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. Margaret KER Death: Before 9 Jul 1532
  2. Andrew KER Birth: 1 Death: Before 27 Apr 1467
  3. Walter KER Birth: 2 Death: 25 Nov 1501
  4. Thomas KER Birth: 3 Death: Abt May 1484
  5. Robert KER Birth: 4 Death: Before 24 Jun 1505
  6. William KER Birth: 5 Death: After 7 Dec 1507
  7. Ralph KER Birth: 6 Death: After 1484

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 VII p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
father:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1257, SP VII p323]
Sources with Information about marriage to Andrew KER
date:
first marriage of Andrew [Ref: Burke Peerage p1736, SP VII p323],
names:
Andrew KER & dau William DOUGLAS [Ref: Burke Peerage p1257, Burke Peerage p1736, SP VII p323, SP VII p324, SP VII p325],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1736, SP VII p323, SP VII p324, SP VII p325]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of (Unk) DOUGLAS
                                                                /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
                                                       /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
                                                      |         \-----Margaret CRAWFORD
                                              /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
                                             |         \-----Constance
                                     /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent Of Scotland
                                    |        |                  /-----Matthew De LOUVAINE, Baron Of Little Easton
                                    |        |         /-----Matthew De LOUVAINE, Baron Of Little Easton
                                    |        |        |         \-----Muriel (Amy)
                                    |         \-----Eleanor LOVAINE
                                    |                 |         /-----Thomas of Perche
                                    |                  \-----Helisant
                                    |                           \-----Catherine LESMAYE
                            /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                           |        |                           /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
                           |        |                  /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
                           |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Walter De LINDSAY
                           |        |        |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
                           |        |        |                  \-----Christian
                           |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
                           |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
                           |                          |         /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
                           |                           \-----(Unk) STEWART
                           |                                    \-----Joanna
                   /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                  |        |                                    /-----William Earl Of Mar
                  |        |                           /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
                  |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth COMYN
                  |        |                  /-----Gratney Earl Of Mar
                  |        |                 |         \-----Helen
                  |        |         /-----Donald Earl Of Mar
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Baron Of Writtle
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel De CLARE
                  |        |        |         \-----Christian BRUCE
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Neil Earl Of Carrick, Regent Of Scotland
                  |        |        |                  \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
                  |        |        |                           \-----Isabella
                  |         \-----Margaret Countess Of Mar
                  |                 |                           /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |                 |                  /-----Sir John STEWART
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Joanna
                  |                 |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Alexander De Bonkyl
                  |                 |        |         \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
                  |                 |        |                  \-----Christiana DUNBAR
                  |                  \-----Isabel STEWART
                  |                          |                  /-----Thomas FITZ RANULF
                  |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas RANDOLPH
                  |                          |        |         \-----Juliana
                  |                           \-----(Unk) RANDOLPH
                  |                                   |         /-----Adam De KILCONQUHAR
                  |                                    \-----Isabella De KILCONQUHAR
                  |                                             \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
          /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
 /-----William DOUGLAS
(Unk) DOUGLAS



Descendants of (Unk) DOUGLAS
1. (Unk) DOUGLAS m. Andrew KER
m. Andrew KER father: Andrew KER

2nd generation

2. Margaret KER m1. Sir James SANDILANDS m2. William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
m. Sir James SANDILANDS father: Sir John SANDILANDS mother: Christian DUNDAS
m. William HAY, Earl Of Erroll father: William HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Isabel GORDON
3. Andrew KER m. Margaret HEPBURN
m. Margaret HEPBURN father: Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Hailes mother: Ellen WALLACE
4. Walter KER m1. Isabel HAY m2. Agnes CRICHTON
m. Isabel HAY father: Sir John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester mother: Elizabeth CRICHTON
m. Agnes CRICHTON father: William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton mother: Agnes
5. Thomas KER m. Margaret KER
m. Margaret KER

3rd generation

15. Elizabeth KER m1. Philip RUTHERFORD m2. Sir Walter SCOTT
m. Philip RUTHERFORD father: James RUTHERFORD mother: Margaret ERSKINE
m. Sir Walter SCOTT father: David SCOTT mother: Janet DOUGLAS
17. Sir Robert KER m. Christian RUTHERFURD
m. Christian RUTHERFURD father: James RUTHERFORD mother: Margaret ERSKINE
18. Mark KER m. Marjorie AINSLIE
m. Marjorie AINSLIE father: John AINSLIE
21. Ralph KER m1. Margaret MURRAY m2. Margaret RUTHERFORD
m. Margaret MURRAY
m. Margaret RUTHERFORD

4th generation

28. Sir Walter SCOTT m1. Elizabeth CARMICHAEL m2. Janet KERR m3. Janet BETOUN
m. Elizabeth CARMICHAEL
m. Janet KERR father: Andrew KERR
m. Janet BETOUN father: John BETOUN

5th generation

37. Sir William SCOTT m. Grisel BETOUN
m. Grisel BETOUN father: John BETOUN