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. John GORDON, Laird Of Pitlurg Death: 1619
  2. Robert GORDON, Laird Of Pitlurg Birth: 14 Sep 1580 in Kinmundy, Aberdeenshire Death: 18 Aug 1661

Bibliography
  1. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
  2. 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 IV p[0-9]*].
  3. 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:
[Ref: SP IV p57, Weis AR7 #256],
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p776, SP IV p57, Weis AR7 #256]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: SP IV p57, Weis AR7 #256],
place:
[Ref: SP IV p57, Weis AR7 #256]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sir John GORDON, Laird Of Pitlurg
date:
[Ref: Weis AR7 #256],
names:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p776, SP IV p57],
child:
[Ref: Weis AR7 #256]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Isabel FORBES
                                                       /-----John De FORBES
                                              /-----Sir John FORBES
                                             |         \-----Margaret
                                     /-----Sir Alexander FORBES, Lord Forbes
                                    |        |         /-----John KENNEDY
                                    |         \-----Margaret KENNEDY
                                    |                  \-----Mary
                            /-----James FORBES, Lord Forbes
                           |        |                           /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent Of Scotland
                           |        |                  /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                           |        |                 |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
                           |        |         /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Thomas STEWART, Earl Of Angus
                           |        |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART, Countess Of Angus And Mar
                           |        |        |                  \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
                           |         \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
                           |                 |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                           |                 |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
                           |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
                           |                  \-----Mary STEWART
                           |                          |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
                           |                           \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
                           |                                    \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
                   /-----William FORBES, Lord Forbes
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
                  |        |                           /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
                  |        |                  /-----Sir Robert KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----John FRASER
                  |        |                 |         \-----Margaret FRASER
                  |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
                  |        |        |         \-----(Unk) Of TROUP
                  |         \-----Egidia KEITH
                  |                 |                           /-----Sir David HAMILTON
                  |                 |                  /-----Sir John HAMILTON
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Janet KEITH
                  |                 |         /-----Sir James HAMILTON
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
                  |                 |        |         \-----Jacoba DOUGLAS
                  |                 |        |                  \-----Agnes DUNBAR
                  |                  \-----Mary HAMILTON
                  |                          |                  /-----Sir John LIVINGSTON
                  |                          |         /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
                  |                          |        |         \-----(Unk) MENTEITH
                  |                           \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
                  |                                   |         /-----James DUNDAS
                  |                                    \-----(Unk) DUNDAS
          /-----John FORBES, Lord Forbes
         |        |                                    /-----Alan De WINTOUN
         |        |                           /-----Sir William SETON
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander SETON
         |        |                          |         \-----Margaret SETON
         |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm FLEMING
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir David FLEMING
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Christian KEITH
         |        |                 |         \-----Janet FLEMING
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir David BARCLAY, Lord Of Brechin
         |        |                 |                  \-----Jean BARCLAY
         |        |                 |                           \-----Margaret Of Brechin
         |        |         /-----Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Adam GORDON
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John GORDON
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam GORDON
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
         |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth GORDON
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John KEITH
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret FRASER
         |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth KEITH
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |        |        |                           \-----Jean STEWART
         |        |        |                                    \-----Elizabeth MURE
         |         \-----Christian GORDON
         |                 |                                    /-----Sir John De CRICHTON
         |                 |                           /-----William CRICHTON
         |                 |                  /-----Sir John CRICHTON
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir John PRESTON
         |                 |                 |         \-----Margaret PRESTON
         |                 |         /-----William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton
         |                 |        |         \-----Christian
         |                  \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
         |                           \-----Agnes
 /-----William FORBES, Lord Forbes
|        |         /-----Sir John LUNDIN
|         \-----Christian LUNDIN
Isabel FORBES
|                                                               /-----Hervey De KEITH
|                                                      /-----Sir John De KEITH
|                                             /-----Sir William De KEITH
|                                            |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|                                            |         \-----Margaret COMYN
|                                            |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
|                                    /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                                   |        |         /-----Adam De SETON
|                                   |         \-----Barbara De SETON
|                           /-----John De KEITH
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir Alexander De SYNTON
|                          |        |                  /-----Andrew De SYNTON
|                          |        |         /-----Alexander De SYNTON
|                          |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
|                          |                  \-----Maria
|                  /-----Sir William De KEITH
|                 |        |                           /-----Reginald Le CHEYNE
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Reginald Le CHEYNE
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Reginald CHEYNE
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Walter De MORAVIA
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Freskin De MORAVIA
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Eupheme Of Ross
|                 |        |        |         \-----Mary De MORAVIA
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----John HARALDSSON, Jarl Of Orkney
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Johanna Lady Of Strathnaver
|                 |         \-----Mariota Le CHEYNE
|                 |                 |                           /-----William De ABERNETHY
|                 |                 |                  /-----William De ABERNETHY
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Margaret
|                 |                 |         /-----Laurence De ABERNETHY
|                 |                  \-----Helen De ABERNETHY
|         /-----Sir William De KEITH
|        |        |         /-----Sir James DUNBAR
|        |         \-----Janet DUNBAR
 \-----Elizabeth KEITH
         |                                                      /-----Sir John GRAY
         |                                             /-----Sir Patrick GRAY
         |                                    /-----Sir Andrew GRAY
         |                                   |         \-----Margaret
         |                           /-----Andrew GRAY, Lord Gray
         |                          |        |         /-----Sir Roger MORTIMER
         |                          |         \-----Janet MORTIMER
         |                          |                 |         /-----Alexander MENTEITH
         |                          |                  \-----Margaret MENTEITH
         |                  /-----Patrick GRAY, Master Of Gray
         |                 |        |                           /-----Sir John WEMYSS
         |                 |        |                  /-----(Unk) WEMYSS
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir John WEMYSS
         |                 |         \-----Elizabeth WEMYSS
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir William ERSKINE
         |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Allan ERSKINE
         |                 |                  \-----Isabella ERSKINE
         |                 |                          |         /-----Sir John INCHMARTINE
         |                 |                           \-----Isabel INCHMARTINE
         |                 |                                    \-----Margaret WEMYSS
         |         /-----Andrew GREY, Lord Grey
         |        |        |                           /-----John De FORBES
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir John FORBES
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret
         |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander FORBES, Lord Forbes
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----John KENNEDY
         |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret KENNEDY
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Mary
         |        |         \-----Annabel FORBES
         |        |                 |                           /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent Of Scotland
         |        |                 |                  /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
         |        |                 |         /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Thomas STEWART, Earl Of Angus
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART, Countess Of Angus And Mar
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
         |        |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
         |        |                          |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |        |                          |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
         |        |                           \-----Mary STEWART
         |        |                                   |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
         |        |                                    \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
         |        |                                             \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
          \-----Janet GREY
                  |                                             /-----Sir James STEWART
                  |                                    /-----Sir Robert STEWART
                  |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
                  |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
                  |                 |        |                  /-----John Of Argyll, Lord Of Lorn
                  |                 |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
                  |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Thomas ISAAC
                  |                 |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
                  |                 |                           \-----Mathilda De BRUS
                  |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
                  |        |        |                           /-----Edward III King Of England
                  |        |        |                  /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Philippa Of Hainault
                  |        |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Payn Roet Of Hainault, Gulenne King Of Arms
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Katharine Of Hainault
                  |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
                  |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas De HOLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
                  |        |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas HOLLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan PLANTAGENET, Fair Maid Of Kent, Countess
                  |        |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
                  |        |                          |         /-----Sir Richard FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel And Surrey
                  |        |                           \-----Alice FITZALAN
                  |        |                                    \-----Eleanor PLANTAGENET
                   \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                           |                                    /-----James DOUGLAS
                           |                           /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                           |                          |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
                           |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                           |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORAY, Lord Of Bothwell
                           |                 |         \-----Joan MORAY
                           |                 |                  \-----Joan MORAY
                           |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                           |        |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                           |        |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
                           |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
                           |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART
                           |        |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
                           |        |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
                           |        |                           \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
                            \-----Margaret DOUGLAS, Countess Of Douglas
                                    |                           /-----Sir David GRAHAM
                                    |                  /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
                                    |                 |         \-----Helen De ABERNETHY
                                    |         /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM, Earl Of Strathern
                                    |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART
                                    |        |         \-----Euphemia STEWART
                                     \-----Eupheme GRAHAM
                                             |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                                             |         /-----David STEWART, Earl Of Strathern And Caithness
                                             |        |         \-----Euphemia Of Ross
                                              \-----Eupheme STEWART, Countess Palatine Of Strathern
                                                      |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
                                                       \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
                                                                \-----Catherine STIRLING



Descendants of Isabel FORBES
1. Isabel FORBES m. Sir John GORDON, Laird Of Pitlurg
m. Sir John GORDON, Laird Of Pitlurg father: John GORDON mother: Janet OGILVIE

2nd generation

3. Robert GORDON, Laird Of Pitlurg m. Katherine IRVINE
m. Katherine IRVINE father: Alexander IRVINE, Laird Of Lynturk

3rd generation

4. Robert GORDON, Laird Of Pitlurg m. Catherine BURNETT
m. Catherine BURNETT father: Sir Thomas BURNETT, Baron Of Leys mother: Margaret DOUGLAS