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.


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Family:
Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Keats-Rohan, K.S.B., Domesday Descendants, A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166. Vol II: Pipe Rolls to Cartae Baronum. Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002. NYPL ARF 03-4178 vol 2. Corrections at http://users.ox.ac.uk/~prosop/domesday-descendants-corrigenda.pdf Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p[0-9]*].
  2. Sanders, I. J., English Baronies, A Study of Their Origin and Descent 1086-1327. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1960. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Sanders Baronies p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
first son [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p581, Sanders Baronies p65],
parents:
[Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p581, Keats-Rohan DD p582],
father:
[Ref: Sanders Baronies p65]
Sources for death Information
date:
before Mich 1165 [Ref: Sanders Baronies p65]
before end of 1165 [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p582]
Sources with Information about marriage to Rohais
names:
[Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p582]
Research Notes:
Lord of Morpeth, Northumberland [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p582]

inherited Barony of Morpeth from father [Ref: Sanders Baronies p65]

after 1137: succeeded his father [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p582]

1161: paid scutage on 7 1/2 knights' fees [Ref: Sanders Baronies p65(8)]

1162: paid scutage on 4 knights' fees [Ref: Sanders Baronies p65(8)]

d.s.p; heir was his brother Roger [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p582]



Pedigree of William De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
          /-----William De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
 /-----Ralph De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
|         \-----Menialda
William De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
|                                                      /-----Duncan Abthane Of Dule, Abbot Of Dunkeld
|                                             /-----Duncan Lord Of Mormaer Of Athol
|                                    /-----Crinan The Thane Abbot Of Dunkeld
|                           /-----Maldred Lord Of Carlisle
|                          |        |                           /-----Mael Coluim (Malcolm I) Mac DOMNALL, King Of Scots
|                          |        |                  /-----Cinaed (Kenneth II) Mac MAEL COLUIM, King Of Scots
|                          |        |         /-----Mael Coluim (Malcolm II) Mac CINAED, King Of Scots
|                          |        |        |         \-----(Unknown) Of Leinster
|                          |         \-----Bethoc
|                  /-----Gospatric I Earl Of Northumberland
|                 |        |                                    /-----Ealdred Lord Of Bamborough
|                 |        |                           /-----Oswulf Earl Of Northumbria
|                 |        |                  /-----Waltheof Earl Of Northumberland
|                 |        |         /-----Uchtred Earl Of Northumberland
|                 |         \-----Ealdgyth
|                 |                 |                           /-----Edmund The Magnificent King Of England
|                 |                 |                  /-----Edgar The Peaceful King Of England
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Saint Alfgifu
|                 |                 |         /-----Ethelred II The Redeless King Of England
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Ordgar Ealdorman Of Devonshire
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Aelfthryth
|                 |                  \-----Alfgifu
|                 |                          |                  /-----Gunnor Ealdorman In Deise
|                 |                          |         /-----Thored Ealdorman Of Northumbria
|                 |                           \-----Alfflaed
|         /-----Gospatric II Earl Of Dunbar, Baron Of Beanley
|        |        |                                             /-----Alfred The Great King Of England
|        |        |                                    /-----Edward The Elder King Of England
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Ealhswith
|        |        |                           /-----Edmund The Magnificent King Of England
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Sigehelm Earl Of Kent
|        |        |                          |         \-----Eadgifu
|        |        |                  /-----Edgar The Peaceful King Of England
|        |        |                 |         \-----Saint Alfgifu
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Wynflaed
|        |        |         /-----Ethelred II The Redeless King Of England
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Ordgar Ealdorman Of Devonshire
|        |        |        |         \-----Aelfthryth
|        |         \-----(Unk Dau)
|        |                 |                  /-----Gunnor Ealdorman In Deise
|        |                 |         /-----Thored Ealdorman Of Northumbria
|        |                  \-----Alfflaed
 \-----Juliana Of Dunbar
         |         /-----Arkil Morel
          \-----Sybil



Descendants of William De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
1. William De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth m. Rohais
m. Rohais