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. Jean SEMPILL Death: 28 Feb 1592/3

Marriage: Children:
  1. Margaret SEMPILL
  2. Robert SEMPILL, Master of Sempill Birth: 1 Death: Before 16 Dec 1569

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 11, Ridley-Sinclair. London: St Catherine Press, 1949. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/27141 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XI [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Ravilious, John, Houstoun descent. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 1/27/2001. Subject: New MC Line: Clare-Bruce-Stewart-MacDonald- - - - Houstoun - Fleming [long]. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/CrWKS2Ix6Rc/m/mICxN_Cb-cgJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 1/27/2001-220328].
  4. Ravilious, John, Sanquhar and Ros of Wark. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 9/16/2003. Subject: CP ' Expansion ' : Sanquhar, co. Dumfries and de Ros of Wark. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/tPGnnBqCV5c/m/0huk2Y9cS-gJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 9/16/2003-220001].
  5. 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
date:
abt 1505 [Ref: CP XI p623, John Ravilious SGM 9/16/2003-220001]
first son [Ref: Burke Peerage p1809],
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1809, CP XI p623, John Ravilious SGM 9/16/2003-220001, Roberts RD600 p131]
Sources for death Information
date:
1574 [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 1/27/2001-220328]
before 17 Jan 1575/6 [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 9/16/2003-220001]
between 1 Aug 1573 and 17 Jan 1575/6 [Ref: CP XI p624]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth CARLILE
date:
concubine [Ref: CP XI p158],
child:
[Ref: CP XI p158(e), CP XI p158]
Sources with Information about marriage to Isabel HAMILTON
date:
before 7 Apr 1538 [Ref: CP XI p623],
names:
[Ref: John Ravilious SGM 9/16/2003-220001],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1809, CP XI p624, Roberts RD600 p131]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
child:
Jean/Janet (#248157) [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 9/16/2003-220001]
Research Notes:
3rd Lord Sempill, of Barony cr 1488 [Ref: CP XI p623]
3rd Baron Semphill [Ref: Burke Peerage p1809, Roberts RD600 p131]

one of the leaders of the Reformation [Ref: Burke Peerage p1809]



Pedigree of Robert SEMPILL, Lord Sempill
                                                                /-----Thomas De SEMPILL
                                                       /-----Sir John De SEMPILL
                                              /-----John SEMPILL
                                     /-----Sir Robert SEMPILL
                            /-----Sir William SEMPILL
                   /-----Sir Thomas SEMPHILL
                  |        |                                    /-----Alanus De CATHKERT
                  |        |                           /-----Sir Alan CATHCARD
                  |        |                  /-----Alan CATHCART
                  |        |         /-----Sir Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart
                  |         \-----Margaret CATHCART
                  |                  \-----Janet MAXWELL
          /-----Sir John SEMPILL, Lord Sempill
         |        |                                             /-----Sir Godfrey ROSS
         |        |                                    /-----John ROSS
         |        |                           /-----Sir John ROSS
         |        |                  /-----Sir John ROSS
         |        |         /-----John ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead
         |         \-----Elizabeth ROSS
         |                 |         /-----John MURE
         |                  \-----Marjory MURE
 /-----William SEMPILL, Lord Sempill
|        |                                                      /-----Robert COLVILLE
|        |                                             /-----Robert COLVILLE
|        |                                            |         \-----Katerina
|        |                                    /-----Sir Thomas COLVILLE
|        |                           /-----Robert COLVILLE
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Sir James LINDSAY
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir James LINDSAY
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Egidia STEWART
|        |                          |         \-----Margaret LINDSAY
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|        |                          |                  \-----Margaret KEITH
|        |                          |                           \-----Margaret FRASER
|        |                  /-----Sir Robert COLVILLE
|        |                 |         \-----Margaret COLVILLE
|        |         /-----Sir Robert COLVILLE
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Alexander De CRICHTON
|        |        |        |                           /-----William De CRICHTON
|        |        |        |                  /-----Edward De CRICHTON
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Lord Ros Of Wark
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De ROS
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Laura
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
|        |        |         \-----Christian CRICHTON
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
|         \-----Margaret COLVILLE
|                  \-----Eupheme WALLACE
Robert SEMPILL, Lord Sempill
|                                                               /-----John MONTGOMERY
|                                                      /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
|                                                     |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                                             /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir Hugh EGLINTON
|                                            |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
|                                            |                  \-----Agnes MORE
|                                    /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Lord Montgomerie
|                                   |        |                  /-----Angus Og Lord Of The Isles
|                                   |        |         /-----John Lord Of The Isles
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Agnes Of Cathan Of Ulster
|                                   |         \-----Agnes Of The Isles
|                                   |                 |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                                   |                  \-----Margaret STEWART
|                                   |                           \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                           /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|                          |        |                  /-----Robert BOYD
|                          |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) FLEMING
|                          |        |         /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
|                          |        |        |         \-----Margaret GIFFORD
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
|                          |         \-----Margaret BOYD
|                          |                 |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                          |                 |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                          |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                          |                          |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
|                          |                           \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
|                          |                                    \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
|                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
|                 |        |                                    /-----Adam HEPBURN
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Marion FOURBOUR
|                 |        |                  /-----Patrick HEPBURN
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Agnes
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Agnes RANDOLPH
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----William De VAUX
|                 |        |        |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
|                 |         \-----Elizabeth HEPBURN
|                 |                 |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|                 |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
|                 |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
|                 |                           \-----(Unk)
|         /-----Hugh MONTGOMERIE, Earl Of Eglintoun
|        |        |                                    /-----John KENNEDY
|        |        |                           /-----Sir Gilbert KENNEDY
|        |        |                          |         \-----Mary
|        |        |                  /-----Sir James KENNEDY
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
|        |        |                 |         \-----Agnes MAXWELL
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir James LINDSAY
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Isabel LINDSAY
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Egidia STEWART
|        |        |         /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|        |        |        |         \-----Mary STEWART
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|        |        |        |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir William De MONTIFICHET
|        |        |        |                           \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
|        |         \-----Catherine KENNEDY
|        |                 |                                    /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
|        |                 |                           /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Christian
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
|        |                 |         /-----Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter STEWART, Lord Of Dalswinton
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----John STEWART
|        |                 |        |         \-----Katherine STEWART
|        |                  \-----Catherine MAXWELL
|        |                          |                           /-----Sir John HERRIES
|        |                          |                  /-----Sir John HERRIES
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Margaret
|        |                          |         /-----Sir Herbert HERRIES
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----Sir James LINDSAY
|        |                          |        |         \-----Eufemia LINDSAY
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Margaret KEITH
|        |                           \-----(Unk) HERRIES
|        |                                    \-----Margaret
 \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
         |                                                      /-----Sir Colin CAMPBELL
         |                                             /-----Gillespic CAMPBELL
         |                                            |         \-----Helena De MONTEITH
         |                                    /-----Sir Colin CAMPBELL
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir John LAMONT
         |                                   |         \-----Isabel LAMONT
         |                           /-----Sir Duncan CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell
         |                          |        |                  /-----Dougal CAMPBELL
         |                          |        |         /-----John CAMPBELL
         |                          |         \-----Mariot CAMPBELL
         |                  /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Master Of Campbell
         |                 |        |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
         |                 |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
         |                 |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
         |                 |         \-----Marjory STEWART
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
         |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Annabelle Of Strathearn
         |                 |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
         |                 |                          |         /-----Alan De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
         |                 |                           \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
         |                 |                                    \-----Marjory
         |         /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir William SOMERVILLE
         |        |        |                           /-----Sir Thomas SOMERVILLE
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Katherine HALLIDAY
         |        |        |                  /-----William SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Alexander STEWART
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Janet STEWART
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Joanna
         |        |        |         /-----John SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John MOWAT
         |        |        |        |         \-----Janet MOWAT
         |        |         \-----Elizabeth SOMERVILE
         |        |                 |                           /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
         |        |                 |                  /-----Patrick HEPBURN
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Agnes
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----William De VAUX
         |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
         |        |                  \-----Helen HEPBURN
         |        |                          |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
         |        |                          |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |        |                          |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
         |        |                           \-----Janet BORTHWICK
         |        |                                    \-----(Unk)
          \-----Helen CAMPBELL
                  |                                             /-----Sir James STEWART
                  |                                    /-----Sir Robert STEWART
                  |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
                  |                  /-----Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn
                  |                 |        |                  /-----John Of Argyll, Lord Of Lorn
                  |                 |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
                  |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Thomas ISAAC
                  |                 |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
                  |                 |                           \-----Mathilda De BRUS
                  |         /-----John STEWART, Lord Lorn
                  |        |        |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
                  |        |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
                  |        |        |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
                  |        |         \-----Joan STEWART
                  |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
                  |        |                 |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Annabelle Of Strathearn
                  |        |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
                  |        |                          |         /-----Alan De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
                  |        |                           \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
                  |        |                                    \-----Marjory
                   \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                            \-----Fingula Of The Isles



Descendants of Robert SEMPILL, Lord Sempill
1. Robert SEMPILL, Lord Sempill m1. Elizabeth CARLILE m2. Isabel HAMILTON
m. Elizabeth CARLILE
m. Isabel HAMILTON father: William HAMILTON mother: Katherine KENNEDY

2nd generation

2. Jean SEMPILL m1. James ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead m2. Alexander FLEMING
m. James ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead father: Ninian ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead mother: Janet STEWART
m. Alexander FLEMING father: William FLEMING
3. Margaret SEMPILL m. David HAMILTON
m. David HAMILTON
4. Robert SEMPILL, Master of Sempill m1. Elizabeth HAMILTON m2. Barbara PRESTON
m. Elizabeth HAMILTON father: James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran
m. Barbara PRESTON father: Archibald PRESTON mother: (Unk) SEMPILL

3rd generation

5. Robert ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead m. Jean HAMILTON
m. Jean HAMILTON father: Gavin HAMILTON
6. Sir William ROSS m.
7. Katherine HAMILTON m. James HAMILTON
m. James HAMILTON
8. Robert SEMPILL, Lord Sempill m1. Agnes MONTGOMERY m2. Johanna EVERARD
m. Agnes MONTGOMERY father: Hugh MONTGOMERIE, Earl Of Eglintoun mother: Agnes DRUMMOND
m. Johanna EVERARD father: Levimus EVERARD

4th generation

9. James ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead m. Margaret SCOTT
m. Margaret SCOTT father: Walter SCOTT, Lord Scott Of Buccleuch mother: Margaret KERR
10. Sir William ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead m1. Elizabeth HOUSTON m2. Margaret FORRESTER
m. Elizabeth HOUSTON father: Sir Patrick HOUSTON
m. Margaret FORRESTER father: Sir James FORRESTER
11. Robert HAMILTON m. Beatrix HAMILTON
m. Beatrix HAMILTON
12. Barbara SEMPHILL m. Sir Colin LAMONT
m. Sir Colin LAMONT

5th generation

16. George ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead m1. Grizel COCHRANE m2. Jean RAMSAY
m. Grizel COCHRANE father: William COCHRANE, Earl Of Dundonald mother: Eupheme SCOTT
m. Jean RAMSAY father: George RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie mother: Anne FLEMING
17. Janet HAMILTON m. John HAMILTON
m. John HAMILTON father: Gavin HAMILTON
18. Anne LAMONT m. William CRAUFORD
m. William CRAUFORD