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. Roger De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth Birth: Abt 1173 Death: 1239
  2. William De MERLAY
  3. Agnes De MERLAY

Bibliography
  1. 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 9, Edinburgh: Ballantyne, Hanseon & Co, 1914. NYPL CO(Yorkshire) (Farrer, W, Early Yorkshire Charters, 1914) (Rm315). LDS Film#1426222#4. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007959067 images 615-783. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Farrer EYC v9p[0-9]*].
  2. Foss, Edward, Biographia Juridica, Biographical Dictionary of the Judges of England, London: John Murray, 1870. Available at https://books.google.com/books?id=O0oBAAAAQAAJ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Foss Judges p[0-9]*].
  3. 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]*].
  4. 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]*].
  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:
second son [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p581, Sanders Baronies p65],
parents:
[Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p581, Roberts RD600 p540, Weis AR7 #42],
father:
[Ref: Sanders Baronies p65]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p582, Sanders Baronies p65, Weis AR7 #42]
34 Hen II [Ref: Foss Judges p444]
Sources with Information about marriage to Alice De STUTEVILLE
child:
[Ref: Farrer EYC v9p30, Foss Judges p444, Keats-Rohan DD p582, Roberts RD600 p540, Weis AR7 #42]
Research Notes:
inherited Barony of Morpeth from brother [Ref: Sanders Baronies p65]

1165: succeeded his brother [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p582]

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

through marriage to Alice, received a considerable estate at Burton Agnes in Yorkshire [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p582]

benefactor of Alvingham priory [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p582]



Pedigree of Roger De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
          /-----William De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
 /-----Ralph De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
|         \-----Menialda
Roger De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
|                                                      /-----Duncan Abthane Of Dule, Abbot Of Dunkeld
|                                             /-----Duncan Lord Of Mormaer Of Athol
|                                    /-----Crinan The Thane Abbot Of Dunkeld
|                           /-----Maldred Lord Of Carlisle
|                          |        |                           /-----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
|                 |        |                                    /-----Ealdred Lord Of Bamborough
|                 |        |                           /-----Oswulf Earl Of Northumbria
|                 |        |                  /-----Waltheof Earl Of Northumberland
|                 |        |         /-----Uchtred Earl Of Northumberland
|                 |         \-----Ealdgyth
|                 |                 |                           /-----Edmund The Magnificent King Of England
|                 |                 |                  /-----Edgar The Peaceful King Of England
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Saint Alfgifu
|                 |                 |         /-----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
|        |        |                                             /-----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
|        |         \-----(Unk Dau)
|        |                 |                  /-----Gunnor Ealdorman In Deise
|        |                 |         /-----Thored Ealdorman Of Northumbria
|        |                  \-----Alfflaed
 \-----Juliana Of Dunbar
         |         /-----Arkil Morel
          \-----Sybil



Descendants of Roger De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
1. Roger De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth m. Alice De STUTEVILLE
m. Alice De STUTEVILLE father: Roger De STUTEVILLE

2nd generation

2. 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
4. Agnes De MERLAY m. Richard GOBION
m. Richard GOBION father: Richard De GOBION mother: Beatrice De LUCELLES

3rd generation

5. Roger De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth m. Isabel De ROS
m. Isabel De ROS father: Sir Robert De ROS, Baron Of Wark
7. Hugh GOBION m. Matilda
m. Matilda
9. Margery GOBION m. Roger De HEYFORD
m. Roger De HEYFORD father: Richard De HEYFORD

4th generation

10. 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
11. 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
13. Joan GOBION m. John De MORTEYN
m. John De MORTEYN father: John De MORTEYN mother: Constance De MERSTON
14. Richard GOBION m. Margery
m. Margery
15. 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

5th generation

21. Sir Philip De SOMERVILLE m. Margaret De PYPE
m. Margaret De PYPE father: Sir Thomas De PYPE mother: Joan De JARPENVILLE
23. Joan De SOMERVILLE m1. Ralph De CROMWELL m2. Sir Henry De GREY, Lord Grey Of Codnor
m. Ralph De CROMWELL father: Sir Ralph De CROMWELL mother: Margaret De SOMERY
m. Sir Henry De GREY, Lord Grey Of Codnor father: Sir John GREY mother: Lucy De MOHUN
25. Sir John De MORTEYN m. Joan De ROTHWELL
m. Joan De ROTHWELL father: Richard De ROTHWELL
26. Hawise GOBION m. Ralph Le BOTELER
m. Ralph Le BOTELER father: Ralph Le BOTELER mother: Maud MARMION
27. Elizabeth GOBION m. Thomas PAYNEL
m. Thomas PAYNEL
28. Sibilla De MOREWICK m1. Sir Roger De LUMLEY m2. Sir Laurence De St MAUR
m. Sir Roger De LUMLEY father: Sir William De LUMLEY mother: (Unk Dau) D'AUDRE
m. Sir Laurence De St MAUR father: Nicholas De St MAUR mother: Isabel
30. Tiphaine De MOREWICK m. John De BULMER
m. John De BULMER father: John De BULMER mother: Katherine