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. Thomas DOUGLAS Death: After 15 Oct 1517
  2. Henry DOUGLAS Death: After 1520
  3. Margaret DOUGLAS

Marriage:
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. 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]*].
  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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1428],
father:
[Ref: CP IX p287, CP IX p293]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret BALFOUR
date:
first marriage of Robert [Ref: Burke Peerage p1428],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1428]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret HAY
date:
[Ref: SP VII p433]
1500 [Ref: Burke Peerage p1428, Burke Peerage p1779]
third marriage of Margaret [Ref: SP III p565]
Research Notes:
heir of his father [Ref: CP IX p287, CP IX p293]

of Lochleven [Ref: Burke Peerage p1428, CP IX p287]
of Lochleven [Ref: SP III p565, SP VII p434]

heir of his father [Ref: CP IX p293]

1513: succeeded as heir [Ref: CP IX p293]



Pedigree of Sir Robert DOUGLAS
                                                                /-----Sir Andrew DOUGLAS
                                                       /-----William DOUGLAS
                                              /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
                                     /-----Sir John DOUGLAS
                                    |         \-----Joan
                            /-----Sir Henry DOUGLAS
                           |        |                           /-----Sir Henry GRAHAM
                           |        |                  /-----Sir Nicholas GRAHAM
                           |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) AVENEL
                           |        |         /-----John GRAHAM
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern
                           |        |        |         \-----Mary Of Strathearn
                           |        |        |                  \-----Marjory De MUSCHAMP
                           |         \-----Agnes GRAHAM
                           |                  \-----Isabella
                   /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
                  |        |                                    /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |                           /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |                          |         \-----Joanna
                  |        |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
                  |        |                 |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
                  |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Henry GRAHAM
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Nicholas GRAHAM
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) AVENEL
                  |        |        |         \-----Isabel GRAHAM
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern
                  |        |        |                  \-----Mary Of Strathearn
                  |        |        |                           \-----Marjory De MUSCHAMP
                  |         \-----Marjory STEWART
          /-----Sir Henry DOUGLAS
         |        |                                             /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
         |        |                                    /-----Sir David LINDSAY
         |        |                                   |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |        |                           /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
         |        |                          |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
         |        |                          |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
         |        |                  /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John STIRLING
         |        |                 |         \-----Catherine STIRLING
         |        |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |        |        |        |                           /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
         |        |        |        |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
         |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Eupheme
         |        |        |                  \-----Euphemia Of Ross
         |        |        |                          |         /-----John GRAHAM
         |        |        |                           \-----Margaret GRAHAM
         |        |        |                                    \-----Isabella
         |         \-----Christian LINDSAY
         |                 |                                    /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
         |                 |                           /-----Sir Alexander DUNBAR
         |                 |                          |         \-----Cecilia
         |                 |                  /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
         |                 |         /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas RANDOLPH
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Thomas RANDOLPH, Earl Of Moray
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Isabella De KILCONQUHAR
         |                 |        |         \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |                 |        |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
         |                 |        |                           \-----Eupheme
         |                  \-----Marjorie DUNBAR
         |                           \-----Christiana WARDLAW
 /-----Sir Robert DOUGLAS
|        |                                                      /-----Sir John ERSKINE
|        |                                             /-----John ERSKINE
|        |                                    /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|        |                           /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk
|        |                  /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Walter De LINDSAY
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Christian
|        |                 |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
|        |                 |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                 |                           \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |                 |                                    \-----Joanna
|        |         /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir John De KEITH
|        |        |        |                           /-----Sir William De KEITH
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Margaret COMYN
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Adam De SETON
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Barbara De SETON
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir Edward De KEITH
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Andrew De SYNTON
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Alexander De SYNTON
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Maria
|        |        |         \-----Janet KEITH
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Walter STEWART, Earl Of Menteith
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Mary Of Menteith, Countess Of Menteith
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
|        |        |                  \-----Christian MENTEITH
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
|        |        |                          |         /-----Gratney Earl Of Mar
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Helen
|        |        |                           \-----Elyne Of Mar
|        |        |                                   |         /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
|        |        |                                    \-----Christian BRUCE
|        |        |                                             \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
|         \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
|                 |                                             /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
|                 |                                    /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|                 |                                   |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
|                 |                           /-----Sir David LINDSAY
|                 |                          |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                 |                          |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                 |                  /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Hugh ABERNETHY
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Mary Of Argyll
|                 |                 |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Alexander De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
|                 |                 |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
|                 |                 |                           \-----Matilda
|                 |         /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|                 |        |        |         /-----Sir John STIRLING
|                 |        |         \-----Catherine STIRLING
|                  \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|                          |                                    /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|                          |                           /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|                          |                          |         \-----Joanna
|                          |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
|                          |                 |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
|                          |                 |                  \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
|                          |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
|                          |        |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
|                          |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
|                          |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
|                          |        |                           \-----Helen
|                           \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                                   |                           /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|                                   |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|                                   |                 |         \-----Jean COMYN
|                                   |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh De BARCLAY
|                                   |        |         \-----Eupheme
|                                    \-----Euphemia Of Ross
|                                            |                  /-----Sir Nicholas GRAHAM
|                                            |         /-----John GRAHAM
|                                            |        |         \-----Mary Of Strathearn
|                                             \-----Margaret GRAHAM
|                                                      \-----Isabella
Sir Robert DOUGLAS
|         /-----David BOSWELL
 \-----Elizabeth BOSWELL



Descendants of Sir Robert DOUGLAS
1. 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

2nd generation

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

3rd generation

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

4th generation

6. George DOUGLAS m. Janet LINDSAY
m. Janet LINDSAY father: John LINDSAY
7. Eupheme DOUGLAS m. Patrick LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres
m. Patrick LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres father: John LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres mother: Helen STEWART
8. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton m. Agnes LESLIE
m. Agnes LESLIE father: George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes mother: Agnes SOMERVILLE

5th generation

9. Margaret DOUGLAS m. George RAMSAY, Lord Dalhousie
m. George RAMSAY, Lord Dalhousie father: James RAMSAY mother: Elizabeth RAMSAY
10. Margaret LINDSAY m. James LESLIE, Master Of Rothes
m. James LESLIE, Master Of Rothes father: Andrew LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes mother: Grizel HAMILTON
11. James LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres m. Eupheme LESLIE
m. Eupheme LESLIE father: Andrew LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes mother: Grizel HAMILTON
12. Elizabeth DOUGLAS m. Francis HAY, Earl Of Erroll
m. Francis HAY, Earl Of Erroll father: Andrew HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Jean HAY
13. Christian DOUGLAS m1. Alexander HOME, Earl of Home m2. Laurence OLIPHANT
m. Alexander HOME, Earl of Home father: Alexander HOME, Lord Home mother: Agnes GRAY
m. Laurence OLIPHANT
14. Robert DOUGLAS, Master of Morton m. Jean LYON
m. Jean LYON father: John LYON, Lord Glamis mother: Elizabeth ABERNETHY
15. Mary DOUGLAS m. Walter OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy of Deskford
m. Walter OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy of Deskford father: Alexander OGILVY mother: Barbara OGILVY
16. Agnes DOUGLAS m. Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl of Argyll
m. Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl of Argyll father: Colin CAMPBELL, Earl of Argyll mother: Agnes KEITH