Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-28-2022.

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 may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.

Individual Page

Person Info

Name: William FORBES
Sex: M

Parents:

Father:
Malcolm FORBES

Mother:

Margaret FORBES

Family:
Marriage:

(Unk) LEITH .^m1
(Unk) LEITH

Children:

Alexander FORBES

Bibliography

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: Roberts RD600 p123]

Sources with Information about marriage to (Unk) LEITH

names:: William FORBES & ___ LEITH [Ref: Roberts RD600 p123],
child:: [Ref: Roberts RD600 p123]

Research Notes:
of Tolquhon [Ref: Roberts RD600 p123]

Pedigree of William FORBES
/-----Malcolm FORBES
William FORBES
|                                    /-----John De FORBES
|                           /-----Sir John FORBES
|                          |         \-----Margaret
|                  /-----Sir Alexander FORBES, Lord Forbes
|                 |        |         /-----John KENNEDY
|                 |         \-----Margaret KENNEDY
|                 |                  \-----Mary
|         /-----James FORBES, Lord Forbes
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Constance
|        |        |                           /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent Of Scotland
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Matthew De LOUVAINE, Baron Of Little Easton
|        |        |                          |         \-----Eleanor LOVAINE
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Helisant
|        |        |                  /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
|        |        |                 |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
|        |        |                 |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |        |                 |                           \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |        |         /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Angus
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) RANDOLPH
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Thomas STEWART, Earl Of Angus
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret ABERNETHY
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
|        |        |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART, Countess Of Angus And Mar
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Alice De FENTON
|        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
|        |         \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|        |                 |                                    /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                 |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
|        |                 |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
|        |                 |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----William MURE
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
|        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Elen De KALENTIR
|        |                  \-----Mary STEWART
|        |                          |                           /-----Malcolm DRUMMOND
|        |                          |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|        |                          |                 |         \-----(Unk) GRAHAM
|        |                          |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|        |                           \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|        |                                   |                  /-----William De MONTFICHET
|        |                                   |         /-----Sir William De MONTIFICHET
|        |                                    \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
\-----Margaret FORBES
         |                                                      /-----Sir William De KEITH
         |                                             /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |                                            |         \-----Barbara De SETON
         |                                    /-----Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |                                   |        |         /-----Alexander De SYNTON
         |                                   |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
         |                                   |                  \-----Maria
         |                           /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |                  /-----Sir Robert KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Andrew FRASER
         |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander FRASER, Lord Great Chamberlain Of Scotla
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) Le CHEN
         |                 |        |         /-----John FRASER
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Reginald Le CHEYNE
         |                 |        |        |         \-----(Unk) Le CHEYNE
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Mary De MORAVIA
         |                 |         \-----Margaret FRASER
         |         /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |        |         \-----(Unk) Of TROUP
          \-----Egidia KEITH
                  |                                             /-----Sir Walter FITZ GILBERT
                  |                                    /-----Sir David FITZ WALTER
                  |                                   |         \-----Mary GORDON
                  |                           /-----Sir David HAMILTON
                  |                          |        |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |                          |         \-----Margaret De ROSS
                  |                          |                  \-----Eupheme
                  |                  /-----Sir John HAMILTON
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Sir William De KEITH
                  |                 |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH
                  |                 |         \-----Janet KEITH
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
                  |                 |                  \-----(Unk dau) MURE
                  |                 |                           \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
                  |         /-----Sir James HAMILTON
                  |        |        |                           /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
                  |        |        |                  /-----Sir John DOUGLAS
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Joan
                  |        |        |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----John GRAHAM
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Agnes GRAHAM
                  |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabella
                  |        |         \-----Jacoba DOUGLAS
                  |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Alexander DUNBAR
                  |        |                 |         /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
                  |        |                  \-----Agnes DUNBAR
                  |        |                          |         /-----Thomas RANDOLPH, Earl Of Moray
                  |        |                           \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
                  |        |                                    \-----Isabella De ROSS
                   \-----Mary HAMILTON
                           |                                    /-----William LIVINGSTON
                           |                           /-----Sir William LIVINGSTON, Lord Callendar
                           |                          |         \-----Margaret
                           |                  /-----Sir John LIVINGSTON
                           |                 |        |         /-----Patrick De CALLENDAR, Lord Callendar
                           |                 |         \-----Christian De CALLENDAR
                           |         /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
                           |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter De MONTEITH
                           |        |        |         /-----Sir John MENTEITH
                           |        |         \-----(Unk) MENTEITH
                           |        |                  \-----Margery STIRLING
                            \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
                                    |                  /-----John De DUNDAS
                                    |         /-----James DUNDAS
                                     \-----(Unk) DUNDAS

Descendants of William FORBES

1. William FORBES m. (Unk) LEITH

2+ Alexander FORBES m. Alison ANDERSON

2nd generation

2. Alexander FORBES m. Alison ANDERSON

m. Alison ANDERSON

3+ William FORBES m. Elizabeth GORDON

4+ John FORBES m. Elizabeth KEITH

3rd generation

3. William FORBES m. Elizabeth GORDON

m. Elizabeth GORDON father: George GORDON mother: Katherine FORBES

5+ Janet FORBES m. William FORBES

4. John FORBES m. Elizabeth KEITH

m. Elizabeth KEITH

6+ Duncan FORBES m. Janet FORBES

4th generation

5. Janet FORBES m. William FORBES

m. William FORBES father: James FORBES mother: Janet GORDON

7+ James FORBES m. Katherine MORTIMER

6. Duncan FORBES m. Janet FORBES

m. Janet FORBES father: James FORBES mother: Katherine MORTIMER

8+ Elizabeth FORBES m. William BAILLIE

9+ John FORBES m. Anna DUNBAR

5th generation

7. James FORBES m. Katherine MORTIMER

m. Katherine MORTIMER

10+ Janet FORBES m. Duncan FORBES

8. Elizabeth FORBES m. William BAILLIE

m. William BAILLIE

11+ Mary BAILLIE m. William MACKINTOSH

12+ Alexander BAILLIE m. Jean MACKENZIE

13+ William BAILLIE m. Magdalen STUART

9. John FORBES m. Anna DUNBAR

14+ John FORBES m. Elizabeth GRAHAM