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. Beatrix ABERNETHY
  2. Agnes ABERNETHY
  3. William ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy Birth: 1 Death: Dec 1543
  4. Laurence ABERNETHY Birth: 2
  5. John ABERNETHY Birth: 3 Death: 14 Nov 1581
  6. Thomas ABERNETHY Birth: 4
  7. William ABERNETHY Birth: 5

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 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].*].
  3. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[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 II 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 IV p[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 VII p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
father:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1778, CP XI p416, Roberts RD600 p133, SP VII p408]
Sources for death Information
date:
Jun 1527 [Ref: Burke Peerage p1779, SP VII p409]
before 25 Jul 1527 [Ref: CP XI p416]
Sources with Information about marriage to (Unk) STEWART
names:
Alexander ABERNETHY & dau James STEWART Earl of Buchan [Ref: Burke Peerage p1779, CP XI p416, CP XI p417, Roberts RD600 p133, SP II p267 (with corr in IX p47), SP VII p410],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1779, CP XI p417, Roberts RD600 p133, SP VII p410]
Research Notes:
4th Lord Saltoun of Abernethy, of Barony cr 1445 [Ref: CP XI p416]
4th Lord Saltoun of Abernethy [Ref: Burke Peerage p1778, Roberts RD600 p133]

heir of his father [Ref: CP XI p416]



Pedigree of Alexander ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy
                                                                /-----William De ABERNETHY
                                                       /-----William De ABERNETHY
                                              /-----George De ABERNETHY
                                     /-----George De ABERNETHY
                                    |        |         /-----William WISHART
                                    |         \-----Alicia WISHART
                            /-----Sir William ABERNETHY
                   /-----Sir William ABERNETHY
                  |        |                                    /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |                          |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
                  |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
                  |        |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
                  |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----William MURE
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
                  |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
                  |        |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
                  |        |        |                           \-----Elen De KALENTIR
                  |         \-----Maria STEWART
                  |                 |                           /-----David GRAHAM
                  |                 |                  /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Agnes NOBLE
                  |                 |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
                  |                 |        |         \-----Annabelle Of Strathearn
                  |                 |        |                  \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
                  |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
                  |                          |                  /-----Alexander De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
                  |                          |         /-----Alan De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
                  |                          |        |         \-----Matilda
                  |                           \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
                  |                                   |         /-----Colban MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife
                  |                                    \-----Marjory
                  |                                             \-----Anna DURWARD
          /-----Laurence ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy
         |        |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
         |        |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Amicia
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----William De FENTON
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Alice De FENTON
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Cecilia BYSET
         |        |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
         |         \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
         |                  \-----(Unk)
 /-----James ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy
|         \-----Margaret
Alexander ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy



Descendants of Alexander ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy
1. Alexander ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy m. (Unk) STEWART
m. (Unk) STEWART father: Sir James STEWART, Earl Of Buchan mother: Margaret OGILVY

2nd generation

2. Beatrix ABERNETHY m. Alexander FORBES
m. Alexander FORBES father: John FORBES mother: Jean KEITH
4. William ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy m. Elizabeth HAY
m. Elizabeth HAY father: William HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Christian LYON

3rd generation

9. Marion FORBES m. Alexander GORDON
m. Alexander GORDON father: George GORDON mother: Katherine FORBES
10. Alexander FORBES m.
11. Elizabeth ABERNETHY m1. William MELDRUM m2. John LYON, Lord Glamis
m. William MELDRUM
m. John LYON, Lord Glamis father: John LYON, Lord Glamis mother: Janet KEITH
12. Alexander ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy m1. Alison KEITH m2. Jean JOHNSTONE
m. Alison KEITH father: William KEITH, Earl Marischal mother: Margaret KEITH
m. Jean JOHNSTONE father: James JOHNSTON mother: Margaret HAMILTON

4th generation

13. Sir James GORDON m1. Anna MERCER m2. Rebecca KEITH
m. Anna MERCER
m. Rebecca KEITH father: Andrew KEITH
14. Katherine GORDON m. Alexander BURNET
m. Alexander BURNET
15. John FORBES m. Christian OGILVY
m. Christian OGILVY father: Walter OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy of Deskford mother: Mary DOUGLAS
16. Jean LYON m1. Robert DOUGLAS, Master of Morton m2. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus m3. Alexander LINDSAY, Lord Spynie
m. Robert DOUGLAS, Master of Morton father: William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton mother: Agnes LESLIE
m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus father: David DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus mother: Margaret HAMILTON
m. Alexander LINDSAY, Lord Spynie father: David LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford mother: Margaret BETHUNE
17. Patrick LYON, Earl of Kinghorn m. Anne MURRAY
m. Anne MURRAY father: John MURRAY, Earl of Tullibardine mother: Catherine DRUMMOND
19. George ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy m. Margaret STEWART
m. Margaret STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl mother: Elizabeth GORDON

5th generation

20. Sir James GORDON m. Helen URQUHART
m. Helen URQUHART father: Walter URQUHART
26. Janet GORDON m. James CRICHTON
m. James CRICHTON
27. Robert BURNET m. Rachel JOHNSTON
m. Rachel JOHNSTON
28. Alexander FORBES, Lord Forbes of Pitsligo m. Jean KEITH
m. Jean KEITH father: William KEITH, Earl Marischal mother: Mary ERSKINE
29. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton m. Anne KEITH
m. Anne KEITH father: George KEITH, Earl Marischal mother: Margaret HOME
30. Anne LYON m. William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
m. William HAY, Earl Of Erroll father: Francis HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS
31. John LYON, Earl of Kinghorn m1. Margaret ERSKINE m2. Elizabeth MAULE
m. Margaret ERSKINE father: John ERSKINE, Earl Of Mar mother: Mary STEWART
m. Elizabeth MAULE father: Patrick MAULE, Earl of Panmure mother: Frances STANHOPE
32. Margaret ABERNETHY m. Alexander FRASER
m. Alexander FRASER