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 MAXWELL Death: 31 Jan 1593/4
  2. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell Death: 13 Sep 1552 in Dumfries
  3. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries Birth: Abt 1512 Death: 20 Jan 1582/3 in Edinburgh

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 01 A-Basing. London: St Catherine Press, 1910. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 1 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo01coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP I [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 06 Gordon-Huntley. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VI [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 08, Lindley-Moate. London: St Catherine Press, 1932. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VIII [Ap][p0-9].*].
  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 VI 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
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1642, CP VIII p594, SP VII p118],
father:
[Ref: CP I p158, SP VI p480]
Sources with Information about marriage to Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
date:
after 4 Jul 1509 [Ref: CP VIII p593]
between 4 Jul 1509 and the following Candlemas [Ref: SP VI p480]
contract 4 Jun 1509 [Ref: SP VII p118]
first marriage of Robert [Ref: CP I p158],
names:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1642],
child:
[Ref: CP I p158, CP VI p495, CP VIII p594, SP VI p481]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Janet DOUGLAS
                                                                /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent Of Scotland
                                                       /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                                                      |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
                                              /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                                             |        |         /-----Donald Earl Of Mar
                                             |         \-----Margaret Countess Of Mar
                                             |                  \-----Isabel STEWART
                                     /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
                            /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
                           |         \-----Joanna MURRAY
                   /-----William DOUGLAS
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
                  |        |                           /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
                  |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
                  |        |                 |         \-----Christian
                  |        |         /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
                  |         \-----Janet De MAXWELL
                  |                 |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
                  |                 |                  /-----Sir Walter STEWART, Lord Of Dalswinton
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
                  |                 |         /-----John STEWART
                  |                  \-----Katherine STEWART
          /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
         |        |                                    /-----Alexander De CRICHTON
         |        |                           /-----William De CRICHTON
         |        |                  /-----Edward De CRICHTON
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Baron Of Wark
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Lord Ros Of Wark
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret De BRUS
         |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De ROS
         |        |                 |                  \-----Laura
         |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
         |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
         |                 |         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
         |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
 /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |                                                      /-----Richard Le SCOT
|        |                                             /-----Robert SCOTT
|        |                                            |         \-----(Unk) MURTHOCKSTOUN
|        |                                    /-----Sir Walter SCOTT
|        |                           /-----Robert SCOTT
|        |                  /-----Sir Walter SCOTT
|        |         /-----David SCOTT
|        |        |         \-----Margaret COCKBURN
|         \-----Janet SCOTT
Janet DOUGLAS
|                                                               /-----Sir Adam GORDON
|                                                      /-----William GORDON
|                                                     |         \-----Amabilia
|                                             /-----Roger GORDON
|                                    /-----Sir Alexander GORDON
|                           /-----Roger GORDON
|                  /-----William GORDON
|         /-----Sir John GORDON
 \-----Elizabeth GORDON
          \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY



Descendants of Janet DOUGLAS
1. Janet DOUGLAS m. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
m. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell father: John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell mother: Agnes STEWART

2nd generation

2. Margaret MAXWELL m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus father: George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus mother: Elizabeth DRUMMOND
3. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Beatrice DOUGLAS
m. Beatrice DOUGLAS father: James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton mother: Catherine STEWART
4. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Agnes HERRIES
m. Agnes HERRIES father: William HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles mother: Katherine KENNEDY

3rd generation

7. John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS
m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS father: David DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus mother: Margaret HAMILTON
9. Sarah MAXWELL m1. Sir James JOHNSTON m2. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown m3. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Viscount Montgomery
m. Sir James JOHNSTON
m. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown father: John FLEMING, Lord Fleming mother: Elizabeth ROSS
m. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Viscount Montgomery father: Adam MONTGOMERY mother: Margaret MONTGOMERY
10. Margaret MAXWELL m. Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian
m. Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian father: Mark KERR mother: Helen LESLIE
11. William MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Catherine KERR
m. Catherine KERR father: Mark KERR mother: Helen LESLIE

4th generation

12. Elizabeth MAXWELL m. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries
m. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries father: William MAXWELL, Lord Herries mother: Catherine KERR
13. Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Elizabeth BEAUMONT
m. Elizabeth BEAUMONT father: Sir Francis BEAUMONT
14. James JOHNSTONE, Earl of Hartfell m1. Margaret DOUGLAS m2. Elizabeth JOHNSTON m3. Margaret HAMILTON
m. Margaret DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry mother: Isabel KER
m. Elizabeth JOHNSTON father: Sir Samuel JOHNSTON
m. Margaret HAMILTON father: Thomas HAMILTON, Earl of Haddington mother: Margaret FOULIS
15. Jean KERR m1. Robert BOYD m2. David LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford m3. Thomas HAMILTON
m. Robert BOYD father: Thomas BOYD, Lord Boyd mother: Margaret CAMPBELL
m. David LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford father: David LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford mother: Lilias DRUMMOND
m. Thomas HAMILTON
16. Janet KERR m. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
m. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn father: James CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn mother: Mariot CAMPBELL
17. Margaret KERR m1. James HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester m2. Sir Andrew KERR, Master of Jedburgh
m. James HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester father: William HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester mother: Margaret KERR
m. Sir Andrew KERR, Master of Jedburgh father: Andrew KER, Lord Jedburgh mother: Anne STEWART
18. Isabel KER m. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry
m. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry father: Sir James DOUGLAS mother: Mary FLEMING
19. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Elizabeth MAXWELL
m. Elizabeth MAXWELL father: John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS

5th generation

20. John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Elizabeth GORDON
m. Elizabeth GORDON father: Sir Robert GORDON mother: Isabel RUTHVEN
21. Elizabeth MAXWELL m. George SETON, Earl of Wintoun
m. George SETON, Earl of Wintoun father: Robert SETON, Earl of Wintoun mother: Margaret MONTGOMERY
23. James JOHNSTONE, Earl of Annandale m. Henrietta DOUGLAS
m. Henrietta DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas mother: Mary GORDON
24. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd m1. Margaret MONTGOMERIE m2. Christian HAMILTON
m. Margaret MONTGOMERIE father: Robert MONTGOMERIE mother: Jean CAMPBELL
m. Christian HAMILTON father: Thomas HAMILTON, Earl of Haddington mother: Margaret BORTHWICK
26. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m1. Anne OGILVY m2. Margaret MONTGOMERIE
m. Anne OGILVY father: James OGILVY, Earl of Findlater mother: Elizabeth LESLIE
m. Margaret MONTGOMERIE father: Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun mother: Anne LIVINGSTON
27. Margaret HAY m1. Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline m2. James LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Callendar
m. Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline father: George SETON, Lord Seton mother: Isabel HAMILTON
m. James LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Callendar father: Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Linlithgow mother: Eleanor HAY
28. John HAY, Earl of Tweeddale m1. Jean SETON m2. Margaret MONTGOMERIE
m. Jean SETON father: Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline mother: Grizel LESLIE
m. Margaret MONTGOMERIE father: Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun mother: Anne LIVINGSTON
29. James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry m1. Mary HAMILTON m2. Margaret STEWART
m. Mary HAMILTON father: James HAMILTON, Marquess of Hamilton mother: Anne CUNNINGHAM
m. Margaret STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl of Traquair mother: Catherine CARNEGIE
30. Sir William DOUGLAS m. Agnes FAWSIDE
m. Agnes FAWSIDE father: George FAWSIDE
31. Sir Archibald DOUGLAS m. Eleanor DAVIS
m. Eleanor DAVIS
32. Margaret DOUGLAS m. James JOHNSTONE, Earl of Hartfell
m. James JOHNSTONE, Earl of Hartfell father: Sir James JOHNSTON mother: Sarah MAXWELL