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

Person Info

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

Parents:

Father:
Sir William MURRAY Birth: Abt 1444 Death: 10 Feb 1524/5

Mother:

Mary KEITH

Family:
Marriage:

Margaret STEWART .^m1
Margaret STEWART Birth: 5

Children:

Margaret MURRAY
Helen MURRAY
Sir William MURRAY Birth: 1 Death: 30 Jan 1562/3
Andrew MURRAY Birth: 2 Death: After 1542
David MURRAY Birth: 3 Death: After 1551

Children:

David MURRAY Death: After 1551

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]*].
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: SP I p460],
parents:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p95],
father:: [Ref: SP I p442, SP I p460]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p95, SP I p442, SP I p461],
place:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p95, SP I p442, SP I p461]

Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret STEWART

names:: [Ref: SP I p442],
child:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p95, SP I p461]

Sources with Information about marriage to unknown

child:: [Ref: SP I p461]

Research Notes:
of Castleton [Ref: SP I p460]

Pedigree of Sir William MURRAY
                                                                /-----Andrew MURRAY
                                                       /-----Sir William MURRAY
                                              /-----Sir John MURRAY
                                     /-----Walter MURRAY
                            /-----Sir David MURRAY
                           |         \-----Margaret Le BARDE
                   /-----Sir David MURRAY
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir John STEWART
                  |        |                           /-----Sir James STEWART
                  |        |                          |         \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
                  |        |                  /-----Sir Robert STEWART
                  |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART
                  |         \-----Isabel STEWART
                  |                 |                           /-----Alan Mac JOHN
                  |                 |                  /-----John Of Argyll, Lord Of Lorn
                  |                 |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
                  |                  \-----Isabel Of Argyll
                  |                          |         /-----Thomas ISAAC
                  |                           \-----Joanna ISAAC
                  |                                   |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
                  |                                    \-----Mathilda De BRUS
                  |                                             \-----Elizabeth De BURG
          /-----William MURRAY
         |        |                                             /-----Ingelramus De COLQUHOUN
         |        |                                    /-----Sir Humphrey De COLQUHOUN
         |        |                           /-----Sir Robert COLQUHOUN
         |        |                  /-----Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Malcolm De LUSS
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Godfridus De LUSS
         |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) LUSS
         |        |         /-----Sir John COLQUHOUN
         |         \-----Margaret COLQUHOUN
         |                 |                                    /-----John ERSKINE
         |                 |                           /-----Sir William ERSKINE
         |                 |                  /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk
         |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
         |                 |        |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
         |                 |        |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |                 |        |                           \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |                  \-----Jean ERSKINE
         |                          |                           /-----Sir William De KEITH
         |                          |                  /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |                          |                 |         \-----Barbara De SETON
         |                          |         /-----Sir Edward De KEITH
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Alexander De SYNTON
         |                          |        |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
         |                          |        |                  \-----Maria
         |                           \-----Janet KEITH
         |                                   |                  /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
         |                                   |         /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
         |                                    \-----Christian MENTEITH
         |                                            |         /-----Gratney Earl Of Mar
         |                                             \-----Elyne Of Mar
         |                                                      \-----Christian BRUCE
/-----Sir William MURRAY
|        |                                    /-----Sir Andrew GRAY
|        |                           /-----Sir John GRAY
|        |                  /-----Sir Patrick GRAY
|        |         /-----Sir Andrew GRAY
|        |        |         \-----Margaret
|         \-----Margaret GRAY
|                 |         /-----Sir Walter BUCHANAN
|                  \-----Elizabeth BUCHANAN
Sir William MURRAY
|                                                               /-----Sir William De KEITH
|                                                      /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                                                     |         \-----Barbara De SETON
|                                             /-----Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                                            |        |         /-----Alexander De SYNTON
|                                            |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
|                                            |                  \-----Maria
|                                    /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                           /-----Sir Robert KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir Andrew FRASER
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander FRASER, Lord Great Chamberlain Of Scotla
|                          |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) Le CHEN
|                          |        |         /-----John FRASER
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Reginald Le CHEYNE
|                          |        |        |         \-----(Unk) Le CHEYNE
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Mary De MORAVIA
|                          |         \-----Margaret FRASER
|                  /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                 |         \-----(Unk) Of TROUP
|         /-----Sir William KEITH, Earl Marischal
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir Walter FITZ GILBERT
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir David FITZ WALTER
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Mary GORDON
|        |        |                           /-----Sir David HAMILTON
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|        |        |                          |         \-----Margaret De ROSS
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Eupheme
|        |        |                  /-----Sir John HAMILTON
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir William De KEITH
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH
|        |        |                 |         \-----Janet KEITH
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|        |        |                 |                  \-----(Unk dau) MURE
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|        |        |         /-----Sir James HAMILTON
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John DOUGLAS
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Joan
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----John GRAHAM
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Agnes GRAHAM
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabella
|        |        |        |         \-----Jacoba DOUGLAS
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Alexander DUNBAR
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
|        |        |        |                  \-----Agnes DUNBAR
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Thomas RANDOLPH, Earl Of Moray
|        |        |        |                           \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Isabella De ROSS
|        |         \-----Mary HAMILTON
|        |                 |                                    /-----William LIVINGSTON
|        |                 |                           /-----Sir William LIVINGSTON, Lord Callendar
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Margaret
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir John LIVINGSTON
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Patrick De CALLENDAR, Lord Callendar
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Christian De CALLENDAR
|        |                 |         /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter De MONTEITH
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir John MENTEITH
|        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) MENTEITH
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Margery STIRLING
|        |                  \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
|        |                          |                  /-----John De DUNDAS
|        |                          |         /-----James DUNDAS
|        |                           \-----(Unk) DUNDAS
\-----Mary KEITH
         |                                                      /-----John ERSKINE
         |                                             /-----Sir William ERSKINE
         |                                    /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk
         |                           /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
         |                          |        |                  /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
         |                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
         |                          |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
         |                          |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |                          |                           \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |                  /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
         |                 |        |                           /-----Sir William De KEITH
         |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Barbara De SETON
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir Edward De KEITH
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Alexander De SYNTON
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Maria
         |                 |         \-----Janet KEITH
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
         |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
         |                 |                  \-----Christian MENTEITH
         |                 |                          |         /-----Gratney Earl Of Mar
         |                 |                           \-----Elyne Of Mar
         |                 |                                    \-----Christian BRUCE
         |         /-----Thomas ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
         |        |        |                           /-----Sir David LINDSAY
         |        |        |                          |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
         |        |        |         /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STIRLING
         |        |        |        |         \-----Catherine STIRLING
         |        |         \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
         |        |                 |                           /-----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
         |        |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |        |                          |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |        |                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Eupheme
         |        |                           \-----Euphemia Of Ross
         |        |                                   |         /-----John GRAHAM
         |        |                                    \-----Margaret GRAHAM
         |        |                                             \-----Isabella
          \-----Mariot ERSKINE
                   \-----Janet DOUGLAS

Descendants of Sir William MURRAY

1. Sir William MURRAY m1. Margaret STEWART m2.

m. Margaret STEWART father: Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl mother: Margaret DOUGLAS, Countess Of Douglas

2 Margaret MURRAY m. Thomas STEWART

3 Helen MURRAY m. Alexander SETON

4+ Sir William MURRAY m. Catherine CAMPBELL

5 Andrew MURRAY

2nd generation

4. Sir William MURRAY m. Catherine CAMPBELL

m. Catherine CAMPBELL father: Sir Duncan CAMPBELL mother: Margaret MONCRIEFF

8+ Sir William MURRAY m. Agnes GRAHAM

9+ Alexander MURRAY m. Isobel REIDHEUCH

10+ James MURRAY m1. Marion PRESTON m2. Agnes LINDSAY

11 Andrew MURRAY

12 Laurence MURRAY

13+ Annabella MURRAY m. John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine

14 Eupheme MURRAY m1. Robert STEWART m2. Robert PITCAIRN

15 Katherine MURRAY m. Robert MORAY

16 Jean MURRAY m. James HENDERSON

17 Elizabeth MURRAY m. Thomas MONCUR

18 Margaret MURRAY m. Robert BRUCE

3rd generation

8. Sir William MURRAY m. Agnes GRAHAM

m. Agnes GRAHAM father: William GRAHAM, Lord Graham, Earl Of Montrose mother: Janet KEITH

19+ John MURRAY, Earl of Tullibardine m. Catherine DRUMMOND

9. Alexander MURRAY m. Isobel REIDHEUCH

m. Isobel REIDHEUCH father: Peter REIDHEUCH

21 William MURRAY m. Elizabeth MONCRIEFF

22 Alexander MURRAY

23 Humphrey MURRAY

24 Margaret MURRAY

25 Katherine MURRAY

26 Bessie MURRAY

27 Agnes MURRAY

10. James MURRAY m1. Marion PRESTON m2. Agnes LINDSAY

m. Marion PRESTON father: Sir Simon PRESTON

m. Agnes LINDSAY

29 Patrick MURRAY m. Margaret COLVILL

30 Jean MURRAY m. Alexander LINDSAY

13. Annabella MURRAY m. John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine

m. John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine father: John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine mother: Margaret CAMPBELL

31 Mary ERSKINE m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus; Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus father: David DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus mother: Margaret HAMILTON

32+ John ERSKINE, Earl Of Mar m1. Anne DRUMMOND m2. Mary STEWART

4th generation

19. John MURRAY, Earl of Tullibardine m. Catherine DRUMMOND

m. Catherine DRUMMOND father: David DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond mother: Lilian RUTHVEN

33+ Anne MURRAY m1. James V King Of Scots m2. Patrick LYON, Earl of Kinghorn

34+ William MURRAY, Earl of Tullibardine m1. Cecilia WEMYSS m2. Dorothy STEWART

32. John ERSKINE, Earl Of Mar m1. Anne DRUMMOND m2. Mary STEWART

m. Anne DRUMMOND father: David DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond mother: Lilian RUTHVEN

m. Mary STEWART father: Esme STEWART, Duke Of Lennox mother: Catherine De BALSAC

35+ Sir Charles ERSKINE m. Mary HOPE

36+ Anna ERSKINE m. John LESLIE, Earl of Rothes

37+ Mary ERSKINE m1. William KEITH, Earl Marischal m2. Patrick MAULE, Earl of Panmure

38 Margaret ERSKINE m. John LYON, Earl of Kinghorn; John LYON, Earl of Kinghorn father: Patrick LYON, Earl of Kinghorn mother: Anne MURRAY

5th generation

33. Anne MURRAY m1. James V King Of Scots m2. Patrick LYON, Earl of Kinghorn

m. James V King Of Scots father: James IV King Of Scots mother: Margaret TUDOR

m. Patrick LYON, Earl of Kinghorn father: John LYON, Lord Glamis mother: Elizabeth ABERNETHY

39+ Anne LYON m. William HAY, Earl Of Erroll

40+ John LYON, Earl of Kinghorn m1. Margaret ERSKINE m2. Elizabeth MAULE

34. William MURRAY, Earl of Tullibardine m1. Cecilia WEMYSS m2. Dorothy STEWART

m. Cecilia WEMYSS father: Sir John WEMYSS mother: Mary STEWART

m. Dorothy STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl mother: Mary RUTHVEN

41+ John MURRAY, Earl of Atholl m. Jean CAMPBELL

42+ Mary MURRAY m. Sir John MONCREIFF

35. Sir Charles ERSKINE m. Mary HOPE

m. Mary HOPE father: Thomas HOPE mother: Elizabeth BINNING

43+ Mary ERSKINE m. William HAMILTON

44+ Sir Charles ERSKINE m. Christian DUNDAS

36. Anna ERSKINE m. John LESLIE, Earl of Rothes

m. John LESLIE, Earl of Rothes father: James LESLIE, Master Of Rothes mother: Katherine DRUMMOND

45+ Mary LESLIE m. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun

46+ Margaret LESLIE m1. Alexander LESLIE, Lord Balgonie m2. Francis SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch m3. David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss

37. Mary ERSKINE m1. William KEITH, Earl Marischal m2. Patrick MAULE, Earl of Panmure

m. William KEITH, Earl Marischal father: George KEITH, Earl Marischal mother: Margaret HOME

47 William KEITH, Earl Marischal m1. Elizabeth SETON m2. Anne DOUGLAS

48+ George KEITH, Earl Marischal m. Mary HAY

49+ Jean KEITH m. Alexander FORBES, Lord Forbes of Pitsligo

m. Patrick MAULE, Earl of Panmure father: Patrick MAULE mother: Margaret ERSKINE