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


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn Death: 26 May 1670

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. 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].*].
  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].*].
  3. 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 1610 [Ref: CP V p672, SP IV p247],
parents:
[Ref: CP V p672, SP IV p246]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP V p673, CP XII/2 p74, SP IV p248],
place:
[Ref: CP V p673, SP IV p248]
Sources for burial Information
date:
[Ref: CP V p673, SP IV p248],
place:
[Ref: CP V p673, SP IV p248]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anne OGILVY
date:
cont 5 Apr 1637 [Ref: CP V p673, SP IV p248],
child:
[Ref: CP V p673, SP IV p248]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret MONTGOMERIE
date:
after Jan 1660/1 [Ref: CP XII/2 p74]
second marriage of William [Ref: CP V p673, SP IV p248]
Research Notes:
9th Earl of Glencairn, of Earldom cr 1488 [Ref: CP V p672]
9th Earl of Glencairn [Ref: CP XII/2 p74]
8th Earl of Glencairn [Ref: SP IV p246]

heir of his father [Ref: CP V p672]



Pedigree of William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
                                                                /-----Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
                                                       /-----Robert CUNNINGHAM, Lord Kilmaurs
                                                      |         \-----Margaret HEPBURN
                                              /-----Cuthbert CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
                                             |        |         /-----Sir John LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres
                                             |         \-----Christian LINDSAY
                                             |                  \-----(Unk Dau) STEWART
                                     /-----William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
                                    |        |                  /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
                                    |        |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
                                    |        |        |         \-----Isabel SIBBALD
                                    |         \-----Mariot DOUGLAS
                                    |                 |         /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
                                    |                  \-----Elizabeth BOYD
                                    |                           \-----Mariot MAXWELL
                            /-----Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
                           |        |                           /-----William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
                           |        |                  /-----William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
                           |        |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
                           |        |        |         \-----Mariot HOFFRINGLE
                           |         \-----Katherine BORTHWICK
                   /-----William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir John HAMILTON
                  |        |                           /-----Sir James HAMILTON
                  |        |                          |         \-----Jacoba DOUGLAS
                  |        |                  /-----James HAMILTON, Lord Hamilton
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
                  |        |                 |         \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
                  |        |                 |                  \-----(Unk) DUNDAS
                  |        |         /-----James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----James I King Of Scots
                  |        |        |        |         /-----James II King Of Scots
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
                  |        |        |         \-----Mary STEWART
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Arnold Duke Of Gueldres, Count Of Zutphen
                  |        |        |                  \-----Marie Of Gueldres
                  |        |        |                           \-----Catherine Of Cleve
                  |         \-----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
 /-----William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
|        |                                                      /-----Sir Colin CAMPBELL
|        |                                             /-----Sir Duncan CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell
|        |                                            |         \-----Mariot CAMPBELL
|        |                                    /-----Sir Colin CAMPBELL
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART
|        |                                   |         \-----Margaret STEWART
|        |                           /-----Sir Duncan CAMPBELL
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn
|        |                          |        |         /-----John STEWART, Lord Lorn
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Joan STEWART
|        |                          |         \-----Jonet STEWART
|        |                          |                  \-----Fingula Of The Isles
|        |                  /-----Sir Colin CAMPBELL
|        |                 |        |                           /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |                 |        |                  /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Mary STEWART
|        |                 |        |         /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William HAY
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret HAY
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
|        |                 |         \-----Margarey DOUGLAS
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas SIBBALD
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John SIBBALD
|        |                 |                  \-----Isabel SIBBALD
|        |                 |                           \-----Joan LIVINGSTON
|        |         /-----Colin CAMPBELL
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Robert STEWART
|        |        |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----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
|        |        |         \-----Marjory STEWART
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Jean HALYBURTON
|        |        |                 |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Jill DOUGLAS
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Jill STEWART
|        |        |                  \-----Eleanor SINCLAIR
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Robert SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
|        |        |                          |         /-----Alexander SUTHERLAND
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART
|        |        |                           \-----Marjorie SUTHERLAND
|        |        |                                    \-----Catherine CHALMER
|         \-----Mariot CAMPBELL
|                 |                                             /-----Sir John RUTHVEN
|                 |                                    /-----Sir Patrick RUTHVEN
|                 |                           /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Sir Thomas CRANSTON
|                 |                          |         \-----(Unk) CRANSTON
|                 |                  /-----William RUTHVEN, Master Of Ruthven
|                 |                 |         \-----Isabel LEVINGTON
|                 |         /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|                 |        |         \-----Catherine BUTTERGASK
|                  \-----Katherine RUTHVEN
|                          |                                    /-----Walter HALYBURTON, Lord Of Dirletoun
|                          |                           /-----John HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|                          |                          |         \-----Mary DOUGLAS
|                          |                  /-----George HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Sir William SETON
|                          |                 |         \-----Janet SETON
|                          |                 |                  \-----Janet DUNBAR
|                          |         /-----Patrick HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|                          |        |         \-----Mariot
|                           \-----Janet HALYBURTON, Baroness Dirletoun
|                                   |         /-----James DOUGLAS
|                                    \-----Margaret DOUGLAS
William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
|                  /-----Mark KERR
|         /-----Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir Norman De LESLIE
|        |        |                                    /-----George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Christian SETON
|        |        |                           /-----Sir Andrew LESLIE, Master Of Rothes
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Walter HALYBURTON, Lord Of Dirletoun
|        |        |                          |         \-----Christian HALYBURTON
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Isabel STEWART
|        |        |                  /-----William LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Jill DOUGLAS
|        |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth SINCLAIR
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
|        |        |         /-----George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Michael BALFOUR
|        |        |        |         \-----Jonet BALFOUR
|        |         \-----Helen LESLIE
|        |                 |                                    /-----Sir John CRICHTON
|        |                 |                           /-----William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Christian
|        |                 |                  /-----James CRICHTON, Lord Crichton
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Agnes
|        |                 |         /-----William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Thomas DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----James DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret
|        |                 |        |         \-----Janet DUNBAR
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret SETON
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Elizabeth GORDON
|        |                  \-----Margaret CRICHTON
|        |                          |                           /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|        |                          |                  /-----James I King Of Scots
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|        |                          |         /-----James II King Of Scots
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
|        |                          |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
|        |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
|        |                                   |                  /-----Johann II Lord Of Egmont, Regent Of Geldern
|        |                                   |         /-----Arnold Duke Of Gueldres, Count Of Zutphen
|        |                                   |        |         \-----Maria Of Arkel
|        |                                    \-----Marie Of Gueldres
|        |                                            |         /-----Adolph II Duke Of Cleve
|        |                                             \-----Catherine Of Cleve
|        |                                                      \-----Maria Of Burgundy
 \-----Janet KERR
         |                                                      /-----Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
         |                                             /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
         |                                            |         \-----(Unk) HERRIES
         |                                    /-----John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir John FORRESTER
         |                                   |         \-----Janet FORRESTER
         |                                   |                  \-----Jean SINCLAIR
         |                           /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
         |                          |        |                  /-----Stephen CRICHTON
         |                          |        |         /-----George CRICHTON, Earl Of Caithness
         |                          |        |        |         \-----(Unk) CAIRNS
         |                          |         \-----Janet CRICHTON
         |                          |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |                          |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
         |                          |                           \-----(Unk) HAY
         |                  /-----Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
         |                 |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
         |                 |        |                  /-----Sir William STEWART
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Marion STEWART
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth LENNOX
         |                 |         \-----Agnes STEWART
         |                 |                 |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
         |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Archibald DOUGLAS
         |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
         |         /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Herries
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
         |        |        |                           /-----William DOUGLAS
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Janet De MAXWELL
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
         |        |        |         /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter SCOTT
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----David SCOTT
         |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret COCKBURN
         |        |        |        |         \-----Janet SCOTT
         |        |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
         |        |                 |                           /-----Roger GORDON
         |        |                 |                  /-----William GORDON
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir John GORDON
         |        |                  \-----Elizabeth GORDON
         |        |                           \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
          \-----Margaret MAXWELL
                  |                                             /-----John HERRIES
                  |                                    /-----Sir David HERRIES
                  |                           /-----Herbert HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles
                  |                          |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
                  |                          |         \-----Margaret CRICHTON
                  |                          |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
                  |                  /-----Andrew HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles
                  |                 |        |                  /-----William CARLYLE
                  |                 |        |         /-----Sir John CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth KIRKPATRICK
                  |                 |         \-----Mariota CARLYLE
                  |                 |                  \-----Janet
                  |         /-----William HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles
                  |        |        |                           /-----Sir Alexander HOME, Lord Home
                  |        |        |                  /-----Alexander HOME
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Mariot LAUDER
                  |        |        |         /-----Alexander HOME, Lord Home
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Agnes HEPBURN
                  |        |        |        |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
                  |        |         \-----Nichola HOME
                  |        |                 |         /-----Sir George KER
                  |        |                  \-----Nichole KER
                  |        |                          |         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
                  |        |                           \-----Mariot SINCLAIR
                  |        |                                    \-----Katherine HOME
                   \-----Agnes HERRIES
                           |         /-----James KENNEDY
                            \-----Katherine KENNEDY
                                    |                           /-----Charles MURRAY
                                    |                  /-----Cuthbert MURRAY
                                    |         /-----Sir John MURRAY
                                    |        |         \-----Marjory MENZIES
                                     \-----Agnes MURRAY



Descendants of William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
1. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m1. Anne OGILVY m2. Margaret MONTGOMERIE
m. Anne OGILVY father: James OGILVY, Earl of Findlater mother: Elizabeth LESLIE
m. Margaret MONTGOMERIE father: Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun mother: Anne LIVINGSTON

2nd generation

2. Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m. Nicol STEWART
m. Nicol STEWART father: Sir James STEWART

3rd generation

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

4th generation

4. Elizabeth MAITLAND m. James CARMICHAEL, Earl of Hyndford
m. James CARMICHAEL, Earl of Hyndford father: John CARMICHAEL, Earl of Hyndford mother: Beatrix DRUMMOND