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: Alexander GORDON
Sex: M
Birth: 25 May 1716 ^b
Death: 24 Jan 1760 in River Ythan ^d

Parents:

Father:
Alexander DAVIDSON Death: Abt 1716

Mother:

Marie GORDON Death: 1740

Family:
Marriage:

Margaret DUFF .^m1
Margaret DUFF Birth: 20 Dec 1720 Death: 13 Nov 1801 in Banff

Children:

Robert DAVIDSON
Adam DAVIDSON
Mary DAVIDSON Birth: 9 Jan 1736
Margaret DAVIDSON Birth: 9 Jan 1736
George GORDON Birth: 14 Nov 1741 Death: 9 Jan 1779
Elizabeth DAVIDSON Birth: 14 Nov 1742 Death: 20 Jun 1804 in Banff
Mary DAVIDSON Birth: 29 Dec 1743
Alexander DAVIDSON Birth: 26 Nov 1744
Patrick DAVIDSON Birth: 19 Dec 1745
Margaret DAVIDSON Birth: 19 Oct 1747 Death: 1764
John DAVIDSON Birth: 30 Nov 1749
William DAVIDSON Birth: 24 Jul 1750
James DAVIDSON Birth: 24 Nov 1752
Archibald DAVIDSON Birth: 15 Oct 1754

Bibliography

Bulloch, John Malcolm, House of Gordon, Aberdeen: University Press, 1903. Available at http://archive.org/details/houseofgordon01bulluoft. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bulloch GORDON v1p[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: Bulloch GORDON v1p278]; fourth son [Ref: Bulloch GORDON v1p277],
parents:: [Ref: Bulloch GORDON v1p168, Bulloch GORDON v1p277]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Bulloch GORDON v1p279],
place:: [Ref: Bulloch GORDON v1p279]

Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret DUFF

names:: [Ref: Bulloch GORDON v1p279],
child:: [Ref: Bulloch GORDON v1p280, Bulloch GORDON v1p281, Bulloch GORDON v1p282, Roberts RD600 p76]

Research Notes:
11th Laird of Gight [Ref: Bulloch GORDON v1p278]
of Gight [Ref: Roberts RD600 p76]

Pedigree of Alexander GORDON
          /-----Newton DAVIDSON
/-----Alexander DAVIDSON
Alexander GORDON
|                                                               /-----William GORDON
|                                                      /-----John GORDON
|                                                     |         \-----Jonet OGILVY
|                                             /-----William GORDON
|                                            |        |         /-----James GORDON
|                                            |         \-----Marjory GORDON
|                                            |                  \-----Margaret STEWART
|                                    /-----George GORDON
|                                   |         \-----Isobel OCHTERLONY
|                           /-----George GORDON
|                          |        |         /-----Sir Patrick WOOD
|                          |         \-----Isobel WOOD
|                  /-----George GORDON
|                 |        |                                    /-----James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie
|                 |        |                           /-----James OGILVY, Master of Ogilvy
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Helen SINCLAIR
|                 |        |                  /-----James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John CAMPBELL
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Catherine CAMPBELL
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Muriel CALDER
|                 |        |         /-----James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----John FORBES, Lord Forbes
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----William FORBES, Lord Forbes
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Christian LUNDIN
|                 |        |        |         \-----Jean FORBES
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William De KEITH
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth KEITH
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Janet GREY
|                 |         \-----Elizabeth OGILVY
|                 |                 |                           /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|                 |                 |                  /-----Patrick RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Janet HALYBURTON, Baroness Dirletoun
|                 |                 |         /-----William RUTHVEN, Earl of Gowrie
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
|                 |                  \-----Jean RUTHVEN
|                 |                          |                  /-----Andrew STEWART, Lord Avondale
|                 |                          |         /-----Henry STEWART, Lord Methven
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Margaret KENNEDY
|                 |                           \-----Dorothy STEWART
|                 |                                   |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
|                 |                                    \-----Janet STEWART
|                 |                                             \-----Janet CAMPBELL
|         /-----George GORDON
|        |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH
|        |         \-----(Unk) KEITH
\-----Marie GORDON
         |         /-----Patrick URQUHART
          \-----Elizabeth URQUHART
                  |                                             /-----James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie
                  |                                    /-----James OGILVY, Master of Ogilvy
                  |                                   |         \-----Helen SINCLAIR
                  |                           /-----James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie
                  |                          |        |         /-----Sir John CAMPBELL
                  |                          |         \-----Catherine CAMPBELL
                  |                          |                  \-----Muriel CALDER
                  |                  /-----James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie
                  |                 |        |                  /-----John FORBES, Lord Forbes
                  |                 |        |         /-----William FORBES, Lord Forbes
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Christian LUNDIN
                  |                 |         \-----Jean FORBES
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Sir William De KEITH
                  |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth KEITH
                  |                 |                           \-----Janet GREY
                  |         /-----James OGILVY, Earl Of Airlie
                  |        |        |                           /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
                  |        |        |                  /-----Patrick RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Janet HALYBURTON, Baroness Dirletoun
                  |        |        |         /-----William RUTHVEN, Earl of Gowrie
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
                  |        |         \-----Jean RUTHVEN
                  |        |                 |                  /-----Andrew STEWART, Lord Avondale
                  |        |                 |         /-----Henry STEWART, Lord Methven
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret KENNEDY
                  |        |                  \-----Dorothy STEWART
                  |        |                          |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
                  |        |                           \-----Janet STEWART
                  |        |                                    \-----Janet CAMPBELL
                   \-----Margaret OGILVY
                           |                  /-----Thomas HAMILTON
                           |         /-----Thomas HAMILTON, Earl of Haddington
                           |        |        |         /-----James HERIOT
                           |        |         \-----Elizabeth HERIOT
                            \-----Isabel HAMILTON
                                    |         /-----James BORTHWICK
                                     \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
                                             |         /-----Andrew MURRAY
                                              \-----Elizabeth MURRAY

Descendants of Alexander GORDON

1. Alexander GORDON m. Margaret DUFF

m. Margaret DUFF father: Patrick DUFF mother: Anne INNES

2 Robert DAVIDSON

3 Adam DAVIDSON

4 Mary DAVIDSON

5 Margaret DAVIDSON

6+ George GORDON m. Katherine INNES

7 Elizabeth DAVIDSON

8 Mary DAVIDSON

9 Alexander DAVIDSON m. Jean DALRYMPLE-HORN-ELPHINSTONE

10 Patrick DAVIDSON

11 Margaret DAVIDSON

12 John DAVIDSON

13 William DAVIDSON

14 James DAVIDSON

15 Archibald DAVIDSON

2nd generation

6. George GORDON m. Katherine INNES

m. Katherine INNES father: Alexander INNES mother: Katherine ABERCROMBY

16+ Catherine GORDON m. John BYRON

17 Margaret GORDON

18 Abercromby GORDON

3rd generation

16. Catherine GORDON m. John BYRON

m. John BYRON father: John, Admiral BYRON mother: Sophia TREVANION

19 George Gordon BYRON, Lord Byron m. Anne Isabella MILBANKE-NOEL

20 Augusta Leigh BYRON