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. Sir John MAXWELL Birth: 1
  2. Sir Robert MAXWELL Birth: 2 Death: 1420/1
  3. William MAXWELL Birth: 3
  4. Janet MAXWELL
  5. Agnes MAXWELL Death: After 2 Nov 1404
  6. Egidia MAXWELL

Marriage:
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. Ravilious, John, Ancestry of Margaret Danielston. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 11/20/2005. Subject: SP Addition: the Ancestry of Margaret Danielston. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/G839OvGBdAU/m/_2sABnonyO8J. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 11/20/2005-160301].
  3. Ravilious, John, Sir Robert de Danielston, grandson of Robert II. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 12/1/2005. Subject: SP Addition: Sir Robert de Danielston, grandson of Robert II of Scots. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/gmORUVtljzg/m/1YD_SsOWt9EJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/1/2005-143855].
  4. Ravilious, John, Agnes of the Isles. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 12/13/2007. Subject: Agnes 'of the Isles' and Agnes Montgomery. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/2YMzwt5BD28/m/j_K65bNHsjcJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/13/2007-132829].
  5. Ravilious, John, Ravilious, John, Nephew of the Duke - the Danielstons, in The Scottish Genealogist, vol LIV no 3 (Sep 2004), pp134-137. Available at https://independent.academia.edu/JohnRavilious. This article at https://www.academia.edu/10520549/TSG_Nephew_of_the_Duke_LIV. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Ravilious Danielston p[0-9]*].
  6. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1[pc][0-9]*].
  7. 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]*].
  8. 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 III p[0-9]*].
  9. Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, Medieval Heritage: The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England, The Genealogist, 2:157-68, 3:25-44, 3:175-94, 4:144-58, 5:64-72, 5:226-39, 6:100-3, 6:148-65, 7-8:137-43, 9:40-4, 10:73-85, 11:63-72, 11:184-93, 12:83-90, 12:250-6, 13:92-9, 13:252-6, 14:81-4, 14:207-10, 15:99-103, 15:220-4, 16:93-8, 16:227-31, 17:61-4, 17:250-5, 18:123-7, 18:228-31, 19:62-8, 19:251-5, 20:85-8, 20:184-90, 21:71-5, 21:250-4, 22:101-6, 22:186-91, 23:73-9, 23:203-8, 24:110-27, 24:239-54, 25:56-73, 25:214-32, 26:77-101, 26:202-26, 27:189, 28:90, 33:300. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Reprinted, with further corrections, as Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England: A Medieval Heritage. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton & Gunn, 2012. NYPL ARF 13-5787. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v[0-9]*-[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
father:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p614]
John de MAXWELL [Ref: Burke Peerage p1356]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p614]
after 4 May 1401 [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-118]
Sources with Information about marriage to Isabel LINDSAY
date:
before 13 Jul 1369 [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-118]
before 13 Jul 1369, mandate for disp 12 Jan 1365/6 [Ref: SP III p11 (with corr in IX p61)]
disp 1366 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p614]
first marriage of John [Ref: Burke Peerage p1356],
names:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p501],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1356, John Ravilious SGM 11/20/2005-160301, John Ravilious SGM 12/1/2005-143855, John Ravilious SGM 12/13/2007-132829, Ravilious Danielston p136, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p614, SP II p448, Thompson CharlesII v24-118]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth De ST MICHAEL
date:
before 1399 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p614]
second marriage of John [Ref: Burke Peerage p1356]
Research Notes:
Knt, of Nether-Pollock, Renfrewshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p614]
of Pollok [Ref: SP II p448]
of Pollok [Ref: Burke Peerage p1356]

4th Laird of Pollok [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-118]
of Pollok [Ref: Burke Peerage p744]

abt 1366: received a grant of lands in Perthshire from the Earl of Strathearn, which was confirmed (1372) to him and his wife [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-118]

1377: received a grant from King Robert II for lands in Galloway [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-118]

Dec 1400: made provisions for the division of his lands between his sons John and Robert [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-118]



Pedigree of Sir John MAXWELL
                                     /-----Herbert De MACCUSWELL
                            /-----Sir Aymer De MAXWELL
                   /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
                  |        |         /-----Roland McGEACHAN
                  |         \-----Mary
          /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
 /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
Sir John MAXWELL



Descendants of Sir John MAXWELL
1. Sir John MAXWELL m1. Isabel LINDSAY m2. Elizabeth De ST MICHAEL
m. Isabel LINDSAY father: Sir James LINDSAY mother: Egidia STEWART
m. Elizabeth De ST MICHAEL

2nd generation

2. Sir John MAXWELL m. (Unk) MONTGOMERY
m. (Unk) MONTGOMERY father: Alexander MONTGOMERY mother: Elizabeth EGLINTON
3. Sir Robert MAXWELL m1. Elizabeth DANIELSTON m2. Euphemia GRAHAM
m. Elizabeth DANIELSTON father: Sir Robert DANIELSTON
m. Euphemia GRAHAM
6. Agnes MAXWELL m. Sir Gilbert KENNEDY
m. Sir Gilbert KENNEDY father: John KENNEDY mother: Mary
7. Egidia MAXWELL m. James SCRYMGEOUR
m. James SCRYMGEOUR father: Alexander SCRYMGEOUR mother: Agnes Of Glascester

3rd generation

8. Thomas MAXWELL m.
9. Margaret MAXWELL m. George STEWART
m. George STEWART
10. Sir John MAXWELL m1. Margaret BORTHWICK m2. Marion BOYD
m. Margaret BORTHWICK father: Sir William BORTHWICK mother: (Unk) HAY
m. Marion BOYD father: Sir Thomas BOYD mother: Joanna MONTGOMERIE
11. Sir James KENNEDY m. Mary STEWART
m. Mary STEWART father: Robert III King Of Scots mother: Annabella DRUMMOND
12. Alexander KENNEDY m.
14. Sir John KENNEDY m.
18. Sir John SCRYMGEOUR m1. Katherine OGILVY m2. Isobel OLIPHANT m3. Marion De ABERNETHY
m. Katherine OGILVY
m. Isobel OLIPHANT father: Sir William OLIPHANT mother: Isabel STEWART
m. Marion De ABERNETHY
19. John SCRYMGEOUR m. Janet STAG
m. Janet STAG

4th generation

22. John MAXWELL m.
25. Mariot MAXWELL m. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
m. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd father: Sir Thomas BOYD mother: Joanna MONTGOMERIE
26. Sir John MAXWELL m. Janet BOYD
m. Janet BOYD father: Sir Thomas BOYD mother: Joanna MONTGOMERIE
29. Gilbert KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy m1. Catherine MAXWELL m2. Isabel OGILVY
m. Catherine MAXWELL father: Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell mother: (Unk) HERRIES
m. Isabel OGILVY father: Sir Walter OGILVY, High Treasurer Of Scotland mother: Isabel GLEN
32. John KENNEDY m.
33. Sir James SCRYMGEOUR m1. Jonet LYON m2. Margaret MAITLAND
m. Jonet LYON
m. Margaret MAITLAND

5th generation

39. John MAXWELL m. Elizabeth STEWART
m. Elizabeth STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox mother: Margaret MONTGOMERIE
40. Thomas BOYD, Earl Of Arran m. Mary STEWART
m. Mary STEWART father: James II King Of Scots mother: Marie Of Gueldres
41. Alexander BOYD, Lord Boyd m. Janet COLVILLE
m. Janet COLVILLE father: Sir Robert COLVILLE mother: Eupheme WALLACE
42. Archibald BOYD m. Christian MURE
m. Christian MURE
44. Elizabeth BOYD m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus father: George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus mother: Isabel SIBBALD
45. Annabella BOYD m. Sir John GORDON
m. Sir John GORDON father: William GORDON
47. Sir Gavin MAXWELL m. Elizabeth
m. Elizabeth
48. John KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy m1. Elizabeth MONTGOMERY m2. Elizabeth GORDON, Countess Of Erroll m3. Elizabeth KENNEDY
m. Elizabeth MONTGOMERY father: Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie mother: Elizabeth HEPBURN
m. Elizabeth GORDON, Countess Of Erroll father: Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley mother: Elizabeth CRICHTON
m. Elizabeth KENNEDY
53. Walter KENNEDY m. Christina HYND
m. Christina HYND
54. Catherine KENNEDY m. Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
m. Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie father: Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie mother: Elizabeth HEPBURN
57. (Unk) KENNEDY m. George CAMPBELL
m. George CAMPBELL father: Sir George CAMPBELL mother: Elizabeth STEWART
58. Margaret KENNEDY m. John CATHCART, Lord Cathcart
m. John CATHCART, Lord Cathcart father: Alan CATHCART, Master Of Cathcart
59. Sir James SCRYMGEOUR m. Isobel GRAY
m. Isobel GRAY father: Andrew GREY, Lord Grey mother: Elizabeth STEWART
60. Mariot SCRYMGEOUR m. Robert ARBUTHNOTT
m. Robert ARBUTHNOTT father: David ARBUTHNOTT mother: Elizabeth DURHAM
61. Matilda SCRYMGEOUR m. Sir Robert GRAHAM
m. Sir Robert GRAHAM father: Sir William GRAHAM, Lord Graham mother: Mary STEWART
62. Elizabeth SCRYMGEOUR m. John SANDILANDS
m. John SANDILANDS father: Sir James SANDILANDS mother: Margaret KINLOCH