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. Alice De FENTON Death: After 10 Sep 1336
  2. Sir John De FENTON
  3. Sir William De FENTON

Bibliography
  1. Ravilious, John, family of Alan Durward. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 11/1/2006. Subject: the family of Alan Durward: a Sinclair ascent?. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/lNjuNtz0x38/m/b1qTnZkXIIAJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 11/1/2006-115931].
  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 with Information about marriage to Cecilia BYSET
names:
William de FENTON & dau John BYSET [Ref: SP VI p203],
child:
[Ref: John Ravilious SGM 11/1/2006-115931]
Research Notes:
it is the William de Fenton who married Cecilia Bisset, and now his son Sir William, who was the most likely father of Alice de Fenton who was married to Sir Henry de Sinclair. [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 11/1/2006-115931]



Pedigree of William De FENTON
William De FENTON



Descendants of William De FENTON
1. William De FENTON m. Cecilia BYSET
m. Cecilia BYSET father: John BYSET mother: (Unk) DURWARD

2nd generation

2. Alice De FENTON m. Sir Henry SINCLAIR
m. Sir Henry SINCLAIR father: Sir William SINCLAIR mother: Amicia

3rd generation

5. Sir William SINCLAIR m.

4th generation

7. Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin m. Isabel Of Strathern
m. Isabel Of Strathern father: Malise Earl Of Strathern, Caithness, And Orkney mother: Margery Of Ross
8. Margaret SINCLAIR m1. Sir John SINCLAIR m2. Thomas STEWART, Earl Of Angus
m. Sir John SINCLAIR father: William De St CLAIR
m. Thomas STEWART, Earl Of Angus father: Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Angus mother: Margaret ABERNETHY
9. Thomas SINCLAIR m.
11. (Unk) SINCLAIR m. Thomas De BORTHWICK
m. Thomas De BORTHWICK

5th generation

12. Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney m. Jean HALYBURTON
m. Jean HALYBURTON father: Sir Walter HALIBURTON
14. Sir John SINCLAIR m. Elizabeth POLWARCH
m. Elizabeth POLWARCH father: Sir Patrick POLWARTH
17. Elizabeth STEWART m. Sir Alexander HAMILTON
m. Sir Alexander HAMILTON father: John FITZ WALTER mother: Elizabeth STEWART
18. Margaret STEWART, Countess Of Angus And Mar m1. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas m2. Sir Thomas Earl Of Mar
m. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas father: Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent Of Scotland mother: Beatrice LINDSAY
m. Sir Thomas Earl Of Mar father: Donald Earl Of Mar mother: Isabel STEWART
20. Sir William BORTHWICK m. (Unk)
m. (Unk)