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: Robert BARCLAY, Laird Of Urie
Sex: M
Birth: 23 Dec 1648 in Gordonstown ^b
Baptism: 3 Jan 1649 in Drainie, Morayshire ^c
Death: 3 Oct 1690 in Urie ^d

Parents:

Father:
David Col BARCLAY, Laird of Urie Birth: Abt 1610 Death: 12 Oct 1686 in Urie, Kincardineshire

Mother:

Katherine GORDON Birth: 11 Jan 1620/1 Death: Mar 1662/3

Family:
Marriage:

Christian MOLLISON on 16 Feb 1669/70 .^m1
Christian MOLLISON Death: 14 Dec 1722

Children:

David BARCLAY
Jean BARCLAY
John BARCLAY Birth: Abt 1650 Death: Apr 1731 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey

Bibliography

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]*].
Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[0-9]*].
Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, David Faris, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 7th Edition, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1992. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Weis AR7 #[0-9][0-9]*[A-Z]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p245, Weis AR7 #252],
place:: [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p245],
parents:: [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p245, Roberts RD600 p64, Weis AR7 #252]

Sources for baptism Information

date:: [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p245],
place:: [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p245]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p245, Weis AR7 #252],
place:: [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p245, Weis AR7 #252]

Sources with Information about marriage to Christian MOLLISON

date:: [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p245],
names:: [Ref: Roberts RD600 p117],
child:: [Ref: Roberts RD600 p64, Weis AR7 #252]

Research Notes:
2nd Laird of Urie [Ref: Weis AR7 #252]

heir of his father [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p245]

Sep 1682-Oct 1690: Governor of East New Jersey [Ref: Weis AR7 #252]

the eminent Quaker "Apologist" [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p245, Roberts RD600 p64, Weis AR7 #252]

1683: one of 24 who received a grant of the Province of New Jersey by James, Duke of York and Albany [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p245]

nominal governor of East New Jersey (East Jersey) [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p245, Roberts RD600 p64]

Pedigree of Robert BARCLAY, Laird Of Urie
          /-----David BARCLAY, Laird of Mathers
/-----David Col BARCLAY, Laird of Urie
|        |         /-----Sir John LIVINGSTONE
|         \-----Elizabeth LIVINGSTONE
Robert BARCLAY, Laird Of Urie
|                                                               /-----Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley
|                                                      /-----Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
|                                                     |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
|                                             /-----Adam GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|                                            |         \-----Elizabeth HAY
|                                            |                  \-----Beatrice DOUGLAS
|                                    /-----Alexander GORDON, Master Of Sutherland
|                                   |        |                  /-----John SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
|                                   |        |         /-----John SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Margaret BAILLIE
|                                   |         \-----Elizabeth SUTHERLAND, Countess Of Sutherland
|                           /-----John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|                          |        |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
|                          |        |        |         \-----Eleanor SINCLAIR
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Marjorie SUTHERLAND
|                          |         \-----Janet STEWART
|                          |                 |                  /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
|                          |                 |         /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                          |                  \-----Janet CAMPBELL
|                          |                          |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
|                          |                           \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                          |                                    \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
|                  /-----Alexander GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland
|                 |        |                                    /-----Alan STUART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
|                 |        |                           /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Catherine SETON
|                 |        |                  /-----Matthew STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth HEPBURN
|                 |        |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir James HAMILTON
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----James HAMILTON, Lord Hamilton
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
|                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth HAMILTON
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----James II King Of Scots
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Mary STEWART
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Marie Of Gueldres
|                 |         \-----Helen STEWART
|                 |                 |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
|                 |                 |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
|                 |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                 |                          |                  /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
|                 |                          |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Jill DOUGLAS
|                 |                           \-----Eleanor SINCLAIR
|                 |                                   |         /-----Alexander SUTHERLAND
|                 |                                    \-----Marjorie SUTHERLAND
|                 |                                             \-----Catherine CHALMER
|         /-----Sir Robert GORDON, Baron Of Gordonstown
|        |        |                                             /-----Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
|        |        |                           /-----Alexander GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|        |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth HAY
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Beatrice DOUGLAS
|        |        |                  /-----John GORDON, Master Of Huntly
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|        |        |                 |         \-----Janet STEWART
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret DOUGLAS, Countess Of Douglas
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Eupheme GRAHAM
|        |        |         /-----George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----James II King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----James III King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Marie Of Gueldres
|        |        |        |        |         /-----James IV King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Christian I King Of Denmark
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Denmark
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Dorothea Of Hohenzollern
|        |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Scotland
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
|        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret DRUMMOND
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|        |        |        |                           \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Margaret DUNBAR
|        |         \-----Jean GORDON
|        |                 |                                    /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|        |                 |                           /-----Sir William KEITH, Earl Marischal
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Mary HAMILTON
|        |                 |                  /-----William KEITH, Earl Marischal
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Thomas ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Mariot ERSKINE
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Janet DOUGLAS
|        |                 |         /-----Robert KEITH, Lord Keith
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
|        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth GORDON
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth HAY
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Beatrice DOUGLAS
|        |                  \-----Elizabeth KEITH
|        |                          |                           /-----James DOUGLAS, Lord Dalkeith
|        |                          |                  /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Elizabeth GIFFORD
|        |                          |         /-----Sir John DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----James I King Of Scots
|        |                          |        |         \-----Joan STEWART
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|        |                           \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|        |                                   |         /-----Patrick CRICHTON
|        |                                    \-----Janet CRICHTON
\-----Katherine GORDON
         |                                                      /-----Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley
         |                                             /-----Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
         |                                            |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
         |                                    /-----Alexander GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
         |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth HAY
         |                                   |                  \-----Beatrice DOUGLAS
         |                           /-----John GORDON, Master Of Huntly
         |                          |        |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
         |                          |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
         |                          |         \-----Janet STEWART
         |                          |                 |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |                          |                  \-----Margaret DOUGLAS, Countess Of Douglas
         |                          |                           \-----Eupheme GRAHAM
         |                  /-----Alexander GORDON, Bishop Of The Isles
         |                 |        |                           /-----James II King Of Scots
         |                 |        |                  /-----James III King Of Scots
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Marie Of Gueldres
         |                 |        |         /-----James IV King Of Scots
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Christian I King Of Denmark
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Denmark
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Dorothea Of Hohenzollern
         |                 |         \-----Margaret Of Scotland
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
         |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
         |                 |                  \-----Margaret DRUMMOND
         |                 |                          |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |                 |                           \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
         |                 |                                    \-----Margaret DUNBAR
         |         /-----John GORDON, D.D.
         |        |        |         /-----David LOGIE
         |        |         \-----Barbara LOGIE
          \-----Lucy GORDON
                  |         /-----Gideon PETAU, Sieur De Maule
                   \-----Genievieve PETAU

Descendants of Robert BARCLAY, Laird Of Urie

1. Robert BARCLAY, Laird Of Urie m. Christian MOLLISON

m. Christian MOLLISON father: Gilbert MOLLISON mother: Margaret (MOLLISON)

2+ David BARCLAY m. Priscilla FREAME

3+ Jean BARCLAY m. Alexander FORBES

4 John BARCLAY m. Katherine RESCARRICK

2nd generation

2. David BARCLAY m. Priscilla FREAME

m. Priscilla FREAME

5+ John BARCLAY m. Susanna WILLET

3. Jean BARCLAY m. Alexander FORBES

m. Alexander FORBES

6+ Christian FORBES m. William III PENN

3rd generation

5. John BARCLAY m. Susanna WILLET

m. Susanna WILLET

7+ Robert BARCLAY m. Ann FORD

6. Christian FORBES m. William III PENN

m. William III PENN father: William Jr PENN mother: Mary JONES

8+ Christiana Gulielma PENN m. Peter GASKELL

4th generation

7. Robert BARCLAY m. Ann FORD

9+ Elizabeth Lucy BARCLAY m. Henry BIRKBECK

8. Christiana Gulielma PENN m. Peter GASKELL

m. Peter GASKELL

10 Peter PENN-GASKELL m. Elizabeth EDWARDS

5th generation

9. Elizabeth Lucy BARCLAY m. Henry BIRKBECK

m. Henry BIRKBECK

11+ Emma BIRKBECK m. Georg Friedrich Van BUNSEN