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: William HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles
Sex: M
Death: 26 Sep 1543 ^d

Parents:

Father:
Andrew HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles Birth: Abt 1477 Death: 9 Sep 1513 in Flodden

Mother:

Nichola HOME Death: After Jul 1529

Family:
Marriage:

Children:

Agnes HERRIES Birth: Abt 1534 Death: 14 Mar 1593/4 in Terregles

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 06 Gordon-Huntley. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VI [Ap][p0-9].*].
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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

parents:: [Ref: CP VI p494, SP IV p407]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP VI p495, SP IV p408]

Sources with Information about marriage to Katherine KENNEDY

names:: [Ref: CP VI p494, SP IV p408],
child:: [Ref: CP VI p495]

Research Notes:
3rd Lord Herries of Terregles, of Barony cr 1490 [Ref: CP VI p494]

heir of his father [Ref: CP VI p494]

Pedigree of William HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles
                                                       /-----Sir John HERRIES
                                              /-----Sir John HERRIES
                                             |         \-----Margaret
                                     /-----Sir Herbert HERRIES
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir James LINDSAY
                                    |        |         /-----Sir James LINDSAY
                                    |        |        |         \-----Egidia STEWART
                                    |         \-----Eufemia LINDSAY
                                    |                 |         /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
                                    |                  \-----Margaret KEITH
                                    |                           \-----Margaret FRASER
                            /-----John HERRIES
                           |         \-----Margaret
                   /-----Sir David HERRIES
          /-----Herbert HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles
         |        |                                    /-----Alexander De CRICHTON
         |        |                           /-----William De CRICHTON
         |        |                  /-----Edward De CRICHTON
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Baron Of Wark
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Lord Ros Of Wark
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret De BRUS
         |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De ROS
         |        |                 |                  \-----Laura
         |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
         |         \-----Margaret CRICHTON
         |                 |         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
         |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
/-----Andrew HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles
|        |                                                      /-----Sir William De CARLYLE
|        |                                             /-----John De CARLYLE
|        |                                            |         \-----Margaret De BRUS
|        |                                    /-----William De CARLYLE
|        |                           /-----Sir John De CARLYLE
|        |                  /-----William CARLYLE
|        |         /-----Sir John CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir Duncan KIRKPATRICK
|        |        |         \-----Elizabeth KIRKPATRICK
|        |        |                  \-----Isabel
|         \-----Mariota CARLYLE
|                  \-----Janet
William HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles
|                                                      /-----Sir John HOME
|                                             /-----Sir Thomas HOME
|                                    /-----Sir Alexander HOME
|                                   |         \-----Nichola
|                           /-----Sir Alexander HOME, Lord Home
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir William De HAYA
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas HAY
|                          |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
|                          |        |         /-----Sir William HAY
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
|                          |        |        |         \-----Janet GIFFORD
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
|                          |         \-----Janet HAY
|                          |                 |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|                          |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
|                          |                  \-----Alicia BORTHWICK
|                          |                           \-----(Unk)
|                  /-----Alexander HOME
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Robert LAUDER
|                 |        |         /-----John LAUDER
|                 |         \-----Mariot LAUDER
|                 |                 |         /-----William DE LANDELLS
|                 |                  \-----Katherine LANDELLS
|         /-----Alexander HOME, Lord Home
|        |        |                                    /-----Adam HEPBURN
|        |        |                           /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
|        |        |                          |         \-----Marion FOURBOUR
|        |        |                  /-----Patrick HEPBURN
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Ermengarde De SOULIS
|        |        |                 |         \-----Agnes
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Thomas RANDOLPH, Earl Of Moray
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Agnes RANDOLPH
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Isabel STEWART
|        |        |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
|        |        |        |        |         /-----William De VAUX
|        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
|        |         \-----Agnes HEPBURN
|        |                 |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
|        |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Alice De FENTON
|        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
|        |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
|        |                           \-----(Unk)
\-----Nichola HOME
         |         /-----Sir George KER
          \-----Nichole KER
                  |                                             /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
                  |                                    /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
                  |                                   |         \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
                  |                           /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
                  |                          |        |         /-----Sir Patrick POLWARTH
                  |                          |         \-----Elizabeth POLWARCH
                  |                  /-----John SINCLAIR
                  |                 |         \-----Margaret
                  |         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
                  |        |         \-----Isobel
                   \-----Mariot SINCLAIR
                           |                                    /-----Sir John HOME
                           |                           /-----Sir Thomas HOME
                           |                  /-----Sir Alexander HOME
                           |                 |         \-----Nichola
                           |         /-----Sir Alexander HOME, Lord Home
                           |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas HAY
                           |        |        |         /-----Sir William HAY
                           |        |        |        |         \-----Janet GIFFORD
                           |        |         \-----Janet HAY
                           |        |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                           |        |                  \-----Alicia BORTHWICK
                           |        |                           \-----(Unk)
                            \-----Katherine HOME
                                    |                  /-----Sir Robert LAUDER
                                    |         /-----John LAUDER
                                     \-----Mariot LAUDER
                                             |         /-----William DE LANDELLS
                                              \-----Katherine LANDELLS

Descendants of William HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles

1. William HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles m. Katherine KENNEDY

m. Katherine KENNEDY father: James KENNEDY mother: Agnes MURRAY

2+ Agnes HERRIES m. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries

2nd generation

2. Agnes HERRIES m. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries

m. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries father: Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell mother: Janet DOUGLAS

3 Mary MAXWELL m. William HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester

4+ Sarah MAXWELL m1. Sir James JOHNSTON m2. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown m3. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Viscount Montgomery

5+ Margaret MAXWELL m. Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian

6+ William MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Catherine KERR

3rd generation

4. Sarah MAXWELL m1. Sir James JOHNSTON m2. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown m3. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Viscount Montgomery

m. Sir James JOHNSTON

7+ James JOHNSTONE, Earl of Hartfell m1. Margaret DOUGLAS m2. Elizabeth JOHNSTON m3. Margaret HAMILTON

m. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown father: John FLEMING, Lord Fleming mother: Elizabeth ROSS

m. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Viscount Montgomery father: Adam MONTGOMERY mother: Margaret MONTGOMERY

5. Margaret MAXWELL m. Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian

m. Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian father: Mark KERR mother: Helen LESLIE

8+ Jean KERR m1. Robert BOYD m2. David LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford m3. Thomas HAMILTON

9+ Janet KERR m. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn

10+ Margaret KERR m1. James HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester m2. Sir Andrew KERR, Master of Jedburgh

11+ Isabel KER m. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry

6. William MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Catherine KERR

m. Catherine KERR father: Mark KERR mother: Helen LESLIE

12+ John MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Elizabeth MAXWELL

4th generation

7. James JOHNSTONE, Earl of Hartfell m1. Margaret DOUGLAS m2. Elizabeth JOHNSTON m3. Margaret HAMILTON

m. Margaret DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry mother: Isabel KER

13+ James JOHNSTONE, Earl of Annandale m. Henrietta DOUGLAS

m. Elizabeth JOHNSTON father: Sir Samuel JOHNSTON

m. Margaret HAMILTON father: Thomas HAMILTON, Earl of Haddington mother: Margaret FOULIS

8. Jean KERR m1. Robert BOYD m2. David LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford m3. Thomas HAMILTON

m. Robert BOYD father: Thomas BOYD, Lord Boyd mother: Margaret CAMPBELL

14+ Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd m1. Margaret MONTGOMERIE m2. Christian HAMILTON

m. David LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford father: David LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford mother: Lilias DRUMMOND

m. Thomas HAMILTON

9. Janet KERR m. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn

m. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn father: James CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn mother: Mariot CAMPBELL

15 Marion CONYNGHAM m1. James OGILVY, Earl of Findlater m2. Alexander FRASER, Master of Saltoun; James OGILVY, Earl of Findlater father: Walter OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy of Deskford mother: Mary DOUGLAS; Alexander FRASER, Master of Saltoun father: Alexander FRASER, Lord Saltoun of Abernethy mother: Elizabeth SETON

16+ William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m1. Anne OGILVY m2. Margaret MONTGOMERIE

10. Margaret KERR m1. James HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester m2. Sir Andrew KERR, Master of Jedburgh

m. James HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester father: William HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester mother: Margaret KERR

17+ Margaret HAY m1. Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline m2. James LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Callendar

18+ John HAY, Earl of Tweeddale m1. Jean SETON m2. Margaret MONTGOMERIE

m. Sir Andrew KERR, Master of Jedburgh father: Andrew KER, Lord Jedburgh mother: Anne STEWART

11. Isabel KER m. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry

m. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry father: Sir James DOUGLAS mother: Mary FLEMING

19+ James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry m1. Mary HAMILTON m2. Margaret STEWART

20+ Sir William DOUGLAS m. Agnes FAWSIDE

21+ Sir Archibald DOUGLAS m. Eleanor DAVIS

22+ Margaret DOUGLAS m. James JOHNSTONE, Earl of Hartfell

12. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Elizabeth MAXWELL

m. Elizabeth MAXWELL father: John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS

23+ John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Elizabeth GORDON

24+ Elizabeth MAXWELL m. George SETON, Earl of Wintoun

5th generation

13. James JOHNSTONE, Earl of Annandale m. Henrietta DOUGLAS

m. Henrietta DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas mother: Mary GORDON

25 Mary JOHNSTONE m. William LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford; William LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford father: John LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford mother: Margaret HAMILTON

26 William JOHNSTONE, Marquess of Annandale m. Sophia FAIRHOLM

14. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd m1. Margaret MONTGOMERIE m2. Christian HAMILTON

m. Margaret MONTGOMERIE father: Robert MONTGOMERIE mother: Jean CAMPBELL

m. Christian HAMILTON father: Thomas HAMILTON, Earl of Haddington mother: Margaret BORTHWICK

27+ Isabel BOYD m. John SINCLAIR

28+ Marion BOYD m. Sir James DUNDAS

29 Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd m. Anne FLEMING; Anne FLEMING father: John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown mother: Margaret LIVINGSTONE

16. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m1. Anne OGILVY m2. Margaret MONTGOMERIE

m. Anne OGILVY father: James OGILVY, Earl of Findlater mother: Elizabeth LESLIE

30+ Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m. Nicol STEWART

m. Margaret MONTGOMERIE father: Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun mother: Anne LIVINGSTON

17. Margaret HAY m1. Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline m2. James LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Callendar

m. Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline father: George SETON, Lord Seton mother: Isabel HAMILTON

31+ Charles SETON, Earl of Dunfermline m. Mary DOUGLAS

m. James LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Callendar father: Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Linlithgow mother: Eleanor HAY

18. John HAY, Earl of Tweeddale m1. Jean SETON m2. Margaret MONTGOMERIE

m. Jean SETON father: Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline mother: Grizel LESLIE

32+ John HAY, Marquess of Tweeddale m. Jean SCOTT

m. Margaret MONTGOMERIE father: Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun mother: Anne LIVINGSTON

19. James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry m1. Mary HAMILTON m2. Margaret STEWART

m. Mary HAMILTON father: James HAMILTON, Marquess of Hamilton mother: Anne CUNNINGHAM

m. Margaret STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl of Traquair mother: Catherine CARNEGIE

33+ Mary DOUGLAS m. Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Galloway

34+ Catherine DOUGLAS m. Sir James DOUGLAS

35+ Margaret DOUGLAS m1. Sir Alexander JARDINE m2. Sir David THOIRS

36+ William DOUGLAS, Duke of Queensberry m. Isabel DOUGLAS

20. Sir William DOUGLAS m. Agnes FAWSIDE

m. Agnes FAWSIDE father: George FAWSIDE

37+ Sir James DOUGLAS m. Catherine DOUGLAS

21. Sir Archibald DOUGLAS m. Eleanor DAVIS

m. Eleanor DAVIS

38+ James DOUGLAS m.

22. Margaret DOUGLAS m. James JOHNSTONE, Earl of Hartfell

m. James JOHNSTONE, Earl of Hartfell father: Sir James JOHNSTON mother: Sarah MAXWELL

13+ James JOHNSTONE, Earl of Annandale m. Henrietta DOUGLAS

23. John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Elizabeth GORDON

m. Elizabeth GORDON father: Sir Robert GORDON mother: Isabel RUTHVEN

39+ Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Lucy DOUGLAS

24. Elizabeth MAXWELL m. George SETON, Earl of Wintoun

m. George SETON, Earl of Wintoun father: Robert SETON, Earl of Wintoun mother: Margaret MONTGOMERY

40+ Anne SETON m. John STEWART, Earl of Traquair