Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 01-20-2025.

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: John MAITLAND, Lord Thirlestane
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1545 ^b
Death: 3 Oct 1595 in Thirlestane ^d
Burial: Haddington ^u

Parents:

Father:
Sir Richard MAITLAND Birth: 1496 Death: 20 Mar 1585/6

Mother:

Mariota CRANSTOUN

Family:
Marriage:

Jean FLEMING on Abt 16 Jan 1582/3 .^m1
Jean FLEMING Death: 23 Jun 1609

Children:

John MAITLAND, Earl of Lauderdale Death: 18 Jan 1644/5
Anna MAITLAND Death: 6 Jul 1609

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 03 Canonteigh-Cutts. London: St Catherine Press, 1913. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 3 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo03coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP III [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 07 Hussee-Lincolnshire. London: St Catherine Press, 1929. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VII [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-1, Skelmersdale-Towton. London: St Catherine Press, 1953. 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/1 [Ap][p0-9].*].
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].*].
Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP II p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: abt 1545 [Ref: CP XII/1 p699],
parents:: [Ref: CP XII/1 p699]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP VII p487, CP XII/1 p701, SP II p477],
place:: [Ref: CP XII/1 p701]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: CP III p76, CP XII/1 p701]

Sources with Information about marriage to Jean FLEMING

date:: cont 16 Jan 1582/3 [Ref: CP XII/1 p701]; first marriage of Jane [Ref: SP II p477],
child:: [Ref: CP VII p487, CP XII/2 p815]

Research Notes:
1st Lord Thirlestand, of Barony cr 1590 [Ref: CP XII/1 p699]
1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestand [Ref: CP VII p487]

of Lethington [Ref: CP XII/1 p699]

Pedigree of John MAITLAND, Lord Thirlestane
                                                                /-----William MAITLAND
                                                       /-----Robert MAITLAND
                                              /-----John MAITLAND
                                             |        |         /-----Sir John De KEITH
                                             |         \-----(Unk Dau) De KEITH
                                             |                  \-----(Unk) De SOULES
                                     /-----Sir Robert MAITLAND
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander DUNBAR
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
                                    |         \-----Agnes DUNBAR
                                    |                 |         /-----Thomas RANDOLPH, Earl Of Moray
                                    |                  \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
                                    |                           \-----Isabella De ROSS
                            /-----William MAITLAND
                           |         \-----Marion De ABERNETHY
                   /-----John MAITLAND
                  |         \-----Margaret WARDLAW
          /-----William MAITLAND
         |         \-----(Unk) DUNDAS
/-----Sir Richard MAITLAND
|        |                                                      /-----Sir William SETON
|        |                                             /-----Sir John SETON, Lord Of Seton
|        |                                            |         \-----Janet FLEMING
|        |                                    /-----Sir William SETON
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|        |                                   |         \-----Katherine De St CLAIR
|        |                                   |                  \-----Elizabeth POLWARCH
|        |                           /-----George SETON, Lord Seton
|        |                          |        |                  /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Christiana WARDLAW
|        |                          |         \-----Janet DUNBAR
|        |                          |                  \-----Beatrice
|        |                  /-----John SETON, Master Of Seton
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |                 |        |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Buchan
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Muriel KEITH
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Margaret FRASER
|        |                 |         \-----Margaret STEWART
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Joan MORAY
|        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|        |                 |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
|        |                 |                                    \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|        |         /-----George SETON, Lord Seton
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir David LINDSAY
|        |        |        |                           /-----Sir William LINDSAY
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir William LINDSAY
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William MURE
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Christiana MURE
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir John LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Christiana KEITH
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----John FRASER
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret FRASER
|        |        |         \-----Christian LINDSAY
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Sir Robert STEWART
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir John STEWART
|        |        |                 |         /-----Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
|        |        |                  \-----(Unk Dau) STEWART
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |        |                          |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |        |                           \-----Joan STEWART
|        |        |                                   |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
|        |        |                                    \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
|        |        |                                             \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
|         \-----Margaret SETON
|                 |                                             /-----Gillespic CAMPBELL
|                 |                                    /-----Sir Colin CAMPBELL
|                 |                                   |         \-----Isabel LAMONT
|                 |                           /-----Sir Duncan CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell
|                 |                          |        |         /-----John CAMPBELL
|                 |                          |         \-----Mariot CAMPBELL
|                 |                  /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Master Of Campbell
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                 |                 |         \-----Marjory STEWART
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
|                 |                 |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
|                 |                 |                           \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
|                 |         /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Sir Thomas SOMERVILLE
|                 |        |        |                  /-----William SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Janet STEWART
|                 |        |        |         /-----John SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John MOWAT
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Janet MOWAT
|                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth SOMERVILE
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Patrick HEPBURN
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
|                 |        |                  \-----Helen HEPBURN
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|                 |        |                           \-----Janet BORTHWICK
|                 |        |                                    \-----(Unk)
|                  \-----Marion CAMPBELL
|                          |                                    /-----Sir Robert STEWART
|                          |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
|                          |                  /-----Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn
|                          |                 |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
|                          |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
|                          |                 |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
|                          |         /-----John STEWART, Lord Lorn
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                          |        |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                          |        |         \-----Joan STEWART
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
|                          |        |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
|                          |        |                           \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
|                           \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                                    \-----Fingula Of The Isles
John MAITLAND, Lord Thirlestane
|         /-----Sir Thomas CRANSTOUN
\-----Mariota CRANSTOUN

Descendants of John MAITLAND, Lord Thirlestane

1. John MAITLAND, Lord Thirlestane m. Jean FLEMING

m. Jean FLEMING father: James FLEMING, Lord Fleming mother: Barbara HAMILTON

2+ John MAITLAND, Earl of Lauderdale m. Isabel SETON

3 Anna MAITLAND m. Robert SETON, Earl of Wintoun

2nd generation

2. John MAITLAND, Earl of Lauderdale m. Isabel SETON

m. Isabel SETON father: Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline mother: Lilias DRUMMOND

4+ John MAITLAND, Duke of Lauderdale m1. Anne HOME m2. Elizabeth MURRAY

5+ Charles MAITLAND, Earl of Lauderdale m. Elizabeth LAUDER

3rd generation

4. John MAITLAND, Duke of Lauderdale m1. Anne HOME m2. Elizabeth MURRAY

m. Anne HOME father: Alexander HOME, Earl of Home mother: Mary DUDLEY

6+ Mary MAITLAND m. John HAY, Marquess of Tweeddale

m. Elizabeth MURRAY father: William MURRAY, Earl of Dysart mother: Catherine BRUCE

5. Charles MAITLAND, Earl of Lauderdale m. Elizabeth LAUDER

m. Elizabeth LAUDER father: Richard LAUDER mother: Mary SCOT

7 Richard MAITLAND, Earl of Lauderdale m. Anne CAMPBELL; Anne CAMPBELL father: Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll mother: Mary STEWART

8+ John MAITLAND, Earl of Lauderdale m. Margaret CUNNINGHAM

9+ Isabel MAITLAND m. John ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone

4th generation

6. Mary MAITLAND m. John HAY, Marquess of Tweeddale

m. John HAY, Marquess of Tweeddale father: John HAY, Marquess of Tweeddale mother: Jean SCOTT

10 Charles HAY, Marquess of Tweeddale m. Susan HAMILTON; Susan HAMILTON father: William DOUGLAS, Duke of Hamilton mother: Anne HAMILTON

8. John MAITLAND, Earl of Lauderdale m. Margaret CUNNINGHAM

m. Margaret CUNNINGHAM father: Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn mother: Nicol STEWART

11+ Elizabeth MAITLAND m. James CARMICHAEL, Earl of Hyndford

9. Isabel MAITLAND m. John ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone

m. John ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone father: Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone mother: Lilias ELPHINSTONE

12+ Elizabeth ELPHINSTONE m. John CAMPBELL

13+ Charles ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone m. Elizabeth PRIMROSE

5th generation

11. Elizabeth MAITLAND m. James CARMICHAEL, Earl of Hyndford

m. James CARMICHAEL, Earl of Hyndford father: John CARMICHAEL, Earl of Hyndford mother: Beatrix DRUMMOND

14 John CARMICHAEL, Earl of Hyndford m1. Elizabeth SHOVEL m2. Jean VIGOR; Elizabeth SHOVEL father: Sir Cloudesley SHOVEL mother: Elizabeth HILL

12. Elizabeth ELPHINSTONE m. John CAMPBELL

m. John CAMPBELL father: Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll mother: Mary STEWART

15+ John CAMPBELL, Duke Of Argyll m. Mary KERR

13. Charles ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone m. Elizabeth PRIMROSE

m. Elizabeth PRIMROSE father: Sir William PRIMROSE mother: Mary SCOTT

16+ Charles ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone m. Clementina FLEMING