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, Earl Of Nithsdale
Sex: M
Birth: 1676 ^b
Death: 20 Mar 1743/4 in Rome ^d

Parents:

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

Mother:

Lucy DOUGLAS Death: 8 Jan 1712/3

Family:
Marriage:

Winifred HERBERT on Abt 2 Mar 1699 .^m1
Winifred HERBERT Death: May 1749 in Rome

Children:

William MAXWELL Birth: 27 Jun 1700 Death: 2 Aug 1776

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:: [Ref: CP IX p563],
parents:: [Ref: CP IX p563],
father:: [Ref: CP VI p496]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP IX p563]; 20 Mar 1744 [Ref: CP VI p496],
place:: [Ref: CP IX p563, CP VI p496]

Sources with Information about marriage to Winifred HERBERT

date:: cont 2 Mar 1699 [Ref: CP IX p563]

Research Notes:
5th Earl of Nithsdale, of Earldom cr 1620 [Ref: CP IX p563]
Earl of Nithsdale [Ref: CP VI p496]
9th Lord Herries of Terregles, of Barony cr 1490 [Ref: CP VI p496]

heir of his father [Ref: CP IX p563, CP VI p496]

Jan 1715/6: attainted; condemned to be executed but escaped [Ref: CP VI p496]

Pedigree of William MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale
                                                                /-----John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell
                                                       /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                                                      |         \-----Janet CRICHTON
                                              /-----Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                                             |        |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
                                             |         \-----Agnes STEWART
                                             |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
                                     /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Herries
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
                                    |        |         /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
                                    |        |        |         \-----Janet SCOTT
                                    |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
                                    |                 |         /-----Sir John GORDON
                                    |                  \-----Elizabeth GORDON
                                    |                           \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
                            /-----William MAXWELL, Lord Herries
                           |        |                           /-----Herbert HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles
                           |        |                  /-----Andrew HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles
                           |        |                 |         \-----Mariota CARLYLE
                           |        |         /-----William HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Alexander HOME, Lord Home
                           |        |        |         \-----Nichola HOME
                           |        |        |                  \-----Nichole KER
                           |         \-----Agnes HERRIES
                           |                 |         /-----James KENNEDY
                           |                  \-----Katherine KENNEDY
                           |                          |         /-----Sir John MURRAY
                           |                           \-----Agnes MURRAY
                   /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Herries
                  |        |         /-----Mark KERR
                  |         \-----Catherine KERR
                  |                 |                           /-----Sir Andrew LESLIE, Master Of Rothes
                  |                 |                  /-----William LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth SINCLAIR
                  |                 |         /-----George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Michael BALFOUR
                  |                 |        |         \-----Jonet BALFOUR
                  |                  \-----Helen LESLIE
                  |                          |                  /-----James CRICHTON, Lord Crichton
                  |                          |         /-----William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton
                  |                          |        |         \-----Janet DUNBAR
                  |                           \-----Margaret CRICHTON
                  |                                   |         /-----James II King Of Scots
                  |                                    \-----Margaret STEWART
                  |                                             \-----Marie Of Gueldres
          /-----John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale
         |        |                                             /-----John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell
         |        |                                    /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
         |        |                                   |         \-----Janet CRICHTON
         |        |                           /-----Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
         |        |                          |         \-----Agnes STEWART
         |        |                          |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
         |        |                  /-----Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Janet SCOTT
         |        |                 |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John GORDON
         |        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth GORDON
         |        |                 |                           \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
         |        |         /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
         |        |        |        |                           /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Joan STEWART
         |        |        |        |         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Patrick CRICHTON
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Janet CRICHTON
         |        |        |         \-----Beatrice DOUGLAS
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----James III King Of Scots
         |        |        |                 |         /-----James IV King Of Scots
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret Of Denmark
         |        |        |                  \-----Catherine STEWART
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Archibald BOYD
         |        |        |                           \-----Margaret BOYD
         |        |        |                                    \-----Christian MURE
         |         \-----Elizabeth MAXWELL
         |                 |                                    /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |                 |                           /-----George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus
         |                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth BOYD
         |                 |                  /-----George DOUGLAS
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
         |                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth DRUMMOND
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
         |                 |         /-----David DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |                 |        |        |         /-----David DOUGLAS
         |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
         |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
         |                          |                           /-----James HAMILTON, Lord Hamilton
         |                          |                  /-----James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran
         |                          |                 |         \-----Mary STEWART
         |                          |         /-----Sir John HAMILTON
         |                           \-----Margaret HAMILTON
         |                                   |                  /-----Alexander HOME, Lord Home
         |                                   |         /-----Alexander HOME, Lord Home
         |                                   |        |         \-----Nichole KER
         |                                    \-----Janet HOME
         |                                            |         /-----Sir James STEWART, Earl Of Buchan
         |                                             \-----Agnes STEWART
         |                                                      \-----Margaret (MURRAY)
/-----Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale
|        |         /-----Sir Robert GORDON
|         \-----Elizabeth GORDON
|                 |                                             /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|                 |                                    /-----William RUTHVEN, Master Of Ruthven
|                 |                                   |         \-----Isabel LEVINGTON
|                 |                           /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|                 |                          |         \-----Catherine BUTTERGASK
|                 |                  /-----Patrick RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----George HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Patrick HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Mariot
|                 |                 |         \-----Janet HALYBURTON, Baroness Dirletoun
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----James DOUGLAS
|                 |                 |                  \-----Margaret DOUGLAS
|                 |         /-----William RUTHVEN, Earl of Gowrie
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                 |        |        |                  /-----George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth BOYD
|                 |        |        |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth DRUMMOND
|                 |        |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|                 |        |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
|                  \-----Isabel RUTHVEN
|                          |                                    /-----Walter STEWART
|                          |                           /-----Alexander STEWART
|                          |                          |         \-----Elizabeth ARNOT
|                          |                  /-----Andrew STEWART, Lord Avondale
|                          |         /-----Henry STEWART, Lord Methven
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
|                          |        |        |         /-----John KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Catherine MAXWELL
|                          |        |         \-----Margaret KENNEDY
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley
|                          |        |                  \-----Elizabeth GORDON, Countess Of Erroll
|                          |        |                           \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
|                           \-----Dorothy STEWART
|                                   |                           /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
|                                   |                  /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
|                                   |                 |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|                                   |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
|                                   |        |        |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
|                                   |        |         \-----Eleanor SINCLAIR
|                                   |        |                  \-----Marjorie SUTHERLAND
|                                    \-----Janet STEWART
|                                            |                  /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
|                                            |         /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
|                                            |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                                             \-----Janet CAMPBELL
|                                                     |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
|                                                      \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                                                               \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
William MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale
|                                                               /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                                                      /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                                                     |         \-----Isabel SIBBALD
|                                             /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|                                            |        |         /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
|                                            |         \-----Elizabeth BOYD
|                                            |                  \-----Mariot MAXWELL
|                                    /-----Sir Archibald DOUGLAS
|                                   |        |         /-----James AUCHLINLECK
|                                   |         \-----Elizabeth AUCHLINLECK
|                           /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir William KEITH, Earl Marischal
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Mary HAMILTON
|                          |        |         /-----William KEITH, Earl Marischal
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Thomas ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|                          |        |        |         \-----Mariot ERSKINE
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Janet DOUGLAS
|                          |         \-----Agnes KEITH
|                          |                 |                  /-----Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
|                          |                  \-----Elizabeth GORDON
|                          |                          |         /-----Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|                          |                           \-----Elizabeth HAY
|                          |                                    \-----Beatrice DOUGLAS
|                  /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                 |        |         /-----Robert GRAHAM
|                 |         \-----Egidia GRAHAM
|         /-----William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas
|        |        |         /-----Laurence OLIPHANT, Lord Oliphant
|        |         \-----Elizabeth OLIPHANT
|        |                 |                                    /-----Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|        |                 |                           /-----William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Beatrice DOUGLAS
|        |                 |                  /-----Thomas HAY
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Isabel GORDON
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Annabella STEWART
|        |                 |         /-----George HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Lyon LOGIE
|        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret LOGIE
|        |                  \-----Margaret HAY
|        |                          |         /-----Alexander ROBERTSON
|        |                           \-----Margaret ROBERTSON
|        |                                   |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
|        |                                   |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
|        |                                   |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|        |                                    \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |                                            |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
|        |                                             \-----Eleanor SINCLAIR
|        |                                                      \-----Marjorie SUTHERLAND
\-----Lucy DOUGLAS
         |                                                      /-----Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
         |                                             /-----Alexander GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
         |                                            |         \-----Elizabeth HAY
         |                                    /-----John GORDON, Master Of Huntly
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
         |                                   |         \-----Janet STEWART
         |                                   |                  \-----Margaret DOUGLAS, Countess Of Douglas
         |                           /-----George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
         |                          |        |                  /-----James III King Of Scots
         |                          |        |         /-----James IV King Of Scots
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Denmark
         |                          |         \-----Margaret Of Scotland
         |                          |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
         |                          |                  \-----Margaret DRUMMOND
         |                          |                           \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
         |                  /-----George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
         |                 |        |                           /-----Sir William KEITH, Earl Marischal
         |                 |        |                  /-----William KEITH, Earl Marischal
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Mariot ERSKINE
         |                 |        |         /-----Robert KEITH, Lord Keith
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth GORDON
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth HAY
         |                 |         \-----Elizabeth KEITH
         |                 |                 |                  /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
         |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Joan STEWART
         |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
         |                 |                          |         /-----Patrick CRICHTON
         |                 |                           \-----Janet CRICHTON
         |         /-----George GORDON, Marquess Of Huntley
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir James HAMILTON
         |        |        |                           /-----James HAMILTON, Lord Hamilton
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
         |        |        |                  /-----James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----James II King Of Scots
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Mary STEWART
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Marie Of Gueldres
         |        |        |         /-----James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----(Unk) BEATON
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir David BEATON
         |        |        |        |         \-----Janet BEATON
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Janet DUDDINGSGTON
         |        |         \-----Anne HAMILTON
         |        |                 |                           /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
         |        |                 |                  /-----Sir John DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Joan STEWART
         |        |                 |         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Patrick CRICHTON
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Janet CRICHTON
         |        |                  \-----Margaret DOUGLAS
         |        |                          |                  /-----James III King Of Scots
         |        |                          |         /-----James IV King Of Scots
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Margaret Of Denmark
         |        |                           \-----Catherine STEWART
         |        |                                   |         /-----Archibald BOYD
         |        |                                    \-----Margaret BOYD
         |        |                                             \-----Christian MURE
          \-----Mary GORDON
                  |                                             /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
                  |                                    /-----Matthew STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
                  |                                   |         \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
                  |                           /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
                  |                          |        |         /-----James HAMILTON, Lord Hamilton
                  |                          |         \-----Elizabeth HAMILTON
                  |                          |                  \-----Mary STEWART
                  |                  /-----John STEWART, Lord Of Aubigny
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
                  |                 |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
                  |                 |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                  |                 |                 |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
                  |                 |                  \-----Eleanor SINCLAIR
                  |                 |                           \-----Marjorie SUTHERLAND
                  |         /-----Esme STEWART, Duke Of Lennox
                  |        |        |         /-----Francois De La QUEUILLE
                  |        |         \-----Anne De La QUEUILLE
                   \-----Henrietta STEWART
                           |         /-----Guillaume De BALSAC, Seigneur de Entragues
                            \-----Catherine De BALSAC
                                    |         /-----Jean De HUMIERES
                                     \-----Louise De HUMIERES

Descendants of William MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale

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

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

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

2nd generation

2. William MAXWELL m1. Catherine STEWART m2. Anne FOX

m. Catherine STEWART father: Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair mother: Mary MAXWELL

3+ Winifred MAXWELL m. William HAGGERSTON-CONSTABLE

3rd generation

3. Winifred MAXWELL m. William HAGGERSTON-CONSTABLE

m. William HAGGERSTON-CONSTABLE

4+ Marmaduke William CONSTABLE-MAXWELL m. Theresa Apollonia WAKEMAN

4th generation

4. Marmaduke William CONSTABLE-MAXWELL m. Theresa Apollonia WAKEMAN

m. Theresa Apollonia WAKEMAN

5+ William CONSTABLE-MAXWELL, Lord Herries of Terr m. Marcia VAVASOUR

5th generation

5. William CONSTABLE-MAXWELL, Lord Herries of Terr m. Marcia VAVASOUR

m. Marcia VAVASOUR father: Sir Edward Marmaduke VAVASOUR mother: Marcia Bridget LANE-FOX

6+ Marmaduke Francis CONSTABLE-MAXWELL, Lord Herries of Terr m. Angela Mary Charlotte FITZALAN-HOWARD