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. Jean COLQUHOUN
  2. Sir John COLQUHOUN Birth: Abt 1596 Death: After 8 Nov 1647

Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Baronetage, 1611-1800, vol 2 English Irish and Scottish 1625-1649. Exeter, England: W Pollard, 1902. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/268971 Also available at https://archive.org/details/completebaroneta02coka Also available at https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524382 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CB II [Ap][p0-9].*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 03 Canonteigh-Cutts. London: St Catherine Press, 1913. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 3 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo03coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP III [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. 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:
third son [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p138],
parents:
[Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p138]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CB II p293, Fraser COLQUHOUN p230]
Sources with Information about marriage to Helen BUCHANAN
date:
called "future spouse" on Oct 1595 [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p173],
child:
[Ref: CB II p293, CP III p104, Fraser COLQUHOUN p232]
Research Notes:
15th Laird of Colquhoun and 17th Laird of Luss [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p167]

1592: succeeded his brother to the family estates [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p167]



Pedigree of Alexander COLQUHOUN
                                                                /-----Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN
                                                       /-----Sir John COLQUHOUN
                                              /-----Malcolm COLQUHOUN
                                             |        |         /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
                                             |         \-----Jean ERSKINE
                                             |                  \-----Janet KEITH
                                     /-----Sir John COLQUHOUN
                            /-----Humphrey COLQUHOUN
                           |         \-----(Unk) BOYD
                   /-----Sir John COLQUHOUN
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk
                  |        |                           /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
                  |        |                          |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
                  |        |                  /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Edward De KEITH
                  |        |                 |         \-----Janet KEITH
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Christian MENTEITH
                  |        |         /-----Thomas ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
                  |        |        |        |         /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Catherine STIRLING
                  |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                  |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                  |        |        |                           \-----Euphemia Of Ross
                  |         \-----Helen ERSKINE
                  |                  \-----Janet DOUGLAS
          /-----Humphrey COLQUHOUN
         |        |                                             /-----Alexander STEWART
         |        |                                    /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
         |        |                                   |         \-----Joanna
         |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH
         |        |                          |         \-----Janet KEITH
         |        |                          |                  \-----(Unk dau) MURE
         |        |                  /-----Alan STUART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Walter MacALLAN De FASLANE
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Duncan LENNOX, Earl Of Lennox
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret Countess Of Lennox
         |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth LENNOX
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Gillespic CAMPBELL
         |        |                 |                  \-----Helen CAMPBELL
         |        |                 |                           \-----Isabel LAMONT
         |        |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir William SETON
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John SETON, Lord Of Seton
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Janet FLEMING
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William SETON
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Katherine De St CLAIR
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth POLWARCH
         |        |        |         \-----Catherine SETON
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Christiana WARDLAW
         |        |        |                  \-----Janet DUNBAR
         |        |        |                           \-----Beatrice
         |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                 |                                    /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
         |                 |                           /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
         |                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
         |                 |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Lord Montgomerie
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----John Lord Of The Isles
         |                 |                 |         \-----Agnes Of The Isles
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Margaret STEWART
         |                 |         /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Robert BOYD
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret GIFFORD
         |                 |        |         \-----Margaret BOYD
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
         |                 |        |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |                 |        |                           \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
         |                  \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
         |                          |                           /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
         |                          |                  /-----Patrick HEPBURN
         |                          |                 |         \-----Agnes
         |                          |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
         |                          |        |        |         /-----William De VAUX
         |                          |        |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
         |                           \-----Elizabeth HEPBURN
         |                                   |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
         |                                   |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |                                   |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
         |                                    \-----Janet BORTHWICK
         |                                             \-----(Unk)
 /-----Sir John COLQUHOUN
|        |                                                      /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
|        |                                             /-----Sir William GRAHAM, Lord Graham
|        |                                            |         \-----Maud
|        |                                    /-----Alexander GRAHAM
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|        |                                   |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
|        |                                   |                  \-----Catherine STIRLING
|        |                           /-----Patrick GRAHAM, Lord Graham
|        |                  /-----William GRAHAM, Lord Graham
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Edward De KEITH
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Janet KEITH
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Christian MENTEITH
|        |                 |         \-----Christian ERSKINE
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir John STEWART
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
|        |                 |                  \-----(Unk Dau) STEWART
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|        |                 |                           \-----Joan STEWART
|        |                 |                                    \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
|        |         /-----William GRAHAM, Lord Graham, Earl Of Montrose
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent Of Scotland
|        |        |        |                           /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
|        |        |        |                  /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Thomas STEWART, Earl Of Angus
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret STEWART, Countess Of Angus And Mar
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
|        |        |        |         /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Mary STEWART
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|        |        |        |        |                           \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
|        |        |         \-----Elene DOUGLAS
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Sir William De HAYA
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas HAY
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William HAY
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Janet GIFFORD
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
|        |        |                  \-----Margaret HAY
|        |        |                           \-----Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
|         \-----Helen GRAHAM
|                 |                                             /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|                 |                                    /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|                 |                                   |         \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
|                 |                           /-----Sir Walter DRUMMOND
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
|                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth SINCLAIR
|                 |                          |                  \-----Jean HALYBURTON
|                 |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Willian RUTHVEN
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir William RUTHVEN
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Johanna
|                 |                 |         \-----Margaret RUTHVEN
|                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Walter MURRAY
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir David MURRAY
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret Le BARDE
|                 |        |        |         /-----Sir David MURRAY
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel STEWART
|                 |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Argyll
|                 |        |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir John COLQUHOUN
|                 |        |                  \-----Margaret COLQUHOUN
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
|                 |        |                           \-----Jean ERSKINE
|                 |        |                                    \-----Janet KEITH
|                  \-----Annabel DRUMMOND
|                          |                                    /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|                          |                           /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|                          |                          |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                          |                  /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|                          |                 |        |         /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|                          |                 |         \-----Marjorie DUNBAR
|                          |                 |                  \-----Christiana WARDLAW
|                          |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter OGILVY
|                          |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander OGILVY
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel RAMSAY
|                          |        |         \-----Marjory OGILVIE
|                           \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|                                   |                           /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
|                                   |                  /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|                                   |                 |         \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
|                                   |         /-----Sir David DUNBAR
|                                   |        |         \-----Christiana WARDLAW
|                                    \-----Margaret DUNBAR
Alexander COLQUHOUN
|                                                               /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|                                                      /-----Robert BOYD
|                                                     |         \-----(Unk) FLEMING
|                                             /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
|                                            |         \-----Margaret GIFFORD
|                                            |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
|                                    /-----Sir Thomas 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
|                           /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
|                          |        |                           /-----John MONTGOMERY
|                          |        |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
|                          |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                          |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh EGLINTON
|                          |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Agnes MORE
|                          |         \-----Joanna 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 BOYD, Lord Boyd
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir John MAXWELL
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir James LINDSAY
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Isabel LINDSAY
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Egidia STEWART
|                 |        |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John DANIELSTON
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert DANIELSTON
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Mary STEWART
|                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth DANIELSTON
|                 |         \-----Mariot MAXWELL
|                 |                 |                           /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
|                 |                 |                  /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|                 |                 |        |         \-----(Unk)
|                 |                  \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
|                 |                          |                  /-----Sir William De HAYA
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY
|                 |                          |        |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
|                 |                           \-----(Unk) HAY
|                 |                                   |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
|                 |                                    \-----Janet GIFFORD
|                 |                                             \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
|         /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
|        |        |                                             /-----Robert COLVILLE
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir Thomas COLVILLE
|        |        |                           /-----Robert COLVILLE
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir James LINDSAY
|        |        |                          |         \-----Margaret LINDSAY
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Margaret KEITH
|        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert COLVILLE
|        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret COLVILLE
|        |        |         /-----Sir Robert COLVILLE
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----William De CRICHTON
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Edward De CRICHTON
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De ROS
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
|        |        |        |         \-----Christian CRICHTON
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|        |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
|        |         \-----Janet COLVILLE
|        |                  \-----Eupheme WALLACE
 \-----Agnes BOYD
         |         /-----Sir John SOMERVILLE
          \-----Helen SOMERVILLE



Descendants of Alexander COLQUHOUN
1. Alexander COLQUHOUN m. Helen BUCHANAN
m. Helen BUCHANAN father: Sir George BUCHANAN Of That Ilk

2nd generation

2. 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
3. Sir John COLQUHOUN m. Lilias GRAHAM
m. Lilias GRAHAM father: John GRAHAM, Earl Of Montrose mother: Margaret RUTHVEN

3rd generation

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

4th generation

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

5th generation

13. Charles CATHCART, Lord Cathcart m1. Marion SHAW m2. Elizabeth MALYN
m. Marion SHAW father: Sir John SHAW mother: Margaret DALRYMPLE
m. Elizabeth MALYN father: Thomas MALYN
14. Lilias CAMPBELL m. John DUNLOP
m. John DUNLOP father: James DUNLOP mother: Elizabeth ROBERTSON
15. Lilias STIRLING m. John MURRAY
m. John MURRAY