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


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. John SINCLAIR Death: 20 Dec 1466

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 VII 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 VIII p[0-9]*].
  5. Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, Medieval Heritage: The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England, The Genealogist, 2:157-68, 3:25-44, 3:175-94, 4:144-58, 5:64-72, 5:226-39, 6:100-3, 6:148-65, 7-8:137-43, 9:40-4, 10:73-85, 11:63-72, 11:184-93, 12:83-90, 12:250-6, 13:92-9, 13:252-6, 14:81-4, 14:207-10, 15:99-103, 15:220-4, 16:93-8, 16:227-31, 17:61-4, 17:250-5, 18:123-7, 18:228-31, 19:62-8, 19:251-5, 20:85-8, 20:184-90, 21:71-5, 21:250-4, 22:101-6, 22:186-91, 23:73-9, 23:203-8, 24:110-27, 24:239-54, 25:56-73, 25:214-32, 26:77-101, 26:202-26, 27:189, 28:90, 33:300. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Reprinted, with further corrections, as Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England: A Medieval Heritage. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton & Gunn, 2012. NYPL ARF 13-5787. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v[0-9]*-[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
first son and heir [Ref: SP VII p579, Thompson CharlesII v12-85(12)],
parents:
[Ref: SP VII p579, Thompson CharlesII v12-85(12)]
Sources for death Information
date:
living 31 Jul 1415 [Ref: SP VII p579]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret
names:
[Ref: SP VII p578],
child:
[Ref: SP VII p579]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
child:
Katherine SINCLAIR (#178064) [Ref: Burke Peerage p687, CP XI p633, SP VIII p574]
Research Notes:
of Herdmanston and Carfrae [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v12-85(12)]
of Herdmanston [Ref: SP VII p579]

20 Jan 1401/2: had a confirmation from Archibald Earl of Douglas, of Herdmanston and Carfrae [Ref: SP VII p579, Thompson CharlesII v12-85(12)]



Pedigree of Sir William SINCLAIR
                                                       /-----Henry De St CLAIR
                                              /-----Alan De St CLAIR
                                     /-----John De St CLAIR
                                    |        |                  /-----William FITZ WALTER, Baron Of Eton
                                    |        |         /-----Alexander De WYNDESORE
                                    |        |        |         \-----Anna
                                    |         \-----Matilda De WYNDESORE
                                    |                 |         /-----William I De LANCASTER, Baron Of Kendal
                                    |                  \-----Agnes De LANCASTER
                                    |                           \-----Gundred De WARENNE, Countess Of Warwick
                            /-----John De St CLAIR
                   /-----William De St CLAIR
          /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
 /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|        |                                    /-----Robert De St CLARE
|        |                           /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Robert I Count Of Dreux
|        |                          |        |         /-----Robert II Count Of Dreux
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Agnes De Baudemont
|        |                          |         \-----Eleanor Of Dreux
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Ralph I Sire De COUCY
|        |                          |                  \-----Yolande De COUCY
|        |                          |                           \-----Agnes Of Hainault
|        |                  /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Ferteth Earl Of Strathern
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Gilbert Earl Of Strathern
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Ethen
|        |                 |        |         /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Roger IV De TOENI, Baron Of Flamstead
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret De TOSNY
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Constance De BEAUMONT
|        |                 |         \-----Amicia
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----William FRESKIN
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Hugh De MORAVIA
|        |                 |                  \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Duncan MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife, Justiciar Of Scot
|        |                 |                           \-----Annabela Of Fife
|        |                 |                                    \-----Ela
|        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|        |        |        |         /-----William De FENTON
|        |        |         \-----Alice De FENTON
|        |        |                 |         /-----John BYSET
|        |        |                  \-----Cecilia BYSET
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Thomas DURWARD
|        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Alan DURWARD
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----(Unk) of Atholl
|        |        |                           \-----(Unk) DURWARD
|        |        |                                   |         /-----Alexander II King Of Scots
|        |        |                                    \-----Marjorie
|         \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
Sir William SINCLAIR
|         /-----Sir Patrick POLWARTH
 \-----Elizabeth POLWARCH



Descendants of Sir William SINCLAIR
1. Sir William SINCLAIR m. Margaret
m. Margaret

2nd generation

2. John SINCLAIR m. Isobel
m. Isobel

3rd generation

3. Sir John SINCLAIR m. Katherine HOME
m. Katherine HOME father: Sir Alexander HOME, Lord Home mother: Mariot LAUDER
4. Sir William SINCLAIR m.

4th generation

8. Mariot SINCLAIR m1. George HOME m2. Sir George KER
m. George HOME father: David HOME mother: Elizabeth CARMICHAEL
m. Sir George KER
9. Margaret SINCLAIR m. Sir Patrick HOME
m. Sir Patrick HOME father: David HOME mother: Elizabeth CARMICHAEL
10. John SINCLAIR m1. Marion COCKBURN m2.
m. Marion COCKBURN

5th generation

13. David HOME m. Isobel HOPPRINGIL
m. Isobel HOPPRINGIL father: David HOPPRINGIL
15. Nichole KER m1. Alexander HOME, Lord Home m2. Sir Alexander RAMSAY
m. Alexander HOME, Lord Home father: Alexander HOME mother: Agnes HEPBURN
m. Sir Alexander RAMSAY father: Sir Alexander RAMSAY mother: Isabella DOUGLAS
17. William SINCLAIR m. Beatrix RENTON
m. Beatrix RENTON father: David RENTON