Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-28-2022.

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 may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Sir David WEMYSS Birth: 1 Death: 9 Sep 1513 in Flodden
  2. Gavin WEMYSS Birth: 2 Death: After 1504
  3. Charles WEMYSS Birth: 3 Death: After 1502
  4. John WEMYSS Birth: 4 Death: After 1504
  5. Agnes WEMYSS
  6. Margaret WEMYSS

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. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 11, Ridley-Sinclair. London: St Catherine Press, 1949. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/27141 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XI [Ap][p0-9].*].
  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 VI p[0-9]*].
  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 VII p[0-9]*].
  5. 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 VIII p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
first on [Ref: SP VIII p484],
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p2103, SP VIII p484]
Sources for death Information
date:
before May 1508 [Ref: Burke Peerage p2103]
between Dec 1507 and May 1508 [Ref: SP VIII p485]
Sources with Information about marriage to Christian ABERNETHY
date:
1468 [Ref: Burke Peerage p1778, Burke Peerage p2103, CP XI p416(a), SP VII p408]
in or after Jul 1468 [Ref: SP VIII p485],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p2103, SP VIII p485, SP VIII p486]
Research Notes:
of Wemyss [Ref: SP VII p408]



Pedigree of Sir John WEMYSS
                                                                /-----John Of Methil
                                                       /-----Michael WEMYSS
                                              /-----Sir David WEMYSS
                                             |        |         /-----Sir David LOCHORE
                                             |         \-----(Unk) LOCHORE
                                     /-----Sir John WEMYSS
                                    |        |                  /-----Robert De St CLARE
                                    |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
                                    |        |        |         \-----Eleanor Of Dreux
                                    |         \-----Annabel SINCLAIR
                                    |                 |         /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
                                    |                  \-----Amicia
                                    |                           \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
                            /-----(Unk) WEMYSS
                   /-----Sir John WEMYSS
          /-----David WEMYSS
         |        |                                    /-----Sir John ERSKINE
         |        |                           /-----John ERSKINE
         |        |                  /-----Sir William ERSKINE
         |        |         /-----Sir Allan ERSKINE
         |         \-----Isabella ERSKINE
         |                 |         /-----Sir John INCHMARTINE
         |                  \-----Isabel INCHMARTINE
         |                          |                           /-----Michael WEMYSS
         |                          |                  /-----Sir David WEMYSS
         |                          |                 |         \-----(Unk) LOCHORE
         |                          |         /-----Sir Michael WEMYSS
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
         |                          |        |         \-----Annabel SINCLAIR
         |                          |        |                  \-----Amicia
         |                           \-----Margaret WEMYSS
 /-----Sir John WEMYSS
|        |                                                      /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
|        |                                             /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|        |                                            |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
|        |                                    /-----Sir David LINDSAY
|        |                                   |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |                                   |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |                           /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Sir Hugh ABERNETHY
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Mary Of Argyll
|        |                          |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Alexander De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
|        |                          |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
|        |                          |                           \-----Matilda
|        |                  /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John STIRLING
|        |                 |         \-----Catherine STIRLING
|        |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |        |        |                           /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Joanna
|        |        |        |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
|        |        |        |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
|        |        |        |        |                           \-----Helen
|        |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |        |                 |                           /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|        |        |                 |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Jean COMYN
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh De BARCLAY
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Eupheme
|        |        |                  \-----Euphemia Of Ross
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Sir Nicholas GRAHAM
|        |        |                          |         /-----John GRAHAM
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Mary Of Strathearn
|        |        |                           \-----Margaret GRAHAM
|        |        |                                    \-----Isabella
|         \-----Christian LINDSAY
|                 |                                             /-----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
|                  \-----Marjorie DUNBAR
|                           \-----Christiana WARDLAW
Sir John WEMYSS
|                                             /-----Sir Andrew LIVINGSTON
|                                    /-----William LIVINGSTON
|                                   |         \-----Elena
|                           /-----John LIVINGSTON
|                          |         \-----Margaret
|                  /-----Robert LIVINGSTON
|                 |        |                                    /-----John Of Methil
|                 |        |                           /-----Michael WEMYSS
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir David WEMYSS
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir David LOCHORE
|                 |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) LOCHORE
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Michael WEMYSS
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Robert De St CLARE
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Eleanor Of Dreux
|                 |        |        |         \-----Annabel SINCLAIR
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Amicia
|                 |        |        |                           \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
|                 |         \-----(Unk) WEMYSS
|         /-----Sir Robert LIVINGSTON
 \-----Margaret LIVINGSTON
          \-----Margaret



Descendants of Sir John WEMYSS
1. Sir John WEMYSS m. Christian ABERNETHY
m. Christian ABERNETHY father: William ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy mother: Isabella BORTHWICK

2nd generation

2. Sir David WEMYSS m1. Euphemia LUNDY m2. Janet GREY
m. Euphemia LUNDY father: John LUNDY
m. Janet GREY father: Andrew GREY, Lord Grey mother: Elizabeth STEWART