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. Mary MAXWELL Death: 22 Sep 1759 in Edinburgh
  2. William MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale Birth: 1676 Death: 20 Mar 1743/4 in Rome

Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 09, Moels-Nugent. London: St Catherine Press, 1936. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IX [Ap][p0-9].*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 06 Gordon-Huntley. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VI [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 10, Oakham-Richmond. London: St Catherine Press, 1945. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP X [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-2, Tracton-Zz. London: St Catherine Press, 1959. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XII/2 [Ap][p0-9].*].
  5. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p[0-9]*].
  6. 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
date:
abt Jan 1628 [Ref: CP IX p563],
parents:
[Ref: CP IX p563],
father:
[Ref: CP VI p496]
Sources for death Information
date:
Mar 1683 [Ref: CP VI p496]
shortly before 23 Mar 1682/3 [Ref: CP IX p563],
place:
[Ref: CP IX p563]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: CP IX p563]
Sources with Information about marriage to Lucy DOUGLAS
date:
cont 25 Mar 1669 [Ref: CP IX p563],
names:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p326],
child:
[Ref: CP IX p563, CP XII/2 p11, Roberts RD600 p70]
Research Notes:
4th Earl of Nithsdale, of Earldom cr 1620 [Ref: CP IX p563]
4th Earl of Nithsdale [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p326, Roberts RD600 p70]
Earl of Nithsdale [Ref: CP VI p496]
8th Lord Herries of Terregles, of Barony cr 1490 [Ref: CP VI p496]

heir of his father [Ref: CP IX p563, CP VI p496]



Pedigree of Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale
                                                                /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                                                       /-----John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell
                                                      |         \-----Janet FORRESTER
                                              /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                                             |        |         /-----George CRICHTON, Earl Of Caithness
                                             |         \-----Janet CRICHTON
                                             |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
                                     /-----Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir William STEWART
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
                                    |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
                                    |         \-----Agnes STEWART
                                    |                 |         /-----Sir Archibald DOUGLAS
                                    |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
                            /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Herries
                           |        |                           /-----William DOUGLAS
                           |        |                  /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
                           |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
                           |        |         /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
                           |        |        |        |         /-----David SCOTT
                           |        |        |         \-----Janet SCOTT
                           |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
                           |                 |                  /-----William GORDON
                           |                 |         /-----Sir John GORDON
                           |                  \-----Elizabeth GORDON
                           |                           \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
                   /-----William MAXWELL, Lord Herries
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir David HERRIES
                  |        |                           /-----Herbert HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles
                  |        |                          |         \-----Margaret CRICHTON
                  |        |                  /-----Andrew HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle
                  |        |                 |         \-----Mariota CARLYLE
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Janet
                  |        |         /-----William HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Alexander HOME
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Alexander HOME, Lord Home
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Agnes HEPBURN
                  |        |        |         \-----Nichola HOME
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir George KER
                  |        |        |                  \-----Nichole KER
                  |        |        |                           \-----Mariot SINCLAIR
                  |         \-----Agnes HERRIES
                  |                 |         /-----James KENNEDY
                  |                  \-----Katherine KENNEDY
                  |                          |                  /-----Cuthbert MURRAY
                  |                          |         /-----Sir John MURRAY
                  |                          |        |         \-----Marjory MENZIES
                  |                           \-----Agnes MURRAY
          /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Herries
         |        |         /-----Mark KERR
         |         \-----Catherine KERR
         |                 |                                    /-----George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
         |                 |                           /-----Sir Andrew LESLIE, Master Of Rothes
         |                 |                          |         \-----Christian HALYBURTON
         |                 |                  /-----William LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
         |                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth SINCLAIR
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
         |                 |         /-----George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Michael BALFOUR
         |                 |        |         \-----Jonet BALFOUR
         |                  \-----Helen LESLIE
         |                          |                           /-----William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton
         |                          |                  /-----James CRICHTON, Lord Crichton
         |                          |                 |         \-----Agnes
         |                          |         /-----William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton
         |                          |        |        |         /-----James DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray
         |                          |        |         \-----Janet DUNBAR
         |                          |        |                  \-----Margaret SETON
         |                           \-----Margaret CRICHTON
         |                                   |                  /-----James I King Of Scots
         |                                   |         /-----James II King Of Scots
         |                                   |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
         |                                    \-----Margaret STEWART
         |                                            |         /-----Arnold Duke Of Gueldres, Count Of Zutphen
         |                                             \-----Marie Of Gueldres
         |                                                      \-----Catherine Of Cleve
 /-----John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale
|        |                                                      /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|        |                                             /-----John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell
|        |                                            |         \-----Janet FORRESTER
|        |                                    /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|        |                                   |        |         /-----George CRICHTON, Earl Of Caithness
|        |                                   |         \-----Janet CRICHTON
|        |                                   |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
|        |                           /-----Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Sir William STEWART
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
|        |                          |         \-----Agnes STEWART
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Sir Archibald DOUGLAS
|        |                          |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|        |                  /-----Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|        |                 |        |                           /-----William DOUGLAS
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----David SCOTT
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Janet SCOTT
|        |                 |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----William GORDON
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John GORDON
|        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth GORDON
|        |                 |                           \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|        |         /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|        |        |        |                                    /-----James DOUGLAS, Lord Dalkeith
|        |        |        |                           /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth GIFFORD
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----James I King Of Scots
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Joan STEWART
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|        |        |        |         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Patrick CRICHTON
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Janet CRICHTON
|        |        |         \-----Beatrice DOUGLAS
|        |        |                 |                           /-----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
|        |        |                  \-----Catherine STEWART
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
|        |        |                          |         /-----Archibald BOYD
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Mariot MAXWELL
|        |        |                           \-----Margaret BOYD
|        |        |                                    \-----Christian MURE
|         \-----Elizabeth MAXWELL
|                 |                                             /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                 |                                    /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                 |                                   |         \-----Isabel SIBBALD
|                 |                           /-----George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
|                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth BOYD
|                 |                          |                  \-----Mariot MAXWELL
|                 |                  /-----George DOUGLAS
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
|                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth DRUMMOND
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|                 |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|                 |                 |                           \-----Margaret DUNBAR
|                 |         /-----David DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                 |        |        |         /-----David DOUGLAS
|                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|                          |                                    /-----Sir James HAMILTON
|                          |                           /-----James HAMILTON, Lord Hamilton
|                          |                          |         \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
|                          |                  /-----James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran
|                          |                 |        |         /-----James II King Of Scots
|                          |                 |         \-----Mary STEWART
|                          |                 |                  \-----Marie Of Gueldres
|                          |         /-----Sir John HAMILTON
|                           \-----Margaret HAMILTON
|                                   |                           /-----Alexander HOME
|                                   |                  /-----Alexander HOME, Lord Home
|                                   |                 |         \-----Agnes HEPBURN
|                                   |         /-----Alexander HOME, Lord Home
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Sir George KER
|                                   |        |         \-----Nichole KER
|                                   |        |                  \-----Mariot SINCLAIR
|                                    \-----Janet HOME
|                                            |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
|                                            |         /-----Sir James STEWART, Earl Of Buchan
|                                            |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|                                             \-----Agnes STEWART
|                                                      \-----Margaret (MURRAY)
Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale
|         /-----Sir Robert GORDON
 \-----Elizabeth GORDON
         |                                                      /-----Sir Patrick RUTHVEN
         |                                             /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
         |                                            |         \-----(Unk) CRANSTON
         |                                    /-----William RUTHVEN, Master Of Ruthven
         |                                   |         \-----Isabel LEVINGTON
         |                           /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
         |                          |         \-----Catherine BUTTERGASK
         |                  /-----Patrick RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
         |                 |        |                           /-----John HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
         |                 |        |                  /-----George HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Janet SETON
         |                 |        |         /-----Patrick HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Mariot
         |                 |         \-----Janet HALYBURTON, Baroness Dirletoun
         |                 |                 |         /-----James DOUGLAS
         |                 |                  \-----Margaret DOUGLAS
         |         /-----William RUTHVEN, Earl of Gowrie
         |        |        |                                    /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |        |        |                           /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Isabel SIBBALD
         |        |        |                  /-----George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth BOYD
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Mariot MAXWELL
         |        |        |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
         |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
         |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth DRUMMOND
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Margaret DUNBAR
         |        |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
          \-----Isabel RUTHVEN
                  |                                             /-----Sir Walter STEWART
                  |                                    /-----Walter STEWART
                  |                                   |         \-----(Unk) CAMPBELL
                  |                           /-----Alexander STEWART
                  |                          |         \-----Elizabeth ARNOT
                  |                  /-----Andrew STEWART, Lord Avondale
                  |         /-----Henry STEWART, Lord Methven
                  |        |        |                           /-----Sir James KENNEDY
                  |        |        |                  /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Mary STEWART
                  |        |        |         /-----John KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Catherine MAXWELL
                  |        |        |        |                  \-----(Unk) HERRIES
                  |        |         \-----Margaret KENNEDY
                  |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon
                  |        |                 |         /-----Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth GORDON
                  |        |                  \-----Elizabeth GORDON, Countess Of Erroll
                  |        |                          |         /-----William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton
                  |        |                           \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
                  |        |                                    \-----Agnes
                   \-----Dorothy STEWART
                           |                                    /-----Sir John STEWART
                           |                           /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
                           |                          |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
                           |                  /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
                           |                 |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
                           |                 |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
                           |                 |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
                           |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
                           |        |        |                  /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
                           |        |        |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
                           |        |        |        |         \-----Jill DOUGLAS
                           |        |         \-----Eleanor SINCLAIR
                           |        |                 |         /-----Alexander SUTHERLAND
                           |        |                  \-----Marjorie SUTHERLAND
                           |        |                           \-----Catherine CHALMER
                            \-----Janet STEWART
                                    |                           /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Master Of Campbell
                                    |                  /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
                                    |                 |         \-----Elizabeth SOMERVILE
                                    |         /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
                                    |        |        |         /-----John STEWART, Lord Lorn
                                    |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                                    |        |                  \-----Fingula Of The Isles
                                     \-----Janet CAMPBELL
                                             |                  /-----Alan STUART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
                                             |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
                                             |        |         \-----Catherine SETON
                                              \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                                                      |         /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
                                                       \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
                                                                \-----Elizabeth HEPBURN



Descendants of Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale
1. Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Lucy DOUGLAS
m. Lucy DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas mother: Mary GORDON

2nd generation

2. Mary MAXWELL m. Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair
m. Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair father: John STEWART, Earl of Traquair mother: Anne SETON
3. William MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Winifred HERBERT
m. Winifred HERBERT father: William HERBERT, Marquess of Powis mother: Elizabeth SOMERSET

3rd generation

5. John STUART, Earl Of Traquair m. Christian ANSTRUTHER
m. Christian ANSTRUTHER father: Sir Philip ANSTRUTHER mother: Elizabeth HAMILTON
7. Catherine STEWART m. William MAXWELL
m. William MAXWELL father: William MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale mother: Winifred HERBERT
8. William MAXWELL m1. Catherine STEWART m2. Anne FOX
m. Catherine STEWART father: Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair mother: Mary MAXWELL
m. Anne FOX

4th generation

10. Winifred MAXWELL m. William HAGGERSTON-CONSTABLE
m. William HAGGERSTON-CONSTABLE

5th generation

11. Marmaduke William CONSTABLE-MAXWELL m. Theresa Apollonia WAKEMAN
m. Theresa Apollonia WAKEMAN