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. Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale Birth: Abt Jan 1628 Death: Abt 23 Mar 1682/3 in Edinburgh

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].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: CP IX p562, CP VI p496]
Sources for death Information
date:
between 16 Feb and 29 Jun 1677 [Ref: CP IX p562, CP VI p496]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth GORDON
date:
cont 19 Aug 1626 [Ref: CP IX p562],
child:
[Ref: CP IX p563]
Research Notes:
3rd Earl of Nithsdale, of Earldom cr 1620 [Ref: CP IX p562]
Earl of Nithsdale [Ref: CP VI p496]
7th Lord Herries of Terregles, of Barony cr 1490 [Ref: CP VI p496]

heir of his father [Ref: CP IX p562, CP VI p496]
heir-male of his cousin 2nd Earl [Ref: CP IX p562]



Pedigree of John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale
                                                                /-----Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                                                       /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                                                      |         \-----(Unk) HERRIES
                                              /-----John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell
                                             |        |         /-----Sir John FORRESTER
                                             |         \-----Janet FORRESTER
                                             |                  \-----Jean SINCLAIR
                                     /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                                    |        |                  /-----Stephen CRICHTON
                                    |        |         /-----George CRICHTON, Earl Of Caithness
                                    |        |        |         \-----(Unk) CAIRNS
                                    |         \-----Janet CRICHTON
                                    |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                                    |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
                                    |                           \-----(Unk) HAY
                            /-----Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                           |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
                           |        |                  /-----Sir William STEWART
                           |        |                 |         \-----Marion STEWART
                           |        |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
                           |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
                           |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth LENNOX
                           |         \-----Agnes STEWART
                           |                 |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
                           |                 |         /-----Sir Archibald DOUGLAS
                           |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
                   /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Herries
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
                  |        |                           /-----William DOUGLAS
                  |        |                          |         \-----Janet De MAXWELL
                  |        |                  /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
                  |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
                  |        |         /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter SCOTT
                  |        |        |        |         /-----David SCOTT
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret COCKBURN
                  |        |        |         \-----Janet SCOTT
                  |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
                  |                 |                           /-----Roger GORDON
                  |                 |                  /-----William GORDON
                  |                 |         /-----Sir John GORDON
                  |                  \-----Elizabeth GORDON
                  |                           \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
          /-----William MAXWELL, Lord Herries
         |        |                                             /-----John HERRIES
         |        |                                    /-----Sir David HERRIES
         |        |                           /-----Herbert HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
         |        |                          |         \-----Margaret CRICHTON
         |        |                          |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
         |        |                  /-----Andrew HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----William CARLYLE
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth KIRKPATRICK
         |        |                 |         \-----Mariota CARLYLE
         |        |                 |                  \-----Janet
         |        |         /-----William HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Alexander HOME, Lord Home
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Alexander HOME
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Mariot LAUDER
         |        |        |        |         /-----Alexander HOME, Lord Home
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Agnes HEPBURN
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
         |        |        |         \-----Nichola HOME
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir George KER
         |        |        |                  \-----Nichole KER
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
         |        |        |                           \-----Mariot SINCLAIR
         |        |        |                                    \-----Katherine HOME
         |         \-----Agnes HERRIES
         |                 |         /-----James KENNEDY
         |                  \-----Katherine KENNEDY
         |                          |                           /-----Charles MURRAY
         |                          |                  /-----Cuthbert MURRAY
         |                          |         /-----Sir John MURRAY
         |                          |        |         \-----Marjory MENZIES
         |                           \-----Agnes MURRAY
 /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Herries
|        |         /-----Mark KERR
|         \-----Catherine KERR
|                 |                                             /-----Sir Norman De LESLIE
|                 |                                    /-----George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
|                 |                                   |         \-----Christian SETON
|                 |                           /-----Sir Andrew LESLIE, Master Of Rothes
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Walter HALYBURTON, Lord Of Dirletoun
|                 |                          |         \-----Christian HALYBURTON
|                 |                          |                  \-----Isabel STEWART
|                 |                  /-----William LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
|                 |                 |        |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Jill DOUGLAS
|                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth SINCLAIR
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                 |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|                 |                 |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
|                 |         /-----George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
|                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Michael BALFOUR
|                 |        |         \-----Jonet BALFOUR
|                  \-----Helen LESLIE
|                          |                                    /-----Sir John CRICHTON
|                          |                           /-----William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton
|                          |                          |         \-----Christian
|                          |                  /-----James CRICHTON, Lord Crichton
|                          |                 |         \-----Agnes
|                          |         /-----William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Thomas DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray
|                          |        |        |         /-----James DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret
|                          |        |         \-----Janet DUNBAR
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Sir Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon
|                          |        |                  \-----Margaret SETON
|                          |        |                           \-----Elizabeth GORDON
|                           \-----Margaret CRICHTON
|                                   |                           /-----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
|                                    \-----Margaret 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
John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale
|                                                               /-----Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|                                                      /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|                                                     |         \-----(Unk) HERRIES
|                                             /-----John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir John FORRESTER
|                                            |         \-----Janet FORRESTER
|                                            |                  \-----Jean SINCLAIR
|                                    /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|                                   |        |                  /-----Stephen CRICHTON
|                                   |        |         /-----George CRICHTON, Earl Of Caithness
|                                   |        |        |         \-----(Unk) CAIRNS
|                                   |         \-----Janet CRICHTON
|                                   |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|                                   |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
|                                   |                           \-----(Unk) HAY
|                           /-----Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir William STEWART
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Marion STEWART
|                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
|                          |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth LENNOX
|                          |         \-----Agnes STEWART
|                          |                 |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir Archibald DOUGLAS
|                          |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|                  /-----Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|                 |        |                           /-----William DOUGLAS
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Janet De MAXWELL
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
|                 |        |         /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter SCOTT
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----David SCOTT
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret COCKBURN
|                 |        |        |         \-----Janet SCOTT
|                 |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
|                 |                 |                           /-----Roger GORDON
|                 |                 |                  /-----William GORDON
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir John GORDON
|                 |                  \-----Elizabeth GORDON
|                 |                           \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|         /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir James DOUGLAS, Lord Dalkeith
|        |        |                                    /-----James DOUGLAS, Lord Dalkeith
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |        |                           /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----James GIFFORD
|        |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth GIFFORD
|        |        |                  /-----Sir John DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----James I King Of Scots
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|        |        |                 |         \-----Joan STEWART
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Margaret HOLAND
|        |        |         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Patrick CRICHTON
|        |        |        |         \-----Janet CRICHTON
|        |         \-----Beatrice DOUGLAS
|        |                 |                                    /-----James I King Of Scots
|        |                 |                           /-----James II King Of Scots
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|        |                 |                  /-----James III King Of Scots
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Arnold Duke Of Gueldres, Count Of Zutphen
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Marie Of Gueldres
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Catherine Of Cleve
|        |                 |         /-----James IV King Of Scots
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Dietrich The Fortunate Count Of Oldenberg
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Christian I King Of Denmark
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Heilwig Von Holstein
|        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret Of Denmark
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----Johann The Alchemist Margrave Of Brandenburg
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Dorothea Of Hohenzollern
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Barbara Of Saxony
|        |                  \-----Catherine STEWART
|        |                          |                           /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|        |                          |                  /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Joanna MONTGOMERIE
|        |                          |         /-----Archibald BOYD
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
|        |                          |        |         \-----Mariot MAXWELL
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
|        |                           \-----Margaret BOYD
|        |                                    \-----Christian MURE
 \-----Elizabeth MAXWELL
         |                                                      /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |                                             /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |                                            |         \-----Margaret HAY
         |                                    /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir John SIBBALD
         |                                   |         \-----Isabel SIBBALD
         |                                   |                  \-----Joan LIVINGSTON
         |                           /-----George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus
         |                          |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
         |                          |        |         /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Joanna MONTGOMERIE
         |                          |         \-----Elizabeth BOYD
         |                          |                 |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
         |                          |                  \-----Mariot MAXWELL
         |                          |                           \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
         |                  /-----George DOUGLAS
         |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Walter DRUMMOND
         |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Margaret RUTHVEN
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir David MURRAY
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Margaret COLQUHOUN
         |                 |         \-----Elizabeth DRUMMOND
         |                 |                 |                  /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |                 |                 |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Marjory OGILVIE
         |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
         |                 |                          |         /-----Sir David DUNBAR
         |                 |                           \-----Margaret DUNBAR
         |         /-----David DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |        |        |         /-----David DOUGLAS
         |        |         \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
          \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
                  |                                             /-----Sir John HAMILTON
                  |                                    /-----Sir James HAMILTON
                  |                                   |         \-----Jacoba DOUGLAS
                  |                           /-----James HAMILTON, Lord Hamilton
                  |                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
                  |                          |         \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
                  |                          |                  \-----(Unk) DUNDAS
                  |                  /-----James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran
                  |                 |        |                  /-----James I King Of Scots
                  |                 |        |         /-----James II King Of Scots
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
                  |                 |         \-----Mary STEWART
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Arnold Duke Of Gueldres, Count Of Zutphen
                  |                 |                  \-----Marie Of Gueldres
                  |                 |                           \-----Catherine Of Cleve
                  |         /-----Sir John HAMILTON
                   \-----Margaret HAMILTON
                           |                                    /-----Sir Alexander HOME, Lord Home
                           |                           /-----Alexander HOME
                           |                          |         \-----Mariot LAUDER
                           |                  /-----Alexander HOME, Lord Home
                           |                 |        |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
                           |                 |         \-----Agnes HEPBURN
                           |                 |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
                           |         /-----Alexander HOME, Lord Home
                           |        |        |         /-----Sir George KER
                           |        |         \-----Nichole KER
                           |        |                 |         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
                           |        |                  \-----Mariot SINCLAIR
                           |        |                           \-----Katherine HOME
                            \-----Janet HOME
                                    |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
                                    |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
                                    |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
                                    |         /-----Sir James STEWART, Earl Of Buchan
                                    |        |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
                                    |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
                                    |        |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
                                     \-----Agnes STEWART
                                              \-----Margaret (MURRAY)



Descendants of John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale
1. John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Elizabeth GORDON
m. Elizabeth GORDON father: Sir Robert GORDON mother: Isabel RUTHVEN

2nd generation

2. Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Lucy DOUGLAS
m. Lucy DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas mother: Mary GORDON

3rd generation

3. Mary MAXWELL m. Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair
m. Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair father: John STEWART, Earl of Traquair mother: Anne SETON
4. William MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Winifred HERBERT
m. Winifred HERBERT father: William HERBERT, Marquess of Powis mother: Elizabeth SOMERSET

4th generation

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

5th generation

11. Winifred MAXWELL m. William HAGGERSTON-CONSTABLE
m. William HAGGERSTON-CONSTABLE