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 Alexander GORDON Birth: 1 Death: 9 Sep 1513 in Flodden

Marriage: Children:
  1. Sir Robert GORDON Birth: 2 Death: 1525
  2. William GORDON Birth: 3
  3. John GORDON Birth: 4
  4. David GORDON Birth: 5 Death: After 24 Mar 1538/9
  5. Janet GORDON
  6. Margaret GORDON
  7. Annabel GORDON
  8. Elizabeth GORDON

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 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].*].
  3. 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].*].
  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 V 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 VII p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
first son [Ref: SP V p101],
father:
[Ref: SP V p101]
Sources for death Information
date:
after May 1517 [Ref: SP V p146]
living 11 May 1517 [Ref: SP V p102]
Sources with Information about marriage to Annabella BOYD
date:
first marriage of John [Ref: SP V p102, SP V p146],
child:
[Ref: SP V p102]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth LINDSAY
date:
before 19 May 1489 [Ref: SP V p104],
child:
[Ref: SP V p104, SP V p105 (with corr in IX p117), SP V p105]
Research Notes:
of Lochinvar [Ref: SP V p101, SP VII p118]



Pedigree of Sir John GORDON
                                                       /-----Adam Of Gordon
                                              /-----Sir Adam GORDON
                                             |         \-----Marjory
                                     /-----William GORDON
                                    |         \-----Amabilia
                            /-----Roger GORDON
                   /-----Sir Alexander GORDON
          /-----Roger GORDON
 /-----William GORDON
Sir John GORDON



Descendants of Sir John GORDON
1. Sir John GORDON m1. Annabella BOYD m2. Elizabeth LINDSAY
m. Annabella BOYD father: Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd mother: Mariot MAXWELL
m. Elizabeth LINDSAY

2nd generation

2. Sir Alexander GORDON m1. Janet KENNEDY m2. Janet DOUGLAS m3. Elizabeth STEWART
m. Janet KENNEDY father: John KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy mother: Elizabeth GORDON, Countess Of Erroll
m. Janet DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS mother: Elizabeth CRICHTON
m. Elizabeth STEWART
3. Sir Robert GORDON m. Mariota ACARSANE
m. Mariota ACARSANE father: John ACARSANE mother: Isabella VAUS
7. Janet GORDON m1. Alexander STEWART m2. Sir William KEITH
m. Alexander STEWART father: Sir Alexander STEWART mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS
m. Sir William KEITH
10. Elizabeth GORDON m. Sir William DOUGLAS
m. Sir William DOUGLAS father: Sir James DOUGLAS mother: Janet SCOTT

3rd generation

11. Janet GORDON m1. Lachlan MACKINTOSH m2. James OGILVY
m. Lachlan MACKINTOSH
m. James OGILVY father: Alexander OGILVY mother: Jonet ABERNETHY
17. 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
19. Janet DOUGLAS m. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
m. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell father: John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell mother: Agnes STEWART
20. Agnes DOUGLAS m1. Andrew CUNNINGHAM m2. Roger GRIERSON
m. Andrew CUNNINGHAM
m. Roger GRIERSON father: Roger GRIERSON mother: Isabel KIRKPATRICK

4th generation

21. William MACKINTOSH m. Margaret OGILBY
m. Margaret OGILBY
22. 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
23. Margaret MAXWELL m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus father: George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus mother: Elizabeth DRUMMOND
24. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Beatrice DOUGLAS
m. Beatrice DOUGLAS father: James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton mother: Catherine STEWART
25. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Agnes HERRIES
m. Agnes HERRIES father: William HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles mother: Katherine KENNEDY
26. Cuthbert GRIERSON m. Isabel ALLENTON
m. Isabel ALLENTON

5th generation

29. Lachlan MACKINTOSH m. Agnes MacKENZIE
m. Agnes MacKENZIE father: Sir Kenneth MacKENZIE mother: Elizabeth STEWART
31. John GRAHAM, Earl of Menteith m. Mary CAMPBELL
m. Mary CAMPBELL father: Colin CAMPBELL mother: Katherine RUTHVEN
34. John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS
m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS father: David DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus mother: Margaret HAMILTON
36. 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
37. Margaret MAXWELL m. Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian
m. Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian father: Mark KERR mother: Helen LESLIE
38. William MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Catherine KERR
m. Catherine KERR father: Mark KERR mother: Helen LESLIE