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. David DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus Birth: Abt 1515 Death: Jun 1557 in Cockburnspath
  2. James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton Birth: 2 Death: 2 Jun 1581

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 01 A-Basing. London: St Catherine Press, 1910. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 1 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo01coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP I [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 09, Moels-Nugent. London: St Catherine Press, 1936. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IX [Ap][p0-9].*].
  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 I p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
father:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p917, CP I p158, CP IX p289, SP I p188]
Sources for death Information
date:
after 1573 [Ref: CP IX p289]
living 12 Dec 1573 [Ref: SP I p188]
Sources with Information about marriage to George DOUGLAS
names:
[Ref: SP I p188],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p917, CP I p158, CP IX p289]
Research Notes:
heir of her father [Ref: CP IX p289]



Pedigree of Elizabeth DOUGLAS
 /-----David DOUGLAS
Elizabeth DOUGLAS



Descendants of Elizabeth DOUGLAS
1. Elizabeth DOUGLAS m. George DOUGLAS
m. George DOUGLAS father: George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus mother: Elizabeth DRUMMOND

2nd generation

2. David DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus m. Margaret HAMILTON
m. Margaret HAMILTON father: Sir John HAMILTON mother: Janet HOME

3rd generation

5. Elizabeth DOUGLAS m1. John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m2. Sir Alexander STEWART m3. John WALLACE
m. John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell father: Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell mother: Beatrice DOUGLAS
m. Sir Alexander STEWART
m. John WALLACE
6. Margaret DOUGLAS m1. Sir Walter SCOTT m2. Francis STEWART, Earl Of Bothwell
m. Sir Walter SCOTT father: Sir William SCOTT mother: Grisel BETOUN
m. Francis STEWART, Earl Of Bothwell father: John STEWART, Lord Darnley mother: Jean HEPBURN

4th generation

7. Elizabeth MAXWELL m. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries
m. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries father: William MAXWELL, Lord Herries mother: Catherine KERR
8. Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Elizabeth BEAUMONT
m. Elizabeth BEAUMONT father: Sir Francis BEAUMONT
9. Mary SCOTT m. William ELIOT
m. William ELIOT
10. Walter SCOTT, Lord Scott Of Buccleuch m. Margaret KERR
m. Margaret KERR father: Sir William KERR mother: Janet DOUGLAS
11. John STEWART m. Margaret HOME
m. Margaret HOME
12. Elizabeth STEWART m. James CRANSTON
m. James CRANSTON father: William CRANSTOUN, Lord Cranstoun mother: Sarah CRANSTOUN

5th generation

15. John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Elizabeth GORDON
m. Elizabeth GORDON father: Sir Robert GORDON mother: Isabel RUTHVEN
16. Elizabeth MAXWELL m. George SETON, Earl of Wintoun
m. George SETON, Earl of Wintoun father: Robert SETON, Earl of Wintoun mother: Margaret MONTGOMERY
18. Jean ELIOT m. Thomas RUTHERFORD
m. Thomas RUTHERFORD
19. Walter SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch m. Mary HAY
m. Mary HAY father: Francis HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS
21. Margaret SCOTT m1. James ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead m2. Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun
m. James ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead father: Robert ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead mother: Jean HAMILTON
m. Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun father: Robert SETON, Earl of Wintoun mother: Margaret MONTGOMERY
22. Margaret STEWART m. Sir John HOME
m. Sir John HOME
23. Isabella CRANSTON m. Sir Gilbert ELIOTT
m. Sir Gilbert ELIOTT father: William ELIOTT mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS