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. Isabel WEMYSS Death: 1636
  2. Cecilia WEMYSS
  3. John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss Birth: 1586 Death: 1649

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 08, Lindley-Moate. London: St Catherine Press, 1932. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VIII [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-1, Skelmersdale-Towton. London: St Catherine Press, 1953. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XII/1 [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-2, Tracton-Zz. London: St Catherine Press, 1959. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XII/2 [Ap][p0-9].*].

Sources with Information about marriage to Mary STEWART
date:
second marriage of John [Ref: CP XII/2 p462, CP XII/2 p65],
child:
[Ref: CP VIII p190, CP XII/2 p462, CP XII/2 p65]
Research Notes:
of Wemyss, on the north bank of the Forth, co Fife [Ref: CP XII/2 p462]
of Wemyss [Ref: Burke Peerage p1266]



Pedigree of Sir John WEMYSS
Sir John WEMYSS



Descendants of Sir John WEMYSS
1. Sir John WEMYSS m. Mary STEWART
m. Mary STEWART father: James STEWART, Lord Doune And St Colme mother: Margaret CAMPBELL

2nd generation

2. Isabel WEMYSS m. Hugh FRASER, Baron Lovat
m. Hugh FRASER, Baron Lovat father: Simon FRASER, Baron Lovat mother: Katherine MACKENZIE
4. John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss m. Jean GRAY
m. Jean GRAY father: Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray mother: Mary STEWART

3rd generation

6. Hugh FRASER m. Anne LESLIE
m. Anne LESLIE father: Alexander LESLIE, Earl of Leven mother: Agnes RENTON
8. Mary WEMYSS m. John SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair
m. John SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair father: Patrick SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair mother: Margaret COCKBURN
9. David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss m1. Anna BALFOUR m2. Helenor FLEMING m3. Margaret LESLIE
m. Anna BALFOUR father: Robert ARNOT-BALFOUR, Lord Balfour Of Burleigh mother: Margaret BALFOUR
m. Helenor FLEMING father: John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown mother: Margaret LIVINGSTONE
m. Margaret LESLIE father: John LESLIE, Earl of Rothes mother: Anna ERSKINE
10. Elizabeth WEMYSS m. Sir John AYTOUN
m. Sir John AYTOUN

4th generation

11. Hugh FRASER, Lord Lovat m. Anne MACKENZIE
m. Anne MACKENZIE father: Sir John MACKENZIE mother: Margaret ERSKINE
12. Catherine SINCLAIR m. John St CLAIR
m. John St CLAIR
13. Jean WEMYSS m1. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus m2. George GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland
m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus father: William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas mother: Margaret HAMILTON
m. George GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland father: John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland mother: Jean DRUMMOND
14. Margaret WEMYSS m1. James WEMYSS, Lord Burntisland m2. George MACKENZIE, Earl Of Cromarty
m. James WEMYSS, Lord Burntisland father: Sir James WEMYSS
m. George MACKENZIE, Earl Of Cromarty father: Sir John MACKENZIE mother: Margaret ERSKINE
15. Margaret AYTOUN m. Sir Archibald HOPE
m. Sir Archibald HOPE

5th generation

16. Hugh FRASER, Lord Lovat m. Ameila MURRAY
m. Ameila MURRAY father: John MURRAY, Marquess Of Atholl mother: Amelia Sophia STANLEY
17. Henry St CLAIR, Lord Sinclair m. Barbara COCKBURN
m. Barbara COCKBURN father: Sir James COCKBURN
18. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland m1. Helen COCHRANE m2. Katherine TOLLEMACHE m3. Frances HODGSON
m. Helen COCHRANE father: William COCHRANE mother: Catherine KENNEDY
m. Katherine TOLLEMACHE father: Lionel TOLLEMACHE mother: Elizabeth MURRAY
m. Frances HODGSON father: Sir Thomas HODGSON
19. Anne WEMYSS m. David LESLIE, Earl of Leven and Melville
m. David LESLIE, Earl of Leven and Melville father: George MELVILLE, Earl of Melville mother: Catherine LESLIE
20. David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss m1. Anne DOUGLAS m2. Mary ROBINSON m3. Elizabeth St CLAIR
m. Anne DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Duke of Queensberry mother: Isabel DOUGLAS
m. Mary ROBINSON father: Sir John ROBINSON mother: Mary DUDLEY
m. Elizabeth St CLAIR father: Henry St CLAIR, Lord Sinclair mother: Barbara COCKBURN
21. Margaret HOPE m. Patrick SCOTT
m. Patrick SCOTT