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. Humphrey COLQUHOUN Death: Abt 19 Aug 1493
  2. Margaret COLQUHOUN
  3. Robert COLQUHOUN

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. 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].*].
  2. Fraser, William, The chiefs of Colquhoun and their country, Edinburgh, Scotland: T and A Constable, 1869. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/131731. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p[0-9]*].
  3. 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]*].
  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 IV 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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
father:
[Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p32]
Sources for death Information
date:
1478 or 1479 [Ref: CP IX p178]
abt 1478 [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p33]
Sources with Information about marriage to (Unk) BOYD
date:
first marriage of John [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p33],
names:
John COLQUHOUN & ___ BOYD [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p33, Fraser COLQUHOUN p50],
child:
[Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p33, Fraser COLQUHOUN p50]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth DUNBAR
date:
before 1463 [Ref: SP VI p310]
before 26 Jul 1463 [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p50]
before Jul 1463 [Ref: SP IV p528]
second marriage of John [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p33]
seemingly between 10 Jul 1462 and 26 Jul 1463 [Ref: CP IX p178(c)]
third marriage of Elizabeth and second of John [Ref: CP IX p178],
names:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p632]
Research Notes:
9th Laird of Colquhoun and 11th Laird of Luss [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p33]
of Luss [Ref: SP IV p528, SP VI p310]



Pedigree of Sir John COLQUHOUN
                                                                /-----Umfridus De KILPATRICK and De COLQUHOUN
                                                       /-----Sir Robert De COLQUHOUN
                                              /-----Ingelramus De COLQUHOUN
                                     /-----Sir Humphrey De COLQUHOUN
                            /-----Sir Robert COLQUHOUN
                   /-----Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN
                  |        |                                    /-----Maurice De LUSS
                  |        |                           /-----Sir John De LUSS
                  |        |                          |         \-----Katherine COLPATRICK
                  |        |                  /-----Malcolm De LUSS
                  |        |         /-----Godfridus De LUSS
                  |         \-----(Unk) LUSS
          /-----Sir John COLQUHOUN
 /-----Malcolm COLQUHOUN
|        |                                             /-----Sir John ERSKINE
|        |                                    /-----John ERSKINE
|        |                           /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|        |                  /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk
|        |         /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
|        |        |        |                                    /-----William De LINDSAY
|        |        |        |                           /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----William De LINDSAY
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Walter De LINDSAY
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Alice De LANCASTER, Baroness Of Kendal
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Christian
|        |        |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
|        |        |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |        |                          |         /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
|        |        |                           \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |        |                                   |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|        |        |                                    \-----Joanna
|        |        |                                             \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
|         \-----Jean ERSKINE
|                 |                                             /-----Hervey De KEITH
|                 |                                    /-----Sir John De KEITH
|                 |                           /-----Sir William De KEITH
|                 |                          |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|                 |                          |         \-----Margaret COMYN
|                 |                          |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
|                 |                  /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Adam De SETON
|                 |                 |         \-----Barbara De SETON
|                 |         /-----Sir Edward De KEITH
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Sir Alexander De SYNTON
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Andrew De SYNTON
|                 |        |        |         /-----Alexander De SYNTON
|                 |        |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
|                 |        |                  \-----Maria
|                  \-----Janet KEITH
|                          |                                    /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
|                          |                           /-----Walter STEWART, Earl Of Menteith
|                          |                          |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
|                          |                  /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Maurice The Younger Earl Of Menteith
|                          |                 |         \-----Mary Of Menteith, Countess Of Menteith
|                          |         /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
|                           \-----Christian MENTEITH
|                                   |                           /-----William Earl Of Mar
|                                   |                  /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
|                                   |                 |         \-----Elizabeth COMYN
|                                   |         /-----Gratney Earl Of Mar
|                                   |        |         \-----Helen
|                                    \-----Elyne Of Mar
|                                            |                  /-----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 John COLQUHOUN



Descendants of Sir John COLQUHOUN
1. Sir John COLQUHOUN m1. (Unk) BOYD m2. Elizabeth DUNBAR
m. (Unk) BOYD
m. Elizabeth DUNBAR father: James DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray mother: Margaret SETON

2nd generation

2. Humphrey COLQUHOUN m1. Helen ERSKINE m2. Marion BAILLIE
m. Helen ERSKINE father: Thomas ERSKINE, Lord Erskine mother: Janet DOUGLAS
m. Marion BAILLIE father: Sir William BAILLIE

3rd generation

5. Sir John COLQUHOUN m1. Elizabeth STEWART m2. Margaret CUNNINGHAM
m. Elizabeth STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox mother: Margaret MONTGOMERIE
m. Margaret CUNNINGHAM

4th generation

12. Humphrey COLQUHOUN m. Helen GRAHAM
m. Helen GRAHAM father: William GRAHAM, Lord Graham, Earl Of Montrose mother: Annabel DRUMMOND

5th generation

15. Sir John COLQUHOUN m1. Christian ERSKINE m2. Agnes BOYD
m. Christian ERSKINE father: Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine mother: Isabel CAMPBELL
m. Agnes BOYD father: Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd mother: Helen SOMERVILLE