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

Person Info

Name: William RUTHVEN, Earl of Gowrie
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1543 ^b
Death: 4 May 1584 in Stirling ^d

Parents:

Father:
Patrick RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven Birth: Abt 1520 Death: 13 May 1566 in Newcastle-on-Tyne

Mother:

Janet DOUGLAS Death: After 16 Dec 1552

Family:
Marriage:

Dorothy STEWART on 17 Aug 1561 at Perth .^m1
Dorothy STEWART Birth: 2 Death: After Aug 1605

Children:

Margaret RUTHVEN
Mary RUTHVEN Birth: 1
Sophia RUTHVEN Birth: 3 Death: Before Jun 1590
Jean RUTHVEN Birth: 4 Death: 6 Jan 1611/2
Isabel RUTHVEN

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]*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Baronetage, 1611-1800, vol 2 English Irish and Scottish 1625-1649. Exeter, England: W Pollard, 1902. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/268971 Also available at https://archive.org/details/completebaroneta02coka Also available at https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524382 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CB II [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 01 A-Basing. London: St Catherine Press, 1910. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 1 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo01coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP I [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 09, Moels-Nugent. London: St Catherine Press, 1936. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IX [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 06 Gordon-Huntley. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VI [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 07 Hussee-Lincolnshire. London: St Catherine Press, 1929. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VII [Ap][p0-9].*].
Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1[pc][0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: abt 1543 [Ref: CP VI 40],
parents:: [Ref: CP VI p40],
father:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p1417]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP VI p41],
place:: [Ref: CP VI p41]

Sources with Information about marriage to Dorothy STEWART

date:: [Ref: CP VI p41],
place:: [Ref: CP VI p41],
names:: [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p669],
child:: [Ref: CP I p314, CP I p71, CP IX p149, CP VII p606]

Research Notes:
1st Earl of Gowrie, of Earldom cr 1581 [Ref: CP VI p40]
1st Earl of Gowrie [Ref: Burke Peerage p1417, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p669]

Pedigree of William RUTHVEN, Earl of Gowrie
                                                                /-----Sir William RUTHVEN
                                                       /-----Sir William RUTHVEN
                                              /-----Sir John RUTHVEN
                                     /-----Sir Patrick RUTHVEN
                            /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
                           |        |                           /-----Thomas De CRANSTON
                           |        |                  /-----William De CRANSTON
                           |        |         /-----Sir Thomas CRANSTON
                           |         \-----(Unk) CRANSTON
                   /-----William RUTHVEN, Master Of Ruthven
                  |         \-----Isabel LEVINGTON
          /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
         |         \-----Catherine BUTTERGASK
/-----Patrick RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|        |                                                      /-----Sir John HALYBURTON
|        |                                             /-----Walter HALYBURTON, Lord Of Dirletoun
|        |                                            |         \-----Margaret CAMERON
|        |                                    /-----Walter HALYBURTON, Lord Of Dirletoun
|        |                           /-----John HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|        |                          |        |                  /-----James DOUGLAS
|        |                          |        |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
|        |                          |         \-----Mary DOUGLAS
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas MORAY, Lord Of Bothwell
|        |                          |                  \-----Joan MORAY
|        |                          |                           \-----Joan MORAY
|        |                  /-----George HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir William SETON
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir John SETON, Lord Of Seton
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Janet FLEMING
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William SETON
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Katherine De St CLAIR
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth POLWARCH
|        |                 |         \-----Janet SETON
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Christiana WARDLAW
|        |                 |                  \-----Janet DUNBAR
|        |                 |                           \-----Beatrice
|        |         /-----Patrick HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|        |        |         \-----Mariot
|         \-----Janet HALYBURTON, Baroness Dirletoun
|                 |         /-----James DOUGLAS
|                  \-----Margaret DOUGLAS
William RUTHVEN, Earl of Gowrie
|                                                               /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                                                      /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                                                     |         \-----Margaret STEWART, Countess Of Angus And Mar
|                                             /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                                            |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|                                            |         \-----Mary STEWART
|                                            |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|                                    /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                                   |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas HAY
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir William HAY
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Janet GIFFORD
|                                   |         \-----Margaret HAY
|                                   |                  \-----Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
|                           /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas SIBBALD
|                          |        |         /-----Sir John SIBBALD
|                          |         \-----Isabel SIBBALD
|                          |                  \-----Joan LIVINGSTON
|                  /-----George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus
|                 |        |                                    /-----Robert BOYD
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Margaret GIFFORD
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|                 |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
|                 |        |         /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
|                 |        |        |         \-----Joanna MONTGOMERIE
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----John Lord Of The Isles
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
|                 |         \-----Elizabeth BOYD
|                 |                 |                           /-----Sir John MAXWELL
|                 |                 |                  /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Isabel LINDSAY
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert DANIELSTON
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth DANIELSTON
|                 |                  \-----Mariot MAXWELL
|                 |                          |                  /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|                 |                          |        |         \-----(Unk)
|                 |                           \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
|                 |                                   |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY
|                 |                                    \-----(Unk) HAY
|                 |                                             \-----Janet GIFFORD
|         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
|        |        |                           /-----Sir Walter DRUMMOND
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
|        |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth SINCLAIR
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Jean HALYBURTON
|        |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Willian RUTHVEN
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William RUTHVEN
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Johanna
|        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret RUTHVEN
|        |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Walter MURRAY
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir David MURRAY
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret Le BARDE
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir David MURRAY
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel STEWART
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Argyll
|        |        |        |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John COLQUHOUN
|        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret COLQUHOUN
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
|        |        |        |                           \-----Jean ERSKINE
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Janet KEITH
|        |         \-----Elizabeth DRUMMOND
|        |                 |                                    /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|        |                 |                           /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |                 |                  /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Marjorie DUNBAR
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Christiana WARDLAW
|        |                 |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter OGILVY
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander OGILVY
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel RAMSAY
|        |                 |        |         \-----Marjory OGILVIE
|        |                  \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|        |                          |                           /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
|        |                          |                  /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
|        |                          |         /-----Sir David DUNBAR
|        |                          |        |         \-----Christiana WARDLAW
|        |                           \-----Margaret DUNBAR
\-----Janet DOUGLAS

Descendants of William RUTHVEN, Earl of Gowrie

1. William RUTHVEN, Earl of Gowrie m. Dorothy STEWART

m. Dorothy STEWART father: Henry STEWART, Lord Methven mother: Janet STEWART

2+ Margaret RUTHVEN m. John GRAHAM, Earl Of Montrose

3+ Mary RUTHVEN m1. John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl m2. John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl m3. James STEWART

4 Sophia RUTHVEN m. Ludovic STEWART, Duke Of Lennox; Ludovic STEWART, Duke Of Lennox father: Esme STEWART, Duke Of Lennox mother: Catherine De BALSAC

5+ Jean RUTHVEN m. James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie

6+ Isabel RUTHVEN m. Sir Robert GORDON

2nd generation

2. Margaret RUTHVEN m. John GRAHAM, Earl Of Montrose

m. John GRAHAM, Earl Of Montrose father: John GRAHAM, Earl Of Montrose mother: Jean DRUMMOND

7+ Lilias GRAHAM m. Sir John COLQUHOUN

8+ James GRAHAM, Marquess Of Montrose m. Magdalen CARNEGIE

9+ Beatrice GRAHAM m. David DRUMMOND, Lord Maderty

3. Mary RUTHVEN m1. John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl m2. John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl m3. James STEWART

m. John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl father: John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl mother: Margaret FLEMING

10+ Dorothy STEWART m. William MURRAY, Earl of Tullibardine

11 Mary STEWART m1. John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl m2. Peter ROLLO

m. John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl father: James STEWART, Lord Innermeath mother: Helen OGILVY

m. James STEWART father: James STEWART, Master of Buchan

5. Jean RUTHVEN m. James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie

m. James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie father: James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie mother: Jean FORBES

12+ Elizabeth OGILVY m. George GORDON

13+ James OGILVY, Earl Of Airlie m. Isabel HAMILTON

6. Isabel RUTHVEN m. Sir Robert GORDON

m. Sir Robert GORDON

14+ Elizabeth GORDON m. John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale

3rd generation

7. Lilias GRAHAM m. Sir John COLQUHOUN

m. Sir John COLQUHOUN father: Alexander COLQUHOUN mother: Helen BUCHANAN

15+ Lilias COLQUHOUN m. John NAPIER

16+ Sir John COLQUHOUN m. Margaret BAILLIE

8. James GRAHAM, Marquess Of Montrose m. Magdalen CARNEGIE

m. Magdalen CARNEGIE father: Sir David CARNEGIE, Earl of Southesk mother: Margaret LINDSAY

17+ James GRAHAM, Marquess Of Montrose m. Isabel DOUGLAS

9. Beatrice GRAHAM m. David DRUMMOND, Lord Maderty

m. David DRUMMOND, Lord Maderty father: John DRUMMOND, Lord Maderty mother: Margaret LESLIE

18+ Beatrix DRUMMOND m. John CARMICHAEL, Earl of Hyndford

10. Dorothy STEWART m. William MURRAY, Earl of Tullibardine

m. William MURRAY, Earl of Tullibardine father: John MURRAY, Earl of Tullibardine mother: Catherine DRUMMOND

19+ John MURRAY, Earl of Atholl m. Jean CAMPBELL

20+ Mary MURRAY m. Sir John MONCREIFF

12. Elizabeth OGILVY m. George GORDON

m. George GORDON father: George GORDON mother: Isobel WOOD

21 Barbara GORDON

22+ George GORDON m1. (Unk) KEITH m2. Lucretia IRVINE

13. James OGILVY, Earl Of Airlie m. Isabel HAMILTON

m. Isabel HAMILTON father: Thomas HAMILTON, Earl of Haddington mother: Margaret BORTHWICK

23+ Margaret OGILVY m. Patrick URQUHART

24+ James OGILVY, Earl Of Airlie m1. Helen OGILVY m2. Mary GRANT

14. Elizabeth GORDON m. John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale

m. John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale father: John MAXWELL, Lord Herries mother: Elizabeth MAXWELL

25+ Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Lucy DOUGLAS

4th generation

15. Lilias COLQUHOUN m. John NAPIER

m. John NAPIER father: Robert NAPIER

26+ Katherine NAPIER m. Robert CAMPBELL

27 Margaret NAPIER

16. Sir John COLQUHOUN m. Margaret BAILLIE

m. Margaret BAILLIE father: Sir Gideon BAILLIE mother: Magdalene CARNEGIE

28 John COLQUHOUN

29 James COLQUHOUN

30+ Lilias COLQUHOUN m1. Sir John STIRLING m2. Charles MAITLAND

17. James GRAHAM, Marquess Of Montrose m. Isabel DOUGLAS

m. Isabel DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton mother: Anne KEITH

31+ Anne GRAHAM m. Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Callendar

18. Beatrix DRUMMOND m. John CARMICHAEL, Earl of Hyndford

m. John CARMICHAEL, Earl of Hyndford father: William CARMICHAEL mother: Grizel DOUGLAS

32+ James CARMICHAEL, Earl of Hyndford m. Elizabeth MAITLAND

19. John MURRAY, Earl of Atholl m. Jean CAMPBELL

m. Jean CAMPBELL father: Sir Duncan CAMPBELL mother: Elizabeth SINCLAIR

33+ John MURRAY, Marquess Of Atholl m. Amelia Sophia STANLEY

20. Mary MURRAY m. Sir John MONCREIFF

m. Sir John MONCREIFF father: William MONCREIFF mother: Anne MURRAY

34 Jane MONCREIFF m1. Sir Simon FRASER m2. Sir Thomas BURNETT, Baron Of Leys; Sir Thomas BURNETT, Baron Of Leys father: Alexander BURNETT mother: Katharine GORDON

22. George GORDON m1. (Unk) KEITH m2. Lucretia IRVINE

m. (Unk) KEITH father: Sir William KEITH

35+ George GORDON m. Elizabeth URQUHART

36+ Marie GORDON m. John GORDON

m. Lucretia IRVINE father: Robert IRVINE mother: Elizabeth CAMPBELL

23. Margaret OGILVY m. Patrick URQUHART

m. Patrick URQUHART

37+ Elizabeth URQUHART m. George GORDON

24. James OGILVY, Earl Of Airlie m1. Helen OGILVY m2. Mary GRANT

m. Helen OGILVY father: George OGILVY, Lord Banff mother: Margaret IRVINE

38 James OGILVY

39+ David OGILVY, Earl Of Airlie m. Grizel LYON

m. Mary GRANT father: Sir John GRANT mother: Mary OGILVY

25. Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Lucy DOUGLAS

m. Lucy DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas mother: Mary GORDON

40+ Mary MAXWELL m. Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair

41+ William MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Winifred HERBERT

5th generation

26. Katherine NAPIER m. Robert CAMPBELL

m. Robert CAMPBELL

42+ Lilias CAMPBELL m. John DUNLOP

30. Lilias COLQUHOUN m1. Sir John STIRLING m2. Charles MAITLAND

m. Sir John STIRLING

43+ Lilias STIRLING m. John MURRAY

m. Charles MAITLAND father: Charles MAITLAND, Earl of Lauderdale

31. Anne GRAHAM m. Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Callendar

m. Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Callendar father: George LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Linlithgow mother: Elizabeth MAULE

44+ Mary LIVINGSTON m. James GRAHAM

32. James CARMICHAEL, Earl of Hyndford m. Elizabeth MAITLAND

m. Elizabeth MAITLAND father: John MAITLAND, Earl of Lauderdale mother: Margaret CUNNINGHAM

45 John CARMICHAEL, Earl of Hyndford m1. Elizabeth SHOVEL m2. Jean VIGOR; Elizabeth SHOVEL father: Sir Cloudesley SHOVEL mother: Elizabeth HILL

33. John MURRAY, Marquess Of Atholl m. Amelia Sophia STANLEY

m. Amelia Sophia STANLEY father: James STANLEY, Earl Of Derby mother: Charlotte De La TREMOILLE

46+ John MURRAY, Duke Of Atholl m. Catherine DOUGLAS

47+ Charles MURRAY, Earl Of Dunmore m. Catherine WATTS

48+ William MURRAY, Lord Nairne m. Margaret NAIRNE

49+ Ameila MURRAY m. Hugh FRASER, Lord Lovat

35. George GORDON m. Elizabeth URQUHART

m. Elizabeth URQUHART father: Patrick URQUHART mother: Margaret OGILVY

50+ Marie GORDON m. Alexander DAVIDSON

36. Marie GORDON m. John GORDON

51 Elizabeth GORDON

37. Elizabeth URQUHART m. George GORDON

m. George GORDON father: George GORDON mother: (Unk) KEITH

50+ Marie GORDON m. Alexander DAVIDSON

39. David OGILVY, Earl Of Airlie m. Grizel LYON

m. Grizel LYON father: Patrick LYON, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn mother: Helen MIDDLETON

52 James OGILVY m. Anne ERSKINE; Anne ERSKINE father: David ERSKINE

53+ John OGILVY m. Margaret OGILVY

40. Mary MAXWELL m. Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair

m. Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair father: John STEWART, Earl of Traquair mother: Anne SETON

54 Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair m. Theresa CONYERS

55+ John STUART, Earl Of Traquair m. Christian ANSTRUTHER

56 Mary STUART m. John DRUMMOND; John DRUMMOND father: James DRUMMOND, Earl of Perth mother: Lilias DRUMMOND

57+ Catherine STEWART m. William MAXWELL

41. William MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Winifred HERBERT

m. Winifred HERBERT father: William HERBERT, Marquess of Powis mother: Elizabeth SOMERSET

58+ William MAXWELL m1. Catherine STEWART m2. Anne FOX