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. James ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead Death: 2 Apr 1581

Marriage:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Christian ROSS Death: Before Feb 1556/7
  2. Robert ROSS

Marriage:
Children:
  1. John ROSS

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 05 E-Goojerat. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP V [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 07 Hussee-Lincolnshire. London: St Catherine Press, 1929. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VII [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. 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].*].
  5. Paget, Gerald, The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales. London: Charles Skilton Ltd, 1977. Nypl ARF+ 78-835. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p[0-9]*].
  6. 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 I p[0-9]*].
  7. 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]*].
  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 IV 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 V 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 VII p[0-9]*].
  11. Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, Medieval Heritage: The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England, The Genealogist, 2:157-68, 3:25-44, 3:175-94, 4:144-58, 5:64-72, 5:226-39, 6:100-3, 6:148-65, 7-8:137-43, 9:40-4, 10:73-85, 11:63-72, 11:184-93, 12:83-90, 12:250-6, 13:92-9, 13:252-6, 14:81-4, 14:207-10, 15:99-103, 15:220-4, 16:93-8, 16:227-31, 17:61-4, 17:250-5, 18:123-7, 18:228-31, 19:62-8, 19:251-5, 20:85-8, 20:184-90, 21:71-5, 21:250-4, 22:101-6, 22:186-91, 23:73-9, 23:203-8, 24:110-27, 24:239-54, 25:56-73, 25:214-32, 26:77-101, 26:202-26, 27:189, 28:90, 33:300. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Reprinted, with further corrections, as Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England: A Medieval Heritage. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton & Gunn, 2012. NYPL ARF 13-5787. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v[0-9]*-[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
first son [Ref: CP XI p157, SP VII p251],
parents:
[Ref: CP XI p157, SP VII p251]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP V p96, CP VII p597, CP XI p158, SP VII p251, Thompson CharlesII v03-25(2)]
Feb 1556 [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p215]
Sources with Information about marriage to Janet STEWART
date:
before 15 Nov 1515 [Ref: CP XI p157, Paget HRHCharles p215]
first marriage of Ninian [Ref: SP VII p252],
child:
[Ref: CP XI p158]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth RUTHVEN
date:
contract 12 Dec 1523 [Ref: CP V p96, CP XI p157, SP VII p252]
contract 9 Dec 1523 [Ref: SP IV p259]
second marriage of Elizabeth [Ref: SP III p568]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth STEWART
date:
before Mar 1529/30 [Ref: SP V p352 (with corr in IX p126)]
contr 9 Dec 1529 [Ref: SP I p442 (with corr in IX p27), SP VII p252]
contr 9 Dec 1529, as third marriage of Ninian [Ref: CP VII p597, CP XI p157, Thompson CharlesII v03-25(2)]
Sources with Information about marriage to Janet MONTGOMERY
date:
fourth marriage of Ninian [Ref: CP XI p158, SP VII p252]
Sources with Information about marriage to unknown
child:
[Ref: SP VII p252]
Research Notes:
3rd Lord Ross of Halkhead, of Barony cr 1499 [Ref: CP XI p157]
3rd Lord Ross of Halkhead [Ref: CP VII p597]

heir of his father [Ref: CP XI p157]



Pedigree of Ninian ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead
                                                       /-----Sir Godfrey ROSS
                                              /-----John ROSS
                                     /-----Sir John ROSS
                            /-----Sir John ROSS
                   /-----John ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead
          /-----Robert ROSS
         |        |         /-----John MURE
         |         \-----Marjory MURE
 /-----John ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead
|        |                                                      /-----John MELVILLE
|        |                                             /-----Thomas MELVILLE
|        |                                    /-----John MELVILLE
|        |                           /-----Thomas MELVILLE
|        |                  /-----John MELVILLE
|        |         /-----Thomas MELVILLE
|         \-----Agnes MELVILLE
Ninian ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead
|         /-----Sir Archibald EDMONSTONE
 \-----Christian EDMONSTONE



Descendants of Ninian ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead
1. Ninian ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead m1. Janet STEWART m2. Elizabeth RUTHVEN m3. Elizabeth STEWART m4. Janet MONTGOMERY m5.
m. Janet STEWART father: Matthew STEWART, Earl Of Lennox mother: Elizabeth HAMILTON
m. Elizabeth RUTHVEN father: William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven mother: Christian FORBES
m. Elizabeth STEWART father: Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl mother: Eleanor SINCLAIR
m. Janet MONTGOMERY

2nd generation

2. James ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead m. Jean SEMPILL
m. Jean SEMPILL father: Robert SEMPILL, Lord Sempill mother: Elizabeth CARLILE
4. Robert ROSS m. Agnes MONCRIEFF
m. Agnes MONCRIEFF

3rd generation

6. Robert ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead m. Jean HAMILTON
m. Jean HAMILTON father: Gavin HAMILTON
7. Sir William ROSS m.
8. Elizabeth ROSS m. John FLEMING, Lord Fleming
m. John FLEMING, Lord Fleming father: Malcolm FLEMING, Lord Fleming mother: Janet STEWART

4th generation

9. James ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead m. Margaret SCOTT
m. Margaret SCOTT father: Walter SCOTT, Lord Scott Of Buccleuch mother: Margaret KERR
10. Sir William ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead m1. Elizabeth HOUSTON m2. Margaret FORRESTER
m. Elizabeth HOUSTON father: Sir Patrick HOUSTON
m. Margaret FORRESTER father: Sir James FORRESTER
11. Jean FLEMING m. William BRUCE
m. William BRUCE father: Sir Alexander BRUCE mother: Janet LIVINGSTON
12. Mary FLEMING m. Sir James DOUGLAS
m. Sir James DOUGLAS
13. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown m1. Lilias GRAHAM m2. Sarah MAXWELL
m. Lilias GRAHAM father: John GRAHAM, Earl Of Montrose mother: Jean DRUMMOND
m. Sarah MAXWELL father: John MAXWELL, Lord Herries mother: Agnes HERRIES

5th generation

17. George ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead m1. Grizel COCHRANE m2. Jean RAMSAY
m. Grizel COCHRANE father: William COCHRANE, Earl Of Dundonald mother: Eupheme SCOTT
m. Jean RAMSAY father: George RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie mother: Anne FLEMING
18. Patrick BRUCE m. Janet JACKSON
m. Janet JACKSON
19. Sir John BRUCE m. Margaret ELPHINSTONE
m. Margaret ELPHINSTONE father: Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone mother: Jean LIVINGSTON
20. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry m. Isabel KER
m. Isabel KER father: Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian mother: Margaret MAXWELL
21. Malcolm FLEMING m.
22. Jean FLEMING m. George CAMPBELL
m. George CAMPBELL father: Hugh CAMPBELL, Lord Loudoun mother: Margaret GORDON
23. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown m. Margaret LIVINGSTONE
m. Margaret LIVINGSTONE father: Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Linlithgow mother: Eleanor HAY