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 RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven Death: After 12 Jul 1528

Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 11, Ridley-Sinclair. London: St Catherine Press, 1949. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/27141 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XI [Ap][p0-9].*].
  2. 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 II p[0-9]*].
  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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
father:
[Ref: CP XI p210, SP II p589, SP IV p257]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sir Patrick RUTHVEN
names:
Sir Patrick RUTHVEN & dau Sir Thomas CRANSTON [Ref: CP XI p245, SP II p589, SP IV p257],
child:
[Ref: CP XI p245, SP II p589, SP IV p257]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of (Unk) CRANSTON
                                              /-----Andrew De CRANSTOUN
                                     /-----Randulphus De CRANSTOUN
                            /-----John De CRANSTON
                   /-----Thomas De CRANSTON
          /-----William De CRANSTON
 /-----Sir Thomas CRANSTON
(Unk) CRANSTON



Descendants of (Unk) CRANSTON
1. (Unk) CRANSTON m. Sir Patrick RUTHVEN
m. Sir Patrick RUTHVEN father: Sir John RUTHVEN

2nd generation

2. William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven m1. Isabel LEVINGTON m2. Christian FORBES
m. Isabel LEVINGTON
m. Christian FORBES father: William FORBES, Lord Forbes mother: Christian GORDON

3rd generation

3. William RUTHVEN, Master Of Ruthven m1. Catherine BUTTERGASK m2. Jean HEPBURNE
m. Catherine BUTTERGASK
m. Jean HEPBURNE father: Alexander HEPBURN mother: Janet NAPIER
4. John RUTHVEN m. Libra LIVINGSTON
m. Libra LIVINGSTON
5. Margaret RUTHVEN m1. Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Buchan m2. Sir John ERSKINE m3. James STEWART m4. William WOOD
m. Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Buchan father: Sir James STEWART, Earl Of Buchan mother: Margaret OGILVY
m. Sir John ERSKINE
m. James STEWART
m. William WOOD
6. Elizabeth RUTHVEN m1. William HAY, Earl Of Erroll m2. Ninian ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead
m. William HAY, Earl Of Erroll father: William HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Christian LYON
m. Ninian ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead father: John ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead mother: Christian EDMONSTONE

4th generation

9. William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven m. Janet HALYBURTON, Baroness Dirletoun
m. Janet HALYBURTON, Baroness Dirletoun father: Patrick HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun mother: Margaret DOUGLAS
11. John STEWART, Earl Of Buchan m. Margaret SCRYMGEOUR
m. Margaret SCRYMGEOUR father: Sir James SCRYMGEOUR mother: Isobel GRAY
15. William HAY, Earl Of Erroll m. Helen STEWART
m. Helen STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox mother: Elizabeth STEWART

5th generation

16. Katherine RUTHVEN m. Colin CAMPBELL
m. Colin CAMPBELL father: Sir Colin CAMPBELL mother: Marjory STEWART
17. Lilian RUTHVEN m. David DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
m. David DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond father: Walter DRUMMOND mother: Elizabeth GRAHAM
18. Barbara RUTHVEN m. Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray
m. Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray father: Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray mother: Marion OGILVY
19. Patrick RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven m1. Janet DOUGLAS m2. Janet STEWART
m. Janet DOUGLAS father: Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
m. Janet STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl mother: Janet CAMPBELL
20. James STEWART, Master of Buchan m.
21. Jean HAY m1. Andrew HAY, Earl Of Erroll m2. Alexander GORDON
m. Andrew HAY, Earl Of Erroll father: George HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Margaret ROBERTSON
m. Alexander GORDON father: George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley mother: Anne HAMILTON