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 SINCLAIR Birth: Abt 1345 Death: Before 20 Jan 1401/2
  2. James SINCLAIR Birth: 2
  3. Walter SINCLAIR Birth: 3

Bibliography
  1. 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]*].
  2. 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 VI p[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 VII p[0-9]*].
  4. Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, Medieval Heritage: The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England, The Genealogist, 2:157-68, 3:25-44, 3:175-94, 4:144-58, 5:64-72, 5:226-39, 6:100-3, 6:148-65, 7-8:137-43, 9:40-4, 10:73-85, 11:63-72, 11:184-93, 12:83-90, 12:250-6, 13:92-9, 13:252-6, 14:81-4, 14:207-10, 15:99-103, 15:220-4, 16:93-8, 16:227-31, 17:61-4, 17:250-5, 18:123-7, 18:228-31, 19:62-8, 19:251-5, 20:85-8, 20:184-90, 21:71-5, 21:250-4, 22:101-6, 22:186-91, 23:73-9, 23:203-8, 24:110-27, 24:239-54, 25:56-73, 25:214-32, 26:77-101, 26:202-26, 27:189, 28:90, 33:300. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Reprinted, with further corrections, as Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England: A Medieval Heritage. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton & Gunn, 2012. NYPL ARF 13-5787. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v[0-9]*-[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
father:
[Ref: SP VII p578]
Sources for death Information
date:
by 1353 [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v23-76]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret SINCLAIR
date:
abt 1345 [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v23-76]
second marriage of Margaret [Ref: SP I p170 (with corr in IX p11), SP VI p567, SP VII p578],
child:
[Ref: SP I p171, SP VII p578, Thompson CharlesII v23-76]
Research Notes:
of Herdmanston [Ref: SP I p170, SP VI p567, SP VII p578, SP VII p578, Thompson CharlesII v23-76]

after 23 Jan 1343/4: knighted [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v23-76]

1346: taken prisoner by the English at the battle of Neville's Cross, held in the custody of William Dacre and Warene de Scargehill [Ref: SP VII p578, Thompson CharlesII v23-76]



Pedigree of Sir John SINCLAIR
                                     /-----Henry De St CLAIR
                            /-----Alan De St CLAIR
                   /-----John De St CLAIR
                  |        |                                    /-----Otho GERALDINO, Baron Of Windsor
                  |        |                           /-----Walter FITZ OTHO, Baron Of Eton
                  |        |                  /-----William FITZ WALTER, Baron Of Eton
                  |        |                 |         \-----Beatrice
                  |        |         /-----Alexander De WYNDESORE
                  |        |        |         \-----Anna
                  |         \-----Matilda De WYNDESORE
                  |                 |                  /-----Gilbert De LANCASTER, Baron Of Kendal
                  |                 |         /-----William I De LANCASTER, Baron Of Kendal
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Ethred Baron Of Kendal
                  |                 |        |         \-----Goditha
                  |                 |        |                  \-----Beatrice
                  |                  \-----Agnes De LANCASTER
                  |                          |                  /-----William De Warrene, Earl Of Surrey
                  |                          |         /-----William II De Warrene, Earl Of Surrey
                  |                          |        |         \-----Gundred
                  |                           \-----Gundred De WARENNE, Countess Of Warwick
                  |                                   |         /-----Hugh Magnus Duke Of France
                  |                                    \-----Isabel De Vermandois, Countess Of Leicester
                  |                                             \-----Adelaide De Vermandois, Countess Of Vermandois
          /-----John De St CLAIR
 /-----William De St CLAIR
Sir John SINCLAIR



Descendants of Sir John SINCLAIR
1. Sir John SINCLAIR m. Margaret SINCLAIR
m. Margaret SINCLAIR father: Sir William SINCLAIR

2nd generation

2. Sir John SINCLAIR m. Elizabeth POLWARCH
m. Elizabeth POLWARCH father: Sir Patrick POLWARTH

3rd generation

5. Katherine De St CLAIR m. Sir John SETON, Lord Of Seton
m. Sir John SETON, Lord Of Seton father: Sir William SETON mother: Janet FLEMING
6. Sir William SINCLAIR m. Margaret
m. Margaret

4th generation

7. Sir William SETON m. Janet DUNBAR
m. Janet DUNBAR father: Sir George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar mother: Beatrice
8. Janet SETON m. Robert KEITH, Master Of Keith
m. Robert KEITH, Master Of Keith father: Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland mother: Mary HAMILTON
9. Christian SETON m. Sir Norman De LESLIE
m. Sir Norman De LESLIE father: Sir George De LESLIE mother: Elizabeth HAY
10. John SINCLAIR m. Isobel
m. Isobel

5th generation

11. George SETON, Lord Seton m1. Margaret STEWART m2. Christian MURRAY
m. Margaret STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Buchan mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS
m. Christian MURRAY father: Sir William MURRAY
12. Catherine SETON m1. Alan STUART, Seigneur Of Aubigny m2. Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
m. Alan STUART, Seigneur Of Aubigny father: Sir John STEWART, Seigneur Of Aubigny mother: Elizabeth LENNOX
m. Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell father: Sir Herbert De MAXWELL mother: Katherine STEWART
13. Janet SETON m1. John HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun m2. Edward CONGALTON
m. John HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun father: Walter HALYBURTON, Lord Of Dirletoun mother: Mary DOUGLAS
m. Edward CONGALTON father: John CONGALTON
14. Margaret SETON m1. Thomas DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray m2. Sir John OGILVY
m. Thomas DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray father: Thomas DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray mother: Margaret
m. Sir John OGILVY father: Sir Walter OGILVY, High Treasurer Of Scotland mother: Isabel
15. Janet KEITH m. Andrew GREY, Lord Grey
m. Andrew GREY, Lord Grey father: Patrick GRAY, Master Of Gray mother: Annabel FORBES
16. George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes m1. Margaret De LUNDIN m2. Christian HALYBURTON m3. Elizabeth CAMPBELL
m. Margaret De LUNDIN father: John De LUNDIN
m. Christian HALYBURTON father: Walter HALYBURTON, Lord Of Dirletoun mother: Isabel STEWART
m. Elizabeth CAMPBELL
17. Sir John SINCLAIR m. Katherine HOME
m. Katherine HOME father: Sir Alexander HOME, Lord Home mother: Mariot LAUDER
18. Sir William SINCLAIR m.