Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 01-20-2025.

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. Margaret CUNNINGHAM
  2. Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
  3. Jean CUNNINGHAM
  4. James CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn Birth: Abt 1552 Death: After Mar 1630

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. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 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 IV p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1145, CP V p671, Roberts RD600 p100, Roberts RD600 p95, Roberts RD600 p96, Roberts RD600 p98, SP IV p241]
Sources for death Information
date:
before 18 Oct 1580 [Ref: SP IV p242]
between 1576 and 24 Feb 1579/80 [Ref: CP V p671]
Sources with Information about marriage to Janet GORDON
date:
before 24 Aug 1549 [Ref: CP V p671]
contract 20 Aug 1547 [Ref: SP IV p242],
child:
[Ref: CP V p671, Roberts RD600 p100, Roberts RD600 p95, Roberts RD600 p96, Roberts RD600 p98, SP IV p242, SP IV p243]
Research Notes:
6th Earl of Glencairn, of Earldom cr 1488 [Ref: CP V p671]
6th Earl of Glencairn [Ref: Roberts RD600 p95]
5th Earl of Glencairn [Ref: SP IV p242]



Pedigree of William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
                                                                /-----Sir William CUNNINGHAM
                                                       /-----Sir William CUNNINGHAM
                                                      |         \-----Margaret GIFFORD
                                              /-----Sir Robert CUNNINGHAM
                                             |        |         /-----Sir Robert DANIELSTON
                                             |         \-----Margaret DANIELSTOUN
                                     /-----Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
                                    |        |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
                                    |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
                                    |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
                                    |         \-----Anne MONTGOMERY
                                    |                 |         /-----John Lord Of The Isles
                                    |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
                                    |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
                            /-----Robert CUNNINGHAM, Lord Kilmaurs
                           |        |                           /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
                           |        |                  /-----Patrick HEPBURN
                           |        |                 |         \-----Agnes
                           |        |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
                           |        |        |        |         /-----William De VAUX
                           |        |        |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
                           |         \-----Margaret HEPBURN
                           |                 |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
                           |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                           |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
                           |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
                           |                           \-----(Unk)
                   /-----Cuthbert CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir David LINDSAY
                  |        |                           /-----Sir William LINDSAY
                  |        |                          |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
                  |        |                  /-----Sir William LINDSAY
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William MURE
                  |        |                 |         \-----Christiana MURE
                  |        |         /-----Sir John LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
                  |        |        |         \-----Christiana KEITH
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----John FRASER
                  |        |        |                  \-----Margaret FRASER
                  |         \-----Christian LINDSAY
                  |                 |                           /-----Sir Robert STEWART
                  |                 |                  /-----Sir John STEWART
                  |                 |         /-----Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
                  |                 |        |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
                  |                 |        |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
                  |                  \-----(Unk Dau) STEWART
                  |                          |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                  |                          |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
                  |                          |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
                  |                           \-----Joan STEWART
                  |                                   |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
                  |                                    \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
                  |                                             \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
          /-----William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
         |        |                                             /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |        |                                    /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |        |                                   |         \-----Margaret STEWART, Countess Of Angus And Mar
         |        |                           /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
         |        |                          |         \-----Mary STEWART
         |        |                          |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
         |        |                  /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas HAY
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William HAY
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Janet GIFFORD
         |        |                 |         \-----Margaret HAY
         |        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
         |        |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas SIBBALD
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John SIBBALD
         |        |        |         \-----Isabel SIBBALD
         |        |        |                  \-----Joan LIVINGSTON
         |         \-----Mariot DOUGLAS
         |                 |                                    /-----Robert BOYD
         |                 |                           /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
         |                 |                          |         \-----Margaret GIFFORD
         |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
         |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
         |                 |         /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
         |                 |        |         \-----Joanna MONTGOMERIE
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----John Lord Of The Isles
         |                 |        |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
         |                 |        |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
         |                  \-----Elizabeth BOYD
         |                          |                           /-----Sir John MAXWELL
         |                          |                  /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL
         |                          |                 |         \-----Isabel LINDSAY
         |                          |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert DANIELSTON
         |                          |        |         \-----Elizabeth DANIELSTON
         |                           \-----Mariot MAXWELL
         |                                   |                  /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |                                   |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |                                   |        |         \-----(Unk)
         |                                    \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
         |                                            |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY
         |                                             \-----(Unk) HAY
         |                                                      \-----Janet GIFFORD
 /-----Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
|        |                                                      /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
|        |                                             /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|        |                                            |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
|        |                                    /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|        |                                   |         \-----(Unk)
|        |                           /-----William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Sir William De HAYA
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
|        |                          |         \-----(Unk) HAY
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
|        |                          |                  \-----Janet GIFFORD
|        |                          |                           \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
|        |                  /-----William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
|        |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
|        |        |         \-----Mariot HOFFRINGLE
|         \-----Katherine BORTHWICK
William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
|                                                               /-----Sir Walter FITZ GILBERT
|                                                      /-----Sir David FITZ WALTER
|                                                     |         \-----Mary GORDON
|                                             /-----Sir David HAMILTON
|                                            |        |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|                                            |         \-----Margaret De ROSS
|                                            |                  \-----Eupheme
|                                    /-----Sir John HAMILTON
|                                   |        |                  /-----Sir William De KEITH
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH
|                                   |         \-----Janet KEITH
|                                   |                 |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|                                   |                  \-----(Unk dau) MURE
|                                   |                           \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|                           /-----Sir James HAMILTON
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir John DOUGLAS
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Joan
|                          |        |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----John GRAHAM
|                          |        |        |         \-----Agnes GRAHAM
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Isabella
|                          |         \-----Jacoba DOUGLAS
|                          |                 |                  /-----Sir Alexander DUNBAR
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
|                          |                  \-----Agnes DUNBAR
|                          |                          |         /-----Thomas RANDOLPH, Earl Of Moray
|                          |                           \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
|                          |                                    \-----Isabella De ROSS
|                  /-----James HAMILTON, Lord Hamilton
|                 |        |                                    /-----William LIVINGSTON
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir William LIVINGSTON, Lord Callendar
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Margaret
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir John LIVINGSTON
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Patrick De CALLENDAR, Lord Callendar
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Christian De CALLENDAR
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----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
|        |        |                                             /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|        |        |                                    /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|        |        |                           /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|        |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|        |        |                  /-----James I King Of Scots
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|        |        |                 |         \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir William De MONTIFICHET
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
|        |        |         /-----James II King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Edward III King Of England
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Philippa Of Hainault
|        |        |        |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Payn Roet Of Hainault, Gulenne King Of Arms
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Katharine Of Hainault
|        |        |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas De HOLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas HOLLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan PLANTAGENET, Fair Maid Of Kent, Countess
|        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Richard FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel And Surrey
|        |        |        |                           \-----Alice FITZALAN
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Eleanor PLANTAGENET
|        |         \-----Mary STEWART
|        |                 |                                    /-----Johann I Lord Of Egmond
|        |                 |                           /-----Arend Lord Of Egmond
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Guyotte Of Ijsseltein
|        |                 |                  /-----Johann II Lord Of Egmont, Regent Of Geldern
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Friedrich VII Count Of Leiningen
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Jolande Of Leiningen
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Jolanthe Of Julich
|        |                 |         /-----Arnold Duke Of Gueldres, Count Of Zutphen
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Otto Lord Of Arkel
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Johann V Lord Of Arkel
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth Of Bar, Dame De Pierrepont
|        |                 |        |         \-----Maria Of Arkel
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----Wilhelm II Duke Of Julich
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Johanna Of Geldern
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Maria Of Geldern
|        |                  \-----Marie Of Gueldres
|        |                          |                           /-----Adolf II Count Of The Mark
|        |                          |                  /-----Adolf I Count Of Kleve And Mark
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Margareta Of Kleve
|        |                          |         /-----Adolph II Duke Of Cleve
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----Gerhard VII Count Of Ravensberg And Berg
|        |                          |        |         \-----Margareta Of Julich
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Margareta Of Ravensberg
|        |                           \-----Catherine Of Cleve
|        |                                   |                  /-----Philip The Bold Duke Of Burgundy
|        |                                   |         /-----John The Fearless Duke Of Burgundy
|        |                                   |        |         \-----Margaret Heiress Of Flanders
|        |                                    \-----Maria Of Burgundy
|        |                                            |         /-----Albert Of Bavaria, K.G., Count of Holland
|        |                                             \-----Margaret Of Bavaria
|        |                                                      \-----Margarethe Of Schlesien
 \-----Jean HAMILTON
         |                  /-----(Unk) BEATON
         |         /-----Sir David BEATON
          \-----Janet BEATON
                   \-----Janet DUDDINGSGTON



Descendants of William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
1. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m. Janet GORDON
m. Janet GORDON father: Sir John GORDON mother: Margaret CRICHTON

2nd generation

2. Margaret CUNNINGHAM m. Sir Lachlan MacLEAN
m. Sir Lachlan MacLEAN father: Hector Og MacLEAN mother: Janet CAMPBELL
3. Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM m1. James CRAWFORD m2. Alexander CUNYNGHAM
m. James CRAWFORD
m. Alexander CUNYNGHAM
5. James CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m1. Mariot CAMPBELL m2. Agnes HAY
m. Mariot CAMPBELL father: Colin CAMPBELL mother: Katherine RUTHVEN
m. Agnes HAY father: Sir James HAY

3rd generation

6. Lachlan MacLEAN m1. Marian MacDONALD m2. Marian CAMPBELL
m. Marian MacDONALD
m. Marian CAMPBELL
7. Beathag MacLEAN m. Hector MacLAINE
m. Hector MacLAINE
8. Hector Og MacLEAN m1. Jeannette MACKENZIE m2. Isabella ACHESON
m. Jeannette MACKENZIE father: Colin MACKENZIE
m. Isabella ACHESON father: Sir Archibald ACHESON
9. Jane CRAWFORD m. Patrick CRAWFORD
m. Patrick CRAWFORD
10. William CUNYNGHAM m. Elizabeth STEWART
m. Elizabeth STEWART
11. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m. Janet KERR
m. Janet KERR father: Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian mother: Margaret MAXWELL
12. Anne CUNNINGHAM m. James HAMILTON, Marquess of Hamilton
m. James HAMILTON, Marquess of Hamilton father: John HAMILTON, Marquess of Hamilton mother: Margaret LYON

4th generation

13. Mary MacLEAN m. John Garbh MacLEAN
m. John Garbh MacLEAN
14. Hector MacLEAN m. Janet MacLEAN
m. Janet MacLEAN
15. Lachlan MacLAINE m. Margaret MacLEAN
m. Margaret MacLEAN father: Hector MacLEAN mother: Janet MacLEAN
16. Sir John MacLEAN m. Anna GUBBERTZ
m. Anna GUBBERTZ
17. Elizabeth CRAWFORD m. Robert HUNTER
m. Robert HUNTER
18. William CUNINGHAME m. Elizabeth NAPIER
m. Elizabeth NAPIER father: John NAPIER mother: Ann CHISOLM
19. Jean CUNYNGHAM m. James ROBERTSON
m. James ROBERTSON
20. Janet CUNYNGHAM m. Patrick HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk
m. Patrick HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk father: Sir Peter HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk mother: Mariota LYLE
22. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m1. Anne OGILVY m2. Margaret MONTGOMERIE
m. Anne OGILVY father: James OGILVY, Earl of Findlater mother: Elizabeth LESLIE
m. Margaret MONTGOMERIE father: Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun mother: Anne LIVINGSTON
24. Margaret HAMILTON m. John LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford
m. John LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford father: Robert LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres mother: Christian HAMILTON
26. James HAMILTON, Duke of Hamilton m. Margaret FEILDING
m. Margaret FEILDING father: William FEILDING, Earl Of Denbigh mother: Mary VILLIERS

5th generation

27. Catherine MacLEAN m. Hugh Ewen MacLEAN
m. Hugh Ewen MacLEAN
28. Margaret MacLEAN m. Lachlan MacLAINE
m. Lachlan MacLAINE father: Hector MacLAINE mother: Beathag MacLEAN
29. Hector MacLAINE m. Margaret CAMPBELL
m. Margaret CAMPBELL
30. David MacLEAN, Lord MacLean m. Eleanora Elisabet Countess Von Ascheberg
m. Eleanora Elisabet Countess Von Ascheberg
31. James HUNTER m. Margaret SPALDING
m. Margaret SPALDING
32. Alexander CUNINGHAME, Laird Of Craigends m. Janet CUNYNGHAM
m. Janet CUNYNGHAM father: William CUNYNGHAM mother: Rebekah MUIRHEAD
33. Elizabeth ROBERTSON m. James DUNLOP
m. James DUNLOP father: James DUNLOP mother: Bessie (DUNLOP)
34. John HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk m. Agnes HOPRINGLE
m. Agnes HOPRINGLE
35. Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m. Nicol STEWART
m. Nicol STEWART father: Sir James STEWART
37. Anne HAMILTON m. William DOUGLAS, Duke of Hamilton
m. William DOUGLAS, Duke of Hamilton father: William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas mother: Mary GORDON