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. William De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth Birth: 1 Death: Before 1165
  2. Roger De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth Birth: 2 Death: 1188
  3. Osbert De MERLAY Birth: 3

Bibliography
  1. 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]*].
  2. Keats-Rohan, K.S.B., Domesday People, A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166. Vol I: Domesday Book. Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 1999. NYPL ARF 03-4178 vol 1. Corrections in Volume II (Domesday Descendants) pp 4-5. Further corrections at http://users.ox.ac.uk/~prosop/domesday-people-corrigenda.pdf Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Keats-Rohan DP p[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]*].
  4. 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]*].
  5. 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]*].
  6. 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:
first son [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p582],
parents:
[Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p581, Keats-Rohan DD p582],
father:
[Ref: Keats-Rohan DP p469, Sanders Baronies p65, Weis AR7 #42]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Weis AR7 #42]
after 1137 [Ref: Sanders Baronies p65]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p243, Keats-Rohan DD p581]
Sources with Information about marriage to Juliana Of Dunbar
names:
[Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p243, SP III p249, Sanders Baronies p65(8)],
child:
[Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p581, Keats-Rohan DD p582, Roberts RD600 p540, Weis AR7 #42]
Research Notes:
Lord of Morpeth, Northumberland [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p581]
Lord of Morpeth [Ref: Weis AR7 #42]

inherited Barony of Morpeth from father [Ref: Sanders Baronies p65]

1129: confirmed the grant of his father to the church of Durham [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p582]

given Julian in marriage by Henry I, with dower in Longhorsley, Stanton, Witton, Ritton, Wingates, and Learchild [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p581]

founded Newminster abbey [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p581]

1137: founded Newminster abbey [Ref: Sanders Baronies p65(8)]



Pedigree of Ralph De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
 /-----William De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
Ralph De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
 \-----Menialda



Descendants of Ralph De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
1. Ralph De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth m. Juliana Of Dunbar
m. Juliana Of Dunbar father: Gospatric II Earl Of Dunbar, Baron Of Beanley mother: Sybil

2nd generation

3. Roger De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth m. Alice De STUTEVILLE
m. Alice De STUTEVILLE father: Roger De STUTEVILLE

3rd generation

5. 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
7. Agnes De MERLAY m. Richard GOBION
m. Richard GOBION father: Richard De GOBION mother: Beatrice De LUCELLES

4th generation

8. Roger De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth m. Isabel De ROS
m. Isabel De ROS father: Sir Robert De ROS, Baron Of Wark
10. Hugh GOBION m. Matilda
m. Matilda
12. Margery GOBION m. Roger De HEYFORD
m. Roger De HEYFORD father: Richard De HEYFORD

5th generation

13. Mary De MERLAY m1. Walter De BOLEBEC m2. William De GREYSTOCK, Baron Of Greystoke
m. Walter De BOLEBEC father: Sir Hugh De BOLEBEC mother: Tiphaine De BAILLIOL
m. William De GREYSTOCK, Baron Of Greystoke father: Sir Thomas FITZWILLIAM De GREYSTOCK, Baron Of Greys mother: Christian De VIPONT
14. Isabel De MERLAY m1. Robert De EURE m2. Robert De SOMERVILLE
m. Robert De EURE father: John FITZ ROBERT, MC Surety mother: Ada De BALIOL
m. Robert De SOMERVILLE father: Sir John De SOMERVILLE
16. Joan GOBION m. John De MORTEYN
m. John De MORTEYN father: John De MORTEYN mother: Constance De MERSTON
17. Richard GOBION m. Margery
m. Margery
18. Agnes De HEYFORD m. Sir Hugh De MOREWICK, Baron Of Chevington
m. Sir Hugh De MOREWICK, Baron Of Chevington father: Sir Hugh De MOREWICK mother: Sibilla De UMFREVILLE