Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 01-20-2025.

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 CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1552 ^b
Death: After Mar 1630 ^d

Parents:

Father:
William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn Death: Before 24 Feb 1579/8

Mother:

Janet GORDON Death: 18 Nov 1596

Family:
Marriage:

Mariot CAMPBELL on 5 Sep 1574 at Perth .^m1
Mariot CAMPBELL Birth: 3 Death: Jun 1610

Children:

William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn Death: Oct 1631
Anne CUNNINGHAM Birth: 4 Death: 16 Sep 1647

Marriage:

Agnes HAY on Before 14 Jul 1612 .^m2
Agnes HAY

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 05 E-Goojerat. 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 V [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 10, Oakham-Richmond. London: St Catherine Press, 1945. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP X [Ap][p0-9].*].
Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP IV p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: abt 1552 [Ref: CP V p671],
parents:: [Ref: CP V p671, SP IV p242]

Sources for death Information

date:: living Mar 1630 [Ref: CP V p672]

Sources with Information about marriage to Mariot CAMPBELL

date:: [Ref: CP V p672, SP IV p244],
place:: [Ref: CP V p672, SP IV p244],
child:: [Ref: CP V p672, CP VI p259, SP IV p244, SP IV p245]

Sources with Information about marriage to Agnes HAY

date:: before 14 Jul 1612 [Ref: CP V p672]; contract 8 Sep 1610 and 12 Oct 1610 [Ref: SP IV p244]

Research Notes:
7th Earl of Glencairn, of Earldom cr 1488 [Ref: CP V p672]
7th Earl of Glencairn [Ref: CP V p22]
6th Earl of Glencairn [Ref: SP IV p243]

1582: one of the 'Ruthven Raiders', but was exonerated from his complicity in the plot [Ref: SP IV p243]

Pedigree of James CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
                                                                /-----Sir William CUNNINGHAM
                                                       /-----Sir Robert CUNNINGHAM
                                                      |         \-----Margaret DANIELSTOUN
                                              /-----Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
                                             |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
                                             |         \-----Anne MONTGOMERY
                                             |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
                                     /-----Robert CUNNINGHAM, Lord Kilmaurs
                                    |        |                  /-----Patrick HEPBURN
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
                                    |        |        |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
                                    |         \-----Margaret HEPBURN
                                    |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                                    |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
                                    |                           \-----(Unk)
                            /-----Cuthbert CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
                           |        |                           /-----Sir William LINDSAY
                           |        |                  /-----Sir William LINDSAY
                           |        |                 |         \-----Christiana MURE
                           |        |         /-----Sir John LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
                           |        |        |         \-----Christiana KEITH
                           |        |        |                  \-----Margaret FRASER
                           |         \-----Christian LINDSAY
                           |                 |                  /-----Sir John STEWART
                           |                 |         /-----Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn
                           |                 |        |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
                           |                  \-----(Unk Dau) STEWART
                           |                          |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
                           |                           \-----Joan STEWART
                           |                                    \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
                   /-----William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
                  |        |                                    /-----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
                  |         \-----Mariot DOUGLAS
                  |                 |                           /-----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
          /-----Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
         |        |                                             /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |        |                                    /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |        |                                   |         \-----(Unk)
         |        |                           /-----William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY
         |        |                          |         \-----(Unk) HAY
         |        |                          |                  \-----Janet GIFFORD
         |        |                  /-----William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
         |        |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
         |        |        |         \-----Mariot HOFFRINGLE
         |         \-----Katherine BORTHWICK
/-----William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
|        |                                                      /-----Sir David FITZ WALTER
|        |                                             /-----Sir David HAMILTON
|        |                                            |         \-----Margaret De ROSS
|        |                                    /-----Sir John HAMILTON
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH
|        |                                   |         \-----Janet KEITH
|        |                                   |                  \-----(Unk dau) MURE
|        |                           /-----Sir James HAMILTON
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Sir John DOUGLAS
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Agnes GRAHAM
|        |                          |         \-----Jacoba DOUGLAS
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
|        |                          |                  \-----Agnes DUNBAR
|        |                          |                           \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
|        |                  /-----James HAMILTON, Lord Hamilton
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir William LIVINGSTON, Lord Callendar
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir John LIVINGSTON
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Christian De CALLENDAR
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John MENTEITH
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----(Unk) MENTEITH
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Margery STIRLING
|        |                 |         \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----John De DUNDAS
|        |                 |                 |         /-----James DUNDAS
|        |                 |                  \-----(Unk) DUNDAS
|        |         /-----James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran
|        |        |        |                                    /-----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
|        |        |         \-----Mary STEWART
|        |        |                 |                           /-----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
|         \-----Jean HAMILTON
|                 |                  /-----(Unk) BEATON
|                 |         /-----Sir David BEATON
|                  \-----Janet BEATON
|                           \-----Janet DUDDINGSGTON
James CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
|         /-----Sir John GORDON
\-----Janet GORDON
         |         /-----Robert CRICHTON
          \-----Margaret CRICHTON

Descendants of James CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn

1. James CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m1. Mariot CAMPBELL m2. Agnes HAY

m. Mariot CAMPBELL father: Colin CAMPBELL mother: Katherine RUTHVEN

2+ William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m. Janet KERR

3+ Anne CUNNINGHAM m. James HAMILTON, Marquess of Hamilton

m. Agnes HAY father: Sir James HAY

2nd generation

2. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m. Janet KERR

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

4 Marion CONYNGHAM m1. James OGILVY, Earl of Findlater m2. Alexander FRASER, Master of Saltoun; James OGILVY, Earl of Findlater father: Walter OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy of Deskford mother: Mary DOUGLAS; Alexander FRASER, Master of Saltoun father: Alexander FRASER, Lord Saltoun of Abernethy mother: Elizabeth SETON

5+ William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m1. Anne OGILVY m2. Margaret MONTGOMERIE

3. Anne CUNNINGHAM m. James HAMILTON, Marquess of Hamilton

m. James HAMILTON, Marquess of Hamilton father: John HAMILTON, Marquess of Hamilton mother: Margaret LYON

6 Anne HAMILTON m. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun; Hugh MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun father: Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun mother: Anne LIVINGSTON

7+ Margaret HAMILTON m. John LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford

8 Mary HAMILTON m. James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry; James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry father: William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry mother: Isabel KER

9+ James HAMILTON, Duke of Hamilton m. Margaret FEILDING

3rd generation

5. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m1. Anne OGILVY m2. Margaret MONTGOMERIE

m. Anne OGILVY father: James OGILVY, Earl of Findlater mother: Elizabeth LESLIE

10+ Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m. Nicol STEWART

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

7. Margaret HAMILTON m. John LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford

m. John LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford father: Robert LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres mother: Christian HAMILTON

11 William LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford m1. Mary JOHNSTONE m2. Henrietta SETON; Henrietta SETON father: Charles SETON, Earl of Dunfermline mother: Mary DOUGLAS

9. James HAMILTON, Duke of Hamilton m. Margaret FEILDING

m. Margaret FEILDING father: William FEILDING, Earl Of Denbigh mother: Mary VILLIERS

12+ Anne HAMILTON m. William DOUGLAS, Duke of Hamilton

4th generation

10. Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m. Nicol STEWART

m. Nicol STEWART father: Sir James STEWART

13+ Margaret CUNNINGHAM m. John MAITLAND, Earl of Lauderdale

12. Anne HAMILTON m. William DOUGLAS, Duke of Hamilton

m. William DOUGLAS, Duke of Hamilton father: William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas mother: Mary GORDON

14+ Susan HAMILTON m1. John COCHRANE, Earl Of Dundonald m2. Charles HAY, Marquess of Tweeddale

15 James HAMMILTON, Duke of Hamilton m. Anne SPENCER

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

17+ George HAMILTON, Earl of Orkney m. Elizabeth VILLIERS

5th generation

13. Margaret CUNNINGHAM m. John MAITLAND, Earl of Lauderdale

m. John MAITLAND, Earl of Lauderdale father: Charles MAITLAND, Earl of Lauderdale mother: Elizabeth LAUDER

18+ Elizabeth MAITLAND m. James CARMICHAEL, Earl of Hyndford

14. Susan HAMILTON m1. John COCHRANE, Earl Of Dundonald m2. Charles HAY, Marquess of Tweeddale

m. John COCHRANE, Earl Of Dundonald father: William COCHRANE mother: Catherine KENNEDY

19+ John COCHRANE, Earl Of Dundonald m1. Anne MURRAY m2. Mary OSBORNE

m. Charles HAY, Marquess of Tweeddale father: John HAY, Marquess of Tweeddale mother: Mary MAITLAND

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

m. John MURRAY, Duke Of Atholl father: John MURRAY, Marquess Of Atholl mother: Amelia Sophia STANLEY

20+ George MURRAY m. Emilia MURRAY

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

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

17. George HAMILTON, Earl of Orkney m. Elizabeth VILLIERS

m. Elizabeth VILLIERS father: Sir Edward VILLIERS mother: Frances HOWARD

23 Henrietta HAMILTON m. John BOYLE, Earl Of Cork And Orrery; John BOYLE, Earl Of Cork And Orrery father: Charles BOYLE, Earl Of Orrery mother: Elizabeth CECIL