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:
Marriage: Children:
  1. William BOYD
  2. Sir Thomas BOYD Birth: Abt 1370 Death: After 16 Jul 1425

Bibliography
  1. MacEwen, Andrew B W, Boyd Tomb at Kilmarnock, in The Genealogist, vol 24 no 1 (Spring 2010), pp52-64. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MacEwen BoydTomb p[0-9]*].
  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 V p[0-9]*].
  3. Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, Medieval Heritage: The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England, The Genealogist, 2:157-68, 3:25-44, 3:175-94, 4:144-58, 5:64-72, 5:226-39, 6:100-3, 6:148-65, 7-8:137-43, 9:40-4, 10:73-85, 11:63-72, 11:184-93, 12:83-90, 12:250-6, 13:92-9, 13:252-6, 14:81-4, 14:207-10, 15:99-103, 15:220-4, 16:93-8, 16:227-31, 17:61-4, 17:250-5, 18:123-7, 18:228-31, 19:62-8, 19:251-5, 20:85-8, 20:184-90, 21:71-5, 21:250-4, 22:101-6, 22:186-91, 23:73-9, 23:203-8, 24:110-27, 24:239-54, 25:56-73, 25:214-32, 26:77-101, 26:202-26, 27:189, 28:90, 33:300. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Reprinted, with further corrections, as Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England: A Medieval Heritage. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton & Gunn, 2012. NYPL ARF 13-5787. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v[0-9]*-[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
first son [Ref: MacEwen BoydTomb p52]
third son [Ref: SP V p139],
parents:
Thomas BOYD & sister of Malcolm FLEMING of Biggar [Ref: MacEwen BoydTomb p52, MacEwen BoydTomb p63],
father:
[Ref: SP V p139]
Sources for death Information
date:
before 15 Nov 1385 [Ref: MacEwen BoydTomb p52, Thompson CharlesII v23-78]
living 1372 [Ref: SP V p139]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret GIFFORD
date:
abt 1370 [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v23-79]
first marriage of Margaret [Ref: MacEwen BoydTomb p63, MacEwen BoydTomb p64],
names:
[Ref: MacEwen BoydTomb p52],
child:
[Ref: MacEwen BoydTomb p53, MacEwen BoydTomb p63, MacEwen BoydTomb p64, Thompson CharlesII v23-78]
Research Notes:
Lord of Kilmarnock [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v23-78]

heir of his father [Ref: MacEwen BoydTomb p52]

ancestor of the Boyds of Portincross in Ayrshire [Ref: SP V p139]

described as "Roberti Boyd fratris mei" (Robert Boyd my brother) in a charter, 11 Nov 1372, granted by his brother "Willelmus Boyd filius quondam domini Thome Boyd militis" (William Boyd son of the late Sir Thomas Boyd, knight) to Malcolm and Christian Fleming [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v23-79]



Pedigree of Robert BOYD
          /-----Sir Robert BOYD
 /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
Robert BOYD
|                  /-----Robert FLEMING
|         /-----Sir Patrick FLEMING
 \-----(Unk) FLEMING
         |                                             /-----Udard FRASER
         |                                    /-----Gilbert FRASER
         |                                   |        |         /-----Kylvert De HALES
         |                                   |         \-----Maria De HALES
         |                           /-----Simon FRASER
         |                          |         \-----Christian
         |                  /-----Simon FRASER
         |         /-----Sir Simon FRASER
         |        |         \-----Maria
          \-----Joanna FRASER



Descendants of Robert BOYD
1. Robert BOYD m. Margaret GIFFORD
m. Margaret GIFFORD father: Sir Hugh GIFFORD mother: Joanna DOUGLAS

2nd generation

3. Sir Thomas BOYD m. (Unk) STEWART
m. (Unk) STEWART father: Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany mother: Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith

3rd generation

4. Sir Thomas BOYD m. Joanna MONTGOMERIE
m. Joanna MONTGOMERIE father: Sir John MONTGOMERY mother: Agnes Of The Isles
6. Margaret BOYD m. Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Lord Montgomerie
m. Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Lord Montgomerie father: Sir John MONTGOMERY mother: Agnes Of The Isles

4th generation

9. Janet BOYD m. Sir John MAXWELL
m. Sir John MAXWELL father: Sir John MAXWELL mother: Margaret BORTHWICK
10. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd m. Mariot MAXWELL
m. Mariot MAXWELL father: Sir John MAXWELL mother: Margaret BORTHWICK
11. Sir Alexander BOYD m. Janet KENNEDY
m. Janet KENNEDY
13. (Unk) MONTGOMERIE m.
14. Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie m. Elizabeth HEPBURN
m. Elizabeth HEPBURN father: Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes mother: Janet BORTHWICK

5th generation

16. Sir Gavin MAXWELL m. Elizabeth
m. Elizabeth
17. Thomas BOYD, Earl Of Arran m. Mary STEWART
m. Mary STEWART father: James II King Of Scots mother: Marie Of Gueldres
18. Alexander BOYD, Lord Boyd m. Janet COLVILLE
m. Janet COLVILLE father: Sir Robert COLVILLE mother: Eupheme WALLACE
19. Archibald BOYD m. Christian MURE
m. Christian MURE
21. Elizabeth BOYD m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus father: George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus mother: Isabel SIBBALD
22. Annabella BOYD m. Sir John GORDON
m. Sir John GORDON father: William GORDON
25. Hugh MONTGOMERIE m.
26. Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie m. Catherine KENNEDY
m. Catherine KENNEDY father: Gilbert KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy mother: Catherine MAXWELL
29. Margaret MONTGOMERIE m. John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
m. John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox father: Alan STUART, Seigneur Of Aubigny mother: Catherine SETON
30. Elizabeth MONTGOMERY m. John KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
m. John KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy father: Gilbert KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy mother: Catherine MAXWELL