Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 01-20-2025.

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: Sir William SINCLAIR
Sex: M
Death: After 25 Mar 1296 ^d

Parents:

Father:
Robert De St CLARE Death: After Apr 1248

Mother:

Eleanor Of Dreux Birth: Abt 1186 Death: After Apr 1248

Family:
Marriage:

Amicia .^m1
Amicia Death: After 7 Apr 1299

Children:

Annabel SINCLAIR Death: Before 1304
Sir Henry SINCLAIR Birth: 1 Death: Before 28 Jan 1335/6
William SINCLAIR Birth: 2 Death: 27 Jun 1337

Bibliography

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]*].
Ravilious, John, Earls of Menteith, Murdoch Earl of Menteith and the Ferrers family of Groby, in The Scottish Genealogist, vol LX no 1 (Mar 2013), pp12-25. Available at https://independent.academia.edu/JohnRavilious. This article at https://www.academia.edu/33794810/TSG_The_Earls_of_Menteith_Murdoch_Earl_of_Menteith_and_the_Ferrers_family_of_Groby_Vol_LX_1_12_25_pdf. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Ravilious Murdoch p[0-9]*].
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: Burke Peerage p326, SP VI p564]

Sources for death Information

date:: after 1296/7 [Ref: Burke Peerage p326]; living 25 Mar 1296 [Ref: SP VI p565]

Sources with Information about marriage to Amicia

child:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p326, Ravilious Murdoch p13, SP VI p565]

Research Notes:

Pedigree of Sir William SINCLAIR
/-----Robert De St CLARE
Sir William SINCLAIR
|                                                               /-----Hugh Capet King Of France
|                                                      /-----Robert II The Pious King Of France
|                                                     |         \-----Adelaide Of Poitou
|                                             /-----Henry I King Of France
|                                            |        |         /-----William I Count Of Aries And Provence
|                                            |         \-----Constance Of Provence
|                                            |                  \-----Adelaide (Blanch) Of Anjou
|                                    /-----Philip I King Of France
|                                   |        |                  /-----Saint Vladimir Grand Prince Of Kiev
|                                   |        |         /-----Jaroslav I Grand Prince Of Kiev
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Rogneide Of Polotzk
|                                   |         \-----Anne Of Kiev
|                                   |                 |         /-----Olaf III SKOTKONUNG, King Of Sweden
|                                   |                  \-----Ingegard
|                                   |                           \-----Astrid
|                           /-----Louis VI The Fat King Of France
|                          |        |                           /-----Arnulf Count Of Holland And Ghent
|                          |        |                  /-----Thierri III Count Of Holland
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Luitgard Of Luxembourg
|                          |        |         /-----Florent I Count Of Holland
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Bernard I Duke Of Saxony
|                          |        |        |         \-----Othilde Of Franconia
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Hildegard Of Stade
|                          |         \-----Bertha Of Holland
|                          |                 |                  /-----Bernard I Duke Of Saxony
|                          |                 |         /-----Bernard II Duke Of Saxony
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Hildegard Of Stade
|                          |                  \-----Gertrude Of Saxony
|                          |                          |         /-----Henrich Margrave Of Schweinfurt
|                          |                           \-----Eilika Of Schweinfurt
|                          |                                    \-----Gerberga Of Gleiberg
|                  /-----Robert I Count Of Dreux
|                 |        |                                    /-----Humbert I Count Of Savoy
|                 |        |                           /-----Otto Count Of Savoy, Marquess Of Turin
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Amilia
|                 |        |                  /-----Amadeus II Count Of Savoy
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Ulric Manfred II Marquess Of Turin
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Adelaide Markgrafin Of Susa
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Bertha
|                 |        |         /-----Humbert II Count Of Maurienne And Savoy
|                 |        |        |         \-----Adelaide
|                 |         \-----Adelaide Of Savoy
|                 |                 |                           /-----Otto William Count Of Burgundy, Nevers, And Dijon
|                 |                 |                  /-----Raynald I Count Of Burgundy
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Ermentrude Of Roucy
|                 |                 |         /-----William I The Great Count Of Burgundy
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Richard II The Good Duke Of Normandy
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Alice Of Normandy
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Judith Of Brittany
|                 |                  \-----Gisele Of Burgundy
|                 |                          |                  /-----Raimond Borrel Count Of Barcelona
|                 |                          |         /-----Berengar Raimond I Count Of Barcelona
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Ermisende
|                 |                           \-----Stephanie Of Barcelona
|                 |                                   |         /-----Sunifredo II Lord Of Lluca And Villanova
|                 |                                    \-----Guisle Of Lluca
|                 |                                             \-----Ermendinde Of Balsareny
|         /-----Robert II Count Of Dreux
|        |        |                  /-----Andre Seigneur De Baudmont
|        |        |         /-----Gui Seigneur De Baudmont And Braine
|        |        |        |         \-----Agnes Heiress Of Braine
|        |         \-----Agnes De Baudemont
|        |                  \-----Adelaide
\-----Eleanor Of Dreux
         |                                                      /-----Hugh Seigneur De Boves
         |                                             /-----Dreux De BOVES
         |                                    /-----Enguerrand I De COUCY, Count Of Amiens
         |                                   |        |         /-----Alberic Seigneur De Coucy
         |                                   |         \-----Adele De Coucy
         |                                   |                  \-----Adele
         |                           /-----Thomas De COUCY, Count Of Anvers
         |                          |        |                  /-----Giselbert Count Of Roucy
         |                          |        |         /-----Lutaud Seigneur De Marle
         |                          |        |        |         \-----(Unk Dau)
         |                          |         \-----Ade De ROUCY, Dame De Marle
         |                          |                  \-----Mathilde
         |                  /-----Enguerrand II Sire De COUCY
         |                 |        |         /-----Guy De CRECY En LAONNOIS
         |                 |         \-----Melisende De CRECY En LAONNOIS
         |         /-----Ralph I Sire De COUCY
         |        |        |                                    /-----Landry Sire de Baugency
         |        |        |                           /-----Lancellin I Sire De Baugency In Orleanais
         |        |        |                  /-----Lanzelin II Seigneur De Baugency
         |        |        |         /-----Ralph Seigneur De BAUGENCI
         |        |        |        |         \-----Alberga
         |        |         \-----Agnes De BAUGENCI
         |        |                 |                           /-----Robert II The Pious King Of France
         |        |                 |                  /-----Henry I King Of France
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Constance Of Provence
         |        |                 |         /-----Hugh Magnus Duke Of France
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Jaroslav I Grand Prince Of Kiev
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Anne Of Kiev
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Ingegard
         |        |                  \-----Matilda Of Vermandois
         |        |                          |                  /-----Eudes Count Of Vermandois
         |        |                          |         /-----Herbert IV Count Of Vermandois
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Parvie
         |        |                           \-----Adelaide De Vermandois, Countess Of Vermandois
         |        |                                   |         /-----Raoul III The Great Count Of Valois And Vexin
         |        |                                    \-----Adela De Valois
         |        |                                             \-----Adela
          \-----Yolande De COUCY
                  |                                             /-----Baldwin V Count Of Flanders
                  |                                    /-----Baldwin VI De MONS, Count Of Flanders
                  |                                   |         \-----Adelaide Of France
                  |                           /-----Baldwin II Count Of Hainault
                  |                          |        |         /-----Gerhard II Count Of Egisheim
                  |                          |         \-----Richilde Countess Of Hainault
                  |                          |                  \-----Berta
                  |                  /-----Baldwin III Count Of Hainault
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Lambert II The Belted Count Of Louvain
                  |                 |        |         /-----Henry II Of Brabant, Count Of Lorraine
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Oda Of Lorraine
                  |                 |         \-----Ida Of Louvain
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Eberhard Of Betuew And Teisterbant
                  |                 |                  \-----Adelaide Of Betuew
                  |         /-----Baldwin IV Count Of Hainault
                  |        |        |                           /-----Gerard Flameus Count Of Teirterbant
                  |        |        |                  /-----Dietrich Flameus Count In The Velux
                  |        |        |         /-----Gerald I Count Of Guelders And Wassenberg
                  |        |         \-----Yolande Of Guelders
                   \-----Agnes Of Hainault
                           |                                    /-----Albert I Count Of Namur
                           |                           /-----Albert II Count Of Namur
                           |                          |         \-----Adelheid Of Lorraine
                           |                  /-----Albert III Count Of Namur
                           |                 |        |         /-----Gothelo I Duke Of Upper And Lower Lorraine
                           |                 |         \-----Regilinde Of Lorraine
                           |                 |                  \-----Ita
                           |         /-----Godfrey Count Of Namur
                           |        |        |                  /-----Bernard I Duke Of Saxony
                           |        |        |         /-----Bernard II Duke Of Saxony
                           |        |        |        |         \-----Hildegard Of Stade
                           |        |         \-----Ida Of Saxony
                           |        |                 |         /-----Henrich Margrave Of Schweinfurt
                           |        |                  \-----Eilika Of Schweinfurt
                           |        |                           \-----Gerberga Of Gleiberg
                            \-----Alix De NAMUR
                                    |                           /-----Frederick I Count Of Luxemburg
                                    |                  /-----Giselbert Count Of Luxembourg
                                    |                 |         \-----Ermentrude Of Kinziggau
                                    |         /-----Conrad I Count Of Luxembourg
                                     \-----Ermesinde
                                             |                  /-----William III Count Of Poitou, Duke Of Aquitaine
                                             |         /-----William V Peter Count Of Poitou, Duke Of Aquitaine
                                             |        |         \-----Agnes Of Burgundy
                                              \-----Clementia Of Poitou
                                                       \-----Emisinde Of Longwy

Descendants of Sir William SINCLAIR

1. Sir William SINCLAIR m. Amicia

m. Amicia father: Robert Earl Of Strathern mother: (Unk dau) De MORAVIA

2+ Annabel SINCLAIR m1. Sir Robert BISSET m2. Sir David WEMYSS

3+ Sir Henry SINCLAIR m. Alice De FENTON

4 William SINCLAIR

2nd generation

2. Annabel SINCLAIR m1. Sir Robert BISSET m2. Sir David WEMYSS

m. Sir Robert BISSET

m. Sir David WEMYSS father: Michael WEMYSS mother: (Unk) LOCHORE

5+ Sir Michael WEMYSS m.

6+ Sir John WEMYSS m.

3. Sir Henry SINCLAIR m. Alice De FENTON

m. Alice De FENTON father: William De FENTON mother: Cecilia BYSET

7+ Sir William SINCLAIR m.

8 John SINCLAIR

3rd generation

5. Sir Michael WEMYSS m.

9+ Margaret WEMYSS m. Sir John INCHMARTINE

10+ (Unk) WEMYSS m. John LIVINGSTON

11 (Unk) WEMYSS m. (Unk) BOSWELL

6. Sir John WEMYSS m.

12+ (Unk) WEMYSS m.

7. Sir William SINCLAIR m.

13+ Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin m. Isabel Of Strathern

14+ Margaret SINCLAIR m1. Sir John SINCLAIR m2. Thomas STEWART, Earl Of Angus

15+ Thomas SINCLAIR m.

16 John SINCLAIR

17+ (Unk) SINCLAIR m. Thomas De BORTHWICK

4th generation

9. Margaret WEMYSS m. Sir John INCHMARTINE

m. Sir John INCHMARTINE

18+ Isabel INCHMARTINE m. Sir Allan ERSKINE

10. (Unk) WEMYSS m. John LIVINGSTON

m. John LIVINGSTON father: William LIVINGSTON mother: Margaret

19+ Robert LIVINGSTON m.

12. (Unk) WEMYSS m.

20+ Sir John WEMYSS m1. m2. Isabella ERSKINE m3. Christian OGILVY

13. 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

21+ Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney m. Jean HALYBURTON

22 David SINCLAIR

14. Margaret SINCLAIR m1. Sir John SINCLAIR m2. Thomas STEWART, Earl Of Angus

m. Sir John SINCLAIR father: William De St CLAIR

23+ Sir John SINCLAIR m. Elizabeth POLWARCH

24 James SINCLAIR

25 Walter SINCLAIR

m. Thomas STEWART, Earl Of Angus father: Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Angus mother: Margaret ABERNETHY

26+ Elizabeth STEWART m. Sir Alexander HAMILTON

27+ Margaret STEWART, Countess Of Angus And Mar m1. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas m2. Sir Thomas Earl Of Mar

15. Thomas SINCLAIR m.

28 Alexander SINCLAIR

17. (Unk) SINCLAIR m. Thomas De BORTHWICK

m. Thomas De BORTHWICK

29+ Sir William BORTHWICK m. (Unk)

5th generation

18. Isabel INCHMARTINE m. Sir Allan ERSKINE

m. Sir Allan ERSKINE father: Sir William ERSKINE

30+ Margaret ERSKINE m. Sir John GLEN

31+ Isabella ERSKINE m. Sir John WEMYSS

19. Robert LIVINGSTON m.

32+ Sir Robert LIVINGSTON m. Margaret

20. Sir John WEMYSS m1. m2. Isabella ERSKINE m3. Christian OGILVY

33 Duncan WEMYSS m. Elizabeth ERSKINE

34 Alexander WEMYSS

35 Michael WEMYSS

m. Isabella ERSKINE father: Sir Allan ERSKINE mother: Isabel INCHMARTINE

36+ David WEMYSS m. Christian LINDSAY

37 Andrew WEMYSS

38+ Elizabeth WEMYSS m. Andrew GRAY, Lord Gray

39 Isabel WEMYSS m. Hugh FRASER; Hugh FRASER father: Hugh FRASER

m. Christian OGILVY father: Patrick OGILVY mother: Christian KEITH

21. Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney m. Jean HALYBURTON

m. Jean HALYBURTON father: Sir Walter HALIBURTON

40+ Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney m. Jill DOUGLAS

41 John SINCLAIR

42 William SINCLAIR

43+ Elizabeth SINCLAIR m. Sir John DRUMMOND

44 Margaret SINCLAIR m. James CRAIGY, Laird Of Hupe

45+ Jean SINCLAIR m. Sir John FORRESTER

46 (Unk Dau) SINCLAIR m. (Unk) COCKBURN

47 (Unk Dau) SINCLAIR m. (Unk) HERON

48 Mary SINCLAIR m. Sir Thomas SOMERVILLE; Sir Thomas SOMERVILLE father: Sir William SOMERVILLE mother: Katherine HALLIDAY

49 Marjory SINCLAIR m. Sir David MENZIES

50+ Beatrice SINCLAIR m. James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas

23. Sir John SINCLAIR m. Elizabeth POLWARCH

m. Elizabeth POLWARCH father: Sir Patrick POLWARTH

51+ Katherine De St CLAIR m. Sir John SETON, Lord Of Seton

52+ Sir William SINCLAIR m. Margaret

26. Elizabeth STEWART m. Sir Alexander HAMILTON

m. Sir Alexander HAMILTON father: John FITZ WALTER mother: Elizabeth STEWART

53+ Sir Archibald HAMILTON m. Margaret MONTGOMERIE

27. 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

54+ Margaret DOUGLAS m1. Thomas JOHNSON m2. Alexander MONTGOMERY

55+ George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus m. Mary STEWART

m. Sir Thomas Earl Of Mar father: Donald Earl Of Mar mother: Isabel STEWART

29. Sir William BORTHWICK m. (Unk)

m. (Unk)

56+ Janet BORTHWICK m. Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes

57+ Alicia BORTHWICK m. Sir William HAY

58+ Margaret BORTHWICK m1. Sir William ABERNETHY m2. Sir William DOUGLAS

59 George BORTHWICK

60 John BORTHWICK

61+ Sir William BORTHWICK m. (Unk) HAY