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: John GRANT
Sex: M
Birth: 1 ^b
Death: 3 Jun 1585 in Ballachastel ^d

Parents:

Father:
James GRANT Birth: 1 Death: 26 Aug 1553 in Freuchie

Mother:

Elizabeth FORBES

Family:
Marriage:

Margaret STEWART on Before 19 Feb 1539/4 .^m1
Margaret STEWART

Children:

Barbara GRANT
Duncan GRANT Birth: 1 Death: Before 25 Mar 1581/2 in Abernethy

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 08, Lindley-Moate. London: St Catherine Press, 1932. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VIII [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]*].
Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP VII p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: first son [Ref: SP VII p460],
parents:: [Ref: SP VII p460]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: SP VII p462],
place:: [Ref: SP VII p462]

Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret STEWART

date:: before 19 Feb 1539/40 [Ref: SP VII p463],
child:: [Ref: Roberts RD600 p127, SP VII p463, SP VII p464]

Research Notes:
of Grant [Ref: CP VIII p343]
of Freuchie [Ref: Roberts RD600 p127]
of Freuchie [Ref: CP VIII p189]

Pedigree of John GRANT
                                     /-----Sir John GRANT
                            /-----Sir Duncan GRANT
                           |        |         /-----Gilbert De GLENCAIRNIE
                           |         \-----Matilda Of GLENCARNIE
                   /-----John GRANT
          /-----John GRANT
         |        |         /-----Malcolm MACKINTOSH
         |         \-----Muriel MACKINTOSH
/-----James GRANT
|        |                                                      /-----Patrick De OGILVY
|        |                                             /-----Walter De OGILVY
|        |                                            |         \-----Marjorie RAMSAY
|        |                                    /-----Sir Walter OGILVY
|        |                           /-----Sir Walter OGILVY, High Treasurer Of Scotland
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Malcolm RAMSAY, Lord Of Auchterhouse
|        |                          |         \-----Isabel RAMSAY
|        |                  /-----Sir Walter OGILVY
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John GLEN
|        |                 |         \-----Isabel GLEN
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Allan ERSKINE
|        |                 |                  \-----Margaret ERSKINE
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Sir John INCHMARTINE
|        |                 |                           \-----Isabel INCHMARTINE
|        |                 |                                    \-----Margaret WEMYSS
|        |         /-----Sir James OGILVY
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|        |        |         \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
|         \-----Margaret OGILVY
|                 |         /-----Sir Robert INNES
|                  \-----Margaret INNES
John GRANT
|                                                      /-----John De FORBES
|                                             /-----Sir John FORBES
|                                            |         \-----Margaret
|                                    /-----Sir Alexander FORBES, Lord Forbes
|                                   |        |         /-----John KENNEDY
|                                   |         \-----Margaret KENNEDY
|                                   |                  \-----Mary
|                           /-----James FORBES, Lord Forbes
|                          |        |                           /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent Of Scotland
|                          |        |                  /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
|                          |        |         /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Thomas STEWART, Earl Of Angus
|                          |        |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART, Countess Of Angus And Mar
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
|                          |         \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|                          |                 |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                          |                 |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                          |                  \-----Mary STEWART
|                          |                          |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|                          |                           \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|                          |                                    \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
|                  /-----William FORBES, Lord Forbes
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Robert KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----John FRASER
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Margaret FRASER
|                 |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                 |        |        |         \-----(Unk) Of TROUP
|                 |         \-----Egidia KEITH
|                 |                 |                           /-----Sir David HAMILTON
|                 |                 |                  /-----Sir John HAMILTON
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Janet KEITH
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir James HAMILTON
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Jacoba DOUGLAS
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Agnes DUNBAR
|                 |                  \-----Mary HAMILTON
|                 |                          |                  /-----Sir John LIVINGSTON
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
|                 |                          |        |         \-----(Unk) MENTEITH
|                 |                           \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
|                 |                                   |         /-----James DUNDAS
|                 |                                    \-----(Unk) DUNDAS
|         /-----John FORBES, Lord Forbes
|        |        |                                    /-----Alan De WINTOUN
|        |        |                           /-----Sir William SETON
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander SETON
|        |        |                          |         \-----Margaret SETON
|        |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm FLEMING
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir David FLEMING
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Christian KEITH
|        |        |                 |         \-----Janet FLEMING
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir David BARCLAY, Lord Of Brechin
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Jean BARCLAY
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Margaret Of Brechin
|        |        |         /-----Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Adam GORDON
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John GORDON
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam GORDON
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
|        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth GORDON
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John KEITH
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret FRASER
|        |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth KEITH
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |        |        |                           \-----Jean STEWART
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |         \-----Christian GORDON
|        |                 |                                    /-----Sir John De CRICHTON
|        |                 |                           /-----William CRICHTON
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir John CRICHTON
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir John PRESTON
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Margaret PRESTON
|        |                 |         /-----William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton
|        |                 |        |         \-----Christian
|        |                  \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
|        |                           \-----Agnes
\-----Elizabeth FORBES
         |                                                      /-----Sir John STEWART
         |                                             /-----Sir James STEWART
         |                                            |         \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
         |                                    /-----Sir Robert STEWART
         |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
         |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
         |                 |        |                           /-----Alan Mac JOHN
         |                 |        |                  /-----John Of Argyll, Lord Of Lorn
         |                 |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
         |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
         |                 |                 |         /-----Thomas ISAAC
         |                 |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
         |                 |                          |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
         |                 |                           \-----Mathilda De BRUS
         |                 |                                    \-----Elizabeth De BURG
         |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
         |        |        |                                    /-----Edward II King Of England
         |        |        |                           /-----Edward III King Of England
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Isabella Of France
         |        |        |                  /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----William III Count Of Hainault And Holland
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Philippa Of Hainault
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Joanna Of Valois
         |        |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Payn Roet Of Hainault, Gulenne King Of Arms
         |        |        |        |         \-----Katharine Of Hainault
         |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
         |        |                 |                           /-----Sir Robert De HOLAND, Lord Holand
         |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas De HOLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Maud La Zouche
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas HOLLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Edmund Of Woodstock PLANTAGENET, Earl Of Kent
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan PLANTAGENET, Fair Maid Of Kent, Countess
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret WAKE, Baroness Wake
         |        |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
         |        |                          |                  /-----Sir Edmund FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel
         |        |                          |         /-----Sir Richard FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel And Surrey
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Alice De WARENNE
         |        |                           \-----Alice FITZALAN
         |        |                                   |         /-----Henry PLANTAGENET, Earl Of Lancaster
         |        |                                    \-----Eleanor PLANTAGENET
         |        |                                             \-----Maud CHAWORTH
          \-----Katherine STEWART
                  |                                             /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
                  |                                    /-----Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin
                  |                           /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
                  |                          |        |         /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern, Caithness, And Orkney
                  |                          |         \-----Isabel Of Strathern
                  |                          |                  \-----Margery Of Ross
                  |                  /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Adam HALIBURTON
                  |                 |        |         /-----Sir Walter HALIBURTON
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Isabella
                  |                 |         \-----Jean HALYBURTON
                  |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
                  |        |        |                           /-----James DOUGLAS
                  |        |        |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
                  |        |        |         /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
                  |        |         \-----Jill DOUGLAS
                  |        |                 |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |                 |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
                  |        |                  \-----Jill STEWART
                  |        |                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |        |                           \-----Euphemia Of Ross
                  |        |                                    \-----Margaret GRAHAM
                   \-----Eleanor SINCLAIR
                           |                                    /-----Kenneth SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
                           |                           /-----William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
                           |                          |         \-----Margaret Of Mar
                           |                  /-----Robert SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
                           |                 |        |         /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
                           |                 |         \-----Joan De MONTEITH
                           |         /-----Alexander SUTHERLAND
                           |        |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                           |        |        |         /-----Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Buchan
                           |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
                           |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART
                           |        |                 |         /-----Iye MacETH
                           |        |                  \-----Mariot ATHYN
                            \-----Marjorie SUTHERLAND
                                     \-----Catherine CHALMER

Descendants of John GRANT

1. John GRANT m. Margaret STEWART

m. Margaret STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl mother: Grizel RATTRAY

2+ Barbara GRANT m. Colin MACKENZIE

3+ Duncan GRANT m. Margaret MACKINTOSH

2nd generation

2. Barbara GRANT m. Colin MACKENZIE

m. Colin MACKENZIE father: Sir Kenneth MacKENZIE mother: Elizabeth STEWART

4+ Kenneth MACKENZIE, Lord Mackenzie m1. Jean ROSS m2. Isabel OGILVY

5+ Katherine MACKENZIE m. Simon FRASER, Baron Lovat

3. Duncan GRANT m. Margaret MACKINTOSH

m. Margaret MACKINTOSH father: William MACKINTOSH

6+ John GRANT m. Lillias MURRAY

3rd generation

4. Kenneth MACKENZIE, Lord Mackenzie m1. Jean ROSS m2. Isabel OGILVY

m. Jean ROSS father: George ROSS

7+ Colin MACKENZIE, Earl Of Seaforth m. Margaret SETON

m. Isabel OGILVY father: Sir Gilbert OGILVY

8+ Thomas MACKENZIE m. Jean GRANT

5. Katherine MACKENZIE m. Simon FRASER, Baron Lovat

m. Simon FRASER, Baron Lovat father: Hugh FRASER, Lord Lovat mother: Elizabeth STEWART

9+ Hugh FRASER, Baron Lovat m. Isabel WEMYSS

6. John GRANT m. Lillias MURRAY

m. Lillias MURRAY father: Sir John MURRAY

10+ Jean GRANT m1. William SUTHERLAND m2. Thomas MACKENZIE

4th generation

7. Colin MACKENZIE, Earl Of Seaforth m. Margaret SETON

m. Margaret SETON father: Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline mother: Lilias DRUMMOND

11+ Anne MACKENZIE m1. Alexander LINDSAY, Earl of Balcarres m2. Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll

8. Thomas MACKENZIE m. Jean GRANT

m. Jean GRANT father: John GRANT mother: Lillias MURRAY

12+ Colin MACKENZIE m. Margaret HEATLEY

9. Hugh FRASER, Baron Lovat m. Isabel WEMYSS

m. Isabel WEMYSS father: Sir John WEMYSS mother: Mary STEWART

13 Simon FRASER

14+ Hugh FRASER m. Anne LESLIE

15 Anne FRASER m. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland; John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland father: John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland mother: Agnes ELPHINSTONE

10. Jean GRANT m1. William SUTHERLAND m2. Thomas MACKENZIE

m. William SUTHERLAND

m. Thomas MACKENZIE father: Kenneth MACKENZIE, Lord Mackenzie mother: Isabel OGILVY

12+ Colin MACKENZIE m. Margaret HEATLEY

5th generation

11. Anne MACKENZIE m1. Alexander LINDSAY, Earl of Balcarres m2. Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll

m. Alexander LINDSAY, Earl of Balcarres father: David LINDSAY, Lord Balcarres mother: Sophia SETON

16 Charles LINDSAY, Earl of Balcarres

17+ Colin LINDSAAY, Earl of Balcarres m1. Mauritia De NASSAU m2. Jean CARNEGIE m3. Jean KER m4. Margaret CAMPBELL

m. Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll father: Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl of Argyll mother: Margaret DOUGLAS

12. Colin MACKENZIE m. Margaret HEATLEY

m. Margaret HEATLEY

18+ Margaret MACKENZIE m. Robert DUNBAR

14. Hugh FRASER m. Anne LESLIE

m. Anne LESLIE father: Alexander LESLIE, Earl of Leven mother: Agnes RENTON

19+ Hugh FRASER, Lord Lovat m. Anne MACKENZIE