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 SETON
Sex: M
Birth: 2 ^b
Death: 18 May 1452 in Brechin ^d

Parents:

Father:
Sir Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon Birth: 2 Death: Before 3 Apr 1441

Mother:

Elizabeth GORDON Birth: Abt 1394 Death: 16 Mar 1438/9 in Strathbogie

Family:
Marriage:

Children:

Alexander SETON Death: 1512

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]*].
Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1[pc][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 IV p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: second son [Ref: Burke Peerage p1055, Burke Peerage p1813, SP IV p521],
parents:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p1055, Burke Peerage p1813, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p239, SP IV p521]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: SP IV p521]; May 1452 [Ref: Burke Peerage p1813],
place:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p1813, SP IV p521]

Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth MELDRUM

names:: [Ref: SP IV p521],
child:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p1813]

Research Notes:
ancestor of the Setons of Meldrum [Ref: Burke Peerage p1055]

Pedigree of William SETON
                   /-----Alan De WINTOUN
          /-----Sir William SETON
         |        |                                    /-----Sir John SETON
         |        |                           /-----Sir Christopher SETON
         |        |                          |         \-----Ermina
         |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander SETON
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Baron Of Writtle
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Isabel De CLARE
         |        |                 |         \-----Christian BRUCE
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Neil Earl Of Carrick, Regent Of Scotland
         |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
         |        |                 |                           \-----Isabella
         |        |         /-----Sir Alexander SETON
         |        |        |         \-----Christian CHEYNE
         |         \-----Margaret SETON
/-----Sir Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon
|        |                                    /-----Robert FLEMING
|        |                           /-----Sir Patrick FLEMING
|        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm FLEMING
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Simon FRASER
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Simon FRASER
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Simon FRASER
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Maria
|        |                 |         \-----Joanna FRASER
|        |         /-----Sir David FLEMING
|        |        |         \-----Christian KEITH
|         \-----Janet FLEMING
|                 |         /-----Sir David BARCLAY, Lord Of Brechin
|                  \-----Jean BARCLAY
|                          |                                    /-----David Earl Of Huntingdon
|                          |                           /-----Henry Of Brechin, Lord Of Brechin
|                          |                  /-----Sir William Of Brechin, Lord Of Brechin
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Ralph De CORNHILL
|                          |                 |         \-----Julian De CORNHILL
|                          |                 |                  \-----Delicia (Alice) De HASTINGS
|                          |         /-----Sir David Of Brechin, Lord Of Brechin
|                          |        |        |                  /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|                          |        |        |         /-----Alexander COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
|                          |        |         \-----Elena COMYN
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Roger De QUINCY, Earl Of Winchester
|                          |        |                  \-----Elizabeth De QUINCY
|                          |        |                           \-----Helen Of Galloway
|                           \-----Margaret Of Brechin
|                                   |                           /-----Alexander De BONKYL
|                                   |                  /-----Adam De Bonkyl
|                                   |         /-----Alexander De Bonkyl
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Richard COMYN
|                                   |        |         \-----(Unk) COMYN
|                                    \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
|                                            |                  /-----Sir Parick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
|                                            |         /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
|                                            |        |         \-----Euphemia
|                                             \-----Christiana DUNBAR
|                                                     |         /-----John FITZ ROBERT, MC Surety
|                                                      \-----Cecilia
|                                                               \-----Ada De BALIOL
William SETON
|                                             /-----Adam Of Gordon
|                                    /-----Sir Adam GORDON
|                                   |         \-----Marjory
|                           /-----Sir Adam GORDON
|                          |         \-----Amabilia
|                  /-----Sir John GORDON
|         /-----Sir Adam GORDON
|        |         \-----Elizabeth
\-----Elizabeth GORDON
         |                                                      /-----Sir John De KEITH
         |                                             /-----Sir William De KEITH
         |                                            |         \-----Margaret COMYN
         |                                    /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |                                   |        |         /-----Adam De SETON
         |                                   |         \-----Barbara De SETON
         |                           /-----Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |                          |        |                  /-----Andrew De SYNTON
         |                          |        |         /-----Alexander De SYNTON
         |                          |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
         |                          |                  \-----Maria
         |                  /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |         /-----Sir John KEITH
         |        |        |                                    /-----Richard FRASER
         |        |        |                           /-----Sir Andrew FRASER
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander FRASER, Lord Great Chamberlain Of Scotla
         |        |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) Le CHEN
         |        |        |         /-----John FRASER
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Reginald Le CHEYNE
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Reginald Le CHEYNE
         |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) Le CHEYNE
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Freskin De MORAVIA
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Mary De MORAVIA
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Johanna Lady Of Strathnaver
         |        |         \-----Margaret FRASER
          \-----Elizabeth KEITH
                  |                                             /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |                                    /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |                                   |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
                  |                           /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |                          |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
                  |                          |         \-----Joanna
                  |                          |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
                  |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Richard De BURGH, Lord of Connaught
                  |                 |        |         /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Egidia (Jill) De LACY
                  |                 |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John FITZ GEOFFREY
                  |                 |                  \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
                  |                 |                           \-----Isabel BIGOD
                  |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                  |        |        |                           /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Baron Of Writtle
                  |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De CLARE
                  |        |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Neil Earl Of Carrick, Regent Of Scotland
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
                  |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabella
                  |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
                  |        |                 |                  /-----William Earl Of Mar
                  |        |                 |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth COMYN
                  |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
                  |        |                           \-----Helen
                   \-----Jean STEWART
                           |                                    /-----Sir Gilchrist MURE
                           |                           /-----Archibald MURE
                           |                          |         \-----Isabel COMYN
                           |                  /-----William MURE
                           |                 |        |         /-----John MONTGOMERY
                           |                 |         \-----Margaret MONTGOMERY
                           |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
                           |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
                            \-----Elizabeth MURE
                                    |                           /-----Harvey De CUNNINGHAM
                                    |                  /-----Edward CUNNINGHAM
                                    |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
                                    |        |        |         /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
                                    |        |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
                                    |        |                  \-----Joanna
                                     \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
                                              \-----Elen De KALENTIR

Descendants of William SETON

1. William SETON m. Elizabeth MELDRUM

m. Elizabeth MELDRUM father: William MELDRUM

2+ Alexander SETON m. (Unk dau) SUTHERLAND

2nd generation

2. Alexander SETON m. (Unk dau) SUTHERLAND

m. (Unk dau) SUTHERLAND father: Alexander SUTHERLAND

3+ William SETON m. Elizabeth LESLIE

3rd generation

3. William SETON m. Elizabeth LESLIE

m. Elizabeth LESLIE father: Alexander LESLIE

4+ Alexander SETON m. Agnes GORDON

4th generation

4. Alexander SETON m. Agnes GORDON

m. Agnes GORDON father: Patrick GORDON mother: Mariot OGILVY

5 William SETON m. Janet GORDON