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. 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].*].
  2. 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]*].
  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 IV p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: CP V p671],
father:
[Ref: SP IV p242]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP V p671]
Sources with Information about marriage to William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
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:



Pedigree of Janet GORDON
 /-----Sir John GORDON
Janet GORDON
|         /-----Robert CRICHTON
 \-----Margaret CRICHTON



Descendants of Janet GORDON
1. Janet GORDON m. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
m. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn father: Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn mother: Jean HAMILTON

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