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: Children:
  1. John KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis Birth: Before Apr 1575 Death: Oct 1615
  2. Hew KENNEDY Birth: 2 Death: Before 25 Mar 1607

Bibliography
  1. 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].*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 06 Gordon-Huntley. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VI [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2011. NYPL JFF 19-2494. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson MCA2 v2p[0-9]*].
  4. 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 v3p[0-9]*].
  5. 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 II p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1541 [Ref: CP III p75],
parents:
[Ref: CP III p75, SP II p471]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP III p75]
12 Dec 1576 [Ref: Richardson MCA2 v2p405, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p326, SP II p473]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret LYON
date:
1566, cont 30 Sep 1566 [Ref: CP III p75]
contract 30 Sep 1566 [Ref: SP II p473]
first marriage of Margaret [Ref: CP VI p258, Richardson MCA2 v2p405, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p326],
child:
[Ref: CP III p76, SP II p474]
Research Notes:
4th Earl of Cassillis, of Earldom cr 1509 [Ref: CP III p75]
4th Earl of Cassillis [Ref: Richardson MCA2 v2p405, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p326, SP II p471]



Pedigree of Gilbert KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis
                                                                /-----John KENNEDY
                                                       /-----Sir Gilbert KENNEDY
                                                      |         \-----Mary
                                              /-----Sir James KENNEDY
                                             |        |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
                                             |         \-----Agnes MAXWELL
                                             |                  \-----Isabel LINDSAY
                                     /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
                                    |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                                    |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
                                    |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
                                    |         \-----Mary STEWART
                                    |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
                                    |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
                                    |                           \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
                            /-----John KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
                           |        |                           /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
                           |        |                  /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
                           |        |         /-----Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                           |        |        |        |         /-----John STEWART
                           |        |        |         \-----Katherine STEWART
                           |         \-----Catherine MAXWELL
                           |                 |                  /-----Sir John HERRIES
                           |                 |         /-----Sir Herbert HERRIES
                           |                 |        |         \-----Eufemia LINDSAY
                           |                  \-----(Unk) HERRIES
                           |                           \-----Margaret
                   /-----David KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis
                  |        |                                    /-----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
                  |         \-----Elizabeth MONTGOMERY
                  |                 |                           /-----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)
          /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis
         |        |                                             /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |        |                                    /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |        |                                   |         \-----(Unk)
         |        |                           /-----William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY
         |        |                          |         \-----(Unk) HAY
         |        |                          |                  \-----Janet GIFFORD
         |        |                  /-----William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
         |        |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
         |        |        |         \-----Mariot HOFFRINGLE
         |         \-----Agnes BORTHWICK
 /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis
|        |                                                      /-----Gillespic CAMPBELL
|        |                                             /-----Sir Colin CAMPBELL
|        |                                            |         \-----Isabel LAMONT
|        |                                    /-----Sir Duncan CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell
|        |                                   |        |         /-----John CAMPBELL
|        |                                   |         \-----Mariot CAMPBELL
|        |                           /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Master Of Campbell
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |                          |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |                          |         \-----Marjory STEWART
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
|        |                          |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
|        |                          |                           \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
|        |                  /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Thomas SOMERVILLE
|        |                 |        |                  /-----William SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Janet STEWART
|        |                 |        |         /-----John SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John MOWAT
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Janet MOWAT
|        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth SOMERVILE
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Patrick HEPBURN
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
|        |                 |                  \-----Helen HEPBURN
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|        |                 |                           \-----Janet BORTHWICK
|        |                 |                                    \-----(Unk)
|        |         /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Robert STEWART
|        |        |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
|        |        |        |                  /-----Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
|        |        |        |         /-----John STEWART, Lord Lorn
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----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
|        |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |        |                  \-----Fingula Of The Isles
|         \-----Isabel CAMPBELL
|                 |                                             /-----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)
Gilbert KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis
|         /-----Alexander KENNEDY
 \-----Margaret KENNEDY



Descendants of Gilbert KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis
1. Gilbert KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis m. Margaret LYON
m. Margaret LYON father: John LYON, Lord Glamis mother: Janet KEITH

2nd generation

3. Hew KENNEDY m. Katherine MACDOWALL
m. Katherine MACDOWALL father: Uchtred MACDOWALL mother: Euphemia DUNBAR

3rd generation

4. John KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis m1. Jean HAMILTON m2. Margaret HAY
m. Jean HAMILTON father: Thomas HAMILTON, Earl of Haddington mother: Margaret FOULIS
m. Margaret HAY father: William HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Anne LYON

4th generation

5. Catherine KENNEDY m. William COCHRANE
m. William COCHRANE father: William COCHRANE, Earl Of Dundonald mother: Eupheme SCOTT

5th generation

6. John COCHRANE, Earl Of Dundonald m. Susan HAMILTON
m. Susan HAMILTON father: William DOUGLAS, Duke of Hamilton mother: Anne HAMILTON
7. Margaret COCHRANE m. Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun
m. Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun father: Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun mother: Elizabeth CRICHTON
8. Helen COCHRANE m. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland
m. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland father: George GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland mother: Jean WEMYSS