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: John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
Sex: M
Birth: 22 May 1563 in Dunkeld ^b
Death: 25 Aug 1595 in Perth ^d

Parents:

Father:
John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl Death: 24 Apr 1579 in Kincardine

Mother:

Margaret FLEMING Birth: 4 Death: After 15 Aug 1584

Family:
Marriage:

Mary RUTHVEN on 24 Jan 1579/80 at Perth .^m1
Mary RUTHVEN Birth: 1

Children:

Dorothy STEWART Birth: 1 Death: Before 6 Aug 1628
Mary STEWART Birth: 2

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Baronetage, 1611-1800, vol 2 English Irish and Scottish 1625-1649. Exeter, England: W Pollard, 1902. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/268971 Also available at https://archive.org/details/completebaroneta02coka Also available at https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524382 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CB II [Ap][p0-9].*].
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 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

date:: [Ref: CP I p314],
place:: [Ref: CP I p314],
parents:: [Ref: CP I p314]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP I p314],
place:: [Ref: CP I p314]

Sources with Information about marriage to Mary RUTHVEN

date:: [Ref: CP I p314],
place:: [Ref: CP I p314],
child:: [Ref: CP I p315, CP XII/2 p65]

Research Notes:
5th Earl of Atholl, of Earldom cr 1457? [Ref: CP I p314]

Pedigree of John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
                                                                /-----Sir James STEWART
                                                       /-----Sir Robert STEWART
                                              /-----Sir John STEWART
                                     /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
                                    |        |                  /-----John Of Argyll, Lord Of Lorn
                                    |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
                                    |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
                                    |                 |         /-----Thomas ISAAC
                                    |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
                                    |                           \-----Mathilda De BRUS
                            /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
                           |        |                           /-----Edward III King Of England
                           |        |                  /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
                           |        |                 |         \-----Philippa Of Hainault
                           |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Payn Roet Of Hainault, Gulenne King Of Arms
                           |        |        |         \-----Katharine Of Hainault
                           |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
                           |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas De HOLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
                           |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas HOLLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
                           |                 |        |         \-----Joan PLANTAGENET, Fair Maid Of Kent, Countess
                           |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
                           |                          |         /-----Sir Richard FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel And Surrey
                           |                           \-----Alice FITZALAN
                           |                                    \-----Eleanor PLANTAGENET
                   /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
                  |        |                                    /-----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
                  |         \-----Eleanor SINCLAIR
                  |                 |                           /-----William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
                  |                 |                  /-----Robert SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Joan De MONTEITH
                  |                 |         /-----Alexander SUTHERLAND
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Buchan
                  |                 |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART
                  |                 |        |                  \-----Mariot ATHYN
                  |                  \-----Marjorie SUTHERLAND
                  |                           \-----Catherine CHALMER
          /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
         |        |                                             /-----Sir Colin CAMPBELL
         |        |                                    /-----Sir Duncan CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell
         |        |                                   |         \-----Mariot CAMPBELL
         |        |                           /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Master Of Campbell
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
         |        |                          |         \-----Marjory STEWART
         |        |                          |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
         |        |                  /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----William SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville
         |        |                 |        |         /-----John SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Janet MOWAT
         |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth SOMERVILE
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
         |        |                 |                  \-----Helen HEPBURN
         |        |                 |                           \-----Janet BORTHWICK
         |        |         /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
         |        |        |        |         /-----John STEWART, Lord Lorn
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Joan STEWART
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
         |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |        |        |                  \-----Fingula Of The Isles
         |         \-----Janet CAMPBELL
         |                 |                                    /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
         |                 |                           /-----Sir John STEWART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
         |                 |                          |         \-----Janet KEITH
         |                 |                  /-----Alan STUART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir Duncan LENNOX, Earl Of Lennox
         |                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth LENNOX
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Helen CAMPBELL
         |                 |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir John SETON, Lord Of Seton
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir William SETON
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Katherine De St CLAIR
         |                 |        |         \-----Catherine SETON
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
         |                 |        |                  \-----Janet DUNBAR
         |                 |        |                           \-----Beatrice
         |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                          |                           /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
         |                          |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Lord Montgomerie
         |                          |                 |         \-----Agnes Of The Isles
         |                          |         /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
         |                          |        |         \-----Margaret BOYD
         |                          |        |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |                           \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
         |                                   |                  /-----Patrick HEPBURN
         |                                   |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
         |                                   |        |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
         |                                    \-----Elizabeth HEPBURN
         |                                            |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |                                             \-----Janet BORTHWICK
         |                                                      \-----(Unk)
/-----John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
|        |                  /-----Sir John RATTRAY
|        |         /-----(Unk) RATTRAY
|         \-----Grizel RATTRAY
John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
|                                                               /-----Sir Malcolm FLEMING
|                                                      /-----Sir David FLEMING
|                                                     |         \-----Christian KEITH
|                                             /-----Sir Malcolm FLEMING
|                                            |        |         /-----Donald STRATHECHIN
|                                            |         \-----Isabel STRATHECHIN
|                                            |                  \-----Annabel
|                                    /-----Robert FLEMING, Lord Fleming
|                                   |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                                   |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                                   |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                                   |                 |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
|                                   |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
|                                   |                           \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
|                           /-----Malcolm FLEMING
|                          |        |                           /-----James DOUGLAS
|                          |        |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
|                          |        |         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORAY, Lord Of Bothwell
|                          |        |        |         \-----Joan MORAY
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Joan MORAY
|                          |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
|                          |                 |                  /-----Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin
|                          |                 |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Isabel Of Strathern
|                          |                  \-----Beatrice SINCLAIR
|                          |                          |         /-----Sir Walter HALIBURTON
|                          |                           \-----Jean HALYBURTON
|                  /-----John FLEMING, Lord Fleming
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir William LIVINGSTON, Lord Callendar
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir John LIVINGSTON
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Christian De CALLENDAR
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John MENTEITH
|                 |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) MENTEITH
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Margery STIRLING
|                 |        |         /-----James LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----John De DUNDAS
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----James DUNDAS
|                 |        |        |         \-----(Unk) DUNDAS
|                 |         \-----Eupheme LIVINGSTON
|                 |                  \-----Marian
|         /-----Malcolm FLEMING, Lord Fleming
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
|        |        |                           /-----Sir Walter DRUMMOND
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
|        |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth SINCLAIR
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Jean HALYBURTON
|        |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Willian RUTHVEN
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William RUTHVEN
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Johanna
|        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret RUTHVEN
|        |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Walter MURRAY
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir David MURRAY
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret Le BARDE
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir David MURRAY
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel STEWART
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Argyll
|        |        |        |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John COLQUHOUN
|        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret COLQUHOUN
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
|        |        |        |                           \-----Jean ERSKINE
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Janet KEITH
|        |         \-----Eupheme DRUMMOND
|        |                 |                                    /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|        |                 |                           /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |                 |                  /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Marjorie DUNBAR
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Christiana WARDLAW
|        |                 |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter OGILVY
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander OGILVY
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel RAMSAY
|        |                 |        |         \-----Marjory OGILVIE
|        |                  \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|        |                          |                           /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
|        |                          |                  /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
|        |                          |         /-----Sir David DUNBAR
|        |                          |        |         \-----Christiana WARDLAW
|        |                           \-----Margaret DUNBAR
\-----Margaret FLEMING
         |                                                      /-----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
         |                  /-----James III King Of Scots
         |                 |        |                           /-----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
         |         /-----James IV King Of Scots
         |        |        |                                    /-----Konrad I Count Of Oldenburg
         |        |        |                           /-----Christian V Count Of Oldenburg
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Ingeborg Of Holstein And Schauenburg
         |        |        |                  /-----Dietrich The Fortunate Count Of Oldenberg
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Dietrich V Count Of Honstein And Heringen
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Agnes Of Honstein
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Sophia Of Brunswick-Luenenburg
         |        |        |         /-----Christian I King Of Denmark
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Heinrich II Count Of Holstein
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Gerhard V Count Of Holstein, Duke Of Schleswig
         |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Ingeburg Of Mecklenburg
         |        |        |        |         \-----Heilwig Von Holstein
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Magnus II Torquatus Duke Of Brunswick
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Elisabeth Katharina Of Brunswick
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Katharina Of Anhalt
         |        |         \-----Margaret Of Denmark
         |        |                 |                           /-----Frederick V Burggraf Of Nurnberg
         |        |                 |                  /-----Friedrich VI Burggraf Of Nurnberg
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth Of Thuringia
         |        |                 |         /-----Johann The Alchemist Margrave Of Brandenburg
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Friedrich Duke Of Bavaria In Landshut
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth Of Bavaria
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Magdalena Visconti Of Milan
         |        |                  \-----Dorothea Of Hohenzollern
         |        |                          |                  /-----Wenzel Kurfurst Of Saxony
         |        |                          |         /-----Rudolf III Kurfurst Of Saxony
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Giliola Of Carrara
         |        |                           \-----Barbara Of Saxony
         |        |                                   |         /-----Ruprecht I Duke Of Liegnitz
         |        |                                    \-----Barbara Of Schlesien
         |        |                                             \-----Jadwiga/Hedwig Of Sagan
          \-----Janet STEWART
                  |                                             /-----Sir James STEWART
                  |                                    /-----Sir Robert STEWART
                  |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
                  |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
                  |                 |        |                  /-----John Of Argyll, Lord Of Lorn
                  |                 |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
                  |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Thomas ISAAC
                  |                 |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
                  |                 |                           \-----Mathilda De BRUS
                  |         /-----Sir James STEWART, Earl Of Buchan
                  |        |        |                           /-----Edward III King Of England
                  |        |        |                  /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Philippa Of Hainault
                  |        |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Payn Roet Of Hainault, Gulenne King Of Arms
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Katharine Of Hainault
                  |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
                  |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas De HOLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
                  |        |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas HOLLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan PLANTAGENET, Fair Maid Of Kent, Countess
                  |        |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
                  |        |                          |         /-----Sir Richard FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel And Surrey
                  |        |                           \-----Alice FITZALAN
                  |        |                                    \-----Eleanor PLANTAGENET
                   \-----Agnes STEWART
                            \-----Margaret (MURRAY)

Descendants of John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl

1. John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl m. Mary RUTHVEN

m. Mary RUTHVEN father: William RUTHVEN, Earl of Gowrie mother: Dorothy STEWART

2+ Dorothy STEWART m. William MURRAY, Earl of Tullibardine

3 Mary STEWART m1. John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl m2. Peter ROLLO

2nd generation

2. Dorothy STEWART m. William MURRAY, Earl of Tullibardine

m. William MURRAY, Earl of Tullibardine father: John MURRAY, Earl of Tullibardine mother: Catherine DRUMMOND

4+ John MURRAY, Earl of Atholl m. Jean CAMPBELL

5+ Mary MURRAY m. Sir John MONCREIFF

3rd generation

4. John MURRAY, Earl of Atholl m. Jean CAMPBELL

m. Jean CAMPBELL father: Sir Duncan CAMPBELL mother: Elizabeth SINCLAIR

6+ John MURRAY, Marquess Of Atholl m. Amelia Sophia STANLEY

5. Mary MURRAY m. Sir John MONCREIFF

m. Sir John MONCREIFF father: William MONCREIFF mother: Anne MURRAY

7 Jane MONCREIFF m1. Sir Simon FRASER m2. Sir Thomas BURNETT, Baron Of Leys; Sir Thomas BURNETT, Baron Of Leys father: Alexander BURNETT mother: Katharine GORDON

4th generation

6. John MURRAY, Marquess Of Atholl m. Amelia Sophia STANLEY

m. Amelia Sophia STANLEY father: James STANLEY, Earl Of Derby mother: Charlotte De La TREMOILLE

8+ John MURRAY, Duke Of Atholl m. Catherine DOUGLAS

9+ Charles MURRAY, Earl Of Dunmore m. Catherine WATTS

10+ William MURRAY, Lord Nairne m. Margaret NAIRNE

11+ Ameila MURRAY m. Hugh FRASER, Lord Lovat

5th generation

8. John MURRAY, Duke Of Atholl m. Catherine DOUGLAS

m. Catherine DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Duke of Hamilton mother: Anne HAMILTON

12+ George MURRAY m. Emilia MURRAY

13+ James MURRAY, Duke Of Atholl m1. Jane FREDERICK m2. Jean DRUMMOND

14+ Susan MURRAY m. William GORDON, Earl Of Aberdeen

9. Charles MURRAY, Earl Of Dunmore m. Catherine WATTS

m. Catherine WATTS father: Richard WATTS mother: Catherine WERDEN

15+ Anne MURRAY m. John COCHRANE, Earl Of Dundonald

16+ William MURRAY, Earl Of Dunmore m. Catherine MURRAY

10. William MURRAY, Lord Nairne m. Margaret NAIRNE

m. Margaret NAIRNE father: Sir Robert NAIRNE, Lord Nairne mother: Margaret GRAHAM

17+ Catherine MURRAY m. William MURRAY, Earl Of Dunmore

11. Ameila MURRAY m. Hugh FRASER, Lord Lovat

m. Hugh FRASER, Lord Lovat father: Hugh FRASER, Lord Lovat mother: Anne MACKENZIE

18 Anne FRASER m. John MACKENZIE, Earl Of Cromarty; John MACKENZIE, Earl Of Cromarty father: George MACKENZIE, Earl Of Cromarty mother: Anne SINCLAIR

19+ Catherine FRASER m. Sir William MURRAY