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. John SPOTSWOOD
  2. Robert SPOTSWOOD
  3. Anne Catherine SPOTSWOOD
  4. Dorothea SPOTSWOOD Birth: 1747 in Virginia

Bibliography
  1. Hart, Craig, Genealogy of the Wives of the American Presidents, Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2004. NYPL APK 05-1088 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Hart PresidentWives p[0-9]*].
  2. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p[0-9]*].
  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:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p4, Roberts RD600 p138],
place:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p238, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p4],
parents:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p4, Roberts RD600 p138]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
1706 [Ref: Hart PresidentWives p238]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p5]
1740 [Ref: Roberts RD600 p138],
place:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p5]
Sources with Information about marriage to Butler BRAYNE
date:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p4],
place:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p4],
names:
Alexander SPOTSWOOD & Anne BRYAN [Ref: Hart PresidentWives p238],
child:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p5, Roberts RD600 p138]
Research Notes:
Major General [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p4]
Esq [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p4]

heir of his father [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p4]

1710: appointed lieutenant-governor of Virginia, serving under the moninal governor, George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p4]

colonial (lt) governor of Virginia [Ref: Roberts RD600 p138]

1713: legatee in will of his half-brother, Roger Elliot, Esq, Governor of Gibraltar [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p4]



Pedigree of Alexander SPOTSWOOD
                   /-----John SPOTSWOOD, Archbishop Of St Andrews
          /-----Sir Robert SPOTSWOOD
         |        |                                             /-----Sir Walter LINDSAY
         |        |                                    /-----Sir David LINDSAY
         |        |                                   |         \-----Isabel LEVINGTON
         |        |                           /-----Sir Walter LINDSAY
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Thomas FOTHERINGHAM
         |        |                          |         \-----Katherine FOTHERINGHAM
         |        |                  /-----Alexander LINDSAY
         |        |                 |        |         /-----John ERSKINE
         |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) ERSKINE
         |        |         /-----David LINDSAY, Bishop Of Ross
         |        |        |         \-----(Unk) BARCLAY
         |         \-----Rachel LINDSAY
         |                  \-----Janet RAMSAY
 /-----Robert SPOTSWOOD
|        |                  /-----John MORRISON
|        |         /-----Sir Alexander MORRISON
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir John PRESTON
|        |        |         \-----Katherine PRESTON
|         \-----Bethia MORRISON
|                 |                           /-----Sir Thomas MAULE
|                 |                  /-----Sir Robert MAULE
|                 |                 |        |         /-----David ROLLOCK
|                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth ROLLOCK
|                 |         /-----William MAULE
|                 |        |        |                           /-----David ARBUTHNOTT
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Robert ARBUTHNOTT
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth DURHAM
|                 |        |        |         /-----James ARBUTHNOTT
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir James SCRYMGEOUR
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Mariot SCRYMGEOUR
|                 |        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret MAITLAND
|                 |        |         \-----Isabel ARBUTHNOTT
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|                 |        |                  \-----Jean STEWART
|                 |        |                          |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
|                 |        |                           \-----Eleanor SINCLAIR
|                 |        |                                    \-----Marjorie SUTHERLAND
|                  \-----Eleanor MAULE
|                          |         /-----Alexander GUTHRIE
|                           \-----Bethia GUTHRIE
|                                    \-----Janet HENRYSON
Alexander SPOTSWOOD
 \-----Catherine



Descendants of Alexander SPOTSWOOD
1. Alexander SPOTSWOOD m. Butler BRAYNE
m. Butler BRAYNE father: Richard BRAYNE mother: Anne

2nd generation

5. Dorothea SPOTSWOOD m. Nathaniel West DANDRIDGE
m. Nathaniel West DANDRIDGE father: William DANDRIDGE mother: Unity WEST

3rd generation

6. Martha DANDRIDGE m. Archibald PAYNE
m. Archibald PAYNE father: John PAYNE mother: Hannah HARRIS

4th generation

7. Catherine PAYNE m. Archibald BOLLING
m. Archibald BOLLING father: John III BOLLING mother: Mary JEFFERSON

5th generation

8. Archibald Jr BOLLING m. Anne E WIGGINTON
m. Anne E WIGGINTON father: Benjamin WIGGINTON mother: Harriett B SCOTT