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. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd Birth: Nov 1595 Death: 28 Aug 1628

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. 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 II p262, Roberts RD600 p83]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP II p262]
Sources with Information about marriage to Jean KERR
date:
before 1595 [Ref: CP II p262]
first marriage of Jean [Ref: CP III p517],
child:
[Ref: CP II p262, Roberts RD600 p83]
Research Notes:
Master of Boyd [Ref: CP II p262]

heir apparent of his father but d.v.p [Ref: CP II p262]



Pedigree of Robert BOYD
                                                                /-----Robert BOYD
                                                       /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
                                                      |         \-----Margaret GIFFORD
                                              /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
                                             |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
                                             |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
                                             |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
                                     /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
                                    |        |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
                                    |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
                                    |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
                                    |         \-----Joanna MONTGOMERIE
                                    |                 |         /-----John Lord Of The Isles
                                    |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
                                    |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
                            /-----Alexander BOYD, Lord Boyd
                           |        |                           /-----Sir John MAXWELL
                           |        |                  /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL
                           |        |                 |         \-----Isabel LINDSAY
                           |        |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert DANIELSTON
                           |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth DANIELSTON
                           |         \-----Mariot MAXWELL
                           |                 |                  /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                           |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                           |                 |        |         \-----(Unk)
                           |                  \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
                           |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY
                           |                           \-----(Unk) HAY
                           |                                    \-----Janet GIFFORD
                   /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir Thomas COLVILLE
                  |        |                           /-----Robert COLVILLE
                  |        |                          |         \-----Margaret LINDSAY
                  |        |                  /-----Sir Robert COLVILLE
                  |        |                 |         \-----Margaret COLVILLE
                  |        |         /-----Sir Robert COLVILLE
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Edward De CRICHTON
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
                  |        |        |         \-----Christian CRICHTON
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
                  |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
                  |         \-----Janet COLVILLE
                  |                  \-----Eupheme WALLACE
          /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
         |        |         /-----Sir John SOMERVILLE
         |         \-----Helen SOMERVILLE
 /-----Thomas BOYD, Lord Boyd
|        |         /-----George COLQUHOUN
|         \-----Margaret COLQUHOUN
|                 |                                             /-----Robert BOYD
|                 |                                    /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|                 |                                   |         \-----Margaret GIFFORD
|                 |                           /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|                 |                          |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                 |                          |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
|                 |                  /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
|                 |                 |         \-----Joanna MONTGOMERIE
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----John Lord Of The Isles
|                 |                 |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
|                 |                 |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
|                 |         /-----Alexander BOYD, Lord Boyd
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Sir John MAXWELL
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel LINDSAY
|                 |        |        |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert DANIELSTON
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth DANIELSTON
|                 |        |         \-----Mariot MAXWELL
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk)
|                 |        |                  \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY
|                 |        |                           \-----(Unk) HAY
|                 |        |                                    \-----Janet GIFFORD
|                  \-----Margaret BOYD
|                          |                                    /-----Sir Thomas COLVILLE
|                          |                           /-----Robert COLVILLE
|                          |                          |         \-----Margaret LINDSAY
|                          |                  /-----Sir Robert COLVILLE
|                          |                 |         \-----Margaret COLVILLE
|                          |         /-----Sir Robert COLVILLE
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Edward De CRICHTON
|                          |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
|                          |        |         \-----Christian CRICHTON
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|                          |        |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
|                           \-----Janet COLVILLE
|                                    \-----Eupheme WALLACE
Robert BOYD
|                                                               /-----Sir Hugh CAMPBELL
|                                                      /-----Sir George CAMPBELL
|                                             /-----Sir George CAMPBELL
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
|                                            |         \-----Anne MONTGOMERY
|                                            |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
|                                    /-----George CAMPBELL
|                                   |        |                  /-----Sir William STEWART
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
|                                   |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                                   |                 |         /-----Sir Archibald DOUGLAS
|                                   |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|                           /-----Sir Hugh CAMPBELL
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir Gilbert KENNEDY
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir James KENNEDY
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Agnes MAXWELL
|                          |        |         /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|                          |        |        |         \-----Mary STEWART
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|                          |         \-----(Unk) KENNEDY
|                          |                 |                  /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Katherine STEWART
|                          |                  \-----Catherine MAXWELL
|                          |                          |         /-----Sir Herbert HERRIES
|                          |                           \-----(Unk) HERRIES
|                          |                                    \-----Margaret
|                  /-----Sir Hugh CAMPBELL
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas WALLACE
|                 |         \-----Isobel WALLACE
|         /-----Sir Matthew CAMPBELL
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir John STEWART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Janet KEITH
|        |        |                           /-----Alan STUART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Duncan LENNOX, Earl Of Lennox
|        |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth LENNOX
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Helen CAMPBELL
|        |        |                  /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir John SETON, Lord Of Seton
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William SETON
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Katherine De St CLAIR
|        |        |                 |         \-----Catherine SETON
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Janet DUNBAR
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Beatrice
|        |        |         /-----Matthew STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Lord Montgomerie
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Agnes Of The Isles
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret BOYD
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |        |        |         \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Patrick HEPBURN
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
|        |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth HEPBURN
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|        |        |        |                           \-----Janet BORTHWICK
|        |        |        |                                    \-----(Unk)
|        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |                 |                                    /-----Sir David HAMILTON
|        |                 |                           /-----Sir John HAMILTON
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Janet KEITH
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir James HAMILTON
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Jacoba DOUGLAS
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Agnes DUNBAR
|        |                 |         /-----James HAMILTON, Lord Hamilton
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir John LIVINGSTON
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) MENTEITH
|        |                 |        |         \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----James DUNDAS
|        |                 |        |                  \-----(Unk) DUNDAS
|        |                  \-----Elizabeth HAMILTON
|        |                          |                           /-----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
|        |                           \-----Mary STEWART
|        |                                   |                  /-----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
 \-----Margaret CAMPBELL
         |                                                      /-----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
         |                  /-----Sir John 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
         |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
          \-----Isabel DRUMMOND
                  |                                             /-----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
                   \-----Margaret Of Scotland
                           |                                    /-----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
                            \-----Margaret 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



Descendants of Robert BOYD
1. Robert BOYD m. Jean KERR
m. Jean KERR father: Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian mother: Margaret MAXWELL

2nd generation

2. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd m1. Margaret MONTGOMERIE m2. Christian HAMILTON
m. Margaret MONTGOMERIE father: Robert MONTGOMERIE mother: Jean CAMPBELL
m. Christian HAMILTON father: Thomas HAMILTON, Earl of Haddington mother: Margaret BORTHWICK

3rd generation

3. Isabel BOYD m. John SINCLAIR
m. John SINCLAIR
4. Marion BOYD m. Sir James DUNDAS
m. Sir James DUNDAS

4th generation

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

5th generation

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