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

Person Info

Name: Sir William MURRAY
Sex: M
Birth: 1 ^b
Death: 16 Mar 1583 ^d

Parents:

Father:
Sir William MURRAY Birth: 1 Death: 30 Jan 1562/3

Mother:

Catherine CAMPBELL Death: After 17 Dec 1577

Family:
Marriage:

Agnes GRAHAM .^m1
Agnes GRAHAM

Children:

John MURRAY, Earl of Tullibardine Death: Before 3 Aug 1613

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-2, Tracton-Zz. London: St Catherine Press, 1959. 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/2 [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 I p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: first son [Ref: SP I p462, SP I p466],
parents:: [Ref: SP I p462, SP I p466]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP XII/2 p62]

Sources with Information about marriage to Agnes GRAHAM

child:: [Ref: CP XII/2 p62]

Research Notes:
of Tullibardine, co Perth [Ref: CP XII/2 p62, SP I p465]

Comptroller of Scotland [Ref: CP XII/2 p62, SP I p465]

Pedigree of Sir William MURRAY
                                                                /-----Sir John MURRAY
                                                       /-----Walter MURRAY
                                              /-----Sir David MURRAY
                                             |         \-----Margaret Le BARDE
                                     /-----Sir David MURRAY
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir Robert STEWART
                                    |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART
                                    |         \-----Isabel STEWART
                                    |                 |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
                                    |                  \-----Isabel Of Argyll
                                    |                           \-----Joanna ISAAC
                            /-----William MURRAY
                           |        |                           /-----Sir Robert COLQUHOUN
                           |        |                  /-----Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN
                           |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) LUSS
                           |        |         /-----Sir John COLQUHOUN
                           |         \-----Margaret COLQUHOUN
                           |                 |                  /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk
                           |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
                           |                 |        |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
                           |                  \-----Jean ERSKINE
                           |                          |         /-----Sir Edward De KEITH
                           |                           \-----Janet KEITH
                           |                                    \-----Christian MENTEITH
                   /-----Sir William MURRAY
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir Andrew GRAY
                  |        |                           /-----Sir John GRAY
                  |        |                  /-----Sir Patrick GRAY
                  |        |         /-----Sir Andrew GRAY
                  |        |        |         \-----Margaret
                  |         \-----Margaret GRAY
                  |                 |         /-----Sir Walter BUCHANAN
                  |                  \-----Elizabeth BUCHANAN
          /-----Sir William MURRAY
         |        |                                             /-----Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |        |                                    /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |        |                           /-----Sir Robert KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |        |                          |        |         /-----John FRASER
         |        |                          |         \-----Margaret FRASER
         |        |                  /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) Of TROUP
         |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH, Earl Marischal
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir David HAMILTON
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John HAMILTON
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Janet KEITH
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir James HAMILTON
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Jacoba DOUGLAS
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Agnes DUNBAR
         |        |        |         \-----Mary HAMILTON
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir John LIVINGSTON
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) MENTEITH
         |        |        |                  \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
         |        |        |                          |         /-----James DUNDAS
         |        |        |                           \-----(Unk) DUNDAS
         |         \-----Mary KEITH
         |                 |                                    /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk
         |                 |                           /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
         |                 |                          |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
         |                 |                  /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir Edward De KEITH
         |                 |                 |         \-----Janet KEITH
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Christian MENTEITH
         |                 |         /-----Thomas ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
         |                 |        |        |         /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Catherine STIRLING
         |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                 |        |                           \-----Euphemia Of Ross
         |                  \-----Mariot ERSKINE
         |                           \-----Janet DOUGLAS
/-----Sir William MURRAY
|        |                                                      /-----Sir John STEWART
|        |                                             /-----Sir James STEWART
|        |                                            |         \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
|        |                                    /-----Sir Robert STEWART
|        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
|        |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Alan Mac JOHN
|        |                 |        |                  /-----John Of Argyll, Lord Of Lorn
|        |                 |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
|        |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Thomas ISAAC
|        |                 |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
|        |                 |                           \-----Mathilda De BRUS
|        |                 |                                    \-----Elizabeth De BURG
|        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Edward II King Of England
|        |        |        |                           /-----Edward III King Of England
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Isabella Of France
|        |        |        |                  /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----William III Count Of Hainault And Holland
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Philippa Of Hainault
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Joanna Of Valois
|        |        |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Payn Roet Of Hainault, Gulenne King Of Arms
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Katharine Of Hainault
|        |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Sir Robert De HOLAND, Lord Holand
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas De HOLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Maud La Zouche
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas HOLLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Edmund Of Woodstock PLANTAGENET, Earl Of Kent
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan PLANTAGENET, Fair Maid Of Kent, Countess
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret WAKE, Baroness Wake
|        |        |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Sir Edmund FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel
|        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Richard FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel And Surrey
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Alice De WARENNE
|        |        |                           \-----Alice FITZALAN
|        |        |                                   |         /-----Henry PLANTAGENET, Earl Of Lancaster
|        |        |                                    \-----Eleanor PLANTAGENET
|        |        |                                             \-----Maud CHAWORTH
|         \-----Margaret STEWART
|                 |                                             /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|                 |                                    /-----James DOUGLAS
|                 |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                 |                           /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
|                 |                          |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
|                 |                          |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
|                 |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Andrew MORAY
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORAY, Lord Of Bothwell
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Christian BRUCE
|                 |                 |         \-----Joan MORAY
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Maurice MORAY, Earl Of Strathern
|                 |                 |                  \-----Joan MORAY
|                 |                 |                           \-----Joan De MONTEITH
|                 |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|                 |        |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                 |        |        |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|                 |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|                 |        |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Sir William De MONTIFICHET
|                 |        |                           \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
|                  \-----Margaret DOUGLAS, Countess Of Douglas
|                          |                                    /-----Sir David GRAHAM
|                          |                           /-----Sir David GRAHAM
|                          |                  /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Laurence De ABERNETHY
|                          |                 |         \-----Helen De ABERNETHY
|                          |         /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM, Earl Of Strathern
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|                          |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel GRAHAM
|                          |        |         \-----Euphemia STEWART
|                           \-----Eupheme GRAHAM
|                                   |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|                                   |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                                   |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|                                   |         /-----David STEWART, Earl Of Strathern And Caithness
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|                                   |        |         \-----Euphemia Of Ross
|                                   |        |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM
|                                    \-----Eupheme STEWART, Countess Palatine Of Strathern
|                                            |                  /-----Sir David LINDSAY
|                                            |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|                                            |        |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
|                                             \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
|                                                     |         /-----Sir John STIRLING
|                                                      \-----Catherine STIRLING
Sir William MURRAY
|                                                               /-----Sir Neil CAMPBELL
|                                                      /-----Sir Colin CAMPBELL
|                                                     |         \-----(Unk Dau) CRAWFORD
|                                             /-----Gillespic CAMPBELL
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
|                                            |         \-----Helena De MONTEITH
|                                    /-----Sir Colin CAMPBELL
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir John LAMONT
|                                   |         \-----Isabel LAMONT
|                           /-----Sir Duncan CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir Neil CAMPBELL
|                          |        |                  /-----Dougal CAMPBELL
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Mary De BRUS
|                          |        |         /-----John CAMPBELL
|                          |         \-----Mariot CAMPBELL
|                  /-----Sir Colin CAMPBELL
|                 |        |                                    /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |        |                           /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|                 |        |                  /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|                 |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART
|                 |         \-----Margaret STEWART
|         /-----Sir Duncan CAMPBELL
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir James STEWART
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir Robert STEWART
|        |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
|        |        |                  /-----Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----John Of Argyll, Lord Of Lorn
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
|        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Thomas ISAAC
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Mathilda De BRUS
|        |        |         /-----John STEWART, Lord Lorn
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|        |        |        |         \-----Joan STEWART
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Annabelle Of Strathearn
|        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Alan De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
|        |        |        |                           \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Marjory
|        |         \-----Jonet STEWART
|        |                  \-----Fingula Of The Isles
\-----Catherine CAMPBELL
         |         /-----Sir John MONCRIEFF
          \-----Margaret MONCRIEFF

Descendants of Sir William MURRAY

1. Sir William MURRAY m. Agnes GRAHAM

m. Agnes GRAHAM father: William GRAHAM, Lord Graham, Earl Of Montrose mother: Janet KEITH

2+ John MURRAY, Earl of Tullibardine m. Catherine DRUMMOND

2nd generation

2. John MURRAY, Earl of Tullibardine m. Catherine DRUMMOND

m. Catherine DRUMMOND father: David DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond mother: Lilian RUTHVEN

3+ Anne MURRAY m1. James V King Of Scots m2. Patrick LYON, Earl of Kinghorn

4+ William MURRAY, Earl of Tullibardine m1. Cecilia WEMYSS m2. Dorothy STEWART

3rd generation

3. Anne MURRAY m1. James V King Of Scots m2. Patrick LYON, Earl of Kinghorn

m. James V King Of Scots father: James IV King Of Scots mother: Margaret TUDOR

m. Patrick LYON, Earl of Kinghorn father: John LYON, Lord Glamis mother: Elizabeth ABERNETHY

5+ Anne LYON m. William HAY, Earl Of Erroll

6+ John LYON, Earl of Kinghorn m1. Margaret ERSKINE m2. Elizabeth MAULE

4. William MURRAY, Earl of Tullibardine m1. Cecilia WEMYSS m2. Dorothy STEWART

m. Cecilia WEMYSS father: Sir John WEMYSS mother: Mary STEWART

m. Dorothy STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl mother: Mary RUTHVEN

7+ John MURRAY, Earl of Atholl m. Jean CAMPBELL

8+ Mary MURRAY m. Sir John MONCREIFF

4th generation

5. Anne LYON m. William HAY, Earl Of Erroll

m. William HAY, Earl Of Erroll father: Francis HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS

9+ Margaret HAY m1. Harry KER, Lord Ker m2. John KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis

6. John LYON, Earl of Kinghorn m1. Margaret ERSKINE m2. Elizabeth MAULE

m. Margaret ERSKINE father: John ERSKINE, Earl Of Mar mother: Mary STEWART

m. Elizabeth MAULE father: Patrick MAULE, Earl of Panmure mother: Frances STANHOPE

10+ Elizabeth LYON m. Charles GORDON, Earl of Aboyne

11+ Patrick LYON, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn m. Helen MIDDLETON

7. John MURRAY, Earl of Atholl m. Jean CAMPBELL

m. Jean CAMPBELL father: Sir Duncan CAMPBELL mother: Elizabeth SINCLAIR

12+ John MURRAY, Marquess Of Atholl m. Amelia Sophia STANLEY

8. Mary MURRAY m. Sir John MONCREIFF

m. Sir John MONCREIFF father: William MONCREIFF mother: Anne MURRAY

13 Jane MONCREIFF m1. Sir Simon FRASER m2. Sir Thomas BURNETT, Baron Of Leys; Sir Thomas BURNETT, Baron Of Leys father: Alexander BURNETT mother: Katharine GORDON

5th generation

9. Margaret HAY m1. Harry KER, Lord Ker m2. John KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis

m. Harry KER, Lord Ker father: Robert KER, Earl of Roxburghe mother: Jean DRUMMOND

14+ Jean KER m. William DRUMMOND-KER, Earl of Roxburghe

15 Anne KER m. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown

m. John KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis father: Hew KENNEDY mother: Katherine MACDOWALL

10. Elizabeth LYON m. Charles GORDON, Earl of Aboyne

m. Charles GORDON, Earl of Aboyne father: George GORDON, Marquess Of Huntley mother: Anne CAMPBELL

16 Elizabeth GORDON m. John MACKENZIE, Earl Of Cromarty; John MACKENZIE, Earl Of Cromarty father: George MACKENZIE, Earl Of Cromarty mother: Anne SINCLAIR

11. Patrick LYON, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn m. Helen MIDDLETON

m. Helen MIDDLETON father: John MIDDLETON, Earl of Middleton mother: Grizel DURHAM

17+ Grizel LYON m. David OGILVY, Earl Of Airlie

18+ John LYON, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn m. Elizabeth STANHOPE

12. John MURRAY, Marquess Of Atholl m. Amelia Sophia STANLEY

m. Amelia Sophia STANLEY father: James STANLEY, Earl Of Derby mother: Charlotte De La TREMOILLE

19+ John MURRAY, Duke Of Atholl m. Catherine DOUGLAS

20+ Charles MURRAY, Earl Of Dunmore m. Catherine WATTS

21+ William MURRAY, Lord Nairne m. Margaret NAIRNE

22+ Ameila MURRAY m. Hugh FRASER, Lord Lovat