Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

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: William MAXWELL, Lord Herries
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1555 ^b
Death: 10 Oct 1603 ^d

Parents:

Father:
John MAXWELL, Lord Herries Birth: Abt 1512 Death: 20 Jan 1582/3 in Edinburgh

Mother:

Agnes HERRIES Birth: Abt 1534 Death: 14 Mar 1593/4 in Terregles

Family:
Marriage:

Catherine KERR on Before 1 Jul 1592 .^m1
Catherine KERR Death: Mar 1600

Children:

John MAXWELL, Lord Herries Death: Abt May 1631

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 09, Moels-Nugent. London: St Catherine Press, 1936. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IX [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].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: abt 1555 [Ref: CP VI p495],
parents:: [Ref: CP IX p562, CP VI p495]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP VI p495]; 1603 [Ref: CP IX p562]

Sources with Information about marriage to Catherine KERR

date:: before 1 Jul 1592 [Ref: CP VI p495],
child:: [Ref: CP VI p495]

Research Notes:
5th Lord Herries of Terregles, of Barony cr 1490 [Ref: CP VI p495]
Lord Herries of Terregles [Ref: CP IX p562]

heir of his father [Ref: CP VI p495]
heir of his mother [Ref: CP IX p562]

Pedigree of William MAXWELL, Lord Herries
                                                                /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
                                                       /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
                                              /-----Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                                             |        |         /-----John STEWART
                                             |         \-----Katherine STEWART
                                     /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir John HERRIES
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Herbert HERRIES
                                    |        |        |         \-----Eufemia LINDSAY
                                    |         \-----(Unk) HERRIES
                                    |                  \-----Margaret
                            /-----John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell
                           |        |                  /-----Sir Adam FORRESTER
                           |        |         /-----Sir John FORRESTER
                           |        |        |         \-----Margaret
                           |         \-----Janet FORRESTER
                           |                 |                  /-----Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin
                           |                 |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
                           |                 |        |         \-----Isabel Of Strathern
                           |                  \-----Jean SINCLAIR
                           |                          |         /-----Sir Walter HALIBURTON
                           |                           \-----Jean HALYBURTON
                   /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir John De CRICHTON
                  |        |                           /-----William CRICHTON
                  |        |                  /-----Stephen CRICHTON
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John PRESTON
                  |        |                 |         \-----Margaret PRESTON
                  |        |         /-----George CRICHTON, Earl Of Caithness
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Duncan CAIRNS Of That Ilk
                  |        |        |         \-----(Unk) CAIRNS
                  |         \-----Janet CRICHTON
                  |                 |                           /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
                  |                 |                  /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                  |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
                  |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                  |                 |        |         \-----(Unk)
                  |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
                  |                          |                  /-----Sir William De HAYA
                  |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY
                  |                          |        |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
                  |                           \-----(Unk) HAY
                  |                                   |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
                  |                                    \-----Janet GIFFORD
                  |                                             \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
          /-----Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
         |        |                                    /-----Sir William STEWART
         |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
         |        |                          |         \-----Isobel
         |        |                  /-----Sir William STEWART
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----John STEWART
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Walter STEWART
         |        |                 |         \-----Marion STEWART
         |        |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Alexander STEWART
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Joanna
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Janet KEITH
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----(Unk dau) MURE
         |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Walter MacALLAN De FASLANE
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Duncan LENNOX, Earl Of Lennox
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret Countess Of Lennox
         |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth LENNOX
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Gillespic CAMPBELL
         |        |        |                           \-----Helen CAMPBELL
         |        |        |                                    \-----Isabel LAMONT
         |         \-----Agnes STEWART
         |                 |                                    /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |                 |                           /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
         |                 |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
         |                 |         /-----Sir Archibald DOUGLAS
         |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
/-----John MAXWELL, Lord Herries
|        |                                                      /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|        |                                             /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |                                    /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |                                   |         \-----Joanna MURRAY
|        |                           /-----William DOUGLAS
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
|        |                          |         \-----Janet De MAXWELL
|        |                          |                 |         /-----John STEWART
|        |                          |                  \-----Katherine STEWART
|        |                  /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|        |                 |        |                           /-----William De CRICHTON
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Edward De CRICHTON
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De ROS
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
|        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
|        |         /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Walter SCOTT
|        |        |        |                           /-----Robert SCOTT
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter SCOTT
|        |        |        |         /-----David SCOTT
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret COCKBURN
|        |        |         \-----Janet SCOTT
|         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
|                 |                                             /-----Roger GORDON
|                 |                                    /-----Sir Alexander GORDON
|                 |                           /-----Roger GORDON
|                 |                  /-----William GORDON
|                 |         /-----Sir John GORDON
|                  \-----Elizabeth GORDON
|                           \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
William MAXWELL, Lord Herries
|                                                               /-----Sir John HERRIES
|                                                      /-----Sir Herbert HERRIES
|                                                     |         \-----Eufemia LINDSAY
|                                             /-----John HERRIES
|                                            |         \-----Margaret
|                                    /-----Sir David HERRIES
|                           /-----Herbert HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles
|                          |        |                           /-----William De CRICHTON
|                          |        |                  /-----Edward De CRICHTON
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De ROS
|                          |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
|                          |         \-----Margaret CRICHTON
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|                          |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
|                  /-----Andrew HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles
|                 |        |                                    /-----William De CARLYLE
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir John De CARLYLE
|                 |        |                  /-----William CARLYLE
|                 |        |         /-----Sir John CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Duncan KIRKPATRICK
|                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth KIRKPATRICK
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Isabel
|                 |         \-----Mariota CARLYLE
|                 |                  \-----Janet
|         /-----William HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir Thomas HOME
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir Alexander HOME
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Nichola
|        |        |                           /-----Sir Alexander HOME, Lord Home
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir William HAY
|        |        |                          |         \-----Janet HAY
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Alicia BORTHWICK
|        |        |                  /-----Alexander HOME
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Robert LAUDER
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----John LAUDER
|        |        |                 |         \-----Mariot LAUDER
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----William DE LANDELLS
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Katherine LANDELLS
|        |        |         /-----Alexander HOME, Lord Home
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Patrick HEPBURN
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Agnes
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----William De VAUX
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
|        |        |        |         \-----Agnes HEPBURN
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
|        |        |        |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
|        |        |        |                           \-----(Unk)
|        |         \-----Nichola HOME
|        |                 |         /-----Sir George KER
|        |                  \-----Nichole KER
|        |                          |                           /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|        |                          |                  /-----John SINCLAIR
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Margaret
|        |                          |         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|        |                          |        |         \-----Isobel
|        |                           \-----Mariot SINCLAIR
|        |                                   |                  /-----Sir Alexander HOME
|        |                                   |         /-----Sir Alexander HOME, Lord Home
|        |                                   |        |         \-----Janet HAY
|        |                                    \-----Katherine HOME
|        |                                            |         /-----John LAUDER
|        |                                             \-----Mariot LAUDER
|        |                                                      \-----Katherine LANDELLS
\-----Agnes HERRIES
         |         /-----James KENNEDY
          \-----Katherine KENNEDY
                  |                                             /-----Patrick MURRAY
                  |                                    /-----Sir Thomas MURRAY
                  |                           /-----Charles MURRAY
                  |                  /-----Cuthbert MURRAY
                  |         /-----Sir John MURRAY
                  |        |         \-----Marjory MENZIES
                   \-----Agnes MURRAY

Descendants of William MAXWELL, Lord Herries

1. William MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Catherine KERR

m. Catherine KERR father: Mark KERR mother: Helen LESLIE

2+ John MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Elizabeth MAXWELL

2nd generation

2. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Elizabeth MAXWELL

m. Elizabeth MAXWELL father: John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS

3+ John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Elizabeth GORDON

4+ Elizabeth MAXWELL m. George SETON, Earl of Wintoun

3rd generation

3. John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Elizabeth GORDON

m. Elizabeth GORDON father: Sir Robert GORDON mother: Isabel RUTHVEN

5+ Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Lucy DOUGLAS

4. Elizabeth MAXWELL m. George SETON, Earl of Wintoun

m. George SETON, Earl of Wintoun father: Robert SETON, Earl of Wintoun mother: Margaret MONTGOMERY

6+ Anne SETON m. John STEWART, Earl of Traquair

4th generation

5. Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Lucy DOUGLAS

m. Lucy DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas mother: Mary GORDON

7+ Mary MAXWELL m. Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair

8+ William MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Winifred HERBERT

6. Anne SETON m. John STEWART, Earl of Traquair

m. John STEWART, Earl of Traquair father: John STEWART, Earl of Traquair mother: Catherine CARNEGIE

9 William STEWART, Earl of Traquair

10+ Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair m. Mary MAXWELL

5th generation

7. Mary MAXWELL m. Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair

m. Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair father: John STEWART, Earl of Traquair mother: Anne SETON

11 Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair m. Theresa CONYERS

12+ John STUART, Earl Of Traquair m. Christian ANSTRUTHER

13 Mary STUART m. John DRUMMOND; John DRUMMOND father: James DRUMMOND, Earl of Perth mother: Lilias DRUMMOND

14+ Catherine STEWART m. William MAXWELL

8. William MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Winifred HERBERT

m. Winifred HERBERT father: William HERBERT, Marquess of Powis mother: Elizabeth SOMERSET

15+ William MAXWELL m1. Catherine STEWART m2. Anne FOX

10. Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair m. Mary MAXWELL

m. Mary MAXWELL father: Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale mother: Lucy DOUGLAS

11 Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair m. Theresa CONYERS

12+ John STUART, Earl Of Traquair m. Christian ANSTRUTHER

13 Mary STUART m. John DRUMMOND; John DRUMMOND father: James DRUMMOND, Earl of Perth mother: Lilias DRUMMOND

14+ Catherine STEWART m. William MAXWELL