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

Person Info

Name: Robert DOUGLAS, Master of Morton
Sex: M
Death: Mar 1584/5 ^d

Parents:

Father:
William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton Birth: 1539/40 Death: Abt 22 Sep 1606

Mother:

Agnes LESLIE Birth: 1 Death: After Feb 1593/4

Family:
Marriage:

Jean LYON on Abt 19 Mar 1582/3 .^m1
Jean LYON Death: Before Mar 1610

Children:

William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton Birth: Abt 1584 Death: 7 Aug 1648 in Kirkwall, Orkney

Bibliography

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].*].
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].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-1, Skelmersdale-Towton. London: St Catherine Press, 1953. 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/1 [Ap][p0-9].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

parents:: [Ref: CP IX p293]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP I p159 (with corr in XIV p27), CP IX p293]

Sources with Information about marriage to Jean LYON

date:: cont 19 Mar 1582/3 [Ref: CP IX p293]; first marriage of Jean [Ref: CP I p159, CP XII/1 p164],
child:: [Ref: CP IX p294]

Research Notes:
styled Master of Morton [Ref: CP IX p293]
younger of Lochleven [Ref: CP XII/1 p164]

heir apparent of his father but d.v.p [Ref: CP IX p293]

Pedigree of Robert DOUGLAS, Master of Morton
                                                                /-----Sir Henry DOUGLAS
                                                       /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
                                                      |         \-----Marjory STEWART
                                              /-----Sir Henry DOUGLAS
                                             |        |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                                             |         \-----Christian LINDSAY
                                             |                  \-----Marjorie DUNBAR
                                     /-----Sir Robert DOUGLAS
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
                                    |        |        |         \-----Janet KEITH
                                    |         \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
                                    |                 |         /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                                    |                  \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
                                    |                           \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                            /-----Sir Robert DOUGLAS
                           |        |         /-----David BOSWELL
                           |         \-----Elizabeth BOSWELL
                   /-----Thomas DOUGLAS
                  |        |         /-----David BALFOUR
                  |         \-----Margaret BALFOUR
          /-----Robert 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
         |        |         /-----Archibald 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
         |         \-----Elizabeth BOYD
         |                  \-----Christian MURE
/-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
|        |                                                      /-----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
|        |                  /-----Alexander ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|        |                 |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
|        |         /-----Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Alexander De CRICHTON
|        |        |        |                           /-----William De CRICHTON
|        |        |        |                  /-----Edward De CRICHTON
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Lord Ros Of Wark
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De ROS
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Laura
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
|        |        |         \-----Christian CRICHTON
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
|         \-----Margaret ERSKINE
|                 |                                             /-----(Unk) CAMPBELL
|                 |                                    /-----Sir Hugh CAMPBELL
|                 |                           /-----Sir George CAMPBELL
|                 |                  /-----Sir George CAMPBELL
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
|                 |                 |         \-----Anne MONTGOMERY
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----John Lord Of The Isles
|                 |                 |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
|                 |                 |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
|                 |         /-----George CAMPBELL
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir William STEWART
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Marion STEWART
|                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
|                 |        |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth LENNOX
|                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Archibald DOUGLAS
|                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|                  \-----Isabel CAMPBELL
|                          |                                    /-----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
|                           \-----(Unk) 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
Robert DOUGLAS, Master of Morton
|                                                               /-----Sir George De LESLIE
|                                                      /-----Sir George De LESLIE
|                                             /-----Sir Norman De LESLIE
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY, Constable Of Scotland
|                                            |         \-----Elizabeth HAY
|                                            |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                                    /-----George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
|                                   |        |                  /-----Sir William SETON
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir John SETON, Lord Of Seton
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Janet FLEMING
|                                   |         \-----Christian SETON
|                                   |                 |         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|                                   |                  \-----Katherine De St CLAIR
|                                   |                           \-----Elizabeth POLWARCH
|                           /-----Sir Andrew LESLIE, Master Of Rothes
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir Walter HALIBURTON
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir John HALYBURTON
|                          |        |         /-----Walter HALYBURTON, Lord Of Dirletoun
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John CAMERON
|                          |        |        |         \-----Margaret CAMERON
|                          |         \-----Christian HALYBURTON
|                          |                 |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                          |                 |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                          |                  \-----Isabel STEWART
|                          |                          |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
|                          |                           \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
|                          |                                    \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
|                  /-----William LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin
|                 |        |                           /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Isabel Of Strathern
|                 |        |                  /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Walter HALIBURTON
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Jean HALYBURTON
|                 |        |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|                 |        |        |         \-----Jill DOUGLAS
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Jill STEWART
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Euphemia Of Ross
|                 |         \-----Elizabeth SINCLAIR
|                 |                 |                           /-----James DOUGLAS
|                 |                 |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
|                 |                 |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORAY, Lord Of Bothwell
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Joan MORAY
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Joan MORAY
|                 |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|                 |                          |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                 |                          |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                 |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
|                 |                                   |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|                 |                                    \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|                 |                                             \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
|         /-----George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
|        |        |         /-----Sir Michael BALFOUR
|        |         \-----Jonet BALFOUR
\-----Agnes LESLIE
         |                                                      /-----Sir William SOMERVILLE
         |                                             /-----Sir Thomas SOMERVILLE
         |                                            |         \-----Katherine HALLIDAY
         |                                    /-----William SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville
         |                                   |        |         /-----Alexander STEWART
         |                                   |         \-----Janet STEWART
         |                                   |                  \-----Joanna
         |                           /-----John SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville
         |                          |        |         /-----Sir John MOWAT
         |                          |         \-----Janet MOWAT
         |                  /-----Sir John SOMERVILLE
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir William BAILLIE
         |                 |         \-----Marion BAILLIE
         |         /-----Sir John SOMERVILLE
         |        |        |                           /-----Sir John De CARMYCHELL
         |        |        |                  /-----John CARMICHAEL
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----(Unk) WARDLAW
         |        |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) WARDLAW
         |        |        |         /-----John CARMICHAEL
         |        |         \-----Elizabeth CARMICHAEL
         |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas SIBBALD
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir John SIBBALD
         |        |                  \-----Isabel SIBBALD
         |        |                           \-----Joan LIVINGSTON
          \-----Agnes SOMERVILLE
                  |                                             /-----Patrick HEPBURN
                  |                                    /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
                  |                                   |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
                  |                           /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Hailes
                  |                          |        |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                  |                          |         \-----Janet BORTHWICK
                  |                          |                  \-----(Unk)
                  |                  /-----Adam HEPBURN, Master Of Hailes
                  |                 |         \-----Ellen WALLACE
                  |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN
                  |        |        |                           /-----Sir Thomas HOME
                  |        |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander HOME
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Nichola
                  |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander HOME, Lord Home
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William HAY
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Janet HAY
                  |        |        |        |                  \-----Alicia BORTHWICK
                  |        |         \-----Helen HOME
                  |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Robert LAUDER
                  |        |                 |         /-----John LAUDER
                  |        |                  \-----Mariot LAUDER
                  |        |                          |         /-----William DE LANDELLS
                  |        |                           \-----Katherine LANDELLS
                   \-----Janet HEPBURN
                           |         /-----Walter OGSTOUN
                            \-----Elizabeth OGSTOUN
                                    |                           /-----Sir William ABERNETHY
                                    |                  /-----Laurence ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy
                                    |                 |         \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
                                    |         /-----William ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy
                                    |        |         \-----Margaret
                                     \-----(Unk Dau) ABERNETHY
                                              \-----Isabella BORTHWICK

Descendants of Robert DOUGLAS, Master of Morton

1. Robert DOUGLAS, Master of Morton m. Jean LYON

m. Jean LYON father: John LYON, Lord Glamis mother: Elizabeth ABERNETHY

2+ William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton m. Anne KEITH

2nd generation

2. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton m. Anne KEITH

m. Anne KEITH father: George KEITH, Earl Marischal mother: Margaret HOME

3+ Mary DOUGLAS m. Charles SETON, Earl of Dunfermline

4+ Anne DOUGLAS m. George HAY, Earl of Kinnoull

5+ Isabel DOUGLAS m1. Robert KER, Earl of Roxburghe m2. James GRAHAM, Marquess Of Montrose

6+ Margaret DOUGLAS m. Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl of Argyll

7+ Robert DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton m. Anne VILLIERS

3rd generation

3. Mary DOUGLAS m. Charles SETON, Earl of Dunfermline

m. Charles SETON, Earl of Dunfermline father: Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline mother: Margaret HAY

8+ Henrietta SETON m1. William FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown m2. William LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford

4. Anne DOUGLAS m. George HAY, Earl of Kinnoull

m. George HAY, Earl of Kinnoull father: George HAY, Earl of Kinnoull mother: Margaret HALYBURTON

9+ Mary HAY m. George KEITH, Earl Marischal

5. Isabel DOUGLAS m1. Robert KER, Earl of Roxburghe m2. James GRAHAM, Marquess Of Montrose

m. Robert KER, Earl of Roxburghe father: Sir William KERR mother: Janet DOUGLAS

m. James GRAHAM, Marquess Of Montrose father: James GRAHAM, Marquess Of Montrose mother: Magdalen CARNEGIE

10+ Anne GRAHAM m. Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Callendar

6. Margaret DOUGLAS m. Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl of Argyll

m. Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl of Argyll father: Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl of Argyll mother: Agnes DOUGLAS

11+ Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll m1. Mary STEWART m2. Anne MACKENZIE

7. Robert DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton m. Anne VILLIERS

m. Anne VILLIERS father: Sir Edward VILLIERS mother: Barbara St JOHN

12 Anne DOUGLAS m. William KEITH, Earl Marischal; William KEITH, Earl Marischal father: William KEITH, Earl Marischal mother: Mary ERSKINE

4th generation

8. Henrietta SETON m1. William FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown m2. William LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford

m. William FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown father: John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown mother: Jean DRUMMOND

13+ Mary FLEMING m. Harry MAULE

14+ John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown m1. Margaret LINDSAY m2. Mary KEITH m3. Eupheme LOCKHART

m. William LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford father: John LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford mother: Margaret HAMILTON

9. Mary HAY m. George KEITH, Earl Marischal

m. George KEITH, Earl Marischal father: William KEITH, Earl Marischal mother: Mary ERSKINE

15+ William KEITH, Earl Marischal m. Mary DRUMMOND

10. Anne GRAHAM m. Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Callendar

m. Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Callendar father: George LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Linlithgow mother: Elizabeth MAULE

16+ Mary LIVINGSTON m. James GRAHAM

11. Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll m1. Mary STEWART m2. Anne MACKENZIE

m. Mary STEWART father: James STEWART, Earl Of Moray mother: Margaret HOME

17+ Archibald CAMPBELL, Duke Of Argyll m. Elizabeth TOLLEMACHE

18+ John CAMPBELL m. Elizabeth ELPHINSTONE

19 Anne CAMPBELL m1. Richard MAITLAND, Earl of Lauderdale m2. Charles STEWART, Earl Of Moray

m. Anne MACKENZIE father: Colin MACKENZIE, Earl Of Seaforth mother: Margaret SETON

5th generation

13. Mary FLEMING m. Harry MAULE

20+ Jean MAULE m1. George RAMSAY m2. John Strother KER

14. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown m1. Margaret LINDSAY m2. Mary KEITH m3. Eupheme LOCKHART

m. Margaret LINDSAY father: Colin LINDSAAY, Earl of Balcarres mother: Jean KER

m. Mary KEITH father: William KEITH, Earl Marischal mother: Mary DRUMMOND

21+ Clementina FLEMING m. Charles ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone

m. Eupheme LOCKHART father: George LOCKHART mother: Euphemia MONTGOMERY

15. William KEITH, Earl Marischal m. Mary DRUMMOND

m. Mary DRUMMOND father: James DRUMMOND, Earl of Perth mother: Jane DOUGLAS

22 Anne KEITH m. Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Galloway; Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Galloway father: James STEWART, Earl Of Galloway mother: Catherine MONTGOMERIE

23+ Mary KEITH m. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown

16. Mary LIVINGSTON m. James GRAHAM

m. James GRAHAM

24+ Elizabeth GRAHAM m. William MacDOWALL

17. Archibald CAMPBELL, Duke Of Argyll m. Elizabeth TOLLEMACHE

m. Elizabeth TOLLEMACHE father: Lionel TOLLEMACHE mother: Elizabeth MURRAY

25 John CAMPBELL, Duke Of Argyll m1. Mary BROWN m2. Jane WARBURTON

26 Archibald CAMPBELL, Duke Of Argyll m. Anne WHITEFIELD

18. John CAMPBELL m. Elizabeth ELPHINSTONE

m. Elizabeth ELPHINSTONE father: John ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone mother: Isabel MAITLAND

27+ John CAMPBELL, Duke Of Argyll m. Mary KERR