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. William SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville Birth: Abt 1400 Death: 20 Aug 1456 in Crowthally Castle, co Lanark
  2. Thomas SOMERVILLE Birth: 2
  3. Mary SOMERVILLE
  4. Giles SOMERVILLE

Marriage:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Margaret SOMERVILLE Birth: Abt 1415

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 12-1, Skelmersdale-Towton. London: St Catherine Press, 1953. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XII/1 [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Ravilious, John, Stewart, Earl of Galloway. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 4/27/2005. Subject: SP Correction: Ancestry of Stewart, Earl of Galloway. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/bYXhgAwGE4w/m/hTQ4a2Y-9_8J. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 4/27/2005-211251].
  4. MacEwen, Andrew B W, Some Notes on the Keith and Gordon Pedigrees, in Brook, Lindsay, Studies in Genealogy and Family History in Tribute to Charles Evans on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday. Salt Lake City: Association for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy, 1989. NYPL APB 91-4605. My copy was from https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/503782 (but it is no longer available there). Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MacEwen Keith p[0-9]*].
  5. 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]*].
  6. 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]*].
  7. 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]*].
  8. 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 VIII p[0-9]*].
  9. Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, Medieval Heritage: The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England, The Genealogist, 2:157-68, 3:25-44, 3:175-94, 4:144-58, 5:64-72, 5:226-39, 6:100-3, 6:148-65, 7-8:137-43, 9:40-4, 10:73-85, 11:63-72, 11:184-93, 12:83-90, 12:250-6, 13:92-9, 13:252-6, 14:81-4, 14:207-10, 15:99-103, 15:220-4, 16:93-8, 16:227-31, 17:61-4, 17:250-5, 18:123-7, 18:228-31, 19:62-8, 19:251-5, 20:85-8, 20:184-90, 21:71-5, 21:250-4, 22:101-6, 22:186-91, 23:73-9, 23:203-8, 24:110-27, 24:239-54, 25:56-73, 25:214-32, 26:77-101, 26:202-26, 27:189, 28:90, 33:300. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Reprinted, with further corrections, as Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England: A Medieval Heritage. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton & Gunn, 2012. NYPL ARF 13-5787. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v[0-9]*-[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1370 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p635, SP VIII p7]
first son [Ref: SP VIII p6],
parents:
[Ref: SP VIII p6],
father:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p635]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p92, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p635, SP VIII p8]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p635, SP VIII p9]
Sources with Information about marriage to Janet STEWART
date:
before Jul 1391 [Ref: CP XII/1 p92(d), SP VIII p9],
names:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1145, John Ravilious SGM 4/27/2005-211251, Thompson CharlesII v23-74],
child:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p92, SP VIII p9]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary SINCLAIR
date:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p92(d)],
names:
[Ref: SP VI p570, SP VIII p9]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth KEITH
date:
disp 2 Nov 1411 [Ref: CP XII/1 p92(d), Richardson RoyalAnc v1p635, SP VI p38, SP VIII p9]
disp 2 Nov 1411, as second marriage of Elizabeth [Ref: MacEwen Keith p179]
third marriage of Elizabeth [Ref: Burke Peerage p1055, SP IV p517],
child:
[Ref: MacEwen Keith p179]
Research Notes:
Knt, of Linton and Carnwash [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p635]
Lord of Carnwath [Ref: SP IV p517]
of Linton and Carnwath [Ref: SP VIII p7]
of Carnwath [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 4/27/2005-211251, SP VI p38, SP VI p570]

heir of his father [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p635]

1421: Baille to Archibald Douglas, Earl of Douglas [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p635]

Justiciary south of the Forth [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p635]



Pedigree of Sir Thomas SOMERVILLE
                                                       /-----William De SOMERVILLE
                                              /-----William De SOMERVILLE
                                     /-----William De SOMERVILLE
                            /-----William De SOMERVILLE
                   /-----Sir Thomas De SOMERVILLE
                  |        |         /-----Walter De NEWBIGGING
                  |         \-----Margaret De NEWBIGGING
          /-----Sir Thomas SOMERVILLE
 /-----Sir William SOMERVILLE
|        |                                             /-----William DOUGLAS
|        |                                    /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
|        |                                   |        |         /-----(Unk) Of Kerdal
|        |                                   |         \-----(Unk) Of Kerdal
|        |                           /-----Sir Andrew DOUGLAS
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir John CRAWFORD
|        |                          |         \-----Margaret CRAWFORD
|        |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
|        |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|         \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|                  \-----Joan
Sir Thomas SOMERVILLE
 \-----Katherine HALLIDAY



Descendants of Sir Thomas SOMERVILLE
1. Sir Thomas SOMERVILLE m1. Janet STEWART m2. Mary SINCLAIR m3. Elizabeth KEITH
m. Janet STEWART father: Alexander STEWART mother: Joanna
m. Mary SINCLAIR father: Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney mother: Jean HALYBURTON
m. Elizabeth KEITH father: Sir John KEITH mother: Jean STEWART

2nd generation

2. William SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville m. Janet MOWAT
m. Janet MOWAT father: Sir John MOWAT
6. Margaret SOMERVILLE m1. Sir Roger KIRKPATRICK m2. Sir Thomas KER
m. Sir Roger KIRKPATRICK father: Winifred KIRKPATRICK
m. Sir Thomas KER

3rd generation

9. John SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville m1. Helen HEPBURN m2. Marion BAILLIE
m. Helen HEPBURN father: Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes mother: Janet BORTHWICK
m. Marion BAILLIE father: Sir William BAILLIE
10. Thomas SOMERVILLE m. Elizabeth De AIRTH
m. Elizabeth De AIRTH father: Sir William De AIRTH
11. Isabel KIRKPATRICK m. Roger GRIERSON
m. Roger GRIERSON father: Vedast GRIERSON mother: Isabel DALRYMPLE
12. Sir Thomas KIRKPATRICK m. Mariot MAXWELL
m. Mariot MAXWELL father: Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell mother: Catherine SETON

4th generation

14. William SOMERVILLE, Master Of Somerville m1. Marjory MONTGOMERIE m2. Janet DOUGLAS
m. Marjory MONTGOMERIE father: Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie mother: Catherine KENNEDY
m. Janet DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS mother: Elizabeth CRICHTON
15. Elizabeth SOMERVILE m. Archibald CAMPBELL, Master Of Campbell
m. Archibald CAMPBELL, Master Of Campbell father: Sir Duncan CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell mother: Marjory STEWART
21. Sir John SOMERVILLE m. Elizabeth CARMICHAEL
m. Elizabeth CARMICHAEL father: John CARMICHAEL mother: Isabel SIBBALD
23. David SOMERVILLE m. Christina HEPBURN
m. Christina HEPBURN
25. Roger GRIERSON m. Agnes DOUGLAS
m. Agnes DOUGLAS father: Sir William DOUGLAS mother: Elizabeth GORDON
28. Elizabeth GRIERSON m. Henry KIRKPATRICK
m. Henry KIRKPATRICK father: Sir Thomas KIRKPATRICK mother: Mariot MAXWELL
29. Sir Thomas KIRKPATRICK m. Margaret SINCLAIR
m. Margaret SINCLAIR
30. Henry KIRKPATRICK m. Elizabeth GRIERSON
m. Elizabeth GRIERSON father: Roger GRIERSON mother: Isabel KIRKPATRICK

5th generation

32. Hugh SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville m1. Anna HAMILTON m2. Janet MAITLAND
m. Anna HAMILTON father: James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran mother: Mary BOYD
m. Janet MAITLAND father: William MAITLAND mother: Margaret SETON
34. Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll m. Elizabeth STEWART
m. Elizabeth STEWART father: John STEWART, Lord Lorn mother: Fingula Of The Isles
38. Sir John SOMERVILLE m1. Janet HEPBURN m2. Margaret GRAHAM
m. Janet HEPBURN father: Sir Adam HEPBURN mother: Elizabeth OGSTOUN
m. Margaret GRAHAM father: William GRAHAM, Lord Graham, Earl Of Montrose mother: Janet EDMONSTOUN
41. Cuthbert GRIERSON m. Isabel ALLENTON
m. Isabel ALLENTON