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 GORDON Birth: 1 Death: Before 11 Oct 1395
  2. Sir Adam GORDON Birth: 2 Death: 14 Sep 1402 in Hamildon Hill

Children:
  1. John GORDON
  2. Thomas GORDON

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. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1[pc][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 I p[0-9]*].
  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 IV p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
father:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1055, SP IV p514]
Sources for death Information
date:
before Feb 1360/1 [Ref: SP IV p514]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth
child:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p635, SP IV p514]
Sources with Information about marriage to unknown
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1055]
Research Notes:
1346: taken prisoner at Durham; released 1357 [Ref: Burke Peerage p1055]

1376: had a confirmation charter of Strathbogie, as great-grandson of Sir Adam [Ref: Burke Peerage p1055]



Pedigree of Sir John GORDON
                   /-----Adam Of Gordon
          /-----Sir Adam GORDON
         |         \-----Marjory
 /-----Sir Adam GORDON
|         \-----Amabilia
Sir John GORDON



Descendants of Sir John GORDON
1. Sir John GORDON m1. Elizabeth m2.
m. Elizabeth

2nd generation

2. Sir John GORDON m. Elizabeth CRUICKSHANKS
m. Elizabeth CRUICKSHANKS
3. Sir Adam GORDON m. Elizabeth KEITH
m. Elizabeth KEITH father: Sir John KEITH mother: Jean STEWART

3rd generation

6. John GORDON m1. Elizabeth MAITLAND m2.
m. Elizabeth MAITLAND father: Robert MAITLAND mother: (Unk) SCHIVAS
9. Elizabeth GORDON m. Sir Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon
m. Sir Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon father: Sir William SETON mother: Janet FLEMING

4th generation

10. Sir John GORDON, Laird Of Pitlurg m. Jane STEWART
m. Jane STEWART father: Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl mother: Eleanor SINCLAIR
11. William GORDON m. (Unk) RUTHERFORD
m. (Unk) RUTHERFORD
12. James GORDON m. Canea HARPER
m. Canea HARPER
15. Elizabeth SETON m. Alexander MacDONALD, Lord Of The Isles, Earl Of Ro
m. Alexander MacDONALD, Lord Of The Isles, Earl Of Ro father: Sir Donald Lord Of The Isles mother: Mary LESLIE, Countess Of Ross
16. Margaret SETON m1. James DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray m2. Sir Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Mar
m. James DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray father: Thomas DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray mother: Margaret
m. Sir Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Mar father: Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Buchan
17. Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley m1. m2. Egidia HAY m3. Elizabeth CRICHTON
m. Egidia HAY father: Sir John HAY mother: Margaret STEWART
m. Elizabeth CRICHTON father: William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton mother: Agnes
18. William SETON m. Elizabeth MELDRUM
m. Elizabeth MELDRUM father: William MELDRUM

5th generation

20. John GORDON m. Janet OGILVIE
m. Janet OGILVIE
21. George GORDON m. Isobel INNES
m. Isobel INNES father: Beroald INNES
23. Patrick GORDON m.
24. John MacDONALD, Lord Of The Isles, Earl Of Ro m1. m2. Elizabeth LIVINGSTON
m. Elizabeth LIVINGSTON father: James LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston mother: Marian
25. Janet DUNBAR m1. James CRICHTON, Lord Crichton m2. James SUTHERLAND
m. James CRICHTON, Lord Crichton father: William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton mother: Agnes
m. James SUTHERLAND
26. Elizabeth DUNBAR m1. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Moray m2. Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley m3. Sir John COLQUHOUN
m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Moray father: James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas mother: Beatrice SINCLAIR
m. Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley father: Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley mother: Elizabeth CRICHTON
m. Sir John COLQUHOUN father: Malcolm COLQUHOUN
27. Janet GORDON m. James INNES
m. James INNES father: Robert INNES
29. Sir Alexander SETON m. Elizabeth ERSKINE
m. Elizabeth ERSKINE father: Thomas ERSKINE, Lord Erskine mother: Janet DOUGLAS
30. Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley m1. m2. Elizabeth DUNBAR m3. Annabella STEWART m4. Elizabeth HAY
m. Elizabeth DUNBAR father: James DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray mother: Margaret SETON
m. Annabella STEWART father: James I King Of Scots mother: Joan De BEAUFORT
m. Elizabeth HAY father: Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Beatrice DOUGLAS
32. Adam GORDON m.
35. Elizabeth GORDON, Countess Of Erroll m1. Nicholas HAY, Earl Of Erroll m2. John KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
m. Nicholas HAY, Earl Of Erroll father: Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Beatrice DOUGLAS
m. John KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy father: Gilbert KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy mother: Catherine MAXWELL
36. Christian GORDON m. William FORBES, Lord Forbes
m. William FORBES, Lord Forbes father: James FORBES, Lord Forbes mother: Egidia KEITH
38. Alexander SETON m. (Unk dau) SUTHERLAND
m. (Unk dau) SUTHERLAND father: Alexander SUTHERLAND