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. Margaret KERR Death: After 1611
  2. Elizabeth KER
  3. Robert KER, Earl of Roxburghe Birth: Abt 1570 Death: 18 Jan 1649/50 in Floors, Kelso

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. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 02 Bass-Canning. London: St Catherine Press, 1912. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 2 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo02coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP II [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 11, Ridley-Sinclair. London: St Catherine Press, 1949. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/27141 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XI [Ap][p0-9].*].

Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP XI p215]
Sources with Information about marriage to Janet DOUGLAS
date:
second marriage of Janet [Ref: CP XI p215],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p285, CP II p364, CP XI p215]
Research Notes:
of Altonburn and Cessford, co Roxburgh [Ref: CP XI p215]
of Cessford [Ref: Burke Peerage p285]
of Cessford [Ref: CP II p98]

Warden of the Middle March [Ref: CP XI p215]



Pedigree of Sir William KERR
Sir William KERR



Descendants of Sir William KERR
1. Sir William KERR m. Janet DOUGLAS
m. Janet DOUGLAS father: Sir James DOUGLAS

2nd generation

2. Margaret KERR m. Walter SCOTT, Lord Scott Of Buccleuch
m. Walter SCOTT, Lord Scott Of Buccleuch father: Sir Walter SCOTT mother: Margaret DOUGLAS
3. Elizabeth KER m. Sir James BELLENDEN
m. Sir James BELLENDEN
4. Robert KER, Earl of Roxburghe m1. Margaret MAITLAND m2. Jean DRUMMOND m3. Isabel DOUGLAS
m. Margaret MAITLAND father: William MAITLAND mother: Mary FLEMING
m. Jean DRUMMOND father: Patrick DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond mother: Elizabeth LINDSAY
m. Isabel DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton mother: Anne KEITH

3rd generation

5. Walter SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch m. Mary HAY
m. Mary HAY father: Francis HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS
7. Margaret SCOTT m1. James ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead m2. Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun
m. James ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead father: Robert ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead mother: Jean HAMILTON
m. Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun father: Robert SETON, Earl of Wintoun mother: Margaret MONTGOMERY
10. Jean KER m. John DRUMMOND, Earl of Perth
m. John DRUMMOND, Earl of Perth father: Patrick DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond mother: Elizabeth LINDSAY
11. Harry KER, Lord Ker m. Margaret HAY
m. Margaret HAY father: William HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Anne LYON

4th generation

12. Francis SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch m. Margaret LESLIE
m. Margaret LESLIE father: John LESLIE, Earl of Rothes mother: Anna ERSKINE
13. Jean SCOTT m. John HAY, Marquess of Tweeddale
m. John HAY, Marquess of Tweeddale father: John HAY, Earl of Tweeddale mother: Jean SETON
17. James DRUMMOND, Earl of Perth m. Anne GORDON
m. Anne GORDON father: George GORDON, Marquess Of Huntley mother: Anne CAMPBELL
19. William DRUMMOND-KER, Earl of Roxburghe m. Jean KER
m. Jean KER father: Harry KER, Lord Ker mother: Margaret HAY
20. Jean DRUMMOND m. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown
m. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown father: John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown mother: Margaret LIVINGSTONE
21. Jean KER m. William DRUMMOND-KER, Earl of Roxburghe
m. William DRUMMOND-KER, Earl of Roxburghe father: John DRUMMOND, Earl of Perth mother: Jean KER

5th generation

23. Margaret SCOTT m. Sir John SCOTT
m. Sir John SCOTT
24. Margaret HAY m. Robert KER, Earl of Roxburghe
m. Robert KER, Earl of Roxburghe father: William DRUMMOND-KER, Earl of Roxburghe mother: Jean KER
25. John HAY, Marquess of Tweeddale m. Mary MAITLAND
m. Mary MAITLAND father: John MAITLAND, Duke of Lauderdale mother: Anne HOME
26. James DRUMMOND, Earl of Perth m1. Jane DOUGLAS m2. Lilias DRUMMOND m3. Mary GORDON
m. Jane DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas mother: Mary GORDON
m. Lilias DRUMMOND father: Sir James DRUMMOND
m. Mary GORDON father: Lewis GORDON, Marquess Of Huntley mother: Mary GRANT
27. John DRUMMOND, Earl of Melfort m1. Sophia MAITLAND m2. Euphema WALLACE
m. Sophia MAITLAND father: Robert MAITLAND
m. Euphema WALLACE
28. Robert KER, Earl of Roxburghe m. Margaret HAY
m. Margaret HAY father: John HAY, Marquess of Tweeddale mother: Jean SCOTT
29. John KERR, Lord Bellenden m. Mary MOORE
m. Mary MOORE father: Henry MOORE, Earl of Drogheda mother: Alice SPENCER
30. Jean KER m. Colin LINDSAAY, Earl of Balcarres
m. Colin LINDSAAY, Earl of Balcarres father: Alexander LINDSAY, Earl of Balcarres mother: Anne MACKENZIE
32. William FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown m. Henrietta SETON
m. Henrietta SETON father: Charles SETON, Earl of Dunfermline mother: Mary DOUGLAS