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. Sir James DOUGLAS Birth: 1 Death: 1498
  2. Archibald DOUGLAS Birth: 2 Death: Before Sep 1499
  3. Robert DOUGLAS Birth: 3 Death: After 9 Aug 1488
  4. John DOUGLAS Birth: 4 Death: After 1499
  5. Hugh DOUGLAS Birth: 5
  6. Margaret DOUGLAS
  7. Janet DOUGLAS Death: Before 4 Oct 1512
  8. Elizabeth DOUGLAS

Marriage:
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 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 III 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 VII p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
eldest daughter [Ref: SP VII p116],
parents:
[Ref: SP III p222],
father:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p94, SP II p543 (with corr in IX p59), SP VII p116]
Sources for death Information
date:
living Oct 1539 [Ref: SP II p543, SP VII p116]
Sources with Information about marriage to William DOUGLAS
date:
before 7 Jun 1482 [Ref: SP III p222]
first marriage of Elizabeth [Ref: SP II p543 (with corr in IX p59)],
child:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p94, SP VII p116, SP VII p117 (with corr in IX p150), SP VII p117]
Sources with Information about marriage to James CAMPBELL
date:
second marriage of Elizabeth [Ref: SP II p543 (with corr in IX p59), SP VII p116]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sir William COLVILLE
date:
third marriage of Elizabeth [Ref: SP VII p116]
third marriage of both [Ref: SP II p543]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Elizabeth CRICHTON
                            /-----Alexander De CRICHTON
                   /-----William De CRICHTON
          /-----Edward De CRICHTON
         |        |                                             /-----Everhard De ROS, Baron Of Helmsley
         |        |                                    /-----Robert De ROS, Magna Charta Surety
         |        |                                   |         \-----Roysia TRUSSEBUT
         |        |                           /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Baron Of Wark
         |        |                          |        |         /-----William The Lion King Of Scots
         |        |                          |         \-----Isabel Of Scotland
         |        |                          |                  \-----Isabel AVERNAL
         |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Baron Of Wark
         |        |         /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Lord Ros Of Wark
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Adam II De BRUS, Baron Of Skelton
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Peter I De BRUS, Baron Of Skelton
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Juetta De ARCHES
         |        |        |        |         /-----Peter II De BRUS, Baron Of Skelton
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----John Fitz Richard, Constable Of Chester
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Joan De Chester
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Alice Fitz Roger
         |        |        |         \-----Margaret De BRUS
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Roger FITZREINFRID
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Gilbert FITZROGER FITZREINFRID, Lord Of Kendal
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Alice
         |        |        |                  \-----Hawise De LANCASTER
         |        |        |                          |         /-----William II De LANCASTER, Baron Of Kendal
         |        |        |                           \-----Helwise De LANCASTER, Baroness Of Kendal
         |        |        |                                    \-----Helwise De STUTEVILLE
         |         \-----Isabel De ROS
         |                  \-----Laura
 /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
Elizabeth CRICHTON
|         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
 \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE



Descendants of Elizabeth CRICHTON
1. Elizabeth CRICHTON m1. William DOUGLAS m2. James CAMPBELL m3. Sir William COLVILLE
m. William DOUGLAS father: Sir William DOUGLAS mother: Janet De MAXWELL
m. James CAMPBELL
m. Sir William COLVILLE father: Sir Robert COLVILLE mother: Eupheme WALLACE

2nd generation

2. Sir James DOUGLAS m. Janet SCOTT
m. Janet SCOTT father: David SCOTT
7. Margaret DOUGLAS m. John CATHCART, Lord Cathcart
m. John CATHCART, Lord Cathcart father: Alan CATHCART, Master Of Cathcart
8. 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

3rd generation

11. Sir William DOUGLAS m. Elizabeth GORDON
m. Elizabeth GORDON father: Sir John GORDON mother: Elizabeth LINDSAY
23. 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

4th generation

25. Sir James DOUGLAS m1. Margaret DOUGLAS m2. Christian MONTGOMERIE
m. Margaret DOUGLAS father: George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus mother: Elizabeth DRUMMOND
m. Christian MONTGOMERIE father: John MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Eglintoun mother: Elizabeth EDMONSTOUN
27. Janet DOUGLAS m. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
m. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell father: John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell mother: Agnes STEWART
28. Agnes DOUGLAS m1. Andrew CUNNINGHAM m2. Roger GRIERSON
m. Andrew CUNNINGHAM
m. Roger GRIERSON father: Roger GRIERSON mother: Isabel KIRKPATRICK
29. Margaret SOMERVILLE m. Charles MURRAY
m. Charles MURRAY

5th generation

31. Margaret DOUGLAS m1. Edward CRICHTON, Lord Crichton Of Sanquhar m2. William GRAHAM, Earl of Menteith m3. Robert WAUCHOPE
m. Edward CRICHTON, Lord Crichton Of Sanquhar father: William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton Of Sanquhar mother: Elizabeth FLEMING
m. William GRAHAM, Earl of Menteith father: John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith mother: Marion SETON
m. Robert WAUCHOPE
32. Margaret MAXWELL m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus father: George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus mother: Elizabeth DRUMMOND
33. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Beatrice DOUGLAS
m. Beatrice DOUGLAS father: James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton mother: Catherine STEWART
34. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Agnes HERRIES
m. Agnes HERRIES father: William HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles mother: Katherine KENNEDY
35. Cuthbert GRIERSON m. Isabel ALLENTON
m. Isabel ALLENTON
38. Nicolas MURRAY m. Robert MAXWELL
m. Robert MAXWELL