Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 01-20-2025.

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 Alexander ELPHINSTONE Birth: 1 Death: 10 Sep 1435 in Piperdean
  2. Henry ELPHINSTONE Birth: 2
  3. William ELPHINSTONE Birth: 3 Death: 30 Jun 1486

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. 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 p526],
parents:
[Ref: SP III p526]
Sources for death Information
date:
living 4 Mar 1423/4 [Ref: SP III p527]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret HEPBURNE
date:
before 6 Nov 1421 [Ref: SP III p527 (with corr in IX p84)],
child:
[Ref: SP III p527 (with corr in IX p83), SP III p527 (with corr in IX p84)]
Research Notes:
1399: had a charter to himself and his issue male with remainder to his brothers, of the lands which he held from Sir William Lindsay of Byres [Ref: Burke Peerage p702]



Pedigree of William ELPHINSTONE
                            /-----John De ELPHINSTON
                   /-----Alexander De ELPHINSTON
          /-----Alexander De ELPHINSTON
 /-----Sir William ELPHINSTONE
William ELPHINSTONE
|                                                               /-----Malcolm De LESCELIN
|                                                      /-----Norman De LESCELIN
|                                             /-----Norman De LESCELIN
|                                    /-----Sir Andrew De LESCELIN
|                           /-----Norman De LESLIE
|                  /-----Sir Andrew De LESLIE
|         /-----Sir George De LESLIE
|        |        |                                             /-----Orm De ABERNETHY
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir Laurence De ABERNETHY
|        |        |                           /-----Patrick De ABERNETHY
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Uchtred Of Galloway
|        |        |                          |         \-----Devorguile Of Galloway
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Gunnild Of Dunbar
|        |        |                  /-----Sir Hugh ABERNETHY
|        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Ewen Mac Donchadh mac Dubhgaill, Lord of Lor
|        |        |        |         \-----Mary Of Argyll
|        |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
|        |                 |                                    /-----Alan High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                 |                           /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Eva
|        |                 |                  /-----Walter STEWART, Earl Of Menteith
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Gilchrist Earl Of Angus
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
|        |                 |         /-----Alexander De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----(Unk) Of Menteith
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Maurice The Younger Earl Of Menteith
|        |                 |        |         \-----Mary Of Menteith, Countess Of Menteith
|        |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
|        |                          |                           /-----Ferteth Earl Of Strathern
|        |                          |                  /-----Gilbert Earl Of Strathern
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Ethen
|        |                          |         /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----Roger IV De TOENI, Baron Of Flamstead
|        |                          |        |         \-----Margaret De TOSNY
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Constance De BEAUMONT
|        |                           \-----Matilda
|        |                                   |                  /-----William FRESKIN
|        |                                   |         /-----Hugh De MORAVIA
|        |                                    \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
|        |                                            |         /-----Duncan MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife, Justiciar Of Scot
|        |                                             \-----Annabela Of Fife
|        |                                                      \-----Ela
 \-----Mary LESLIE



Descendants of William ELPHINSTONE
1. William ELPHINSTONE m. Margaret HEPBURNE
m. Margaret HEPBURNE

2nd generation

2. Sir Alexander ELPHINSTONE m.
3. Henry ELPHINSTONE m. Jean CUNNINGHAM
m. Jean CUNNINGHAM
4. William ELPHINSTONE m.

3rd generation

6. James ELPHINSTONE m. Isabella BRUCE
m. Isabella BRUCE
7. Lawrence ELPHINSTONE m. Margaret HAMILTON
m. Margaret HAMILTON

4th generation

10. Sir John ELPHINSTONE m1. Euphemia m2. Margaret OLIPHANT m3. Elizabeth CUNINGHAME
m. Euphemia
m. Margaret OLIPHANT father: Sir John OLIPHANT mother: Margaret OGILVY
m. Elizabeth CUNINGHAME father: Sir Humphrey CUNINGHAME
14. Nicholas ELPHINSTONE m. Elizabeth ABERCROMBIE
m. Elizabeth ABERCROMBIE

5th generation

15. Isabella ELPHINSTONE m1. David LINDSAY m2. Peter COLQUHOUN m3. Robert MAXWELL m4. David STEWART
m. David LINDSAY
m. Peter COLQUHOUN
m. Robert MAXWELL
m. David STEWART father: Alexander STEWART
17. Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone m. Elizabeth BARLOW
m. Elizabeth BARLOW