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:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Sir James GORDON Birth: Abt 1590 Death: 5 Sep 1633 in France
  2. John GORDON Birth: 2
  3. George GORDON Birth: 3
  4. Alexander GORDON Birth: 4
  5. Katherine GORDON
  6. Agnes GORDON
  7. Janet GORDON Death: After 1620

Bibliography
  1. 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]*].
  2. 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].*].
  3. 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:
first son [Ref: Bulloch GORDON v2p193],
parents:
[Ref: Bulloch GORDON v2p193, CB II p299, Roberts RD600 p133]
Sources for death Information
date:
after 1635, perhaps abt 1637 [Ref: Bulloch GORDON v2p196]
in or before 1641 [Ref: CB II p299]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anna MERCER
date:
first marriage of James [Ref: CB II p299]
Sources with Information about marriage to Rebecca KEITH
date:
[Ref: Bulloch GORDON v2p206]
second marriage of James [Ref: CB II p299],
child:
[Ref: Bulloch GORDON v2p193, Bulloch GORDON v2p194, Bulloch GORDON v2p195, Bulloch GORDON v2p196, Bulloch GORDON v2p206, CB II p299, Roberts RD600 p133]
Research Notes:
1st Bart [Ref: CB II p299]
1st Bt [Ref: Bulloch GORDON v2p196, Roberts RD600 p133]

of Lesmoir, co Aberdeen [Ref: CB II p299]
of Lesmoir [Ref: Bulloch GORDON v2p196]

heir of his father [Ref: CB II p299]

10 Apr 1610: served heir to James Gordon, his great-grandfather, and to Alexander Gordon, his father [Ref: Bulloch GORDON v2p196]

2 Sep 1625: cr Baronet [Ref: CB II p299]

received a grant of 16,000 acres in Nova Scotia, entitled the barony of New Lesmoir, of which he had seizin in Jun 1626 [Ref: CB II p299]



Pedigree of Sir James GORDON
                                                                /-----Sir John GORDON
                                                       /-----Sir John GORDON
                                                      |         \-----Elizabeth
                                              /-----John GORDON
                                             |         \-----Elizabeth CRUICKSHANKS
                                     /-----William GORDON
                                    |        |                  /-----Robert MAITLAND
                                    |        |         /-----Robert MAITLAND
                                    |        |        |         \-----(Unk Dau) De KEITH
                                    |         \-----Elizabeth MAITLAND
                                    |                  \-----(Unk) SCHIVAS
                            /-----George GORDON
                           |         \-----(Unk) RUTHERFORD
                   /-----James GORDON
                  |        |         /-----Beroald INNES
                  |         \-----Isobel INNES
          /-----George GORDON
         |        |                                             /-----Sir Robert STEWART
         |        |                                    /-----Sir John STEWART
         |        |                           /-----Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn
         |        |                          |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
         |        |                          |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
         |        |                          |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
         |        |                  /-----Robert STEWART
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
         |        |                 |         \-----Joan STEWART
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
         |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
         |        |                 |                           \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
         |        |         /-----Patrick STEWART
         |         \-----Margaret STEWART
 /-----Alexander GORDON
|        |                  /-----William FORBES
|        |         /-----Alexander FORBES
|        |        |         \-----Katherine SETON
|         \-----Katherine FORBES
|                 |                                             /-----John GORDON
|                 |                                    /-----James GORDON
|                 |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth MAITLAND
|                 |                           /-----Patrick GORDON
|                 |                          |         \-----Canea HARPER
|                 |                  /-----James GORDON
|                 |         /-----Patrick GORDON
|                  \-----Janet GORDON
|                          |                                    /-----Sir Walter OGILVY
|                          |                           /-----Sir Walter OGILVY, High Treasurer Of Scotland
|                          |                          |         \-----Isabel RAMSAY
|                          |                  /-----Sir Walter OGILVY
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Sir John GLEN
|                          |                 |         \-----Isabel GLEN
|                          |                 |                  \-----Margaret ERSKINE
|                          |         /-----Sir James OGILVY
|                          |        |        |         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|                          |        |         \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
|                           \-----Mariot OGILVY
|                                   |         /-----Sir Robert INNES
|                                    \-----Margaret INNES
Sir James GORDON
|                                                               /-----Sir John FORBES
|                                                      /-----Sir William FORBES
|                                                     |         \-----Margaret KENNEDY
|                                             /-----Alexander FORBES
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir William FRASER
|                                            |         \-----Agnes FRASER
|                                            |                  \-----Eleanor DOUGLAS
|                                    /-----William FORBES
|                                   |        |                  /-----Gilbert HAY
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Alice HAY
|                                   |         \-----Maria HAY
|                                   |                 |         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                                   |                  \-----Beatrice DOUGLAS
|                                   |                           \-----Beatrice SINCLAIR
|                           /-----Alexander FORBES
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir Walter OGILVY
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir Walter OGILVY, High Treasurer Of Scotland
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Isabel RAMSAY
|                          |        |         /-----Sir John OGILVY
|                          |        |        |         \-----Isabel
|                          |         \-----Mariota OGILVY
|                          |                 |                  /-----Sir John SETON, Lord Of Seton
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir William SETON
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Katherine De St CLAIR
|                          |                  \-----Margaret SETON
|                          |                          |         /-----Sir George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|                          |                           \-----Janet DUNBAR
|                          |                                    \-----Beatrice
|                  /-----John FORBES
|                 |         \-----Isobel WEMYSS
|         /-----Alexander FORBES
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir William De KEITH
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Barbara De SETON
|        |        |                           /-----John De KEITH
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Alexander De SYNTON
|        |        |                          |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Maria
|        |        |                  /-----Sir William De KEITH
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Reginald Le CHEYNE
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Reginald CHEYNE
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Mary De MORAVIA
|        |        |                 |         \-----Mariota Le CHEYNE
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Laurence De ABERNETHY
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Helen De ABERNETHY
|        |        |         /-----Sir William De KEITH
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir James DUNBAR
|        |        |        |         \-----Janet DUNBAR
|        |         \-----Jean KEITH
|        |                 |                                    /-----Sir Andrew GRAY
|        |                 |                           /-----Andrew GRAY, Lord Gray
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Janet MORTIMER
|        |                 |                  /-----Patrick GRAY, Master Of Gray
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir John WEMYSS
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth WEMYSS
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Isabella ERSKINE
|        |                 |         /-----Andrew GREY, Lord Grey
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir John FORBES
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander FORBES, Lord Forbes
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret KENNEDY
|        |                 |        |         \-----Annabel FORBES
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Mary STEWART
|        |                  \-----Janet GREY
|        |                          |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
|        |                          |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
|        |                          |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
|        |                          |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
|        |                           \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |                                   |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|        |                                   |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|        |                                   |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART
|        |                                    \-----Margaret DOUGLAS, Countess Of Douglas
|        |                                            |         /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM, Earl Of Strathern
|        |                                             \-----Eupheme GRAHAM
|        |                                                      \-----Eupheme STEWART, Countess Palatine Of Strathern
 \-----Marion FORBES
         |                                                      /-----George De ABERNETHY
         |                                             /-----Sir William ABERNETHY
         |                                    /-----Sir William ABERNETHY
         |                                   |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
         |                                   |         \-----Maria STEWART
         |                                   |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
         |                           /-----Laurence ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy
         |                          |        |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
         |                          |        |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |                          |        |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
         |                          |         \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
         |                          |                  \-----(Unk)
         |                  /-----James ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy
         |                 |         \-----Margaret
         |         /-----Alexander ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy
          \-----Beatrix ABERNETHY
                  |                                             /-----Sir James STEWART
                  |                                    /-----Sir Robert STEWART
                  |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
                  |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
                  |                 |        |                  /-----John Of Argyll, Lord Of Lorn
                  |                 |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
                  |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Thomas ISAAC
                  |                 |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
                  |                 |                           \-----Mathilda De BRUS
                  |         /-----Sir James STEWART, Earl Of Buchan
                  |        |        |                           /-----Edward III King Of England
                  |        |        |                  /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Philippa Of Hainault
                  |        |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Payn Roet Of Hainault, Gulenne King Of Arms
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Katharine Of Hainault
                  |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
                  |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas De HOLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
                  |        |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas HOLLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan PLANTAGENET, Fair Maid Of Kent, Countess
                  |        |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
                  |        |                          |         /-----Sir Richard FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel And Surrey
                  |        |                           \-----Alice FITZALAN
                  |        |                                    \-----Eleanor PLANTAGENET
                   \-----(Unk) STEWART
                           |                                    /-----Sir Walter OGILVY
                           |                           /-----Sir Alexander OGILVY
                           |                          |         \-----Isabel RAMSAY
                           |                  /-----Patrick OGILVY
                           |         /-----Sir Alexander OGILVY
                           |        |        |                  /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
                           |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander KEITH
                           |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret FRASER
                           |        |         \-----Christian KEITH
                           |        |                 |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                           |        |                  \-----Marjorie STEWART
                           |        |                           \-----Elizabeth MURE
                            \-----Margaret OGILVY



Descendants of Sir James GORDON
1. Sir James GORDON m1. Anna MERCER m2. Rebecca KEITH
m. Anna MERCER
m. Rebecca KEITH father: Andrew KEITH

2nd generation

2. Sir James GORDON m. Helen URQUHART
m. Helen URQUHART father: Walter URQUHART
8. Janet GORDON m. James CRICHTON
m. James CRICHTON

3rd generation

9. Katherine GORDON m. John ABERCROMBY
m. John ABERCROMBY
10. Sir James CRICHTON m. Elizabeth GORDON
m. Elizabeth GORDON father: John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland mother: Agnes ELPHINSTONE

4th generation

11. Alexander ABERCROMBY m. Katherine DUNBAR
m. Katherine DUNBAR

5th generation

13. Alexander ABERCROMBY m. Helen MELDRUM
m. Helen MELDRUM