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

Person Info

Name: Alexander GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1472 ^b
Death: Abt Apr 1537 ^d

Parents:

Father:
Patrick GRAHAM Birth: 2 Death: 11 Jun 1488 in Sauchieburn, Scotland

Mother:

Isobel ERSKINE

Family:
Marriage:

Children:

William GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith Birth: 1 Death: Abt Jan 1543/4
Walter GRAHAM Birth: 2 Death: Abt 1557

Bibliography

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].*].
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]*].
Doig, Suzanne, Graham of Abercorn, Kincardine etc.. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 11/26/1998. Subject: Graham of Abercorn, Kincardine etc.. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/H6nwxsmW8Cg/m/oRCWumSoM5kJ. Author address: Doigsmd49 at csc dot canterbury dot ac dot nz. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Suzanne Doig SGM 11/26/1998].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: first son [Ref: SP VI p145]; prob abt 1472 [Ref: CP VIII p670],
parents:: [Ref: CP VIII p670, SP VI p145, Suzanne Doig SGM 11/26/1998]

Sources for death Information

date:: abt 27 Feb 1537 [Ref: Suzanne Doig SGM 11/26/1998]; before 16 May 1537 [Ref: SP VI p152]; between 27 Feb 1536/7 and 16 May 1537 [Ref: CP VIII p670]

Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret BUCHANAN

child:: [Ref: CP VIII p670, SP VI p152, Suzanne Doig SGM 11/26/1998]

Research Notes:
2nd Earl of Menteith, of Earldom cr 1427 [Ref: CP VIII p670]

heir of his father [Ref: CP VIII p670]
heir of his grandfather Malise [Ref: CP VIII p670]

Pedigree of Alexander GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
                                                                /-----David GRAHAM
                                                       /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
                                                      |         \-----Agnes NOBLE
                                              /-----Sir David GRAHAM
                                             |        |         /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
                                             |         \-----Annabelle Of Strathearn
                                             |                  \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
                                     /-----Sir David GRAHAM
                            /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
                           |        |                           /-----William De ABERNETHY
                           |        |                  /-----William De ABERNETHY
                           |        |                 |         \-----Margaret
                           |        |         /-----Laurence De ABERNETHY
                           |         \-----Helen De ABERNETHY
                   /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM, Earl Of Strathern
                  |        |                                    /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |                           /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |                          |         \-----Joanna
                  |        |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
                  |        |                 |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
                  |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Henry GRAHAM
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Nicholas GRAHAM
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) AVENEL
                  |        |        |         \-----Isabel GRAHAM
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern
                  |        |        |                  \-----Mary Of Strathearn
                  |        |        |                           \-----Marjory De MUSCHAMP
                  |         \-----Euphemia STEWART
          /-----Malise GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
         |        |                                             /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
         |        |                                    /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
         |        |                                   |         \-----Joanna
         |        |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
         |        |                          |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
         |        |                          |                  \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
         |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
         |        |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
         |        |                 |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
         |        |                 |                           \-----Helen
         |        |         /-----David STEWART, Earl Of Strathern And Caithness
         |        |        |        |                           /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |        |        |        |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Jean COMYN
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh De BARCLAY
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Eupheme
         |        |        |         \-----Euphemia Of Ross
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Nicholas GRAHAM
         |        |        |                 |         /-----John GRAHAM
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Mary Of Strathearn
         |        |        |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM
         |        |        |                           \-----Isabella
         |         \-----Eupheme STEWART, Countess Palatine Of Strathern
         |                 |                                    /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
         |                 |                           /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
         |                 |                          |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
         |                 |                  /-----Sir David LINDSAY
         |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |                 |                 |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |                 |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Hugh ABERNETHY
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Mary Of Argyll
         |                 |        |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Alexander De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
         |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
         |                 |        |                           \-----Matilda
         |                  \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
         |                          |         /-----Sir John STIRLING
         |                           \-----Catherine STIRLING
/-----Patrick GRAHAM
|         \-----Janet De ROCHFORD
Alexander GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
|                                                               /-----Sir John ERSKINE
|                                                      /-----John ERSKINE
|                                             /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|                                    /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk
|                           /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
|                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Walter De LINDSAY
|                          |        |        |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Christian
|                          |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
|                          |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                          |                          |         /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|                          |                           \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                          |                                    \-----Joanna
|                  /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir John De KEITH
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir William De KEITH
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Margaret COMYN
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Adam De SETON
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Barbara De SETON
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Edward De KEITH
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Andrew De SYNTON
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Alexander De SYNTON
|                 |        |        |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Maria
|                 |         \-----Janet KEITH
|                 |                 |                           /-----Walter STEWART, Earl Of Menteith
|                 |                 |                  /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Mary Of Menteith, Countess Of Menteith
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
|                 |                  \-----Christian MENTEITH
|                 |                          |                  /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
|                 |                          |         /-----Gratney Earl Of Mar
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Helen
|                 |                           \-----Elyne Of Mar
|                 |                                   |         /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
|                 |                                    \-----Christian BRUCE
|                 |                                             \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
|         /-----Thomas ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
|        |        |                           /-----Sir David LINDSAY
|        |        |                          |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |        |                          |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Hugh ABERNETHY
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Mary Of Argyll
|        |        |                 |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Alexander De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Matilda
|        |        |         /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STIRLING
|        |        |        |         \-----Catherine STIRLING
|        |         \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|        |                 |                                    /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                 |                           /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Joanna
|        |                 |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
|        |                 |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
|        |                 |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Helen
|        |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |                          |                           /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|        |                          |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Jean COMYN
|        |                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh De BARCLAY
|        |                          |        |         \-----Eupheme
|        |                           \-----Euphemia Of Ross
|        |                                   |                  /-----Sir Nicholas GRAHAM
|        |                                   |         /-----John GRAHAM
|        |                                   |        |         \-----Mary Of Strathearn
|        |                                    \-----Margaret GRAHAM
|        |                                             \-----Isabella
\-----Isobel ERSKINE
          \-----Janet DOUGLAS

Descendants of Alexander GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith

1. Alexander GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith m. Margaret BUCHANAN

m. Margaret BUCHANAN father: Walter BUCHANAN

2+ William GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith m. Margaret MOUBRAY

3 Walter GRAHAM m1. Isabel GRAHAM m2. Margaret SHAW

2nd generation

2. William GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith m. Margaret MOUBRAY

m. Margaret MOUBRAY father: John MOUBRAY

4+ Margaret GRAHAM m. Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll

5+ John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith m. Marion SETON

3rd generation

4. Margaret GRAHAM m. Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll

m. Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll father: Colin CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll mother: Jean GORDON

6+ Janet CAMPBELL m. Hector Og MacLEAN

7+ Margaret CAMPBELL m. James STEWART, Lord Doune And St Colme

8+ Colin CAMPBELL, Earl of Argyll m1. Janet STEWART m2. Agnes KEITH

5. John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith m. Marion SETON

m. Marion SETON father: George SETON, Lord Seton mother: Elizabeth HAY

9+ William GRAHAM, Earl of Menteith m. Margaret DOUGLAS

4th generation

6. Janet CAMPBELL m. Hector Og MacLEAN

m. Hector Og MacLEAN father: Hector Mor MACLEAN mother: Mary MACDONALD

10+ Marion MacLEAN m. Hector Roy MacLEAN

11+ Sir Lachlan MacLEAN m. Margaret CUNNINGHAM

7. Margaret CAMPBELL m. James STEWART, Lord Doune And St Colme

m. James STEWART, Lord Doune And St Colme father: Sir James STEWART

12+ Jean STEWART m. Simon FRASER, Baron Lovat

13+ Mary STEWART m. Sir John WEMYSS

14+ James STEWART, Earl Of Moray m. Elizabeth STEWART

8. Colin CAMPBELL, Earl of Argyll m1. Janet STEWART m2. Agnes KEITH

m. Janet STEWART father: Henry STEWART, Lord Methven mother: Janet STEWART

m. Agnes KEITH father: William KEITH, Earl Marischal mother: Margaret KEITH

15 Colin CAMPBELL m. Mary CAMPBELL; Mary CAMPBELL father: Colin CAMPBELL mother: Katherine RUTHVEN

16 Anna CAMPBELL

17+ Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl of Argyll m1. Agnes DOUGLAS m2. Anne CORNWALLIS

9. William GRAHAM, Earl of Menteith m. Margaret DOUGLAS

m. Margaret DOUGLAS father: Sir James DOUGLAS mother: Christian MONTGOMERIE

18+ John GRAHAM, Earl of Menteith m. Mary CAMPBELL

5th generation

10. Marion MacLEAN m. Hector Roy MacLEAN

m. Hector Roy MacLEAN

19+ Lachlan MacLEAN m. Florence MacLEOD

11. Sir Lachlan MacLEAN m. Margaret CUNNINGHAM

m. Margaret CUNNINGHAM father: William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn mother: Janet GORDON

20+ Lachlan MacLEAN m1. Marian MacDONALD m2. Marian CAMPBELL

21+ Beathag MacLEAN m. Hector MacLAINE

22+ Hector Og MacLEAN m1. Jeannette MACKENZIE m2. Isabella ACHESON

12. Jean STEWART m. Simon FRASER, Baron Lovat

m. Simon FRASER, Baron Lovat father: Hugh FRASER, Lord Lovat mother: Elizabeth STEWART

23+ Sir James FRASER m. Beatrix WEMYSS

13. Mary STEWART m. Sir John WEMYSS

m. Sir John WEMYSS

24+ Isabel WEMYSS m. Hugh FRASER, Baron Lovat

25 Cecilia WEMYSS m. William MURRAY, Earl of Tullibardine; William MURRAY, Earl of Tullibardine father: John MURRAY, Earl of Tullibardine mother: Catherine DRUMMOND

26+ John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss m. Jean GRAY

14. James STEWART, Earl Of Moray m. Elizabeth STEWART

m. Elizabeth STEWART father: James STEWART, Earl Of Moray mother: Agnes KEITH

27+ Margaret STEWART m. Charles HOWARD, K.G., Earl of Nottingham

28 Elizabeth STEWART m. John ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy; John ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy father: George ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy mother: Margaret STEWART

29+ James STEWART, Earl Of Moray m. Anne GORDON

30+ Grizel STEWART m. Sir Robert INNES

17. Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl of Argyll m1. Agnes DOUGLAS m2. Anne CORNWALLIS

m. Agnes DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton mother: Agnes LESLIE

31+ Anne CAMPBELL m. George GORDON, Marquess Of Huntley

32+ Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl of Argyll m. Margaret DOUGLAS

m. Anne CORNWALLIS father: Sir William CORNWALLIS mother: Lucy NEVILLE

18. John GRAHAM, Earl of Menteith m. Mary CAMPBELL

m. Mary CAMPBELL father: Colin CAMPBELL mother: Katherine RUTHVEN

33+ William GRAHAM, Earl of Menteith m. Agnes GRAY