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: James HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1564 ^b
Death: 3 Feb 1608/9 ^d

Parents:

Father:
William HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester Birth: 1538 Death: Aug 1586

Mother:

Margaret KERR

Family:
Marriage:

Margaret KERR on Before 6 Aug 1591 .^m1
Margaret KERR Birth: 3 Death: 15 Mar 1644/5

Children:

Margaret HAY Death: 30 Dec 1659
John HAY, Earl of Tweeddale Birth: Abt 1595 Death: 25 May 1653

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 02 Bass-Canning. London: St Catherine Press, 1912. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 2 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo02coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP II [Ap][p0-9].*].
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].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 06 Gordon-Huntley. 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 VI [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 07 Hussee-Lincolnshire. London: St Catherine Press, 1929. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VII [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:: abt 1564 [Ref: CP VI p425],
parents:: [Ref: CP VI p425]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP VI p426]

Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret KERR

date:: cont 29 May 1591 m. before 6 Aug 1591 [Ref: CP VI p425]; first marriage of Margaret [Ref: CP VII p81],
child:: [Ref: CP II p489, CP IV p532, CP VI p426, CP XII/2 p71]

Research Notes:
7th Lord Hay of Yester, of Barony cr 1488 [Ref: CP VI p425]
Lord Hay of Yester [Ref: CP II p489, CP IV p532]

heir of his brother [Ref: CP VI p425]

Pedigree of James HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester
                                                                /-----Sir Thomas HAY
                                                       /-----Sir William HAY
                                                      |         \-----Janet GIFFORD
                                              /-----Sir David HAY
                                             |        |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                                             |         \-----Alicia BORTHWICK
                                             |                  \-----(Unk)
                                     /-----John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester
                                    |        |                  /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                                    |        |         /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
                                    |        |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART, Countess Of Angus And Mar
                                    |         \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
                                    |                 |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
                                    |                  \-----Mary STEWART
                                    |                           \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
                            /-----Sir John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester
                           |        |                           /-----Archibald CUNNINGHAM
                           |        |                  /-----Sir William CUNNINGHAM
                           |        |         /-----George CUNNINGHAM
                           |         \-----Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
                   /-----John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester
                  |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
          /-----John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester
         |        |                                             /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |        |                                    /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |        |                                   |         \-----Mary STEWART
         |        |                           /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir William HAY
         |        |                          |         \-----Margaret HAY
         |        |                          |                  \-----Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
         |        |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas SIBBALD
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John SIBBALD
         |        |                 |         \-----Isabel SIBBALD
         |        |                 |                  \-----Joan LIVINGSTON
         |        |         /-----George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |        |        |        |         /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Joanna MONTGOMERIE
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
         |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth BOYD
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth DANIELSTON
         |        |        |                  \-----Mariot MAXWELL
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |        |        |                           \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
         |        |        |                                    \-----(Unk) HAY
         |         \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
         |                 |                                    /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
         |                 |                           /-----Sir Walter DRUMMOND
         |                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth SINCLAIR
         |                 |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir William RUTHVEN
         |                 |                 |         \-----Margaret RUTHVEN
         |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir David MURRAY
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir David MURRAY
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel STEWART
         |                 |        |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir John COLQUHOUN
         |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret COLQUHOUN
         |                 |        |                           \-----Jean ERSKINE
         |                  \-----Elizabeth DRUMMOND
         |                          |                           /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |                          |                  /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |                          |                 |         \-----Marjorie DUNBAR
         |                          |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander OGILVY
         |                          |        |         \-----Marjory OGILVIE
         |                           \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
         |                                   |                  /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
         |                                   |         /-----Sir David DUNBAR
         |                                   |        |         \-----Christiana WARDLAW
         |                                    \-----Margaret DUNBAR
/-----William HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester
|        |                                                      /-----Sir John LIVINGSTON
|        |                                             /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
|        |                                            |         \-----(Unk) MENTEITH
|        |                                    /-----James LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
|        |                                   |        |         /-----James DUNDAS
|        |                                   |         \-----(Unk) DUNDAS
|        |                           /-----Alexander LIVINGSTON
|        |                          |         \-----Marian
|        |                  /-----James LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
|        |         /-----William LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
|        |        |        |                                    /-----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
|        |        |         \-----Elizabeth 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
|         \-----Margaret LIVINGSTON
|                 |                                             /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
|                 |                                    /-----Patrick HEPBURN
|                 |                                   |         \-----Agnes
|                 |                           /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
|                 |                          |        |         /-----William De VAUX
|                 |                          |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
|                 |                  /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Hailes
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
|                 |                 |         \-----Janet BORTHWICK
|                 |                 |                  \-----(Unk)
|                 |         /-----Alexander HEPBURN
|                 |        |         \-----Ellen WALLACE
|                  \-----Agnes HEPBURN
|                          |                  /-----Alexander NAPIER
|                          |         /-----Sir Alexander NAPIER
|                           \-----Janet NAPIER
|                                    \-----Elizabeth LAUDER
James HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester
|         /-----Sir John KERR
\-----Margaret KERR
         |         /-----Sir Andrew KER
          \-----Catherine KER

Descendants of James HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester

1. James HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester m. Margaret KERR

m. Margaret KERR father: Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian mother: Margaret MAXWELL

2+ Margaret HAY m1. Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline m2. James LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Callendar

3+ John HAY, Earl of Tweeddale m1. Jean SETON m2. Margaret MONTGOMERIE

2nd generation

2. Margaret HAY m1. Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline m2. James LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Callendar

m. Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline father: George SETON, Lord Seton mother: Isabel HAMILTON

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

m. James LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Callendar father: Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Linlithgow mother: Eleanor HAY

3. John HAY, Earl of Tweeddale m1. Jean SETON m2. Margaret MONTGOMERIE

m. Jean SETON father: Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline mother: Grizel LESLIE

5+ John HAY, Marquess of Tweeddale m. Jean SCOTT

m. Margaret MONTGOMERIE father: Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun mother: Anne LIVINGSTON

3rd generation

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

m. Mary DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton mother: Anne KEITH

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

5. John HAY, Marquess of Tweeddale m. Jean SCOTT

m. Jean SCOTT father: Walter SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch mother: Mary HAY

7+ Margaret HAY m. Robert KER, Earl of Roxburghe

8+ John HAY, Marquess of Tweeddale m. Mary MAITLAND

4th generation

6. 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

9+ Mary FLEMING m. Harry MAULE

10+ 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

7. Margaret HAY m. Robert KER, Earl of Roxburghe

m. Robert KER, Earl of Roxburghe father: William DRUMMOND-KER, Earl of Roxburghe mother: Jean KER

11 Robert KER, Earl of Roxburghe

12 John KER, Duke of Roxburghe m. Mary FINCH; Mary FINCH father: Daniel FINCH, Earl of Winchilsea mother: Essex RICH

8. John HAY, Marquess of Tweeddale m. Mary MAITLAND

m. Mary MAITLAND father: John MAITLAND, Duke of Lauderdale mother: Anne HOME

13 Charles HAY, Marquess of Tweeddale m. Susan HAMILTON; Susan HAMILTON father: William DOUGLAS, Duke of Hamilton mother: Anne HAMILTON

5th generation

9. Mary FLEMING m. Harry MAULE

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

10. 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

15+ Clementina FLEMING m. Charles ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone

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