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

Person Info

Name: Sir James HAMILTON
Sex: M
Birth: 1 ^b
Death: 16 Aug 1540 ^d

Parents:

Father:
James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran Birth: Abt 1475 Death: Abt 26 Mar 1529 in Kinneil

Mother:

Mary BOYD

Family:
Marriage:

Margaret LIVINGSTON on 1 .^m1
Margaret LIVINGSTON

Children:

Grizel HAMILTON

Bibliography

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]*].
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].*].
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].*].
Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p[0-9]*].
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]*].
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 VIII p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: first nat son [Ref: SP IV p360],
parents:: [Ref: CP XII/1 p97(e)],
father:: illeg son [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p324, SP IV p360],
mother:: ___ BOYD [Ref: SP IV p360]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: SP IV p361]

Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret LIVINGSTON

date:: first marriage of Margaret [Ref: SP VIII p369],
names:: [Ref: SP IV p361],
child:: [Ref: CP XI p196]

Research Notes:
Knt, of Finnart [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p324]
of Finnart [Ref: Burke Peerage p1731, CP XII/1 p97(e)]

illeg brother of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran [Ref: CP XI p196]

Pedigree of Sir James HAMILTON
                                                                /-----Gilbert
                                                       /-----Sir Walter FITZ GILBERT
                                                      |         \-----Isabella RANDOLPH
                                              /-----Sir David FITZ WALTER
                                             |        |         /-----Sir Adam GORDON
                                             |         \-----Mary GORDON
                                             |                  \-----Amabilia
                                     /-----Sir David HAMILTON
                                    |        |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                                    |        |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                                    |        |        |         \-----Jean COMYN
                                    |         \-----Margaret De ROSS
                                    |                 |         /-----Sir Hugh De BARCLAY
                                    |                  \-----Eupheme
                            /-----Sir John HAMILTON
                           |        |                           /-----Robert De KEITH
                           |        |                  /-----Sir William De KEITH
                           |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH
                           |         \-----Janet KEITH
                           |                 |                  /-----William MURE
                           |                 |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
                           |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
                           |                  \-----(Unk dau) MURE
                           |                          |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
                           |                           \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
                           |                                    \-----Elen De KALENTIR
                   /-----Sir James HAMILTON
                  |        |                                    /-----William DOUGLAS
                  |        |                           /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
                  |        |                  /-----Sir John DOUGLAS
                  |        |                 |         \-----Joan
                  |        |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Nicholas GRAHAM
                  |        |        |        |         /-----John GRAHAM
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Mary Of Strathearn
                  |        |        |         \-----Agnes GRAHAM
                  |        |        |                  \-----Isabella
                  |         \-----Jacoba DOUGLAS
                  |                 |                           /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
                  |                 |                  /-----Sir Alexander DUNBAR
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Cecilia
                  |                 |         /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
                  |                  \-----Agnes DUNBAR
                  |                          |                  /-----Sir Thomas RANDOLPH
                  |                          |         /-----Thomas RANDOLPH, Earl Of Moray
                  |                          |        |         \-----Isabella De KILCONQUHAR
                  |                           \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
                  |                                   |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |                                    \-----Isabella De ROSS
                  |                                             \-----Eupheme
          /-----James HAMILTON, Lord Hamilton
         |        |                                             /-----Sir Andrew LIVINGSTON
         |        |                                    /-----William LIVINGSTON
         |        |                                   |         \-----Elena
         |        |                           /-----Sir William LIVINGSTON, Lord Callendar
         |        |                          |         \-----Margaret
         |        |                  /-----Sir John LIVINGSTON
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Patrick De CALLENDAR, Lord Callendar
         |        |                 |         \-----Christian De CALLENDAR
         |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter De MONTEITH
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John MENTEITH
         |        |        |         \-----(Unk) MENTEITH
         |        |        |                  \-----Margery STIRLING
         |         \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
         |                 |                  /-----John De DUNDAS
         |                 |         /-----James DUNDAS
         |                  \-----(Unk) DUNDAS
/-----James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran
|        |                                                      /-----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
|        |                           /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|        |                          |        |                  /-----William MURE
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
|        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |                          |                 |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
|        |                          |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|        |                          |                           \-----Elen De KALENTIR
|        |                  /-----James I King Of Scots
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Malcolm DRUMMOND
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) GRAHAM
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|        |                 |         \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----William De MONTFICHET
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir William De MONTIFICHET
|        |                 |                  \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
|        |         /-----James II King Of Scots
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Edward II King Of England
|        |        |        |                           /-----Edward III King Of England
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Isabella Of France
|        |        |        |                  /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----William III Count Of Hainault And Holland
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Philippa Of Hainault
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Joanna Of Valois
|        |        |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Payn Roet Of Hainault, Gulenne King Of Arms
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Katharine Of Hainault
|        |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Sir Robert De HOLAND, Lord Holand
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas De HOLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Maud La Zouche
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas HOLLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Edmund Of Woodstock PLANTAGENET, Earl Of Kent
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan PLANTAGENET, Fair Maid Of Kent, Countess
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret WAKE, Baroness Wake
|        |        |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Sir Edmund FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel
|        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Richard FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel And Surrey
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Alice De WARENNE
|        |        |                           \-----Alice FITZALAN
|        |        |                                   |         /-----Henry PLANTAGENET, Earl Of Lancaster
|        |        |                                    \-----Eleanor PLANTAGENET
|        |        |                                             \-----Maud CHAWORTH
|         \-----Mary STEWART
|                 |                                             /-----Walter II Lord Of Egmond
|                 |                                    /-----Johann I Lord Of Egmond
|                 |                                   |         \-----Beatrix Of Doortoghe
|                 |                           /-----Arend Lord Of Egmond
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Arnold Of Amstel, Lord Of Ijsselstein
|                 |                          |         \-----Guyotte Of Ijsseltein
|                 |                          |                  \-----Maria Of Avesnes
|                 |                  /-----Johann II Lord Of Egmont, Regent Of Geldern
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Friedrich VI Count Of Leiningen
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Friedrich VII Count Of Leiningen
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Jutta Of Isenberg
|                 |                 |         \-----Jolande Of Leiningen
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Gottfried Of Julich, Lord Of Bergheim
|                 |                 |                  \-----Jolanthe Of Julich
|                 |                 |                           \-----Elizabeth Of Kleve
|                 |         /-----Arnold Duke Of Gueldres, Count Of Zutphen
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Johann IV Lord Of Arkel
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Otto Lord Of Arkel
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Irmgard Of Kleve
|                 |        |        |         /-----Johann V Lord Of Arkel
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Theobald Lord Of Pierrepont
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth Of Bar, Dame De Pierrepont
|                 |        |        |        |                  \-----Marie Of Namur
|                 |        |         \-----Maria Of Arkel
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----William Duke Of Julich
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Wilhelm II Duke Of Julich
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan Of Holland
|                 |        |                  \-----Johanna Of Geldern
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Reynold II Duke Of Guildres
|                 |        |                           \-----Maria Of Geldern
|                 |        |                                    \-----Sophie Of Bertout
|                  \-----Marie Of Gueldres
|                          |                                    /-----Engelbert II Count Of The Mark, Lord Of Arenberg
|                          |                           /-----Adolf II Count Of The Mark
|                          |                          |         \-----Mechtilde Of Aremberg
|                          |                  /-----Adolf I Count Of Kleve And Mark
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Dietrich VII Count Of Kleve
|                          |                 |         \-----Margareta Of Kleve
|                          |                 |                  \-----Margareta Of Geldern
|                          |         /-----Adolph II Duke Of Cleve
|                          |        |        |                  /-----William Duke Of Julich
|                          |        |        |         /-----Gerhard VII Count Of Ravensberg And Berg
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Joan Of Holland
|                          |        |         \-----Margareta Of Julich
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Otto IV Count Of Ravensberg
|                          |        |                  \-----Margareta Of Ravensberg
|                          |        |                           \-----Margareta Of Berg
|                           \-----Catherine Of Cleve
|                                   |                           /-----John II King Of France
|                                   |                  /-----Philip The Bold Duke Of Burgundy
|                                   |                 |         \-----Judith Of Bohemia
|                                   |         /-----John The Fearless Duke Of Burgundy
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Louis II Count Of Flanders
|                                   |        |         \-----Margaret Heiress Of Flanders
|                                   |        |                  \-----Margaret Of Brabant
|                                    \-----Maria Of Burgundy
|                                            |                  /-----Louis The Bavarian Count Of Hainault, German King
|                                            |         /-----Albert Of Bavaria, K.G., Count of Holland
|                                            |        |         \-----Margaret II Countess Of Hainault
|                                             \-----Margaret Of Bavaria
|                                                     |         /-----Louis I Duke Of Schlesien
|                                                      \-----Margarethe Of Schlesien
|                                                               \-----Agnes Of Glogau
Sir James HAMILTON
\-----Mary BOYD

Descendants of Sir James HAMILTON

1. Sir James HAMILTON m. Margaret LIVINGSTON

m. Margaret LIVINGSTON father: Sir Robert LIVINGSTON mother: Janet BEATON

2+ Grizel HAMILTON m. Andrew LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes

2nd generation

2. Grizel HAMILTON m. Andrew LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes

m. Andrew LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes father: George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes mother: Agnes SOMERVILLE

3+ James LESLIE, Master Of Rothes m1. Margaret LINDSAY m2. Katherine DRUMMOND

4+ Patrick LESLIE, Lord Lindores m. Jean STEWART

5+ Eupheme LESLIE m. James LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres

6+ Isabel LESLIE m. James SINCLAIR

3rd generation

3. James LESLIE, Master Of Rothes m1. Margaret LINDSAY m2. Katherine DRUMMOND

m. Margaret LINDSAY father: Patrick LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres mother: Eupheme DOUGLAS

7+ Grizel LESLIE m. Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline

m. Katherine DRUMMOND father: Patrick DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond mother: Elizabeth LINDSAY

8+ John LESLIE, Earl of Rothes m. Anna ERSKINE

4. Patrick LESLIE, Lord Lindores m. Jean STEWART

m. Jean STEWART father: Robert STEWART, Earl Of Orkney mother: Jean KENNEDY

9 Patrick LESLIE, Lord Lindores

10 James LESLIE, Lord Lindores m. Mary GRAY

11+ Robert LESLIE m. Catherine BASSET

12+ David LESLIE, Lord Newark m. Joan YORKE

13+ Elizabeth LESLIE m. Sir James SINCLAIR

14+ Margaret LESLIE m. John DRUMMOND, Lord Maderty

5. Eupheme LESLIE m. James LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres

m. James LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres father: Patrick LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres mother: Eupheme DOUGLAS

15 John LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres m. Anne OLIPHANT

16+ Robert LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres m. Christian HAMILTON

17 Helen LINDSAY m. John CRANSTOUN, Lord Cranstoun; John CRANSTOUN, Lord Cranstoun father: William CRANSTOUN, Lord Cranstoun mother: Sarah CRANSTOUN

6. Isabel LESLIE m. James SINCLAIR

m. James SINCLAIR father: Henry SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair mother: Janet LINDSAY

18 Henry SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair

19 James SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair

20+ Patrick SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair m. Margaret COCKBURN

4th generation

7. Grizel LESLIE m. Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline

m. Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline father: George SETON, Lord Seton mother: Isabel HAMILTON

21+ Jean SETON m. John HAY, Earl of Tweeddale

8. John LESLIE, Earl of Rothes m. Anna ERSKINE

m. Anna ERSKINE father: John ERSKINE, Earl Of Mar mother: Mary STEWART

22+ Mary LESLIE m. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun

23+ Margaret LESLIE m1. Alexander LESLIE, Lord Balgonie m2. Francis SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch m3. David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss

11. Robert LESLIE m. Catherine BASSET

m. Catherine BASSET father: Edward BASSET mother: Elizabeth PIGOTT

24+ Charles LESLIE m. William DICK

12. David LESLIE, Lord Newark m. Joan YORKE

m. Joan YORKE father: Sir John YORKE mother: Florence SHARPE

25+ Mary LESLIE m. Sir Francis KINLOCH

26+ Elizabeth LESLIE m. Sir Archibald KENNEDY

13. Elizabeth LESLIE m. Sir James SINCLAIR

m. Sir James SINCLAIR father: Sir William SINCLAIR mother: Catherine ROSS

27+ Anne SINCLAIR m. George MACKENZIE, Earl Of Cromarty

14. Margaret LESLIE m. John DRUMMOND, Lord Maderty

m. John DRUMMOND, Lord Maderty father: James DRUMMOND, Lord Maderty mother: Jean CHISHOLM

28+ David DRUMMOND, Lord Maderty m1. Alison CREIGHTON m2. Beatrice GRAHAM

29+ William DRUMMOND, Viscount Strathallan m. Elizabeth JOHNSTON

16. Robert LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres m. Christian HAMILTON

m. Christian HAMILTON father: Thomas HAMILTON, Earl of Haddington mother: Margaret BORTHWICK

30+ John LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford m. Margaret HAMILTON

20. Patrick SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair m. Margaret COCKBURN

m. Margaret COCKBURN father: Sir John COCKBURN

31+ John SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair m. Mary WEMYSS

5th generation

21. Jean SETON m. John HAY, Earl of Tweeddale

m. John HAY, Earl of Tweeddale father: James HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester mother: Margaret KERR

32+ John HAY, Marquess of Tweeddale m. Jean SCOTT

22. Mary LESLIE m. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun

m. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun father: Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun mother: Anne LIVINGSTON

33+ Margaret MONTGOMERY m. James CAMPBELL, Earl Of Loudoun

34+ Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun m1. Catharine ST QUENTIN m2. Elizabeth CRICHTON m3. Grace POPELEY

35 Francis MONTGOMERIE m. Margaret LESLIE, Countss of Leven

23. 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

36+ Catherine LESLIE m. George MELVILLE, Earl of Melville

37+ Alexander LESLIE, Earl of Leven m. Margaret HOWARD

m. Francis SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch father: Walter SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch mother: Mary HAY

38+ Margaret SCOTT m. Sir John SCOTT

m. David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss father: John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss mother: Jean GRAY

39+ Margaret WEMYSS m1. James WEMYSS, Lord Burntisland m2. George MACKENZIE, Earl Of Cromarty

24. Charles LESLIE m. William DICK

m. William DICK father: William DICK mother: Janet McMATH

40+ Catherine DICK m. James CHRISTIE

25. Mary LESLIE m. Sir Francis KINLOCH

m. Sir Francis KINLOCH

41 James KINLOCH m1. Susannah (KINLOCH) m2. Marie Esther PAGE

26. Elizabeth LESLIE m. Sir Archibald KENNEDY

m. Sir Archibald KENNEDY father: John KENNEDY mother: Margaret HAMILTON

42 Susanna KENNEDY m. Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun; Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun father: Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun mother: Elizabeth CRICHTON

27. Anne SINCLAIR m. George MACKENZIE, Earl Of Cromarty

m. George MACKENZIE, Earl Of Cromarty father: Sir John MACKENZIE mother: Margaret ERSKINE

43+ John MACKENZIE, Earl Of Cromarty m1. Elizabeth GORDON m2. Mary MURRAY m3. Anne FRASER

28. David DRUMMOND, Lord Maderty m1. Alison CREIGHTON m2. Beatrice GRAHAM

m. Alison CREIGHTON father: John CREIGHTON

m. Beatrice GRAHAM father: John GRAHAM, Earl Of Montrose mother: Margaret RUTHVEN

44+ Beatrix DRUMMOND m. John CARMICHAEL, Earl of Hyndford

29. William DRUMMOND, Viscount Strathallan m. Elizabeth JOHNSTON

m. Elizabeth JOHNSTON father: Sir Archibald JOHNSTON mother: Helen HAY

45+ William DRUMMOND, Viscount Strathallan m. Elizabeth DRUMMOND

30. John LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford m. Margaret HAMILTON

m. Margaret HAMILTON father: James HAMILTON, Marquess of Hamilton mother: Anne CUNNINGHAM

46 William LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford m1. Mary JOHNSTONE m2. Henrietta SETON; Henrietta SETON father: Charles SETON, Earl of Dunfermline mother: Mary DOUGLAS

31. John SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair m. Mary WEMYSS

m. Mary WEMYSS father: John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss mother: Jean GRAY

47+ Catherine SINCLAIR m. John St CLAIR