Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-28-2022.

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 may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Helen COLQUHOUN
  2. Marion COLQUHOUN
  3. Sir John COLQUHOUN Birth: 1 Death: Jan 1574/5
  4. James COLQUHOUN Birth: 2 Death: Jul 1604
  5. Adam COLQUHOUN Birth: 3

Bibliography
  1. 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]*].
  2. 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]*].
  3. Ravilious, John, Sir Robert Erskine and his wives. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 1/14/2010. Subject: Sir Robert Erskine (d. 1452) and his wives. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/B8szb9kuwXs/m/IfR14BFdiRwJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 1/14/2010-131528].
  4. 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 VI p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
first son [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p84],
parents:
[Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p84],
father:
[Ref: John Ravilious SGM 1/14/2010-131528]
Sources for death Information
date:
abt end of Jan 1537/8 [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p104]
Sources with Information about marriage to Helen GRAHAM
date:
charter 20 Jun 1513 [Ref: Burke Peerage p1417]
disp 13 Jul 1509 [Ref: SP VI p225],
names:
[Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p103, John Ravilious SGM 1/14/2010-131528],
child:
[Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p104, Fraser COLQUHOUN p105, Fraser COLQUHOUN p107, Fraser COLQUHOUN p108]
Research Notes:
12th Laird of Colquhoun and 14th Laird of Luss [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p103]

1536/7: succeeded as Laird [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p103]

younger, of Luss [Ref: SP VI p225]



Pedigree of Humphrey COLQUHOUN
                                                                /-----Sir Humphrey De COLQUHOUN
                                                       /-----Sir Robert COLQUHOUN
                                              /-----Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN
                                             |        |         /-----Godfridus De LUSS
                                             |         \-----(Unk) LUSS
                                     /-----Sir John COLQUHOUN
                            /-----Malcolm COLQUHOUN
                           |        |                           /-----Sir William ERSKINE
                           |        |                  /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk
                           |        |         /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
                           |        |        |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
                           |        |        |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
                           |         \-----Jean ERSKINE
                           |                 |                  /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
                           |                 |         /-----Sir Edward De KEITH
                           |                 |        |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
                           |                  \-----Janet KEITH
                           |                          |         /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
                           |                           \-----Christian MENTEITH
                           |                                    \-----Elyne Of Mar
                   /-----Sir John COLQUHOUN
          /-----Humphrey COLQUHOUN
         |         \-----(Unk) BOYD
 /-----Sir John COLQUHOUN
|        |                                                      /-----John ERSKINE
|        |                                             /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|        |                                    /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk
|        |                           /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
|        |                          |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
|        |                          |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |                          |                           \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |                  /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir William De KEITH
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Barbara De SETON
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Edward De KEITH
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Alexander De SYNTON
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Maria
|        |                 |         \-----Janet KEITH
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
|        |                 |                  \-----Christian MENTEITH
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Gratney Earl Of Mar
|        |                 |                           \-----Elyne Of Mar
|        |                 |                                    \-----Christian BRUCE
|        |         /-----Thomas ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|        |        |        |                           /-----Sir David LINDSAY
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
|        |        |        |         /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STIRLING
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Catherine STIRLING
|        |        |         \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|        |        |                 |                           /-----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
|        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |        |                          |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Eupheme
|        |        |                           \-----Euphemia Of Ross
|        |        |                                   |         /-----John GRAHAM
|        |        |                                    \-----Margaret GRAHAM
|        |        |                                             \-----Isabella
|         \-----Helen ERSKINE
|                  \-----Janet DOUGLAS
Humphrey COLQUHOUN
|                                                               /-----Sir John STEWART
|                                                      /-----Sir Alan STEWART
|                                                     |         \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
|                                             /-----Alexander STEWART
|                                    /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
|                                   |         \-----Joanna
|                           /-----Sir John STEWART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
|                          |        |                           /-----Robert De KEITH
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir William De KEITH
|                          |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH
|                          |         \-----Janet KEITH
|                          |                 |                  /-----William MURE
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|                          |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
|                          |                  \-----(Unk dau) MURE
|                          |                          |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
|                          |                           \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|                          |                                    \-----Elen De KALENTIR
|                  /-----Alan STUART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir Duncan Of Lennox
|                 |        |                           /-----Aulay De FASLANE
|                 |        |                  /-----Walter MacALLAN De FASLANE
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Duncan LENNOX, Earl Of Lennox
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Malcolm Earl Of Lennox
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Donald Earl Of Lennox
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Mar
|                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret Countess Of Lennox
|                 |         \-----Elizabeth LENNOX
|                 |                 |                           /-----Sir Neil CAMPBELL
|                 |                 |                  /-----Sir Colin CAMPBELL
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk Dau) CRAWFORD
|                 |                 |         /-----Gillespic CAMPBELL
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Helena De MONTEITH
|                 |                  \-----Helen CAMPBELL
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir John LAMONT
|                 |                           \-----Isabel LAMONT
|         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
|        |        |                                    /-----Alan De WINTOUN
|        |        |                           /-----Sir William SETON
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander SETON
|        |        |                          |         \-----Margaret SETON
|        |        |                  /-----Sir John SETON, Lord Of Seton
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm FLEMING
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir David FLEMING
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Christian KEITH
|        |        |                 |         \-----Janet FLEMING
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir David BARCLAY, Lord Of Brechin
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Jean BARCLAY
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Margaret Of Brechin
|        |        |         /-----Sir William SETON
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----William De St CLAIR
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
|        |        |        |         \-----Katherine De St CLAIR
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Patrick POLWARTH
|        |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth POLWARCH
|        |         \-----Catherine SETON
|        |                 |                                    /-----Sir Alexander DUNBAR
|        |                 |                           /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
|        |                 |                  /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Thomas RANDOLPH, Earl Of Moray
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
|        |                 |         /-----Sir George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|        |                 |        |         \-----Christiana WARDLAW
|        |                  \-----Janet DUNBAR
|        |                           \-----Beatrice
 \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                                                      /-----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
         |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Lord 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 MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
         |        |        |                                    /-----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
         |        |         \-----Margaret 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
          \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
                  |                                    /-----Adam HEPBURN
                  |                           /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
                  |                          |         \-----Marion FOURBOUR
                  |                  /-----Patrick HEPBURN
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
                  |                 |        |         /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Ermengarde De SOULIS
                  |                 |         \-----Agnes
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Thomas RANDOLPH, Earl Of Moray
                  |                 |                  \-----Agnes RANDOLPH
                  |                 |                           \-----Isabel STEWART
                  |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
                  |        |        |         /-----William De VAUX
                  |        |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
                   \-----Elizabeth HEPBURN
                           |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
                           |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                           |        |        |                  /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
                           |        |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
                           |        |        |        |         \-----Alice De FENTON
                           |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
                            \-----Janet BORTHWICK
                                     \-----(Unk)



Descendants of Humphrey COLQUHOUN
1. Humphrey COLQUHOUN m. Helen GRAHAM
m. Helen GRAHAM father: William GRAHAM, Lord Graham, Earl Of Montrose mother: Annabel DRUMMOND

2nd generation

4. Sir John COLQUHOUN m1. Christian ERSKINE m2. Agnes BOYD
m. Christian ERSKINE father: Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine mother: Isabel CAMPBELL
m. Agnes BOYD father: Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd mother: Helen SOMERVILLE

3rd generation

9. 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
11. Alexander COLQUHOUN m. Helen BUCHANAN
m. Helen BUCHANAN father: Sir George BUCHANAN Of That Ilk

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

5th generation

17. Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart m. Marion BOSWELL
m. Marion BOSWELL father: David BOSWELL mother: Isabel WALLACE
18. Lilias COLQUHOUN m. John NAPIER
m. John NAPIER father: Robert NAPIER
19. Sir John COLQUHOUN m. Margaret BAILLIE
m. Margaret BAILLIE father: Sir Gideon BAILLIE mother: Magdalene CARNEGIE