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. Sir John SEMPILL, Lord Sempill Birth: 1 Death: 9 Sep 1513 in Flodden
  2. John SEMPHILL Birth: 2 Death: After 12 Aug 1502
  3. Mary SEMPHILL
  4. Margaret SEMPHILL
  5. Elizabeth SEMPHILL

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 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].*].
  3. Ravilious, John, Sanquhar and Ros of Wark. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 9/16/2003. Subject: CP ' Expansion ' : Sanquhar, co. Dumfries and de Ros of Wark. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/tPGnnBqCV5c/m/0huk2Y9cS-gJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 9/16/2003-220001].
  4. 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]*].
  5. 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
parents:
[Ref: SP VII p530]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1809, CP XI p621, SP VII p530],
place:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1809, CP XI p621, SP VII p530]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth ROSS
names:
[Ref: SP VII p250 (with corr in IX p152)],
child:
[Ref: CP XI p621, John Ravilious SGM 9/16/2003-220001, Paget HRHCharles p214, SP VII p531]
Research Notes:
of Eliotstoun, co Renfrew [Ref: Burke Peerage p1809, CP XI p621]

Hereditary Sheriff of Renfrew [Ref: CP XI p621]

Sheriff of Renfrew [Ref: Burke Peerage p1809, SP VII p250 (with corr in IX p152)]



Pedigree of Sir Thomas SEMPHILL
                                                                /-----Robert De SEMPILL
                                                       /-----Robert De SEMPILL
                                              /-----William De SEMPILL
                                     /-----Thomas De SEMPILL
                            /-----Sir John De SEMPILL
                   /-----John SEMPILL
          /-----Sir Robert SEMPILL
 /-----Sir William SEMPILL
Sir Thomas SEMPHILL
|                                                      /-----Sir William De KATHKERKE
|                                             /-----Sir Alane Of CATHCART
|                                    /-----Alanus De CATHKERT
|                                   |        |         /-----(Unk) WALLACE
|                                   |         \-----(Unk) WALLACE
|                           /-----Sir Alan CATHCARD
|                  /-----Alan CATHCART
|         /-----Sir Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart
 \-----Margaret CATHCART
          \-----Janet MAXWELL



Descendants of Sir Thomas SEMPHILL
1. Sir Thomas SEMPHILL m. Elizabeth ROSS
m. Elizabeth ROSS father: John ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead mother: Marjory MURE

2nd generation

2. Sir John SEMPILL, Lord Sempill m1. Margaret COLVILLE m2. Margaret CRICHTON
m. Margaret COLVILLE father: Sir Robert COLVILLE mother: Eupheme WALLACE
m. Margaret CRICHTON father: James CRICHTON mother: Agnes HEPBURN

3rd generation

7. William SEMPILL, Lord Sempill m1. Margaret MONTGOMERIE m2. Elizabeth ARNOT m3. Marion MONTGOMERIE
m. Margaret MONTGOMERIE father: Hugh MONTGOMERIE, Earl Of Eglintoun mother: Helen CAMPBELL
m. Elizabeth ARNOT father: John ARNOT
m. Marion MONTGOMERIE father: Hugh MONTGOMERIE

4th generation

12. Helen SEMPILL m. Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart
m. Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart father: Alan CATHCART, Master Of Cathcart mother: Agnes LYLE
17. Robert SEMPILL, Lord Sempill m1. Elizabeth CARLILE m2. Isabel HAMILTON
m. Elizabeth CARLILE
m. Isabel HAMILTON father: William HAMILTON mother: Katherine KENNEDY

5th generation

18. Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart m1. Margaret WALLACE m2. Florence McDOUGALL
m. Margaret WALLACE father: John WALLACE
m. Florence McDOUGALL
19. Jean SEMPILL m1. James ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead m2. Alexander FLEMING
m. James ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead father: Ninian ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead mother: Janet STEWART
m. Alexander FLEMING father: William FLEMING
20. Margaret SEMPILL m. David HAMILTON
m. David HAMILTON
21. Robert SEMPILL, Master of Sempill m1. Elizabeth HAMILTON m2. Barbara PRESTON
m. Elizabeth HAMILTON father: James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran
m. Barbara PRESTON father: Archibald PRESTON mother: (Unk) SEMPILL