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: William MAXWELL
Sex: M
Birth: 8 ^b

Parents:

Father:
Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell Birth: 1 Death: Before 14 Feb 1453/4

Mother:

Catherine SETON Birth: Abt 1410 Death: Before 7 Feb 1477/8

Family:
Bibliography

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

date:: eighth son [Ref: SP VI p476],
parents:: [Ref: SP VI p476]

Research Notes:

Pedigree of William MAXWELL
                                                                /-----Sir Aymer De MAXWELL
                                                       /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
                                                      |         \-----Mary
                                              /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
                                     /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
                            /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
                   /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
                  |         \-----Christian
          /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
/-----Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|        |                                                      /-----Alan High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                                             /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                                            |         \-----Eva
|        |                                    /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Gilchrist Earl Of Angus
|        |                                   |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
|        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Richard COMYN
|        |                          |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Hextilde of Tynedale
|        |                          |         \-----Joanna
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Fergus Earl Of Buchan
|        |                          |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
|        |                  /-----Sir Walter STEWART, Lord Of Dalswinton
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Alexander De BONKYL
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Adam De Bonkyl
|        |                 |        |         /-----Alexander De Bonkyl
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Richard COMYN
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----(Unk) COMYN
|        |                 |         \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir Parick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Euphemia
|        |                 |                  \-----Christiana DUNBAR
|        |                 |                          |         /-----John FITZ ROBERT, MC Surety
|        |                 |                           \-----Cecilia
|        |                 |                                    \-----Ada De BALIOL
|        |         /-----John STEWART
|         \-----Katherine STEWART
William MAXWELL
|                                    /-----Alan De WINTOUN
|                           /-----Sir William SETON
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir Christopher SETON
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander SETON
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Christian BRUCE
|                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander SETON
|                          |        |        |         \-----Christian CHEYNE
|                          |         \-----Margaret SETON
|                  /-----Sir John SETON, Lord Of Seton
|                 |        |                                    /-----Robert FLEMING
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir Patrick FLEMING
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm FLEMING
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Simon FRASER
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Joanna FRASER
|                 |        |         /-----Sir David FLEMING
|                 |        |        |         \-----Christian KEITH
|                 |         \-----Janet FLEMING
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir David BARCLAY, Lord Of Brechin
|                 |                  \-----Jean BARCLAY
|                 |                          |                  /-----Sir William Of Brechin, Lord Of Brechin
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir David Of Brechin, Lord Of Brechin
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Elena COMYN
|                 |                           \-----Margaret Of Brechin
|                 |                                   |         /-----Alexander De Bonkyl
|                 |                                    \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
|                 |                                             \-----Christiana DUNBAR
|         /-----Sir William SETON
|        |        |                                             /-----John De St CLAIR
|        |        |                                    /-----John De St CLAIR
|        |        |                           /-----William De St CLAIR
|        |        |                  /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|        |        |         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Amicia
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----William De FENTON
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Alice De FENTON
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Cecilia BYSET
|        |        |        |         \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
|        |         \-----Katherine De St CLAIR
|        |                 |         /-----Sir Patrick POLWARTH
|        |                  \-----Elizabeth POLWARCH
\-----Catherine SETON
         |                                                      /-----Sir Parick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
         |                                             /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
         |                                            |         \-----Euphemia
         |                                    /-----Sir Alexander DUNBAR
         |                                   |        |         /-----John FITZ ROBERT, MC Surety
         |                                   |         \-----Cecilia
         |                                   |                  \-----Ada De BALIOL
         |                           /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
         |                  /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
         |                 |        |                           /-----Thomas FITZ RANULF
         |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas RANDOLPH
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Juliana
         |                 |        |         /-----Thomas RANDOLPH, Earl Of Moray
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Adam De KILCONQUHAR
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Isabella De KILCONQUHAR
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
         |                 |         \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
         |                 |                 |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |                 |                 |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Jean COMYN
         |                 |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
         |                 |                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De BARCLAY
         |                 |                           \-----Eupheme
         |         /-----Sir George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
         |        |         \-----Christiana WARDLAW
          \-----Janet DUNBAR
                   \-----Beatrice

Descendants of William MAXWELL

1. William MAXWELL