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, Earl Of Nithsdale Birth: Abt Jan 1628 Death: Abt 23 Mar 1682/3 in Edinburgh

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
parents:
[Ref: CP IX p562]
Sources for death Information
date:
between 16 Feb 1655/6 and 3 Mar 1662/3 [Ref: CP IX p562]
Sources with Information about marriage to John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale
date:
cont 19 Aug 1626 [Ref: CP IX p562],
child:
[Ref: CP IX p563]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Elizabeth GORDON
 /-----Sir Robert GORDON
Elizabeth GORDON
|                                                               /-----Sir John RUTHVEN
|                                                      /-----Sir Patrick RUTHVEN
|                                             /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir Thomas CRANSTON
|                                            |         \-----(Unk) CRANSTON
|                                    /-----William RUTHVEN, Master Of Ruthven
|                                   |         \-----Isabel LEVINGTON
|                           /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|                          |         \-----Catherine BUTTERGASK
|                  /-----Patrick RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|                 |        |                                    /-----Walter HALYBURTON, Lord Of Dirletoun
|                 |        |                           /-----John HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Mary DOUGLAS
|                 |        |                  /-----George HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William SETON
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Janet SETON
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Janet DUNBAR
|                 |        |         /-----Patrick HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|                 |        |        |         \-----Mariot
|                 |         \-----Janet HALYBURTON, Baroness Dirletoun
|                 |                 |         /-----James DOUGLAS
|                 |                  \-----Margaret DOUGLAS
|         /-----William RUTHVEN, Earl of Gowrie
|        |        |                                             /-----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
|        |        |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----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
|        |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
 \-----Isabel RUTHVEN
         |                                                      /-----Murdoch STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
         |                                             /-----Sir Walter STEWART
         |                                            |         \-----Isabel LENNOX, Countess Of Lennox
         |                                    /-----Walter STEWART
         |                                   |        |         /-----Arthur CAMPBELL
         |                                   |         \-----(Unk) CAMPBELL
         |                           /-----Alexander STEWART
         |                          |         \-----Elizabeth ARNOT
         |                  /-----Andrew STEWART, Lord Avondale
         |         /-----Henry STEWART, Lord Methven
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Gilbert KENNEDY
         |        |        |                           /-----Sir James KENNEDY
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Agnes MAXWELL
         |        |        |                  /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Mary STEWART
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
         |        |        |         /-----John KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
         |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Katherine STEWART
         |        |        |        |         \-----Catherine MAXWELL
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Herbert HERRIES
         |        |        |        |                  \-----(Unk) HERRIES
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Margaret
         |        |         \-----Margaret KENNEDY
         |        |                 |                           /-----Sir William SETON
         |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Janet FLEMING
         |        |                 |         /-----Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam GORDON
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth GORDON
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth KEITH
         |        |                  \-----Elizabeth GORDON, Countess Of Erroll
         |        |                          |                  /-----Sir John CRICHTON
         |        |                          |         /-----William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Christian
         |        |                           \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
         |        |                                    \-----Agnes
          \-----Dorothy STEWART
                  |                                             /-----Sir Robert STEWART
                  |                                    /-----Sir John STEWART
                  |                           /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
                  |                          |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
                  |                          |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
                  |                          |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
                  |                  /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
                  |                 |        |                  /-----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
                  |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
                  |        |        |                           /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
                  |        |        |                  /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Jean HALYBURTON
                  |        |        |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Jill DOUGLAS
                  |        |        |        |                  \-----Jill STEWART
                  |        |         \-----Eleanor SINCLAIR
                  |        |                 |                  /-----Robert SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
                  |        |                 |         /-----Alexander SUTHERLAND
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART
                  |        |                  \-----Marjorie SUTHERLAND
                  |        |                           \-----Catherine CHALMER
                   \-----Janet 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
                            \-----Janet CAMPBELL
                                    |                           /-----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



Descendants of Elizabeth GORDON
1. Elizabeth GORDON m. John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale
m. John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale father: John MAXWELL, Lord Herries mother: Elizabeth MAXWELL

2nd generation

2. Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Lucy DOUGLAS
m. Lucy DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas mother: Mary GORDON

3rd generation

3. Mary MAXWELL m. Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair
m. Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair father: John STEWART, Earl of Traquair mother: Anne SETON
4. William MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Winifred HERBERT
m. Winifred HERBERT father: William HERBERT, Marquess of Powis mother: Elizabeth SOMERSET

4th generation

6. John STUART, Earl Of Traquair m. Christian ANSTRUTHER
m. Christian ANSTRUTHER father: Sir Philip ANSTRUTHER mother: Elizabeth HAMILTON
8. Catherine STEWART m. William MAXWELL
m. William MAXWELL father: William MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale mother: Winifred HERBERT
9. William MAXWELL m1. Catherine STEWART m2. Anne FOX
m. Catherine STEWART father: Charles STEWART, Earl of Traquair mother: Mary MAXWELL
m. Anne FOX

5th generation

11. Winifred MAXWELL m. William HAGGERSTON-CONSTABLE
m. William HAGGERSTON-CONSTABLE