Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 05-01-2023.

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

Person Info

Name: James BOSWELL
Sex: M

Parents:

Father:
David BOSWELL

Mother:

Jean HAMILTON

Family:
Marriage:

Children:

Bibliography

Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

parents:: [Ref: Roberts RD600 p66]

Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth BRUCE

child:: [Ref: Roberts RD600 p66]

Research Notes:
of Auchinleck [Ref: Roberts RD600 p66]

Pedigree of James BOSWELL
                   /-----James BOSWELL
          /-----James BOSWELL
         |        |         /-----David CRAWFORD
         |         \-----Marion CRAWFORD
         |                 |                                    /-----Robert FLEMING, Lord Fleming
         |                 |                           /-----Malcolm FLEMING
         |                 |                          |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
         |                 |                  /-----John FLEMING, Lord Fleming
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----James LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
         |                 |                 |         \-----Eupheme LIVINGSTON
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Marian
         |                 |         /-----Malcolm FLEMING, Lord Fleming
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
         |                 |        |         \-----Eupheme DRUMMOND
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
         |                 |        |                           \-----Margaret DUNBAR
         |                  \-----Joan FLEMING
         |                          |                           /-----James II King Of Scots
         |                          |                  /-----James III King Of Scots
         |                          |                 |         \-----Marie Of Gueldres
         |                          |         /-----James IV King Of Scots
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Christian I King Of Denmark
         |                          |        |         \-----Margaret Of Denmark
         |                          |        |                  \-----Dorothea Of Hohenzollern
         |                           \-----Janet STEWART
         |                                   |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
         |                                   |         /-----Sir James STEWART, Earl Of Buchan
         |                                   |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
         |                                    \-----Agnes STEWART
         |                                             \-----Margaret (MURRAY)
/-----David BOSWELL
|         \-----Margaret CUNNINGHAM
James BOSWELL
|                                                               /-----Sir Walter FITZ GILBERT
|                                                      /-----Sir David FITZ WALTER
|                                                     |         \-----Mary GORDON
|                                             /-----Sir David HAMILTON
|                                            |        |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|                                            |         \-----Margaret De ROSS
|                                            |                  \-----Eupheme
|                                    /-----Sir John HAMILTON
|                                   |        |                  /-----Sir William De KEITH
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH
|                                   |         \-----Janet KEITH
|                                   |                 |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|                                   |                  \-----(Unk dau) MURE
|                                   |                           \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|                           /-----Sir James HAMILTON
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir John DOUGLAS
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Joan
|                          |        |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----John GRAHAM
|                          |        |        |         \-----Agnes GRAHAM
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Isabella
|                          |         \-----Jacoba DOUGLAS
|                          |                 |                  /-----Sir Alexander DUNBAR
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
|                          |                  \-----Agnes DUNBAR
|                          |                          |         /-----Thomas RANDOLPH, Earl Of Moray
|                          |                           \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
|                          |                                    \-----Isabella De ROSS
|                  /-----James HAMILTON, Lord Hamilton
|                 |        |                                    /-----William LIVINGSTON
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir William LIVINGSTON, Lord Callendar
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Margaret
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir John LIVINGSTON
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Patrick De CALLENDAR, Lord Callendar
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Christian De CALLENDAR
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter De MONTEITH
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John MENTEITH
|                 |        |        |         \-----(Unk) MENTEITH
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Margery STIRLING
|                 |         \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
|                 |                 |                  /-----John De DUNDAS
|                 |                 |         /-----James DUNDAS
|                 |                  \-----(Unk) DUNDAS
|         /-----James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran
|        |        |                                             /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|        |        |                                    /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|        |        |                           /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|        |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|        |        |                  /-----James I King Of Scots
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|        |        |                 |         \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir William De MONTIFICHET
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
|        |        |         /-----James II King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Edward III King Of England
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Philippa Of Hainault
|        |        |        |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Payn Roet Of Hainault, Gulenne King Of Arms
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Katharine Of Hainault
|        |        |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas De HOLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas HOLLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan PLANTAGENET, Fair Maid Of Kent, Countess
|        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Richard FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel And Surrey
|        |        |        |                           \-----Alice FITZALAN
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Eleanor PLANTAGENET
|        |         \-----Mary STEWART
|        |                 |                                    /-----Johann I Lord Of Egmond
|        |                 |                           /-----Arend Lord Of Egmond
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Guyotte Of Ijsseltein
|        |                 |                  /-----Johann II Lord Of Egmont, Regent Of Geldern
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Friedrich VII Count Of Leiningen
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Jolande Of Leiningen
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Jolanthe Of Julich
|        |                 |         /-----Arnold Duke Of Gueldres, Count Of Zutphen
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Otto Lord Of Arkel
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Johann V Lord Of Arkel
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth Of Bar, Dame De Pierrepont
|        |                 |        |         \-----Maria Of Arkel
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----Wilhelm II Duke Of Julich
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Johanna Of Geldern
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Maria Of Geldern
|        |                  \-----Marie Of Gueldres
|        |                          |                           /-----Adolf II Count Of The Mark
|        |                          |                  /-----Adolf I Count Of Kleve And Mark
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Margareta Of Kleve
|        |                          |         /-----Adolph II Duke Of Cleve
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----Gerhard VII Count Of Ravensberg And Berg
|        |                          |        |         \-----Margareta Of Julich
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Margareta Of Ravensberg
|        |                           \-----Catherine Of Cleve
|        |                                   |                  /-----Philip The Bold Duke Of Burgundy
|        |                                   |         /-----John The Fearless Duke Of Burgundy
|        |                                   |        |         \-----Margaret Heiress Of Flanders
|        |                                    \-----Maria Of Burgundy
|        |                                            |         /-----Albert Of Bavaria, K.G., Count of Holland
|        |                                             \-----Margaret Of Bavaria
|        |                                                      \-----Margarethe Of Schlesien
\-----Jean HAMILTON

Descendants of James BOSWELL

1. James BOSWELL m. Elizabeth BRUCE

m. Elizabeth BRUCE

2+ Alexander BOSWELL m. Euphemia ERSKINE

3+ John BOSWELL m. Anne CRAMOND

2nd generation

2. Alexander BOSWELL m. Euphemia ERSKINE

m. Euphemia ERSKINE

4+ James BOSWELL m. Margaret MONTGOMERIE

3. John BOSWELL m. Anne CRAMOND

m. Anne CRAMOND

5+ Robert BOSWELL m. Sibella SANDEMAN

3rd generation

4. James BOSWELL m. Margaret MONTGOMERIE

m. Margaret MONTGOMERIE

6+ Sir Alexander BOSWELL m. Griselle CUMMING

5. Robert BOSWELL m. Sibella SANDEMAN

m. Sibella SANDEMAN

7+ Sibella BOSWELL m. William EGERTON

4th generation

6. Sir Alexander BOSWELL m. Griselle CUMMING

m. Griselle CUMMING

8+ Theresa BOSWELL m. Sir William Francis ELIOTT

7. Sibella BOSWELL m. William EGERTON

m. William EGERTON

9+ Philip Henry EGERTON m. Mary MARJORIBANKS

5th generation

8. Theresa BOSWELL m. Sir William Francis ELIOTT

m. Sir William Francis ELIOTT father: Sir William ELIOTT mother: Mary RUSSELL

10+ Alexander Boswell ELIOTT m. Catherine CRAIGIE

9. Philip Henry EGERTON m. Mary MARJORIBANKS

m. Mary MARJORIBANKS

11+ Graham EGERTON m. Julia EASLEY