Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 01-20-2025.

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: Jean WEMYSS
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: 2 b
  • Death: 5 Jan 1714/5 in Rosebank, Inveresk, Midlothian d
  • Burial: 18 Jan 1714/5 in Abbey Church, Holyroodhouse u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss Birth: 6 Sep 1610 Death: Jun 1679
    • Mother:
  • Anna BALFOUR Death: 10 Nov 1649 in Wemyss

Family:
Marriage:
Marriage: Children:
  1. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland Death: 27 Jun 1733 in Chelsea

Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-1, Skelmersdale-Towton. London: St Catherine Press, 1953. 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/1 [Ap][p0-9].*].
  2. 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 VIII p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
second daughter [Ref: SP VIII p352],
parents:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p558],
father:
[Ref: SP VIII p352]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p559, SP VIII p352],
place:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p559, SP VIII p352]
Sources for burial Information
date:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p559, SP VIII p352],
place:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p559, SP VIII p352]
Sources with Information about marriage to Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
date:
first marriage of Jean [Ref: SP VIII p352]
Sources with Information about marriage to George GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland
date:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p558, SP VIII p352],
place:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p558],
child:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p559, SP VIII p352]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Jean WEMYSS
                   /-----Sir John WEMYSS
          /-----John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss
         |        |                  /-----Sir James STEWART
         |        |         /-----James STEWART, Lord Doune And St Colme
         |         \-----Mary STEWART
         |                 |                                    /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
         |                 |                           /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
         |                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                 |                  /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
         |                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
         |                 |         /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Alexander GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth HAY
         |                 |        |         \-----Jean GORDON
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
         |                 |        |                  \-----Janet STEWART
         |                 |        |                           \-----Margaret DOUGLAS, Countess Of Douglas
         |                  \-----Margaret CAMPBELL
         |                          |                           /-----Patrick GRAHAM
         |                          |                  /-----Alexander GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
         |                          |                 |         \-----Isobel ERSKINE
         |                          |         /-----William GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Walter BUCHANAN
         |                          |        |         \-----Margaret BUCHANAN
         |                           \-----Margaret GRAHAM
         |                                   |         /-----John MOUBRAY
         |                                    \-----Margaret MOUBRAY
 /-----David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss
|        |                                                      /-----Patrick GRAY, Master Of Gray
|        |                                             /-----Andrew GREY, Lord Grey
|        |                                            |         \-----Annabel FORBES
|        |                                    /-----Gilbert GRAY
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
|        |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |                                   |                  \-----Margaret DOUGLAS, Countess Of Douglas
|        |                           /-----Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Laurence MERCER
|        |                          |         \-----Egidia MERCER
|        |                  /-----Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir John OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie
|        |                 |        |                  /-----James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Jean GRAHAM
|        |                 |        |         /-----James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret LINDSAY
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Isobel CAMPBELL
|        |                 |         \-----Marion OGILVY
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----William SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Christian LESLIE
|        |                 |                  \-----Helen SINCLAIR
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Adam HEPBURN, Master Of Hailes
|        |                 |                           \-----Margaret HEPBURN
|        |                 |                                    \-----Helen HOME
|        |         /-----Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Patrick RUTHVEN
|        |        |        |                           /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----(Unk) CRANSTON
|        |        |        |                  /-----William RUTHVEN, Master Of Ruthven
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel LEVINGTON
|        |        |        |         /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Catherine BUTTERGASK
|        |        |         \-----Barbara RUTHVEN
|        |        |                 |                           /-----John HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|        |        |                 |                  /-----George HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Janet SETON
|        |        |                 |         /-----Patrick HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Mariot
|        |        |                  \-----Janet HALYBURTON, Baroness Dirletoun
|        |        |                          |         /-----James DOUGLAS
|        |        |                           \-----Margaret DOUGLAS
|         \-----Jean GRAY
|                 |                                             /-----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
|                 |                  /-----James V King Of Scots
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Edmund TUDOR, Earl Of Richmond
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Henry VII TUDOR, King Of England
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret BEAUFORT
|                 |                 |         \-----Margaret TUDOR
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Edward IV Duke Of York, King Of England
|                 |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth PLANTAGENET
|                 |                 |                           \-----Elizabeth WYDVILLE
|                 |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Orkney
|                 |        |        |                           /-----James ELPHINSTONE
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir John ELPHINSTONE
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabella BRUCE
|                 |        |        |         /-----Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Euphemia
|                 |        |         \-----Euphemia ELPHINSTONE
|                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth BARLOW
|                  \-----Mary STEWART
|                          |                                    /-----John KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
|                          |                           /-----David KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis
|                          |                          |         \-----Elizabeth MONTGOMERY
|                          |                  /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
|                          |                 |         \-----Agnes BORTHWICK
|                          |         /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
|                          |        |        |         /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                          |        |         \-----Isabel CAMPBELL
|                          |        |                 |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
|                          |        |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                          |        |                           \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
|                           \-----Jean KENNEDY
|                                   |         /-----Alexander KENNEDY
|                                    \-----Margaret KENNEDY
Jean WEMYSS
|         /-----Robert ARNOT-BALFOUR, Lord Balfour Of Burleigh
 \-----Anna BALFOUR
         |                  /-----Sir James BALFOUR
         |         /-----Michael BALFOUR, Lord Balfour Of Burleigh
         |        |        |         /-----Michael BALFOUR
         |        |         \-----Margaret BALFOUR
          \-----Margaret BALFOUR
                  |         /-----William LUNDIN
                   \-----Margaret LUNDIN



Descendants of Jean WEMYSS
1. Jean WEMYSS m1. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus m2. George GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland
m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus father: William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas mother: Margaret HAMILTON
m. George GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland father: John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland mother: Jean DRUMMOND

2nd generation

2. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland m1. Helen COCHRANE m2. Katherine TOLLEMACHE m3. Frances HODGSON
m. Helen COCHRANE father: William COCHRANE mother: Catherine KENNEDY
m. Katherine TOLLEMACHE father: Lionel TOLLEMACHE mother: Elizabeth MURRAY
m. Frances HODGSON father: Sir Thomas HODGSON

3rd generation

3. William GORDON-SUTHERLAND m. Katharine MORISON
m. Katharine MORISON father: William MORISON mother: Janet ROCHEID

4th generation

4. William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland m. Elizabeth WEMYSS
m. Elizabeth WEMYSS father: David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss mother: Elizabeth St CLAIR

5th generation

6. Elizabeth SUTHERLAND, Countess Of Sutherland m. George Granville LEVESON-GOWER, Duke Of Sutherland
m. George Granville LEVESON-GOWER, Duke Of Sutherland father: Granville LEVESON-GOWER, Marquess Of Stafford mother: Louisa EGERTON