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: Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1517 ^b
Death: 3 Jan 1589/90 ^d
Burial: Kilmarnock ^u

Parents:

Father:
Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd Birth: 1 Death: Before 10 May 1558

Mother:

Helen SOMERVILLE Death: After 13 Aug 1536

Family:
Marriage:

Margaret COLQUHOUN on Abt 1535 .^m1
Margaret COLQUHOUN Death: Aug 1601

Children:

Gille BOYD Birth: 1 Death: After 1584
Robert BOYD Birth: 1 Death: Abt 14 Oct 1550
Thomas BOYD, Lord Boyd Birth: Abt 1547 Death: Jun 1611

Bibliography

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].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 05 E-Goojerat. 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 V [Ap][p0-9].*].
Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP V p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: abt 1517 [Ref: CP II p261, SP V p155],
parents:: [Ref: CP II p261, SP V p155]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP II p261]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: CP II p261]

Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret COLQUHOUN

date:: contract 1535 [Ref: CP II p261, SP V p161],
names:: [Ref: SP V p152],
child:: [Ref: CP II p261(b), CP II p261, CP V p19]

Research Notes:
5th Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock, of Barony cr 1454? [Ref: CP II p261]
5th Lord Boyd [Ref: SP V p152, SP V p155]

Pedigree of Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
                                                                /-----Sir Robert BOYD
                                                       /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
                                              /-----Robert BOYD
                                             |        |         /-----Sir Patrick FLEMING
                                             |         \-----(Unk) FLEMING
                                             |                  \-----Joanna FRASER
                                     /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir John GIFFARD
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
                                    |        |        |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
                                    |         \-----Margaret GIFFORD
                                    |                 |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
                                    |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
                                    |                           \-----Joan
                            /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
                           |        |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
                           |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                           |        |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
                           |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
                           |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
                           |        |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
                           |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
                           |                 |                  /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
                           |                 |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
                           |                 |        |         \-----Annabelle Of Strathearn
                           |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
                           |                          |         /-----Alan De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
                           |                           \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
                           |                                    \-----Marjory
                   /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
                  |        |                                    /-----John MONTGOMERY
                  |        |                           /-----John MONTGOMERY
                  |        |                          |         \-----Janet ERSKINE
                  |        |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
                  |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
                  |        |                 |                  \-----(Unk) RANDOLPH
                  |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh EGLINTON
                  |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
                  |        |        |                  \-----Agnes MORE
                  |         \-----Joanna MONTGOMERIE
                  |                 |                           /-----Anges Mor Lord Of The Isles
                  |                 |                  /-----Angus Og Lord Of The Isles
                  |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk Dau) De CAMPBELL
                  |                 |         /-----John Lord Of The Isles
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Guy Of Cathan Of Ulster
                  |                 |        |         \-----Agnes Of Cathan Of Ulster
                  |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
                  |                          |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
                  |                          |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                  |                          |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
                  |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
                  |                                   |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
                  |                                    \-----Elizabeth MURE
                  |                                             \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
          /-----Alexander BOYD, Lord Boyd
         |        |                                             /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
         |        |                                    /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
         |        |                           /-----Sir John MAXWELL
         |        |                  /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir David LINDSAY
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir James LINDSAY
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
         |        |                 |         \-----Isabel LINDSAY
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
         |        |                 |                  \-----Egidia STEWART
         |        |                 |                           \-----Isabel GRAHAM
         |        |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Hugh DANIELSTON
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John DANIELSTON
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret De MONTIFICHET
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert DANIELSTON
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Mary STEWART
         |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth DANIELSTON
         |         \-----Mariot MAXWELL
         |                 |                           /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
         |                 |                  /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
         |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
         |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |                 |        |         \-----(Unk)
         |                  \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
         |                          |                           /-----Sir Thomas De HAYA
         |                          |                  /-----Sir William De HAYA
         |                          |                 |         \-----Lora CUNINGESBURGH
         |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY
         |                          |        |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
         |                           \-----(Unk) HAY
         |                                   |                  /-----Sir John GIFFARD
         |                                   |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
         |                                   |        |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
         |                                    \-----Janet GIFFORD
         |                                            |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
         |                                             \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
         |                                                      \-----Joan
/-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
|        |                                                      /-----Robert COLVILLE
|        |                                             /-----Robert COLVILLE
|        |                                            |         \-----Katerina
|        |                                    /-----Sir Thomas COLVILLE
|        |                           /-----Robert COLVILLE
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Sir James LINDSAY
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir James LINDSAY
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Egidia STEWART
|        |                          |         \-----Margaret LINDSAY
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|        |                          |                  \-----Margaret KEITH
|        |                          |                           \-----Margaret FRASER
|        |                  /-----Sir Robert COLVILLE
|        |                 |         \-----Margaret COLVILLE
|        |         /-----Sir Robert COLVILLE
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Alexander De CRICHTON
|        |        |        |                           /-----William De CRICHTON
|        |        |        |                  /-----Edward De CRICHTON
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Lord Ros Of Wark
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De ROS
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Laura
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
|        |        |         \-----Christian CRICHTON
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
|         \-----Janet COLVILLE
|                  \-----Eupheme WALLACE
Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
|         /-----Sir John SOMERVILLE
\-----Helen SOMERVILLE

Descendants of Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd

1. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd m. Margaret COLQUHOUN

m. Margaret COLQUHOUN father: George COLQUHOUN mother: Margaret BOYD

2+ Gille BOYD m. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun

4+ Thomas BOYD, Lord Boyd m1. Margaret CAMPBELL m2. Elizabeth WALLACE

2nd generation

2. Gille BOYD m. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun

m. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun father: Hugh MONTGOMERIE, Earl Of Eglintoun mother: Agnes DRUMMOND

5 Hugh MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun m1. Margaret MONTGOMERIE m2. Gabriela STEWART; Margaret MONTGOMERIE father: Robert MONTGOMERIE mother: Jean CAMPBELL

4. Thomas BOYD, Lord Boyd m1. Margaret CAMPBELL m2. Elizabeth WALLACE

m. Margaret CAMPBELL father: Sir Matthew CAMPBELL mother: Isabel DRUMMOND

6+ Robert BOYD m. Jean KERR

7+ Marion BOYD m. James HAMILTON, Earl Of Abercorn

m. Elizabeth WALLACE

3rd generation

6. Robert BOYD m. Jean KERR

m. Jean KERR father: Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian mother: Margaret MAXWELL

8+ Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd m1. Margaret MONTGOMERIE m2. Christian HAMILTON

7. Marion BOYD m. James HAMILTON, Earl Of Abercorn

m. James HAMILTON, Earl Of Abercorn father: Claude HAMILTON, Lord Paisley mother: Margaret SETON

9 James HAMILTON, Earl Of Abercorn m. Katherine CLIFTON, Baroness Clifton; Katherine CLIFTON, Baroness Clifton father: Gervase CLIFTON, Lord Clifton mother: Katherine DARCY

10+ Sir George HAMILTON m. Mary BUTLER

4th generation

8. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd m1. Margaret MONTGOMERIE m2. Christian HAMILTON

m. Margaret MONTGOMERIE father: Robert MONTGOMERIE mother: Jean CAMPBELL

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

11+ Isabel BOYD m. John SINCLAIR

12+ Marion BOYD m. Sir James DUNDAS

13 Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd m. Anne FLEMING; Anne FLEMING father: John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown mother: Margaret LIVINGSTONE

10. Sir George HAMILTON m. Mary BUTLER

m. Mary BUTLER father: Thomas BUTLER, Viscount Thurles mother: Elizabeth POYNTZ

14+ James HAMILTON m. Elizabeth COLEPEPER

5th generation

11. Isabel BOYD m. John SINCLAIR

m. John SINCLAIR

15+ Marion SINCLAIR m. Sir Archibald COCKBURN

12. Marion BOYD m. Sir James DUNDAS

m. Sir James DUNDAS

16+ Christian DUNDAS m. Sir Charles ERSKINE

14. James HAMILTON m. Elizabeth COLEPEPER

m. Elizabeth COLEPEPER father: John COLEPEPER, Lord Colepeper mother: Judith COLEPEPER

17+ James HAMILTON, Earl Of Abercorn m. Elizabeth READING