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 WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss
Sex: M
Birth: 1586 ^b
Death: 1649 ^d

Parents:

Father:
Sir John WEMYSS

Mother:

Mary STEWART

Family:
Marriage:

Jean GRAY on Abt 8 Sep 1609 .^m1
Jean GRAY Birth: Abt 1590 Death: 1640

Children:

Mary WEMYSS
David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss Birth: 6 Sep 1610 Death: Jun 1679
Elizabeth WEMYSS Death: 1667

Bibliography

Verity, Brad, Descents From James V for William Butler Duncan of Manhattan. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 12/25/2022. Subject: Descents From James V for William Butler Duncan of Manhattan (1830-1912). Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/trep5Ej31hs/m/UxFqZ8adBAAJ. Author address: royaldescent at hotmail dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Brad Verity SGM 12/25/2022-015427].
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].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 11, Ridley-Sinclair. London: St Catherine Press, 1949. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/27141 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XI [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].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: Brad Verity SGM 12/25/2022-015427, CP XII/2 p462],
parents:: [Ref: CP VIII p190, CP XII/2 p462]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Brad Verity SGM 12/25/2022-015427]

Sources with Information about marriage to Jean GRAY

date:: cont 8 Sep 1609 [Ref: CP XII/2 p464],
child:: [Ref: Brad Verity SGM 12/25/2022-015427, CP XI p742, CP XII/2 p464]

Research Notes:
1st Earl of Wemyss, of Earldom cr 1633 [Ref: CP XII/2 p462]
1st Earl of Wemyss [Ref: Brad Verity SGM 12/25/2022-015427, CP VIII p190]

Pedigree of John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss
/-----Sir John WEMYSS
John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss
|                  /-----Sir James STEWART
|         /-----James STEWART, Lord Doune And St Colme
\-----Mary STEWART
         |                                                      /-----Sir Duncan CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell
         |                                             /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Master Of Campbell
         |                                            |         \-----Marjory STEWART
         |                                    /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
         |                                   |        |         /-----John SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville
         |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth SOMERVILE
         |                                   |                  \-----Helen HEPBURN
         |                           /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
         |                          |        |                  /-----Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn
         |                          |        |         /-----John STEWART, Lord Lorn
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Joan STEWART
         |                          |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                          |                  \-----Fingula Of The Isles
         |                  /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
         |                 |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
         |                 |        |                  /-----Alan STUART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth LENNOX
         |                 |        |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William SETON
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Catherine SETON
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Janet DUNBAR
         |                 |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Lord Montgomerie
         |                 |                 |         /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Margaret BOYD
         |                 |                  \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
         |                 |                          |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
         |                 |                           \-----Elizabeth HEPBURN
         |                 |                                    \-----Janet BORTHWICK
         |         /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon
         |        |        |                           /-----Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth GORDON
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Agnes
         |        |        |         /-----Alexander GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Gilbert HAY
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
         |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Alice HAY
         |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth HAY
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Beatrice DOUGLAS
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Beatrice SINCLAIR
         |        |         \-----Jean GORDON
         |        |                 |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
         |        |                 |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
         |        |                  \-----Janet STEWART
         |        |                          |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |        |                          |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART
         |        |                           \-----Margaret DOUGLAS, Countess Of Douglas
         |        |                                   |         /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM, Earl Of Strathern
         |        |                                    \-----Eupheme GRAHAM
         |        |                                             \-----Eupheme STEWART, Countess Palatine Of Strathern
          \-----Margaret CAMPBELL
                  |                                             /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM, Earl Of Strathern
                  |                                    /-----Malise GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
                  |                                   |         \-----Eupheme STEWART, Countess Palatine Of Strathern
                  |                           /-----Patrick GRAHAM
                  |                          |         \-----Janet De ROCHFORD
                  |                  /-----Alexander GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
                  |                 |        |         /-----Thomas ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
                  |                 |         \-----Isobel ERSKINE
                  |                 |                  \-----Janet DOUGLAS
                  |         /-----William GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
                  |        |        |         /-----Walter BUCHANAN
                  |        |         \-----Margaret BUCHANAN
                   \-----Margaret GRAHAM
                           |         /-----John MOUBRAY
                            \-----Margaret MOUBRAY

Descendants of John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss

1. John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss m. Jean GRAY

m. Jean GRAY father: Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray mother: Mary STEWART

2+ Mary WEMYSS m. John SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair

3+ David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss m1. Anna BALFOUR m2. Helenor FLEMING m3. Margaret LESLIE

4+ Elizabeth WEMYSS m. Sir John AYTOUN

2nd generation

2. Mary WEMYSS m. John SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair

m. John SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair father: Patrick SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair mother: Margaret COCKBURN

5+ Catherine SINCLAIR m. John St CLAIR

3. David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss m1. Anna BALFOUR m2. Helenor FLEMING m3. Margaret LESLIE

m. Anna BALFOUR father: Robert ARNOT-BALFOUR, Lord Balfour Of Burleigh mother: Margaret BALFOUR

6+ Jean WEMYSS m1. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus m2. George GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland

m. Helenor FLEMING father: John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown mother: Margaret LIVINGSTONE

m. Margaret LESLIE father: John LESLIE, Earl of Rothes mother: Anna ERSKINE

7+ Margaret WEMYSS m1. James WEMYSS, Lord Burntisland m2. George MACKENZIE, Earl Of Cromarty

4. Elizabeth WEMYSS m. Sir John AYTOUN

m. Sir John AYTOUN

8+ Margaret AYTOUN m. Sir Archibald HOPE

3rd generation

5. Catherine SINCLAIR m. John St CLAIR

m. John St CLAIR

9+ Henry St CLAIR, Lord Sinclair m. Barbara COCKBURN

6. Jean WEMYSS m1. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus m2. George GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland

m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus father: William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas mother: Margaret HAMILTON

m. George GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland father: John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland mother: Jean DRUMMOND

10+ John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland m1. Helen COCHRANE m2. Katherine TOLLEMACHE m3. Frances HODGSON

7. Margaret WEMYSS m1. James WEMYSS, Lord Burntisland m2. George MACKENZIE, Earl Of Cromarty

m. James WEMYSS, Lord Burntisland father: Sir James WEMYSS

11+ Anne WEMYSS m. David LESLIE, Earl of Leven and Melville

12+ David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss m1. Anne DOUGLAS m2. Mary ROBINSON m3. Elizabeth St CLAIR

m. George MACKENZIE, Earl Of Cromarty father: Sir John MACKENZIE mother: Margaret ERSKINE

8. Margaret AYTOUN m. Sir Archibald HOPE

m. Sir Archibald HOPE

13+ Margaret HOPE m. Patrick SCOTT

4th generation

9. Henry St CLAIR, Lord Sinclair m. Barbara COCKBURN

m. Barbara COCKBURN father: Sir James COCKBURN

14+ Elizabeth St CLAIR m. David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss

15+ Catharine St CLAIR m. Sir John ERSKINE

10. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland m1. Helen COCHRANE m2. Katherine TOLLEMACHE m3. Frances HODGSON

m. Helen COCHRANE father: William COCHRANE mother: Catherine KENNEDY

16+ William GORDON-SUTHERLAND m. Katharine MORISON

m. Katherine TOLLEMACHE father: Lionel TOLLEMACHE mother: Elizabeth MURRAY

m. Frances HODGSON father: Sir Thomas HODGSON

11. Anne WEMYSS m. David LESLIE, Earl of Leven and Melville

m. David LESLIE, Earl of Leven and Melville father: George MELVILLE, Earl of Melville mother: Catherine LESLIE

17 Mary LESLIE m. William GORDON, Earl Of Aberdeen; William GORDON, Earl Of Aberdeen father: Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Aberdeen mother: Anne LOCKHART

12. David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss m1. Anne DOUGLAS m2. Mary ROBINSON m3. Elizabeth St CLAIR

m. Anne DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Duke of Queensberry mother: Isabel DOUGLAS

m. Mary ROBINSON father: Sir John ROBINSON mother: Mary DUDLEY

m. Elizabeth St CLAIR father: Henry St CLAIR, Lord Sinclair mother: Barbara COCKBURN

18+ Elizabeth WEMYSS m. William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland

13. Margaret HOPE m. Patrick SCOTT

m. Patrick SCOTT

19+ Archibald SCOTT m. Janet SCOTT

5th generation

14. Elizabeth St CLAIR m. David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss

m. David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss father: James WEMYSS, Lord Burntisland mother: Margaret WEMYSS

18+ Elizabeth WEMYSS m. William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland

15. Catharine St CLAIR m. Sir John ERSKINE

m. Sir John ERSKINE father: Sir Charles ERSKINE mother: Christian DUNDAS

20+ Sir Henry ERSKINE m. Janet WEDDERBURN

16. William GORDON-SUTHERLAND m. Katharine MORISON

m. Katharine MORISON father: William MORISON mother: Janet ROCHEID

21+ William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland m. Elizabeth WEMYSS

18. Elizabeth WEMYSS m. William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland

m. William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland father: William GORDON-SUTHERLAND mother: Katharine MORISON

22 William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland m. Mary MAXWELL

23+ Elizabeth SUTHERLAND, Countess Of Sutherland m. George Granville LEVESON-GOWER, Duke Of Sutherland

19. Archibald SCOTT m. Janet SCOTT

24+ Patrick SCOTT m. Margaret FORBES