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. Mariot SINCLAIR Birth: 1
  2. Margaret SINCLAIR Birth: 2

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]*].
  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 IV 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 VI p[0-9]*].
  5. 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
date:
first son [Ref: SP VII p580],
parents:
[Ref: SP VII p580],
father:
[Ref: SP IV p448]
Sources with Information about marriage to Katherine HOME
date:
first marriage of Katherine [Ref: SP IV p448],
child:
[Ref: SP IV p448, SP VII p580]
Research Notes:
of Herdmanston [Ref: SP III p280, SP IV p448, SP VI p2]



Pedigree of Sir John SINCLAIR
                                                                /-----Alan De St CLAIR
                                                       /-----John De St CLAIR
                                                      |         \-----Matilda De WYNDESORE
                                              /-----John De St CLAIR
                                     /-----William De St CLAIR
                            /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
                   /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
                  |        |                                    /-----Robert De St CLARE
                  |        |                           /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
                  |        |                          |         \-----Eleanor Of Dreux
                  |        |                  /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
                  |        |                 |         \-----Amicia
                  |        |                 |                  \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
                  |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
                  |        |        |        |         /-----William De FENTON
                  |        |        |         \-----Alice De FENTON
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----John BYSET
                  |        |        |                  \-----Cecilia BYSET
                  |        |        |                           \-----(Unk) DURWARD
                  |         \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
          /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
         |        |         /-----Sir Patrick POLWARTH
         |         \-----Elizabeth POLWARCH
 /-----John SINCLAIR
|         \-----Margaret
Sir John SINCLAIR
 \-----Isobel



Descendants of Sir John SINCLAIR
1. Sir John SINCLAIR m. Katherine HOME
m. Katherine HOME father: Sir Alexander HOME, Lord Home mother: Mariot LAUDER

2nd generation

2. Mariot SINCLAIR m1. George HOME m2. Sir George KER
m. George HOME father: David HOME mother: Elizabeth CARMICHAEL
m. Sir George KER
3. Margaret SINCLAIR m. Sir Patrick HOME
m. Sir Patrick HOME father: David HOME mother: Elizabeth CARMICHAEL

3rd generation

6. David HOME m. Isobel HOPPRINGIL
m. Isobel HOPPRINGIL father: David HOPPRINGIL
8. Nichole KER m1. Alexander HOME, Lord Home m2. Sir Alexander RAMSAY
m. Alexander HOME, Lord Home father: Alexander HOME mother: Agnes HEPBURN
m. Sir Alexander RAMSAY father: Sir Alexander RAMSAY mother: Isabella DOUGLAS

4th generation

21. Alexander HOME, Lord Home m1. Katherine STIRLING m2. Agnes STEWART
m. Katherine STIRLING father: Sir William STIRLING mother: Margaret CRICHTON
m. Agnes STEWART father: Sir James STEWART, Earl Of Buchan mother: Margaret (MURRAY)
22. George HOME, Lord Home m. Mariota HALYBURTON
m. Mariota HALYBURTON father: Patrick HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun mother: Margaret DOUGLAS
23. John HOME m.
30. Nichola HOME m1. Andrew HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles m2. Patrick HEPBURN
m. Andrew HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles father: Herbert HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles mother: Mariota CARLYLE
m. Patrick HEPBURN father: Patrick HEPBURN, Earl Of Bothwell mother: Margaret GORDON
31. Nicolas RAMSAY m1. Isobel LIVINGSTON m2. Christian ROSS
m. Isobel LIVINGSTON father: Robert LIVINGSTON
m. Christian ROSS father: Ninian ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead mother: Elizabeth STEWART

5th generation

33. John HOME m.
36. Janet HOME m. Sir John HAMILTON
m. Sir John HAMILTON father: James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran
37. Alexander HOME, Lord Home m1. m2. Margaret KER m3. Agnes GRAY
m. Margaret KER father: Sir Walter KER mother: Isabel (KER)
m. Agnes GRAY father: Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray mother: Marion OGILVY
39. Margaret HOME m. Sir Alexander ERSKINE
m. Sir Alexander ERSKINE father: John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine mother: Margaret CAMPBELL
44. William HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles m. Katherine KENNEDY
m. Katherine KENNEDY father: James KENNEDY mother: Agnes MURRAY