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: Alexander LESLIE, Earl of Leven
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1637 ^b
Death: 15 Jul 1664 in Balgonie ^d
Burial: 3 Aug 1664 in Markinch ^u

Parents:

Father:
Alexander LESLIE, Lord Balgonie Death: Abt 12 Jan 1644

Mother:

Margaret LESLIE Birth: 2 Death: Feb 1687/8

Family:
Marriage:

Margaret HOWARD on 30 Dec 1656 at Naworth Castle .^m1
Margaret HOWARD Death: 30 Sep 1664 in Edinburgh

Children:

Margaret LESLIE, Countss of Leven Death: 6 Nov 1674
Catherine LESLIE, Earl of Leven Birth: Abt 1663 Death: 21 Jan 1676

Bibliography

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].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: abt 1637 [Ref: CP VII p618],
parents:: [Ref: CP VII p618]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP VII p618],
place:: [Ref: CP VII p618]

Sources for burial Information

date:: [Ref: CP VII p618],
place:: [Ref: CP VII p618]

Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret HOWARD

date:: [Ref: CP VII p618],
place:: [Ref: CP VII p618],
child:: [Ref: CP VII p618, CP VII p619]

Research Notes:
2nd Earl of Leven, of Earldom cr 1641 [Ref: CP VII p618]

heir of his fahter [Ref: CP VII p618]
heir of his grandfather [Ref: CP VII p618]

Pedigree of Alexander LESLIE, Earl of Leven
                   /-----George LESLIE
          /-----Alexander LESLIE, Earl of Leven
/-----Alexander LESLIE, Lord Balgonie
|        |         /-----David RENTON
|         \-----Agnes RENTON
Alexander LESLIE, Earl of Leven
|                                                               /-----George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
|                                                      /-----Sir Andrew LESLIE, Master Of Rothes
|                                                     |         \-----Christian HALYBURTON
|                                             /-----William LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
|                                            |        |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
|                                            |         \-----Elizabeth SINCLAIR
|                                            |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|                                    /-----George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir Michael BALFOUR
|                                   |         \-----Jonet BALFOUR
|                           /-----Andrew LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
|                          |        |                           /-----John SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir John SOMERVILLE
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Marion BAILLIE
|                          |        |         /-----Sir John SOMERVILLE
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----John CARMICHAEL
|                          |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth CARMICHAEL
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Isabel SIBBALD
|                          |         \-----Agnes SOMERVILLE
|                          |                 |                  /-----Adam HEPBURN, Master Of Hailes
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Helen HOME
|                          |                  \-----Janet HEPBURN
|                          |                          |         /-----Walter OGSTOUN
|                          |                           \-----Elizabeth OGSTOUN
|                          |                                    \-----(Unk Dau) ABERNETHY
|                  /-----James LESLIE, Master Of Rothes
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir James HAMILTON
|                 |        |                           /-----James HAMILTON, Lord Hamilton
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
|                 |        |                  /-----James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----James II King Of Scots
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Mary STEWART
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Marie Of Gueldres
|                 |        |         /-----Sir James HAMILTON
|                 |        |        |         \-----Mary BOYD
|                 |         \-----Grizel HAMILTON
|                 |                 |                           /-----William LIVINGSTON
|                 |                 |                  /-----Robert LIVINGSTON
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir Robert LIVINGSTON
|                 |                  \-----Margaret LIVINGSTON
|                 |                          |                  /-----(Unk) BEATON
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir David BEATON
|                 |                           \-----Janet BEATON
|                 |                                    \-----Janet DUDDINGSGTON
|         /-----John LESLIE, Earl of Rothes
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|        |        |                                    /-----William DRUMMOND
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|        |        |                           /-----Walter DRUMMOND
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
|        |        |                          |         \-----Isabel CAMPBELL
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |        |                  /-----David DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----William GRAHAM, Lord Graham
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----William GRAHAM, Lord Graham, Earl Of Montrose
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Elene DOUGLAS
|        |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth GRAHAM
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Annabel DRUMMOND
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|        |        |         /-----Patrick DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----William RUTHVEN, Master Of Ruthven
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel LEVINGTON
|        |        |        |        |         /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Catherine BUTTERGASK
|        |        |        |         \-----Lilian RUTHVEN
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----George HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Patrick HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Mariot
|        |        |        |                  \-----Janet HALYBURTON, Baroness Dirletoun
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----James DOUGLAS
|        |        |        |                           \-----Margaret DOUGLAS
|        |         \-----Katherine DRUMMOND
|        |                 |                                    /-----Sir Walter LINDSAY
|        |                 |                           /-----Sir David LINDSAY
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Isabel LEVINGTON
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir Walter LINDSAY
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Thomas FOTHERINGHAM
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Katherine FOTHERINGHAM
|        |                 |         /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----John ERSKINE
|        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) ERSKINE
|        |                  \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|        |                          |                           /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
|        |                          |                  /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |                          |         /-----Sir John CAMPBELL
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
|        |                          |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
|        |                           \-----Catherine CAMPBELL
|        |                                   |         /-----Sir John CALDER
|        |                                    \-----Muriel CALDER
\-----Margaret LESLIE
         |                                                      /-----Thomas ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
         |                                             /-----Alexander ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
         |                                            |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
         |                                    /-----Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
         |                                   |         \-----Christian CRICHTON
         |                                   |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
         |                           /-----John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
         |                          |        |                  /-----Sir George CAMPBELL
         |                          |        |         /-----George CAMPBELL
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                          |         \-----Isabel CAMPBELL
         |                          |                 |         /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
         |                          |                  \-----(Unk) KENNEDY
         |                          |                           \-----Catherine MAXWELL
         |                  /-----John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
         |                 |        |                           /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Master Of Campbell
         |                 |        |                  /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth SOMERVILE
         |                 |        |         /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----John STEWART, Lord Lorn
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Fingula Of The Isles
         |                 |         \-----Margaret CAMPBELL
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Alan STUART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
         |                 |                 |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Catherine SETON
         |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                 |                          |         /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
         |                 |                           \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
         |                 |                                    \-----Elizabeth HEPBURN
         |         /-----John ERSKINE, Earl Of Mar
         |        |        |                                    /-----William MURRAY
         |        |        |                           /-----Sir William MURRAY
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Margaret GRAY
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir William MURRAY
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH, Earl Marischal
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Mary KEITH
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Mariot ERSKINE
         |        |        |         /-----Sir William MURRAY
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
         |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
         |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret DOUGLAS, Countess Of Douglas
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Eupheme GRAHAM
         |        |         \-----Annabella MURRAY
         |        |                 |                           /-----Sir Duncan CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell
         |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Colin CAMPBELL
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Margaret STEWART
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir Duncan CAMPBELL
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----John STEWART, Lord Lorn
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Jonet STEWART
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Fingula Of The Isles
         |        |                  \-----Catherine CAMPBELL
         |        |                          |         /-----Sir John MONCRIEFF
         |        |                           \-----Margaret MONCRIEFF
          \-----Anna ERSKINE
                  |                                             /-----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
                   \-----Mary STEWART
                           |         /-----Guillaume De BALSAC, Seigneur de Entragues
                            \-----Catherine De BALSAC
                                    |         /-----Jean De HUMIERES
                                     \-----Louise De HUMIERES

Descendants of Alexander LESLIE, Earl of Leven

1. Alexander LESLIE, Earl of Leven m. Margaret HOWARD

m. Margaret HOWARD father: Sir William HOWARD mother: Mary EVERS

2 Margaret LESLIE, Countss of Leven m. Francis MONTGOMERIE

3 Catherine LESLIE, Earl of Leven