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. John LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford Birth: Abt 1611 Death: 1678 in Tyninghame

Marriage: Children:
  1. Isabel BOYD
  2. Marion BOYD
  3. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd Birth: Abt 1618 Death: 17 Nov 1640

Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 02 Bass-Canning. London: St Catherine Press, 1912. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 2 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo02coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP II [Ap][p0-9].*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 03 Canonteigh-Cutts. London: St Catherine Press, 1913. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 3 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo03coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP III [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 08, Lindley-Moate. London: St Catherine Press, 1932. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VIII [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. 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:
between 1588 and 1594 [Ref: CP II p262, CP VIII p10],
parents:
[Ref: CP II p262, CP VIII p10]
Sources for death Information
date:
shortly before 22 Jan 1645/6 [Ref: CP II p262, CP VIII p10],
place:
[Ref: CP VIII p10]
Sources for burial Information
date:
[Ref: CP II p262, CP VIII p10]
Sources with Information about marriage to Robert LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres
date:
cont 26 Jan and 13 Apr 1610 [Ref: CP VIII p10]
first marriage of Christian [Ref: CP II p262],
child:
[Ref: CP III p519, CP VIII p11]
Sources with Information about marriage to Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
date:
cont 9 Dec 1617 [Ref: CP II p262, CP VIII p10],
child:
[Ref: CP II p262, Roberts RD600 p78, Roberts RD600 p83]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Christian HAMILTON
          /-----Thomas HAMILTON
 /-----Thomas HAMILTON, Earl of Haddington
|        |         /-----James HERIOT
|         \-----Elizabeth HERIOT
Christian HAMILTON
|         /-----James BORTHWICK
 \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
         |         /-----Andrew MURRAY
          \-----Elizabeth MURRAY



Descendants of Christian HAMILTON
1. Christian HAMILTON m1. Robert LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres m2. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
m. Robert LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres father: James LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres mother: Eupheme LESLIE
m. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd father: Robert BOYD mother: Jean KERR

2nd generation

2. John LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford m. Margaret HAMILTON
m. Margaret HAMILTON father: James HAMILTON, Marquess of Hamilton mother: Anne CUNNINGHAM
3. Isabel BOYD m. John SINCLAIR
m. John SINCLAIR
4. Marion BOYD m. Sir James DUNDAS
m. Sir James DUNDAS

3rd generation

7. Marion SINCLAIR m. Sir Archibald COCKBURN
m. Sir Archibald COCKBURN father: Sir William COCKBURN mother: Margaret ACHESON
8. Christian DUNDAS m. Sir Charles ERSKINE
m. Sir Charles ERSKINE father: Sir Charles ERSKINE mother: Mary HOPE

4th generation

9. Helen COCKBURN m. Sir Robert STEUART
m. Sir Robert STEUART father: Sir James STEUART mother: Anne HOPE
10. Mary ERSKINE m. Sir William STIRLING
m. Sir William STIRLING father: Sir Henry STIRLING mother: Isobel HALDANE
11. Sir John ERSKINE m. Catharine St CLAIR
m. Catharine St CLAIR father: Henry St CLAIR, Lord Sinclair mother: Barbara COCKBURN

5th generation

12. Helen STEUART m. Sir Gilbert ELLIOT
m. Sir Gilbert ELLIOT father: Sir Gilbert ELLIOT mother: Jean CARRE
13. Christian STIRLING m. John STIRLING
m. John STIRLING
14. Sir Henry ERSKINE m. Janet WEDDERBURN
m. Janet WEDDERBURN father: Peter WEDDERBURN mother: Janet OGILVE