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


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Agnes BOYD Death: 18 Jul 1584
  2. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd Birth: Abt 1517 Death: 3 Jan 1589/90

Bibliography
  1. 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].*].
  2. 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
father:
[Ref: CP II p261, SP V p155]
Sources for death Information
date:
living 13 Aug 1536 [Ref: CP II p261]
Sources with Information about marriage to Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
date:
before 1518 [Ref: CP II p261, SP V p155],
child:
[Ref: CP II p261, SP V p155]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Helen SOMERVILLE
 /-----Sir John SOMERVILLE
Helen SOMERVILLE



Descendants of Helen SOMERVILLE
1. Helen SOMERVILLE m. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
m. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd father: Alexander BOYD, Lord Boyd mother: Janet COLVILLE

2nd generation

2. Agnes BOYD m. Sir John COLQUHOUN
m. Sir John COLQUHOUN father: Humphrey COLQUHOUN mother: Helen GRAHAM
3. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd m. Margaret COLQUHOUN
m. Margaret COLQUHOUN father: George COLQUHOUN mother: Margaret BOYD

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
8. Alexander COLQUHOUN m. Helen BUCHANAN
m. Helen BUCHANAN father: Sir George BUCHANAN Of That Ilk
9. Gille BOYD m. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun
m. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun father: Hugh MONTGOMERIE, Earl Of Eglintoun mother: Agnes DRUMMOND
11. Thomas BOYD, Lord Boyd m1. Margaret CAMPBELL m2. Elizabeth WALLACE
m. Margaret CAMPBELL father: Sir Matthew CAMPBELL mother: Isabel DRUMMOND
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
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
18. Robert BOYD m. Jean KERR
m. Jean KERR father: Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian mother: Margaret MAXWELL
19. Marion BOYD m. James HAMILTON, Earl Of Abercorn
m. James HAMILTON, Earl Of Abercorn father: Claude HAMILTON, Lord Paisley mother: Margaret SETON

5th generation

20. Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart m. Marion BOSWELL
m. Marion BOSWELL father: David BOSWELL mother: Isabel WALLACE
21. Lilias COLQUHOUN m. John NAPIER
m. John NAPIER father: Robert NAPIER
22. Sir John COLQUHOUN m. Margaret BAILLIE
m. Margaret BAILLIE father: Sir Gideon BAILLIE mother: Magdalene CARNEGIE
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
25. Sir George HAMILTON m. Mary BUTLER
m. Mary BUTLER father: Thomas BUTLER, Viscount Thurles mother: Elizabeth POYNTZ