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


Family:
Marriage:
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:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p562, SP VIII p358],
parents:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p562, SP VIII p358]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p562, SP VIII p359],
place:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p562, SP VIII p359]
Sources for burial Information
date:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p562],
place:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p562]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary MAXWELL
date:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p562, SP VIII p359],
place:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p562]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
child:
Elizabeth Countess of Sutherland (#189171) [Ref: SP VIII p359]
Research Notes:
18th Earl of Sutherland, of Earldom cr 1235 [Ref: CP XII/1 p562]
17th Earl of Sutherland [Ref: SP VIII p358]

heir of his father [Ref: CP XII/1 p562]



Pedigree of William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
                                                                /-----John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland
                                                       /-----Alexander GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland
                                                      |         \-----Helen STEWART
                                              /-----John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland
                                             |        |         /-----George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
                                             |         \-----Jean GORDON
                                             |                  \-----Elizabeth KEITH
                                     /-----John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland
                                    |        |                  /-----Robert ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone
                                    |        |         /-----Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone
                                    |        |        |         \-----Margaret DRUMMOND
                                    |         \-----Agnes ELPHINSTONE
                                    |                 |         /-----William LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
                                    |                  \-----Jean LIVINGSTON
                                    |                           \-----Agnes FLEMING
                            /-----George GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland
                           |        |                           /-----David DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
                           |        |                  /-----Patrick DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
                           |        |                 |         \-----Lilian RUTHVEN
                           |        |         /-----James DRUMMOND, Earl of Perth
                           |        |        |        |         /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                           |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
                           |        |        |                  \-----Catherine CAMPBELL
                           |         \-----Jean DRUMMOND
                           |                 |                  /-----George SETON, Lord Seton
                           |                 |         /-----Robert SETON, Earl of Wintoun
                           |                 |        |         \-----Isabel HAMILTON
                           |                  \-----Isabel SETON
                           |                          |         /-----Hugh MONTGOMERIE, Earl Of Eglintoun
                           |                           \-----Margaret MONTGOMERY
                           |                                    \-----Agnes DRUMMOND
                   /-----John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland
                  |        |                           /-----Sir John WEMYSS
                  |        |                  /-----John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----James STEWART, Lord Doune And St Colme
                  |        |                 |         \-----Mary STEWART
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret CAMPBELL
                  |        |         /-----David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Barbara RUTHVEN
                  |        |        |         \-----Jean GRAY
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Orkney
                  |        |        |                  \-----Mary STEWART
                  |        |        |                           \-----Jean KENNEDY
                  |         \-----Jean WEMYSS
                  |                 |         /-----Robert ARNOT-BALFOUR, Lord Balfour Of Burleigh
                  |                  \-----Anna BALFOUR
                  |                          |                  /-----Sir James BALFOUR
                  |                          |         /-----Michael BALFOUR, Lord Balfour Of Burleigh
                  |                          |        |         \-----Margaret BALFOUR
                  |                           \-----Margaret BALFOUR
                  |                                   |         /-----William LUNDIN
                  |                                    \-----Margaret LUNDIN
          /-----William GORDON-SUTHERLAND
         |        |                           /-----Alexander BLAIR-COCHRANE
         |        |                  /-----William COCHRANE, Earl Of Dundonald
         |        |                 |        |         /-----William COCHRANE
         |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth COCHRANE
         |        |         /-----William COCHRANE
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William SCOTT
         |        |        |         \-----Eupheme SCOTT
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John SKENE
         |        |        |                  \-----Jean SKENE
         |         \-----Helen COCHRANE
         |                 |                                    /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis
         |                 |                           /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis
         |                 |                          |         \-----Margaret KENNEDY
         |                 |                  /-----Hew KENNEDY
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----John LYON, Lord Glamis
         |                 |                 |         \-----Margaret LYON
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Janet KEITH
         |                 |         /-----John KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Uchtred MACDOWALL
         |                 |        |         \-----Katherine MACDOWALL
         |                 |        |                  \-----Euphemia DUNBAR
         |                  \-----Catherine KENNEDY
         |                          |                  /-----Thomas HAMILTON
         |                          |         /-----Thomas HAMILTON, Earl of Haddington
         |                          |        |        |         /-----James HERIOT
         |                          |        |         \-----Elizabeth HERIOT
         |                           \-----Jean HAMILTON
         |                                   |         /-----James FOULIS
         |                                    \-----Margaret FOULIS
         |                                            |         /-----Robert HERIOT
         |                                             \-----Anne HERIOT
 /-----William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
|        |         /-----William MORISON
|         \-----Katharine MORISON
|                 |         /-----John ROCHEID
|                  \-----Janet ROCHEID
William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
|                           /-----Sir James WEMYSS
|                  /-----James WEMYSS, Lord Burntisland
|         /-----David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss
|        |        |                           /-----Sir John WEMYSS
|        |        |                  /-----John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir James STEWART
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----James STEWART, Lord Doune And St Colme
|        |        |                 |         \-----Mary STEWART
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret CAMPBELL
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Margaret GRAHAM
|        |        |         /-----David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Marion OGILVY
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Barbara RUTHVEN
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Janet HALYBURTON, Baroness Dirletoun
|        |        |        |         \-----Jean GRAY
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----James V King Of Scots
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Orkney
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Euphemia ELPHINSTONE
|        |        |        |                  \-----Mary STEWART
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis
|        |        |        |                           \-----Jean KENNEDY
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Margaret KENNEDY
|        |         \-----Margaret WEMYSS
|        |                 |                                    /-----George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
|        |                 |                           /-----Andrew LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Agnes SOMERVILLE
|        |                 |                  /-----James LESLIE, Master Of Rothes
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir James HAMILTON
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Grizel HAMILTON
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Margaret LIVINGSTON
|        |                 |         /-----John LESLIE, Earl of Rothes
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----David DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Patrick DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Lilian RUTHVEN
|        |                 |        |         \-----Katherine DRUMMOND
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Catherine CAMPBELL
|        |                  \-----Margaret LESLIE
|        |                          |                           /-----John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|        |                          |                  /-----John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Margaret CAMPBELL
|        |                          |         /-----John ERSKINE, Earl Of Mar
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----Sir William MURRAY
|        |                          |        |         \-----Annabella MURRAY
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Catherine CAMPBELL
|        |                           \-----Anna ERSKINE
|        |                                   |                  /-----John STEWART, Lord Of Aubigny
|        |                                   |         /-----Esme STEWART, Duke Of Lennox
|        |                                   |        |         \-----Anne De La QUEUILLE
|        |                                    \-----Mary STEWART
|        |                                            |         /-----Guillaume De BALSAC, Seigneur de Entragues
|        |                                             \-----Catherine De BALSAC
|        |                                                      \-----Louise De HUMIERES
 \-----Elizabeth WEMYSS
         |                  /-----John St CLAIR
         |         /-----Henry St CLAIR, Lord Sinclair
         |        |        |                                    /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair
         |        |        |                           /-----James SINCLAIR
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Janet LINDSAY
         |        |        |                  /-----Patrick SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Andrew LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel LESLIE
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Grizel HAMILTON
         |        |        |         /-----John SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John COCKBURN
         |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret COCKBURN
         |        |         \-----Catherine SINCLAIR
         |        |                 |                  /-----Sir John WEMYSS
         |        |                 |         /-----John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----James STEWART, Lord Doune And St Colme
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Mary STEWART
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret CAMPBELL
         |        |                  \-----Mary WEMYSS
         |        |                          |                  /-----Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray
         |        |                          |         /-----Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Barbara RUTHVEN
         |        |                           \-----Jean GRAY
         |        |                                   |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Orkney
         |        |                                    \-----Mary STEWART
         |        |                                             \-----Jean KENNEDY
          \-----Elizabeth St CLAIR
                  |         /-----Sir James COCKBURN
                   \-----Barbara COCKBURN



Descendants of William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
1. William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland m. Mary MAXWELL
m. Mary MAXWELL father: William MAXWELL mother: Elizabeth HAIRSTANES