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. Elizabeth MAXWELL Death: After Dec 1639
  2. Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale Birth: After 1586 Death: May 1646 in Isle of Man

Marriage:
Marriage:
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 08, Lindley-Moate. London: St Catherine Press, 1932. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VIII [Ap][p0-9].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: CP VIII p597],
father:
[Ref: CP VI p495]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP VIII p597],
place:
[Ref: CP VIII p597]
Sources with Information about marriage to John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
date:
[Ref: CP VIII p597],
place:
[Ref: CP VIII p597],
child:
[Ref: CP IX p559, CP VI p495]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sir Alexander STEWART
date:
second marriage of both [Ref: CP VIII p597]
Sources with Information about marriage to John WALLACE
date:
cont 31 Oct 1597, m before 17 Apr 1598 [Ref: CP VIII p597]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Elizabeth DOUGLAS
                                                                /-----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
                            /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
                           |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas SIBBALD
                           |        |         /-----Sir John SIBBALD
                           |         \-----Isabel SIBBALD
                           |                  \-----Joan LIVINGSTON
                   /-----George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus
                  |        |                                    /-----Robert BOYD
                  |        |                           /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
                  |        |                          |         \-----Margaret GIFFORD
                  |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
                  |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
                  |        |         /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
                  |        |        |         \-----Joanna MONTGOMERIE
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----John Lord Of The Isles
                  |        |        |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
                  |        |        |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
                  |         \-----Elizabeth BOYD
                  |                 |                           /-----Sir John MAXWELL
                  |                 |                  /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Isabel LINDSAY
                  |                 |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert DANIELSTON
                  |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth DANIELSTON
                  |                  \-----Mariot MAXWELL
                  |                          |                  /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                  |                          |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                  |                          |        |         \-----(Unk)
                  |                           \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
                  |                                   |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY
                  |                                    \-----(Unk) HAY
                  |                                             \-----Janet GIFFORD
          /-----George DOUGLAS
         |        |                                             /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
         |        |                                    /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
         |        |                                   |         \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
         |        |                           /-----Sir Walter DRUMMOND
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
         |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth SINCLAIR
         |        |                          |                  \-----Jean HALYBURTON
         |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Willian RUTHVEN
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William RUTHVEN
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Johanna
         |        |                 |         \-----Margaret RUTHVEN
         |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Walter MURRAY
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir David MURRAY
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret Le BARDE
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir David MURRAY
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel STEWART
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Argyll
         |        |        |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John COLQUHOUN
         |        |        |                  \-----Margaret COLQUHOUN
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
         |        |        |                           \-----Jean ERSKINE
         |        |        |                                    \-----Janet KEITH
         |         \-----Elizabeth DRUMMOND
         |                 |                                    /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |                 |                           /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                 |                  /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
         |                 |                 |         \-----Marjorie DUNBAR
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Christiana WARDLAW
         |                 |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter OGILVY
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander OGILVY
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel RAMSAY
         |                 |        |         \-----Marjory OGILVIE
         |                  \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
         |                          |                           /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
         |                          |                  /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
         |                          |                 |         \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
         |                          |         /-----Sir David DUNBAR
         |                          |        |         \-----Christiana WARDLAW
         |                           \-----Margaret DUNBAR
 /-----David DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |         /-----David DOUGLAS
|         \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|                                                               /-----Sir David FITZ WALTER
|                                                      /-----Sir David HAMILTON
|                                                     |         \-----Margaret De ROSS
|                                             /-----Sir John HAMILTON
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH
|                                            |         \-----Janet KEITH
|                                            |                  \-----(Unk dau) MURE
|                                    /-----Sir James HAMILTON
|                                   |        |                  /-----Sir John DOUGLAS
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Agnes GRAHAM
|                                   |         \-----Jacoba DOUGLAS
|                                   |                 |         /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
|                                   |                  \-----Agnes DUNBAR
|                                   |                           \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
|                           /-----James HAMILTON, Lord Hamilton
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir William LIVINGSTON, Lord Callendar
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir John LIVINGSTON
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Christian De CALLENDAR
|                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John MENTEITH
|                          |        |        |         \-----(Unk) MENTEITH
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Margery STIRLING
|                          |         \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
|                          |                 |                  /-----John De DUNDAS
|                          |                 |         /-----James DUNDAS
|                          |                  \-----(Unk) DUNDAS
|                  /-----James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran
|                 |        |                                    /-----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
|                 |        |         /-----James II King Of Scots
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----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
|                 |         \-----Mary STEWART
|                 |                 |                           /-----Arend Lord Of Egmond
|                 |                 |                  /-----Johann II Lord Of Egmont, Regent Of Geldern
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Jolande Of Leiningen
|                 |                 |         /-----Arnold Duke Of Gueldres, Count Of Zutphen
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Johann V Lord Of Arkel
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Maria Of Arkel
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Johanna Of Geldern
|                 |                  \-----Marie Of Gueldres
|                 |                          |                  /-----Adolf I Count Of Kleve And Mark
|                 |                          |         /-----Adolph II Duke Of Cleve
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Margareta Of Julich
|                 |                           \-----Catherine Of Cleve
|                 |                                   |         /-----John The Fearless Duke Of Burgundy
|                 |                                    \-----Maria Of Burgundy
|                 |                                             \-----Margaret Of Bavaria
|         /-----Sir John HAMILTON
 \-----Margaret HAMILTON
         |                                                      /-----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)
         |         /-----Alexander HOME, Lord 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
          \-----Janet HOME
                  |                                             /-----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 James STEWART, Earl Of Buchan
                  |        |        |                           /-----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
                   \-----Agnes STEWART
                            \-----Margaret (MURRAY)



Descendants of Elizabeth DOUGLAS
1. Elizabeth DOUGLAS m1. John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m2. Sir Alexander STEWART m3. John WALLACE
m. John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell father: Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell mother: Beatrice DOUGLAS
m. Sir Alexander STEWART
m. John WALLACE

2nd generation

2. Elizabeth MAXWELL m. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries
m. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries father: William MAXWELL, Lord Herries mother: Catherine KERR
3. Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Elizabeth BEAUMONT
m. Elizabeth BEAUMONT father: Sir Francis BEAUMONT

3rd generation

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

4th generation

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

5th generation

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