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:
Bibliography
  1. 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].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: CP IX p561],
parents:
[Ref: CP IX p561]
Sources for baptism Information
date:
[Ref: CP IX p561]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP IX p561],
place:
[Ref: CP IX p561]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: CP IX p561]
Research Notes:
2nd Earl of Nithsdale, of Earldom cr 1620 [Ref: CP IX p561]

heir of his father [Ref: CP IX p561]



Pedigree of Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale
                                                                /-----Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                                                       /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                                                      |         \-----(Unk) HERRIES
                                              /-----John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell
                                             |        |         /-----Sir John FORRESTER
                                             |         \-----Janet FORRESTER
                                             |                  \-----Jean SINCLAIR
                                     /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                                    |        |                  /-----Stephen CRICHTON
                                    |        |         /-----George CRICHTON, Earl Of Caithness
                                    |        |        |         \-----(Unk) CAIRNS
                                    |         \-----Janet CRICHTON
                                    |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                                    |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
                                    |                           \-----(Unk) HAY
                            /-----Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                           |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
                           |        |                  /-----Sir William STEWART
                           |        |                 |         \-----Marion STEWART
                           |        |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
                           |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
                           |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth LENNOX
                           |         \-----Agnes STEWART
                           |                 |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
                           |                 |         /-----Sir Archibald DOUGLAS
                           |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
                   /-----Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
                  |        |                           /-----William DOUGLAS
                  |        |                          |         \-----Janet De MAXWELL
                  |        |                  /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
                  |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
                  |        |         /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter SCOTT
                  |        |        |        |         /-----David SCOTT
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret COCKBURN
                  |        |        |         \-----Janet SCOTT
                  |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
                  |                 |                           /-----Roger GORDON
                  |                 |                  /-----William GORDON
                  |                 |         /-----Sir John GORDON
                  |                  \-----Elizabeth GORDON
                  |                           \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
          /-----John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
         |        |                                             /-----Sir James DOUGLAS, Lord Dalkeith
         |        |                                    /-----James DOUGLAS, Lord Dalkeith
         |        |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |        |                           /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
         |        |                          |        |         /-----James GIFFORD
         |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth GIFFORD
         |        |                  /-----Sir John DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Robert III King Of Scots
         |        |                 |        |         /-----James I King Of Scots
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
         |        |                 |         \-----Joan STEWART
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
         |        |                 |                  \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
         |        |                 |                           \-----Margaret HOLAND
         |        |         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
         |        |        |        |         /-----Patrick CRICHTON
         |        |        |         \-----Janet CRICHTON
         |         \-----Beatrice DOUGLAS
         |                 |                                    /-----James I King Of Scots
         |                 |                           /-----James II King Of Scots
         |                 |                          |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
         |                 |                  /-----James III King Of Scots
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Arnold Duke Of Gueldres, Count Of Zutphen
         |                 |                 |         \-----Marie Of Gueldres
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Catherine Of Cleve
         |                 |         /-----James IV King Of Scots
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Dietrich The Fortunate Count Of Oldenberg
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Christian I King Of Denmark
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Heilwig Von Holstein
         |                 |        |         \-----Margaret Of Denmark
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Johann The Alchemist Margrave Of Brandenburg
         |                 |        |                  \-----Dorothea Of Hohenzollern
         |                 |        |                           \-----Barbara Of Saxony
         |                  \-----Catherine STEWART
         |                          |                           /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
         |                          |                  /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
         |                          |                 |         \-----Joanna MONTGOMERIE
         |                          |         /-----Archibald BOYD
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
         |                          |        |         \-----Mariot MAXWELL
         |                          |        |                  \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
         |                           \-----Margaret BOYD
         |                                    \-----Christian MURE
 /-----Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale
|        |                                                      /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |                                             /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |                                            |         \-----Margaret HAY
|        |                                    /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Sir John SIBBALD
|        |                                   |         \-----Isabel SIBBALD
|        |                                   |                  \-----Joan LIVINGSTON
|        |                           /-----George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|        |                          |        |         /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Joanna MONTGOMERIE
|        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth BOYD
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
|        |                          |                  \-----Mariot MAXWELL
|        |                          |                           \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
|        |                  /-----George DOUGLAS
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Walter DRUMMOND
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Margaret RUTHVEN
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir David MURRAY
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Margaret COLQUHOUN
|        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth DRUMMOND
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Marjory OGILVIE
|        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Sir David DUNBAR
|        |                 |                           \-----Margaret DUNBAR
|        |         /-----David DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |        |        |         /-----David DOUGLAS
|        |        |         \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|         \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|                 |                                             /-----Sir John HAMILTON
|                 |                                    /-----Sir James HAMILTON
|                 |                                   |         \-----Jacoba DOUGLAS
|                 |                           /-----James HAMILTON, Lord Hamilton
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
|                 |                          |         \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
|                 |                          |                  \-----(Unk) DUNDAS
|                 |                  /-----James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----James I King Of Scots
|                 |                 |        |         /-----James II King Of Scots
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|                 |                 |         \-----Mary STEWART
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Arnold Duke Of Gueldres, Count Of Zutphen
|                 |                 |                  \-----Marie Of Gueldres
|                 |                 |                           \-----Catherine Of Cleve
|                 |         /-----Sir John HAMILTON
|                  \-----Margaret HAMILTON
|                          |                                    /-----Sir Alexander HOME, Lord Home
|                          |                           /-----Alexander HOME
|                          |                          |         \-----Mariot LAUDER
|                          |                  /-----Alexander HOME, Lord Home
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
|                          |                 |         \-----Agnes HEPBURN
|                          |                 |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
|                          |         /-----Alexander HOME, Lord Home
|                          |        |        |         /-----Sir George KER
|                          |        |         \-----Nichole KER
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|                          |        |                  \-----Mariot SINCLAIR
|                          |        |                           \-----Katherine HOME
|                           \-----Janet HOME
|                                   |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
|                                   |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
|                                   |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
|                                   |         /-----Sir James STEWART, Earl Of Buchan
|                                   |        |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
|                                   |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|                                   |        |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
|                                    \-----Agnes STEWART
|                                             \-----Margaret (MURRAY)
Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale
|         /-----Sir Francis BEAUMONT
 \-----Elizabeth BEAUMONT



Descendants of Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale
1. Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale