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. Ralph De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth Birth: 1 Death: 1160
  2. Morel De MERLAY Birth: 3
  3. Geoffrey De MERLAY Birth: 2
  4. Anser De MERLAY
  5. Eustachia De MERLAY

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. 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]*].
  4. 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
place:
[Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p582]
Sources for death Information
date:
abt 1129-30 [Ref: Sanders Baronies p65]
during 1129 [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p582]
in or befor 1129 [Ref: Keats-Rohan DP p469]
Sources with Information about marriage to Menialda
child:
[Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p581, Keats-Rohan DD p582, Keats-Rohan DP p469, Sanders Baronies p65, Weis AR7 #42]
Research Notes:
Baron of Morpeth [Ref: Keats-Rohan DP p469, Sanders Baronies p65]

first lord of Morpeth, Northumberland [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p582]

appointed first lord of Morpeth, Northumberland, by Henry I [Ref: Keats-Rohan DP p469]

first Lord of Morpeth of which anything is known [Ref: Sanders Baronies p65]

said to have held Morpeth de conquestu [Ref: Sanders Baronies p65(7)]

possibly Dapifer of Geoffrey, bishop of Coutances [Ref: Keats-Rohan DP p469]

benefactor of the church of Durham, to which he gave the vill of Morwick, par Warkworth, with the assent of his wife and their sons [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p582]

mentioned in Pipe Roll of 1129/30, after his death, in relation to land he inherited from his brother, perhaps the Ansger de Merlay who attested the charter he gave for Durham [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p582]



Pedigree of William De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
William De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth



Descendants of William De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
1. William De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth m. Menialda
m. Menialda

2nd generation

2. 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

3rd generation

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

4th generation

10. 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
12. Agnes De MERLAY m. Richard GOBION
m. Richard GOBION father: Richard De GOBION mother: Beatrice De LUCELLES

5th generation

13. Roger De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth m. Isabel De ROS
m. Isabel De ROS father: Sir Robert De ROS, Baron Of Wark
15. Hugh GOBION m. Matilda
m. Matilda
17. Margery GOBION m. Roger De HEYFORD
m. Roger De HEYFORD father: Richard De HEYFORD