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. Janet DOUGLAS
  2. Sir William DOUGLAS Birth: 1 Death: 10 Sep 1513 in Flodden
  3. Gavin DOUGLAS Birth: 2 Death: After 1489
  4. James DOUGLAS 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]*].
  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
father:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1642, SP II p228, SP VII p117]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sir James DOUGLAS
date:
1470 [Ref: Burke Peerage p1642]
contr 5 Nov 1470 [Ref: SP VII p117]
contr Nov 1470 [Ref: SP II p228],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1642, SP VII p117 (with corr in IX p150), SP VII p117]
Research Notes:



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



Descendants of Janet SCOTT
1. Janet SCOTT m. Sir James DOUGLAS
m. Sir James DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS mother: Elizabeth CRICHTON

2nd generation

3. Sir William DOUGLAS m. Elizabeth GORDON
m. Elizabeth GORDON father: Sir John GORDON mother: Elizabeth LINDSAY

3rd generation

6. 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
8. Janet DOUGLAS m. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
m. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell father: John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell mother: Agnes STEWART
9. Agnes DOUGLAS m1. Andrew CUNNINGHAM m2. Roger GRIERSON
m. Andrew CUNNINGHAM
m. Roger GRIERSON father: Roger GRIERSON mother: Isabel KIRKPATRICK

4th generation

10. 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
11. Margaret MAXWELL m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus father: George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus mother: Elizabeth DRUMMOND
12. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Beatrice DOUGLAS
m. Beatrice DOUGLAS father: James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton mother: Catherine STEWART
13. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Agnes HERRIES
m. Agnes HERRIES father: William HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles mother: Katherine KENNEDY
14. Cuthbert GRIERSON m. Isabel ALLENTON
m. Isabel ALLENTON

5th generation

18. John GRAHAM, Earl of Menteith m. Mary CAMPBELL
m. Mary CAMPBELL father: Colin CAMPBELL mother: Katherine RUTHVEN
21. John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS
m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS father: David DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus mother: Margaret HAMILTON
23. Sarah MAXWELL m1. Sir James JOHNSTON m2. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown m3. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Viscount Montgomery
m. Sir James JOHNSTON
m. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown father: John FLEMING, Lord Fleming mother: Elizabeth ROSS
m. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Viscount Montgomery father: Adam MONTGOMERY mother: Margaret MONTGOMERY
24. Margaret MAXWELL m. Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian
m. Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian father: Mark KERR mother: Helen LESLIE
25. William MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Catherine KERR
m. Catherine KERR father: Mark KERR mother: Helen LESLIE