Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-28-2022.

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 may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.

Individual Page

Person Info

Name: William BRUCE
Sex: M
Birth: England ^b
Death: England ^d

Parents:

Father:
Sir Alexander BRUCE Birth: 1530 in Scotland

Mother:

Janet LIVINGSTON Birth: England Death: England

Family:
Marriage:

Jean FLEMING on 1582 .^m1
Jean FLEMING Birth: England Death: England

Children:

Patrick BRUCE Birth: England Death: England
Sir John BRUCE

Bibliography

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]*].
Hart, Craig, Genealogy of the Wives of the American Presidents, Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2004. NYPL APK 05-1088 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Hart PresidentWives p[0-9]*].
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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

place:: [Ref: Hart PresidentWives p151],
parents:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p281, Hart PresidentWives p152]

Sources for death Information

place:: [Ref: Hart PresidentWives p151]

Sources with Information about marriage to Jean FLEMING

date:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p281],
child:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p281, Hart PresidentWives p151, Roberts RD600 p76]

Research Notes:
of Airth [Ref: Roberts RD600 p76]

Pedigree of William BRUCE
                                                                /-----Sir Robert De BRUYS
                                                       /-----Sir Edward De BRUYS
                                                      |         \-----Isabel STEWART
                                              /-----Sir Robert BRUCE
                                             |        |         /-----Sir William AIRTH
                                             |         \-----Agnes AIRTH
                                     /-----Sir Alexander BRUCE
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir John LIVINGSTON
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
                                    |        |        |         \-----(Unk) MENTEITH
                                    |         \-----(Unk dau) LIVINGSTON
                                    |                 |         /-----James DUNDAS
                                    |                  \-----(Unk) DUNDAS
                            /-----John BRUCE
                           |        |         /-----Sir Malcolm FORRESTER
                           |         \-----Margaret FORRESTER
                   /-----Sir Robert BRUCE
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir Walter De MONTEITH
                  |        |                           /-----Sir John MENTEITH
                  |        |                  /-----Sir William MENTEITH
                  |        |                 |         \-----Margery STIRLING
                  |        |         /-----Sir William MENTEITH
                  |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth GRAHAM
                  |         \-----Elizabeth MENTEITH
                  |                 |         /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
                  |                  \-----Helen LIVINGSTON
          /-----Robert BRUCE
         |        |                                             /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
         |        |                                    /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
         |        |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
         |        |                           /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Lord Montgomerie
         |        |                          |        |         /-----John Lord Of The Isles
         |        |                          |         \-----Agnes Of The Isles
         |        |                          |                  \-----Margaret STEWART
         |        |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Robert BOYD
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret GIFFORD
         |        |                 |         \-----Margaret BOYD
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
         |        |                 |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |        |                 |                           \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
         |        |         /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Patrick HEPBURN
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Agnes
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----William De VAUX
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
         |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth HEPBURN
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
         |        |        |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
         |        |        |                           \-----(Unk)
         |         \-----Euphemia MONTGOMERY
         |                 |                                    /-----John KENNEDY
         |                 |                           /-----Sir Gilbert KENNEDY
         |                 |                          |         \-----Mary
         |                 |                  /-----Sir James KENNEDY
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
         |                 |                 |         \-----Agnes MAXWELL
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Isabel LINDSAY
         |                 |         /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
         |                 |        |         \-----Mary STEWART
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
         |                 |        |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
         |                 |        |                           \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
         |                  \-----Catherine KENNEDY
         |                          |                           /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
         |                          |                  /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
         |                          |         /-----Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
         |                          |        |        |         /-----John STEWART
         |                          |        |         \-----Katherine STEWART
         |                           \-----Catherine MAXWELL
         |                                   |                  /-----Sir John HERRIES
         |                                   |         /-----Sir Herbert HERRIES
         |                                   |        |         \-----Eufemia LINDSAY
         |                                    \-----(Unk) HERRIES
         |                                             \-----Margaret
/-----Sir Alexander BRUCE
|        |         /-----Sir Walter FORRESTER
|         \-----Janet FORRESTER
William BRUCE
|                                                               /-----Sir John LIVINGSTON
|                                                      /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
|                                                     |         \-----(Unk) MENTEITH
|                                             /-----James LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
|                                            |        |         /-----James DUNDAS
|                                            |         \-----(Unk) DUNDAS
|                                    /-----Alexander LIVINGSTON
|                                   |         \-----Marian
|                           /-----James LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
|                  /-----William LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir Malcolm FLEMING
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir David FLEMING
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Christian KEITH
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm FLEMING
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Donald STRATHECHIN
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Isabel STRATHECHIN
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Annabel
|                 |        |         /-----Robert FLEMING, Lord Fleming
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
|                 |         \-----Elizabeth FLEMING
|                 |                 |                           /-----James DOUGLAS
|                 |                 |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
|                 |                 |         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORAY, Lord Of Bothwell
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Joan MORAY
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Joan MORAY
|                 |                  \-----Janet DOUGLAS
|                 |                          |                  /-----Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin
|                 |                          |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Isabel Of Strathern
|                 |                           \-----Beatrice SINCLAIR
|                 |                                   |         /-----Sir Walter HALIBURTON
|                 |                                    \-----Jean HALYBURTON
|         /-----Alexander LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
|        |        |                                    /-----Patrick HEPBURN
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Agnes
|        |        |                           /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----William De VAUX
|        |        |                          |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
|        |        |                  /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Hailes
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
|        |        |                 |         \-----Janet BORTHWICK
|        |        |                 |                  \-----(Unk)
|        |        |         /-----Alexander HEPBURN
|        |        |        |         \-----Ellen WALLACE
|        |         \-----Agnes HEPBURN
|        |                 |                  /-----Alexander NAPIER
|        |                 |         /-----Sir Alexander NAPIER
|        |                  \-----Janet NAPIER
|        |                           \-----Elizabeth LAUDER
\-----Janet LIVINGSTON
         |                                                      /-----Sir John DOUGLAS
         |                                             /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
         |                                            |         \-----Agnes GRAHAM
         |                                    /-----Sir James DOUGLAS, Lord Dalkeith
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
         |                                   |         \-----Agnes DUNBAR
         |                                   |                  \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
         |                           /-----James DOUGLAS, Lord Dalkeith
         |                          |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |                          |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
         |                          |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                          |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
         |                          |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
         |                          |                           \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
         |                  /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
         |                 |        |         /-----James GIFFORD
         |                 |         \-----Elizabeth GIFFORD
         |         /-----Sir John DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
         |        |        |                                    /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
         |        |        |                           /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
         |        |        |                  /-----Robert III King Of Scots
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
         |        |        |         /-----James I King Of Scots
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
         |        |        |        |         \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William De MONTIFICHET
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
         |        |         \-----Joan STEWART
         |        |                 |                           /-----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
          \-----Agnes DOUGLAS
                  |         /-----Patrick CRICHTON
                   \-----Janet CRICHTON

Descendants of William BRUCE

1. William BRUCE m. Jean FLEMING

m. Jean FLEMING father: John FLEMING, Lord Fleming mother: Elizabeth ROSS

2+ Patrick BRUCE m. Janet JACKSON

3+ Sir John BRUCE m. Margaret ELPHINSTONE

2nd generation

2. Patrick BRUCE m. Janet JACKSON

m. Janet JACKSON

4+ Isabelle BRUCE m. John WOODS

3. Sir John BRUCE m. Margaret ELPHINSTONE

m. Margaret ELPHINSTONE father: Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone mother: Jean LIVINGSTON

5+ Christian BRUCE m. John INNES

6+ Jean BRUCE m. David ROBERTSON

3rd generation

4. Isabelle BRUCE m. John WOODS

7+ John WOODS m. Elizabeth WORSOP

5. Christian BRUCE m. John INNES

m. John INNES father: Thomas INNES

8+ John INNES m. Elizabeth GORDON

6. Jean BRUCE m. David ROBERTSON

m. David ROBERTSON

9+ Sir Alexander ROBERTSON m. Jean MURRAY

10 Sabina ROBERTSON m. Sir John NICOLSON

4th generation

7. John WOODS m. Elizabeth WORSOP

m. Elizabeth WORSOP father: Thomas WORSOP mother: Elizabeth PARSONS

11+ Michael WOODS m. Margaret CAMPBELL

8. John INNES m. Elizabeth GORDON

m. Elizabeth GORDON father: John GORDON mother: Isobel INNES

12+ John INNES m. Helen STRACHEN

13+ Anne INNES m. Patrick DUFF

9. Sir Alexander ROBERTSON m. Jean MURRAY

m. Jean MURRAY father: Walter MURRAY mother: Jean BALFOUR

14 Sir David COLYEAR, Earl of Portmore m. Catherine SIDLEY; Catherine SIDLEY father: Sir Charles SIDLEY mother: Catherine SAVAGE

5th generation

11. Michael WOODS m. Margaret CAMPBELL

m. Margaret CAMPBELL father: James CAMPBELL mother: Susan (CAMPBELL)

15+ Magdalen WOODS m. John McDOWELL

12. John INNES m. Helen STRACHEN

m. Helen STRACHEN

16+ John INNES m. Jean DUFF

17+ Alexander INNES m. Katherine ABERCROMBY

13. Anne INNES m. Patrick DUFF

m. Patrick DUFF

18+ Jean DUFF m. John INNES

19+ Margaret DUFF m. Alexander GORDON