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 Walter SCOTT
Sex: M
Birth: 1 ^b
Death: 4 Oct 1552 in High Street, Edinburgh ^d

Parents:

Father:
Sir Walter SCOTT Death: Before 15 Apr 1504

Mother:

Elizabeth KER Death: 19 Oct 1548 in Catslack

Family:
Marriage:

Elizabeth CARMICHAEL on Before 4 Sep 1523 .^m1
Elizabeth CARMICHAEL

Children:

Sir William SCOTT Death: Before 19 May 1552

Marriage:

Janet KERR on Abt 1530 .^m2
Janet KERR

Marriage:

Janet BETOUN on Before 1544 .^m3
Janet BETOUN Death: 1589

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 II 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 VII p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: first son [Ref: Burke Peerage p285, SP II p228],
parents:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p285, SP II p228, SP VII p332]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p285]; 1552 [Ref: SP VII p332],
place:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p285, SP VII p332]

Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth CARMICHAEL

date:: before 1523 [Ref: Burke Peerage p285]; before 4 Sep 1523 [Ref: SP II p228],
child:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p285]

Sources with Information about marriage to Janet KERR

date:: abt 1530 [Ref: Burke Peerage p285]

Sources with Information about marriage to Janet BETOUN

date:: before 1544 [Ref: Burke Peerage p285]

Research Notes:
of Buccleuch [Ref: Burke Peerage p285, SP II p228]

Pedigree of Sir Walter SCOTT
                                                                /-----Richard Le SCOT
                                                       /-----Robert SCOTT
                                                      |         \-----(Unk) MURTHOCKSTOUN
                                              /-----Sir Walter SCOTT
                                     /-----Robert SCOTT
                            /-----Sir Walter SCOTT
                   /-----David SCOTT
                  |         \-----Margaret COCKBURN
          /-----David SCOTT
/-----Sir Walter SCOTT
|        |                                                      /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |                                             /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent Of Scotland
|        |                                            |         \-----Eleanor LOVAINE
|        |                                    /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|        |                                   |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
|        |                                   |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |                           /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Angus
|        |                          |        |         /-----Thomas STEWART, Earl Of Angus
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Margaret ABERNETHY
|        |                          |         \-----Margaret STEWART, Countess Of Angus And Mar
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|        |                          |                  \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
|        |                  /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|        |                 |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|        |                 |         \-----Mary STEWART
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|        |                 |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Sir William De MONTIFICHET
|        |                 |                           \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
|        |         /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Thomas De HAYA
|        |        |        |                           /-----Sir William De HAYA
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Lora CUNINGESBURGH
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas HAY
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir William HAY
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John GIFFARD
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Janet GIFFORD
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
|        |        |        |        |                           \-----Joan
|        |        |         \-----Margaret HAY
|        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
|         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
|                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas SIBBALD
|                 |         /-----Sir John SIBBALD
|                  \-----Isabel SIBBALD
|                           \-----Joan LIVINGSTON
Sir Walter SCOTT
|                                             /-----Henry KER
|                                    /-----Robert KER
|                           /-----Andrew KER
|                  /-----Andrew KER
|         /-----Walter KER
|        |        |                                             /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent Of Scotland
|        |        |                                    /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
|        |        |                           /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Donald Earl Of Mar
|        |        |                          |         \-----Margaret Countess Of Mar
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Isabel STEWART
|        |        |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
|        |        |         /-----William DOUGLAS
|        |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
\-----Elizabeth KER
         |                                                      /-----Sir William De HAYA
         |                                             /-----Sir Thomas HAY
         |                                            |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
         |                                    /-----Sir William HAY
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
         |                                   |         \-----Janet GIFFORD
         |                                   |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
         |                           /-----Sir David HAY
         |                          |        |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
         |                          |        |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |                          |        |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
         |                          |         \-----Alicia BORTHWICK
         |                          |                  \-----(Unk)
         |                  /-----John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester
         |                 |        |                           /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent Of Scotland
         |                 |        |                  /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
         |                 |        |         /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Thomas STEWART, Earl Of Angus
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART, Countess Of Angus And Mar
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
         |                 |         \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |                 |                 |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
         |                 |                  \-----Mary STEWART
         |                 |                          |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
         |                 |                           \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
         |                 |                                    \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
         |         /-----Sir John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Nigel CUNNINGHAM
         |        |        |                           /-----Archibald CUNNINGHAM
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir William CUNNINGHAM
         |        |        |         /-----George CUNNINGHAM
         |        |         \-----Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
          \-----Isabel HAY
                   \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON

Descendants of Sir Walter SCOTT

1. Sir Walter SCOTT m1. Elizabeth CARMICHAEL m2. Janet KERR m3. Janet BETOUN

m. Elizabeth CARMICHAEL

2+ Sir William SCOTT m. Grisel BETOUN

m. Janet KERR father: Andrew KERR

m. Janet BETOUN father: John BETOUN

2nd generation

2. Sir William SCOTT m. Grisel BETOUN

m. Grisel BETOUN father: John BETOUN

3+ Sir Walter SCOTT m. Margaret DOUGLAS

3rd generation

3. Sir Walter SCOTT m. Margaret DOUGLAS

m. Margaret DOUGLAS father: David DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus mother: Margaret HAMILTON

4+ Mary SCOTT m. William ELIOT

5+ Walter SCOTT, Lord Scott Of Buccleuch m. Margaret KERR

4th generation

4. Mary SCOTT m. William ELIOT

m. William ELIOT

6+ Jean ELIOT m. Thomas RUTHERFORD

5. Walter SCOTT, Lord Scott Of Buccleuch m. Margaret KERR

m. Margaret KERR father: Sir William KERR mother: Janet DOUGLAS

7+ Walter SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch m. Mary HAY

8 Elizabeth SCOTT m. John CRANSTOUN, Lord Cranstoun; John CRANSTOUN, Lord Cranstoun father: William CRANSTOUN, Lord Cranstoun mother: Sarah CRANSTOUN

9+ Margaret SCOTT m1. James ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead m2. Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun

5th generation

6. Jean ELIOT m. Thomas RUTHERFORD

m. Thomas RUTHERFORD

10+ Robert RUTHERFORD m. Marion RIDDELL

7. Walter SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch m. Mary HAY

m. Mary HAY father: Francis HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS

11+ Francis SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch m. Margaret LESLIE

12+ Jean SCOTT m. John HAY, Marquess of Tweeddale

9. Margaret SCOTT m1. James ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead m2. Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun

m. James ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead father: Robert ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead mother: Jean HAMILTON

13 James ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead

14 William ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead

15 Robert ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead

m. Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun father: Robert SETON, Earl of Wintoun mother: Margaret MONTGOMERY