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: Christian BRUCE
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: 28 Dec 1595 b
  • Death: 16 Jan 1674/5 in Southampton Buildings, St Giles's-in-the-Fields d
  • Burial: All Saints, Derby u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Edward BRUCE, Lord Kinloss Birth: 1548 in Scottish Bar Death: 14 Jan 1610/1
    • Mother:
  • Magdalen CLERK Death: After 1630

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Anne CAVENDISH Death: 24 Aug 1638
  2. William CAVENDISH, Earl of Devonshire Birth: 10 Oct 1617 Death: 23 Nov 1684 in Roehampton House, Surrey

Bibliography
  1. 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].*].
  2. 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 IV p341],
parents:
[Ref: CP IV p340],
father:
[Ref: CP XII/2 p413]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP IV p341],
place:
[Ref: CP IV p341]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: CP IV p341]
Sources with Information about marriage to William CAVENDISH, Earl of Devonshire
date:
[Ref: CP IV p340],
place:
[Ref: CP IV p340],
child:
[Ref: CP IV p341, CP XII/2 p413]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Christian BRUCE
          /-----Sir Edward BRUCE
 /-----Edward BRUCE, Lord Kinloss
|        |         /-----William REID
|         \-----Alison REID
Christian BRUCE
|         /-----Alexander CLERK
 \-----Magdalen CLERK



Descendants of Christian BRUCE
1. Christian BRUCE m. William CAVENDISH, Earl of Devonshire
m. William CAVENDISH, Earl of Devonshire father: Sir William CAVENDISH, Earl of Devonshire mother: Anne KEIGHLEY

2nd generation

3. William CAVENDISH, Earl of Devonshire m. Elizabeth CECIL
m. Elizabeth CECIL father: William CECIL, Earl of Salisbury mother: Catherine HOWARD

3rd generation

4. Anne CAVENDISH m1. Charles RICH, Lord Rich m2. John CECIL, Earl Of Exeter
m. Charles RICH, Lord Rich father: Robert RICH, Earl Of Warwick mother: Frances HATTON
m. John CECIL, Earl Of Exeter father: John CECIL, Earl Of Exeter mother: Frances MANNERS
5. William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m. Mary BUTLER
m. Mary BUTLER father: James BUTLER, Duke of Ormonde mother: Elizabeth PRESTON, Baroness Dingwall

4th generation

6. Elizabeth CECIL m. Charles BOYLE, Earl Of Orrery
m. Charles BOYLE, Earl Of Orrery father: Roger BOYLE, Earl of Orrery mother: Mary SACKVILLE
7. William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m. Rachel RUSSELL
m. Rachel RUSSELL father: William RUSSELL, Lord Russell mother: Rachel WRIOTHESLEY

5th generation

8. John BOYLE, Earl Of Cork And Orrery m1. Henrietta HAMILTON m2. Margaret HAMILTON
m. Henrietta HAMILTON father: George HAMILTON, Earl of Orkney mother: Elizabeth VILLIERS
m. Margaret HAMILTON father: John HAMILTON mother: Lucy DOPPING
9. William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m. Catherine HOSKINS
m. Catherine HOSKINS father: John HOSKINS mother: Catherine HALE