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 Robert DOUGLAS Death: 9 Sep 1513 in Flodden
  2. David DOUGLAS Death: After 1494
  3. Thomas DOUGLAS Death: After 1494

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 09, Moels-Nugent. London: St Catherine Press, 1936. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IX [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Ravilious, John, Christian Lindsay, wife of Sir William Douglas, et al.. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 10/19/2009. Subject: Christian Lindsay, wife of Sir William Douglas, et al.. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/-415vlcZl4s/m/AiLlx5Wf_rcJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 10/19/2009-124431].
  4. Ravilious, John, Sir William Douglas and his Lindsay wife. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 5/11/2006. Subject: SP Correction: Sir William Douglas and his Lindsay wife [I of II]. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/GRPG6069ZFw/m/i-NyR51-BVIJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 5/11/2006-001014].
  5. Ravilious, John, William Douglas of Lochleven. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 5/11/2006. Subject: SP Correction: Sir William Douglas and his Lindsay wife [II of II]. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/tAXz3csu_cA/m/e4WRhycayigJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 5/11/2006-011020].
  6. Ravilious, John, Dame Crystyane of Douglas, in The Scottish Genealogist, vol LIX no 3 (Sep 2012), pp129-138. Available at https://independent.academia.edu/JohnRavilious. This article at https://www.academia.edu/35798107/Dame_Crystyane_of_Douglas_TSG_LIX_3_129_138_pdf. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Ravilious Crystyane p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
first son [Ref: CP IX p293],
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1428, John Ravilious SGM 10/19/2009-124431],
father:
[Ref: CP IX p287, CP IX p293, John Ravilious SGM 5/11/2006-001014, John Ravilious SGM 5/11/2006-011020, Ravilious Crystyane p131]
Sources for death Information
date:
after 1469 [Ref: Burke Peerage p1428]
living 1469 [Ref: CP IX p287]
living 30 Jan 1468/9 [Ref: CP IX p293]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth ERSKINE
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1428, CP IX p287]
Research Notes:
of Lugton and Lochleven [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 10/19/2009-124431, John Ravilious SGM 5/11/2006-001014, John Ravilious SGM 5/11/2006-011020]
of Lochleven [Ref: Burke Peerage p1428, CP IX p287]

possibly son of Sir William DOUGLAS by Christian, but it appears he was more likely the son of an otherwise unknown first marriage [Ref: Ravilious Crystyane p131]

heir of his father [Ref: CP IX p287]



Pedigree of Sir Henry DOUGLAS
                                                                /-----William DOUGLAS
                                                       /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
                                                      |         \-----(Unk) Of Kerdal
                                              /-----Sir Andrew DOUGLAS
                                             |        |         /-----Sir John CRAWFORD
                                             |         \-----Margaret CRAWFORD
                                     /-----William DOUGLAS
                            /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
                   /-----Sir John DOUGLAS
                  |         \-----Joan
          /-----Sir Henry DOUGLAS
         |        |                                             /-----Sir Henry De GRAHAM
         |        |                                    /-----Sir Henry De GRAHAM
         |        |                           /-----Sir Henry GRAHAM
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Adam FITZ GILBERT
         |        |                          |         \-----Christiana FITZ GILBERT
         |        |                          |                  \-----Idonea COMYN
         |        |                  /-----Sir Nicholas GRAHAM
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Gervase AVENAL
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Roger AVENEL
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Sibyl
         |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) AVENEL
         |        |         /-----John GRAHAM
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Gilbert Earl Of Strathern
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret De TOSNY
         |        |        |        |         /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Hugh De MORAVIA
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Annabela Of Fife
         |        |        |         \-----Mary Of Strathearn
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Thomas De MUSCHAMP, Baron Of Wooler
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Robert De MUSCHAMP, Baron Of Wooler
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Matilda De VESCY
         |        |        |                  \-----Marjory De MUSCHAMP
         |        |        |                           \-----Isabel
         |         \-----Agnes GRAHAM
         |                  \-----Isabella
 /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |                                                      /-----Alan High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                                             /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                                            |         \-----Eva
|        |                                    /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Gilchrist Earl Of Angus
|        |                                   |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
|        |                           /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Richard COMYN
|        |                          |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Hextilde of Tynedale
|        |                          |         \-----Joanna
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Fergus Earl Of Buchan
|        |                          |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
|        |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                 |        |                           /-----William De BURGH, Lord of Connaught
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Richard De BURGH, Lord of Connaught
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----(Unk Dau) O'BRIEN
|        |                 |        |         /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Walter De LACY, Baron Of Weobley
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Egidia (Jill) De LACY
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Margaret De BRAOISE
|        |                 |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Geoffrey FITZ PIERS, Earl Of Essex
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John FITZ GEOFFREY
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Aveline De CLARE
|        |                 |                  \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Hugh BIGOD, Earl Of Norfolk, MC Surety
|        |                 |                           \-----Isabel BIGOD
|        |                 |                                    \-----Maud MARSHALL
|        |         /-----Sir John STEWART
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Henry De GRAHAM
|        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Henry De GRAHAM
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Henry GRAHAM
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Adam FITZ GILBERT
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Christiana FITZ GILBERT
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Idonea COMYN
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir Nicholas GRAHAM
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Gervase AVENAL
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Roger AVENEL
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Sibyl
|        |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) AVENEL
|        |        |         \-----Isabel GRAHAM
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Gilbert Earl Of Strathern
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Margaret De TOSNY
|        |        |                 |         /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Hugh De MORAVIA
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Annabela Of Fife
|        |        |                  \-----Mary Of Strathearn
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Thomas De MUSCHAMP, Baron Of Wooler
|        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Robert De MUSCHAMP, Baron Of Wooler
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Matilda De VESCY
|        |        |                           \-----Marjory De MUSCHAMP
|        |        |                                    \-----Isabel
|         \-----Marjory STEWART
Sir Henry DOUGLAS
|                                                               /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
|                                                      /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
|                                             /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|                                            |        |         /-----Walter De LINDSAY
|                                            |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
|                                            |                  \-----Christian
|                                    /-----Sir David LINDSAY
|                                   |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                                   |                 |         /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|                                   |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                                   |                           \-----Joanna
|                           /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|                          |        |                           /-----Patrick De ABERNETHY
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir Hugh ABERNETHY
|                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Ewen Mac Donchadh mac Dubhgaill, Lord of Lor
|                          |        |        |         \-----Mary Of Argyll
|                          |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
|                          |                 |                  /-----Walter STEWART, Earl Of Menteith
|                          |                 |         /-----Alexander De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Mary Of Menteith, Countess Of Menteith
|                          |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
|                          |                          |         /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
|                          |                           \-----Matilda
|                          |                                    \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
|                  /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|                 |        |         /-----Sir John STIRLING
|                 |         \-----Catherine STIRLING
|         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|        |        |                                             /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |        |                                    /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
|        |        |                           /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|        |        |                          |         \-----Joanna
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
|        |        |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Richard De BURGH, Lord of Connaught
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Egidia (Jill) De LACY
|        |        |                 |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John FITZ GEOFFREY
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Isabel BIGOD
|        |        |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Baron Of Writtle
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De CLARE
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Neil Earl Of Carrick, Regent Of Scotland
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabella
|        |        |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----William Earl Of Mar
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth COMYN
|        |        |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
|        |        |        |                           \-----Helen
|        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |                 |                                    /-----Ferquhard Mac TAGGART, Earl Of Ross
|        |                 |                           /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|        |                 |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Jean COMYN
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----(Unk)
|        |                 |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----(Unk) De BARCLAY
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh De BARCLAY
|        |                 |        |         \-----Eupheme
|        |                  \-----Euphemia Of Ross
|        |                          |                           /-----Sir Henry GRAHAM
|        |                          |                  /-----Sir Nicholas GRAHAM
|        |                          |                 |         \-----(Unk) AVENEL
|        |                          |         /-----John GRAHAM
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern
|        |                          |        |         \-----Mary Of Strathearn
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Marjory De MUSCHAMP
|        |                           \-----Margaret GRAHAM
|        |                                    \-----Isabella
 \-----Christian LINDSAY
         |                                                      /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
         |                                             /-----Sir Parick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
         |                                            |         \-----Ada
         |                                    /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
         |                                   |        |         /-----William De BRUS, Lord Of Annandale
         |                                   |         \-----Euphemia
         |                                   |                  \-----Christina
         |                           /-----Sir Alexander DUNBAR
         |                          |        |                  /-----Robert FITZ ROGER, Baron Of Whalton
         |                          |        |         /-----John FITZ ROBERT, MC Surety
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Margery De CHESNEY, Lady Of Horsford
         |                          |         \-----Cecilia
         |                          |                 |         /-----Hugh De BALIOL, Baron Of Bywell
         |                          |                  \-----Ada De BALIOL
         |                          |                           \-----Cicely De FONTAINES
         |                  /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
         |         /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
         |        |        |                                    /-----Randolf FITZWALTER, Baron Of Greystoke
         |        |        |                           /-----Thomas FITZ RANULF
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Amabel
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas RANDOLPH
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert Fitz WILLIAM
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Juliana
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Alice De LASCELLES
         |        |        |         /-----Thomas RANDOLPH, Earl Of Moray
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Adam De KILCONQUHAR
         |        |        |        |         \-----Isabella De KILCONQUHAR
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Neil Earl Of Carrick, Regent Of Scotland
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Isabella
         |        |         \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
         |        |                 |                           /-----Ferquhard Mac TAGGART, Earl Of Ross
         |        |                 |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |        |                 |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Jean COMYN
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----(Unk)
         |        |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
         |        |                          |                  /-----(Unk) De BARCLAY
         |        |                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De BARCLAY
         |        |                           \-----Eupheme
          \-----Marjorie DUNBAR
                   \-----Christiana WARDLAW



Descendants of Sir Henry DOUGLAS
1. Sir Henry DOUGLAS m. Elizabeth ERSKINE
m. Elizabeth ERSKINE father: Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine mother: Elizabeth LINDSAY

2nd generation

2. Sir Robert DOUGLAS m1. Elizabeth BOSWELL m2. Isabel SIBBALD m3. Mariot BALLIE
m. Elizabeth BOSWELL father: David BOSWELL
m. Isabel SIBBALD father: Sir John SIBBALD mother: Joan LIVINGSTON
m. Mariot BALLIE father: Sir William BALLIE

3rd generation

5. Sir Robert DOUGLAS m1. Margaret BALFOUR m2. Margaret HAY
m. Margaret BALFOUR father: David BALFOUR
m. Margaret HAY father: Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Beatrice DOUGLAS

4th generation

8. Thomas DOUGLAS m. Elizabeth BOYD
m. Elizabeth BOYD father: Archibald BOYD mother: Christian MURE

5th generation

11. Robert DOUGLAS m. Margaret ERSKINE
m. Margaret ERSKINE father: Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine mother: Isabel CAMPBELL