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:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Jean COLQUHOUN
  2. Margaret COLQUHOUN
  3. Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN Birth: Abt 1565 Death: Abt 1592
  4. John COLQUHOUN Birth: 2
  5. Alexander COLQUHOUN Birth: 3 Death: 23 May 1617

Bibliography
  1. 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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
first son [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p104],
parents:
[Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p104]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p134]
abt 1574 [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p109]
Sources with Information about marriage to Christian ERSKINE
date:
contract 15 Jan 1535 [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p109]
Sources with Information about marriage to Agnes BOYD
date:
abt 1564 [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p109]
disp 3 Nov 1564 [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p122],
child:
[Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p136, Fraser COLQUHOUN p138]
Research Notes:
13th Laird of Colquhoun and 15th Laird of Luss [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p109]

1565: knighted [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p122]



Pedigree of Sir John COLQUHOUN
                                                                /-----Sir Robert COLQUHOUN
                                                       /-----Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN
                                                      |         \-----(Unk) LUSS
                                              /-----Sir John COLQUHOUN
                                     /-----Malcolm COLQUHOUN
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
                                    |        |        |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
                                    |         \-----Jean ERSKINE
                                    |                 |         /-----Sir Edward De KEITH
                                    |                  \-----Janet KEITH
                                    |                           \-----Christian MENTEITH
                            /-----Sir John COLQUHOUN
                   /-----Humphrey COLQUHOUN
                  |         \-----(Unk) BOYD
          /-----Sir John COLQUHOUN
         |        |                                             /-----Sir William ERSKINE
         |        |                                    /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk
         |        |                           /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
         |        |                          |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
         |        |                          |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |        |                  /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord 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
         |        |         /-----Thomas ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir David LINDSAY
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
         |        |        |        |         /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STIRLING
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Catherine STIRLING
         |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
         |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |        |        |                           \-----Euphemia Of Ross
         |        |        |                                    \-----Margaret GRAHAM
         |         \-----Helen ERSKINE
         |                  \-----Janet DOUGLAS
 /-----Humphrey COLQUHOUN
|        |                                                      /-----Sir Alan STEWART
|        |                                             /-----Alexander STEWART
|        |                                    /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
|        |                                   |         \-----Joanna
|        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Sir William De KEITH
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH
|        |                          |         \-----Janet KEITH
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|        |                          |                  \-----(Unk dau) MURE
|        |                          |                           \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|        |                  /-----Alan STUART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Aulay De FASLANE
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Walter MacALLAN De FASLANE
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Duncan LENNOX, Earl Of Lennox
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Donald Earl Of Lennox
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret Countess Of Lennox
|        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth LENNOX
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir Colin CAMPBELL
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Gillespic CAMPBELL
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Helena De MONTEITH
|        |                 |                  \-----Helen CAMPBELL
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Sir John LAMONT
|        |                 |                           \-----Isabel LAMONT
|        |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Alan De WINTOUN
|        |        |        |                           /-----Sir William SETON
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Margaret SETON
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John SETON, Lord Of Seton
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir David FLEMING
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Janet FLEMING
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Jean BARCLAY
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir William SETON
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Katherine De St CLAIR
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Patrick POLWARTH
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth POLWARCH
|        |        |         \-----Catherine SETON
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
|        |        |                 |                  /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Christiana WARDLAW
|        |        |                  \-----Janet DUNBAR
|        |        |                           \-----Beatrice
|         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                 |                                             /-----John MONTGOMERY
|                 |                                    /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
|                 |                                   |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                 |                           /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Sir Hugh EGLINTON
|                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
|                 |                          |                  \-----Agnes MORE
|                 |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Lord Montgomerie
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Angus Og Lord Of The Isles
|                 |                 |        |         /-----John Lord Of The Isles
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Agnes Of Cathan Of Ulster
|                 |                 |         \-----Agnes Of The Isles
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                 |                 |                  \-----Margaret STEWART
|                 |                 |                           \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                 |         /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Robert BOYD
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) FLEMING
|                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret GIFFORD
|                 |        |        |        |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
|                 |        |         \-----Margaret BOYD
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                 |        |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
|                 |        |                           \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
|                 |        |                                    \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
|                  \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
|                          |                                    /-----Adam HEPBURN
|                          |                           /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
|                          |                          |         \-----Marion FOURBOUR
|                          |                  /-----Patrick HEPBURN
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|                          |                 |         \-----Agnes
|                          |                 |                  \-----Agnes RANDOLPH
|                          |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
|                          |        |        |         /-----William De VAUX
|                          |        |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
|                           \-----Elizabeth HEPBURN
|                                   |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
|                                   |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|                                   |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
|                                    \-----Janet BORTHWICK
|                                             \-----(Unk)
Sir John COLQUHOUN
|                                                               /-----Sir David GRAHAM
|                                                      /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
|                                                     |         \-----Helen De ABERNETHY
|                                             /-----Sir William GRAHAM, Lord Graham
|                                            |         \-----Maud
|                                    /-----Alexander GRAHAM
|                                   |        |                  /-----Sir David LINDSAY
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
|                                   |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
|                                   |                 |         /-----Sir John STIRLING
|                                   |                  \-----Catherine STIRLING
|                           /-----Patrick GRAHAM, Lord Graham
|                  /-----William GRAHAM, Lord Graham
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord 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
|                 |         \-----Christian ERSKINE
|                 |                 |                           /-----Sir Robert STEWART
|                 |                 |                  /-----Sir John STEWART
|                 |                 |         /-----Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
|                 |                  \-----(Unk Dau) STEWART
|                 |                          |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                 |                          |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                 |                           \-----Joan STEWART
|                 |                                   |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
|                 |                                    \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
|                 |                                             \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
|         /-----William GRAHAM, Lord Graham, Earl Of Montrose
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |        |                                    /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent Of Scotland
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Eleanor LOVAINE
|        |        |                           /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|        |        |                          |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
|        |        |                          |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |        |                  /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Angus
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Thomas STEWART, Earl Of Angus
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret ABERNETHY
|        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret STEWART, Countess Of Angus And Mar
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
|        |        |         /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|        |        |        |         \-----Mary STEWART
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|        |        |        |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir William De MONTIFICHET
|        |        |        |                           \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
|        |         \-----Elene DOUGLAS
|        |                 |                                    /-----Sir Thomas De HAYA
|        |                 |                           /-----Sir William De HAYA
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Lora CUNINGESBURGH
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas HAY
|        |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
|        |                 |         /-----Sir William HAY
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir John GIFFARD
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
|        |                 |        |         \-----Janet GIFFORD
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Joan
|        |                  \-----Margaret HAY
|        |                           \-----Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
 \-----Helen GRAHAM
         |                                                      /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
         |                                             /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
         |                                    /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir William De MONTIFICHET
         |                                   |         \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
         |                           /-----Sir Walter DRUMMOND
         |                          |        |                  /-----Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin
         |                          |        |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Isabel Of Strathern
         |                          |         \-----Elizabeth SINCLAIR
         |                          |                 |         /-----Sir Walter HALIBURTON
         |                          |                  \-----Jean HALYBURTON
         |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
         |                 |        |                           /-----William Of Ruthven
         |                 |        |                  /-----Willian RUTHVEN
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir William RUTHVEN
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Johanna
         |                 |         \-----Margaret RUTHVEN
         |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir John MURRAY
         |        |        |                           /-----Walter MURRAY
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir David MURRAY
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret Le BARDE
         |        |        |         /-----Sir David MURRAY
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert STEWART
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART
         |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel STEWART
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Argyll
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Joanna ISAAC
         |        |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
         |        |                 |                           /-----Sir Robert COLQUHOUN
         |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk) LUSS
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir John COLQUHOUN
         |        |                  \-----Margaret COLQUHOUN
         |        |                          |                  /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk
         |        |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
         |        |                           \-----Jean ERSKINE
         |        |                                   |         /-----Sir Edward De KEITH
         |        |                                    \-----Janet KEITH
         |        |                                             \-----Christian MENTEITH
          \-----Annabel DRUMMOND
                  |                                             /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
                  |                                    /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                  |                                   |         \-----Catherine STIRLING
                  |                           /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                  |                          |        |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                  |                          |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                  |                          |                  \-----Euphemia Of Ross
                  |                  /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
                  |                 |        |         /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
                  |                 |         \-----Marjorie DUNBAR
                  |                 |                  \-----Christiana WARDLAW
                  |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                  |        |        |                           /-----Walter De OGILVY
                  |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter OGILVY
                  |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander OGILVY
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Malcolm RAMSAY, Lord Of Auchterhouse
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel RAMSAY
                  |        |         \-----Marjory OGILVIE
                   \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
                           |                                    /-----Sir Alexander DUNBAR
                           |                           /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
                           |                  /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
                           |                 |        |         /-----Thomas RANDOLPH, Earl Of Moray
                           |                 |         \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
                           |                 |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
                           |         /-----Sir David DUNBAR
                           |        |         \-----Christiana WARDLAW
                            \-----Margaret DUNBAR



Descendants of Sir John COLQUHOUN
1. 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

2nd generation

4. 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
6. Alexander COLQUHOUN m. Helen BUCHANAN
m. Helen BUCHANAN father: Sir George BUCHANAN Of That Ilk

3rd generation

10. 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
11. Sir John COLQUHOUN m. Lilias GRAHAM
m. Lilias GRAHAM father: John GRAHAM, Earl Of Montrose mother: Margaret RUTHVEN

4th generation

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

5th generation

15. Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart m. Elizabeth DALRYMPLE
m. Elizabeth DALRYMPLE father: James DALRYMPLE, Viscount of Stair mother: Margaret ROSS
16. Katherine NAPIER m. Robert CAMPBELL
m. Robert CAMPBELL
20. Lilias COLQUHOUN m1. Sir John STIRLING m2. Charles MAITLAND
m. Sir John STIRLING
m. Charles MAITLAND father: Charles MAITLAND, Earl of Lauderdale