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. Sir John HOUSTON Death: Dec 1717
  2. Patrick HOUSTON Birth: 2 Death: Abt 18 Sep 1699
  3. William HOUSTON
  4. James HOUSTON
  5. Archibald HOUSTON
  6. Margaret HOUSTON
  7. Jean HOUSTON
  8. Anne HOUSTON
  9. Henrietta HOUSTON
  10. Marion HOUSTON
  11. Marjorie HOUSTON

Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Baronetage, 1611-1800, vol 4 English Irish and Scottish 1665-1707. Exeter, England: W Pollard, 1904. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/268971 Also available at https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524408 Also available at https://archive.org/details/completebaroneta04coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CB IV [Ap][p0-9].*].
  2. Ravilious, John, Houstoun descent. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 1/28/2001. Subject: New MC Line: Clare-Bruce---MacDonald- - - Houstoun - Fleming [Pt II]. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/2fezBBAzhD4/m/ZJJZSks3NbEJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 1/28/2001-003956].
  3. Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2011. NYPL JFF 19-2494. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson MCA2 v2p[0-9]*].
  4. 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]*].
  5. 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: CB IV p268, John Ravilious SGM 1/28/2001-003956, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p327]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CB IV p268, John Ravilious SGM 1/28/2001-003956, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p328]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anne HAMILTON
date:
abt 1660 [Ref: Richardson MCA2 v2p406, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p327],
child:
[Ref: CB IV p268, CB IV p269, John Ravilious SGM 1/28/2001-003956, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p327, Roberts RD600 p71]
Research Notes:
1st Bart [Ref: CB IV p268]
1st Bt [Ref: Roberts RD600 p71]

Knt, of Houston, Renfrewshire, and Leny, Midlothian [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p327]
of Houston, co Refnrew, and Leny, co Midlothian [Ref: CB IV p268]
Knt, of Houston, Renfrewshire, and Leny, Midlothian [Ref: Richardson MCA2 v2p406]

heir of his father [Ref: CB IV p268, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p327]

29 Feb 1668: cr Baronet [Ref: CB IV p268]

Laird of Houstoun [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 1/28/2001-003956]

1668: Baronet of Nova Scotia [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 1/28/2001-003956]

1678, 1681-2: Member of Parliament for Dumbartonshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p327]



Pedigree of Sir Patrick HOUSTON
                                                                /-----Sir Patrick HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk
                                                       /-----Sir John HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk
                                                      |         \-----Mary COLQUHOUN
                                              /-----Sir Peter HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk
                                             |        |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
                                             |         \-----Elizabeth SINCLAIR
                                             |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
                                     /-----Patrick HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk
                                    |        |                  /-----Robert LYLE, Lord Lyle
                                    |        |         /-----Robert LYLE, Lord Lyle
                                    |        |        |         \-----Margaret WALLACE
                                    |         \-----Mariota LYLE
                                    |                  \-----Margaret HOUSTON
                            /-----John HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk
                           |        |                  /-----Alexander CUNYNGHAM
                           |        |         /-----William CUNYNGHAM
                           |        |        |        |         /-----William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
                           |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
                           |        |        |                  \-----Janet GORDON
                           |         \-----Janet CUNYNGHAM
                           |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                   /-----Sir Patrick HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk
                  |         \-----Agnes HOPRINGLE
          /-----John HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk
         |        |                                             /-----Sir Robert CUNNINGHAM
         |        |                                    /-----Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
         |        |                                   |         \-----Anne MONTGOMERY
         |        |                           /-----William CUNNINGHAM
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
         |        |                          |         \-----Margaret HEPBURN
         |        |                          |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
         |        |                  /-----William CUNNINGHAM
         |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |        |         /-----Gabriel CUNYNGHAM
         |        |        |         \-----Giles CAMPBELL
         |         \-----Janet CUNYNGHAM
         |                 |                                    /-----William LIVINGSTON
         |                 |                           /-----Edward LIVINGSTON
         |                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth CALDCOTIS
         |                 |                  /-----William LIVINGSTON
         |                 |         /-----William LIVINGSTON
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Alexander GRAHAM
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Patrick GRAHAM, Lord Graham
         |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth GRAHAM
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
         |                 |        |                  \-----Christian ERSKINE
         |                 |        |                           \-----(Unk Dau) STEWART
         |                  \-----Elizabeth LIVINGSTON
         |                          |                           /-----Sir Alexander BRUCE
         |                          |                  /-----John BRUCE
         |                          |                 |         \-----Margaret FORRESTER
         |                          |         /-----Sir Robert BRUCE
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Sir William MENTEITH
         |                          |        |         \-----Elizabeth MENTEITH
         |                          |        |                  \-----Helen LIVINGSTON
         |                           \-----Jonet BRUCE
         |                                   |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
         |                                   |         /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
         |                                   |        |         \-----Elizabeth HEPBURN
         |                                    \-----Euphemia MONTGOMERY
         |                                            |         /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
         |                                             \-----Catherine KENNEDY
         |                                                      \-----Catherine MAXWELL
 /-----Sir Ludovick HOUSTON
|         \-----Margaret STIRLING
Sir Patrick HOUSTON
|         /-----Patrick MAXWELL
 \-----Margaret MAXWELL



Descendants of Sir Patrick HOUSTON
1. Sir Patrick HOUSTON m. Anne HAMILTON
m. Anne HAMILTON father: Sir John HAMILTON, Lord Bargeny mother: Jean DOUGLAS

2nd generation

2. Sir John HOUSTON m. Anne DRUMMOND
m. Anne DRUMMOND father: John DRUMMOND, Earl of Melfort mother: Sophia MAITLAND
3. Patrick HOUSTON m. Isabel JOHNSTONE
m. Isabel JOHNSTONE father: George JOHNSTONE

3rd generation

13. Sir John HOUSTON m. Margaret SHAW
m. Margaret SHAW father: Sir John SHAW mother: Eleanor NICHOLSON
15. Sir Patrick HOUSTON m. Priscilla DUNBAR
m. Priscilla DUNBAR father: James DUNBAR mother: Janet DUNBAR

4th generation

16. Sir John HOUSTON m. Eleanora CATHCART
m. Eleanora CATHCART father: Charles CATHCART, Lord Cathcart mother: Marion SHAW

5th generation

23. Margaret HOUSTON m. Sir Michael STEWART
m. Sir Michael STEWART