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: John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
Sex: M
Birth: 24 Apr 1553 ^b
Death: Abt 6 Dec 1593 in Dryffe Sands ^d

Parents:

Father:
Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell Death: 13 Sep 1552 in Dumfries

Mother:

Beatrice DOUGLAS Birth: 2 Death: After 31 Oct 1583

Family:
Marriage:

Elizabeth DOUGLAS on 17 Feb 1571/2 at Dalkeith .^m1
Elizabeth DOUGLAS Death: Feb 1636/7 in Edinburgh

Children:

Elizabeth MAXWELL Death: After Dec 1639
Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale Birth: After 1586 Death: May 1646 in Isle of Man

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].*].
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 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: CP VIII p595],
parents:: [Ref: CP VIII p595],
grandfather:: [Ref: CP IX p562]

Sources for death Information

date:: 6 or 7 Dec 1593 [Ref: CP VIII p597],
place:: [Ref: CP VIII p597]

Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth DOUGLAS

date:: [Ref: CP VIII p597],
place:: [Ref: CP VIII p597],
child:: [Ref: CP IX p559, CP VI p495]

Research Notes:
7th Lord Maxwell, of Barony cr 1445 [Ref: CP VIII p595]
8th Lord Maxwell [Ref: CP VI p495]
Earl of Morton [Ref: CP IX p562, CP VI p495]

heir of his brother [Ref: CP VIII p595]

Pedigree of John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                                                                /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
                                                       /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
                                              /-----Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                                             |        |         /-----John STEWART
                                             |         \-----Katherine STEWART
                                     /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir John HERRIES
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Herbert HERRIES
                                    |        |        |         \-----Eufemia LINDSAY
                                    |         \-----(Unk) HERRIES
                                    |                  \-----Margaret
                            /-----John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell
                           |        |                  /-----Sir Adam FORRESTER
                           |        |         /-----Sir John FORRESTER
                           |        |        |         \-----Margaret
                           |         \-----Janet FORRESTER
                           |                 |                  /-----Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin
                           |                 |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
                           |                 |        |         \-----Isabel Of Strathern
                           |                  \-----Jean SINCLAIR
                           |                          |         /-----Sir Walter HALIBURTON
                           |                           \-----Jean HALYBURTON
                   /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir John De CRICHTON
                  |        |                           /-----William CRICHTON
                  |        |                  /-----Stephen CRICHTON
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----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
                  |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
                  |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                  |                 |        |         \-----(Unk)
                  |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
                  |                          |                  /-----Sir William De HAYA
                  |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY
                  |                          |        |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
                  |                           \-----(Unk) HAY
                  |                                   |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
                  |                                    \-----Janet GIFFORD
                  |                                             \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
          /-----Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
         |        |                                    /-----Sir William STEWART
         |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
         |        |                          |         \-----Isobel
         |        |                  /-----Sir William STEWART
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----John STEWART
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Walter STEWART
         |        |                 |         \-----Marion STEWART
         |        |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Alexander STEWART
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Joanna
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Janet KEITH
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----(Unk dau) MURE
         |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Walter MacALLAN De FASLANE
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Duncan LENNOX, Earl Of Lennox
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret Countess Of Lennox
         |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth LENNOX
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Gillespic CAMPBELL
         |        |        |                           \-----Helen CAMPBELL
         |        |        |                                    \-----Isabel LAMONT
         |         \-----Agnes STEWART
         |                 |                                    /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |                 |                           /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
         |                 |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
         |                 |         /-----Sir Archibald DOUGLAS
         |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
/-----Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|        |                                                      /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|        |                                             /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |                                    /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |                                   |         \-----Joanna MURRAY
|        |                           /-----William DOUGLAS
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
|        |                          |         \-----Janet De MAXWELL
|        |                          |                 |         /-----John STEWART
|        |                          |                  \-----Katherine STEWART
|        |                  /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|        |                 |        |                           /-----William De CRICHTON
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Edward De CRICHTON
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De ROS
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
|        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
|        |         /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Walter SCOTT
|        |        |        |                           /-----Robert SCOTT
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter SCOTT
|        |        |        |         /-----David SCOTT
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret COCKBURN
|        |        |         \-----Janet SCOTT
|         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
|                 |                                             /-----Roger GORDON
|                 |                                    /-----Sir Alexander GORDON
|                 |                           /-----Roger GORDON
|                 |                  /-----William GORDON
|                 |         /-----Sir John GORDON
|                  \-----Elizabeth GORDON
|                           \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|                                                               /-----Sir John DOUGLAS
|                                                      /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|                                                     |         \-----Agnes GRAHAM
|                                             /-----Sir James DOUGLAS, Lord Dalkeith
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
|                                            |         \-----Agnes DUNBAR
|                                            |                  \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
|                                    /-----James DOUGLAS, Lord Dalkeith
|                                   |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                                   |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                                   |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                                   |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|                                   |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|                                   |                           \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
|                           /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
|                          |        |         /-----James GIFFORD
|                          |         \-----Elizabeth GIFFORD
|                  /-----Sir John DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
|                 |        |                                    /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |        |                           /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|                 |        |                  /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|                 |        |         /-----James I King Of Scots
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|                 |        |        |         \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William De MONTIFICHET
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
|                 |         \-----Joan STEWART
|                 |                 |                           /-----Edward III King Of England
|                 |                 |                  /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Philippa Of Hainault
|                 |                 |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Payn Roet Of Hainault, Gulenne King Of Arms
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Katharine Of Hainault
|                 |                  \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|                 |                          |                  /-----Sir Thomas De HOLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas HOLLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Joan PLANTAGENET, Fair Maid Of Kent, Countess
|                 |                           \-----Margaret HOLAND
|                 |                                   |         /-----Sir Richard FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel And Surrey
|                 |                                    \-----Alice FITZALAN
|                 |                                             \-----Eleanor PLANTAGENET
|         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
|        |        |         /-----Patrick CRICHTON
|        |         \-----Janet CRICHTON
\-----Beatrice DOUGLAS
         |                                                      /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |                                             /-----Robert III King Of Scots
         |                                            |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
         |                                    /-----James I King Of Scots
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
         |                                   |         \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
         |                                   |                  \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
         |                           /-----James II King Of Scots
         |                          |        |                  /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
         |                          |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Katharine Of Hainault
         |                          |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
         |                          |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas HOLLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
         |                          |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
         |                          |                           \-----Alice FITZALAN
         |                  /-----James III King Of Scots
         |                 |        |                           /-----Arend Lord Of Egmond
         |                 |        |                  /-----Johann II Lord Of Egmont, Regent Of Geldern
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Jolande Of Leiningen
         |                 |        |         /-----Arnold Duke Of Gueldres, Count Of Zutphen
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Johann V Lord Of Arkel
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Maria Of Arkel
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Johanna Of Geldern
         |                 |         \-----Marie Of Gueldres
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Adolf I Count Of Kleve And Mark
         |                 |                 |         /-----Adolph II Duke Of Cleve
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Margareta Of Julich
         |                 |                  \-----Catherine Of Cleve
         |                 |                          |         /-----John The Fearless Duke Of Burgundy
         |                 |                           \-----Maria Of Burgundy
         |                 |                                    \-----Margaret Of Bavaria
         |         /-----James IV King Of Scots
         |        |        |                                    /-----Konrad I Count Of Oldenburg
         |        |        |                           /-----Christian V Count Of Oldenburg
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Ingeborg Of Holstein And Schauenburg
         |        |        |                  /-----Dietrich The Fortunate Count Of Oldenberg
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Dietrich V Count Of Honstein And Heringen
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Agnes Of Honstein
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Sophia Of Brunswick-Luenenburg
         |        |        |         /-----Christian I King Of Denmark
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Heinrich II Count Of Holstein
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Gerhard V Count Of Holstein, Duke Of Schleswig
         |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Ingeburg Of Mecklenburg
         |        |        |        |         \-----Heilwig Von Holstein
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Magnus II Torquatus Duke Of Brunswick
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Elisabeth Katharina Of Brunswick
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Katharina Of Anhalt
         |        |         \-----Margaret Of Denmark
         |        |                 |                           /-----Frederick V Burggraf Of Nurnberg
         |        |                 |                  /-----Friedrich VI Burggraf Of Nurnberg
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth Of Thuringia
         |        |                 |         /-----Johann The Alchemist Margrave Of Brandenburg
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Friedrich Duke Of Bavaria In Landshut
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth Of Bavaria
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Magdalena Visconti Of Milan
         |        |                  \-----Dorothea Of Hohenzollern
         |        |                          |                  /-----Wenzel Kurfurst Of Saxony
         |        |                          |         /-----Rudolf III Kurfurst Of Saxony
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Giliola Of Carrara
         |        |                           \-----Barbara Of Saxony
         |        |                                   |         /-----Ruprecht I Duke Of Liegnitz
         |        |                                    \-----Barbara Of Schlesien
         |        |                                             \-----Jadwiga/Hedwig Of Sagan
          \-----Catherine STEWART
                  |                                             /-----Robert BOYD
                  |                                    /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
                  |                                   |         \-----Margaret GIFFORD
                  |                           /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
                  |                          |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
                  |                          |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
                  |                          |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
                  |                  /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
                  |                 |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
                  |                 |         \-----Joanna MONTGOMERIE
                  |                 |                 |         /-----John Lord Of The Isles
                  |                 |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
                  |                 |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
                  |         /-----Archibald BOYD
                  |        |        |                           /-----Sir John MAXWELL
                  |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel LINDSAY
                  |        |        |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert DANIELSTON
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth DANIELSTON
                  |        |         \-----Mariot MAXWELL
                  |        |                 |                  /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                  |        |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk)
                  |        |                  \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
                  |        |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY
                  |        |                           \-----(Unk) HAY
                  |        |                                    \-----Janet GIFFORD
                   \-----Margaret BOYD
                            \-----Christian MURE

Descendants of John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell

1. John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS

m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS father: David DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus mother: Margaret HAMILTON

2+ Elizabeth MAXWELL m. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries

3+ Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Elizabeth BEAUMONT

2nd generation

2. Elizabeth MAXWELL m. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries

m. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries father: William MAXWELL, Lord Herries mother: Catherine KERR

4+ John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Elizabeth GORDON

5+ Elizabeth MAXWELL m. George SETON, Earl of Wintoun

3. Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Elizabeth BEAUMONT

m. Elizabeth BEAUMONT father: Sir Francis BEAUMONT

6 Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale

3rd generation

4. John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Elizabeth GORDON

m. Elizabeth GORDON father: Sir Robert GORDON mother: Isabel RUTHVEN

7+ Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Lucy DOUGLAS

5. Elizabeth MAXWELL m. George SETON, Earl of Wintoun

m. George SETON, Earl of Wintoun father: Robert SETON, Earl of Wintoun mother: Margaret MONTGOMERY

8+ Anne SETON m. John STEWART, Earl of Traquair

4th generation

7. Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Lucy DOUGLAS

m. Lucy DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas mother: Mary GORDON

9+ Mary MAXWELL m. Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair

10+ William MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Winifred HERBERT

8. Anne SETON m. John STEWART, Earl of Traquair

m. John STEWART, Earl of Traquair father: John STEWART, Earl of Traquair mother: Catherine CARNEGIE

11 William STEWART, Earl of Traquair

12+ Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair m. Mary MAXWELL

5th generation

9. Mary MAXWELL m. Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair

m. Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair father: John STEWART, Earl of Traquair mother: Anne SETON

13 Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair m. Theresa CONYERS

14+ John STUART, Earl Of Traquair m. Christian ANSTRUTHER

15 Mary STUART m. John DRUMMOND; John DRUMMOND father: James DRUMMOND, Earl of Perth mother: Lilias DRUMMOND

16+ Catherine STEWART m. William MAXWELL

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

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

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

12. Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair m. Mary MAXWELL

m. Mary MAXWELL father: Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale mother: Lucy DOUGLAS

13 Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair m. Theresa CONYERS

14+ John STUART, Earl Of Traquair m. Christian ANSTRUTHER

15 Mary STUART m. John DRUMMOND; John DRUMMOND father: James DRUMMOND, Earl of Perth mother: Lilias DRUMMOND

16+ Catherine STEWART m. William MAXWELL