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: Isabel KER
Sex: F
Birth: 4 ^b
Death: 1628 in Edinburgh ^d
Burial: Holyrood ^u

Parents:

Father:
Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian Birth: Abt 1533 Death: 8 Apr 1609

Mother:

Margaret MAXWELL Birth: 2 Death: 8 Jan 1617 in Prestongrange

Family:
Marriage:

William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry on Abt 20 Jul 1603 .^m1
William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry Death: 8 Mar 1639/40

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 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

date:: fourth daughter [Ref: CP X p692],
parents:: [Ref: CP X p692],
father:: [Ref: CP VI p336]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP X p692],
place:: [Ref: CP X p692]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: CP X p692]

Sources with Information about marriage to William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry

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

Research Notes:

Pedigree of Isabel KER
          /-----Mark KERR
/-----Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian
|        |                                                      /-----Sir George De LESLIE
|        |                                             /-----Sir Norman De LESLIE
|        |                                            |         \-----Elizabeth HAY
|        |                                    /-----George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Sir John SETON, Lord Of Seton
|        |                                   |         \-----Christian SETON
|        |                                   |                  \-----Katherine De St CLAIR
|        |                           /-----Sir Andrew LESLIE, Master Of Rothes
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Sir John HALYBURTON
|        |                          |        |         /-----Walter HALYBURTON, Lord Of Dirletoun
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Margaret CAMERON
|        |                          |         \-----Christian HALYBURTON
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|        |                          |                  \-----Isabel STEWART
|        |                          |                           \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
|        |                  /-----William LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
|        |                 |        |                           /-----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
|        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth SINCLAIR
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Joan MORAY
|        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|        |                 |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
|        |                 |                                    \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|        |         /-----George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir Michael BALFOUR
|        |        |         \-----Jonet BALFOUR
|         \-----Helen LESLIE
|                 |                                             /-----William CRICHTON
|                 |                                    /-----Sir John CRICHTON
|                 |                                   |         \-----Margaret PRESTON
|                 |                           /-----William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton
|                 |                          |         \-----Christian
|                 |                  /-----James CRICHTON, Lord Crichton
|                 |                 |         \-----Agnes
|                 |         /-----William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton
|                 |        |        |                           /-----John DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Thomas DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Marjorie STEWART
|                 |        |        |         /-----James DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret
|                 |        |         \-----Janet DUNBAR
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Sir William SETON
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Janet FLEMING
|                 |        |                  \-----Margaret SETON
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Sir Adam GORDON
|                 |        |                           \-----Elizabeth GORDON
|                 |        |                                    \-----Elizabeth KEITH
|                  \-----Margaret CRICHTON
|                          |                                    /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                          |                           /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|                          |                          |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                          |                  /-----James I King Of Scots
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|                          |                 |         \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|                          |                 |                  \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
|                          |         /-----James II King Of Scots
|                          |        |        |                  /-----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
|                           \-----Margaret STEWART
|                                   |                           /-----Arend Lord Of Egmond
|                                   |                  /-----Johann II Lord Of Egmont, Regent Of Geldern
|                                   |                 |         \-----Jolande Of Leiningen
|                                   |         /-----Arnold Duke Of Gueldres, Count Of Zutphen
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Johann V Lord Of Arkel
|                                   |        |         \-----Maria Of Arkel
|                                   |        |                  \-----Johanna Of Geldern
|                                    \-----Marie Of Gueldres
|                                            |                  /-----Adolf I Count Of Kleve And Mark
|                                            |         /-----Adolph II Duke Of Cleve
|                                            |        |         \-----Margareta Of Julich
|                                             \-----Catherine Of Cleve
|                                                     |         /-----John The Fearless Duke Of Burgundy
|                                                      \-----Maria Of Burgundy
|                                                               \-----Margaret Of Bavaria
Isabel KER
|                                                               /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
|                                                      /-----Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|                                                     |         \-----Katherine STEWART
|                                             /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir Herbert HERRIES
|                                            |         \-----(Unk) HERRIES
|                                            |                  \-----Margaret
|                                    /-----John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell
|                                   |        |                  /-----Sir Adam FORRESTER
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir John FORRESTER
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Margaret
|                                   |         \-----Janet FORRESTER
|                                   |                 |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
|                                   |                  \-----Jean SINCLAIR
|                                   |                           \-----Jean HALYBURTON
|                           /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|                          |        |                           /-----William CRICHTON
|                          |        |                  /-----Stephen CRICHTON
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Margaret PRESTON
|                          |        |         /-----George CRICHTON, Earl Of Caithness
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Duncan CAIRNS Of That Ilk
|                          |        |        |         \-----(Unk) CAIRNS
|                          |         \-----Janet CRICHTON
|                          |                 |                  /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|                          |                 |        |         \-----(Unk)
|                          |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
|                          |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY
|                          |                           \-----(Unk) HAY
|                          |                                    \-----Janet GIFFORD
|                  /-----Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir William STEWART
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Isobel
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir William STEWART
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Walter STEWART
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Marion STEWART
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Janet KEITH
|                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Duncan LENNOX, Earl Of Lennox
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth LENNOX
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Helen CAMPBELL
|                 |         \-----Agnes STEWART
|                 |                 |                           /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
|                 |                 |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir Archibald DOUGLAS
|                 |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|         /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Herries
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Joanna MURRAY
|        |        |                           /-----William DOUGLAS
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
|        |        |                          |         \-----Janet De MAXWELL
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Katherine STEWART
|        |        |                  /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Edward De CRICHTON
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
|        |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
|        |        |         /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Robert SCOTT
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter SCOTT
|        |        |        |        |         /-----David SCOTT
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret COCKBURN
|        |        |        |         \-----Janet SCOTT
|        |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
|        |                 |                                    /-----Sir Alexander GORDON
|        |                 |                           /-----Roger GORDON
|        |                 |                  /-----William GORDON
|        |                 |         /-----Sir John GORDON
|        |                  \-----Elizabeth GORDON
|        |                           \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
\-----Margaret MAXWELL
         |                                                      /-----Sir Herbert HERRIES
         |                                             /-----John HERRIES
         |                                            |         \-----Margaret
         |                                    /-----Sir David HERRIES
         |                           /-----Herbert HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles
         |                          |        |                  /-----Edward De CRICHTON
         |                          |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
         |                          |         \-----Margaret CRICHTON
         |                          |                 |         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
         |                          |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
         |                  /-----Andrew HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles
         |                 |        |                           /-----Sir John De CARLYLE
         |                 |        |                  /-----William CARLYLE
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir John CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Duncan KIRKPATRICK
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth KIRKPATRICK
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Isabel
         |                 |         \-----Mariota CARLYLE
         |                 |                  \-----Janet
         |         /-----William HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Alexander HOME
         |        |        |                           /-----Sir Alexander HOME, Lord Home
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Janet HAY
         |        |        |                  /-----Alexander HOME
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----John LAUDER
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Mariot LAUDER
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Katherine LANDELLS
         |        |        |         /-----Alexander HOME, Lord Home
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Patrick HEPBURN
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
         |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
         |        |        |        |         \-----Agnes HEPBURN
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
         |        |        |        |                           \-----(Unk)
         |        |         \-----Nichola HOME
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir George KER
         |        |                  \-----Nichole KER
         |        |                          |                  /-----John SINCLAIR
         |        |                          |         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Isobel
         |        |                           \-----Mariot SINCLAIR
         |        |                                   |         /-----Sir Alexander HOME, Lord Home
         |        |                                    \-----Katherine HOME
         |        |                                             \-----Mariot LAUDER
          \-----Agnes HERRIES
                  |         /-----James KENNEDY
                   \-----Katherine KENNEDY
                           |                                    /-----Sir Thomas MURRAY
                           |                           /-----Charles MURRAY
                           |                  /-----Cuthbert MURRAY
                           |         /-----Sir John MURRAY
                           |        |         \-----Marjory MENZIES
                            \-----Agnes MURRAY

Descendants of Isabel KER

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

m. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry father: Sir James DOUGLAS mother: Mary FLEMING

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