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: 1 ^b
Death: Before 10 May 1558 ^d

Parents:

Father:
Alexander BOYD, Lord Boyd Birth: 2 Death: After 26 Jun 1508

Mother:

Janet COLVILLE

Family:
Marriage:

Helen SOMERVILLE on Before 1518 .^m1
Helen SOMERVILLE Death: After 13 Aug 1536

Children:

Agnes BOYD Death: 18 Jul 1584
Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd Birth: Abt 1517 Death: 3 Jan 1589/90

Marriage:

Elizabeth NAPIER on Before Dec 1542 .^m2
Elizabeth NAPIER

Marriage:

Marion COLQUHOUN on Before 10 Feb 1548/9 .^m3
Marion COLQUHOUN

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].*].
Fraser, William, The chiefs of Colquhoun and their country, Edinburgh, Scotland: T and A Constable, 1869. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/131731. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p[0-9]*].
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:: first son and heir [Ref: SP V p151],
parents:: [Ref: SP V p151]

Sources for death Information

date:: between 29 Jul 1557 and 10 May 1558 [Ref: CP II p261]

Sources with Information about marriage to Helen SOMERVILLE

date:: before 1518 [Ref: CP II p261, SP V p155],
child:: [Ref: CP II p261, SP V p155]

Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth NAPIER

date:: before Dec 1542 [Ref: CP II p261, SP V p155]

Sources with Information about marriage to Marion COLQUHOUN

date:: before 10 Feb 1548/9 [Ref: CP II p261]; before Feb 1548/9 [Ref: SP V p155]; first marriage of Marion [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p91]

Research Notes:
4th Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock, of Barony cr 1454? [Ref: CP II p261]
4th Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock [Ref: SP V p152]

heir of his father [Ref: SP V p151]

Pedigree of Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
                                                       /-----Sir Robert BOYD
                                              /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
                                     /-----Robert BOYD
                                    |        |                  /-----Robert FLEMING
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Patrick FLEMING
                                    |         \-----(Unk) FLEMING
                                    |                 |         /-----Sir Simon FRASER
                                    |                  \-----Joanna FRASER
                            /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
                           |        |                  /-----Sir John GIFFARD
                           |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
                           |        |        |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
                           |        |        |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
                           |         \-----Margaret GIFFORD
                           |                 |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
                           |                 |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
                           |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
                           |                           \-----Joan
                   /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
                  |        |                                    /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |                          |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
                  |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
                  |        |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
                  |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----William MURE
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
                  |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
                  |        |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
                  |        |        |                           \-----Elen De KALENTIR
                  |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
                  |                 |                           /-----David GRAHAM
                  |                 |                  /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Agnes NOBLE
                  |                 |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
                  |                 |        |         \-----Annabelle Of Strathearn
                  |                 |        |                  \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
                  |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
                  |                          |                  /-----Alexander De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
                  |                          |         /-----Alan De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
                  |                          |        |         \-----Matilda
                  |                           \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
                  |                                   |         /-----Colban MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife
                  |                                    \-----Marjory
                  |                                             \-----Anna DURWARD
          /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
         |        |                                             /-----John MONTGOMERY
         |        |                                    /-----John MONTGOMERY
         |        |                           /-----John MONTGOMERY
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir John ERSKINE
         |        |                          |         \-----Janet ERSKINE
         |        |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir John STEWART
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
         |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas RANDOLPH
         |        |                 |                  \-----(Unk) RANDOLPH
         |        |                 |                           \-----Isabella De KILCONQUHAR
         |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh EGLINTON
         |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
         |        |        |                  \-----Agnes MORE
         |         \-----Joanna MONTGOMERIE
         |                 |                                    /-----Donald Lord Of The Isles
         |                 |                           /-----Anges Mor Lord Of The Isles
         |                 |                          |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |                 |                  /-----Angus Og Lord Of The Isles
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir Colin Mor De CAMPBELL, Lord Of Loch Awe
         |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk Dau) De CAMPBELL
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Aufrica Of Carrick
         |                 |         /-----John Lord Of The Isles
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Guy Of Cathan Of Ulster
         |                 |        |         \-----Agnes Of Cathan Of Ulster
         |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
         |                          |                           /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
         |                          |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
         |                          |                 |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
         |                          |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
         |                          |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
         |                          |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
         |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
         |                                   |                  /-----William MURE
         |                                   |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
         |                                   |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
         |                                    \-----Elizabeth MURE
         |                                            |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
         |                                             \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
         |                                                      \-----Elen De KALENTIR
/-----Alexander BOYD, Lord Boyd
|        |                                                      /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
|        |                                             /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
|        |                                    /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
|        |                           /-----Sir John MAXWELL
|        |                  /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir David LINDSAY
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir James LINDSAY
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
|        |                 |         \-----Isabel LINDSAY
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
|        |                 |                  \-----Egidia STEWART
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Sir Nicholas GRAHAM
|        |                 |                           \-----Isabel GRAHAM
|        |                 |                                    \-----Mary Of Strathearn
|        |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
|        |        |        |                           /-----Hugh DANIELSTON
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John DANIELSTON
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William De MONTIFICHET
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret De MONTIFICHET
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert DANIELSTON
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Mary STEWART
|        |        |         \-----Elizabeth DANIELSTON
|         \-----Mariot MAXWELL
|                 |                           /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
|                 |                  /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Alice De FENTON
|                 |                 |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
|                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|                 |        |         \-----(Unk)
|                  \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
|                          |                                    /-----Sir Gilbert De HAYA
|                          |                           /-----Sir Thomas De HAYA
|                          |                          |         \-----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
|                                   |        |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
|                                   |        |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
|                                    \-----Janet GIFFORD
|                                            |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
|                                            |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|                                             \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
|                                                      \-----Joan
Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
|                                                               /-----Thomas COLVILLE
|                                                      /-----Robert COLVILLE
|                                             /-----Robert COLVILLE
|                                            |         \-----Katerina
|                                    /-----Sir Thomas COLVILLE
|                           /-----Robert COLVILLE
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir David LINDSAY
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir James LINDSAY
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
|                          |        |         /-----Sir James LINDSAY
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|                          |        |        |         \-----Egidia STEWART
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Isabel GRAHAM
|                          |         \-----Margaret LINDSAY
|                          |                 |                  /-----Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                          |                  \-----Margaret KEITH
|                          |                          |         /-----John FRASER
|                          |                           \-----Margaret FRASER
|                  /-----Sir Robert COLVILLE
|                 |         \-----Margaret COLVILLE
|         /-----Sir Robert COLVILLE
|        |        |                                    /-----Alexander De CRICHTON
|        |        |                           /-----William De CRICHTON
|        |        |                  /-----Edward De CRICHTON
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Baron Of Wark
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Lord Ros Of Wark
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret De BRUS
|        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De ROS
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Laura
|        |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
|        |         \-----Christian CRICHTON
|        |                 |         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|        |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
\-----Janet COLVILLE
          \-----Eupheme WALLACE

Descendants of Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd

1. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd m1. Helen SOMERVILLE m2. Elizabeth NAPIER m3. Marion COLQUHOUN

m. Helen SOMERVILLE father: Sir John SOMERVILLE

2+ Agnes BOYD m. Sir John COLQUHOUN

3+ Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd m. Margaret COLQUHOUN

m. Elizabeth NAPIER

m. Marion COLQUHOUN father: Sir John COLQUHOUN mother: Elizabeth STEWART

2nd generation

2. Agnes BOYD m. Sir John COLQUHOUN

m. Sir John COLQUHOUN father: Humphrey COLQUHOUN mother: Helen GRAHAM

4 Jean COLQUHOUN m. Sir Matthew STEWART

5 Margaret COLQUHOUN m. Sir James EDMONSTONE

6+ Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN m1. Janet CUNNINGHAM m2. Jean HAMILTON

7 John COLQUHOUN

8+ Alexander COLQUHOUN m. Helen BUCHANAN

3. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd m. Margaret COLQUHOUN

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

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

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

3rd generation

6. Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN m1. Janet CUNNINGHAM m2. Jean HAMILTON

m. Janet CUNNINGHAM father: Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn mother: Janet CUNNINGHAM

m. Jean HAMILTON father: John HAMILTON, Marquis of Hamilton

12 Jean COLQUHOUN

13 Margaret COLQUHOUN

14 Annas COLQUHOUN

8. Alexander COLQUHOUN m. Helen BUCHANAN

m. Helen BUCHANAN father: Sir George BUCHANAN Of That Ilk

15+ Jean COLQUHOUN m1. Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart m2. Sir Duncan CAMPBELL m3. Sir William HAMILTON

16+ Sir John COLQUHOUN m. Lilias GRAHAM

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

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

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

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

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

18+ Robert BOYD m. Jean KERR

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

m. Elizabeth WALLACE

4th generation

15. Jean COLQUHOUN m1. Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart m2. Sir Duncan CAMPBELL m3. Sir William HAMILTON

m. Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart father: Alan CATHCART, Master Of Cathcart mother: Isabel KENNEDY

20+ Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart m. Marion BOSWELL

m. Sir Duncan CAMPBELL

m. Sir William HAMILTON

16. Sir John COLQUHOUN m. Lilias GRAHAM

m. Lilias GRAHAM father: John GRAHAM, Earl Of Montrose mother: Margaret RUTHVEN

21+ Lilias COLQUHOUN m. John NAPIER

22+ Sir John COLQUHOUN m. Margaret BAILLIE

18. Robert BOYD m. Jean KERR

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

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

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

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

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

25+ Sir George HAMILTON m. Mary BUTLER

5th generation

20. Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart m. Marion BOSWELL

m. Marion BOSWELL father: David BOSWELL mother: Isabel WALLACE

26+ Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart m. Elizabeth DALRYMPLE

21. Lilias COLQUHOUN m. John NAPIER

m. John NAPIER father: Robert NAPIER

27+ Katherine NAPIER m. Robert CAMPBELL

28 Margaret NAPIER

22. Sir John COLQUHOUN m. Margaret BAILLIE

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

29 John COLQUHOUN

30 James COLQUHOUN

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

23. 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

32+ Isabel BOYD m. John SINCLAIR

33+ Marion BOYD m. Sir James DUNDAS

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

25. Sir George HAMILTON m. Mary BUTLER

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

35+ James HAMILTON m. Elizabeth COLEPEPER