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: Christian ROSS
Sex: F
Death: Before Feb 1556/7 ^d

Parents:

Father:
Ninian ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead Birth: 1 Death: Feb 1555/6

Mother:

Elizabeth STEWART Death: After 9 Dec 1529

Family:
Marriage:

John MURE on 1543 .^m1
John MURE

Marriage:

Nicolas RAMSAY on 5 Nov 1552 .^m2
Nicolas RAMSAY Birth: 1 Death: Before 9 May 1555

Marriage:

John WEIR on Before 8 Jul 1555 .^m3
John WEIR

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 III 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

father:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p534, SP III p93]

Sources for death Information

date:: between 8 Jul 1555 and Feb 1556/7 [Ref: SP VII p252]

Sources with Information about marriage to John MURE

date:: 1543, disp disp 10 Jul 1538 [Ref: SP VII p252],
divorced:: [Ref: SP VII p252],
names:: [Ref: SP III p93]

Sources with Information about marriage to Nicolas RAMSAY

date:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p534, SP VII p252]; on or about 5 Nov 1552 [Ref: SP III p93]

Sources with Information about marriage to John WEIR

date:: before 8 Jul 1555 [Ref: SP VII p252]

Research Notes:

Pedigree of Christian ROSS
                                                                /-----Sir Godfrey ROSS
                                                       /-----John ROSS
                                              /-----Sir John ROSS
                                     /-----Sir John ROSS
                            /-----John ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead
                   /-----Robert ROSS
                  |        |         /-----John MURE
                  |         \-----Marjory MURE
          /-----John ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead
         |        |                                             /-----Thomas MELVILLE
         |        |                                    /-----John MELVILLE
         |        |                           /-----Thomas MELVILLE
         |        |                  /-----John MELVILLE
         |        |         /-----Thomas MELVILLE
         |         \-----Agnes MELVILLE
/-----Ninian ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead
|        |         /-----Sir Archibald EDMONSTONE
|         \-----Christian EDMONSTONE
Christian ROSS
|                                                               /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|                                                      /-----Sir John STEWART
|                                                     |         \-----Joanna
|                                             /-----Sir James STEWART
|                                            |        |         /-----Alexander De Bonkyl
|                                            |         \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
|                                            |                  \-----Christiana DUNBAR
|                                    /-----Sir Robert STEWART
|                           /-----Sir John STEWART
|                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir John Of Argyll
|                 |        |                           /-----Alan Mac JOHN
|                 |        |                  /-----John Of Argyll, Lord Of Lorn
|                 |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
|                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
|                 |                 |         /-----Thomas ISAAC
|                 |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
|                 |                          |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
|                 |                          |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
|                 |                           \-----Mathilda De BRUS
|                 |                                   |         /-----Richard De BURGH, Earl Of Ulster
|                 |                                    \-----Elizabeth De BURG
|                 |                                             \-----Margaret Of Guines
|         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
|        |        |                                             /-----Edward I King Of England
|        |        |                                    /-----Edward II King Of England
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Eleanor Of Castile
|        |        |                           /-----Edward III King Of England
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Phillip IV King Of France
|        |        |                          |         \-----Isabella Of France
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Jeanne Of Navarre, Countess Of Champagne
|        |        |                  /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----John II Count Of Hainault, Count Of Holland
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----William III Count Of Hainault And Holland
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Philippa Of Luxembourg
|        |        |                 |         \-----Philippa Of Hainault
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Charles Count Of Valois And Anjou
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Joanna Of Valois
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Margaret Of Naples
|        |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Payn Roet Of Hainault, Gulenne King Of Arms
|        |        |        |         \-----Katharine Of Hainault
|        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|        |                 |                                    /-----Sir Robert De HOLAND
|        |                 |                           /-----Sir Robert De HOLAND, Lord Holand
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth De SAMLESBURY
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas De HOLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Alan La Zouche, Lord Zouche
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Maud La Zouche
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Eleanor SEGRAVE
|        |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas HOLLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Edward I King Of England
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Edmund Of Woodstock PLANTAGENET, Earl Of Kent
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Marguerite Of France
|        |                 |        |         \-----Joan PLANTAGENET, Fair Maid Of Kent, Countess
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir John WAKE, Lord Wake
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret WAKE, Baroness Wake
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Joan FIENNES
|        |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
|        |                          |                           /-----Sir Richard FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel
|        |                          |                  /-----Sir Edmund FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Alasia Of Saluzzo
|        |                          |         /-----Sir Richard FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel And Surrey
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----Sir William De WARENNE
|        |                          |        |         \-----Alice De WARENNE
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Joan De VERE
|        |                           \-----Alice FITZALAN
|        |                                   |                  /-----Edmund Crouchback PLANTAGENET, King Of Sicily
|        |                                   |         /-----Henry PLANTAGENET, Earl Of Lancaster
|        |                                   |        |         \-----Blanche Of Artois
|        |                                    \-----Eleanor PLANTAGENET
|        |                                            |         /-----Sir Patric CHAWORTH, Baron Of Kempsford
|        |                                             \-----Maud CHAWORTH
|        |                                                      \-----Isabel De BEAUCHAMP
\-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                                                      /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
         |                                             /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
         |                                            |         \-----Alice De FENTON
         |                                    /-----Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin
         |                           /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
         |                          |        |                  /-----Malise Earl Of Strathearn
         |                          |        |         /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern, Caithness, And Orkney
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Agnes
         |                          |         \-----Isabel Of Strathern
         |                          |                 |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |                          |                  \-----Margery Of Ross
         |                          |                           \-----Matilda De BRUS
         |                  /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
         |                 |        |                           /-----Henry HALIBURTON
         |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Adam HALIBURTON
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Agnes MORDINGTON
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir Walter HALIBURTON
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Isabella
         |                 |         \-----Jean HALYBURTON
         |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
         |        |        |                           /-----James DOUGLAS
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |        |        |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
         |        |        |         /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
         |        |         \-----Jill DOUGLAS
         |        |                 |                           /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
         |        |                 |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
         |        |                 |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
         |        |                  \-----Jill STEWART
         |        |                          |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |        |                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Eupheme
         |        |                           \-----Euphemia Of Ross
         |        |                                   |         /-----John GRAHAM
         |        |                                    \-----Margaret GRAHAM
         |        |                                             \-----Isabella
          \-----Eleanor SINCLAIR
                  |                                             /-----William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
                  |                                    /-----Kenneth SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
                  |                           /-----William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
                  |                          |        |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
                  |                          |         \-----Margaret Of Mar
                  |                          |                  \-----Helen
                  |                  /-----Robert SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Walter STEWART, Earl Of Menteith
                  |                 |        |         /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Mary Of Menteith, Countess Of Menteith
                  |                 |         \-----Joan De MONTEITH
                  |         /-----Alexander SUTHERLAND
                  |        |        |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
                  |        |        |         /-----Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Buchan
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
                  |        |        |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
                  |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART
                  |        |                 |                  /-----Donald MacETH
                  |        |                 |         /-----Iye MacETH
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) MacNEIL
                  |        |                  \-----Mariot ATHYN
                   \-----Marjorie SUTHERLAND
                            \-----Catherine CHALMER

Descendants of Christian ROSS

1. Christian ROSS m1. John MURE m2. Nicolas RAMSAY m3. John WEIR

m. Nicolas RAMSAY father: Sir Alexander RAMSAY mother: Nichole KER