Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-28-2022.

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 may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.

Individual Page

Person Info

Name: Sir Alexander ROBERTSON
Sex: M
Death: Abt 3 Feb 1679/80 in Holland ^d

Parents:

Father:
David ROBERTSON Death: Before Mar 1657

Mother:

Jean BRUCE Birth: 1 Death: Jan 1671

Family:
Marriage:

Jean MURRAY on Abt 1655 .^m1
Jean MURRAY Death: After 20 May 1664

Children:

Sir David COLYEAR, Earl of Portmore Birth: Abt 1656 in Brabant Death: 2 Jan 1729/30

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Baronetage, 1611-1800, vol 4 English Irish and Scottish 1665-1707. Exeter, England: W Pollard, 1904. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/268971 Also available at https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524408 Also available at https://archive.org/details/completebaroneta04coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CB IV [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 10, Oakham-Richmond. London: St Catherine Press, 1945. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP X [Ap][p0-9].*].
Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP VII p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

parents:: [Ref: SP VII p89],
father:: [Ref: CB IV p81]

Sources for death Information

date:: in or before 1691 [Ref: CB IV p81]; shortly before 3 Feb 1679/80 [Ref: SP VII p90],
place:: [Ref: SP VII p90]

Sources with Information about marriage to Jean MURRAY

date:: abt 1655 [Ref: SP VII p90],
child:: [Ref: CP X p603, SP VII p90]

Research Notes:
1st Bart [Ref: CB IV p81, CP X p603, SP VII p90]

David Alexander, known as Alexander [Ref: SP VII p89]

20 Feb 1676/7: cr Baronet [Ref: CB IV p81]

26 Feb 1676/7: created a Baronet by Charles II [Ref: SP VII p90]

Pedigree of Sir Alexander ROBERTSON
/-----David ROBERTSON
Sir Alexander ROBERTSON
|                                                               /-----Sir Alexander BRUCE
|                                                      /-----John BRUCE
|                                                     |         \-----Margaret FORRESTER
|                                             /-----Sir Robert BRUCE
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir William MENTEITH
|                                            |         \-----Elizabeth MENTEITH
|                                            |                  \-----Helen LIVINGSTON
|                                    /-----Robert BRUCE
|                                   |        |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
|                                   |        |         /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth HEPBURN
|                                   |         \-----Euphemia MONTGOMERY
|                                   |                 |         /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
|                                   |                  \-----Catherine KENNEDY
|                                   |                           \-----Catherine MAXWELL
|                           /-----Sir Alexander BRUCE
|                          |        |         /-----Sir Walter FORRESTER
|                          |         \-----Janet FORRESTER
|                  /-----William BRUCE
|                 |        |                                    /-----Alexander LIVINGSTON
|                 |        |                           /-----James LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
|                 |        |                  /-----William LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert FLEMING, Lord Fleming
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth FLEMING
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Janet DOUGLAS
|                 |        |         /-----Alexander LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Hailes
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Alexander HEPBURN
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Ellen WALLACE
|                 |        |        |         \-----Agnes HEPBURN
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Alexander NAPIER
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Janet NAPIER
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Elizabeth LAUDER
|                 |         \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
|                 |                 |                           /-----James DOUGLAS, Lord Dalkeith
|                 |                 |                  /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth GIFFORD
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir John DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----James I King Of Scots
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Joan STEWART
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|                 |                  \-----Agnes DOUGLAS
|                 |                          |         /-----Patrick CRICHTON
|                 |                           \-----Janet CRICHTON
|         /-----Sir John BRUCE
|        |        |                                             /-----Robert FLEMING, Lord Fleming
|        |        |                                    /-----Malcolm FLEMING
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
|        |        |                           /-----John FLEMING, Lord Fleming
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----James LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
|        |        |                          |         \-----Eupheme LIVINGSTON
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Marian
|        |        |                  /-----Malcolm FLEMING, Lord Fleming
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
|        |        |                 |         \-----Eupheme DRUMMOND
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Margaret DUNBAR
|        |        |         /-----John FLEMING, Lord Fleming
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----James II King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----James III King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Marie Of Gueldres
|        |        |        |        |         /-----James IV King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Christian I King Of Denmark
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Denmark
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Dorothea Of Hohenzollern
|        |        |        |         \-----Janet STEWART
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir James STEWART, Earl Of Buchan
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|        |        |        |                  \-----Agnes STEWART
|        |        |        |                           \-----Margaret (MURRAY)
|        |         \-----Jean FLEMING
|        |                 |                                    /-----Robert ROSS
|        |                 |                           /-----John ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Agnes MELVILLE
|        |                 |                  /-----Ninian ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir Archibald EDMONSTONE
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Christian EDMONSTONE
|        |                 |         /-----Robert ROSS
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Eleanor SINCLAIR
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Marjorie SUTHERLAND
|        |                  \-----Elizabeth ROSS
|        |                           \-----Agnes MONCRIEFF
\-----Jean BRUCE
         |                                                      /-----James ELPHINSTONE
         |                                             /-----Sir John ELPHINSTONE
         |                                            |         \-----Isabella BRUCE
         |                                    /-----Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone
         |                                   |         \-----Euphemia
         |                           /-----Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone
         |                          |         \-----Elizabeth BARLOW
         |                  /-----Robert ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone
         |                 |        |                           /-----Alexander ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
         |                 |        |                  /-----Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Christian CRICHTON
         |                 |        |         /-----John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----George CAMPBELL
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Isabel CAMPBELL
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----(Unk) KENNEDY
         |                 |         \-----Katherine ERSKINE
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
         |                 |                 |         /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                 |                  \-----Margaret CAMPBELL
         |                 |                          |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
         |                 |                           \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                 |                                    \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
         |         /-----Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
         |        |        |                           /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret DUNBAR
         |        |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
         |        |         \-----Margaret DRUMMOND
         |        |                 |                           /-----James II King Of Scots
         |        |                 |                  /-----James III King Of Scots
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Marie Of Gueldres
         |        |                 |         /-----James IV King Of Scots
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Christian I King Of Denmark
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret Of Denmark
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Dorothea Of Hohenzollern
         |        |                  \-----Margaret Of Scotland
         |        |                          |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
         |        |                          |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
         |        |                           \-----Margaret DRUMMOND
         |        |                                   |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |        |                                    \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
         |        |                                             \-----Margaret DUNBAR
          \-----Margaret ELPHINSTONE
                  |                                             /-----Alexander LIVINGSTON
                  |                                    /-----James LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
                  |                           /-----William LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
                  |                          |        |         /-----Robert FLEMING, Lord Fleming
                  |                          |         \-----Elizabeth FLEMING
                  |                          |                  \-----Janet DOUGLAS
                  |                  /-----Alexander LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Hailes
                  |                 |        |         /-----Alexander HEPBURN
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Ellen WALLACE
                  |                 |         \-----Agnes HEPBURN
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Alexander NAPIER
                  |                 |                  \-----Janet NAPIER
                  |                 |                           \-----Elizabeth LAUDER
                  |         /-----William LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
                  |        |        |                           /-----James DOUGLAS, Lord Dalkeith
                  |        |        |                  /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth GIFFORD
                  |        |        |         /-----Sir John DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----James I King Of Scots
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Joan STEWART
                  |        |        |        |                  \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
                  |        |         \-----Agnes DOUGLAS
                  |        |                 |         /-----Patrick CRICHTON
                  |        |                  \-----Janet CRICHTON
                   \-----Jean LIVINGSTON
                           |                                    /-----Robert FLEMING, Lord Fleming
                           |                           /-----Malcolm FLEMING
                           |                          |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
                           |                  /-----John FLEMING, Lord Fleming
                           |                 |        |         /-----James LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
                           |                 |         \-----Eupheme LIVINGSTON
                           |                 |                  \-----Marian
                           |         /-----Malcolm FLEMING, Lord Fleming
                           |        |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
                           |        |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
                           |        |        |        |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
                           |        |         \-----Eupheme DRUMMOND
                           |        |                 |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                           |        |                  \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
                           |        |                           \-----Margaret DUNBAR
                            \-----Agnes FLEMING
                                    |                           /-----James II King Of Scots
                                    |                  /-----James III King Of Scots
                                    |                 |         \-----Marie Of Gueldres
                                    |         /-----James IV King Of Scots
                                    |        |        |         /-----Christian I King Of Denmark
                                    |        |         \-----Margaret Of Denmark
                                    |        |                  \-----Dorothea Of Hohenzollern
                                     \-----Janet STEWART
                                             |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
                                             |         /-----Sir James STEWART, Earl Of Buchan
                                             |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
                                              \-----Agnes STEWART
                                                       \-----Margaret (MURRAY)

Descendants of Sir Alexander ROBERTSON

1. Sir Alexander ROBERTSON m. Jean MURRAY

m. Jean MURRAY father: Walter MURRAY mother: Jean BALFOUR

2 Sir David COLYEAR, Earl of Portmore m. Catherine SIDLEY; Catherine SIDLEY father: Sir Charles SIDLEY mother: Catherine SAVAGE