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: George SINCLAIR, Earl Of Caithness
Sex: M
Birth: Before 14 Jul 1527 ^b
Death: 9 Sep 1582 in Edinburgh ^d
Burial: Rosslyn ^u

Parents:

Father:
John SINCLAIR, Earl Of Caithness Birth: 1 Death: 18 May 1529 in Stenness

Mother:

Elizabeth SUTHERLAND

Family:
Marriage:

Elizabeth GRAHAM .^m1
Elizabeth GRAHAM Birth: 2 Death: Before 4 Apr 1576

Children:

Agnes SINCLAIR
Barbara SINCLAIR Death: Abt 1573
John SINCLAIR Birth: 1 Death: 1573 in Castle of Girnigo

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 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 12-1, Skelmersdale-Towton. London: St Catherine Press, 1953. 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/1 [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 VIII p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: before 14 Jul 1527 [Ref: CP II p479],
parents:: [Ref: CP II p479]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP II p479],
place:: [Ref: CP II p479]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: CP II p479]

Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth GRAHAM

child:: [Ref: CP II p479, CP V p97, CP XII/1 p553]

Research Notes:
4th Earl of Caithness, of Earldom cr 1455 [Ref: CP II p479]
Earl of Caithness [Ref: CP V p97]

heir of his father [Ref: CP II p479]

Pedigree of George SINCLAIR, Earl Of Caithness
                                                                /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
                                                       /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
                                                      |         \-----Alice De FENTON
                                              /-----Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin
                                     /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
                                    |        |                  /-----Malise Earl Of Strathearn
                                    |        |         /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern, Caithness, And Orkney
                                    |        |        |         \-----Agnes
                                    |         \-----Isabel Of Strathern
                                    |                 |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                                    |                  \-----Margery Of Ross
                                    |                           \-----Matilda De BRUS
                            /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
                           |        |                           /-----Henry HALIBURTON
                           |        |                  /-----Sir Adam HALIBURTON
                           |        |                 |         \-----Agnes MORDINGTON
                           |        |         /-----Sir Walter HALIBURTON
                           |        |        |         \-----Isabella
                           |         \-----Jean HALYBURTON
                   /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
                  |        |                           /-----James DOUGLAS
                  |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                  |        |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
                  |        |                 |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
                  |        |         /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
                  |         \-----Jill DOUGLAS
                  |                 |                           /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |                 |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
                  |                 |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
                  |                 |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
                  |                 |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
                  |                  \-----Jill STEWART
                  |                          |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |                          |        |         \-----Eupheme
                  |                           \-----Euphemia Of Ross
                  |                                   |         /-----John GRAHAM
                  |                                    \-----Margaret GRAHAM
                  |                                             \-----Isabella
          /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Caithness
         |        |                                             /-----William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
         |        |                                    /-----Kenneth SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
         |        |                           /-----William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
         |        |                          |         \-----Margaret Of Mar
         |        |                          |                  \-----Helen
         |        |                  /-----Robert SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Walter STEWART, Earl Of Menteith
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Mary Of Menteith, Countess Of Menteith
         |        |                 |         \-----Joan De MONTEITH
         |        |         /-----Alexander SUTHERLAND
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
         |        |        |        |         /-----Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Buchan
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
         |        |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Donald MacETH
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Iye MacETH
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) MacNEIL
         |        |        |                  \-----Mariot ATHYN
         |         \-----Marjorie SUTHERLAND
         |                  \-----Catherine CHALMER
/-----John SINCLAIR, Earl Of Caithness
|        |         /-----Sir Gilbert KEITH
|         \-----Margaret KEITH
|                 |                                             /-----Sir David GRAHAM
|                 |                                    /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
|                 |                                   |         \-----Helen De ABERNETHY
|                 |                           /-----Sir William GRAHAM, Lord Graham
|                 |                          |         \-----Maud
|                 |                  /-----Alexander GRAHAM
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Sir David LINDSAY
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
|                 |                 |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John STIRLING
|                 |                 |                  \-----Catherine STIRLING
|                 |         /-----Patrick GRAHAM, Lord Graham
|                  \-----Janet GRAHAM
|                          |                                    /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|                          |                           /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk
|                          |                  /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|                          |                 |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
|                          |                 |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                          |         /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                          |        |        |         /-----Sir Edward De KEITH
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
|                          |        |         \-----Janet KEITH
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
|                          |        |                  \-----Christian MENTEITH
|                          |        |                           \-----Elyne Of Mar
|                           \-----Christian ERSKINE
|                                   |                           /-----Sir Robert STEWART
|                                   |                  /-----Sir John STEWART
|                                   |         /-----Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn
|                                   |        |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
|                                   |        |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
|                                   |        |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
|                                    \-----(Unk Dau) STEWART
|                                            |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                                            |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|                                            |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                                             \-----Joan STEWART
|                                                     |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
|                                                      \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
|                                                               \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
George SINCLAIR, Earl Of Caithness
|                                                               /-----Kenneth SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
|                                                      /-----Nicholas SUTHERLAND
|                                                     |         \-----Margaret Of Mar
|                                             /-----Henry SUTHERLAND
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir Reginald CHEYNE
|                                            |         \-----Mary Le CHEYNE
|                                            |                  \-----Helen De ABERNETHY
|                                    /-----Alexander SUTHERLAND
|                                   |         \-----Margaret MORAY
|                           /-----William SUTHERLAND
|                          |        |         /-----John CHISHOLM
|                          |         \-----Muriel CHISHOLM
|                  /-----William SUTHERLAND
|         /-----William SUTHERLAND
|        |        |         /-----Berowald INNES
|        |         \-----Janet INNES
\-----Elizabeth SUTHERLAND
         |         /-----Alexander INNES
          \-----Janet INNES

Descendants of George SINCLAIR, Earl Of Caithness

1. George SINCLAIR, Earl Of Caithness m. Elizabeth GRAHAM

m. Elizabeth GRAHAM father: William GRAHAM, Lord Graham, Earl Of Montrose mother: Janet KEITH

2+ Agnes SINCLAIR m. Andrew HAY, Earl Of Erroll

3 Barbara SINCLAIR m. Alexander GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland; Alexander GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland father: John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland mother: Helen STEWART

4+ John SINCLAIR m. Jean HEPBURN

2nd generation

2. Agnes SINCLAIR m. Andrew HAY, Earl Of Erroll

m. Andrew HAY, Earl Of Erroll father: George HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Margaret ROBERTSON

5 William HAY m. Lilian GORDON

4. John SINCLAIR m. Jean HEPBURN

m. Jean HEPBURN father: Patrick HEPBURN, Earl Of Bothwell mother: Agnes SINCLAIR

6+ George SINCLAIR, Earl Of Caithness m. Jean GORDON

7+ James SINCLAIR m. Elizabeth STEWART

3rd generation

6. George SINCLAIR, Earl Of Caithness m. Jean GORDON

m. Jean GORDON father: George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley mother: Anne HAMILTON

8 Elizabeth SINCLAIR m. George LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford

9+ George SINCLAIR m.

7. James SINCLAIR m. Elizabeth STEWART

m. Elizabeth STEWART father: Robert STEWART, Earl Of Orkney mother: Jean KENNEDY

10+ Agnes SINCLAIR m. John MACKAY

4th generation

9. George SINCLAIR m.

11+ Sir William SINCLAIR m. Catherine ROSS

10. Agnes SINCLAIR m. John MACKAY

12+ Hugh MACKAY m. Jane MACKAY

5th generation

11. Sir William SINCLAIR m. Catherine ROSS

m. Catherine ROSS father: Sir David ROSS

13+ Sir James SINCLAIR m. Elizabeth LESLIE

12. Hugh MACKAY m. Jane MACKAY

14+ John MACKAY m. Elizabeth SINCLAIR