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

Person Info

Name: Robert ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone
Sex: M
Birth: 9 Sep 1530 ^b

Parents:

Father:
Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone Birth: 22 May 1510 Death: 10 Sep 1547 in Pinkie

Mother:

Katherine ERSKINE

Family:
Marriage:

Margaret DRUMMOND on 2 Nov 1549 .^m1
Margaret DRUMMOND

Children:

Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone Birth: 28 May 1552 Death: 14 Jan 1637/8 in Elphinstone
Agnes ELPHINSTONE Birth: 3 Oct 1559

Bibliography

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]*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 05 E-Goojerat. 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 V [Ap][p0-9].*].
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].*].
Malcolm, David, Genealogical Memoir of the House of Drummond, Edinburgh: Numdell & Co, 1808. Available at http://archive.org/details/genealogicalmemo1808malc. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Malcolm DRUMMOND p[0-9]*].
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 v1[pc][0-9]*].
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:: [Ref: CP V p57],
parents:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p703, CP V p57]

Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret DRUMMOND

date:: [Ref: CP V p57],
names:: [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p243],
child:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p703, CP V p57, CP X p21, Malcolm DRUMMOND p79, Roberts RD600 p76, Roberts RD600 p78]

Research Notes:
3rd Lord Elphinstone, of Barony cr 1510 [Ref: CP V p57]
3rd Baron Elphinstone [Ref: Burke Peerage p703, CP X p21, Roberts RD600 p76]

heir of his father [Ref: CP V p57]

Pedigree of Robert ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone
                                                                /-----Alexander De ELPHINSTON
                                                       /-----Sir William ELPHINSTONE
                                              /-----William ELPHINSTONE
                                             |        |         /-----Sir George De LESLIE
                                             |         \-----Mary LESLIE
                                     /-----Henry ELPHINSTONE
                                    |         \-----Margaret HEPBURNE
                            /-----James ELPHINSTONE
                           |         \-----Jean CUNNINGHAM
                   /-----Sir John ELPHINSTONE
                  |         \-----Isabella BRUCE
          /-----Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone
         |         \-----Euphemia
/-----Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone
|         \-----Elizabeth BARLOW
Robert ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone
|                                                               /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk
|                                                      /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
|                                                     |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
|                                             /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir Edward De KEITH
|                                            |         \-----Janet KEITH
|                                            |                  \-----Christian MENTEITH
|                                    /-----Thomas ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|                                   |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|                                   |        |         /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Catherine STIRLING
|                                   |         \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|                                   |                 |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                                   |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                                   |                           \-----Euphemia Of Ross
|                           /-----Alexander ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|                          |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
|                  /-----Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|                 |        |                                    /-----Alexander De CRICHTON
|                 |        |                           /-----William De CRICHTON
|                 |        |                  /-----Edward De CRICHTON
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Lord Ros Of Wark
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De ROS
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Laura
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
|                 |         \-----Christian CRICHTON
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|                 |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
|         /-----John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|        |        |                                             /-----(Unk) CAMPBELL
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir Hugh CAMPBELL
|        |        |                           /-----Sir George CAMPBELL
|        |        |                  /-----Sir George CAMPBELL
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
|        |        |                 |         \-----Anne MONTGOMERY
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----John Lord Of The Isles
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
|        |        |         /-----George CAMPBELL
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir William STEWART
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Marion STEWART
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth LENNOX
|        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Archibald DOUGLAS
|        |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|        |         \-----Isabel CAMPBELL
|        |                 |                                    /-----John KENNEDY
|        |                 |                           /-----Sir Gilbert KENNEDY
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Mary
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir James KENNEDY
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Agnes MAXWELL
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Isabel LINDSAY
|        |                 |         /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |                 |        |         \-----Mary STEWART
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
|        |                  \-----(Unk) KENNEDY
|        |                          |                           /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
|        |                          |                  /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
|        |                          |         /-----Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----John STEWART
|        |                          |        |         \-----Katherine STEWART
|        |                           \-----Catherine MAXWELL
|        |                                   |                  /-----Sir John HERRIES
|        |                                   |         /-----Sir Herbert HERRIES
|        |                                   |        |         \-----Eufemia LINDSAY
|        |                                    \-----(Unk) HERRIES
|        |                                             \-----Margaret
\-----Katherine ERSKINE
         |                                                      /-----Gillespic CAMPBELL
         |                                             /-----Sir Colin CAMPBELL
         |                                            |         \-----Isabel LAMONT
         |                                    /-----Sir Duncan CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell
         |                                   |        |         /-----John CAMPBELL
         |                                   |         \-----Mariot CAMPBELL
         |                           /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Master Of Campbell
         |                          |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |                          |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
         |                          |         \-----Marjory STEWART
         |                          |                 |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
         |                          |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
         |                          |                           \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
         |                  /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
         |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Thomas SOMERVILLE
         |                 |        |                  /-----William SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Janet STEWART
         |                 |        |         /-----John SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John MOWAT
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Janet MOWAT
         |                 |         \-----Elizabeth SOMERVILE
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Patrick HEPBURN
         |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
         |                 |                  \-----Helen HEPBURN
         |                 |                          |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |                 |                           \-----Janet BORTHWICK
         |                 |                                    \-----(Unk)
         |         /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Robert STEWART
         |        |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
         |        |        |                  /-----Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
         |        |        |         /-----John STEWART, Lord Lorn
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
         |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
         |        |        |        |         \-----Joan STEWART
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
         |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |        |                  \-----Fingula Of The Isles
          \-----Margaret CAMPBELL
                  |                                             /-----Alexander STEWART
                  |                                    /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
                  |                                   |         \-----Joanna
                  |                           /-----Sir John STEWART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
                  |                          |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH
                  |                          |         \-----Janet KEITH
                  |                          |                  \-----(Unk dau) MURE
                  |                  /-----Alan STUART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Walter MacALLAN De FASLANE
                  |                 |        |         /-----Sir Duncan LENNOX, Earl Of Lennox
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret Countess Of Lennox
                  |                 |         \-----Elizabeth LENNOX
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Gillespic CAMPBELL
                  |                 |                  \-----Helen CAMPBELL
                  |                 |                           \-----Isabel LAMONT
                  |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
                  |        |        |                           /-----Sir William SETON
                  |        |        |                  /-----Sir John SETON, Lord Of Seton
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Janet FLEMING
                  |        |        |         /-----Sir William SETON
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Katherine De St CLAIR
                  |        |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth POLWARCH
                  |        |         \-----Catherine SETON
                  |        |                 |                  /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
                  |        |                 |         /-----Sir George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Christiana WARDLAW
                  |        |                  \-----Janet DUNBAR
                  |        |                           \-----Beatrice
                   \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                           |                                    /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
                           |                           /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
                           |                          |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
                           |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Lord Montgomerie
                           |                 |        |         /-----John Lord Of The Isles
                           |                 |         \-----Agnes Of The Isles
                           |                 |                  \-----Margaret STEWART
                           |         /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
                           |        |        |                  /-----Robert BOYD
                           |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
                           |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret GIFFORD
                           |        |         \-----Margaret BOYD
                           |        |                 |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
                           |        |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
                           |        |                           \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
                            \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
                                    |                           /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
                                    |                  /-----Patrick HEPBURN
                                    |                 |         \-----Agnes
                                    |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
                                    |        |        |         /-----William De VAUX
                                    |        |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
                                     \-----Elizabeth HEPBURN
                                             |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
                                             |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                                             |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
                                              \-----Janet BORTHWICK
                                                       \-----(Unk)

Descendants of Robert ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone

1. Robert ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone m. Margaret DRUMMOND

m. Margaret DRUMMOND father: Sir John DRUMMOND mother: Margaret Of Scotland

2+ Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone m. Jean LIVINGSTON

3 Agnes ELPHINSTONE m. Walter OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy of Deskford; Walter OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy of Deskford father: Alexander OGILVY mother: Barbara OGILVY

2nd generation

2. Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone m. Jean LIVINGSTON

m. Jean LIVINGSTON father: William LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston mother: Agnes FLEMING

4+ Margaret ELPHINSTONE m. Sir John BRUCE

5+ Helen ELPHINSTONE m1. Sir William COCKBURN m2. Henry ROLLO

6+ James ELPHINSTONE m. Helen FORBES

7+ Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone m. Elizabeth DRUMMOND

8+ Agnes ELPHINSTONE m. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland

3rd generation

4. Margaret ELPHINSTONE m. Sir John BRUCE

m. Sir John BRUCE father: William BRUCE mother: Jean FLEMING

9+ Christian BRUCE m. John INNES

10+ Jean BRUCE m. David ROBERTSON

5. Helen ELPHINSTONE m1. Sir William COCKBURN m2. Henry ROLLO

m. Sir William COCKBURN father: William COCKBURN mother: Janet HOME

11+ Sir William COCKBURN m. Margaret ACHESON

6. James ELPHINSTONE m. Helen FORBES

m. Helen FORBES father: John FORBES

12+ Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone m. Lilias ELPHINSTONE

7. Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone m. Elizabeth DRUMMOND

m. Elizabeth DRUMMOND father: Patrick DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond mother: Elizabeth LINDSAY

13+ Lilias ELPHINSTONE m. Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone

8. Agnes ELPHINSTONE m. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland

m. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland father: Alexander GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland mother: Jean GORDON

14+ Elizabeth GORDON m. Sir James CRICHTON

15+ John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland m1. Jean DRUMMOND m2. Anne FRASER

4th generation

9. Christian BRUCE m. John INNES

m. John INNES father: Thomas INNES

16+ John INNES m. Elizabeth GORDON

10. Jean BRUCE m. David ROBERTSON

m. David ROBERTSON

17+ Sir Alexander ROBERTSON m. Jean MURRAY

18 Sabina ROBERTSON m. Sir John NICOLSON

11. Sir William COCKBURN m. Margaret ACHESON

m. Margaret ACHESON father: Sir Archibald ACHESON mother: Agnes VERNON

19+ Sir Archibald COCKBURN m1. Marion SINCLAIR m2. Anna STEWART

12. Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone m. Lilias ELPHINSTONE

m. Lilias ELPHINSTONE father: Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone mother: Elizabeth DRUMMOND

20 Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone m. Anne BURNET; Anne BURNET father: Alexander BURNET mother: Elizabeth FLEMING

21+ John ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone m. Isabel MAITLAND

13. Lilias ELPHINSTONE m. Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone

m. Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone father: James ELPHINSTONE mother: Helen FORBES

20 Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone m. Anne BURNET; Anne BURNET father: Alexander BURNET mother: Elizabeth FLEMING

21+ John ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone m. Isabel MAITLAND

14. Elizabeth GORDON m. Sir James CRICHTON

m. Sir James CRICHTON father: James CRICHTON mother: Janet GORDON

22 James CRICHTON, Viscount Frendraught, Lord Cr

15. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland m1. Jean DRUMMOND m2. Anne FRASER

m. Jean DRUMMOND father: James DRUMMOND, Earl of Perth mother: Isabel SETON

23+ George GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland m. Jean WEMYSS

m. Anne FRASER father: Hugh FRASER, Baron Lovat mother: Isabel WEMYSS

5th generation

16. John INNES m. Elizabeth GORDON

m. Elizabeth GORDON father: John GORDON mother: Isobel INNES

24+ John INNES m. Helen STRACHEN

25+ Anne INNES m. Patrick DUFF

17. Sir Alexander ROBERTSON m. Jean MURRAY

m. Jean MURRAY father: Walter MURRAY mother: Jean BALFOUR

26 Sir David COLYEAR, Earl of Portmore m. Catherine SIDLEY; Catherine SIDLEY father: Sir Charles SIDLEY mother: Catherine SAVAGE

19. Sir Archibald COCKBURN m1. Marion SINCLAIR m2. Anna STEWART

m. Marion SINCLAIR father: John SINCLAIR mother: Isabel BOYD

27+ Helen COCKBURN m. Sir Robert STEUART

m. Anna STEWART father: Sir Thomas STEWART mother: Margaret ELLIOT

21. John ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone m. Isabel MAITLAND

m. Isabel MAITLAND father: Charles MAITLAND, Earl of Lauderdale mother: Elizabeth LAUDER

28+ Elizabeth ELPHINSTONE m. John CAMPBELL

29+ Charles ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone m. Elizabeth PRIMROSE

23. George GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland m. Jean WEMYSS

m. Jean WEMYSS father: David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss mother: Anna BALFOUR

30+ John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland m1. Helen COCHRANE m2. Katherine TOLLEMACHE m3. Frances HODGSON