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. Helen ROSS
  2. Ninian ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead Birth: 1 Death: Feb 1555/6
  3. Andrew ROSS Birth: 2
  4. Thomas ROSS Birth: 3 Death: After 29 Mar 1557

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. 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].*].
  2. 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
date:
second daughter [Ref: CP XI p157, SP VII p251],
father:
[Ref: CP XI p157, SP VII p251]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP XI p157, SP VII p251]
Sources with Information about marriage to John ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead
date:
before 27 Sep 1490 [Ref: CP XI p157, SP VII p251],
child:
[Ref: CP XI p157, SP VII p251]
Sources with Information about marriage to George KNOLLIS
date:
after 1513 [Ref: SP VII p251]
second marriage of both [Ref: CP XI p157],
annulled:
1515 [Ref: SP VII p251]
Research Notes:
second marriage was anulled on account of her relationship to his 1st wife [Ref: CP XI p157]



Pedigree of Christian EDMONSTONE
 /-----Sir Archibald EDMONSTONE
Christian EDMONSTONE



Descendants of Christian EDMONSTONE
1. Christian EDMONSTONE m1. John ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead m2. George KNOLLIS
m. John ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead father: Robert ROSS mother: Agnes MELVILLE
m. George KNOLLIS

2nd generation

3. 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

3rd generation

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

4th generation

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

5th generation

13. James ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead m. Margaret SCOTT
m. Margaret SCOTT father: Walter SCOTT, Lord Scott Of Buccleuch mother: Margaret KERR
14. 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
15. Jean FLEMING m. William BRUCE
m. William BRUCE father: Sir Alexander BRUCE mother: Janet LIVINGSTON
16. Mary FLEMING m. Sir James DOUGLAS
m. Sir James DOUGLAS
17. 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