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: William RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie
Sex: M
Death: Nov 1672 ^d

Parents:

Father:
George RAMSAY, Lord Dalhousie Birth: After 1570 Death: 1629

Mother:

Margaret DOUGLAS Death: After 12 Sep 1615

Family:
Marriage:

Margaret CARNEGY on Abt 3 Oct 1617 .^m1
Margaret CARNEGY Death: Apr 1661

Children:

George RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie Death: 11 Feb 1673/4
John RAMSAY Birth: 2

Marriage:

Jocosa APSLEY on After 1661 .^m2
Jocosa APSLEY Death: 28 Apr 1663

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 04 Dacre-Dysart. London: St Catherine Press, 1916. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 4 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo04byucoka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IV [Ap][p0-9].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

parents:: [Ref: CP IV p32]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP IV p32]

Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret CARNEGY

date:: cont 3 Oct 1617 [Ref: CP IV p32],
child:: [Ref: CP IV p32, CP IV p33 (with corr in XIV p233)]

Sources with Information about marriage to Jocosa APSLEY

date:: second marriage of William [Ref: CP IV p32]

Research Notes:
1st Earl of Dalhousie, of Earldom cr 1633 [Ref: CP IV p32]
2nd Lord Dalhousie, of Barony cr 1619 [Ref: CP IV p32]

heir of his father [Ref: CP IV p32]

Pedigree of William RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie
                   /-----George RAMSAY
          /-----James RAMSAY
         |         \-----Elizabeth HEPBURN
/-----George RAMSAY, Lord Dalhousie
|        |         /-----David RAMSAY
|         \-----Elizabeth RAMSAY
William RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie
|                                                               /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|                                                      /-----Sir Henry DOUGLAS
|                                                     |         \-----Christian LINDSAY
|                                             /-----Sir Robert DOUGLAS
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|                                            |         \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
|                                            |                  \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|                                    /-----Sir Robert DOUGLAS
|                                   |        |         /-----David BOSWELL
|                                   |         \-----Elizabeth BOSWELL
|                           /-----Thomas DOUGLAS
|                          |        |         /-----David BALFOUR
|                          |         \-----Margaret BALFOUR
|                  /-----Robert DOUGLAS
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|                 |        |                          |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                 |        |                  /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Joanna MONTGOMERIE
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
|                 |        |         /-----Archibald BOYD
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth DANIELSTON
|                 |        |        |         \-----Mariot MAXWELL
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
|                 |        |        |                           \-----(Unk) HAY
|                 |         \-----Elizabeth BOYD
|                 |                  \-----Christian MURE
|         /-----George DOUGLAS
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Janet KEITH
|        |        |                           /-----Thomas ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|        |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |        |                  /-----Alexander ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|        |        |                 |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
|        |        |         /-----Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----William De CRICHTON
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Edward De CRICHTON
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De ROS
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
|        |        |        |         \-----Christian CRICHTON
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|        |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
|        |         \-----Margaret ERSKINE
|        |                 |                                    /-----Sir Hugh CAMPBELL
|        |                 |                           /-----Sir George CAMPBELL
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir George CAMPBELL
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Anne MONTGOMERY
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
|        |                 |         /-----George CAMPBELL
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir William STEWART
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
|        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Archibald DOUGLAS
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|        |                  \-----Isabel CAMPBELL
|        |                          |                           /-----Sir Gilbert KENNEDY
|        |                          |                  /-----Sir James KENNEDY
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Agnes MAXWELL
|        |                          |         /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|        |                          |        |         \-----Mary STEWART
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|        |                           \-----(Unk) KENNEDY
|        |                                   |                  /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
|        |                                   |         /-----Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|        |                                   |        |         \-----Katherine STEWART
|        |                                    \-----Catherine MAXWELL
|        |                                            |         /-----Sir Herbert HERRIES
|        |                                             \-----(Unk) HERRIES
|        |                                                      \-----Margaret
\-----Margaret DOUGLAS
         |         /-----John LINDSAY
          \-----Janet LINDSAY

Descendants of William RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie

1. William RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie m1. Margaret CARNEGY m2. Jocosa APSLEY

m. Margaret CARNEGY father: Sir David CARNEGIE, Earl of Southesk mother: Margaret LINDSAY

2+ George RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie m. Anne FLEMING

3+ John RAMSAY m. Marjorie SPENCE

m. Jocosa APSLEY father: Sir Alan APSLEY mother: Anne CAREW

2nd generation

2. George RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie m. Anne FLEMING

m. Anne FLEMING father: John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown mother: Margaret LIVINGSTONE

4+ William RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie m. Mary MOORE

5+ Jean RAMSAY m. George ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead

3. John RAMSAY m. Marjorie SPENCE

m. Marjorie SPENCE

6+ William RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie m1. Jean ROSS m2. Janet MARTIN

3rd generation

4. William RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie m. Mary MOORE

m. Mary MOORE father: Henry MOORE, Earl of Drogheda mother: Alice SPENCER

7 George RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie

8 William RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie

5. Jean RAMSAY m. George ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead

m. George ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead father: Sir William ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead mother: Margaret FORRESTER

9+ Jean ROSS m. William RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie

6. William RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie m1. Jean ROSS m2. Janet MARTIN

m. Jean ROSS father: George ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead mother: Jean RAMSAY

10+ George RAMSAY m. Jean MAULE

m. Janet MARTIN

4th generation

9. Jean ROSS m. William RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie

m. William RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie father: John RAMSAY mother: Marjorie SPENCE

10+ George RAMSAY m. Jean MAULE

10. George RAMSAY m. Jean MAULE

m. Jean MAULE father: Harry MAULE mother: Mary FLEMING

11 Charles RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie

12+ George RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie m. Elizabeth GLEN

5th generation

12. George RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie m. Elizabeth GLEN

m. Elizabeth GLEN father: Andrew GLEN

13+ Elizabeth RAMSAY m. Sir Thomas MONCREIFFE