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: Elizabeth FORBES
Sex: F

Parents:

Father:
John FORBES, Lord Forbes Birth: 3 Death: 1547

Mother:

Katherine STEWART Birth: 2 Death: Bef 26 Feb 1509/10

Family:
Marriage:

James GRANT on 1 .^m1
James GRANT Birth: 1 Death: 26 Aug 1553 in Freuchie

Children:

John GRANT Birth: 1 Death: 3 Jun 1585 in Ballachastel
Isabel GRANT

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 IV 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

parents:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p776, SP IV p54],
father:: [Ref: SP VII p460]

Sources with Information about marriage to James GRANT

date:: first marriage of James [Ref: SP VII p460],
names:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p776, SP IV p54 (with corr in IX p90)],
child:: [Ref: SP VII p460]

Research Notes:

Pedigree of Elizabeth FORBES
                                              /-----John De FORBES
                                     /-----Sir John FORBES
                                    |         \-----Margaret
                            /-----Sir Alexander FORBES, Lord Forbes
                           |        |         /-----John KENNEDY
                           |         \-----Margaret KENNEDY
                           |                  \-----Mary
                   /-----James FORBES, Lord Forbes
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
                  |        |                           /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent Of Scotland
                  |        |                          |         \-----Eleanor LOVAINE
                  |        |                  /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
                  |        |                 |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
                  |        |                 |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
                  |        |         /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Angus
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Thomas STEWART, Earl Of Angus
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret ABERNETHY
                  |        |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART, Countess Of Angus And Mar
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
                  |        |        |                  \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
                  |         \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
                  |                 |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
                  |                 |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
                  |                 |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
                  |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
                  |                 |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
                  |                  \-----Mary STEWART
                  |                          |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
                  |                          |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
                  |                           \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
                  |                                   |         /-----Sir William De MONTIFICHET
                  |                                    \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
          /-----William FORBES, Lord Forbes
         |        |                                             /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |        |                                    /-----Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |        |                                   |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
         |        |                           /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |        |                  /-----Sir Robert KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander FRASER, Lord Great Chamberlain Of Scotla
         |        |                 |        |         /-----John FRASER
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----(Unk) Le CHEYNE
         |        |                 |         \-----Margaret FRASER
         |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |        |        |         \-----(Unk) Of TROUP
         |         \-----Egidia KEITH
         |                 |                                    /-----Sir David FITZ WALTER
         |                 |                           /-----Sir David HAMILTON
         |                 |                          |         \-----Margaret De ROSS
         |                 |                  /-----Sir John HAMILTON
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH
         |                 |                 |         \-----Janet KEITH
         |                 |                 |                  \-----(Unk dau) MURE
         |                 |         /-----Sir James HAMILTON
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir John DOUGLAS
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Agnes GRAHAM
         |                 |        |         \-----Jacoba DOUGLAS
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
         |                 |        |                  \-----Agnes DUNBAR
         |                 |        |                           \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
         |                  \-----Mary HAMILTON
         |                          |                           /-----Sir William LIVINGSTON, Lord Callendar
         |                          |                  /-----Sir John LIVINGSTON
         |                          |                 |         \-----Christian De CALLENDAR
         |                          |         /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Sir John MENTEITH
         |                          |        |         \-----(Unk) MENTEITH
         |                          |        |                  \-----Margery STIRLING
         |                           \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
         |                                   |                  /-----John De DUNDAS
         |                                   |         /-----James DUNDAS
         |                                    \-----(Unk) DUNDAS
/-----John FORBES, Lord Forbes
|        |                                    /-----Alan De WINTOUN
|        |                           /-----Sir William SETON
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander SETON
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander SETON
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Christian CHEYNE
|        |                          |         \-----Margaret SETON
|        |                  /-----Sir Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Patrick FLEMING
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm FLEMING
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Joanna FRASER
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir David FLEMING
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Christian KEITH
|        |                 |         \-----Janet FLEMING
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir David BARCLAY, Lord Of Brechin
|        |                 |                  \-----Jean BARCLAY
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Sir David Of Brechin, Lord Of Brechin
|        |                 |                           \-----Margaret Of Brechin
|        |                 |                                    \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
|        |         /-----Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Adam GORDON
|        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Adam GORDON
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Amabilia
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John GORDON
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam GORDON
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
|        |        |         \-----Elizabeth GORDON
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John KEITH
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----John FRASER
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret FRASER
|        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth KEITH
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|        |        |                          |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|        |        |                           \-----Jean STEWART
|        |        |                                   |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|        |        |                                    \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |        |                                             \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|         \-----Christian GORDON
|                 |                                             /-----Alexander De CRICHTON
|                 |                                    /-----Sir John De CRICHTON
|                 |                           /-----William CRICHTON
|                 |                  /-----Sir John CRICHTON
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----(Unk) PRESON
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir John PRESTON
|                 |                 |         \-----Margaret PRESTON
|                 |         /-----William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton
|                 |        |         \-----Christian
|                  \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
|                           \-----Agnes
Elizabeth FORBES
|                                                               /-----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
\-----Katherine 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 Elizabeth FORBES

1. Elizabeth FORBES m. James GRANT

m. James GRANT father: John GRANT mother: Margaret OGILVY

2+ John GRANT m. Margaret STEWART

3 Isabel GRANT m. Archibald CAMPBELL; Archibald CAMPBELL father: Sir Duncan CAMPBELL mother: Margarey DOUGLAS

2nd generation

2. John GRANT m. Margaret STEWART

m. Margaret STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl mother: Grizel RATTRAY

4+ Barbara GRANT m. Colin MACKENZIE

5+ Duncan GRANT m. Margaret MACKINTOSH

3rd generation

4. Barbara GRANT m. Colin MACKENZIE

m. Colin MACKENZIE father: Sir Kenneth MacKENZIE mother: Elizabeth STEWART

6+ Kenneth MACKENZIE, Lord Mackenzie m1. Jean ROSS m2. Isabel OGILVY

7+ Katherine MACKENZIE m. Simon FRASER, Baron Lovat

5. Duncan GRANT m. Margaret MACKINTOSH

m. Margaret MACKINTOSH father: William MACKINTOSH

8+ John GRANT m. Lillias MURRAY

4th generation

6. Kenneth MACKENZIE, Lord Mackenzie m1. Jean ROSS m2. Isabel OGILVY

m. Jean ROSS father: George ROSS

9+ Colin MACKENZIE, Earl Of Seaforth m. Margaret SETON

m. Isabel OGILVY father: Sir Gilbert OGILVY

10+ Thomas MACKENZIE m. Jean GRANT

7. Katherine MACKENZIE m. Simon FRASER, Baron Lovat

m. Simon FRASER, Baron Lovat father: Hugh FRASER, Lord Lovat mother: Elizabeth STEWART

11+ Hugh FRASER, Baron Lovat m. Isabel WEMYSS

8. John GRANT m. Lillias MURRAY

m. Lillias MURRAY father: Sir John MURRAY

12+ Jean GRANT m1. William SUTHERLAND m2. Thomas MACKENZIE

5th generation

9. Colin MACKENZIE, Earl Of Seaforth m. Margaret SETON

m. Margaret SETON father: Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline mother: Lilias DRUMMOND

13+ Anne MACKENZIE m1. Alexander LINDSAY, Earl of Balcarres m2. Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll

10. Thomas MACKENZIE m. Jean GRANT

m. Jean GRANT father: John GRANT mother: Lillias MURRAY

14+ Colin MACKENZIE m. Margaret HEATLEY

11. Hugh FRASER, Baron Lovat m. Isabel WEMYSS

m. Isabel WEMYSS father: Sir John WEMYSS mother: Mary STEWART

15 Simon FRASER

16+ Hugh FRASER m. Anne LESLIE

17 Anne FRASER m. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland; John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland father: John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland mother: Agnes ELPHINSTONE

12. Jean GRANT m1. William SUTHERLAND m2. Thomas MACKENZIE

m. William SUTHERLAND

m. Thomas MACKENZIE father: Kenneth MACKENZIE, Lord Mackenzie mother: Isabel OGILVY

14+ Colin MACKENZIE m. Margaret HEATLEY