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: Sir John MAXWELL
Sex: M
Birth: 1 ^b
Death: 1490 ^d

Parents:

Father:
Sir John MAXWELL Birth: Abt 1403 Death: 1477

Mother:

Margaret BORTHWICK Death: After 16 Aug 1473

Family:
Marriage:

Janet BOYD .^m1
Janet BOYD

Children:

Sir Gavin MAXWELL Death: 1492

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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: first son [Ref: Burke Peerage p744],
parents:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p744]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p744]

Sources with Information about marriage to Janet BOYD

child:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p744]

Research Notes:
of Calderwood [Ref: Burke Peerage p744]

Pedigree of Sir John MAXWELL
                                                                /-----Herbert De MACCUSWELL
                                                       /-----Sir Aymer De MAXWELL
                                              /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
                                             |        |         /-----Roland McGEACHAN
                                             |         \-----Mary
                                     /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
                            /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
                   /-----Sir John MAXWELL
          /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL
         |        |                                             /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
         |        |                                    /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
         |        |                           /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Walter De LINDSAY
         |        |                          |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
         |        |                          |                  \-----Christian
         |        |                  /-----Sir David LINDSAY
         |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
         |        |                 |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |        |                 |                           \-----Joanna
         |        |         /-----Sir James LINDSAY
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Patrick De ABERNETHY
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Hugh ABERNETHY
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Ewen Mac Donchadh mac Dubhgaill, Lord of Lor
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Mary Of Argyll
         |        |        |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Walter STEWART, Earl Of Menteith
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Alexander De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Mary Of Menteith, Countess Of Menteith
         |        |        |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
         |        |        |                           \-----Matilda
         |        |        |                                    \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
         |         \-----Isabel LINDSAY
         |                 |                                    /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
         |                 |                           /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
         |                 |                          |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
         |                 |                  /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
         |                 |                 |         \-----Joanna
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
         |                 |         /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Richard De BURGH, Lord of Connaught
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Egidia (Jill) De LACY
         |                 |        |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir John FITZ GEOFFREY
         |                 |        |                  \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
         |                 |        |                           \-----Isabel BIGOD
         |                  \-----Egidia STEWART
         |                          |                           /-----Sir Henry De GRAHAM
         |                          |                  /-----Sir Henry GRAHAM
         |                          |                 |         \-----Christiana FITZ GILBERT
         |                          |         /-----Sir Nicholas GRAHAM
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Roger AVENEL
         |                          |        |         \-----(Unk) AVENEL
         |                           \-----Isabel 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
/-----Sir John MAXWELL
|        |                           /-----Hugh DANIELSTON
|        |                  /-----Sir John DANIELSTON
|        |                 |        |                           /-----William De MONTFICHET
|        |                 |        |                  /-----William De MONTFICHET
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William De MONTIFICHET
|        |                 |         \-----Margaret De MONTIFICHET
|        |         /-----Sir Robert DANIELSTON
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |        |        |                           /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Joanna
|        |        |        |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
|        |        |        |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
|        |        |        |        |                           \-----Helen
|        |        |         \-----Mary STEWART
|         \-----Elizabeth DANIELSTON
Sir John MAXWELL
|                           /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
|                  /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|                 |        |                                    /-----Robert De St CLARE
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Eleanor Of Dreux
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Amicia
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
|                 |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----William De FENTON
|                 |        |        |         \-----Alice De FENTON
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----John BYSET
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Cecilia BYSET
|                 |        |        |                           \-----(Unk) DURWARD
|                 |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
|         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|        |         \-----(Unk)
\-----Margaret BORTHWICK
         |                                                      /-----Sir John De HAYA
         |                                             /-----Sir William De HAYA
         |                                            |         \-----(Unk) De LYNE
         |                                    /-----Sir Gilbert De HAYA
         |                           /-----Sir Thomas De HAYA
         |                          |        |                  /-----Simon FRASER
         |                          |        |         /-----Sir Simon FRASER
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Maria
         |                          |         \-----Margaret FRASER
         |                  /-----Sir William De HAYA
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir William De CUNINGESBURGH
         |                 |         \-----Lora CUNINGESBURGH
         |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY
         |        |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
          \-----(Unk) HAY
                  |                  /-----Sir John GIFFARD
                  |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
                  |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
                  |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
                  |        |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
                  |        |                 |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |        |                 |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Jean COMYN
                  |        |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
                  |        |                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De BARCLAY
                  |        |                           \-----Eupheme
                   \-----Janet GIFFORD
                           |                                    /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
                           |                           /-----Sir Andrew DOUGLAS
                           |                          |         \-----Margaret CRAWFORD
                           |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
                           |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
                            \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
                                     \-----Joan

Descendants of Sir John MAXWELL

1. Sir John MAXWELL m. Janet BOYD

m. Janet BOYD father: Sir Thomas BOYD mother: Joanna MONTGOMERIE

2+ Sir Gavin MAXWELL m. Elizabeth

2nd generation

2. Sir Gavin MAXWELL m. Elizabeth

3+ Sir Robert MAXWELL m. Sibella CARMICHAEL

4 William MAXWELL

3rd generation

3. Sir Robert MAXWELL m. Sibella CARMICHAEL

m. Sibella CARMICHAEL father: Sir Walter CARMICHAEL

5 Robert MAXWELL

6 John MAXWELL m. Elizabeth HAMILTON