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: Elizabeth ERSKINE
Sex: F

Parents:

Father:
Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine Birth: 1 Death: Before 6 Nov 1452

Mother:

Elizabeth LINDSAY

Family:
Marriage:

Sir Henry DOUGLAS .^m1
Sir Henry DOUGLAS Birth: 1 Death: After 1469

Children:

Sir Robert DOUGLAS Death: 9 Sep 1513 in Flodden
David DOUGLAS Death: After 1494
Thomas DOUGLAS Death: After 1494

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 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].*].
Ravilious, John, Dame Crystyane of Douglas, in The Scottish Genealogist, vol LIX no 3 (Sep 2012), pp129-138. Available at https://independent.academia.edu/JohnRavilious. This article at https://www.academia.edu/35798107/Dame_Crystyane_of_Douglas_TSG_LIX_3_129_138_pdf. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Ravilious Crystyane p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

parents:: [Ref: Ravilious Crystyane p131],
father:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p1428]

Sources with Information about marriage to Sir Henry DOUGLAS

child:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p1428, CP IX p287]

Research Notes:

Pedigree of Elizabeth ERSKINE
                                              /-----Sir John ERSKINE
                                     /-----John ERSKINE
                            /-----Sir William ERSKINE
                   /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk
          /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
         |        |                                             /-----William De LINDSAY
         |        |                                    /-----William De LINDSAY
         |        |                                   |         \-----Alice De LIMESY
         |        |                           /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
         |        |                  /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
         |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Walter De LINDSAY
         |        |        |        |                  /-----William De LINDSAY
         |        |        |        |         /-----Walter De LINDSAY
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Gilbert FITZROGER FITZREINFRID, Lord Of Kendal
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Alice De LANCASTER, Baroness Of Kendal
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Helwise De LANCASTER, Baroness Of Kendal
         |        |        |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
         |        |        |                  \-----Christian
         |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
         |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |                          |                           /-----Alan High Steward Of Scotland
         |                          |                  /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
         |                          |                 |         \-----Eva
         |                          |         /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Gilchrist Earl Of Angus
         |                          |        |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
         |                           \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |                                   |                  /-----Richard COMYN
         |                                   |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
         |                                   |        |         \-----Hextilde of Tynedale
         |                                    \-----Joanna
         |                                            |         /-----Fergus Earl Of Buchan
         |                                             \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
/-----Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|        |                                                      /-----Philip De KEITH
|        |                                             /-----Hervey De KEITH
|        |                                            |         \-----Eda LORENS
|        |                                    /-----Sir John De KEITH
|        |                           /-----Sir William De KEITH
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Richard COMYN
|        |                          |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Hextilde of Tynedale
|        |                          |         \-----Margaret COMYN
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Fergus Earl Of Buchan
|        |                          |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
|        |                  /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|        |                 |        |         /-----Adam De SETON
|        |                 |         \-----Barbara De SETON
|        |         /-----Sir Edward De KEITH
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Andrew De SYNTON
|        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Alexander De SYNTON
|        |        |        |                  /-----Andrew De SYNTON
|        |        |        |         /-----Alexander De SYNTON
|        |        |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
|        |        |                  \-----Maria
|         \-----Janet KEITH
|                 |                                             /-----Alan High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |                                    /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |                                   |         \-----Eva
|                 |                           /-----Walter STEWART, Earl Of Menteith
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Gilchrist Earl Of Angus
|                 |                          |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
|                 |                  /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----(Unk) Of Menteith
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Maurice The Younger Earl Of Menteith
|                 |                 |         \-----Mary Of Menteith, Countess Of Menteith
|                 |         /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
|                  \-----Christian MENTEITH
|                          |                                    /-----Duncan Earl Of Mar
|                          |                           /-----William Earl Of Mar
|                          |                  /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
|                          |                 |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|                          |                 |         \-----Elizabeth COMYN
|                          |                 |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
|                          |         /-----Gratney Earl Of Mar
|                          |        |         \-----Helen
|                           \-----Elyne Of Mar
|                                   |                           /-----Robert De BRUS, Lord Of Annandale
|                                   |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Baron Of Writtle
|                                   |                 |         \-----Isabella Of Huntingdon
|                                   |         /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Sir Gilbert De CLARE, Earl Of Hertford And Glouceste
|                                   |        |         \-----Isabel De CLARE
|                                   |        |                  \-----Isabel MARSHALL
|                                    \-----Christian BRUCE
|                                            |                  /-----Nicol Of Carrick
|                                            |         /-----Neil Earl Of Carrick, Regent Of Scotland
|                                            |        |         \-----(Unk) O'NEILL
|                                             \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
|                                                      \-----Isabella
Elizabeth ERSKINE
|                                                               /-----William De LINDSAY
|                                                      /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
|                                             /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
|                                    /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|                                   |        |                  /-----William De LINDSAY
|                                   |        |         /-----Walter De LINDSAY
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Alice De LANCASTER, Baroness Of Kendal
|                                   |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
|                                   |                  \-----Christian
|                           /-----Sir David LINDSAY
|                          |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                          |                 |                  /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
|                          |                 |         /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
|                          |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                          |                          |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|                          |                           \-----Joanna
|                          |                                    \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
|                  /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir Laurence De ABERNETHY
|                 |        |                           /-----Patrick De ABERNETHY
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Devorguile Of Galloway
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Hugh ABERNETHY
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Ewen Mac Donchadh mac Dubhgaill, Lord of Lor
|                 |        |        |         \-----Mary Of Argyll
|                 |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
|                 |                 |                           /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |                 |                  /-----Walter STEWART, Earl Of Menteith
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
|                 |                 |         /-----Alexander De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Maurice The Younger Earl Of Menteith
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Mary Of Menteith, Countess Of Menteith
|                 |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
|                 |                          |                  /-----Gilbert Earl Of Strathern
|                 |                          |         /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Margaret De TOSNY
|                 |                           \-----Matilda
|                 |                                   |         /-----Hugh De MORAVIA
|                 |                                    \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
|                 |                                             \-----Annabela Of Fife
|         /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|        |        |         /-----Sir John STIRLING
|        |         \-----Catherine STIRLING
\-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
         |                                                      /-----Alan High Steward Of Scotland
         |                                             /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
         |                                            |         \-----Eva
         |                                    /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
         |                                   |        |         /-----Gilchrist Earl Of Angus
         |                                   |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
         |                           /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
         |                          |        |                  /-----Richard COMYN
         |                          |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Hextilde of Tynedale
         |                          |         \-----Joanna
         |                          |                 |         /-----Fergus Earl Of Buchan
         |                          |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
         |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
         |                 |        |                           /-----William De BURGH, Lord of Connaught
         |                 |        |                  /-----Richard De BURGH, Lord of Connaught
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----(Unk Dau) O'BRIEN
         |                 |        |         /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Walter De LACY, Baron Of Weobley
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Egidia (Jill) De LACY
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Margaret De BRAOISE
         |                 |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Geoffrey FITZ PIERS, Earl Of Essex
         |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John FITZ GEOFFREY
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Aveline De CLARE
         |                 |                  \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
         |                 |                          |         /-----Hugh BIGOD, Earl Of Norfolk, MC Surety
         |                 |                           \-----Isabel BIGOD
         |                 |                                    \-----Maud MARSHALL
         |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |        |        |                                    /-----Robert De BRUS, Lord Of Annandale
         |        |        |                           /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Baron Of Writtle
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Isabella Of Huntingdon
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Gilbert De CLARE, Earl Of Hertford And Glouceste
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De CLARE
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Isabel MARSHALL
         |        |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Nicol Of Carrick
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Neil Earl Of Carrick, Regent Of Scotland
         |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) O'NEILL
         |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabella
         |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
         |        |                 |                           /-----Duncan Earl Of Mar
         |        |                 |                  /-----William Earl Of Mar
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth COMYN
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
         |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
         |        |                           \-----Helen
          \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                  |                                    /-----Ferquhard Mac TAGGART, Earl Of Ross
                  |                           /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Richard COMYN
                  |                 |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Hextilde of Tynedale
                  |                 |         \-----Jean COMYN
                  |                 |                 |         /-----William De VESCY, Baron Of Alnwick
                  |                 |                  \-----(Unk)
                  |                 |                           \-----Burga De STUTEVILLE
                  |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |        |        |                  /-----(Unk) De BARCLAY
                  |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh De BARCLAY
                  |        |         \-----Eupheme
                   \-----Euphemia Of Ross
                           |                                    /-----Sir Henry De GRAHAM
                           |                           /-----Sir Henry GRAHAM
                           |                          |         \-----Christiana FITZ GILBERT
                           |                  /-----Sir Nicholas GRAHAM
                           |                 |        |         /-----Roger AVENEL
                           |                 |         \-----(Unk) AVENEL
                           |         /-----John GRAHAM
                           |        |        |                  /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
                           |        |        |         /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern
                           |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
                           |        |         \-----Mary Of Strathearn
                           |        |                 |         /-----Sir Robert De MUSCHAMP, Baron Of Wooler
                           |        |                  \-----Marjory De MUSCHAMP
                           |        |                           \-----Isabel
                            \-----Margaret GRAHAM
                                     \-----Isabella

Descendants of Elizabeth ERSKINE

1. Elizabeth ERSKINE m. Sir Henry DOUGLAS

m. Sir Henry DOUGLAS father: Sir William DOUGLAS mother: Christian LINDSAY

2+ Sir Robert DOUGLAS m1. Elizabeth BOSWELL m2. Isabel SIBBALD m3. Mariot BALLIE

3 David DOUGLAS

4 Thomas DOUGLAS

2nd generation

2. Sir Robert DOUGLAS m1. Elizabeth BOSWELL m2. Isabel SIBBALD m3. Mariot BALLIE

m. Elizabeth BOSWELL father: David BOSWELL

5+ Sir Robert DOUGLAS m1. Margaret BALFOUR m2. Margaret HAY

6 Agnes DOUGLAS m. Thomas HAMILTON

7 Margaret DOUGLAS m1. Sir David STEWART m2. Henry MERCER

m. Isabel SIBBALD father: Sir John SIBBALD mother: Joan LIVINGSTON

m. Mariot BALLIE father: Sir William BALLIE

3rd generation

5. Sir Robert DOUGLAS m1. Margaret BALFOUR m2. Margaret HAY

m. Margaret BALFOUR father: David BALFOUR

8+ Thomas DOUGLAS m. Elizabeth BOYD

9 Henry DOUGLAS

10 Margaret DOUGLAS m. Henry STEWART

m. Margaret HAY father: Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Beatrice DOUGLAS

4th generation

8. Thomas DOUGLAS m. Elizabeth BOYD

m. Elizabeth BOYD father: Archibald BOYD mother: Christian MURE

11+ Robert DOUGLAS m. Margaret ERSKINE

5th generation

11. Robert DOUGLAS m. Margaret ERSKINE

m. Margaret ERSKINE father: Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine mother: Isabel CAMPBELL

12+ George DOUGLAS m. Janet LINDSAY

13+ Eupheme DOUGLAS m. Patrick LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres

14+ William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton m. Agnes LESLIE