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.

Individual Page

Person Info

Name: Sir William DOUGLAS
Sex: M
Birth: 2 ^b
Death: 9 Sep 1513 in Flodden ^d

Parents:

Father:
Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus Birth: Abt 1449 Death: Abt 29 Nov 1513 in Priory Of St Ninian, Galloway

Mother:

Elizabeth BOYD Birth: 1 Death: Before 21 Feb 1497

Family:
Marriage:

Elizabeth AUCHLINLECK on 1501 .^m1
Elizabeth AUCHLINLECK

Children:

Sir Archibald DOUGLAS Death: 29 Sep 1570

Bibliography

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]*].
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].*].
Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 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 I p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: second son [Ref: Burke Peerage p617, CP I p159, SP I p183],
parents:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p916, Roberts RD600 p116, Roberts RD600 p121, Roberts RD600 p122, SP I p183],
father:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p617, CP I p159]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p617, CP I p159, SP I p184],
place:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p617, CP I p159, SP I p184]

Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth AUCHLINLECK

date:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p617, SP I p184],
child:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p617, Roberts RD600 p116, Roberts RD600 p121, Roberts RD600 p122]

Research Notes:
of Glenbervie [Ref: Burke Peerage p916, Roberts RD600 p116, Roberts RD600 p121, Roberts RD600 p122, SP I p183]

Pedigree of Sir William DOUGLAS
                                                                /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
                                                       /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
                                                      |         \-----Constance
                                              /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent Of Scotland
                                             |        |         /-----Matthew De LOUVAINE, Baron Of Little Easton
                                             |         \-----Eleanor LOVAINE
                                             |                  \-----Helisant
                                     /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
                                    |        |        |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
                                    |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
                                    |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
                                    |                           \-----(Unk) STEWART
                            /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
                           |        |                           /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
                           |        |                  /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Angus
                           |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) RANDOLPH
                           |        |         /-----Thomas STEWART, Earl Of Angus
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
                           |        |        |         \-----Margaret ABERNETHY
                           |        |        |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
                           |         \-----Margaret STEWART, Countess Of Angus And Mar
                           |                 |                  /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
                           |                 |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
                           |                 |        |         \-----Alice De FENTON
                           |                  \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
                   /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
                  |        |                                    /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |                          |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
                  |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
                  |        |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
                  |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----William MURE
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
                  |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
                  |        |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
                  |        |        |                           \-----Elen De KALENTIR
                  |         \-----Mary STEWART
                  |                 |                           /-----Malcolm DRUMMOND
                  |                 |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
                  |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk) GRAHAM
                  |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
                  |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
                  |                          |                  /-----William De MONTFICHET
                  |                          |         /-----Sir William De MONTIFICHET
                  |                           \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
          /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |        |                                             /-----Sir Gilbert De HAYA
         |        |                                    /-----Sir Thomas De HAYA
         |        |                                   |         \-----Margaret FRASER
         |        |                           /-----Sir William De HAYA
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir William De CUNINGESBURGH
         |        |                          |         \-----Lora CUNINGESBURGH
         |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas HAY
         |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
         |        |         /-----Sir William HAY
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John GIFFARD
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
         |        |        |         \-----Janet GIFFORD
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
         |        |        |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
         |        |        |                           \-----Joan
         |         \-----Margaret HAY
         |                  \-----Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
/-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |                  /-----Sir Thomas SIBBALD
|        |         /-----Sir John SIBBALD
|         \-----Isabel SIBBALD
|                  \-----Joan LIVINGSTON
Sir William DOUGLAS
|                                                      /-----Sir Robert BOYD
|                                             /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|                                    /-----Robert BOYD
|                                   |        |                  /-----Robert FLEMING
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir Patrick FLEMING
|                                   |         \-----(Unk) FLEMING
|                                   |                 |         /-----Sir Simon FRASER
|                                   |                  \-----Joanna FRASER
|                           /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir John GIFFARD
|                          |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
|                          |        |        |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
|                          |         \-----Margaret GIFFORD
|                          |                 |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|                          |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
|                          |                           \-----Joan
|                  /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|                 |        |                                    /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |        |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
|                 |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
|                 |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----William MURE
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
|                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Elen De KALENTIR
|                 |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                 |                 |                           /-----David GRAHAM
|                 |                 |                  /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Agnes NOBLE
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Annabelle Of Strathearn
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
|                 |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
|                 |                          |                  /-----Alexander De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
|                 |                          |         /-----Alan De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Matilda
|                 |                           \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
|                 |                                   |         /-----Colban MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife
|                 |                                    \-----Marjory
|                 |                                             \-----Anna DURWARD
|         /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
|        |        |                                             /-----John MONTGOMERY
|        |        |                                    /-----John MONTGOMERY
|        |        |                           /-----John MONTGOMERY
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir John ERSKINE
|        |        |                          |         \-----Janet ERSKINE
|        |        |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir John STEWART
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
|        |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas RANDOLPH
|        |        |                 |                  \-----(Unk) RANDOLPH
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Isabella De KILCONQUHAR
|        |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh EGLINTON
|        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
|        |        |        |                  \-----Agnes MORE
|        |         \-----Joanna MONTGOMERIE
|        |                 |                                    /-----Donald Lord Of The Isles
|        |                 |                           /-----Anges Mor Lord Of The Isles
|        |                 |                          |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |                 |                  /-----Angus Og Lord Of The Isles
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir Colin Mor De CAMPBELL, Lord Of Loch Awe
|        |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk Dau) De CAMPBELL
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Aufrica Of Carrick
|        |                 |         /-----John Lord Of The Isles
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Guy Of Cathan Of Ulster
|        |                 |        |         \-----Agnes Of Cathan Of Ulster
|        |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
|        |                          |                           /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                          |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
|        |                          |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
|        |                          |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
|        |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
|        |                                   |                  /-----William MURE
|        |                                   |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|        |                                   |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
|        |                                    \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |                                            |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
|        |                                             \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|        |                                                      \-----Elen De KALENTIR
\-----Elizabeth BOYD
         |                                                      /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
         |                                             /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
         |                                    /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
         |                           /-----Sir John MAXWELL
         |                  /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL
         |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
         |                 |        |                  /-----Sir David LINDSAY
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir James LINDSAY
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
         |                 |         \-----Isabel LINDSAY
         |                 |                 |                  /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
         |                 |                 |         /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
         |                 |                  \-----Egidia STEWART
         |                 |                          |         /-----Sir Nicholas GRAHAM
         |                 |                           \-----Isabel GRAHAM
         |                 |                                    \-----Mary Of Strathearn
         |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
         |        |        |                           /-----Hugh DANIELSTON
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir John DANIELSTON
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William De MONTIFICHET
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret De MONTIFICHET
         |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert DANIELSTON
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
         |        |        |        |         \-----Mary STEWART
         |        |         \-----Elizabeth DANIELSTON
          \-----Mariot MAXWELL
                  |                           /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
                  |                  /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
                  |                 |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Alice De FENTON
                  |                 |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
                  |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                  |        |         \-----(Unk)
                   \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
                           |                                    /-----Sir Gilbert De HAYA
                           |                           /-----Sir Thomas De HAYA
                           |                          |         \-----Margaret FRASER
                           |                  /-----Sir William De HAYA
                           |                 |        |         /-----Sir William De CUNINGESBURGH
                           |                 |         \-----Lora CUNINGESBURGH
                           |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY
                           |        |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
                            \-----(Unk) HAY
                                    |                  /-----Sir John GIFFARD
                                    |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
                                    |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
                                    |        |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
                                    |        |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
                                     \-----Janet GIFFORD
                                             |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
                                             |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
                                              \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
                                                       \-----Joan

Descendants of Sir William DOUGLAS

1. Sir William DOUGLAS m. Elizabeth AUCHLINLECK

m. Elizabeth AUCHLINLECK father: James AUCHLINLECK

2+ Sir Archibald DOUGLAS m1. Agnes KEITH m2. Elizabeth WICKEN

2nd generation

2. Sir Archibald DOUGLAS m1. Agnes KEITH m2. Elizabeth WICKEN

m. Agnes KEITH father: William KEITH, Earl Marischal mother: Elizabeth GORDON

3+ Elizabeth DOUGLAS m. Alexander FALCONER

4+ William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus m. Egidia GRAHAM

m. Elizabeth WICKEN father: Alexander WICKEN

5+ John DOUGLAS m.

3rd generation

3. Elizabeth DOUGLAS m. Alexander FALCONER

m. Alexander FALCONER father: David FALCONER mother: Mariot DUNBAR

6+ Archibald FALCONER m. Jean DUNBAR

7+ Alexander FALCONER m. Isabel GRAY

8+ Margaret FALCONER m. John ROSE

4. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus m. Egidia GRAHAM

m. Egidia GRAHAM father: Robert GRAHAM

9+ Margaret DOUGLAS m. William FORBES

10+ Sir Robert DOUGLAS m. Elizabeth AUCHINLECK

11+ William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus m. Elizabeth OLIPHANT

5. John DOUGLAS m.

12+ John DOUGLAS m.

4th generation

6. Archibald FALCONER m. Jean DUNBAR

13+ John FALCONER m. Agnes SPENS

7. Alexander FALCONER m. Isabel GRAY

m. Isabel GRAY father: Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray mother: Marion OGILVY

14+ Sir Alexander FALCONER m. Agnes CARNEGIE

8. Margaret FALCONER m. John ROSE

15+ Hugh ROSE m. Katherine ORD

9. Margaret DOUGLAS m. William FORBES

m. William FORBES father: Duncan FORBES mother: Agnes GRAY

16+ Sir William FORBES m. Elizabeth WISHART

17 Isobel FORBES m. James GORDON

10. Sir Robert DOUGLAS m. Elizabeth AUCHINLECK

m. Elizabeth AUCHINLECK father: Sir George AUCHINLECK

18+ Margaret DOUGLAS m. Sir Thomas BURNETT, Baron Of Leys

11. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus m. Elizabeth OLIPHANT

m. Elizabeth OLIPHANT father: Laurence OLIPHANT, Lord Oliphant mother: Margaret HAY

19+ Mary DOUGLAS m. Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Linlithgow

20+ William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas m1. Margaret HAMILTON m2. Mary GORDON

12. John DOUGLAS m.

21+ William Rev DOUGLAS m.

5th generation

13. John FALCONER m. Agnes SPENS

22 Patrick FALCONER m. Hannah JONES

14. Sir Alexander FALCONER m. Agnes CARNEGIE

m. Agnes CARNEGIE

23+ Sir John FALCONER m. Sibilla OGILVY

15. Hugh ROSE m. Katherine ORD

m. Katherine ORD

24+ Patrick ROSE m. Margaret (ROSE)

16. Sir William FORBES m. Elizabeth WISHART

m. Elizabeth WISHART

25+ Robert FORBES m.

18. Margaret DOUGLAS m. Sir Thomas BURNETT, Baron Of Leys

m. Sir Thomas BURNETT, Baron Of Leys father: Alexander BURNETT mother: Katharine GORDON

26+ Catherine BURNETT m. Robert GORDON, Laird Of Pitlurg

19. Mary DOUGLAS m. Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Linlithgow

m. Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Linlithgow father: Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Linlithgow mother: Eleanor HAY

27 Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Callendar m. Mary HAMILTON

20. William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas m1. Margaret HAMILTON m2. Mary GORDON

m. Margaret HAMILTON father: Claude HAMILTON, Lord Paisley mother: Margaret SETON

28 Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus m. Jean WEMYSS; Jean WEMYSS father: David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss mother: Anna BALFOUR

29 William DOUGLAS

30 James DOUGLAS

31 Margaret DOUGLAS m. William ALEXANDER, Lord Alexander

32+ Jean DOUGLAS m. Sir John HAMILTON, Lord Bargeny

33+ Grizel DOUGLAS m. William CARMICHAEL

m. Mary GORDON father: George GORDON, Marquess Of Huntley mother: Henrietta STEWART

34+ William DOUGLAS, Duke of Hamilton m. Anne HAMILTON

35 George DOUGLAS

36 James DOUGLAS

37+ Lucy DOUGLAS m. Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale

38+ Jane DOUGLAS m. James DRUMMOND, Earl of Perth

39+ Henrietta DOUGLAS m. James JOHNSTONE, Earl of Annandale

40+ Isabel DOUGLAS m. William DOUGLAS, Duke of Queensberry

41 Anna DOUGLAS

42 Catherine DOUGLAS m. Sir William RUTHVEN

43 Mary DOUGLAS

21. William Rev DOUGLAS m.

44+ William Rev DOUGLAS m.