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. John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale Death: Before 29 Jun 1677
  2. Elizabeth MAXWELL Death: After 18 Mar 1663/4

Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 09, Moels-Nugent. London: St Catherine Press, 1936. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IX [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. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-2, Tracton-Zz. London: St Catherine Press, 1959. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XII/2 [Ap][p0-9].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: CP VI p495],
father:
[Ref: CP IX p562]
Sources for death Information
date:
abt May 1631 certainly before 8 Nov [Ref: CP VI p495]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth MAXWELL
names:
[Ref: CP VI p495],
child:
[Ref: CP IX p562, CP VI p496, CP XII/2 p816]
Research Notes:
6th Lord Herries of Terregles, of Barony cr 1490 [Ref: CP VI p495]
6th Lord Herries of Terregles [Ref: CP IX p562, CP XII/2 p9]

heir of his father [Ref: CP IX p562]



Pedigree of John MAXWELL, Lord Herries
                                                                /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
                                                       /-----Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                                                      |         \-----Katherine STEWART
                                              /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                                             |        |         /-----Sir Herbert HERRIES
                                             |         \-----(Unk) HERRIES
                                             |                  \-----Margaret
                                     /-----John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir Adam FORRESTER
                                    |        |         /-----Sir John FORRESTER
                                    |        |        |         \-----Margaret
                                    |         \-----Janet FORRESTER
                                    |                 |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
                                    |                  \-----Jean SINCLAIR
                                    |                           \-----Jean HALYBURTON
                            /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                           |        |                           /-----William CRICHTON
                           |        |                  /-----Stephen CRICHTON
                           |        |                 |         \-----Margaret PRESTON
                           |        |         /-----George CRICHTON, Earl Of Caithness
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Duncan CAIRNS Of That Ilk
                           |        |        |         \-----(Unk) CAIRNS
                           |         \-----Janet CRICHTON
                           |                 |                  /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                           |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                           |                 |        |         \-----(Unk)
                           |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
                           |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY
                           |                           \-----(Unk) HAY
                           |                                    \-----Janet GIFFORD
                   /-----Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir William STEWART
                  |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
                  |        |                          |         \-----Isobel
                  |        |                  /-----Sir William STEWART
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Walter STEWART
                  |        |                 |         \-----Marion STEWART
                  |        |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Janet KEITH
                  |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Duncan LENNOX, Earl Of Lennox
                  |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth LENNOX
                  |        |        |                           \-----Helen CAMPBELL
                  |         \-----Agnes STEWART
                  |                 |                           /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
                  |                 |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
                  |                 |         /-----Sir Archibald DOUGLAS
                  |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
          /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Herries
         |        |                                             /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
         |        |                                    /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
         |        |                                   |         \-----Joanna MURRAY
         |        |                           /-----William DOUGLAS
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
         |        |                          |         \-----Janet De MAXWELL
         |        |                          |                  \-----Katherine STEWART
         |        |                  /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Edward De CRICHTON
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
         |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
         |        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
         |        |         /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Robert SCOTT
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter SCOTT
         |        |        |        |         /-----David SCOTT
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret COCKBURN
         |        |        |         \-----Janet SCOTT
         |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
         |                 |                                    /-----Sir Alexander GORDON
         |                 |                           /-----Roger GORDON
         |                 |                  /-----William GORDON
         |                 |         /-----Sir John GORDON
         |                  \-----Elizabeth GORDON
         |                           \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
 /-----William MAXWELL, Lord Herries
|        |                                                      /-----Sir Herbert HERRIES
|        |                                             /-----John HERRIES
|        |                                            |         \-----Margaret
|        |                                    /-----Sir David HERRIES
|        |                           /-----Herbert HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Edward De CRICHTON
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
|        |                          |         \-----Margaret CRICHTON
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|        |                          |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
|        |                  /-----Andrew HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir John De CARLYLE
|        |                 |        |                  /-----William CARLYLE
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Duncan KIRKPATRICK
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth KIRKPATRICK
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Isabel
|        |                 |         \-----Mariota CARLYLE
|        |                 |                  \-----Janet
|        |         /-----William HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Alexander HOME
|        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Alexander HOME, Lord Home
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Janet HAY
|        |        |        |                  /-----Alexander HOME
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----John LAUDER
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Mariot LAUDER
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Katherine LANDELLS
|        |        |        |         /-----Alexander HOME, Lord Home
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Patrick HEPBURN
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Agnes HEPBURN
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
|        |        |        |        |                           \-----(Unk)
|        |        |         \-----Nichola HOME
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir George KER
|        |        |                  \-----Nichole KER
|        |        |                          |                  /-----John SINCLAIR
|        |        |                          |         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Isobel
|        |        |                           \-----Mariot SINCLAIR
|        |        |                                   |         /-----Sir Alexander HOME, Lord Home
|        |        |                                    \-----Katherine HOME
|        |        |                                             \-----Mariot LAUDER
|         \-----Agnes HERRIES
|                 |         /-----James KENNEDY
|                  \-----Katherine KENNEDY
|                          |                                    /-----Sir Thomas MURRAY
|                          |                           /-----Charles MURRAY
|                          |                  /-----Cuthbert MURRAY
|                          |         /-----Sir John MURRAY
|                          |        |         \-----Marjory MENZIES
|                           \-----Agnes MURRAY
John MAXWELL, Lord Herries
|         /-----Mark KERR
 \-----Catherine KERR
         |                                                      /-----Sir George De LESLIE
         |                                             /-----Sir Norman De LESLIE
         |                                            |         \-----Elizabeth HAY
         |                                    /-----George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir John SETON, Lord Of Seton
         |                                   |         \-----Christian SETON
         |                                   |                  \-----Katherine De St CLAIR
         |                           /-----Sir Andrew LESLIE, Master Of Rothes
         |                          |        |                  /-----Sir John HALYBURTON
         |                          |        |         /-----Walter HALYBURTON, Lord Of Dirletoun
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Margaret CAMERON
         |                          |         \-----Christian HALYBURTON
         |                          |                 |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
         |                          |                  \-----Isabel STEWART
         |                          |                           \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
         |                  /-----William LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
         |                 |        |                           /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
         |                 |        |                  /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Jean HALYBURTON
         |                 |        |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Jill DOUGLAS
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Jill STEWART
         |                 |         \-----Elizabeth SINCLAIR
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |                 |                 |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Joan MORAY
         |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
         |                 |                          |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
         |                 |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
         |                 |                                    \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
         |         /-----George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
         |        |        |         /-----Sir Michael BALFOUR
         |        |         \-----Jonet BALFOUR
          \-----Helen LESLIE
                  |                                             /-----William CRICHTON
                  |                                    /-----Sir John CRICHTON
                  |                                   |         \-----Margaret PRESTON
                  |                           /-----William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton
                  |                          |         \-----Christian
                  |                  /-----James CRICHTON, Lord Crichton
                  |                 |         \-----Agnes
                  |         /-----William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton
                  |        |        |                           /-----John DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray
                  |        |        |                  /-----Thomas DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Marjorie STEWART
                  |        |        |         /-----James DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret
                  |        |         \-----Janet DUNBAR
                  |        |                 |                  /-----Sir William SETON
                  |        |                 |         /-----Sir Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Janet FLEMING
                  |        |                  \-----Margaret SETON
                  |        |                          |         /-----Sir Adam GORDON
                  |        |                           \-----Elizabeth GORDON
                  |        |                                    \-----Elizabeth KEITH
                   \-----Margaret CRICHTON
                           |                                    /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                           |                           /-----Robert III King Of Scots
                           |                          |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
                           |                  /-----James I King Of Scots
                           |                 |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
                           |                 |         \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
                           |                 |                  \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
                           |         /-----James II King Of Scots
                           |        |        |                  /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
                           |        |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
                           |        |        |        |         \-----Katharine Of Hainault
                           |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
                           |        |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas HOLLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
                           |        |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
                           |        |                           \-----Alice FITZALAN
                            \-----Margaret STEWART
                                    |                           /-----Arend Lord Of Egmond
                                    |                  /-----Johann II Lord Of Egmont, Regent Of Geldern
                                    |                 |         \-----Jolande Of Leiningen
                                    |         /-----Arnold Duke Of Gueldres, Count Of Zutphen
                                    |        |        |         /-----Johann V Lord Of Arkel
                                    |        |         \-----Maria Of Arkel
                                    |        |                  \-----Johanna Of Geldern
                                     \-----Marie Of Gueldres
                                             |                  /-----Adolf I Count Of Kleve And Mark
                                             |         /-----Adolph II Duke Of Cleve
                                             |        |         \-----Margareta Of Julich
                                              \-----Catherine Of Cleve
                                                      |         /-----John The Fearless Duke Of Burgundy
                                                       \-----Maria Of Burgundy
                                                                \-----Margaret Of Bavaria



Descendants of John MAXWELL, Lord Herries
1. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Elizabeth MAXWELL
m. Elizabeth MAXWELL father: John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS

2nd generation

2. John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Elizabeth GORDON
m. Elizabeth GORDON father: Sir Robert GORDON mother: Isabel RUTHVEN
3. Elizabeth MAXWELL m. George SETON, Earl of Wintoun
m. George SETON, Earl of Wintoun father: Robert SETON, Earl of Wintoun mother: Margaret MONTGOMERY

3rd generation

4. Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Lucy DOUGLAS
m. Lucy DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas mother: Mary GORDON
5. Anne SETON m. John STEWART, Earl of Traquair
m. John STEWART, Earl of Traquair father: John STEWART, Earl of Traquair mother: Catherine CARNEGIE

4th generation

6. Mary MAXWELL m. Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair
m. Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair father: John STEWART, Earl of Traquair mother: Anne SETON
7. William MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Winifred HERBERT
m. Winifred HERBERT father: William HERBERT, Marquess of Powis mother: Elizabeth SOMERSET
9. Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair m. Mary MAXWELL
m. Mary MAXWELL father: Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale mother: Lucy DOUGLAS

5th generation

11. John STUART, Earl Of Traquair m. Christian ANSTRUTHER
m. Christian ANSTRUTHER father: Sir Philip ANSTRUTHER mother: Elizabeth HAMILTON
13. Catherine STEWART m. William MAXWELL
m. William MAXWELL father: William MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale mother: Winifred HERBERT
14. William MAXWELL m1. Catherine STEWART m2. Anne FOX
m. Catherine STEWART father: Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair mother: Mary MAXWELL
m. Anne FOX