Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 01-20-2025.

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:
Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 01 A-Basing. London: St Catherine Press, 1910. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 1 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo01coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP I [Ap][p0-9].*].
  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. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1[pc][0-9]*].
  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 IV p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: CP I p201, SP IV p242],
father:
[Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p140, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p682]
Sources for death Information
date:
1584 [Ref: CP I p201]
abt 1584 [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p140]
before 6 Jan 1584/5 [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p145, SP IV p242]
Sources with Information about marriage to Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
date:
cont 8 Aug 1573 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p682, SP IV p242]
contract 5 Aug 1573 [Ref: CP I p200]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN
date:
1583 [Ref: CP I p201]
abt 1583 [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p140]
contract 15 May 1583 [Ref: SP IV p242]
Research Notes:
d.s.p.s [Ref: CP I p201 (with corr XIV p34)]



Pedigree of Janet CUNNINGHAM
                                                                /-----Sir William CUNNINGHAM
                                                       /-----Sir William CUNNINGHAM
                                                      |         \-----Margaret GIFFORD
                                              /-----Sir Robert CUNNINGHAM
                                             |        |         /-----Sir Robert DANIELSTON
                                             |         \-----Margaret DANIELSTOUN
                                     /-----Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
                                    |        |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
                                    |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
                                    |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
                                    |         \-----Anne MONTGOMERY
                                    |                 |         /-----John Lord Of The Isles
                                    |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
                                    |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
                            /-----Robert CUNNINGHAM, Lord Kilmaurs
                           |        |                           /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
                           |        |                  /-----Patrick HEPBURN
                           |        |                 |         \-----Agnes
                           |        |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
                           |        |        |        |         /-----William De VAUX
                           |        |        |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
                           |         \-----Margaret HEPBURN
                           |                 |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
                           |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                           |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
                           |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
                           |                           \-----(Unk)
                   /-----Cuthbert CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir David LINDSAY
                  |        |                           /-----Sir William LINDSAY
                  |        |                          |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
                  |        |                  /-----Sir William LINDSAY
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William MURE
                  |        |                 |         \-----Christiana MURE
                  |        |         /-----Sir John LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
                  |        |        |         \-----Christiana KEITH
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----John FRASER
                  |        |        |                  \-----Margaret FRASER
                  |         \-----Christian LINDSAY
                  |                 |                           /-----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 CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
         |        |                                             /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |        |                                    /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |        |                                   |         \-----Margaret STEWART, Countess Of Angus And Mar
         |        |                           /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
         |        |                          |         \-----Mary STEWART
         |        |                          |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
         |        |                  /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas HAY
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William HAY
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Janet GIFFORD
         |        |                 |         \-----Margaret HAY
         |        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
         |        |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas SIBBALD
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John SIBBALD
         |        |        |         \-----Isabel SIBBALD
         |        |        |                  \-----Joan LIVINGSTON
         |         \-----Mariot DOUGLAS
         |                 |                                    /-----Robert BOYD
         |                 |                           /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
         |                 |                          |         \-----Margaret GIFFORD
         |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
         |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
         |                 |         /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
         |                 |        |         \-----Joanna MONTGOMERIE
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----John Lord Of The Isles
         |                 |        |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
         |                 |        |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
         |                  \-----Elizabeth BOYD
         |                          |                           /-----Sir John MAXWELL
         |                          |                  /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL
         |                          |                 |         \-----Isabel LINDSAY
         |                          |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert DANIELSTON
         |                          |        |         \-----Elizabeth DANIELSTON
         |                           \-----Mariot MAXWELL
         |                                   |                  /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |                                   |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |                                   |        |         \-----(Unk)
         |                                    \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
         |                                            |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY
         |                                             \-----(Unk) HAY
         |                                                      \-----Janet GIFFORD
 /-----Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
|        |                                                      /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
|        |                                             /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|        |                                            |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
|        |                                    /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|        |                                   |         \-----(Unk)
|        |                           /-----William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Sir William De HAYA
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
|        |                          |         \-----(Unk) HAY
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
|        |                          |                  \-----Janet GIFFORD
|        |                          |                           \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
|        |                  /-----William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
|        |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
|        |        |         \-----Mariot HOFFRINGLE
|         \-----Katherine BORTHWICK
Janet CUNNINGHAM
|         /-----Sir John CUNNINGHAM
 \-----Janet CUNNINGHAM



Descendants of Janet CUNNINGHAM
1. Janet CUNNINGHAM m1. Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll m2. Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN
m. Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll father: Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll mother: Helen HAMILTON
m. Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN father: Sir John COLQUHOUN mother: Agnes BOYD