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: William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry
Sex: M
Death: 8 Mar 1639/40 ^d
Burial: Drumlanrig ^u

Parents:

Father:
Sir James DOUGLAS Death: 15 Oct 1616

Mother:

Mary FLEMING

Family:
Marriage:

Isabel KER on Abt 20 Jul 1603 .^m1
Isabel KER Birth: 4 Death: 1628 in Edinburgh

Children:

James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry Death: 1671
Sir William DOUGLAS Birth: 2 Death: 1673
Sir Archibald DOUGLAS
Margaret DOUGLAS Death: After Nov 1640

Bibliography

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].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 01 A-Basing. London: St Catherine Press, 1910. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 1 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo01coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP I [Ap][p0-9].*].
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].*].
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].*].
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: CP X p691, Roberts RD600 p80]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP X p692]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: CP X p692]

Sources with Information about marriage to Isabel KER

date:: cont 20 Jul 1603 [Ref: CP X p692],
child:: [Ref: CP VI p336, CP X p692, Roberts RD600 p80]

Research Notes:
1st Earl of Queensberry, of Earldom cr 1633 [Ref: CP X p691]
1st Earl of Queensberry [Ref: Roberts RD600 p80]

heir of his father [Ref: CP X p691]

of Drumlanrig, in Durisdeer, Upper Nithsdale, co Dumfries [Ref: CP X p691]

Pedigree of William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry
/-----Sir James DOUGLAS
William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry
|                                                               /-----Sir David FLEMING
|                                                      /-----Sir Malcolm FLEMING
|                                                     |         \-----Isabel STRATHECHIN
|                                             /-----Robert FLEMING, Lord Fleming
|                                            |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|                                            |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                                            |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
|                                    /-----Malcolm FLEMING
|                                   |        |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                                   |        |         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Joan MORAY
|                                   |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
|                                   |                 |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
|                                   |                  \-----Beatrice SINCLAIR
|                                   |                           \-----Jean HALYBURTON
|                           /-----John FLEMING, Lord Fleming
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir John LIVINGSTON
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
|                          |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) MENTEITH
|                          |        |         /-----James LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----James DUNDAS
|                          |        |        |         \-----(Unk) DUNDAS
|                          |         \-----Eupheme LIVINGSTON
|                          |                  \-----Marian
|                  /-----Malcolm FLEMING, Lord Fleming
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir Walter DRUMMOND
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth SINCLAIR
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William RUTHVEN
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Margaret RUTHVEN
|                 |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir David MURRAY
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir David MURRAY
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel STEWART
|                 |        |        |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John COLQUHOUN
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Margaret COLQUHOUN
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Jean ERSKINE
|                 |         \-----Eupheme DRUMMOND
|                 |                 |                           /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|                 |                 |                  /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Marjorie DUNBAR
|                 |                 |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander OGILVY
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Marjory OGILVIE
|                 |                  \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|                 |                          |                  /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir David DUNBAR
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Christiana WARDLAW
|                 |                           \-----Margaret DUNBAR
|         /-----John FLEMING, Lord Fleming
|        |        |                                             /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|        |        |                                    /-----James I King Of Scots
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|        |        |                           /-----James II King Of Scots
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
|        |        |                          |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
|        |        |                  /-----James III King Of Scots
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Johann II Lord Of Egmont, Regent Of Geldern
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Arnold Duke Of Gueldres, Count Of Zutphen
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Maria Of Arkel
|        |        |                 |         \-----Marie Of Gueldres
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Adolph II Duke Of Cleve
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Catherine Of Cleve
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Maria Of Burgundy
|        |        |         /-----James IV King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Christian V Count Of Oldenburg
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Dietrich The Fortunate Count Of Oldenberg
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Agnes Of Honstein
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Christian I King Of Denmark
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Gerhard V Count Of Holstein, Duke Of Schleswig
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Heilwig Von Holstein
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Elisabeth Katharina Of Brunswick
|        |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Denmark
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Friedrich VI Burggraf Of Nurnberg
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Johann The Alchemist Margrave Of Brandenburg
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth Of Bavaria
|        |        |        |                  \-----Dorothea Of Hohenzollern
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Rudolf III Kurfurst Of Saxony
|        |        |        |                           \-----Barbara Of Saxony
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Barbara Of Schlesien
|        |         \-----Janet STEWART
|        |                 |                                    /-----Sir Robert STEWART
|        |                 |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
|        |                 |         /-----Sir James STEWART, Earl Of Buchan
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Katharine Of Hainault
|        |                 |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas HOLLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Alice FITZALAN
|        |                  \-----Agnes STEWART
|        |                           \-----Margaret (MURRAY)
\-----Mary FLEMING
         |                                                      /-----Sir John ROSS
         |                                             /-----John ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead
         |                                    /-----Robert ROSS
         |                                   |        |         /-----John MURE
         |                                   |         \-----Marjory MURE
         |                           /-----John ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead
         |                          |        |                  /-----John MELVILLE
         |                          |        |         /-----Thomas MELVILLE
         |                          |         \-----Agnes MELVILLE
         |                  /-----Ninian ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir Archibald EDMONSTONE
         |                 |         \-----Christian EDMONSTONE
         |         /-----Robert ROSS
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Robert STEWART
         |        |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
         |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
         |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Katharine Of Hainault
         |        |        |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas HOLLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Alice FITZALAN
         |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |        |                 |                           /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
         |        |                 |                  /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Jean HALYBURTON
         |        |                 |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Jill DOUGLAS
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Jill STEWART
         |        |                  \-----Eleanor SINCLAIR
         |        |                          |                  /-----Robert SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
         |        |                          |         /-----Alexander SUTHERLAND
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART
         |        |                           \-----Marjorie SUTHERLAND
         |        |                                    \-----Catherine CHALMER
          \-----Elizabeth ROSS
                   \-----Agnes MONCRIEFF

Descendants of William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry

1. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry m. Isabel KER

m. Isabel KER father: Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian mother: Margaret MAXWELL

2+ James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry m1. Mary HAMILTON m2. Margaret STEWART

3+ Sir William DOUGLAS m. Agnes FAWSIDE

4+ Sir Archibald DOUGLAS m. Eleanor DAVIS

5+ Margaret DOUGLAS m. James JOHNSTONE, Earl of Hartfell

2nd generation

2. James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry m1. Mary HAMILTON m2. Margaret STEWART

m. Mary HAMILTON father: James HAMILTON, Marquess of Hamilton mother: Anne CUNNINGHAM

m. Margaret STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl of Traquair mother: Catherine CARNEGIE

6+ Mary DOUGLAS m. Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Galloway

7+ Catherine DOUGLAS m. Sir James DOUGLAS

8+ Margaret DOUGLAS m1. Sir Alexander JARDINE m2. Sir David THOIRS

9+ William DOUGLAS, Duke of Queensberry m. Isabel DOUGLAS

3. Sir William DOUGLAS m. Agnes FAWSIDE

m. Agnes FAWSIDE father: George FAWSIDE

10+ Sir James DOUGLAS m. Catherine DOUGLAS

4. Sir Archibald DOUGLAS m. Eleanor DAVIS

m. Eleanor DAVIS

11+ James DOUGLAS m.

5. Margaret DOUGLAS m. James JOHNSTONE, Earl of Hartfell

m. James JOHNSTONE, Earl of Hartfell father: Sir James JOHNSTON mother: Sarah MAXWELL

12+ James JOHNSTONE, Earl of Annandale m. Henrietta DOUGLAS

3rd generation

6. Mary DOUGLAS m. Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Galloway

m. Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Galloway father: James STEWART, Earl Of Galloway mother: Catherine HOUGHTON

13+ James STEWART, Earl Of Galloway m. Catherine MONTGOMERIE

14 Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Galloway

7. Catherine DOUGLAS m. Sir James DOUGLAS

m. Sir James DOUGLAS father: Sir William DOUGLAS mother: Agnes FAWSIDE

15+ Sir William DOUGLAS m. Helen ERSKINE

8. Margaret DOUGLAS m1. Sir Alexander JARDINE m2. Sir David THOIRS

m. Sir Alexander JARDINE father: Alexander JARDINE

16+ Catherine JARDINE m. Sir George WEIR

m. Sir David THOIRS

9. William DOUGLAS, Duke of Queensberry m. Isabel DOUGLAS

m. Isabel DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas mother: Mary GORDON

17 Anne DOUGLAS m. David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss; David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss father: James WEMYSS, Lord Burntisland mother: Margaret WEMYSS

10. Sir James DOUGLAS m. Catherine DOUGLAS

m. Catherine DOUGLAS father: James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry mother: Margaret STEWART

15+ Sir William DOUGLAS m. Helen ERSKINE

11. James DOUGLAS m.

18+ Thomas DOUGLAS m. (Unk) WATSON

12. James JOHNSTONE, Earl of Annandale m. Henrietta DOUGLAS

m. Henrietta DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas mother: Mary GORDON

19 Mary JOHNSTONE m. William LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford; William LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford father: John LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford mother: Margaret HAMILTON

20 William JOHNSTONE, Marquess of Annandale m. Sophia FAIRHOLM

4th generation

13. James STEWART, Earl Of Galloway m. Catherine MONTGOMERIE

m. Catherine MONTGOMERIE father: Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun mother: Margaret COCHRANE

21+ Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Galloway m1. Anne KEITH m2. Catherine COCHRANE

15. Sir William DOUGLAS m. Helen ERSKINE

m. Helen ERSKINE father: John ERSKINE

22+ Catherine DOUGLAS m. Sir William MAXWELL

16. Catherine JARDINE m. Sir George WEIR

m. Sir George WEIR father: George WEIR mother: Anne CLELAND

23 Sir William WEIR m1. Christian ANSTRUTHER m2. Rachel HAMILTON; Christian ANSTRUTHER father: Sir Philip ANSTRUTHER mother: Elizabeth HAMILTON

18. Thomas DOUGLAS m. (Unk) WATSON

m. (Unk) WATSON

24+ Samuel DOUGLAS m. (Unk) JAMES

5th generation

21. Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Galloway m1. Anne KEITH m2. Catherine COCHRANE

m. Anne KEITH father: William KEITH, Earl Marischal mother: Mary DRUMMOND

m. Catherine COCHRANE father: John COCHRANE, Earl Of Dundonald mother: Anne MURRAY

25 Charlotte STEWART m. John MURRAY, Earl Of Dunmore

26 Susanna STEWART m. Granville LEVESON-GOWER, Marquess Of Stafford; Granville LEVESON-GOWER, Marquess Of Stafford father: John LEVESON-GOWER, Earl Gower mother: Evelyn PIERREPONT

27+ John STEWART, Earl Of Galloway m1. Charlotte Mary GREVILLE m2. Anne DASHWOOD

22. Catherine DOUGLAS m. Sir William MAXWELL

m. Sir William MAXWELL father: Sir Patrick MAXWELL mother: Mary GORDON

28+ Sir William MAXWELL m. Margaret STEWART

24. Samuel DOUGLAS m. (Unk) JAMES

29+ Samuel DOUGLAS m. Isabella MONCREIFFE