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


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale Death: Before 29 Jun 1677
  2. Elizabeth MAXWELL Death: After 18 Mar 1663/4

Bibliography
  1. 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].*].
  2. 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].*].
  3. 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].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: CP VI p495],
father:
[Ref: CP XII/2 p816]
Sources for death Information
date:
living Dec 1639 [Ref: CP VI p495]
Sources with Information about marriage to John MAXWELL, Lord Herries
names:
[Ref: CP VI p495],
child:
[Ref: CP IX p562, CP VI p496, CP XII/2 p816]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Elizabeth MAXWELL
                                                                /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
                                                       /-----Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                                                      |         \-----Katherine STEWART
                                              /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                                             |        |         /-----Sir Herbert HERRIES
                                             |         \-----(Unk) HERRIES
                                             |                  \-----Margaret
                                     /-----John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir Adam FORRESTER
                                    |        |         /-----Sir John FORRESTER
                                    |        |        |         \-----Margaret
                                    |         \-----Janet FORRESTER
                                    |                 |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
                                    |                  \-----Jean SINCLAIR
                                    |                           \-----Jean HALYBURTON
                            /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                           |        |                           /-----William CRICHTON
                           |        |                  /-----Stephen CRICHTON
                           |        |                 |         \-----Margaret PRESTON
                           |        |         /-----George CRICHTON, Earl Of Caithness
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Duncan CAIRNS Of That Ilk
                           |        |        |         \-----(Unk) CAIRNS
                           |         \-----Janet CRICHTON
                           |                 |                  /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                           |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                           |                 |        |         \-----(Unk)
                           |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
                           |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY
                           |                           \-----(Unk) HAY
                           |                                    \-----Janet GIFFORD
                   /-----Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir William STEWART
                  |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
                  |        |                          |         \-----Isobel
                  |        |                  /-----Sir William STEWART
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Walter STEWART
                  |        |                 |         \-----Marion STEWART
                  |        |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Janet KEITH
                  |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Duncan LENNOX, Earl Of Lennox
                  |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth LENNOX
                  |        |        |                           \-----Helen CAMPBELL
                  |         \-----Agnes STEWART
                  |                 |                           /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
                  |                 |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
                  |                 |         /-----Sir Archibald DOUGLAS
                  |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
          /-----Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
         |        |                                             /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
         |        |                                    /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
         |        |                                   |         \-----Joanna MURRAY
         |        |                           /-----William DOUGLAS
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
         |        |                          |         \-----Janet De MAXWELL
         |        |                          |                  \-----Katherine STEWART
         |        |                  /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Edward De CRICHTON
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
         |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
         |        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
         |        |         /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Robert SCOTT
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter SCOTT
         |        |        |        |         /-----David SCOTT
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret COCKBURN
         |        |        |         \-----Janet SCOTT
         |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
         |                 |                                    /-----Sir Alexander GORDON
         |                 |                           /-----Roger GORDON
         |                 |                  /-----William GORDON
         |                 |         /-----Sir John GORDON
         |                  \-----Elizabeth GORDON
         |                           \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
 /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|        |                                                      /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|        |                                             /-----Sir James DOUGLAS, Lord Dalkeith
|        |                                            |         \-----Agnes DUNBAR
|        |                                    /-----James DOUGLAS, Lord Dalkeith
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|        |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |                                   |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|        |                           /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
|        |                          |        |         /-----James GIFFORD
|        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth GIFFORD
|        |                  /-----Sir John DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |                 |        |         /-----James I King Of Scots
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
|        |                 |         \-----Joan STEWART
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----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
|        |         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
|        |        |        |         /-----Patrick CRICHTON
|        |        |         \-----Janet CRICHTON
|         \-----Beatrice DOUGLAS
|                 |                                             /-----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
|                 |                  /-----James III King Of Scots
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----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
|                 |         /-----James IV King Of Scots
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Christian V Count Of Oldenburg
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Dietrich The Fortunate Count Of Oldenberg
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Agnes Of Honstein
|                 |        |        |         /-----Christian I King Of Denmark
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Gerhard V Count Of Holstein, Duke Of Schleswig
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Heilwig Von Holstein
|                 |        |        |        |                  \-----Elisabeth Katharina Of Brunswick
|                 |        |         \-----Margaret Of Denmark
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Friedrich VI Burggraf Of Nurnberg
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Johann The Alchemist Margrave Of Brandenburg
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth Of Bavaria
|                 |        |                  \-----Dorothea Of Hohenzollern
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Rudolf III Kurfurst Of Saxony
|                 |        |                           \-----Barbara Of Saxony
|                 |        |                                    \-----Barbara Of Schlesien
|                  \-----Catherine STEWART
|                          |                                    /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|                          |                           /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|                          |                          |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                          |                  /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
|                          |                 |         \-----Joanna MONTGOMERIE
|                          |                 |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
|                          |         /-----Archibald BOYD
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL
|                          |        |        |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth DANIELSTON
|                          |        |         \-----Mariot MAXWELL
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|                          |        |                  \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
|                          |        |                           \-----(Unk) HAY
|                           \-----Margaret BOYD
|                                    \-----Christian MURE
Elizabeth MAXWELL
|                                                               /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                                                      /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                                                     |         \-----Mary STEWART
|                                             /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir William HAY
|                                            |         \-----Margaret HAY
|                                            |                  \-----Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
|                                    /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                                   |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas SIBBALD
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir John SIBBALD
|                                   |         \-----Isabel SIBBALD
|                                   |                  \-----Joan LIVINGSTON
|                           /-----George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|                          |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                          |        |         /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
|                          |        |        |         \-----Joanna MONTGOMERIE
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
|                          |         \-----Elizabeth BOYD
|                          |                 |                  /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth DANIELSTON
|                          |                  \-----Mariot MAXWELL
|                          |                          |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|                          |                           \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
|                          |                                    \-----(Unk) HAY
|                  /-----George DOUGLAS
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir Walter DRUMMOND
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth SINCLAIR
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William RUTHVEN
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Margaret RUTHVEN
|                 |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir David MURRAY
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir David MURRAY
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel STEWART
|                 |        |        |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John COLQUHOUN
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Margaret COLQUHOUN
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Jean ERSKINE
|                 |         \-----Elizabeth DRUMMOND
|                 |                 |                           /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|                 |                 |                  /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Marjorie DUNBAR
|                 |                 |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander OGILVY
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Marjory OGILVIE
|                 |                  \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|                 |                          |                  /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir David DUNBAR
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Christiana WARDLAW
|                 |                           \-----Margaret DUNBAR
|         /-----David DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |        |         /-----David DOUGLAS
|        |         \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
 \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
         |                                                      /-----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
         |         /-----Sir John HAMILTON
          \-----Margaret HAMILTON
                  |                                             /-----Sir Alexander HOME
                  |                                    /-----Sir Alexander HOME, Lord Home
                  |                                   |         \-----Janet HAY
                  |                           /-----Alexander HOME
                  |                          |        |         /-----John LAUDER
                  |                          |         \-----Mariot LAUDER
                  |                          |                  \-----Katherine LANDELLS
                  |                  /-----Alexander HOME, Lord Home
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Patrick HEPBURN
                  |                 |        |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
                  |                 |         \-----Agnes HEPBURN
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                  |                 |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
                  |                 |                           \-----(Unk)
                  |         /-----Alexander HOME, Lord Home
                  |        |        |         /-----Sir George KER
                  |        |         \-----Nichole KER
                  |        |                 |                  /-----John SINCLAIR
                  |        |                 |         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Isobel
                  |        |                  \-----Mariot SINCLAIR
                  |        |                          |         /-----Sir Alexander HOME, Lord Home
                  |        |                           \-----Katherine HOME
                  |        |                                    \-----Mariot LAUDER
                   \-----Janet HOME
                           |                                    /-----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 James STEWART, Earl Of Buchan
                           |        |        |                  /-----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
                            \-----Agnes STEWART
                                     \-----Margaret (MURRAY)



Descendants of Elizabeth MAXWELL
1. Elizabeth MAXWELL m. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries
m. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries father: William MAXWELL, Lord Herries mother: Catherine KERR

2nd generation

2. John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Elizabeth GORDON
m. Elizabeth GORDON father: Sir Robert GORDON mother: Isabel RUTHVEN
3. Elizabeth MAXWELL m. George SETON, Earl of Wintoun
m. George SETON, Earl of Wintoun father: Robert SETON, Earl of Wintoun mother: Margaret MONTGOMERY

3rd generation

4. Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Lucy DOUGLAS
m. Lucy DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas mother: Mary GORDON
5. Anne SETON m. John STEWART, Earl of Traquair
m. John STEWART, Earl of Traquair father: John STEWART, Earl of Traquair mother: Catherine CARNEGIE

4th generation

6. Mary MAXWELL m. Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair
m. Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair father: John STEWART, Earl of Traquair mother: Anne SETON
7. William MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Winifred HERBERT
m. Winifred HERBERT father: William HERBERT, Marquess of Powis mother: Elizabeth SOMERSET
9. Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair m. Mary MAXWELL
m. Mary MAXWELL father: Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale mother: Lucy DOUGLAS

5th generation

11. John STUART, Earl Of Traquair m. Christian ANSTRUTHER
m. Christian ANSTRUTHER father: Sir Philip ANSTRUTHER mother: Elizabeth HAMILTON
13. Catherine STEWART m. William MAXWELL
m. William MAXWELL father: William MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale mother: Winifred HERBERT
14. William MAXWELL m1. Catherine STEWART m2. Anne FOX
m. Catherine STEWART father: Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair mother: Mary MAXWELL
m. Anne FOX