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:
Marriage: Children:
  1. John CRAIG

Marriage: Children:
  1. Elizabeth TULLOCH

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 VII p[0-9]*].
  4. 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
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1924, SP VIII p280],
father:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1779, SP IV p54]
Sources for death Information
date:
living 1565 [Ref: SP IV p54, SP VIII p280]
Sources with Information about marriage to John FORBES, Master Of Forbes
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]
Sources with Information about marriage to Thomas CRAIG
date:
second marriage of Elizabeth [Ref: Burke Peerage p1924, SP IV p54, SP VIII p280],
child:
[Ref: SP IV p54]
Sources with Information about marriage to John TULLOCH
date:
abt 8 May 1548 [Ref: SP IV p54, SP VIII p280]
third marriage of Elizabeth [Ref: Burke Peerage p1924],
child:
[Ref: SP IV p54]
Sources with Information about marriage to John ABERNETHY
date:
fourth marriage of Elizabeth [Ref: Burke Peerage p1924, SP IV p54, SP VIII p280],
names:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1779, SP VII p410]
Research Notes:
it is also stated that she was ultimately married to Alexander or Arthur Forbes of Echt, who survived her [Ref: SP IV p54 (with corr in IX p90)]



Pedigree of Elizabeth LYON
                                              /-----Sir John LYON
                                     /-----Sir John LYON
                                    |        |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
                                    |        |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                                    |        |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
                                    |         \-----Jean STEWART
                                    |                 |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
                                    |                  \-----Elizabeth MURE
                                    |                           \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
                            /-----Patrick LYON, Lord Glamis
                           |        |                           /-----Sir David GRAHAM
                           |        |                  /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
                           |        |                 |         \-----Helen De ABERNETHY
                           |        |         /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM, Earl Of Strathern
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART
                           |        |        |         \-----Euphemia STEWART
                           |         \-----Elizabeth GRAHAM
                           |                 |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                           |                 |         /-----David STEWART, Earl Of Strathern And Caithness
                           |                 |        |         \-----Euphemia Of Ross
                           |                  \-----Eupheme STEWART, Countess Palatine Of Strathern
                           |                          |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
                           |                           \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
                           |                                    \-----Catherine STIRLING
                   /-----John LYON, Lord Glamis
                  |        |                                    /-----Patrick De OGILVY
                  |        |                           /-----Walter De OGILVY
                  |        |                          |         \-----Marjorie RAMSAY
                  |        |                  /-----Sir Walter OGILVY
                  |        |         /-----Sir Walter OGILVY, High Treasurer Of Scotland
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Malcolm RAMSAY, Lord Of Auchterhouse
                  |        |        |         \-----Isabel RAMSAY
                  |         \-----Isabel OGILVY
                  |                 |         /-----Sir John GLEN
                  |                  \-----Isabel GLEN
                  |                          |                  /-----Sir William ERSKINE
                  |                          |         /-----Sir Allan ERSKINE
                  |                           \-----Margaret ERSKINE
                  |                                   |         /-----Sir John INCHMARTINE
                  |                                    \-----Isabel INCHMARTINE
                  |                                             \-----Margaret WEMYSS
          /-----John LYON, Lord Glamis
         |        |         /-----Sir John SCRIMGEOUR, Constable Of Dundee
         |         \-----Elizabeth SCRIMGEOUR
 /-----John LYON, Lord Glamis
|        |                                                      /-----Sir John GRAY
|        |                                             /-----Sir Patrick GRAY
|        |                                    /-----Sir Andrew GRAY
|        |                                   |         \-----Margaret
|        |                           /-----Andrew GRAY, Lord Gray
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Roger MORTIMER
|        |                          |         \-----Janet MORTIMER
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Alexander MENTEITH
|        |                          |                  \-----Margaret MENTEITH
|        |                  /-----Patrick GRAY, Master Of Gray
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir John WEMYSS
|        |                 |        |                  /-----(Unk) WEMYSS
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John WEMYSS
|        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth WEMYSS
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Allan ERSKINE
|        |                 |                  \-----Isabella ERSKINE
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Sir John INCHMARTINE
|        |                 |                           \-----Isabel INCHMARTINE
|        |                 |                                    \-----Margaret WEMYSS
|        |         /-----Andrew GREY, Lord Grey
|        |        |        |                           /-----John De FORBES
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John FORBES
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander FORBES, Lord Forbes
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----John KENNEDY
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret KENNEDY
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Mary
|        |        |         \-----Annabel FORBES
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent Of Scotland
|        |        |                 |                  /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
|        |        |                 |         /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Thomas STEWART, Earl Of Angus
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART, Countess Of Angus And Mar
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
|        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |        |                          |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |        |                           \-----Mary STEWART
|        |        |                                   |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|        |        |                                    \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|        |        |                                             \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
|         \-----Elizabeth GREY
|                 |                                             /-----Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                 |                                    /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                 |                           /-----Sir Robert KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                 |                          |        |         /-----John FRASER
|                 |                          |         \-----Margaret FRASER
|                 |                  /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                 |                 |         \-----(Unk) Of TROUP
|                 |         /-----Robert KEITH, Master Of Keith
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Sir David HAMILTON
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir John HAMILTON
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Janet KEITH
|                 |        |        |         /-----Sir James HAMILTON
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Jacoba DOUGLAS
|                 |        |        |        |                  \-----Agnes DUNBAR
|                 |        |         \-----Mary HAMILTON
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Sir John LIVINGSTON
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) MENTEITH
|                 |        |                  \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
|                 |        |                          |         /-----James DUNDAS
|                 |        |                           \-----(Unk) DUNDAS
|                  \-----Janet KEITH
|                          |                           /-----Alan De WINTOUN
|                          |                  /-----Sir William SETON
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander SETON
|                          |                 |         \-----Margaret SETON
|                          |         /-----Sir John SETON, Lord Of Seton
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm FLEMING
|                          |        |        |         /-----Sir David FLEMING
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Christian KEITH
|                          |        |         \-----Janet FLEMING
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Sir David BARCLAY, Lord Of Brechin
|                          |        |                  \-----Jean BARCLAY
|                          |        |                           \-----Margaret Of Brechin
|                           \-----Janet SETON
|                                   |                           /-----William De St CLAIR
|                                   |                  /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|                                   |         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|                                   |        |         \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
|                                    \-----Katherine De St CLAIR
|                                            |         /-----Sir Patrick POLWARTH
|                                             \-----Elizabeth POLWARCH
Elizabeth LYON
|                                                               /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent Of Scotland
|                                                      /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                                                     |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
|                                             /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                                            |        |         /-----Thomas STEWART, Earl Of Angus
|                                            |         \-----Margaret STEWART, Countess Of Angus And Mar
|                                            |                  \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
|                                    /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                                   |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                                   |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                                   |         \-----Mary STEWART
|                                   |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|                                   |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|                                   |                           \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
|                           /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir William De HAYA
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas HAY
|                          |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
|                          |        |         /-----Sir William HAY
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
|                          |        |        |         \-----Janet GIFFORD
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
|                          |         \-----Margaret HAY
|                          |                  \-----Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
|                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas SIBBALD
|                 |        |         /-----Sir John SIBBALD
|                 |         \-----Isabel SIBBALD
|                 |                  \-----Joan LIVINGSTON
|         /-----George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|        |        |                                    /-----Robert BOYD
|        |        |                                   |         \-----(Unk) FLEMING
|        |        |                           /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
|        |        |                          |         \-----Margaret GIFFORD
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
|        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
|        |        |         /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----John MONTGOMERY
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh EGLINTON
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Agnes MORE
|        |        |        |         \-----Joanna MONTGOMERIE
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Angus Og Lord Of The Isles
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----John Lord Of The Isles
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Agnes Of Cathan Of Ulster
|        |        |        |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |        |        |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |         \-----Elizabeth BOYD
|        |                 |                                    /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
|        |                 |                           /-----Sir John MAXWELL
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir James LINDSAY
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Isabel LINDSAY
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Egidia STEWART
|        |                 |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir John DANIELSTON
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert DANIELSTON
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Mary STEWART
|        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth DANIELSTON
|        |                  \-----Mariot MAXWELL
|        |                          |                           /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
|        |                          |                  /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|        |                          |                 |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
|        |                          |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|        |                          |        |         \-----(Unk)
|        |                           \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
|        |                                   |                  /-----Sir William De HAYA
|        |                                   |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY
|        |                                   |        |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
|        |                                    \-----(Unk) HAY
|        |                                            |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
|        |                                             \-----Janet GIFFORD
|        |                                                      \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
 \-----Janet DOUGLAS
         |                                                      /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
         |                                             /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
         |                                    /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir William De MONTIFICHET
         |                                   |         \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
         |                           /-----Sir Walter DRUMMOND
         |                          |        |                  /-----Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin
         |                          |        |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Isabel Of Strathern
         |                          |         \-----Elizabeth SINCLAIR
         |                          |                 |         /-----Sir Walter HALIBURTON
         |                          |                  \-----Jean HALYBURTON
         |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
         |                 |        |                           /-----William Of Ruthven
         |                 |        |                  /-----Willian RUTHVEN
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir William RUTHVEN
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Johanna
         |                 |         \-----Margaret RUTHVEN
         |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir John MURRAY
         |        |        |                           /-----Walter MURRAY
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir David MURRAY
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret Le BARDE
         |        |        |         /-----Sir David MURRAY
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert STEWART
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART
         |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel STEWART
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Argyll
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Joanna ISAAC
         |        |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
         |        |                 |                           /-----Sir Robert COLQUHOUN
         |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk) LUSS
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir John COLQUHOUN
         |        |                  \-----Margaret COLQUHOUN
         |        |                          |                  /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk
         |        |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
         |        |                           \-----Jean ERSKINE
         |        |                                   |         /-----Sir Edward De KEITH
         |        |                                    \-----Janet KEITH
         |        |                                             \-----Christian MENTEITH
          \-----Elizabeth DRUMMOND
                  |                                             /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
                  |                                    /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                  |                                   |         \-----Catherine STIRLING
                  |                           /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                  |                          |        |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                  |                          |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                  |                          |                  \-----Euphemia Of Ross
                  |                  /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
                  |                 |        |         /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
                  |                 |         \-----Marjorie DUNBAR
                  |                 |                  \-----Christiana WARDLAW
                  |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                  |        |        |                           /-----Walter De OGILVY
                  |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter OGILVY
                  |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander OGILVY
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Malcolm RAMSAY, Lord Of Auchterhouse
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel RAMSAY
                  |        |         \-----Marjory OGILVIE
                   \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
                           |                                    /-----Sir Alexander DUNBAR
                           |                           /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
                           |                  /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
                           |                 |        |         /-----Thomas RANDOLPH, Earl Of Moray
                           |                 |         \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
                           |                 |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
                           |         /-----Sir David DUNBAR
                           |        |         \-----Christiana WARDLAW
                            \-----Margaret DUNBAR



Descendants of Elizabeth LYON
1. Elizabeth LYON m1. John FORBES, Master Of Forbes m2. Thomas CRAIG m3. John TULLOCH m4. John ABERNETHY
m. John FORBES, Master Of Forbes father: John FORBES, Lord Forbes mother: Christian LUNDIN
m. Thomas CRAIG father: Alexander CRAIG
m. John TULLOCH
m. John ABERNETHY father: Alexander ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy mother: (Unk) STEWART