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: Barbara RUTHVEN
Sex: F
Birth: 4 ^b
Death: After 21 Jul 1594 ^d

Parents:

Father:
William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven Birth: 1 Death: Abt 3 Dec 1552

Mother:

Janet HALYBURTON, Baroness Dirletoun Birth: 1 Death: Abt 1560

Family:
Marriage:

Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray on Abt 14 Jan 1556/7 .^m1
Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray Birth: 1538 Death: Before 10 Mar 1607/8

Children:

Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray Birth: Abt 1560 Death: 4 Sep 1611

Bibliography

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].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: fourth daughter [Ref: CP VI p101],
parents:: [Ref: CP VI p101]

Sources for death Information

date:: living 21 Jul 1594 [Ref: CP VI p101]

Sources with Information about marriage to Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray

date:: cont 14 Jan 1556/7 [Ref: CP VI p101],
child:: [Ref: CP VI p101]

Research Notes:

Pedigree of Barbara RUTHVEN
                                                                /-----Willian RUTHVEN
                                                       /-----Sir William RUTHVEN
                                                      |         \-----Johanna
                                              /-----Sir William RUTHVEN
                                     /-----Sir John RUTHVEN
                            /-----Sir Patrick RUTHVEN
                   /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
                  |        |                                    /-----John De CRANSTON
                  |        |                           /-----Thomas De CRANSTON
                  |        |                  /-----William De CRANSTON
                  |        |         /-----Sir Thomas CRANSTON
                  |         \-----(Unk) CRANSTON
          /-----William RUTHVEN, Master Of Ruthven
         |         \-----Isabel LEVINGTON
/-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|         \-----Catherine BUTTERGASK
Barbara RUTHVEN
|                                                               /-----Sir Walter HALIBURTON
|                                                      /-----Sir John HALYBURTON
|                                             /-----Walter HALYBURTON, Lord Of Dirletoun
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir John CAMERON
|                                            |         \-----Margaret CAMERON
|                                    /-----Walter HALYBURTON, Lord Of Dirletoun
|                           /-----John HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|                          |        |                  /-----James DOUGLAS
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                          |        |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
|                          |        |        |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
|                          |         \-----Mary DOUGLAS
|                          |                 |                  /-----Sir Andrew MORAY
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas MORAY, Lord Of Bothwell
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Christian BRUCE
|                          |                  \-----Joan MORAY
|                          |                          |         /-----Sir Maurice MORAY, Earl Of Strathern
|                          |                           \-----Joan MORAY
|                          |                                    \-----Joan De MONTEITH
|                  /-----George HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|                 |        |                                    /-----Alan De WINTOUN
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir William SETON
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Margaret SETON
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir John SETON, Lord Of Seton
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir David FLEMING
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Janet FLEMING
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Jean BARCLAY
|                 |        |         /-----Sir William SETON
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
|                 |        |        |         \-----Katherine De St CLAIR
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Patrick POLWARTH
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth POLWARCH
|                 |         \-----Janet SETON
|                 |                 |                           /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
|                 |                 |                  /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Christiana WARDLAW
|                 |                  \-----Janet DUNBAR
|                 |                           \-----Beatrice
|         /-----Patrick HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|        |         \-----Mariot
\-----Janet HALYBURTON, Baroness Dirletoun
         |         /-----James DOUGLAS
          \-----Margaret DOUGLAS

Descendants of Barbara RUTHVEN

1. Barbara RUTHVEN m. Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray

m. Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray father: Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray mother: Marion OGILVY

2+ Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray m1. Elizabeth LYON m2. Mary STEWART

2nd generation

2. Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray m1. Elizabeth LYON m2. Mary STEWART

m. Elizabeth LYON father: John LYON, Lord Glamis mother: Elizabeth ABERNETHY

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

3+ Agnes GRAY m. William GRAHAM, Earl of Menteith

4 Mary GRAY m. James LESLIE, Lord Lindores

5+ Jean GRAY m. John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss

3rd generation

3. Agnes GRAY m. William GRAHAM, Earl of Menteith

m. William GRAHAM, Earl of Menteith father: John GRAHAM, Earl of Menteith mother: Mary CAMPBELL

6 Margaret GRAHAM m1. Alexander STEWART m2. Ludovic LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford; Alexander STEWART father: Sir Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Galloway mother: Grizel GORDON

7+ Sir James GRAHAM m1. Margaret ERSKINE m2. Isabella BRAMHALL

5. Jean GRAY m. John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss

m. John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss father: Sir John WEMYSS mother: Mary STEWART

8+ Mary WEMYSS m. John SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair

9+ David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss m1. Anna BALFOUR m2. Helenor FLEMING m3. Margaret LESLIE

10+ Elizabeth WEMYSS m. Sir John AYTOUN

4th generation

7. Sir James GRAHAM m1. Margaret ERSKINE m2. Isabella BRAMHALL

m. Margaret ERSKINE father: James ERSKINE, Earl of Buchan

m. Isabella BRAMHALL father: John BRAMHALL

11+ Ellen GRAHAM m. Sir Arthur RAWDON

8. Mary WEMYSS m. John SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair

m. John SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair father: Patrick SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair mother: Margaret COCKBURN

12+ Catherine SINCLAIR m. John St CLAIR

9. David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss m1. Anna BALFOUR m2. Helenor FLEMING m3. Margaret LESLIE

m. Anna BALFOUR father: Robert ARNOT-BALFOUR, Lord Balfour Of Burleigh mother: Margaret BALFOUR

13+ Jean WEMYSS m1. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus m2. George GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland

m. Helenor FLEMING father: John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown mother: Margaret LIVINGSTONE

m. Margaret LESLIE father: John LESLIE, Earl of Rothes mother: Anna ERSKINE

14+ Margaret WEMYSS m1. James WEMYSS, Lord Burntisland m2. George MACKENZIE, Earl Of Cromarty

10. Elizabeth WEMYSS m. Sir John AYTOUN

m. Sir John AYTOUN

15+ Margaret AYTOUN m. Sir Archibald HOPE

5th generation

11. Ellen GRAHAM m. Sir Arthur RAWDON

m. Sir Arthur RAWDON father: George RAWDON mother: Dorothy CONWAY

16+ Sir John RAWDON m. Dorothy LEVINGE

12. Catherine SINCLAIR m. John St CLAIR

m. John St CLAIR

17+ Henry St CLAIR, Lord Sinclair m. Barbara COCKBURN

13. Jean WEMYSS m1. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus m2. George GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland

m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus father: William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas mother: Margaret HAMILTON

m. George GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland father: John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland mother: Jean DRUMMOND

18+ John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland m1. Helen COCHRANE m2. Katherine TOLLEMACHE m3. Frances HODGSON

14. Margaret WEMYSS m1. James WEMYSS, Lord Burntisland m2. George MACKENZIE, Earl Of Cromarty

m. James WEMYSS, Lord Burntisland father: Sir James WEMYSS

19+ Anne WEMYSS m. David LESLIE, Earl of Leven and Melville

20+ David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss m1. Anne DOUGLAS m2. Mary ROBINSON m3. Elizabeth St CLAIR

m. George MACKENZIE, Earl Of Cromarty father: Sir John MACKENZIE mother: Margaret ERSKINE

15. Margaret AYTOUN m. Sir Archibald HOPE

m. Sir Archibald HOPE

21+ Margaret HOPE m. Patrick SCOTT