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, Lord Maxwell Birth: Abt 1550 Death: Before 16 Jan 1554/5 in Hills, Dumfries
  2. John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell Birth: 24 Apr 1553 Death: Abt 6 Dec 1593 in Dryffe Sands

Bibliography
  1. 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].*].
  2. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1[pc][0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: CP VIII p594]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP VIII p595],
place:
[Ref: CP VIII p595]
Sources with Information about marriage to Beatrice DOUGLAS
date:
after 25 Jul 1530 [Ref: CP VIII p595],
names:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p671],
child:
[Ref: CP VIII p595]
Research Notes:
5th Lord Maxwell, of Barony cr 1445 [Ref: CP VIII p594]
6th Lord Maxwell [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p671]

heir of his father [Ref: CP VIII p594]



Pedigree of Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                                                                /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
                                                       /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
                                                      |         \-----Christian
                                              /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
                                     /-----Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir Walter STEWART, Lord Of Dalswinton
                                    |        |         /-----John STEWART
                                    |         \-----Katherine STEWART
                            /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                           |        |                           /-----Sir John HERRIES
                           |        |                  /-----Sir John HERRIES
                           |        |                 |         \-----Margaret
                           |        |         /-----Sir Herbert HERRIES
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir James LINDSAY
                           |        |        |         \-----Eufemia LINDSAY
                           |        |        |                  \-----Margaret KEITH
                           |         \-----(Unk) HERRIES
                           |                  \-----Margaret
                   /-----John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell
                  |        |                  /-----Sir Adam FORRESTER
                  |        |         /-----Sir John FORRESTER
                  |        |        |         \-----Margaret
                  |         \-----Janet FORRESTER
                  |                 |                           /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
                  |                 |                  /-----Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin
                  |                 |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern, Caithness, And Orkney
                  |                 |        |         \-----Isabel Of Strathern
                  |                 |        |                  \-----Margery Of Ross
                  |                  \-----Jean SINCLAIR
                  |                          |                  /-----Sir Adam HALIBURTON
                  |                          |         /-----Sir Walter HALIBURTON
                  |                          |        |         \-----Isabella
                  |                           \-----Jean HALYBURTON
          /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
         |        |                                             /-----Alexander De CRICHTON
         |        |                                    /-----Sir John De CRICHTON
         |        |                           /-----William CRICHTON
         |        |                  /-----Stephen CRICHTON
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----(Unk) PRESON
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John PRESTON
         |        |                 |         \-----Margaret PRESTON
         |        |         /-----George CRICHTON, Earl Of Caithness
         |        |        |        |         /-----Duncan CAIRNS Of That Ilk
         |        |        |         \-----(Unk) CAIRNS
         |         \-----Janet CRICHTON
         |                 |                           /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
         |                 |                  /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
         |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
         |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |                 |        |         \-----(Unk)
         |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
         |                          |                           /-----Sir Thomas De HAYA
         |                          |                  /-----Sir William De HAYA
         |                          |                 |         \-----Lora CUNINGESBURGH
         |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY
         |                          |        |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
         |                           \-----(Unk) HAY
         |                                   |                  /-----Sir John GIFFARD
         |                                   |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
         |                                   |        |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
         |                                    \-----Janet GIFFORD
         |                                            |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
         |                                             \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
         |                                                      \-----Joan
 /-----Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|        |                                    /-----Sir William STEWART
|        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
|        |                          |         \-----Isobel
|        |                  /-----Sir William STEWART
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Walter STEWART, Lord Of Dalswinton
|        |                 |        |                  /-----John STEWART
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Walter STEWART
|        |                 |         \-----Marion STEWART
|        |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Alan STEWART
|        |        |        |                           /-----Alexander STEWART
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Joanna
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir William De KEITH
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Janet KEITH
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----(Unk dau) MURE
|        |        |        |        |                           \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Aulay De FASLANE
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Walter MacALLAN De FASLANE
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Duncan LENNOX, Earl Of Lennox
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Donald Earl Of Lennox
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret Countess Of Lennox
|        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth LENNOX
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Sir Colin CAMPBELL
|        |        |                          |         /-----Gillespic CAMPBELL
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Helena De MONTEITH
|        |        |                           \-----Helen CAMPBELL
|        |        |                                   |         /-----Sir John LAMONT
|        |        |                                    \-----Isabel LAMONT
|         \-----Agnes STEWART
|                 |                                             /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                 |                                    /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                 |                                   |         \-----Margaret Countess Of Mar
|                 |                           /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
|                 |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
|                 |         /-----Sir Archibald DOUGLAS
|                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|                                                               /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                                                      /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                                                     |         \-----Margaret Countess Of Mar
|                                             /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|                                    /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|                                   |         \-----Joanna MURRAY
|                           /-----William DOUGLAS
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Christian
|                          |        |         /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
|                          |         \-----Janet De MAXWELL
|                          |                 |                  /-----Sir Walter STEWART, Lord Of Dalswinton
|                          |                 |         /-----John STEWART
|                          |                  \-----Katherine STEWART
|                  /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|                 |        |                                    /-----Alexander De CRICHTON
|                 |        |                           /-----William De CRICHTON
|                 |        |                  /-----Edward De CRICHTON
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Lord Ros Of Wark
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De ROS
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Laura
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
|                 |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|                 |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
|         /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |        |                                             /-----Robert SCOTT
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir Walter SCOTT
|        |        |                           /-----Robert SCOTT
|        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter SCOTT
|        |        |         /-----David SCOTT
|        |        |        |         \-----Margaret COCKBURN
|        |         \-----Janet SCOTT
 \-----Janet DOUGLAS
         |                                                      /-----William GORDON
         |                                             /-----Roger GORDON
         |                                    /-----Sir Alexander GORDON
         |                           /-----Roger GORDON
         |                  /-----William GORDON
         |         /-----Sir John GORDON
          \-----Elizabeth GORDON
                   \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY



Descendants of Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
1. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Beatrice DOUGLAS
m. Beatrice DOUGLAS father: James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton mother: Catherine STEWART

2nd generation

3. John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS
m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS father: David DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus mother: Margaret HAMILTON

3rd generation

4. Elizabeth MAXWELL m. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries
m. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries father: William MAXWELL, Lord Herries mother: Catherine KERR
5. Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Elizabeth BEAUMONT
m. Elizabeth BEAUMONT father: Sir Francis BEAUMONT

4th generation

6. John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Elizabeth GORDON
m. Elizabeth GORDON father: Sir Robert GORDON mother: Isabel RUTHVEN
7. Elizabeth MAXWELL m. George SETON, Earl of Wintoun
m. George SETON, Earl of Wintoun father: Robert SETON, Earl of Wintoun mother: Margaret MONTGOMERY

5th generation

9. Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Lucy DOUGLAS
m. Lucy DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas mother: Mary GORDON
10. Anne SETON m. John STEWART, Earl of Traquair
m. John STEWART, Earl of Traquair father: John STEWART, Earl of Traquair mother: Catherine CARNEGIE