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. David SCOTT Birth: 1 Death: Mar 1491/2
  2. Alexander SCOTT Birth: 2 Death: Before 21 May 1488
  3. James SCOTT Birth: 3

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. 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 II p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
first son [Ref: SP II p226],
father:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p285, SP II p226]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p285]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret COCKBURN
child:
[Ref: SP II p227]
Research Notes:
of Buccleuch [Ref: SP II p226]
of Branxholm [Ref: Burke Peerage p285]

1445: active in suppressing the rebellion of the Douglas family, and had a grant of some of their lands by charter 22 Feb 1453-9 [Ref: Burke Peerage p285]

had a grant of the remaining half of the lands of Branxholm [Ref: Burke Peerage p285]



Pedigree of Sir Walter SCOTT
                            /-----Richard Le SCOT
                   /-----Robert SCOTT
                  |         \-----(Unk) MURTHOCKSTOUN
          /-----Sir Walter SCOTT
 /-----Robert SCOTT
Sir Walter SCOTT



Descendants of Sir Walter SCOTT
1. Sir Walter SCOTT m. Margaret COCKBURN
m. Margaret COCKBURN

2nd generation

2. David SCOTT m.
3. Alexander SCOTT m.

3rd generation

5. Janet SCOTT m. Sir James DOUGLAS
m. Sir James DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS mother: Elizabeth CRICHTON
10. David SCOTT m. Janet DOUGLAS
m. Janet DOUGLAS father: George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus mother: Isabel SIBBALD

4th generation

16. Sir William DOUGLAS m. Elizabeth GORDON
m. Elizabeth GORDON father: Sir John GORDON mother: Elizabeth LINDSAY
19. Sir Walter SCOTT m. Elizabeth KER
m. Elizabeth KER father: Walter KER mother: Isabel HAY

5th generation

20. Sir James DOUGLAS m1. Margaret DOUGLAS m2. Christian MONTGOMERIE
m. Margaret DOUGLAS father: George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus mother: Elizabeth DRUMMOND
m. Christian MONTGOMERIE father: John MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Eglintoun mother: Elizabeth EDMONSTOUN
22. Janet DOUGLAS m. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
m. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell father: John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell mother: Agnes STEWART
23. Agnes DOUGLAS m1. Andrew CUNNINGHAM m2. Roger GRIERSON
m. Andrew CUNNINGHAM
m. Roger GRIERSON father: Roger GRIERSON mother: Isabel KIRKPATRICK
24. Sir Walter SCOTT m1. Elizabeth CARMICHAEL m2. Janet KERR m3. Janet BETOUN
m. Elizabeth CARMICHAEL
m. Janet KERR father: Andrew KERR
m. Janet BETOUN father: John BETOUN