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:
Children:
  1. Janet SCOTT
  2. Margaret SCOTT
  3. (Unk) SCOTT
  4. Isabella SCOTT
  5. Walter SCOTT Birth: 1 Death: Before 1471
  6. David SCOTT Birth: 2 Death: Before 21 May 1488
  7. Robert SCOTT Birth: 3
  8. William SCOTT Birth: 4

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]*].
  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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
first son [Ref: SP II p227],
parents:
[Ref: SP II p227]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p285, SP II p227]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: SP II p227]
Sources with Information about marriage to unknown
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1642, Burke Peerage p285, SP II p227, SP II p228, SP VII p117]
Research Notes:
of Buccleuch [Ref: Burke Peerage p285, SP II p227, SP VII p117]

1481 and 1487: sat in Parliament [Ref: Burke Peerage p285]

21 May 1488: his lands of Branxholm were created into a barony by charter [Ref: Burke Peerage p285]



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



Descendants of David SCOTT
1. David SCOTT m.

2nd generation

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

3rd generation

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

4th generation

15. 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
17. Janet DOUGLAS m. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
m. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell father: John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell mother: Agnes STEWART
18. Agnes DOUGLAS m1. Andrew CUNNINGHAM m2. Roger GRIERSON
m. Andrew CUNNINGHAM
m. Roger GRIERSON father: Roger GRIERSON mother: Isabel KIRKPATRICK
19. 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

5th generation

21. Margaret DOUGLAS m1. Edward CRICHTON, Lord Crichton Of Sanquhar m2. William GRAHAM, Earl of Menteith m3. Robert WAUCHOPE
m. Edward CRICHTON, Lord Crichton Of Sanquhar father: William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton Of Sanquhar mother: Elizabeth FLEMING
m. William GRAHAM, Earl of Menteith father: John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith mother: Marion SETON
m. Robert WAUCHOPE
22. Margaret MAXWELL m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus father: George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus mother: Elizabeth DRUMMOND
23. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Beatrice DOUGLAS
m. Beatrice DOUGLAS father: James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton mother: Catherine STEWART
24. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Agnes HERRIES
m. Agnes HERRIES father: William HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles mother: Katherine KENNEDY
25. Cuthbert GRIERSON m. Isabel ALLENTON
m. Isabel ALLENTON
28. Sir William SCOTT m. Grisel BETOUN
m. Grisel BETOUN father: John BETOUN