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 David BRUCE
Sex: M
Birth: 1 ^b
Death: Abt 1500 ^d

Parents:

Father:
John BRUCE Birth: 1 Death: 1473

Mother:

Elizabeth STEWART

Family:
Marriage:

Janet STIRLING on 1 .^m1
Janet STIRLING

Children:

Robert BRUCE Death: Before 1490

Marriage:

Mariota HERRIES on 2 .^m2
Mariota HERRIES

Children:

Margaret BRUCE Death: After 1477
Christian BRUCE
Sir David BRUCE Birth: 1 Death: After 12 Jun 1556
Alexander BRUCE Birth: 2 Death: After 1490

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]*].
Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 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 III p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: first son [Ref: SP III p470],
parents:: [Ref: Roberts RD600 p258, SP III p470]

Sources for death Information

date:: abt 1500 [Ref: SP III p471]

Sources with Information about marriage to Janet STIRLING

date:: first marriage of David [Ref: Burke Peerage p692, SP III p470],
child:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p692, SP III p470]

Sources with Information about marriage to Mariota HERRIES

date:: second marriage of David [Ref: Burke Peerage p692]; second marriage of both [Ref: SP III p471],
child:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p692, Roberts RD600 p258, SP III p471]

Research Notes:
of Clackmannan [Ref: Burke Peerage p692]

knighted by James IV [Ref: Burke Peerage p692]

Pedigree of Sir David BRUCE
                                                                /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Baron Of Writtle
                                                       /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
                                                      |         \-----Isabel De CLARE
                                              /-----Edward De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, King Of Irelan
                                             |        |         /-----Neil Earl Of Carrick, Regent Of Scotland
                                             |         \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
                                             |                  \-----Isabella
                                     /-----Thomas De BRUS
                                    |        |                  /-----David STRATHBOGIE, Earl Of Atholl
                                    |        |         /-----John STRATHBOGIE, Earl Of Atholl
                                    |        |        |         \-----Isabel Of Chilham
                                    |         \-----Isabel Of Atholl
                                    |                 |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
                                    |                  \-----Margaret Of Mar
                                    |                           \-----Helen
                            /-----Sir Robert De BRUYS
                           |         \-----Marjorie CHARTERIS
                   /-----Sir Robert De BRUS
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir John STEWART
                  |        |                           /-----Sir James STEWART
                  |        |                          |         \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
                  |        |                  /-----Sir Robert STEWART
                  |        |         /-----Sir Robert STEWART
                  |         \-----Isabel STEWART
                  |                 |                           /-----Alan Mac JOHN
                  |                 |                  /-----John Of Argyll, Lord Of Lorn
                  |                 |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
                  |                  \-----Jonet De ERGADIA
                  |                          |         /-----Thomas ISAAC
                  |                           \-----Joanna ISAAC
                  |                                   |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
                  |                                    \-----Mathilda De BRUS
                  |                                             \-----Elizabeth De BURG
          /-----Sir David BRUCE
         |        |         /-----Sir John SCRIMGEOUR
         |         \-----(Unk) SCRIMGEOUR
/-----John BRUCE
|        |                                                      /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                                             /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                                            |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
|        |                                    /-----Sir John STEWART
|        |                                   |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|        |                                   |         \-----Joanna
|        |                                   |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
|        |                           /-----Sir James STEWART
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Adam De Bonkyl
|        |                          |        |         /-----Alexander De Bonkyl
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----(Unk) COMYN
|        |                          |         \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
|        |                          |                  \-----Christiana DUNBAR
|        |                          |                           \-----Cecilia
|        |                  /-----Sir Robert STEWART
|        |         /-----Sir John STEWART
|         \-----Jean STEWART
|                 |                                             /-----Alexander Of ARGYLL
|                 |                                    /-----Sir John Of Argyll
|                 |                                   |         \-----(Unk Dau) COMYN
|                 |                           /-----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, 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
|                                    \-----Mathilda De BRUS
|                                            |                  /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
|                                            |         /-----Richard De BURGH, Earl Of Ulster
|                                            |        |         \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
|                                             \-----Elizabeth De BURG
|                                                     |         /-----Arnold III Count Of Guines
|                                                      \-----Margaret Of Guines
|                                                               \-----Alix Of Coucy
Sir David BRUCE
|         /-----Sir David STEWART
\-----Elizabeth STEWART

Descendants of Sir David BRUCE

1. Sir David BRUCE m1. Janet STIRLING m2. Mariota HERRIES

m. Janet STIRLING father: Sir William STIRLING

2+ Robert BRUCE m. Elizabeth LINDSAY

m. Mariota HERRIES father: John HERRIES

3 Margaret BRUCE

4 Christian BRUCE m. Sir James SHAW

5+ Sir David BRUCE m. Jean BLACADDER

6 Alexander BRUCE

2nd generation

2. Robert BRUCE m. Elizabeth LINDSAY

m. Elizabeth LINDSAY

8 Alexander BRUCE

5. Sir David BRUCE m. Jean BLACADDER

m. Jean BLACADDER father: Sir Patrick BLACADDER

10+ Edward BRUCE m. Alison REID

11+ David BRUCE m.

12 Robert BRUCE

13 Patrick BRUCE

14 Elizabeth BRUCE m1. Alexander DUNDAS m2. Robert COLLESS

15 Marion BRUCE m1. John MENTEITH m2. Robert BRUCE m3. Magnus SINCLAIR; Robert BRUCE father: Sir Robert BRUCE mother: Euphemia MONTGOMERY

16 Agnes BRUCE m. John ELPHINSTONE

17 Alison BRUCE m. James COLVILLE; James COLVILLE father: Robert COLVILLE mother: Elizabeth ARNOT

3rd generation

10. Edward BRUCE m. Alison REID

m. Alison REID father: John REID

18+ Sir George BRUCE m. Margaret PRIMROSE

11. David BRUCE m.

19+ Archibald BRUCE m1. Margaret BRUCE m2. Grizel FORRESTER

4th generation

18. Sir George BRUCE m. Margaret PRIMROSE

m. Margaret PRIMROSE father: Archibald PRIMROSE

20+ Margaret BRUCE m. Francis NICHOLS

19. Archibald BRUCE m1. Margaret BRUCE m2. Grizel FORRESTER

m. Margaret BRUCE father: Robert BRUCE

21 Robert BRUCE m. Elizabeth GALL

m. Grizel FORRESTER

5th generation

20. Margaret BRUCE m. Francis NICHOLS

m. Francis NICHOLS

22 Richard NICHOLS