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. Mary SCOTT
  2. Walter SCOTT, Lord Scott Of Buccleuch Birth: 1565 Death: 15 Dec 1611 in Branxholme

Bibliography
  1. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
  2. 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].*].
  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]*].
  4. Roberts, Gary Boyd, Ancestors of American Presidents, First Authoritative Edition. Santa Clarita, CA: Carl Boyer, 1995. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts USPres [A-Zp][A-Z0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p285]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p285, CP II p240, CP II p364]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret DOUGLAS
date:
contract 19 Jan 1567/8 [Ref: Burke Peerage p285, Burke Peerage p917]
first marriage of Margaret [Ref: CP II p240],
child:
[Ref: CP II p364, Roberts RD600 p93, Roberts USPres p202]
Research Notes:
of Buccleuch and Branxholme, co Roxburgh [Ref: CP II p364]
of Buccleuch [Ref: Burke Peerage p285, Roberts RD600 p93]

1552: succeeded his grandfather [Ref: Burke Peerage p285]

1556-79: Captain of Newark Castle [Ref: Burke Peerage p285]



Pedigree of Sir Walter SCOTT
                                                                /-----Sir Walter SCOTT
                                                       /-----Robert SCOTT
                                              /-----Sir Walter SCOTT
                                     /-----David SCOTT
                                    |         \-----Margaret COCKBURN
                            /-----David SCOTT
                   /-----Sir Walter SCOTT
                  |        |                                    /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                  |        |                           /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
                  |        |                          |         \-----Margaret STEWART, Countess Of Angus And Mar
                  |        |                  /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
                  |        |                 |         \-----Mary STEWART
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
                  |        |         /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas HAY
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William HAY
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Janet GIFFORD
                  |        |        |         \-----Margaret HAY
                  |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
                  |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
                  |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas SIBBALD
                  |                 |         /-----Sir John SIBBALD
                  |                  \-----Isabel SIBBALD
                  |                           \-----Joan LIVINGSTON
          /-----Sir Walter SCOTT
         |        |                                             /-----Henry KER
         |        |                                    /-----Robert KER
         |        |                           /-----Andrew KER
         |        |                  /-----Andrew KER
         |        |         /-----Walter KER
         |        |        |        |                           /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
         |        |        |        |         /-----William DOUGLAS
         |        |        |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
         |         \-----Elizabeth KER
         |                 |                                    /-----Sir William HAY
         |                 |                           /-----Sir David HAY
         |                 |                          |         \-----Alicia BORTHWICK
         |                 |                  /-----John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Mary STEWART
         |                 |         /-----Sir John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir William CUNNINGHAM
         |                 |        |        |         /-----George CUNNINGHAM
         |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
         |                  \-----Isabel HAY
         |                           \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
 /-----Sir William SCOTT
|         \-----Elizabeth CARMICHAEL
Sir Walter SCOTT
|         /-----John BETOUN
 \-----Grisel BETOUN



Descendants of Sir Walter SCOTT
1. Sir Walter SCOTT m. Margaret DOUGLAS
m. Margaret DOUGLAS father: David DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus mother: Margaret HAMILTON

2nd generation

2. Mary SCOTT m. William ELIOT
m. William ELIOT
3. Walter SCOTT, Lord Scott Of Buccleuch m. Margaret KERR
m. Margaret KERR father: Sir William KERR mother: Janet DOUGLAS

3rd generation

4. Jean ELIOT m. Thomas RUTHERFORD
m. Thomas RUTHERFORD
5. Walter SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch m. Mary HAY
m. Mary HAY father: Francis HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS
7. Margaret SCOTT m1. James ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead m2. Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun
m. James ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead father: Robert ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead mother: Jean HAMILTON
m. Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun father: Robert SETON, Earl of Wintoun mother: Margaret MONTGOMERY

4th generation

8. Robert RUTHERFORD m. Marion RIDDELL
m. Marion RIDDELL
9. Francis SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch m. Margaret LESLIE
m. Margaret LESLIE father: John LESLIE, Earl of Rothes mother: Anna ERSKINE
10. Jean SCOTT m. John HAY, Marquess of Tweeddale
m. John HAY, Marquess of Tweeddale father: John HAY, Earl of Tweeddale mother: Jean SETON

5th generation

14. John RUTHERFORD m. Barbara ABERNETHY
m. Barbara ABERNETHY
15. Margaret SCOTT m. Sir John SCOTT
m. Sir John SCOTT
16. Margaret HAY m. Robert KER, Earl of Roxburghe
m. Robert KER, Earl of Roxburghe father: William DRUMMOND-KER, Earl of Roxburghe mother: Jean KER
17. John HAY, Marquess of Tweeddale m. Mary MAITLAND
m. Mary MAITLAND father: John MAITLAND, Duke of Lauderdale mother: Anne HOME