Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-28-2022.

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 may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.

Individual Page

Person Info

Name: Sir John COLQUHOUN
Sex: M
Birth: 1 ^b
Death: 1536 ^d

Parents:

Father:
Humphrey COLQUHOUN Death: Abt 19 Aug 1493

Mother:

Helen ERSKINE

Family:
Marriage:

Elizabeth STEWART on Abt 1480 .^m1
Elizabeth STEWART

Children:

Marion COLQUHOUN
Humphrey COLQUHOUN Birth: 1 Death: Abt Jan 1537/8

Marriage:

Margaret CUNNINGHAM on 2 .^m2
Margaret CUNNINGHAM

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 02 Bass-Canning. London: St Catherine Press, 1912. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 2 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo02coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP II [Ap][p0-9].*].
Fraser, William, The chiefs of Colquhoun and their country, Edinburgh, Scotland: T and A Constable, 1869. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/131731. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p[0-9]*].
Ravilious, John, Sir Robert Erskine and his wives. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 1/14/2010. Subject: Sir Robert Erskine (d. 1452) and his wives. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/B8szb9kuwXs/m/IfR14BFdiRwJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 1/14/2010-131528].
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]*].
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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: first son [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p67],
parents:: [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p67, John Ravilious SGM 1/14/2010-131528, SP V p606]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p214]

Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth STEWART

date:: abt 1480 [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p72, SP V p350]; second marriage of Elizabeth [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p214],
child:: [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p84, Fraser COLQUHOUN p91]

Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret CUNNINGHAM

date:: second marriage of John [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p70]

Research Notes:
11th Laird of Colquhoun and 13th Laird of Luss [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p70]
of Luss [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p214, SP V p350]
of Luss [Ref: SP V p606]
of Luss [Ref: SP V p155]

Pedigree of Sir John COLQUHOUN
                                                                /-----Ingelramus De COLQUHOUN
                                                       /-----Sir Humphrey De COLQUHOUN
                                              /-----Sir Robert COLQUHOUN
                                     /-----Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN
                                    |        |                  /-----Malcolm De LUSS
                                    |        |         /-----Godfridus De LUSS
                                    |         \-----(Unk) LUSS
                            /-----Sir John COLQUHOUN
                   /-----Malcolm COLQUHOUN
                  |        |                                    /-----John ERSKINE
                  |        |                           /-----Sir William ERSKINE
                  |        |                  /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk
                  |        |         /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
                  |        |        |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
                  |        |        |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
                  |        |        |                           \-----(Unk) STEWART
                  |         \-----Jean ERSKINE
                  |                 |                           /-----Sir William De KEITH
                  |                 |                  /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Barbara De SETON
                  |                 |         /-----Sir Edward De KEITH
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Alexander De SYNTON
                  |                 |        |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
                  |                 |        |                  \-----Maria
                  |                  \-----Janet KEITH
                  |                          |                  /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
                  |                          |         /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
                  |                           \-----Christian MENTEITH
                  |                                   |         /-----Gratney Earl Of Mar
                  |                                    \-----Elyne Of Mar
                  |                                             \-----Christian BRUCE
          /-----Sir John COLQUHOUN
/-----Humphrey COLQUHOUN
|         \-----(Unk) BOYD
Sir John COLQUHOUN
|                                                               /-----Sir John ERSKINE
|                                                      /-----John ERSKINE
|                                             /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|                                    /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk
|                           /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
|                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Walter De LINDSAY
|                          |        |        |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Christian
|                          |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
|                          |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                          |                          |         /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|                          |                           \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                          |                                    \-----Joanna
|                  /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir John De KEITH
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir William De KEITH
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Margaret COMYN
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Adam De SETON
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Barbara De SETON
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Edward De KEITH
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Andrew De SYNTON
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Alexander De SYNTON
|                 |        |        |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Maria
|                 |         \-----Janet KEITH
|                 |                 |                           /-----Walter STEWART, Earl Of Menteith
|                 |                 |                  /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Mary Of Menteith, Countess Of Menteith
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
|                 |                  \-----Christian MENTEITH
|                 |                          |                  /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
|                 |                          |         /-----Gratney Earl Of Mar
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Helen
|                 |                           \-----Elyne Of Mar
|                 |                                   |         /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
|                 |                                    \-----Christian BRUCE
|                 |                                             \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
|         /-----Thomas ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
|        |        |                           /-----Sir David LINDSAY
|        |        |                          |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |        |                          |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Hugh ABERNETHY
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Mary Of Argyll
|        |        |                 |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Alexander De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Matilda
|        |        |         /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STIRLING
|        |        |        |         \-----Catherine STIRLING
|        |         \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|        |                 |                                    /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                 |                           /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Joanna
|        |                 |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
|        |                 |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
|        |                 |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Helen
|        |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |                          |                           /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|        |                          |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Jean COMYN
|        |                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh De BARCLAY
|        |                          |        |         \-----Eupheme
|        |                           \-----Euphemia Of Ross
|        |                                   |                  /-----Sir Nicholas GRAHAM
|        |                                   |         /-----John GRAHAM
|        |                                   |        |         \-----Mary Of Strathearn
|        |                                    \-----Margaret GRAHAM
|        |                                             \-----Isabella
\-----Helen ERSKINE
          \-----Janet DOUGLAS

Descendants of Sir John COLQUHOUN

1. Sir John COLQUHOUN m1. Elizabeth STEWART m2. Margaret CUNNINGHAM

m. Elizabeth STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox mother: Margaret MONTGOMERIE

2 Marion COLQUHOUN m1. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd m2. Thomas Capt CRAWFORD; Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd father: Alexander BOYD, Lord Boyd mother: Janet COLVILLE

3+ Humphrey COLQUHOUN m. Helen GRAHAM

m. Margaret CUNNINGHAM

2nd generation

3. Humphrey COLQUHOUN m. Helen GRAHAM

m. Helen GRAHAM father: William GRAHAM, Lord Graham, Earl Of Montrose mother: Annabel DRUMMOND

4 Helen COLQUHOUN m. James CUNNINGHAM

5 Marion COLQUHOUN m. Colin CAMPBELL

6+ Sir John COLQUHOUN m1. Christian ERSKINE m2. Agnes BOYD

7 James COLQUHOUN m. Christian CAMPBELL

8 Adam COLQUHOUN

3rd generation

6. Sir John COLQUHOUN m1. Christian ERSKINE m2. Agnes BOYD

m. Christian ERSKINE father: Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine mother: Isabel CAMPBELL

m. Agnes BOYD father: Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd mother: Helen SOMERVILLE

9 Jean COLQUHOUN m. Sir Matthew STEWART

10 Margaret COLQUHOUN m. Sir James EDMONSTONE

11+ Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN m1. Janet CUNNINGHAM m2. Jean HAMILTON

12 John COLQUHOUN

13+ Alexander COLQUHOUN m. Helen BUCHANAN

4th generation

11. Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN m1. Janet CUNNINGHAM m2. Jean HAMILTON

m. Janet CUNNINGHAM father: Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn mother: Janet CUNNINGHAM

m. Jean HAMILTON father: John HAMILTON, Marquis of Hamilton

14 Jean COLQUHOUN

15 Margaret COLQUHOUN

16 Annas COLQUHOUN

13. Alexander COLQUHOUN m. Helen BUCHANAN

m. Helen BUCHANAN father: Sir George BUCHANAN Of That Ilk

17+ Jean COLQUHOUN m1. Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart m2. Sir Duncan CAMPBELL m3. Sir William HAMILTON

18+ Sir John COLQUHOUN m. Lilias GRAHAM

5th generation

17. Jean COLQUHOUN m1. Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart m2. Sir Duncan CAMPBELL m3. Sir William HAMILTON

m. Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart father: Alan CATHCART, Master Of Cathcart mother: Isabel KENNEDY

19+ Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart m. Marion BOSWELL

m. Sir Duncan CAMPBELL

m. Sir William HAMILTON

18. Sir John COLQUHOUN m. Lilias GRAHAM

m. Lilias GRAHAM father: John GRAHAM, Earl Of Montrose mother: Margaret RUTHVEN

20+ Lilias COLQUHOUN m. John NAPIER

21+ Sir John COLQUHOUN m. Margaret BAILLIE