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: James MURRAY
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 9 Aug 1713 in Ewes, Dumfries, Scotland b
  • Death: 8 Nov 1781 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John MURRAY Birth: Abt 1 Feb 1677 in Unthank, Ewes, Dumfries, Ireland Death: 27 Feb 1728
    • Mother:
  • Anne BENNET Birth: 20 Nov 1694 in Chesters Death: 13 Apr 1737

Family:
Marriage:
  • Barbara BENNET on 14 May 1744 at Chesters, Ancrum, Roxburgh, Scotland .m1
  • Barbara BENNET Birth: 29 Nov 1724 in Ancrum, Roxburgh, Scotland Death: Feb 1758 in North Carolina
Children:
  1. Dorothy MURRAY Birth: 1745 Death: Jun 1811 in Milton, Massachusetts
  2. Elizabeth MURRAY Birth: 14 Mar 1756 in North Carolina Death: 17 Dec 1837 in Milton, Massachusetts

Bibliography
  1. Reitwiesner, William Addams, Ancestry of Sen John Kerry, 2004. Available at http://www.wargs.com/political/kerry.html Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY].
  2. 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]*].
  3. 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
date:
[Ref: Roberts USPres FDR],
place:
[Ref: Roberts USPres FDR],
parents:
[Ref: Roberts RD600 p93, Roberts USPres FDR, Roberts USPres p202]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Roberts USPres FDR],
place:
[Ref: Roberts USPres FDR]
Sources with Information about marriage to Barbara BENNET
date:
[Ref: Roberts USPres FDR],
place:
[Ref: Roberts USPres FDR],
child:
[Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY, Roberts RD600 p474, Roberts RD600 p573, Roberts RD600 p93, Roberts USPres FDR, Roberts USPres p202]
Research Notes:
immigrnt to North Carolina and Massachusetts [Ref: Roberts RD600 p93]



Pedigree of James MURRAY
          /-----John MURRAY
 /-----John MURRAY
|        |         /-----Sir John SCOTT
|         \-----Margaret SCOTT
|                 |                                             /-----Sir William SCOTT
|                 |                                    /-----Sir Walter SCOTT
|                 |                                   |         \-----Grisel BETOUN
|                 |                           /-----Walter SCOTT, Lord Scott Of Buccleuch
|                 |                          |        |         /-----David DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                 |                          |         \-----Margaret DOUGLAS
|                 |                          |                  \-----Margaret HAMILTON
|                 |                  /-----Walter SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir William KERR
|                 |                 |         \-----Margaret KERR
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|                 |                 |                  \-----Janet DOUGLAS
|                 |         /-----Francis SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch
|                 |        |        |                           /-----George HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Andrew HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret ROBERTSON
|                 |        |        |         /-----Francis HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Jean HAY
|                 |        |        |        |                  \-----Helen STEWART
|                 |        |         \-----Mary HAY
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Robert DOUGLAS
|                 |        |                 |         /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret ERSKINE
|                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|                 |        |                          |         /-----George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
|                 |        |                           \-----Agnes LESLIE
|                 |        |                                    \-----Agnes SOMERVILLE
|                  \-----Margaret SCOTT
|                          |                                    /-----George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
|                          |                           /-----Andrew LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
|                          |                          |         \-----Agnes SOMERVILLE
|                          |                  /-----James LESLIE, Master Of Rothes
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Sir James HAMILTON
|                          |                 |         \-----Grizel HAMILTON
|                          |                 |                  \-----Margaret LIVINGSTON
|                          |         /-----John LESLIE, Earl of Rothes
|                          |        |        |                  /-----David DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|                          |        |        |         /-----Patrick DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Lilian RUTHVEN
|                          |        |         \-----Katherine DRUMMOND
|                          |        |                 |         /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|                          |        |                  \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|                          |        |                           \-----Catherine CAMPBELL
|                           \-----Margaret LESLIE
|                                   |                           /-----John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|                                   |                  /-----John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|                                   |                 |         \-----Margaret CAMPBELL
|                                   |         /-----John ERSKINE, Earl Of Mar
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Sir William MURRAY
|                                   |        |         \-----Annabella MURRAY
|                                   |        |                  \-----Catherine CAMPBELL
|                                    \-----Anna ERSKINE
|                                            |                  /-----John STEWART, Lord Of Aubigny
|                                            |         /-----Esme STEWART, Duke Of Lennox
|                                            |        |         \-----Anne De La QUEUILLE
|                                             \-----Mary STEWART
|                                                     |         /-----Guillaume De BALSAC, Seigneur de Entragues
|                                                      \-----Catherine De BALSAC
|                                                               \-----Louise De HUMIERES
James MURRAY
|         /-----Archibald BENNET
 \-----Anne BENNET
         |                           /-----Thomas RUTHERFORD
         |                  /-----Robert RUTHERFORD
         |                 |        |         /-----William ELIOT
         |                 |         \-----Jean ELIOT
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir William SCOTT
         |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Walter SCOTT
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Grisel BETOUN
         |                 |                  \-----Mary SCOTT
         |                 |                          |         /-----David DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |                 |                           \-----Margaret DOUGLAS
         |                 |                                    \-----Margaret HAMILTON
         |         /-----John RUTHERFORD
         |        |         \-----Marion RIDDELL
          \-----Barbara RUTHERFORD
                   \-----Barbara ABERNETHY



Descendants of James MURRAY
1. James MURRAY m. Barbara BENNET
m. Barbara BENNET father: Andrew BENNET mother: Dorothy COLLINGWOOD

2nd generation

2. Dorothy MURRAY m. John Rev FORBES
m. John Rev FORBES father: Archibald FORBES mother: Agnes LUMSDEN
3. Elizabeth MURRAY m. Edward Hutchinson ROBBINS
m. Edward Hutchinson ROBBINS father: Nathaniel Rev ROBBINS mother: Elizabeth HUTCHINSON

3rd generation

4. Ralph Bennett FORBES m. Margaret PERKINS
m. Margaret PERKINS
5. James Grant FORBES m. Frances Elizabeth BLACKWELL
m. Frances Elizabeth BLACKWELL
7. Anne Jean ROBBINS m. Joseph III LYMAN
m. Joseph III LYMAN father: Joseph Jr LYMAN mother: Mary SHELDON

4th generation

10. John Murray FORBES m. Anne HOWELL
m. Anne HOWELL
11. Catherine Robbins LYMAN m. Warren Jr DELANO
m. Warren Jr DELANO father: Warren DELANO mother: Deborah CHURCH

5th generation

12. Francis Blackwell FORBES m. Isabel CLARKE
m. Isabel CLARKE
13. Sara DELANO m. James ROOSEVELT
m. James ROOSEVELT father: Isaac ROOSEVELT mother: Mary Rebecca ASPINWALL