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:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Elizabeth LINDSAY Death: May 1585
  2. Sir David LINDSAY Birth: 1 Death: 1610
  3. John LINDSAY Birth: 2 Death: 1598
  4. Margaret LINDSAY Birth: 2 Death: After 16 Jun 1589

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 03 Canonteigh-Cutts. London: St Catherine Press, 1913. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 3 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo03coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP III [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 04 Dacre-Dysart. London: St Catherine Press, 1916. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 4 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo04byucoka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IV [Ap][p0-9].*].
  5. 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].*].
  6. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 10, Oakham-Richmond. London: St Catherine Press, 1945. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP X [Ap][p0-9].*].
  7. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 11, Ridley-Sinclair. London: St Catherine Press, 1949. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/27141 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XI [Ap][p0-9].*].
  8. 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]*].
  9. 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 IV p[0-9]*].
  10. 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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
first son [Ref: SP III p19],
parents:
Walter LINDSAY & an ERSKINE of Dun [Ref: SP III p19]
Walter LINDSAY & dau John ERSKINE [Ref: CP III p515],
father:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p501, CP III p511]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP VIII p186, SP III p28]
1558 [Ref: Burke Peerage p501, CP III p511],
place:
[Ref: SP III p28]
Sources with Information about marriage to Janet GRAY
date:
before 12 Jun 1535 [Ref: CP VIII p186]
before 1535 [Ref: SP IV p275, SP V p525]
first marriage of David [Ref: Burke Peerage p501]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
date:
before 12 Jun 1525 (sic) [Ref: SP III p28]
Sources with Information about marriage to Catherine CAMPBELL
date:
1549, as second marriage of David [Ref: Burke Peerage p501]
second marriage of Katherine [Ref: CP I p71 (with corr in XIV p14)]
second marriage of both [Ref: SP III p28],
child:
[Ref: CP I p314, CP III p514(c), CP IV p471]
Research Notes:
9th Earl of Crawford, of Earldom cr 1398 [Ref: CP III p514]
9th Earl of Crawford [Ref: Burke Peerage p501, CP III p511, CP VIII p186]

succeeded to Earldom as heir male after Alexander, Master of Crawford, was "incapable of succession as if attainted" [Ref: Burke Peerage p501]

with consent of Crown, re-conveyed the earldom to the son of the "Wicked Master", whom he brought up and educated [Ref: Burke Peerage p501]



Pedigree of David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                                                                /-----Sir David LINDSAY
                                                       /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
                                                      |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
                                              /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                                             |        |         /-----Sir John STIRLING
                                             |         \-----Catherine STIRLING
                                     /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                                    |        |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
                                    |        |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                                    |        |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
                                    |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                                    |                 |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                                    |                  \-----Euphemia Of Ross
                                    |                           \-----Margaret GRAHAM
                            /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                           |        |                           /-----Sir Alexander DUNBAR
                           |        |                  /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
                           |        |         /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Thomas RANDOLPH, Earl Of Moray
                           |        |        |         \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
                           |        |        |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
                           |         \-----Marjorie DUNBAR
                           |                  \-----Christiana WARDLAW
                   /-----Sir Walter LINDSAY
                  |        |                                    /-----Patrick De OGILVY
                  |        |                           /-----Walter De OGILVY
                  |        |                          |         \-----Marjorie RAMSAY
                  |        |                  /-----Sir Walter OGILVY
                  |        |         /-----Sir Alexander OGILVY
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Malcolm RAMSAY, Lord Of Auchterhouse
                  |        |        |         \-----Isabel RAMSAY
                  |         \-----Marjory OGILVIE
          /-----Sir David LINDSAY
         |         \-----Isabel LEVINGTON
 /-----Sir Walter LINDSAY
|        |         /-----Thomas FOTHERINGHAM
|         \-----Katherine FOTHERINGHAM
David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|         /-----John ERSKINE
 \-----(Unk) ERSKINE



Descendants of David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
1. David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford m1. Janet GRAY m2. Catherine CAMPBELL
m. Janet GRAY father: Patrick GRAY, Master Of Gray mother: Annabel FORBES
m. Catherine CAMPBELL father: Sir John CAMPBELL mother: Muriel CALDER

2nd generation

2. Elizabeth LINDSAY m. Patrick DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
m. Patrick DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond father: David DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond mother: Lilian RUTHVEN
4. John LINDSAY m. Marion GUTHRIE
m. Marion GUTHRIE father: Alexander GUTHRIE mother: Janet HENRYSON
5. Margaret LINDSAY m. John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
m. John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl father: James STEWART, Lord Innermeath mother: Helen OGILVY

3rd generation

6. Katherine DRUMMOND m. James LESLIE, Master Of Rothes
m. James LESLIE, Master Of Rothes father: Andrew LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes mother: Grizel HAMILTON
7. Elizabeth DRUMMOND m. Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone
m. Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone father: Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone mother: Jean LIVINGSTON
8. Lilias DRUMMOND m. Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline
m. Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline father: George SETON, Lord Seton mother: Isabel HAMILTON
9. Jean DRUMMOND m. Robert KER, Earl of Roxburghe
m. Robert KER, Earl of Roxburghe father: Sir William KERR mother: Janet DOUGLAS
10. James DRUMMOND, Earl of Perth m. Isabel SETON
m. Isabel SETON father: Robert SETON, Earl of Wintoun mother: Margaret MONTGOMERY
11. John DRUMMOND, Earl of Perth m. Jean KER
m. Jean KER father: Robert KER, Earl of Roxburghe mother: Margaret MAITLAND
12. David LINDSAY, Lord Balcarres m. Sophia SETON
m. Sophia SETON father: Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline mother: Lilias DRUMMOND

4th generation

14. John LESLIE, Earl of Rothes m. Anna ERSKINE
m. Anna ERSKINE father: John ERSKINE, Earl Of Mar mother: Mary STEWART
15. Lilias ELPHINSTONE m. Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone
m. Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone father: James ELPHINSTONE mother: Helen FORBES
16. Anne SETON m. Alexander ERSKINE, Viscount Fentoun
m. Alexander ERSKINE, Viscount Fentoun father: Thomas ERSKINE, Earl of Kellie mother: Anne OGILVY
17. Sophia SETON m. David LINDSAY, Lord Balcarres
m. David LINDSAY, Lord Balcarres father: John LINDSAY mother: Marion GUTHRIE
18. Isabel SETON m. John MAITLAND, Earl of Lauderdale
m. John MAITLAND, Earl of Lauderdale father: John MAITLAND, Lord Thirlestane mother: Jean FLEMING
19. Margaret SETON m. Colin MACKENZIE, Earl Of Seaforth
m. Colin MACKENZIE, Earl Of Seaforth father: Kenneth MACKENZIE, Lord Mackenzie mother: Jean ROSS
20. Harry KER, Lord Ker m. Margaret HAY
m. Margaret HAY father: William HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Anne LYON
21. Jean DRUMMOND m. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland
m. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland father: John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland mother: Agnes ELPHINSTONE
22. James DRUMMOND, Earl of Perth m. Anne GORDON
m. Anne GORDON father: George GORDON, Marquess Of Huntley mother: Anne CAMPBELL
24. William DRUMMOND-KER, Earl of Roxburghe m. Jean KER
m. Jean KER father: Harry KER, Lord Ker mother: Margaret HAY
25. Jean DRUMMOND m. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown
m. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown father: John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown mother: Margaret LIVINGSTONE
26. Alexander LINDSAY, Earl of Balcarres m. Anne MACKENZIE
m. Anne MACKENZIE father: Colin MACKENZIE, Earl Of Seaforth mother: Margaret SETON

5th generation

27. Mary LESLIE m. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun
m. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun father: Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun mother: Anne LIVINGSTON
28. Margaret LESLIE m1. Alexander LESLIE, Lord Balgonie m2. Francis SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch m3. David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss
m. Alexander LESLIE, Lord Balgonie father: Alexander LESLIE, Earl of Leven mother: Agnes RENTON
m. Francis SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch father: Walter SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch mother: Mary HAY
m. David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss father: John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss mother: Jean GRAY
30. John ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone m. Isabel MAITLAND
m. Isabel MAITLAND father: Charles MAITLAND, Earl of Lauderdale mother: Elizabeth LAUDER
32. John MAITLAND, Duke of Lauderdale m1. Anne HOME m2. Elizabeth MURRAY
m. Anne HOME father: Alexander HOME, Earl of Home mother: Mary DUDLEY
m. Elizabeth MURRAY father: William MURRAY, Earl of Dysart mother: Catherine BRUCE
33. Charles MAITLAND, Earl of Lauderdale m. Elizabeth LAUDER
m. Elizabeth LAUDER father: Richard LAUDER mother: Mary SCOT
34. Anne MACKENZIE m1. Alexander LINDSAY, Earl of Balcarres m2. Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
m. Alexander LINDSAY, Earl of Balcarres father: David LINDSAY, Lord Balcarres mother: Sophia SETON
m. Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll father: Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl of Argyll mother: Margaret DOUGLAS
35. Jean KER m. William DRUMMOND-KER, Earl of Roxburghe
m. William DRUMMOND-KER, Earl of Roxburghe father: John DRUMMOND, Earl of Perth mother: Jean KER
37. George GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland m. Jean WEMYSS
m. Jean WEMYSS father: David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss mother: Anna BALFOUR
38. James DRUMMOND, Earl of Perth m1. Jane DOUGLAS m2. Lilias DRUMMOND m3. Mary GORDON
m. Jane DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas mother: Mary GORDON
m. Lilias DRUMMOND father: Sir James DRUMMOND
m. Mary GORDON father: Lewis GORDON, Marquess Of Huntley mother: Mary GRANT
39. John DRUMMOND, Earl of Melfort m1. Sophia MAITLAND m2. Euphema WALLACE
m. Sophia MAITLAND father: Robert MAITLAND
m. Euphema WALLACE
40. Robert KER, Earl of Roxburghe m. Margaret HAY
m. Margaret HAY father: John HAY, Marquess of Tweeddale mother: Jean SCOTT
41. John KERR, Lord Bellenden m. Mary MOORE
m. Mary MOORE father: Henry MOORE, Earl of Drogheda mother: Alice SPENCER
42. Jean KER m. Colin LINDSAAY, Earl of Balcarres
m. Colin LINDSAAY, Earl of Balcarres father: Alexander LINDSAY, Earl of Balcarres mother: Anne MACKENZIE
44. William FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown m. Henrietta SETON
m. Henrietta SETON father: Charles SETON, Earl of Dunfermline mother: Mary DOUGLAS
46. Colin LINDSAAY, Earl of Balcarres m1. Mauritia De NASSAU m2. Jean CARNEGIE m3. Jean KER m4. Margaret CAMPBELL
m. Mauritia De NASSAU father: Louis of LECKE, Baron of Lecke and Beverwaet mother: Elisabeth of Hornes
m. Jean CARNEGIE father: David CARNEGIE, Earl of Northesk mother: Jean MAULE
m. Jean KER father: William DRUMMOND-KER, Earl of Roxburghe mother: Jean KER
m. Margaret CAMPBELL father: James CAMPBELL, Earl Of Loudoun mother: Margaret MONTGOMERY