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. Isabel KIRKPATRICK
  2. Sir Thomas KIRKPATRICK Birth: 1 Death: 1502
  3. Alexander KIRKPATRICK Birth: 2

Marriage:
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. MacEwen, Andrew B W, Some Notes on the Keith and Gordon Pedigrees, in Brook, Lindsay, Studies in Genealogy and Family History in Tribute to Charles Evans on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday. Salt Lake City: Association for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy, 1989. NYPL APB 91-4605. My copy was from https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/503782 (but it is no longer available there). Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MacEwen Keith 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 VIII p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1415 [Ref: MacEwen Keith p179],
parents:
[Ref: MacEwen Keith p179],
father:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1145, SP VIII p9]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sir Roger KIRKPATRICK
date:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1145, SP VIII p9],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1145]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sir Thomas KER
date:
second marriage of Margaret [Ref: Burke Peerage p1145]
Research Notes:
coheiress (with Elizabeth Gordon) of Margaret Fraser [Ref: MacEwen Keith p179]



Pedigree of Margaret SOMERVILLE
                                                                /-----William De SOMERVILLE
                                                       /-----William De SOMERVILLE
                                              /-----William De SOMERVILLE
                                     /-----William De SOMERVILLE
                            /-----Sir Thomas De SOMERVILLE
                           |        |         /-----Walter De NEWBIGGING
                           |         \-----Margaret De NEWBIGGING
                   /-----Sir Thomas SOMERVILLE
          /-----Sir William SOMERVILLE
         |        |                                             /-----William DOUGLAS
         |        |                                    /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
         |        |                                   |         \-----(Unk) Of Kerdal
         |        |                           /-----Sir Andrew DOUGLAS
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir John CRAWFORD
         |        |                          |         \-----Margaret CRAWFORD
         |        |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
         |        |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
         |         \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
         |                  \-----Joan
 /-----Sir Thomas SOMERVILLE
|         \-----Katherine HALLIDAY
Margaret SOMERVILLE
|                                                               /-----Hervey De KEITH
|                                                      /-----Sir John De KEITH
|                                             /-----Sir William De KEITH
|                                            |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|                                            |         \-----Margaret COMYN
|                                            |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
|                                    /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                                   |        |         /-----Adam De SETON
|                                   |         \-----Barbara De SETON
|                           /-----Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir Alexander De SYNTON
|                          |        |                  /-----Andrew De SYNTON
|                          |        |         /-----Alexander De SYNTON
|                          |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
|                          |                  \-----Maria
|                  /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|         /-----Sir John KEITH
|        |        |                                             /-----John FRASER
|        |        |                                    /-----Richard FRASER
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Alicia De CONIGBURG
|        |        |                           /-----Sir Andrew FRASER
|        |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander FRASER, Lord Great Chamberlain Of Scotla
|        |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) Le CHEN
|        |        |         /-----John FRASER
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Reginald Le CHEYNE
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Reginald Le CHEYNE
|        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) Le CHEYNE
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Walter De MORAVIA
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Freskin De MORAVIA
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Eupheme Of Ross
|        |        |        |                  \-----Mary De MORAVIA
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----John HARALDSSON, Jarl Of Orkney
|        |        |        |                           \-----Johanna Lady Of Strathnaver
|        |         \-----Margaret FRASER
 \-----Elizabeth KEITH
         |                                                      /-----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
         |                           /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
         |                          |        |                  /-----Richard COMYN
         |                          |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Hextilde of Tynedale
         |                          |         \-----Joanna
         |                          |                 |         /-----Fergus Earl Of Buchan
         |                          |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
         |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
         |                 |        |                           /-----William De BURGH, Lord of Connaught
         |                 |        |                  /-----Richard De BURGH, Lord of Connaught
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----(Unk Dau) O'BRIEN
         |                 |        |         /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Walter De LACY, Baron Of Weobley
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Egidia (Jill) De LACY
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Margaret De BRAOISE
         |                 |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Geoffrey FITZ PIERS, Earl Of Essex
         |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John FITZ GEOFFREY
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Aveline De CLARE
         |                 |                  \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
         |                 |                          |         /-----Hugh BIGOD, Earl Of Norfolk, MC Surety
         |                 |                           \-----Isabel BIGOD
         |                 |                                    \-----Maud MARSHALL
         |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |        |        |                                    /-----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
         |        |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Nicol Of Carrick
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Neil Earl Of Carrick, Regent Of Scotland
         |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) O'NEILL
         |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabella
         |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
         |        |                 |                           /-----Duncan Earl Of Mar
         |        |                 |                  /-----William Earl Of Mar
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth COMYN
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
         |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
         |        |                           \-----Helen
          \-----Jean STEWART
                  |                                    /-----Sir Gilchrist MURE
                  |                           /-----Archibald MURE
                  |                          |        |         /-----Walter COMYN, Earl Of Menteith
                  |                          |         \-----Isabel COMYN
                  |                          |                  \-----Isabel Countess Of Menteith
                  |                  /-----William MURE
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Robert MONTGOMERIE
                  |                 |        |         /-----John MONTGOMERY
                  |                 |         \-----Margaret MONTGOMERY
                  |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
                  |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
                   \-----Elizabeth MURE
                           |                                    /-----Richard De CUNNINGHAM
                           |                           /-----Harvey De CUNNINGHAM
                           |                  /-----Edward CUNNINGHAM
                           |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
                           |        |        |                  /-----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
                            \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
                                     \-----Elen De KALENTIR



Descendants of Margaret SOMERVILLE
1. Margaret SOMERVILLE m1. Sir Roger KIRKPATRICK m2. Sir Thomas KER
m. Sir Roger KIRKPATRICK father: Winifred KIRKPATRICK
m. Sir Thomas KER

2nd generation

2. Isabel KIRKPATRICK m. Roger GRIERSON
m. Roger GRIERSON father: Vedast GRIERSON mother: Isabel DALRYMPLE
3. Sir Thomas KIRKPATRICK m. Mariot MAXWELL
m. Mariot MAXWELL father: Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell mother: Catherine SETON

3rd generation

6. Roger GRIERSON m. Agnes DOUGLAS
m. Agnes DOUGLAS father: Sir William DOUGLAS mother: Elizabeth GORDON
9. Elizabeth GRIERSON m. Henry KIRKPATRICK
m. Henry KIRKPATRICK father: Sir Thomas KIRKPATRICK mother: Mariot MAXWELL
10. Sir Thomas KIRKPATRICK m. Margaret SINCLAIR
m. Margaret SINCLAIR
11. Henry KIRKPATRICK m. Elizabeth GRIERSON
m. Elizabeth GRIERSON father: Roger GRIERSON mother: Isabel KIRKPATRICK

4th generation

12. Cuthbert GRIERSON m. Isabel ALLENTON
m. Isabel ALLENTON