Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 01-20-2025.

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. Gospatric Earl Of Dunbar Birth: 1 Death: 1166
  2. Adam Of Dunbar Birth: 2
  3. Edward Of Edlingham Birth: 3
  4. Edgar Of Dunbar Birth: 4 Death: After 1140
  5. Juliana Of Dunbar

Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 04 Dacre-Dysart. London: St Catherine Press, 1916. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 4 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo04byucoka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IV [Ap][p0-9].*].
  2. Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten, New Series. II: Die Ausserdeutschen Staaten Die Regierenden Hauser der Ubrigen Staaten Europas. Marburg: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES II #[0-9]*].
  3. Farrer, William, Early Yorkshire Charters: being a collection of documents anterior to the thirteenth century made from the public records, monastic chartularies, Roger Dodsworth's manuscripts and other available sources, Volume 2, Edinburgh: Ballantyne, Hanseon & Co, 1915. Available at http://archive.org/details/earlyyorkshirech02farruoft. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Farrer EYC v2p[0-9]*].
  4. Keats-Rohan, K.S.B., Domesday Descendants, A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166. Vol II: Pipe Rolls to Cartae Baronum. Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002. NYPL ARF 03-4178 vol 2. Corrections at http://users.ox.ac.uk/~prosop/domesday-descendants-corrigenda.pdf Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p[0-9]*].
  5. Moriarty, G Andrews, Origin of Nevill of Raby, NEHGR v106 (Jul 1952), pp 186-190. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Moriarty Nevill p[0-9]*].
  6. Paget, Gerald, The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales. London: Charles Skilton Ltd, 1977. Nypl ARF+ 78-835. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p[0-9]*].
  7. 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]*].
  8. 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 III p[0-9]*].
  9. Sanders, I. J., English Baronies, A Study of Their Origin and Descent 1086-1327. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1960. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Sanders Baronies p[0-9]*].
  10. Wagner, Anthony, Pedigree and Progress, Essays in the Genealogical Interpretation of History, London, Philmore, 1975. Rutgers Alex CS4.W33. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Wagner PedigreeProgress #[0-9]*].
  11. Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, David Faris, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 7th Edition, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1992. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Weis AR7 #[0-9][0-9]*[A-Z]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
third son [Ref: CP IV p504, SP III p245]
third son, abt 1072-75 [Ref: Moriarty Nevill p187]
younger brother of Waltheof [Ref: Sanders Baronies p134(6)]
youngest son [Ref: Sanders Baronies p106],
parents:
Gospatric & sister of Edmund [Ref: CP IV p504, Roberts RD600 p540, Roberts RD600 p546, SP III p245],
father:
[Ref: ES II #89, Keats-Rohan DD p221, Moriarty Nevill p187, Paget HRHCharles p153, Sanders Baronies p106, Wagner PedigreeProgress #51, Weis AR7 #41],
mother:
sister of Edmund [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p158],
brother:
Dolfin [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p221]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP IV p505, Keats-Rohan DD p221, Moriarty Nevill p187]
1138 [Ref: Sanders Baronies p106, Wagner PedigreeProgress #51]
23 Aug 1138 [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p153, Weis AR7 #41]
possibly 23 Aug 1138, certainly before 16 Aug 1139 [Ref: SP III p247],
place:
[Ref: Sanders Baronies p106]
battle of the Standard [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p221, Paget HRHCharles p153, Weis AR7 #41]
battle of the Standard, at Cowton Moor, near Northallerton [Ref: CP IV p505]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sybil
child:
[Ref: CP IV p504(c), CP IV p505, Roberts RD600 p540, Roberts RD600 p546, SP III p249, Weis AR7 #41, Weis AR7 #42]
Research Notes:
1st Earl of Dunbar, of Earldom cr 1115? [Ref: CP IV p504]
Earl of Dunbar [Ref: Moriarty Nevill p187, Roberts RD600 p540, Sanders Baronies p65(8), Weis AR7 #41]
2nd Eral of Dunbar [Ref: Roberts RD600 p546, SP III p246]
Earl of Lothian [Ref: Wagner PedigreeProgress #51]
Baron of Beanley [Ref: Sanders Baronies p106, Weis AR7 #41]

usually known as brother of Dolfin [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p221]

given serjeanty at Beanley, Northumberland, by Henry I [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p221]

received a grant of Barony of Beanley by Henry I [Ref: Sanders Baronies p106]

22 Aug 1138: one of the Scottish commanders at the Battle of the Standard [Ref: Moriarty Nevill p187]



Pedigree of Gospatric II Earl Of Dunbar, Baron Of Beanley
                                     /-----Duncan Abthane Of Dule, Abbot Of Dunkeld
                            /-----Duncan Lord Of Mormaer Of Athol
                   /-----Crinan The Thane Abbot Of Dunkeld
          /-----Maldred Lord Of Carlisle
         |        |                                             /-----Causantin (Constantine I) Mac CINAED, King Of Picts And Scots
         |        |                                    /-----Domnall (Donald II) Mac CAUSANTIN, King Of Scots
         |        |                           /-----Mael Coluim (Malcolm I) Mac DOMNALL, King Of Scots
         |        |                  /-----Cinaed (Kenneth II) Mac MAEL COLUIM, King Of Scots
         |        |         /-----Mael Coluim (Malcolm II) Mac CINAED, King Of Scots
         |        |        |         \-----(Unknown) Of Leinster
         |         \-----Bethoc
 /-----Gospatric I Earl Of Northumberland
|        |                                             /-----Eadwulf Lord Of Bamborough
|        |                                    /-----Ealdred Lord Of Bamborough
|        |                           /-----Oswulf Earl Of Northumbria
|        |                  /-----Waltheof Earl Of Northumberland
|        |         /-----Uchtred Earl Of Northumberland
|         \-----Ealdgyth
|                 |                                             /-----Alfred The Great King Of England
|                 |                                    /-----Edward The Elder King Of England
|                 |                                   |         \-----Ealhswith
|                 |                           /-----Edmund The Magnificent King Of England
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Sigehelm Earl Of Kent
|                 |                          |         \-----Eadgifu
|                 |                  /-----Edgar The Peaceful King Of England
|                 |                 |         \-----Saint Alfgifu
|                 |                 |                  \-----Wynflaed
|                 |         /-----Ethelred II The Redeless King Of England
|                 |        |        |         /-----Ordgar Ealdorman Of Devonshire
|                 |        |         \-----Aelfthryth
|                  \-----Alfgifu
|                          |                  /-----Gunnor Ealdorman In Deise
|                          |         /-----Thored Ealdorman Of Northumbria
|                           \-----Alfflaed
Gospatric II Earl Of Dunbar, Baron Of Beanley
|                                                               /-----Egbert The Great King Of England
|                                                      /-----Ethelwolf King Of England
|                                                     |         \-----Raedburh
|                                             /-----Alfred The Great King Of England
|                                            |        |         /-----Oslac Great Butler Of England
|                                            |         \-----Osburh
|                                    /-----Edward The Elder King Of England
|                                   |        |         /-----Aethelred Earl Of Mercia
|                                   |         \-----Ealhswith
|                                   |                 |         /-----Wigmund
|                                   |                  \-----Eadburgh Of Mercia
|                           /-----Edmund The Magnificent King Of England
|                          |        |         /-----Sigehelm Earl Of Kent
|                          |         \-----Eadgifu
|                  /-----Edgar The Peaceful King Of England
|                 |         \-----Saint Alfgifu
|                 |                  \-----Wynflaed
|         /-----Ethelred II The Redeless King Of England
|        |        |         /-----Ordgar Ealdorman Of Devonshire
|        |         \-----Aelfthryth
 \-----(Unk Dau)
         |                  /-----Gunnor Ealdorman In Deise
         |         /-----Thored Ealdorman Of Northumbria
          \-----Alfflaed



Descendants of Gospatric II Earl Of Dunbar, Baron Of Beanley
1. Gospatric II Earl Of Dunbar, Baron Of Beanley m. Sybil
m. Sybil father: Arkil Morel

2nd generation

2. Gospatric Earl Of Dunbar m. Derdere
m. Derdere
4. Edward Of Edlingham m. Sibilla
m. Sibilla
5. Edgar Of Dunbar m. Alice De GREYSTOKE
m. Alice De GREYSTOKE father: Ivo FITZ FORNE, Baron Of Greystoke mother: Agnes
6. Juliana Of Dunbar m. Ralph De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
m. Ralph De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth father: William De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth mother: Menialda

3rd generation

7. Waltheof Earl Of Dunbar m. Aline
m. Aline
8. Patrick Of Dunbar m. Cecilia FRASER
m. Cecilia FRASER
9. Waldeve Of Edlingham m.
10. Agnes Of Dunbar m. Anselm Le FLEMING Of Furness
m. Anselm Le FLEMING Of Furness father: Michael II Le FLEMING mother: Christian De STAINTON
14. Roger De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth m. Alice De STUTEVILLE
m. Alice De STUTEVILLE father: Roger De STUTEVILLE

4th generation

16. Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar m1. Ada m2. Christina
m. Ada father: William The Lion King Of Scots
m. Christina father: Walter FITZALAN, High Steward Of Scotland mother: Sechym De MOILE
21. Eleanor Le FLEMING m. Ralph D'EYNCOURT
m. Ralph D'EYNCOURT
22. Roger De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth m1. Ada MACDUFF m2. Margery De UMFREVILLE
m. Ada MACDUFF father: Duncan MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife, Justiciar Of Scot mother: Ela
m. Margery De UMFREVILLE father: Richard De UMFREVILLE, Baron Of Prudhoe And Rede
24. Agnes De MERLAY m. Richard GOBION
m. Richard GOBION father: Richard De GOBION mother: Beatrice De LUCELLES

5th generation

25. Sir Parick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar m. Euphemia
m. Euphemia father: William De BRUS, Lord Of Annandale mother: Christina
26. Sir William DUNBAR m. Christina CORBET
m. Christina CORBET father: Walter CORBET
29. Sir Ralph D'EYNCOURT m. Alice
m. Alice
30. Roger De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth m. Isabel De ROS
m. Isabel De ROS father: Sir Robert De ROS, Baron Of Wark
32. Hugh GOBION m. Matilda
m. Matilda
34. Margery GOBION m. Roger De HEYFORD
m. Roger De HEYFORD father: Richard De HEYFORD