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


Family:
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. 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]*].
  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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
fourth son [Ref: Burke Peerage p1056, SP IV p530],
parents:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p241, SP IV p530],
father:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1056]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
mother:
Annabelle STEWART (#26512) [Ref: Burke Peerage p1056]
Sources for death Information
date:
living 16 May 1498 [Ref: SP IV p530]
Research Notes:
Admiral of the Fleet [Ref: Burke Peerage p1056]

ancestor of the Gordons of Letterfourie [Ref: Burke Peerage p1056]



Pedigree of James GORDON
                                     /-----Alan De WINTOUN
                            /-----Sir William SETON
                           |        |                           /-----Sir Christopher SETON
                           |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander SETON
                           |        |                 |         \-----Christian BRUCE
                           |        |         /-----Sir Alexander SETON
                           |        |        |         \-----Christian CHEYNE
                           |         \-----Margaret SETON
                   /-----Sir Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon
                  |        |                                    /-----Robert FLEMING
                  |        |                           /-----Sir Patrick FLEMING
                  |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm FLEMING
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Simon FRASER
                  |        |                 |         \-----Joanna FRASER
                  |        |         /-----Sir David FLEMING
                  |        |        |         \-----Christian KEITH
                  |         \-----Janet FLEMING
                  |                 |         /-----Sir David BARCLAY, Lord Of Brechin
                  |                  \-----Jean BARCLAY
                  |                          |                  /-----Sir William Of Brechin, Lord Of Brechin
                  |                          |         /-----Sir David Of Brechin, Lord Of Brechin
                  |                          |        |         \-----Elena COMYN
                  |                           \-----Margaret Of Brechin
                  |                                   |         /-----Alexander De Bonkyl
                  |                                    \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
                  |                                             \-----Christiana DUNBAR
          /-----Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley
         |        |                                             /-----Adam Of Gordon
         |        |                                    /-----Sir Adam GORDON
         |        |                                   |         \-----Marjory
         |        |                           /-----Sir Adam GORDON
         |        |                          |         \-----Amabilia
         |        |                  /-----Sir John GORDON
         |        |         /-----Sir Adam GORDON
         |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
         |         \-----Elizabeth GORDON
         |                 |                                    /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |                 |                           /-----Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |                 |                          |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
         |                 |                  /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |                 |         /-----Sir John KEITH
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander FRASER, Lord Great Chamberlain Of Scotla
         |                 |        |        |         /-----John FRASER
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) Le CHEYNE
         |                 |        |         \-----Margaret FRASER
         |                  \-----Elizabeth KEITH
         |                          |                           /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
         |                          |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
         |                          |                 |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
         |                          |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
         |                          |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
         |                          |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
         |                           \-----Jean STEWART
         |                                   |                  /-----William MURE
         |                                   |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
         |                                   |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
         |                                    \-----Elizabeth MURE
         |                                            |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
         |                                             \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
         |                                                      \-----Elen De KALENTIR
 /-----Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
|        |                                             /-----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
James GORDON
|                                                               /-----Sir Gilbert De HAYA
|                                                      /-----Nicolas De HAYA
|                                             /-----David De HAYA
|                                    /-----Sir Thomas HAY, Constable Of Scotland
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir John KEITH
|                                   |         \-----(Unk) KEITH
|                           /-----Sir William HAY, Constable Of Scotland
|                          |        |                           /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|                          |        |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
|                          |        |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
|                          |        |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
|                          |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                          |                 |                  /-----William MURE
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|                          |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
|                          |                  \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                          |                          |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
|                          |                           \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|                          |                                    \-----Elen De KALENTIR
|                  /-----Gilbert HAY
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir Andrew GRAY
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir John GRAY
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Patrick GRAY
|                 |         \-----Margaret GRAY
|                 |                  \-----Margaret
|         /-----Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir Gilbert De HAYA
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir Thomas De HAYA
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Margaret FRASER
|        |        |                           /-----Sir William De HAYA
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir William De CUNINGESBURGH
|        |        |                          |         \-----Lora CUNINGESBURGH
|        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas HAY
|        |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
|        |        |         /-----Sir William HAY
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John GIFFARD
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
|        |        |        |         \-----Janet GIFFORD
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|        |        |        |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
|        |        |        |                           \-----Joan
|        |         \-----Alice HAY
|        |                 |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
|        |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Alice De FENTON
|        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
|        |                  \-----Alicia BORTHWICK
|        |                           \-----(Unk)
 \-----Elizabeth HAY
         |                                                      /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
         |                                             /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
         |                                            |         \-----Margaret CRAWFORD
         |                                    /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
         |                                   |         \-----Constance
         |                           /-----James DOUGLAS
         |                          |        |                  /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
         |                          |        |         /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
         |                          |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                          |                 |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
         |                          |                  \-----Joanna
         |                          |                           \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
         |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
         |                 |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
         |                 |                 |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |                 |                 |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Jean COMYN
         |                 |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
         |                 |                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De BARCLAY
         |                 |                           \-----Eupheme
         |         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Andrew De MORAVIA
         |        |        |                           /-----Sir Andrew De MORAVIA
         |        |        |                          |         \-----(Unk Dau) COMYN
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir Andrew MORAY
         |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORAY, Lord Of Bothwell
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----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
         |        |         \-----Joan MORAY
         |        |                 |                           /-----Sir William MORAY
         |        |                 |                  /-----Sir John MORAY
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir Maurice MORAY, Earl Of Strathern
         |        |                  \-----Joan MORAY
         |        |                          |                  /-----Walter STEWART, Earl Of Menteith
         |        |                          |         /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Mary Of Menteith, Countess Of Menteith
         |        |                           \-----Joan De MONTEITH
          \-----Beatrice DOUGLAS
                  |                                             /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
                  |                                    /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
                  |                                   |         \-----Amicia
                  |                           /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
                  |                          |        |         /-----William De FENTON
                  |                          |         \-----Alice De FENTON
                  |                          |                  \-----Cecilia BYSET
                  |                  /-----Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin
                  |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
                  |        |        |                           /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern
                  |        |        |                  /-----Malise Earl Of Strathearn
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Agnes COMYN
                  |        |        |         /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern, Caithness, And Orkney
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Agnes
                  |        |         \-----Isabel Of Strathern
                  |        |                 |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |        |                 |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Eupheme
                  |        |                  \-----Margery Of Ross
                  |        |                          |         /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
                  |        |                           \-----Matilda De BRUS
                  |        |                                    \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
                   \-----Beatrice SINCLAIR
                           |                                    /-----Philip De HALIBURTON
                           |                           /-----Henry HALIBURTON
                           |                          |         \-----Alice
                           |                  /-----Sir Adam HALIBURTON
                           |                 |        |         /-----Peter MORDINGTON
                           |                 |         \-----Agnes MORDINGTON
                           |         /-----Sir Walter HALIBURTON
                           |        |         \-----Isabella
                            \-----Jean HALYBURTON



Descendants of James GORDON
1. James GORDON