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:
Bibliography
  1. 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
father:
[Ref: SP II p335]
Research Notes:
Bishop of Caithness [Ref: SP II p335]

identified in Keith's Scottish Bishops as Bishop of Caithness, but never consecrated. His name seems to be unknown in record history [Ref: SP II p335]



Pedigree of John SINCLAIR, Bishop Of Caithness
                                                                /-----Robert De St CLARE
                                                       /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
                                                      |         \-----Eleanor Of Dreux
                                              /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
                                             |        |         /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
                                             |         \-----Amicia
                                             |                  \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
                                     /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
                                    |        |         /-----William De FENTON
                                    |         \-----Alice De FENTON
                                    |                 |         /-----John BYSET
                                    |                  \-----Cecilia BYSET
                                    |                           \-----(Unk) DURWARD
                            /-----Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin
                   /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
                  |        |                                    /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern
                  |        |                           /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern
                  |        |                          |         \-----Maud Of Caithness
                  |        |                  /-----Malise Earl Of Strathearn
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Alexander COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
                  |        |                 |         \-----Agnes COMYN
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth De QUINCY
                  |        |         /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern, Caithness, And Orkney
                  |        |        |         \-----Agnes
                  |         \-----Isabel Of Strathern
                  |                 |                           /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |                 |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Jean COMYN
                  |                 |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh De BARCLAY
                  |                 |        |         \-----Eupheme
                  |                  \-----Margery Of Ross
                  |                          |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Baron Of Writtle
                  |                          |         /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
                  |                          |        |         \-----Isabel De CLARE
                  |                           \-----Matilda De BRUS
                  |                                   |         /-----Neil Earl Of Carrick, Regent Of Scotland
                  |                                    \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
                  |                                             \-----Isabella
          /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
         |        |                                             /-----William De HALIBURTON
         |        |                                    /-----Philip De HALIBURTON
         |        |                                   |         \-----Christian De FAWNYS
         |        |                           /-----Henry HALIBURTON
         |        |                          |         \-----Alice
         |        |                  /-----Sir Adam HALIBURTON
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Peter MORDINGTON
         |        |                 |         \-----Agnes MORDINGTON
         |        |         /-----Sir Walter HALIBURTON
         |        |        |         \-----Isabella
         |         \-----Jean HALYBURTON
 /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
|        |                                                      /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
|        |                                             /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |                                            |         \-----Margaret CRAWFORD
|        |                                    /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |                                   |         \-----Constance
|        |                           /-----James DOUGLAS
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                          |        |         /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
|        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |                          |                 |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|        |                          |                  \-----Joanna
|        |                          |                           \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
|        |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
|        |                 |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|        |                 |                 |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Jean COMYN
|        |                 |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De BARCLAY
|        |                 |                           \-----Eupheme
|        |         /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|         \-----Jill DOUGLAS
|                 |                                             /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |                                    /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |                                   |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
|                 |                           /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |                          |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|                 |                          |         \-----Joanna
|                 |                          |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
|                 |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Richard De BURGH, Lord of Connaught
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Egidia (Jill) De LACY
|                 |                 |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John FITZ GEOFFREY
|                 |                 |                  \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
|                 |                 |                           \-----Isabel BIGOD
|                 |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Baron Of Writtle
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De CLARE
|                 |        |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Neil Earl Of Carrick, Regent Of Scotland
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
|                 |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabella
|                 |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----William Earl Of Mar
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth COMYN
|                 |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
|                 |        |                           \-----Helen
|                  \-----Jill STEWART
|                          |                                    /-----Ferquhard Mac TAGGART, Earl Of Ross
|                          |                           /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|                          |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|                          |                 |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|                          |                 |         \-----Jean COMYN
|                          |                 |                  \-----(Unk)
|                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|                          |        |        |                  /-----(Unk) De BARCLAY
|                          |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh De BARCLAY
|                          |        |         \-----Eupheme
|                           \-----Euphemia Of Ross
|                                   |                           /-----Sir Henry GRAHAM
|                                   |                  /-----Sir Nicholas GRAHAM
|                                   |                 |         \-----(Unk) AVENEL
|                                   |         /-----John GRAHAM
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern
|                                   |        |         \-----Mary Of Strathearn
|                                   |        |                  \-----Marjory De MUSCHAMP
|                                    \-----Margaret GRAHAM
|                                             \-----Isabella
John SINCLAIR, Bishop Of Caithness



Descendants of John SINCLAIR, Bishop Of Caithness
1. John SINCLAIR, Bishop Of Caithness