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: Alexander GORDON
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1538 ^b
Death: Nov 1609 ^d

Parents:

Father:
George GORDON Birth: Abt 1516 Death: Abt 1591

Mother:

Katherine FORBES

Family:
Marriage:

Marion FORBES on Abt 1561 .^m1
Marion FORBES

Children:

Sir James GORDON Birth: 1 Death: Abt 1637
Katherine GORDON

Bibliography

Bulloch, John Malcolm, House of Gordon, Aberdeen: University Press, 1907. Available at http://archive.org/details/houseofgordonedi02bull. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bulloch GORDON v2p[0-9]*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Baronetage, 1611-1800, vol 2 English Irish and Scottish 1625-1649. Exeter, England: W Pollard, 1902. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/268971 Also available at https://archive.org/details/completebaroneta02coka Also available at https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524382 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CB II [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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: abt 1538 [Ref: Bulloch GORDON v2p189]; first son [Ref: Bulloch GORDON v2p185],
parents:: [Ref: Bulloch GORDON v2p185]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Bulloch GORDON v2p189]; 1609 [Ref: CB II p299]

Sources with Information about marriage to Marion FORBES

date:: abt 1561 [Ref: Bulloch GORDON v2p193],
child:: [Ref: Bulloch GORDON v2p193, CB II p299, Roberts RD600 p133]

Research Notes:
of Lesmoir [Ref: Bulloch GORDON v2p185, Roberts RD600 p133]

Pedigree of Alexander GORDON
                                                                /-----Sir Adam GORDON
                                                       /-----Sir John GORDON
                                              /-----Sir John GORDON
                                             |         \-----Elizabeth
                                     /-----John GORDON
                                    |         \-----Elizabeth CRUICKSHANKS
                            /-----William GORDON
                           |        |                           /-----William MAITLAND
                           |        |                  /-----Robert MAITLAND
                           |        |         /-----Robert MAITLAND
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John De KEITH
                           |        |        |         \-----(Unk Dau) De KEITH
                           |        |        |                  \-----(Unk) De SOULES
                           |         \-----Elizabeth MAITLAND
                           |                  \-----(Unk) SCHIVAS
                   /-----George GORDON
                  |         \-----(Unk) RUTHERFORD
          /-----James GORDON
         |        |         /-----Beroald INNES
         |         \-----Isobel INNES
/-----George GORDON
|        |                                                      /-----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
|        |                  /-----Robert STEWART
|        |                 |        |                           /-----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
|        |         /-----Patrick STEWART
|         \-----Margaret STEWART
Alexander GORDON
|                  /-----William FORBES
|         /-----Alexander FORBES
|        |         \-----Katherine SETON
\-----Katherine FORBES
         |                                                      /-----Sir John GORDON
         |                                             /-----John GORDON
         |                                            |         \-----Elizabeth CRUICKSHANKS
         |                                    /-----James GORDON
         |                                   |        |         /-----Robert MAITLAND
         |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth MAITLAND
         |                                   |                  \-----(Unk) SCHIVAS
         |                           /-----Patrick GORDON
         |                          |         \-----Canea HARPER
         |                  /-----James GORDON
         |         /-----Patrick GORDON
          \-----Janet GORDON
                  |                                             /-----Walter De OGILVY
                  |                                    /-----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 Allan ERSKINE
                  |                 |                  \-----Margaret ERSKINE
                  |                 |                           \-----Isabel INCHMARTINE
                  |         /-----Sir James OGILVY
                  |        |        |         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
                  |        |         \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
                   \-----Mariot OGILVY
                           |         /-----Sir Robert INNES
                            \-----Margaret INNES

Descendants of Alexander GORDON

1. Alexander GORDON m. Marion FORBES

m. Marion FORBES father: Alexander FORBES mother: Beatrix ABERNETHY

2+ Sir James GORDON m1. Anna MERCER m2. Rebecca KEITH

3+ Katherine GORDON m. Alexander BURNET

2nd generation

2. Sir James GORDON m1. Anna MERCER m2. Rebecca KEITH

m. Rebecca KEITH father: Andrew KEITH

4+ Sir James GORDON m. Helen URQUHART

6 George GORDON

7 Alexander GORDON

8 Katherine GORDON m. Alexander BURNETT

9 Agnes GORDON m. George BANNERMAN

10+ Janet GORDON m. James CRICHTON

3. Katherine GORDON m. Alexander BURNET

m. Alexander BURNET

11+ Robert BURNET m. Rachel JOHNSTON

3rd generation

4. Sir James GORDON m. Helen URQUHART

m. Helen URQUHART father: Walter URQUHART

12+ Katherine GORDON m. John ABERCROMBY

10. Janet GORDON m. James CRICHTON

m. James CRICHTON

13+ Sir James CRICHTON m. Elizabeth GORDON

11. Robert BURNET m. Rachel JOHNSTON

m. Rachel JOHNSTON

14 William BURNET m1. Maria STANHOPE m2. Anna Maria Van HORNE

4th generation

12. Katherine GORDON m. John ABERCROMBY

m. John ABERCROMBY

15+ Alexander ABERCROMBY m. Katherine DUNBAR

13. Sir James CRICHTON m. Elizabeth GORDON

m. Elizabeth GORDON father: John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland mother: Agnes ELPHINSTONE

16 James CRICHTON, Viscount Frendraught, Lord Cr

5th generation

15. Alexander ABERCROMBY m. Katherine DUNBAR

m. Katherine DUNBAR

17+ Alexander ABERCROMBY m. Helen MELDRUM