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. William DOUGLAS Death: 22 Jul 1484 in Kirtle

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. 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]*].
  3. 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 VII p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: SP VII p114],
father:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1642]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: SP VII p115]
1458 [Ref: Burke Peerage p1642]
Sources with Information about marriage to Janet De MAXWELL
names:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1642, SP VI p475],
child:
[Ref: SP VII p115]
Research Notes:
second of Drumlanrig [Ref: SP VII p114]



Pedigree of Sir William DOUGLAS
                                                                /-----William DOUGLAS
                                                       /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
                                                      |         \-----(Unk) Of Kerdal
                                              /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
                                             |        |         /-----Sir John CRAWFORD
                                             |         \-----Margaret CRAWFORD
                                     /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
                                    |         \-----Constance
                            /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent Of Scotland
                           |        |                           /-----Godfrey De LOUVAINE
                           |        |                  /-----Matthew De LOUVAINE, Baron Of Little Easton
                           |        |                 |         \-----Delicia (Alice) De HASTINGS
                           |        |         /-----Matthew De LOUVAINE, Baron Of Little Easton
                           |        |        |         \-----Muriel (Amy)
                           |         \-----Eleanor LOVAINE
                           |                 |                  /-----Thomas Count Of Perche
                           |                 |         /-----Thomas of Perche
                           |                 |        |         \-----Helissende Of Rethel
                           |                  \-----Helisant
                           |                           \-----Catherine LESMAYE
                   /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                  |        |                                    /-----William De LINDSAY
                  |        |                           /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
                  |        |                  /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
                  |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----William De LINDSAY
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Walter De LINDSAY
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Alice De LANCASTER, Baroness Of Kendal
                  |        |        |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
                  |        |        |                  \-----Christian
                  |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
                  |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
                  |                          |                  /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |                          |         /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |                          |        |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
                  |                           \-----(Unk) STEWART
                  |                                   |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
                  |                                    \-----Joanna
                  |                                             \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
          /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |        |                                             /-----Duncan Earl Of Mar
         |        |                                    /-----William Earl Of Mar
         |        |                           /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
         |        |                          |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
         |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth COMYN
         |        |                          |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
         |        |                  /-----Gratney Earl Of Mar
         |        |                 |         \-----Helen
         |        |         /-----Donald Earl Of Mar
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Robert De BRUS, Lord Of Annandale
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Baron Of Writtle
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabella Of Huntingdon
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Gilbert De CLARE, Earl Of Hertford And Glouceste
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel De CLARE
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabel MARSHALL
         |        |        |         \-----Christian BRUCE
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Nicol Of Carrick
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Neil Earl Of Carrick, Regent Of Scotland
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) O'NEILL
         |        |        |                  \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
         |        |        |                           \-----Isabella
         |         \-----Margaret Countess Of Mar
         |                 |                                    /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
         |                 |                           /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
         |                 |                          |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
         |                 |                  /-----Sir John STEWART
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
         |                 |                 |         \-----Joanna
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
         |                 |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Adam De Bonkyl
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Alexander De Bonkyl
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) COMYN
         |                 |        |         \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
         |                 |        |                  \-----Christiana DUNBAR
         |                 |        |                           \-----Cecilia
         |                  \-----Isabel STEWART
         |                          |                           /-----Randolf FITZWALTER, Baron Of Greystoke
         |                          |                  /-----Thomas FITZ RANULF
         |                          |                 |         \-----Amabel
         |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas RANDOLPH
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Robert Fitz WILLIAM
         |                          |        |         \-----Juliana
         |                          |        |                  \-----Alice De LASCELLES
         |                           \-----(Unk) RANDOLPH
         |                                   |         /-----Adam De KILCONQUHAR
         |                                    \-----Isabella De KILCONQUHAR
         |                                            |         /-----Neil Earl Of Carrick, Regent Of Scotland
         |                                             \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
         |                                                      \-----Isabella
 /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
Sir William DOUGLAS
 \-----Joanna MURRAY



Descendants of Sir William DOUGLAS
1. Sir William DOUGLAS m. Janet De MAXWELL
m. Janet De MAXWELL father: Sir Herbert De MAXWELL mother: Katherine STEWART

2nd generation

2. William DOUGLAS m. Elizabeth CRICHTON
m. Elizabeth CRICHTON father: Sir Robert CRICHTON mother: Elizabeth ERSKINE

3rd generation

3. Sir James DOUGLAS m. Janet SCOTT
m. Janet SCOTT father: David SCOTT
8. Margaret DOUGLAS m. John CATHCART, Lord Cathcart
m. John CATHCART, Lord Cathcart father: Alan CATHCART, Master Of Cathcart
9. Janet DOUGLAS m1. William SOMERVILLE, Master Of Somerville m2. Sir Alexander GORDON
m. William SOMERVILLE, Master Of Somerville father: John SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville mother: Helen HEPBURN
m. Sir Alexander GORDON father: Sir John GORDON mother: Annabella BOYD

4th generation

12. Sir William DOUGLAS m. Elizabeth GORDON
m. Elizabeth GORDON father: Sir John GORDON mother: Elizabeth LINDSAY
24. Hugh SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville m1. Anna HAMILTON m2. Janet MAITLAND
m. Anna HAMILTON father: James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran mother: Mary BOYD
m. Janet MAITLAND father: William MAITLAND mother: Margaret SETON

5th generation

26. Sir James DOUGLAS m1. Margaret DOUGLAS m2. Christian MONTGOMERIE
m. Margaret DOUGLAS father: George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus mother: Elizabeth DRUMMOND
m. Christian MONTGOMERIE father: John MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Eglintoun mother: Elizabeth EDMONSTOUN
28. Janet DOUGLAS m. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
m. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell father: John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell mother: Agnes STEWART
29. Agnes DOUGLAS m1. Andrew CUNNINGHAM m2. Roger GRIERSON
m. Andrew CUNNINGHAM
m. Roger GRIERSON father: Roger GRIERSON mother: Isabel KIRKPATRICK
30. Margaret SOMERVILLE m. Charles MURRAY
m. Charles MURRAY