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: Alexander LINDSAY, Earl of Balcarres
Sex: M
Birth: 6 Jul 1618 in Balcarres ^b
Baptism: 4 Aug 1618 ^c
Death: 30 Aug 1659 in Breda ^d
Burial: 12 Jun 1660 in Balcarres ^u

Parents:

Father:
David LINDSAY, Lord Balcarres Death: Mar 1641/2

Mother:

Sophia SETON Birth: 5

Family:
Marriage:

Anne MACKENZIE on Abt 22 Apr 1640 .^m1
Anne MACKENZIE Death: 2 May 1707

Children:

Charles LINDSAY, Earl of Balcarres Death: 15 Oct 1662 in Balcarres
Colin LINDSAAY, Earl of Balcarres Death: 1722 in Balcarres

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 01 A-Basing. London: St Catherine Press, 1910. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 1 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo01coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP I [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 03 Canonteigh-Cutts. London: St Catherine Press, 1913. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 3 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo03coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP III [Ap][p0-9].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: CP I p376],
place:: [Ref: CP I p376],
parents:: [Ref: CP I p376],
father:: [Ref: CP III p511]

Sources for baptism Information

date:: [Ref: CP I p376]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP I p377]; 1659 [Ref: CP III p511],
place:: [Ref: CP I p377]

Sources for burial Information

date:: [Ref: CP I p377],
place:: [Ref: CP I p377]

Sources with Information about marriage to Anne MACKENZIE

date:: in Apr 1640, cont 22 and 23 Apr [Ref: CP I p377],
child:: [Ref: CP I p377]

Research Notes:
1st Earl of Balcarres, of Earldom cr 1651 [Ref: CP I p376]
Earl of Balcarres [Ref: CP III p511]
2nd Lord Lindsay of Balcarres, of Barony cr 1633 [Ref: CP I p376]

heir of his father [Ref: CP I p375]

Pedigree of Alexander LINDSAY, Earl of Balcarres
                                                                /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                                                       /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                                                      |         \-----Marjorie DUNBAR
                                              /-----Sir Walter LINDSAY
                                             |        |         /-----Sir Alexander OGILVY
                                             |         \-----Marjory OGILVIE
                                     /-----Sir David LINDSAY
                                    |         \-----Isabel LEVINGTON
                            /-----Sir Walter LINDSAY
                           |        |         /-----Thomas FOTHERINGHAM
                           |         \-----Katherine FOTHERINGHAM
                   /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                  |        |         /-----John ERSKINE
                  |         \-----(Unk) ERSKINE
          /-----John LINDSAY
         |        |                                             /-----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
         |        |         /-----Sir John 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
         |         \-----Catherine CAMPBELL
         |                 |         /-----Sir John CALDER
         |                  \-----Muriel CALDER
/-----David LINDSAY, Lord Balcarres
|        |         /-----Alexander GUTHRIE
|         \-----Marion GUTHRIE
|                  \-----Janet HENRYSON
Alexander LINDSAY, Earl of Balcarres
|                                                               /-----George SETON, Lord Seton
|                                                      /-----John SETON, Master Of Seton
|                                                     |         \-----Margaret STEWART
|                                             /-----George SETON, Lord Seton
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir John LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres
|                                            |         \-----Christian LINDSAY
|                                            |                  \-----(Unk Dau) STEWART
|                                    /-----George SETON, Lord Seton
|                                   |        |                  /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Master Of Campbell
|                                   |        |         /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth SOMERVILE
|                                   |         \-----Marion CAMPBELL
|                                   |                 |         /-----John STEWART, Lord Lorn
|                                   |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                                   |                           \-----Fingula Of The Isles
|                           /-----George SETON, Lord Seton
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Hailes
|                          |        |                  /-----Adam HEPBURN, Master Of Hailes
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Ellen WALLACE
|                          |        |         /-----Patrick HEPBURN, Earl Of Bothwell
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander HOME, Lord Home
|                          |        |        |         \-----Helen HOME
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Mariot LAUDER
|                          |         \-----Janet HEPBURN
|                          |                 |                  /-----James DOUGLAS, Lord Dalkeith
|                          |                 |         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth GIFFORD
|                          |                  \-----Janet DOUGLAS
|                          |                          |         /-----James I King Of Scots
|                          |                           \-----Joan STEWART
|                          |                                    \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|                  /-----George SETON, Lord Seton
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir David HAY
|                 |        |                           /-----John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----George CUNNINGHAM
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
|                 |        |         /-----John HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester
|                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
|                 |         \-----Elizabeth HAY
|                 |                 |                           /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                 |                 |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Isabel SIBBALD
|                 |                 |         /-----George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth BOYD
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Mariot MAXWELL
|                 |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|                 |                          |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
|                 |                           \-----Elizabeth DRUMMOND
|                 |                                   |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|                 |                                    \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|                 |                                             \-----Margaret DUNBAR
|         /-----Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline
|        |        |         /-----Sir William HAMILTON
|        |         \-----Isabel HAMILTON
\-----Sophia SETON
         |                                                      /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
         |                                             /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
         |                                            |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
         |                                    /-----William DRUMMOND
         |                                   |        |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
         |                                   |                  \-----Margaret DUNBAR
         |                           /-----Walter DRUMMOND
         |                          |        |                  /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Master Of Campbell
         |                          |        |         /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth SOMERVILE
         |                          |         \-----Isabel CAMPBELL
         |                          |                 |         /-----John STEWART, Lord Lorn
         |                          |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                          |                           \-----Fingula Of The Isles
         |                  /-----David DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
         |                 |        |                           /-----Patrick GRAHAM, Lord Graham
         |                 |        |                  /-----William GRAHAM, Lord Graham
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Christian ERSKINE
         |                 |        |         /-----William GRAHAM, Lord Graham, Earl Of Montrose
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Elene DOUGLAS
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Margaret HAY
         |                 |         \-----Elizabeth GRAHAM
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
         |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
         |                 |                  \-----Annabel DRUMMOND
         |                 |                          |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |                 |                           \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
         |                 |                                    \-----Margaret DUNBAR
         |         /-----Patrick DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Patrick RUTHVEN
         |        |        |                           /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
         |        |        |                          |         \-----(Unk) CRANSTON
         |        |        |                  /-----William RUTHVEN, Master Of Ruthven
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel LEVINGTON
         |        |        |         /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
         |        |        |        |         \-----Catherine BUTTERGASK
         |        |         \-----Lilian RUTHVEN
         |        |                 |                           /-----John HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
         |        |                 |                  /-----George HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Janet SETON
         |        |                 |         /-----Patrick HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Mariot
         |        |                  \-----Janet HALYBURTON, Baroness Dirletoun
         |        |                          |         /-----James DOUGLAS
         |        |                           \-----Margaret DOUGLAS
          \-----Lilias DRUMMOND
                  |                                             /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                  |                                    /-----Sir Walter LINDSAY
                  |                                   |         \-----Marjory OGILVIE
                  |                           /-----Sir David LINDSAY
                  |                          |         \-----Isabel LEVINGTON
                  |                  /-----Sir Walter LINDSAY
                  |                 |        |         /-----Thomas FOTHERINGHAM
                  |                 |         \-----Katherine FOTHERINGHAM
                  |         /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                  |        |        |         /-----John ERSKINE
                  |        |         \-----(Unk) ERSKINE
                   \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
                           |                                    /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Master Of Campbell
                           |                           /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
                           |                          |         \-----Elizabeth SOMERVILE
                           |                  /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
                           |                 |        |         /-----John STEWART, Lord Lorn
                           |                 |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                           |                 |                  \-----Fingula Of The Isles
                           |         /-----Sir John CAMPBELL
                           |        |        |                  /-----Alan STUART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
                           |        |        |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
                           |        |        |        |         \-----Catherine SETON
                           |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                           |        |                 |         /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
                           |        |                  \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
                           |        |                           \-----Elizabeth HEPBURN
                            \-----Catherine CAMPBELL
                                    |         /-----Sir John CALDER
                                     \-----Muriel CALDER

Descendants of Alexander LINDSAY, Earl of Balcarres

1. Alexander LINDSAY, Earl of Balcarres m. Anne MACKENZIE

m. Anne MACKENZIE father: Colin MACKENZIE, Earl Of Seaforth mother: Margaret SETON

2 Charles LINDSAY, Earl of Balcarres

3+ Colin LINDSAAY, Earl of Balcarres m1. Mauritia De NASSAU m2. Jean CARNEGIE m3. Jean KER m4. Margaret CAMPBELL

2nd generation

3. Colin LINDSAAY, Earl of Balcarres m1. Mauritia De NASSAU m2. Jean CARNEGIE m3. Jean KER m4. Margaret CAMPBELL

m. Mauritia De NASSAU father: Louis of LECKE, Baron of Lecke and Beverwaet mother: Elisabeth of Hornes

m. Jean CARNEGIE father: David CARNEGIE, Earl of Northesk mother: Jean MAULE

m. Jean KER father: William DRUMMOND-KER, Earl of Roxburghe mother: Jean KER

4 Margaret LINDSAY m. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown; John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown father: William FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown mother: Henrietta SETON

m. Margaret CAMPBELL father: James CAMPBELL, Earl Of Loudoun mother: Margaret MONTGOMERY