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. John SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville Birth: 1482 Death: Before 27 Oct 1522 in Cowthally Castle
  2. Hugh SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville Birth: Abt 1484 Death: Before 11 Nov 1549
  3. Mary SOMERVILLE

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. 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].*].
  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 V 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 VII 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 VIII p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p94, SP VII p117],
father:
[Ref: SP V p104, SP VIII p12]
Sources for death Information
date:
before 4 Oct 1512 [Ref: CP XII/1 p95]
Sources with Information about marriage to William SOMERVILLE, Master Of Somerville
date:
before 12 Oct 1478 [Ref: CP XII/1 p94]
between 1476 and 12 Oct 1478 [Ref: SP VII p117]
first marriage of Janet [Ref: SP V p104]
second marriage of William [Ref: SP VIII p12],
child:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p95, CP XII/1 p96, SP VIII p12]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sir Alexander GORDON
date:
second marriage of Alexander [Ref: SP V p104]
second marriage of Janet [Ref: CP XII/1 p95, SP VIII p12]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
names:
Sir John GORDON & Janet DOUGLAS [Ref: SP VII p117]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Janet DOUGLAS
                                                                /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
                                                       /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
                                                      |         \-----Constance
                                              /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent Of Scotland
                                             |        |         /-----Matthew De LOUVAINE, Baron Of Little Easton
                                             |         \-----Eleanor LOVAINE
                                             |                  \-----Helisant
                                     /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
                                    |        |        |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
                                    |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
                                    |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
                                    |                           \-----(Unk) STEWART
                            /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                           |        |                           /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
                           |        |                  /-----Gratney Earl Of Mar
                           |        |                 |         \-----Helen
                           |        |         /-----Donald Earl Of Mar
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
                           |        |        |         \-----Christian BRUCE
                           |        |        |                  \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
                           |         \-----Margaret Countess Of Mar
                           |                 |                  /-----Sir John STEWART
                           |                 |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
                           |                 |        |         \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
                           |                  \-----Isabel STEWART
                           |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas RANDOLPH
                           |                           \-----(Unk) RANDOLPH
                           |                                    \-----Isabella De KILCONQUHAR
                   /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
          /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
         |         \-----Joanna MURRAY
 /-----William DOUGLAS
|        |                                                      /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
|        |                                             /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
|        |                                    /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
|        |                           /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
|        |                  /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
|        |                 |         \-----Christian
|        |         /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
|         \-----Janet De MAXWELL
|                 |                                             /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |                                    /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |                                   |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
|                 |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
|                 |                          |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|                 |                          |         \-----Joanna
|                 |                          |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
|                 |                  /-----Sir Walter STEWART, Lord Of Dalswinton
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Adam De Bonkyl
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Alexander De Bonkyl
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----(Unk) COMYN
|                 |                 |         \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
|                 |                 |                  \-----Christiana DUNBAR
|                 |                 |                           \-----Cecilia
|                 |         /-----John STEWART
|                  \-----Katherine STEWART
Janet DOUGLAS
|                                    /-----Alexander De CRICHTON
|                           /-----William De CRICHTON
|                  /-----Edward De CRICHTON
|                 |        |                                    /-----Robert De ROS, Magna Charta Surety
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Baron Of Wark
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Isabel Of Scotland
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Baron Of Wark
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Lord Ros Of Wark
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Peter I De BRUS, Baron Of Skelton
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Peter II De BRUS, Baron Of Skelton
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Joan De Chester
|                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret De BRUS
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Gilbert FITZROGER FITZREINFRID, Lord Of Kendal
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Hawise De LANCASTER
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Helwise De LANCASTER, Baroness Of Kendal
|                 |         \-----Isabel De ROS
|                 |                  \-----Laura
|         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
 \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
         |         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
          \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE



Descendants of Janet DOUGLAS
1. Janet DOUGLAS m1. William SOMERVILLE, Master Of Somerville m2. Sir Alexander GORDON
m. William SOMERVILLE, Master Of Somerville father: John SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville mother: Helen HEPBURN
m. Sir Alexander GORDON father: Sir John GORDON mother: Annabella BOYD

2nd generation

3. 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

3rd generation

5. Margaret SOMERVILLE m. Charles MURRAY
m. Charles MURRAY

4th generation

7. Nicolas MURRAY m. Robert MAXWELL
m. Robert MAXWELL

5th generation

9. James MAXWELL, Earl of Dirletoun m. Elizabeth Besyne De PODOLSKO
m. Elizabeth Besyne De PODOLSKO