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. (Unk) De KEITH
  2. Sir William De KEITH Birth: 1 Death: Before 1293
  3. Adam De KEITH Birth: 2 Death: After 1324
  4. Robert De KEITH Birth: 3

Bibliography
  1. Ravilious, John, Graham of Montrose. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 12/5/2005. Subject: Graham of Montrose: a Keith/Barclay Connection. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/_IE30U74Vyc/m/u5K0D8FqnasJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/5/2005-002947].
  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 VI p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
father:
may have been William Earl of Buchan [Ref: SP VI p29]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sir John De KEITH
child:
[Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/5/2005-002947, SP VI p29]
Research Notes:
may have been the daughter of William, Earl of Buchan [Ref: SP VI p29]



Pedigree of Margaret COMYN
                            /-----(Unk) De COMYN
                   /-----(Unk) De COMYN
          /-----Richard COMYN
 /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|        |                  /-----Waltheof Of Tynedale
|        |         /-----Uchtred Of Tynedale
|         \-----Hextilde of Tynedale
|                 |                                             /-----Duncan Abthane Of Dule, Abbot Of Dunkeld
|                 |                                    /-----Duncan Lord Of Mormaer Of Athol
|                 |                           /-----Crinan The Thane Abbot Of Dunkeld
|                 |                  /-----Donnchad (Duncan I) Mac CRINAN, King Of Scots
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Cinaed (Kenneth II) Mac MAEL COLUIM, King Of Scots
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Mael Coluim (Malcolm II) Mac CINAED, King Of Scots
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----(Unknown) Of Leinster
|                 |                 |         \-----Bethoc
|                 |         /-----Domnall Bane (Donald) Mac DONNCHAD, King Of Scots
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Ulsius
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Beorn
|                 |        |        |         /-----Sigurd Digera Earl Of Northumbria
|                 |        |         \-----Sibylia Of Northumbria
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Uchtred Earl Of Northumberland
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Ealdred Of Bernicia
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Ecfrida
|                 |        |                  \-----Aelflaed
|                  \-----Bethoc Of Scotland
Margaret COMYN
|                           /-----Colban Earl Of Buchan
|                  /-----Roger Earl Of Buchan
|                 |        |                  /-----Cainneach (Kenneth)
|                 |        |         /-----Gartnach Mormaer Of Buchan
|                 |         \-----Eve Countess Of Buchan
|                 |                 |                  /-----Constantine Earl Of Fife
|                 |                 |         /-----Gillemichel MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife
|                 |                  \-----Ete
|         /-----Fergus Earl Of Buchan
 \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan



Descendants of Margaret COMYN
1. Margaret COMYN m. Sir John De KEITH
m. Sir John De KEITH father: Hervey De KEITH

2nd generation

2. (Unk) De KEITH m. Joanna GALBRATHE
m. Joanna GALBRATHE father: William GALBRATHE mother: Willelma DOUGLAS
3. Sir William De KEITH m. Barbara De SETON
m. Barbara De SETON father: Adam De SETON
5. Robert De KEITH m.

3rd generation

7. Sir Robert De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland m. Barbara DOUGLAS
m. Barbara DOUGLAS
9. Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland m1. Isabel De SYNTON m2.
m. Isabel De SYNTON father: Alexander De SYNTON mother: Maria
11. Sir William De KEITH m.

4th generation

12. Sir John De KEITH m. (Unk) De SOULES
m. (Unk) De SOULES father: Nicholas De SOULIS mother: Margaret COMYN
14. Sir Edward De KEITH m. Christian MENTEITH
m. Christian MENTEITH father: Sir John De MONTEITH mother: Elyne Of Mar
15. Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland m.
16. John De KEITH m. Mariota Le CHEYNE
m. Mariota Le CHEYNE father: Sir Reginald CHEYNE mother: Helen De ABERNETHY
18. Catherine De KEITH m. Alexander BARCLAY
m. Alexander BARCLAY father: Andrew BARCLAY
19. Sir William KEITH m. (Unk dau) MURE
m. (Unk dau) MURE father: Sir Adam MURE mother: Jannet CUNNINGHAM

5th generation

20. (Unk Dau) De KEITH m. Robert MAITLAND
m. Robert MAITLAND father: William MAITLAND
24. Janet KEITH m1. Sir David BARCLAY, Lord Of Brechin m2. Sir Thomas ERSKINE
m. Sir David BARCLAY, Lord Of Brechin father: Sir David BARCLAY, Lord Of Brechin mother: Margaret Of Brechin
m. Sir Thomas ERSKINE father: Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk mother: Beatrice LINDSAY
25. Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland m. Margaret FRASER
m. Margaret FRASER father: John FRASER
27. Sir William De KEITH m. Janet DUNBAR
m. Janet DUNBAR father: Sir James DUNBAR
29. Janet KEITH m1. Sir David HAMILTON m2. Sir Alexander STEWART
m. Sir David HAMILTON father: Sir David FITZ WALTER mother: Margaret De ROSS
m. Sir Alexander STEWART father: Alexander STEWART mother: Joanna