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. Helen COLQUHOUN
  2. Marion COLQUHOUN
  3. Sir John COLQUHOUN Birth: 1 Death: Jan 1574/5
  4. James COLQUHOUN Birth: 2 Death: Jul 1604
  5. Adam COLQUHOUN Birth: 3

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. Fraser, William, The chiefs of Colquhoun and their country, Edinburgh, Scotland: T and A Constable, 1869. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/131731. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p[0-9]*].
  3. Ravilious, John, Sir Robert Erskine and his wives. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 1/14/2010. Subject: Sir Robert Erskine (d. 1452) and his wives. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/B8szb9kuwXs/m/IfR14BFdiRwJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 1/14/2010-131528].
  4. 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
parents:
[Ref: SP VI p225],
father:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1417, Fraser COLQUHOUN p104, John Ravilious SGM 1/14/2010-131528],
name:
Catherine [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p104]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
mother:
Janet EDMONSTOUN (#174949) [Ref: Burke Peerage p1417]
Sources with Information about marriage to Humphrey COLQUHOUN
date:
charter 20 Jun 1513 [Ref: Burke Peerage p1417]
disp 13 Jul 1509 [Ref: SP VI p225],
names:
[Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p103, John Ravilious SGM 1/14/2010-131528],
child:
[Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p104, Fraser COLQUHOUN p105, Fraser COLQUHOUN p107, Fraser COLQUHOUN p108]
Research Notes:
of Montrose [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p103]



Pedigree of Helen GRAHAM
                                                                /-----Sir David GRAHAM
                                                       /-----Sir David GRAHAM
                                              /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
                                             |        |         /-----Laurence De ABERNETHY
                                             |         \-----Helen De ABERNETHY
                                     /-----Sir William GRAHAM, Lord Graham
                                    |         \-----Maud
                            /-----Alexander GRAHAM
                           |        |                           /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
                           |        |                  /-----Sir David LINDSAY
                           |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
                           |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
                           |        |        |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
                           |        |        |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
                           |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
                           |                 |         /-----Sir John STIRLING
                           |                  \-----Catherine STIRLING
                   /-----Patrick GRAHAM, Lord Graham
          /-----William GRAHAM, Lord Graham
         |        |                                             /-----John ERSKINE
         |        |                                    /-----Sir William ERSKINE
         |        |                           /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk
         |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
         |        |                 |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
         |        |                 |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |        |                 |                           \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |        |         /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir William De KEITH
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Barbara De SETON
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Edward De KEITH
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Alexander De SYNTON
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Maria
         |        |        |         \-----Janet KEITH
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
         |        |        |                  \-----Christian MENTEITH
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Gratney Earl Of Mar
         |        |        |                           \-----Elyne Of Mar
         |        |        |                                    \-----Christian BRUCE
         |         \-----Christian ERSKINE
         |                 |                                    /-----Sir James STEWART
         |                 |                           /-----Sir Robert STEWART
         |                 |                  /-----Sir John STEWART
         |                 |         /-----Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----John Of Argyll, Lord Of Lorn
         |                 |        |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
         |                 |        |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Thomas ISAAC
         |                 |        |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
         |                 |        |                           \-----Mathilda De BRUS
         |                  \-----(Unk Dau) STEWART
         |                          |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
         |                          |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |                          |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
         |                          |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
         |                          |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
         |                          |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
         |                           \-----Joan STEWART
         |                                   |                  /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
         |                                   |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
         |                                   |        |         \-----Annabelle Of Strathearn
         |                                    \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
         |                                            |         /-----Alan De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
         |                                             \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
         |                                                      \-----Marjory
 /-----William GRAHAM, Lord Graham, Earl Of Montrose
|        |                                                      /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |                                             /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |                                            |         \-----Constance
|        |                                    /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent Of Scotland
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Matthew De LOUVAINE, Baron Of Little Easton
|        |                                   |         \-----Eleanor LOVAINE
|        |                                   |                  \-----Helisant
|        |                           /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
|        |                          |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
|        |                          |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |                          |                           \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |                  /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Angus
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) RANDOLPH
|        |                 |        |         /-----Thomas STEWART, Earl Of Angus
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret ABERNETHY
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
|        |                 |         \-----Margaret STEWART, Countess Of Angus And Mar
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Alice De FENTON
|        |                 |                  \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
|        |         /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |        |        |                                    /-----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
|        |        |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----William MURE
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|        |        |        |        |                           \-----Elen De KALENTIR
|        |        |         \-----Mary STEWART
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Malcolm DRUMMOND
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk) GRAHAM
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|        |        |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|        |        |                          |                  /-----William De MONTFICHET
|        |        |                          |         /-----Sir William De MONTIFICHET
|        |        |                           \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
|         \-----Elene DOUGLAS
|                 |                                             /-----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
|                  \-----Margaret HAY
|                           \-----Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
Helen GRAHAM
|                                                               /-----Malcolm DRUMMOND
|                                                      /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|                                                     |         \-----(Unk) GRAHAM
|                                             /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|                                    /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|                                   |        |                  /-----William De MONTFICHET
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir William De MONTIFICHET
|                                   |         \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
|                           /-----Sir Walter DRUMMOND
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin
|                          |        |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern, Caithness, And Orkney
|                          |        |        |         \-----Isabel Of Strathern
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Margery Of Ross
|                          |         \-----Elizabeth SINCLAIR
|                          |                 |                  /-----Sir Adam HALIBURTON
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir Walter HALIBURTON
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Isabella
|                          |                  \-----Jean HALYBURTON
|                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|                 |        |                                    /-----Walter Of Ruthven
|                 |        |                           /-----William Of Ruthven
|                 |        |                  /-----Willian RUTHVEN
|                 |        |         /-----Sir William RUTHVEN
|                 |        |        |         \-----Johanna
|                 |         \-----Margaret RUTHVEN
|         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir William MURRAY
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir John MURRAY
|        |        |                           /-----Walter MURRAY
|        |        |                  /-----Sir David MURRAY
|        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret Le BARDE
|        |        |         /-----Sir David MURRAY
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir James STEWART
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert STEWART
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART
|        |        |        |         \-----Isabel STEWART
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----John Of Argyll, Lord Of Lorn
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
|        |        |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Argyll
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Thomas ISAAC
|        |        |        |                           \-----Joanna ISAAC
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Mathilda De BRUS
|        |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
|        |                 |                                    /-----Sir Humphrey De COLQUHOUN
|        |                 |                           /-----Sir Robert COLQUHOUN
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Godfridus De LUSS
|        |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk) LUSS
|        |                 |         /-----Sir John COLQUHOUN
|        |                  \-----Margaret COLQUHOUN
|        |                          |                           /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|        |                          |                  /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk
|        |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|        |                          |        |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
|        |                          |        |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |                           \-----Jean ERSKINE
|        |                                   |                  /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|        |                                   |         /-----Sir Edward De KEITH
|        |                                   |        |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
|        |                                    \-----Janet KEITH
|        |                                            |         /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
|        |                                             \-----Christian MENTEITH
|        |                                                      \-----Elyne Of Mar
 \-----Annabel DRUMMOND
         |                                                      /-----Sir David LINDSAY
         |                                             /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
         |                                            |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
         |                                    /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir John STIRLING
         |                                   |         \-----Catherine STIRLING
         |                           /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |                          |        |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
         |                          |        |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
         |                          |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                          |                 |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |                          |                  \-----Euphemia Of Ross
         |                          |                           \-----Margaret GRAHAM
         |                  /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Alexander DUNBAR
         |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
         |                 |        |         /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Thomas RANDOLPH, Earl Of Moray
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
         |                 |         \-----Marjorie DUNBAR
         |                 |                  \-----Christiana WARDLAW
         |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |        |        |                                    /-----Patrick De OGILVY
         |        |        |                           /-----Walter De OGILVY
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Marjorie RAMSAY
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter OGILVY
         |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander OGILVY
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Malcolm RAMSAY, Lord Of Auchterhouse
         |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel RAMSAY
         |        |         \-----Marjory OGILVIE
          \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
                  |                                             /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
                  |                                    /-----Sir Alexander DUNBAR
                  |                                   |         \-----Cecilia
                  |                           /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
                  |                  /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas RANDOLPH
                  |                 |        |         /-----Thomas RANDOLPH, Earl Of Moray
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Isabella De KILCONQUHAR
                  |                 |         \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
                  |                 |                 |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |                 |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
                  |                 |                           \-----Eupheme
                  |         /-----Sir David DUNBAR
                  |        |         \-----Christiana WARDLAW
                   \-----Margaret DUNBAR



Descendants of Helen GRAHAM
1. Helen GRAHAM m. Humphrey COLQUHOUN
m. Humphrey COLQUHOUN father: Sir John COLQUHOUN mother: Elizabeth STEWART

2nd generation

4. Sir John COLQUHOUN m1. Christian ERSKINE m2. Agnes BOYD
m. Christian ERSKINE father: Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine mother: Isabel CAMPBELL
m. Agnes BOYD father: Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd mother: Helen SOMERVILLE

3rd generation

9. Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN m1. Janet CUNNINGHAM m2. Jean HAMILTON
m. Janet CUNNINGHAM father: Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn mother: Janet CUNNINGHAM
m. Jean HAMILTON father: John HAMILTON, Marquis of Hamilton
11. Alexander COLQUHOUN m. Helen BUCHANAN
m. Helen BUCHANAN father: Sir George BUCHANAN Of That Ilk

4th generation

15. Jean COLQUHOUN m1. Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart m2. Sir Duncan CAMPBELL m3. Sir William HAMILTON
m. Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart father: Alan CATHCART, Master Of Cathcart mother: Isabel KENNEDY
m. Sir Duncan CAMPBELL
m. Sir William HAMILTON
16. Sir John COLQUHOUN m. Lilias GRAHAM
m. Lilias GRAHAM father: John GRAHAM, Earl Of Montrose mother: Margaret RUTHVEN

5th generation

17. Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart m. Marion BOSWELL
m. Marion BOSWELL father: David BOSWELL mother: Isabel WALLACE
18. Lilias COLQUHOUN m. John NAPIER
m. John NAPIER father: Robert NAPIER
19. Sir John COLQUHOUN m. Margaret BAILLIE
m. Margaret BAILLIE father: Sir Gideon BAILLIE mother: Magdalene CARNEGIE