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. Marion CONYNGHAM Birth: 4
  2. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn Birth: Abt 1610 Death: 30 May 1664 in Belton, co Haddington

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 11, Ridley-Sinclair. London: St Catherine Press, 1949. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/27141 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XI [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
parents:
[Ref: CP V p672, SP IV p244]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP V p672]
between 26 Apr 1621 and 3 Mar 1635 [Ref: SP IV p246]
Sources with Information about marriage to Janet KERR
date:
abt 1609 [Ref: CP V p672]
before 20 Jul 1614 [Ref: SP IV p246],
child:
[Ref: CP V p381, CP V p672, CP XI p421, SP IV p246, SP IV p247]
Research Notes:
8th Earl of Glencairn, of Earldom cr 1488 [Ref: CP V p672]
7th Earl of Glencairn [Ref: SP IV p244]

heir of his father [Ref: CP V p672]



Pedigree of William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
                                                                /-----Sir Robert CUNNINGHAM
                                                       /-----Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
                                                      |         \-----Anne MONTGOMERY
                                              /-----Robert CUNNINGHAM, Lord Kilmaurs
                                             |        |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
                                             |         \-----Margaret HEPBURN
                                             |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
                                     /-----Cuthbert CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir William LINDSAY
                                    |        |         /-----Sir John LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres
                                    |        |        |         \-----Christiana KEITH
                                    |         \-----Christian LINDSAY
                                    |                 |         /-----Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn
                                    |                  \-----(Unk Dau) STEWART
                                    |                           \-----Joan STEWART
                            /-----William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
                           |        |                           /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
                           |        |                  /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
                           |        |                 |         \-----Margaret HAY
                           |        |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John SIBBALD
                           |        |        |         \-----Isabel SIBBALD
                           |        |        |                  \-----Joan LIVINGSTON
                           |         \-----Mariot DOUGLAS
                           |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
                           |                 |         /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
                           |                 |        |         \-----Joanna MONTGOMERIE
                           |                  \-----Elizabeth BOYD
                           |                          |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
                           |                           \-----Mariot MAXWELL
                           |                                    \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
                   /-----Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                  |        |                           /-----William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
                  |        |                          |         \-----(Unk) HAY
                  |        |                  /-----William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
                  |        |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
                  |        |        |         \-----Mariot HOFFRINGLE
                  |         \-----Katherine BORTHWICK
          /-----William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
         |        |                                             /-----Sir David HAMILTON
         |        |                                    /-----Sir John HAMILTON
         |        |                                   |         \-----Janet KEITH
         |        |                           /-----Sir James HAMILTON
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
         |        |                          |         \-----Jacoba DOUGLAS
         |        |                          |                  \-----Agnes DUNBAR
         |        |                  /-----James HAMILTON, Lord Hamilton
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir John LIVINGSTON
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----(Unk) MENTEITH
         |        |                 |         \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----James DUNDAS
         |        |                 |                  \-----(Unk) DUNDAS
         |        |         /-----James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran
         |        |        |        |                           /-----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
         |        |        |         \-----Mary 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
         |         \-----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
|                                                               /-----Gillespic CAMPBELL
|                                                      /-----Sir Colin CAMPBELL
|                                                     |         \-----Isabel LAMONT
|                                             /-----Sir Duncan CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell
|                                            |        |         /-----John CAMPBELL
|                                            |         \-----Mariot CAMPBELL
|                                    /-----Sir Colin CAMPBELL
|                                   |        |                  /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART
|                                   |         \-----Margaret STEWART
|                           /-----Sir Duncan CAMPBELL
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
|                          |        |                  /-----Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
|                          |        |         /-----John STEWART, Lord Lorn
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|                          |        |        |         \-----Joan STEWART
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
|                          |         \-----Jonet STEWART
|                          |                  \-----Fingula Of The Isles
|                  /-----Sir Colin CAMPBELL
|                 |        |                                    /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                 |        |                           /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Margaret STEWART, Countess Of Angus And Mar
|                 |        |                  /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Mary STEWART
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|                 |        |         /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas HAY
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William HAY
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Janet GIFFORD
|                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret HAY
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
|                 |         \-----Margarey DOUGLAS
|                 |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas SIBBALD
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir John SIBBALD
|                 |                  \-----Isabel SIBBALD
|                 |                           \-----Joan LIVINGSTON
|         /-----Colin CAMPBELL
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir James STEWART
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir Robert STEWART
|        |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
|        |        |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----John Of Argyll, Lord Of Lorn
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
|        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Thomas ISAAC
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Mathilda De BRUS
|        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Edward III King Of England
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Philippa Of Hainault
|        |        |        |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Payn Roet Of Hainault, Gulenne King Of Arms
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Katharine Of Hainault
|        |        |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas De HOLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas HOLLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan PLANTAGENET, Fair Maid Of Kent, Countess
|        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Richard FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel And Surrey
|        |        |        |                           \-----Alice FITZALAN
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Eleanor PLANTAGENET
|        |         \-----Marjory STEWART
|        |                 |                                    /-----Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin
|        |                 |                           /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Isabel Of Strathern
|        |                 |                  /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir Walter HALIBURTON
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Jean HALYBURTON
|        |                 |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |                 |        |         \-----Jill DOUGLAS
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Jill STEWART
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Euphemia Of Ross
|        |                  \-----Eleanor SINCLAIR
|        |                          |                           /-----William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
|        |                          |                  /-----Robert SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Joan De MONTEITH
|        |                          |         /-----Alexander SUTHERLAND
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Buchan
|        |                          |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Mariot ATHYN
|        |                           \-----Marjorie SUTHERLAND
|        |                                    \-----Catherine CHALMER
 \-----Mariot CAMPBELL
         |                                                      /-----Sir William RUTHVEN
         |                                             /-----Sir John RUTHVEN
         |                                    /-----Sir Patrick RUTHVEN
         |                           /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
         |                          |        |                  /-----William De CRANSTON
         |                          |        |         /-----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
                  |                                    /-----Walter HALYBURTON, Lord Of Dirletoun
                  |                           /-----John HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
                  |                          |        |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                  |                          |         \-----Mary DOUGLAS
                  |                          |                  \-----Joan MORAY
                  |                  /-----George HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Sir John SETON, Lord Of Seton
                  |                 |        |         /-----Sir William SETON
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Katherine De St CLAIR
                  |                 |         \-----Janet SETON
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Sir George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
                  |                 |                  \-----Janet DUNBAR
                  |                 |                           \-----Beatrice
                  |         /-----Patrick HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
                  |        |         \-----Mariot
                   \-----Janet HALYBURTON, Baroness Dirletoun
                           |         /-----James DOUGLAS
                            \-----Margaret DOUGLAS



Descendants of William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
1. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m. Janet KERR
m. Janet KERR father: Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian mother: Margaret MAXWELL

2nd generation

3. 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

3rd generation

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

4th generation

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

5th generation

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