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:
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 IV p[0-9]*].
  3. 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 VIII p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
first son by second wife [Ref: Burke Peerage p776]
second son, first by second wife [Ref: SP IV p54],
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p776, SP IV p54]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1924, Burke Peerage p776, SP IV p54, SP VIII p280],
place:
[Ref: SP IV p54, SP VIII p280]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth LYON
date:
abt 27 Jun 1535 [Ref: SP IV p54]
before 30 Jun 1535 [Ref: SP VIII p280]
first marriage of Elizabeth [Ref: Burke Peerage p1924]
Research Notes:
Master of Forbes [Ref: Burke Peerage p776, SP IV p54]

10 Oct 1530: obtained a remission for the slaughter of Alexander Seton of Meldrum [Ref: SP IV p54]

12 Jun 1536: accused of high treason by George, Earl of Huntley [Ref: SP IV p54]

14 Jul 1537: tried before Court of Justiciary; found guilty on all the couts, ad was executed 17 Jul 1537 by the axe, as a favor, in place of being hanged as was first ordered [Ref: SP IV p54]



Pedigree of John FORBES, Master Of 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
John FORBES, Master Of Forbes
|         /-----Sir John LUNDIN
 \-----Christian LUNDIN



Descendants of John FORBES, Master Of Forbes
1. John FORBES, Master Of Forbes m. Elizabeth LYON
m. Elizabeth LYON father: John LYON, Lord Glamis mother: Janet DOUGLAS