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. Sir Edward De KEITH Death: 1340
  2. Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland Death: Before 1410
  3. John De KEITH Birth: 2
  4. Andrew De KEITH
  5. Catherine De KEITH


Bibliography
  1. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
  2. 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].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 05 E-Goojerat. 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 V [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 08, Lindley-Moate. London: St Catherine Press, 1932. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VIII [Ap][p0-9].*].
  5. Ravilious, John, Graham of Montrose. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 12/5/2005. Subject: Graham of Montrose: a Keith/Barclay Connection. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/_IE30U74Vyc/m/u5K0D8FqnasJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/5/2005-002947].
  6. Ravilious, John, Synton of Synton. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 9/7/2007. Subject: Synton of Synton. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/mMh4edBz2rc/m/NDQkOj9MRKQJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 9/7/2007-085120].
  7. 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]*].
  8. 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 V p[0-9]*].
  9. 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 VI p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
third son [Ref: SP VI p30],
parents:
[Ref: SP VI p30],
father:
[Ref: CP VIII p471, John Ravilious SGM 9/7/2007-085120]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP VIII p471]
1346 [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/5/2005-002947]
1350 [Ref: SP V p580]
before 1350 [Ref: Burke Peerage p1332]
before 1351 [Ref: SP VI p33, SP VI p35],
place:
[Ref: CP VIII p471, John Ravilious SGM 12/5/2005-002947]
Sources with Information about marriage to Isabel De SYNTON
date:
before Jul 1305 [Ref: CP VIII p471, John Ravilious SGM 9/7/2007-085120, SP VI p33],
child:
[Ref: CP VIII p471, John Ravilious SGM 12/5/2005-002947, John Ravilious SGM 9/7/2007-085120, SP VI p33, SP VI p35]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
child:
Sir William de KEITH (#147447) [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/5/2005-002947, SP VI p33]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
date:
second marriage of Edward [Ref: SP VI p33],
names:
Edward de KEITH & Christian MENTEITH (#23920) [Ref: SP VI p33]
Research Notes:
of Syntoun [Ref: CP I p312, CP V p104, SP VI p132]
of Synton [Ref: SP II p224, SP V p580, SP V p595]
of Sinton [Ref: SP V p599]

heir of his great-nephew Robert [Ref: CP VIII p471]

Marischal of Scotland [Ref: CP VIII p471]

received lands in Methlick, Monquhitter, New Deer, Ellon, Longside and Foveran, Buchan, following the forfeiture of the Comyn earldom [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/5/2005-002947]

SP VI p33 says he married twice, second wife Christian Menteith; CP VIII p471(f) says Edward's younger son Edward married Christian Menteith [Ref: CP VIII p471(f), SP VI p33]

Andrew B W MacEwen found that SP had conflated two Edward Keiths into one [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/5/2005-002947]



Pedigree of Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
                                              /-----Hervey De KEITH
                                     /-----Malcolm De KEITH
                            /-----Philip De KEITH
                   /-----Hervey De KEITH
                  |        |         /-----Hugh LORENS
                  |         \-----Eda LORENS
                  |                 |         /-----Simon FRASER
                  |                  \-----Eda FRASER
          /-----Sir John De KEITH
 /-----Sir William De KEITH
|        |                                    /-----(Unk) De COMYN
|        |                           /-----(Unk) De COMYN
|        |                  /-----Richard COMYN
|        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|        |        |        |                  /-----Waltheof Of Tynedale
|        |        |        |         /-----Uchtred Of Tynedale
|        |        |         \-----Hextilde of Tynedale
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Crinan The Thane Abbot Of Dunkeld
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Donnchad (Duncan I) Mac CRINAN, King Of Scots
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Bethoc
|        |        |                 |         /-----Domnall Bane (Donald) Mac DONNCHAD, King Of Scots
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sigurd Digera Earl Of Northumbria
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Sibylia Of Northumbria
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Aelflaed
|        |        |                  \-----Bethoc Of Scotland
|         \-----Margaret COMYN
|                 |                           /-----Colban Earl Of Buchan
|                 |                  /-----Roger Earl Of Buchan
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Cainneach (Kenneth)
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Gartnach Mormaer Of Buchan
|                 |                 |         \-----Eve Countess Of Buchan
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Gillemichel MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife
|                 |                 |                  \-----Ete
|                 |         /-----Fergus Earl Of Buchan
|                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|         /-----Adam De SETON
 \-----Barbara De SETON



Descendants of Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
1. Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland m1. Isabel De SYNTON m2.
m. Isabel De SYNTON father: Alexander De SYNTON mother: Maria

2nd generation

2. Sir Edward De KEITH m. Christian MENTEITH
m. Christian MENTEITH father: Sir John De MONTEITH mother: Elyne Of Mar
3. Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland m.
4. John De KEITH m. Mariota Le CHEYNE
m. Mariota Le CHEYNE father: Sir Reginald CHEYNE mother: Helen De ABERNETHY
6. Catherine De KEITH m. Alexander BARCLAY
m. Alexander BARCLAY father: Andrew BARCLAY

3rd generation

7. Janet KEITH m1. Sir David BARCLAY, Lord Of Brechin m2. Sir Thomas ERSKINE
m. Sir David BARCLAY, Lord Of Brechin father: Sir David BARCLAY, Lord Of Brechin mother: Margaret Of Brechin
m. Sir Thomas ERSKINE father: Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk mother: Beatrice LINDSAY
8. Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland m. Margaret FRASER
m. Margaret FRASER father: John FRASER
10. Sir William De KEITH m. Janet DUNBAR
m. Janet DUNBAR father: Sir James DUNBAR

4th generation

12. Margaret BARCLAY m. Walter STEWART, Earl Of Caithness
m. Walter STEWART, Earl Of Caithness father: Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots mother: Euphemia Of Ross
14. Jean ERSKINE m. Sir John COLQUHOUN
m. Sir John COLQUHOUN father: Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN
15. Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine m1. Elizabeth LINDSAY m2. (Unk Dau) STEWART
m. Elizabeth LINDSAY father: David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford mother: Elizabeth STEWART
m. (Unk Dau) STEWART father: Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn mother: Joan STEWART
17. Sir John KEITH m. Jean STEWART
m. Jean STEWART father: Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots mother: Elizabeth MURE
18. Sir Robert KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland m. (Unk) Of TROUP
m. (Unk) Of TROUP
19. Sir Alexander KEITH m. Marjorie STEWART
m. Marjorie STEWART father: Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots mother: Elizabeth MURE
20. Muriel KEITH m. Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
m. Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany father: Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots mother: Elizabeth MURE
22. Margaret KEITH m. Sir James LINDSAY
m. Sir James LINDSAY father: Sir James LINDSAY mother: Egidia STEWART
23. Christiana KEITH m. Sir William LINDSAY
m. Sir William LINDSAY father: Sir William LINDSAY mother: Christiana MURE
25. Sir William De KEITH m. Janet GREY
m. Janet GREY father: Andrew GREY, Lord Grey mother: Elizabeth STEWART

5th generation

27. David STEWART m.
29. Margaret COLQUHOUN m. Sir David MURRAY
m. Sir David MURRAY father: Sir David MURRAY mother: Isabel STEWART
30. Malcolm COLQUHOUN m.
32. Thomas ERSKINE, Lord Erskine m. Janet DOUGLAS
m. Janet DOUGLAS
33. Elizabeth ERSKINE m. Sir Henry DOUGLAS
m. Sir Henry DOUGLAS father: Sir William DOUGLAS mother: Christian LINDSAY
34. Janet ERSKINE m. Sir Walter STEWART
m. Sir Walter STEWART father: Murdoch STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany mother: Isabel LENNOX, Countess Of Lennox
35. Christian ERSKINE m1. Patrick GRAHAM, Lord Graham m2. William CHARTERIS
m. Patrick GRAHAM, Lord Graham father: Alexander GRAHAM
m. William CHARTERIS
37. Elizabeth KEITH m1. Sir Adam GORDON m2. Sir Thomas SOMERVILLE
m. Sir Adam GORDON father: Sir John GORDON mother: Elizabeth
m. Sir Thomas SOMERVILLE father: Sir William SOMERVILLE mother: Katherine HALLIDAY
38. Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland m1. Marjorie FRASER m2. Mary HAMILTON
m. Marjorie FRASER father: Alexander FRASER mother: Elizabeth KEITH
m. Mary HAMILTON father: Sir James HAMILTON mother: Janet LIVINGSTON
41. Margaret KEITH m. Hugh ARBUTHNOTT
m. Hugh ARBUTHNOTT father: Philip De ARBUTHNOTT mother: Margaret DOUGLAS
42. Elizabeth KEITH m. Alexander IRVINE
m. Alexander IRVINE father: William De IRVINE
43. Christian KEITH m. Thomas MONYPENNY
m. Thomas MONYPENNY father: John MONPENNY
45. Christian KEITH m. Patrick OGILVY
m. Patrick OGILVY father: Sir Alexander OGILVY
46. John STEWART, Earl Of Buchan m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS
m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS father: Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas mother: Margaret STEWART
50. Eufemia LINDSAY m. Sir John HERRIES
m. Sir John HERRIES father: Sir John HERRIES mother: Margaret
51. Margaret LINDSAY m. Sir Thomas COLVILLE
m. Sir Thomas COLVILLE father: Robert COLVILLE
52. Sir John LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres m. (Unk Dau) STEWART
m. (Unk Dau) STEWART father: Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn mother: Joan STEWART
55. Elizabeth KEITH m. William FORBES, Lord Forbes
m. William FORBES, Lord Forbes father: John FORBES, Lord Forbes mother: Christian LUNDIN
56. Jean KEITH m. John FORBES
m. John FORBES father: Alexander FORBES mother: Isobel WEMYSS
57. Margaret KEITH m. William KEITH, Earl Marischal
m. William KEITH, Earl Marischal father: Robert KEITH, Lord Keith mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS