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: Margaret SETON
Sex: F

Parents:

Father:
Sir Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon Birth: 2 Death: Before 3 Apr 1441

Mother:

Elizabeth GORDON Birth: Abt 1394 Death: 16 Mar 1438/9 in Strathbogie

Family:
Marriage:

James DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray on 1 .^m1
James DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray Death: 10 Aug 1429 in Frendraught

Children:

Janet DUNBAR Birth: 1 Death: After 1494
Elizabeth DUNBAR Birth: Before 1432 Death: Abt 17 Feb 1485/6

Marriage:

Sir Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Mar on Abt 26 Jan 1432 .^m2
Sir Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Mar Birth: 1 Death: Abt 25 Jul 1435

Bibliography

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]*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 09, Moels-Nugent. London: St Catherine Press, 1936. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IX [Ap][p0-9].*].
Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1[pc][0-9]*].
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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

father:: [Ref: CP IX p177, SP VI p305],
name:: variously called Katherine and Janet [Ref: CP IX p177, SP VI p305]

Sources with Information about marriage to James DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray

date:: first marriage of Margaret [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p627, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p632],
names:: James DUNBAR & dau Sir Alexander SETON [Ref: CP IX p177(b), CP IX p177, SP VI p305, SP VI p306],
child:: [Ref: CP IX p177(b), Richardson RoyalAnc v1p240, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p632, SP VI p306]

Sources with Inaccurate marriage information

names:: James DUNBAR Earl of Moray & Margaret (#180434) [Ref: Burke Peerage p30]

Sources with Information about marriage to Sir Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Mar

date:: disp 26 Jan 1432 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p627, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p632]

Research Notes:
variously called Katherine and Janet [Ref: CP IX p177, SP VI p305]
identifed as Margaret SETON [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p240]

Pedigree of Margaret SETON
                   /-----Alan De WINTOUN
          /-----Sir William SETON
         |        |                                    /-----Sir John SETON
         |        |                           /-----Sir Christopher SETON
         |        |                          |         \-----Ermina
         |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander SETON
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Baron Of Writtle
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Isabel De CLARE
         |        |                 |         \-----Christian BRUCE
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Neil Earl Of Carrick, Regent Of Scotland
         |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
         |        |                 |                           \-----Isabella
         |        |         /-----Sir Alexander SETON
         |        |        |         \-----Christian CHEYNE
         |         \-----Margaret SETON
/-----Sir Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon
|        |                                    /-----Robert FLEMING
|        |                           /-----Sir Patrick FLEMING
|        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm FLEMING
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Simon FRASER
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Simon FRASER
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Simon FRASER
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Maria
|        |                 |         \-----Joanna FRASER
|        |         /-----Sir David FLEMING
|        |        |         \-----Christian KEITH
|         \-----Janet FLEMING
|                 |         /-----Sir David BARCLAY, Lord Of Brechin
|                  \-----Jean BARCLAY
|                          |                                    /-----David Earl Of Huntingdon
|                          |                           /-----Henry Of Brechin, Lord Of Brechin
|                          |                  /-----Sir William Of Brechin, Lord Of Brechin
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Ralph De CORNHILL
|                          |                 |         \-----Julian De CORNHILL
|                          |                 |                  \-----Delicia (Alice) De HASTINGS
|                          |         /-----Sir David Of Brechin, Lord Of Brechin
|                          |        |        |                  /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|                          |        |        |         /-----Alexander COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
|                          |        |         \-----Elena COMYN
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Roger De QUINCY, Earl Of Winchester
|                          |        |                  \-----Elizabeth De QUINCY
|                          |        |                           \-----Helen Of Galloway
|                           \-----Margaret Of Brechin
|                                   |                           /-----Alexander De BONKYL
|                                   |                  /-----Adam De Bonkyl
|                                   |         /-----Alexander De Bonkyl
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Richard COMYN
|                                   |        |         \-----(Unk) COMYN
|                                    \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
|                                            |                  /-----Sir Parick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
|                                            |         /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
|                                            |        |         \-----Euphemia
|                                             \-----Christiana DUNBAR
|                                                     |         /-----John FITZ ROBERT, MC Surety
|                                                      \-----Cecilia
|                                                               \-----Ada De BALIOL
Margaret SETON
|                                             /-----Adam Of Gordon
|                                    /-----Sir Adam GORDON
|                                   |         \-----Marjory
|                           /-----Sir Adam GORDON
|                          |         \-----Amabilia
|                  /-----Sir John GORDON
|         /-----Sir Adam GORDON
|        |         \-----Elizabeth
\-----Elizabeth GORDON
         |                                                      /-----Sir John De KEITH
         |                                             /-----Sir William De KEITH
         |                                            |         \-----Margaret COMYN
         |                                    /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |                                   |        |         /-----Adam De SETON
         |                                   |         \-----Barbara De SETON
         |                           /-----Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |                          |        |                  /-----Andrew De SYNTON
         |                          |        |         /-----Alexander De SYNTON
         |                          |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
         |                          |                  \-----Maria
         |                  /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |         /-----Sir John KEITH
         |        |        |                                    /-----Richard FRASER
         |        |        |                           /-----Sir Andrew FRASER
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander FRASER, Lord Great Chamberlain Of Scotla
         |        |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) Le CHEN
         |        |        |         /-----John FRASER
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Reginald Le CHEYNE
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Reginald Le CHEYNE
         |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) Le CHEYNE
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Freskin De MORAVIA
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Mary De MORAVIA
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Johanna Lady Of Strathnaver
         |        |         \-----Margaret FRASER
          \-----Elizabeth KEITH
                  |                                             /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |                                    /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |                                   |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
                  |                           /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |                          |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
                  |                          |         \-----Joanna
                  |                          |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
                  |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Richard De BURGH, Lord of Connaught
                  |                 |        |         /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Egidia (Jill) De LACY
                  |                 |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John FITZ GEOFFREY
                  |                 |                  \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
                  |                 |                           \-----Isabel BIGOD
                  |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                  |        |        |                           /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Baron Of Writtle
                  |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De CLARE
                  |        |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Neil Earl Of Carrick, Regent Of Scotland
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
                  |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabella
                  |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
                  |        |                 |                  /-----William Earl Of Mar
                  |        |                 |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth COMYN
                  |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
                  |        |                           \-----Helen
                   \-----Jean STEWART
                           |                                    /-----Sir Gilchrist MURE
                           |                           /-----Archibald MURE
                           |                          |         \-----Isabel COMYN
                           |                  /-----William MURE
                           |                 |        |         /-----John MONTGOMERY
                           |                 |         \-----Margaret MONTGOMERY
                           |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
                           |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
                            \-----Elizabeth MURE
                                    |                           /-----Harvey De CUNNINGHAM
                                    |                  /-----Edward CUNNINGHAM
                                    |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
                                    |        |        |         /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
                                    |        |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
                                    |        |                  \-----Joanna
                                     \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
                                              \-----Elen De KALENTIR

Descendants of Margaret SETON

1. Margaret SETON m1. James DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray m2. Sir Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Mar

m. James DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray father: Thomas DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray mother: Margaret

2+ Janet DUNBAR m1. James CRICHTON, Lord Crichton m2. James SUTHERLAND

3+ Elizabeth DUNBAR m1. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Moray m2. Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley m3. Sir John COLQUHOUN

m. Sir Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Mar father: Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Buchan

2nd generation

2. Janet DUNBAR m1. James CRICHTON, Lord Crichton m2. James SUTHERLAND

m. James CRICHTON, Lord Crichton father: William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton mother: Agnes

4+ William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton m1. Margaret STEWART m2. Marion LIVINGSTON

5+ Gavin CRICHTON m. Margaret COCKBURN

6 George CRICHTON

m. James SUTHERLAND

7 Alexander SUTHERLAND

3. Elizabeth DUNBAR m1. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Moray m2. Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley m3. Sir John COLQUHOUN

m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Moray father: James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas mother: Beatrice SINCLAIR

8 James DOUGLAS

9 Janet DOUGLAS

m. Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley father: Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley mother: Elizabeth CRICHTON

m. Sir John COLQUHOUN father: Malcolm COLQUHOUN

3rd generation

4. William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton m1. Margaret STEWART m2. Marion LIVINGSTON

m. Margaret STEWART father: James II King Of Scots mother: Marie Of Gueldres

10+ Sir James CRICHTON m. Catherine BORTHWICK

11+ Margaret CRICHTON m1. Patrick PANTER m2. William TODRIG m3. George HALKERSTON m4. George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes m5. George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes

m. Marion LIVINGSTON father: James LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston mother: Marian

5. Gavin CRICHTON m. Margaret COCKBURN

m. Margaret COCKBURN

12 James CRICHTON

13 William CRICHTON

4th generation

10. Sir James CRICHTON m. Catherine BORTHWICK

m. Catherine BORTHWICK father: William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick mother: Margaret HAY

14+ Margaret CRICHTON m. John ROBERTSON

11. Margaret CRICHTON m1. Patrick PANTER m2. William TODRIG m3. George HALKERSTON m4. George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes m5. George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes

m. Patrick PANTER

15 David PANTER

m. William TODRIG

m. George HALKERSTON

16 James HALKERSTON

m. George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes father: William LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes mother: Jonet BALFOUR

17 Norman LESLIE, Master Of Rothes m. Isabel LINDSAY; Isabel LINDSAY father: John LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres mother: Helen STEWART

18 William LESLIE

19 Robert LESLIE m. Janet ELPHINSTONE; Janet ELPHINSTONE father: Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone mother: Katherine ERSKINE

20 Janet LESLIE m1. David CRICHTON m2. John GRANT m3. James ELPHINSTONE

21 Margaret LESLIE m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus; Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus father: David DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus mother: Margaret HAMILTON

22+ Helen LESLIE m1. Gilbert SETON m2. Mark KERR

m. George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes father: William LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes mother: Jonet BALFOUR

5th generation

14. Margaret CRICHTON m. John ROBERTSON

m. John ROBERTSON

23+ Gilbert ROBERTSON m. Janet REID

22. Helen LESLIE m1. Gilbert SETON m2. Mark KERR

m. Gilbert SETON

24+ Catherine KERR m. William MAXWELL, Lord Herries

25 William KERR m. Jean JOHNSTONE; Jean JOHNSTONE father: James JOHNSTON mother: Margaret HAMILTON

26+ Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian m. Margaret MAXWELL