MONTGOMERY
17. Margaret MAXWELL m. Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian
m. Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian father: Mark KERR mother: Helen LESLIE
18. William MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Catherine KERR
m. Catherine KERR father: Mark KERR mother: Helen LESLIE

5th generation

19. Elizabeth MAXWELL m. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries
m. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries father: William MAXWELL, Lord Herries mother: Catherine KERR
20. Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Elizabeth BEAUMONT
m. Elizabeth BEAUMONT father: Sir Francis BEAUMONT
21. James JOHNSTONE, Earl of Hartfell m1. Margaret DOUGLAS m2. Elizabeth JOHNSTON m3. Margaret HAMILTON
m. Margaret DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry mother: Isabel KER
m. Elizabeth JOHNSTON father: Sir Samuel JOHNSTON
m. Margaret HAMILTON father: Thomas HAMILTON, Earl of Haddington mother: Margaret FOULIS
22. Jean KERR m1. Robert BOYD m2. David LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford m3. Thomas HAMILTON
m. Robert BOYD father: Thomas BOYD, Lord Boyd mother: Margaret CAMPBELL
m. David LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford father: David LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford mother: Lilias DRUMMOND
m. Thomas HAMILTON
23. Janet KERR m. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
m. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn father: James CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn mother: Mariot CAMPBELL
24. Margaret KERR m1. James HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester m2. Sir Andrew KERR, Master of Jedburgh
m. James HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester father: William HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester mother: Margaret KERR
m. Sir Andrew KERR, Master of Jedburgh father: Andrew KER, Lord Jedburgh mother: Anne STEWART
25. Isabel KER m. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry
m. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry father: Sir James DOUGLAS mother: Mary FLEMING
26. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Elizabeth MAXWELL
m. Elizabeth MAXWELL father: John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS