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. Margaret STEWART

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. 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]*].
  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 II 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]*].
  5. 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
father:
[Ref: SP VII p159, Thompson CharlesII v24-117],
brother:
Farquhar Mac Iye, physician to King Robert II [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v13-93]
Sources with Information about marriage to Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Buchan
date:
concubine [Ref: CP XII/1 p545, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p626]
handfasted [Ref: SP VII p159]
mistress [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v13-93]
reprimanded and excommunicated 2 Nov 1389 [Ref: SP II p262],
child:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p545, Thompson CharlesII v13-93]
Research Notes:
name shown as "Mariota filia Athyn" but without showing father [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v13-93]

handfasted to the Earl but never married to him [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v13-93]



Pedigree of Mariot ATHYN
                            /-----Iye MacETH
                   /-----Iye Mor MacETH
                  |        |         /-----Walter De BALTRODI, Bishop Of Caithness
                  |         \-----(Unk) De BALTRODI
          /-----Donald MacETH
 /-----Iye MacETH
|        |         /-----Iye MacNEIL
|         \-----(Unk) MacNEIL
Mariot ATHYN



Descendants of Mariot ATHYN
1. Mariot ATHYN m. Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Buchan
m. Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Buchan father: Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots mother: Elizabeth MURE

2nd generation

2. Margaret STEWART m. Robert SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
m. Robert SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland father: William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland mother: Joan De MONTEITH

3rd generation

3. John SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland m1. Helen SINCLAIR m2. Margaret BAILLIE
m. Helen SINCLAIR father: Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney mother: Jill DOUGLAS
m. Margaret BAILLIE father: Sir William BAILLIE mother: Marion SETON
4. Alexander SUTHERLAND m1. Mariota Of Ila m2. Margaret MacLEOD m3. Catherine CHALMER
m. Mariota Of Ila father: Sir Donald Lord Of The Isles mother: Mary LESLIE, Countess Of Ross
m. Margaret MacLEOD
m. Catherine CHALMER

4th generation

6. John SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland m1. m2. Fingole CALDER m3. Catherine
m. Fingole CALDER father: Sir William CALDER
m. Catherine
9. Janet SUTHERLAND m. Alexander DUNBAR
m. Alexander DUNBAR father: Sir Alexander DUNBAR mother: Isobella SUTHERLAND
18. Marjorie SUTHERLAND m. William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
m. William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness father: Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney mother: Jill DOUGLAS

5th generation

20. Elizabeth SUTHERLAND, Countess Of Sutherland m. Adam GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland
m. Adam GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland father: Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley mother: Elizabeth HAY
25. William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Caithness m1. Margaret KEITH m2.
m. Margaret KEITH father: Sir Gilbert KEITH mother: Janet GRAHAM
30. Catherine SINCLAIR m. Alexander STEWART, Duke Of Albany
m. Alexander STEWART, Duke Of Albany father: James II King Of Scots mother: Marie Of Gueldres
31. Eleanor SINCLAIR m. Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
m. Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl father: Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn mother: Joan De BEAUFORT