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: Children:
  1. James SINCLAIR Death: 9 May 1593

Marriage: Children:
  1. Elizabeth SINCLAIR

Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Baronetage, 1611-1800, vol 2 English Irish and Scottish 1625-1649. Exeter, England: W Pollard, 1902. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/268971 Also available at https://archive.org/details/completebaroneta02coka Also available at https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524382 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CB II [Ap][p0-9].*].
  2. 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].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 11, Ridley-Sinclair. London: St Catherine Press, 1949. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/27141 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XI [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. 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 IV p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
1527 or 1528 [Ref: CP XI p739],
parents:
[Ref: CP XI p739]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP XI p740]
Sources with Information about marriage to Janet LINDSAY
date:
abt Jun 1547 [Ref: CP XI p740],
child:
[Ref: CP XI p740]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth FORBES
date:
after 1 Nov 1565, as second marriage of Henry [Ref: SP IV p56]
second marriage of Henry [Ref: CB II p283]
some years before 26 Mar 1588 [Ref: CP XI p740],
child:
[Ref: CB II p283]
Research Notes:
5th Lord Sinclair, of Barony cr 1449 [Ref: CP XI p739]

heir of his father [Ref: CP XI p739]



Pedigree of Henry SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair
                                                                /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
                                                       /-----Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin
                                              /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
                                             |        |         /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern, Caithness, And Orkney
                                             |         \-----Isabel Of Strathern
                                             |                  \-----Margery Of Ross
                                     /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir Adam HALIBURTON
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Walter HALIBURTON
                                    |        |        |         \-----Isabella
                                    |         \-----Jean HALYBURTON
                            /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
                           |        |                           /-----James DOUGLAS
                           |        |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                           |        |                 |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
                           |        |         /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
                           |         \-----Jill DOUGLAS
                           |                 |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
                           |                 |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                           |                 |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
                           |                  \-----Jill STEWART
                           |                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                           |                           \-----Euphemia Of Ross
                           |                                    \-----Margaret GRAHAM
                   /-----William SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair
                  |        |                                    /-----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
                  |         \-----Elizabeth 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
          /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair
         |        |                                             /-----Sir Andrew De LESLIE
         |        |                                    /-----Sir George De LESLIE
         |        |                                   |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
         |        |                           /-----Sir George De LESLIE
         |        |                  /-----Sir Norman De LESLIE
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----David De HAYA
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY, Constable Of Scotland
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----(Unk) KEITH
         |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth HAY
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |        |                 |                           \-----Elizabeth MURE
         |        |         /-----George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Alan De WINTOUN
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir William SETON
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret SETON
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John SETON, Lord Of Seton
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir David FLEMING
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Janet FLEMING
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Jean BARCLAY
         |        |        |         \-----Christian SETON
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
         |        |        |                  \-----Katherine De St CLAIR
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Patrick POLWARTH
         |        |        |                           \-----Elizabeth POLWARCH
         |         \-----Christian LESLIE
         |                 |                                    /-----Sir Adam HALIBURTON
         |                 |                           /-----Sir Walter HALIBURTON
         |                 |                          |         \-----Isabella
         |                 |                  /-----Sir John HALYBURTON
         |                 |         /-----Walter HALYBURTON, Lord Of Dirletoun
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir John CAMERON
         |                 |        |         \-----Margaret CAMERON
         |                  \-----Christian HALYBURTON
         |                          |                           /-----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
         |                           \-----Isabel 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
 /-----William SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair
|        |                                                      /-----Adam HEPBURN
|        |                                             /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
|        |                                            |         \-----Marion FOURBOUR
|        |                                    /-----Patrick HEPBURN
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|        |                                   |         \-----Agnes
|        |                                   |                  \-----Agnes RANDOLPH
|        |                           /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
|        |                          |        |         /-----William De VAUX
|        |                          |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
|        |                  /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Hailes
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
|        |                 |         \-----Janet BORTHWICK
|        |                 |                  \-----(Unk)
|        |         /-----Adam HEPBURN, Master Of Hailes
|        |        |         \-----Ellen WALLACE
|         \-----Margaret HEPBURN
|                 |                                    /-----Sir John HOME
|                 |                           /-----Sir Thomas HOME
|                 |                  /-----Sir Alexander HOME
|                 |                 |         \-----Nichola
|                 |         /-----Sir Alexander HOME, Lord Home
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Sir William De HAYA
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas HAY
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
|                 |        |        |         /-----Sir William HAY
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Janet GIFFORD
|                 |        |        |        |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
|                 |        |         \-----Janet HAY
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
|                 |        |                  \-----Alicia BORTHWICK
|                 |        |                           \-----(Unk)
|                  \-----Helen HOME
|                          |                  /-----Sir Robert LAUDER
|                          |         /-----John LAUDER
|                           \-----Mariot LAUDER
|                                   |         /-----William DE LANDELLS
|                                    \-----Katherine LANDELLS
Henry SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair
|                                                               /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                                                      /-----Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                                                     |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
|                                             /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                                    /-----Sir Robert KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                                   |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander FRASER, Lord Great Chamberlain Of Scotla
|                                   |        |         /-----John FRASER
|                                   |        |        |         \-----(Unk) Le CHEYNE
|                                   |         \-----Margaret FRASER
|                           /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                          |         \-----(Unk) Of TROUP
|                  /-----Sir William KEITH, Earl Marischal
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir David FITZ WALTER
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir David HAMILTON
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Margaret De ROSS
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir John HAMILTON
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Janet KEITH
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----(Unk dau) MURE
|                 |        |         /-----Sir James HAMILTON
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John DOUGLAS
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Agnes GRAHAM
|                 |        |        |         \-----Jacoba DOUGLAS
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Agnes DUNBAR
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
|                 |         \-----Mary HAMILTON
|                 |                 |                           /-----Sir William LIVINGSTON, Lord Callendar
|                 |                 |                  /-----Sir John LIVINGSTON
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Christian De CALLENDAR
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir John MENTEITH
|                 |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) MENTEITH
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Margery STIRLING
|                 |                  \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
|                 |                          |                  /-----John De DUNDAS
|                 |                          |         /-----James DUNDAS
|                 |                           \-----(Unk) DUNDAS
|         /-----William KEITH, Earl Marischal
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk
|        |        |                           /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|        |        |                          |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
|        |        |                          |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Edward De KEITH
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
|        |        |                 |         \-----Janet KEITH
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Christian MENTEITH
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Elyne Of Mar
|        |        |         /-----Thomas ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir David LINDSAY
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
|        |        |        |        |         /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STIRLING
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Catherine STIRLING
|        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|        |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|        |        |        |                           \-----Euphemia Of Ross
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Margaret GRAHAM
|        |         \-----Mariot ERSKINE
|        |                  \-----Janet DOUGLAS
 \-----Elizabeth KEITH
         |                                             /-----Alan De WINTOUN
         |                                    /-----Sir William SETON
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir Alexander SETON
         |                                   |         \-----Margaret SETON
         |                           /-----Sir Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon
         |                          |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm FLEMING
         |                          |        |         /-----Sir David FLEMING
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Christian KEITH
         |                          |         \-----Janet FLEMING
         |                          |                 |         /-----Sir David BARCLAY, Lord Of Brechin
         |                          |                  \-----Jean BARCLAY
         |                          |                           \-----Margaret Of Brechin
         |                  /-----Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley
         |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Adam GORDON
         |                 |        |                  /-----Sir John GORDON
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir Adam GORDON
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
         |                 |         \-----Elizabeth GORDON
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John KEITH
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Margaret FRASER
         |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth KEITH
         |                 |                          |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |                 |                           \-----Jean STEWART
         |                 |                                    \-----Elizabeth MURE
         |         /-----Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir John De CRICHTON
         |        |        |                           /-----William CRICHTON
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir John CRICHTON
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John PRESTON
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret PRESTON
         |        |        |         /-----William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton
         |        |        |        |         \-----Christian
         |        |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
         |        |                  \-----Agnes
          \-----Elizabeth GORDON
                  |                                             /-----David De HAYA
                  |                                    /-----Sir Thomas HAY, Constable Of Scotland
                  |                                   |         \-----(Unk) KEITH
                  |                           /-----Sir William HAY, Constable Of Scotland
                  |                          |        |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                  |                          |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                  |                          |                  \-----Elizabeth MURE
                  |                  /-----Gilbert HAY
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Sir John GRAY
                  |                 |        |         /-----Sir Patrick GRAY
                  |                 |         \-----Margaret GRAY
                  |                 |                  \-----Margaret
                  |         /-----Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
                  |        |        |                           /-----Sir William De HAYA
                  |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas HAY
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
                  |        |        |         /-----Sir William HAY
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Janet GIFFORD
                  |        |        |        |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
                  |        |         \-----Alice HAY
                  |        |                 |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
                  |        |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
                  |        |                  \-----Alicia BORTHWICK
                  |        |                           \-----(Unk)
                   \-----Elizabeth HAY
                           |                                    /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
                           |                           /-----James DOUGLAS
                           |                          |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                           |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                           |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
                           |                 |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
                           |                 |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
                           |         /-----James 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
                            \-----Beatrice DOUGLAS
                                    |                           /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
                                    |                  /-----Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin
                                    |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
                                    |        |        |         /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern, Caithness, And Orkney
                                    |        |         \-----Isabel Of Strathern
                                    |        |                  \-----Margery Of Ross
                                     \-----Beatrice SINCLAIR
                                             |                  /-----Sir Adam HALIBURTON
                                             |         /-----Sir Walter HALIBURTON
                                             |        |         \-----Isabella
                                              \-----Jean HALYBURTON



Descendants of Henry SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair
1. Henry SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair m1. Janet LINDSAY m2. Elizabeth FORBES
m. Janet LINDSAY father: John LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres mother: Helen STEWART
m. Elizabeth FORBES father: William FORBES, Lord Forbes mother: Elizabeth KEITH

2nd generation

2. James SINCLAIR m. Isabel LESLIE
m. Isabel LESLIE father: Andrew LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes mother: Grizel HAMILTON
3. Elizabeth SINCLAIR m. Sir Duncan CAMPBELL
m. Sir Duncan CAMPBELL father: Colin CAMPBELL mother: Katherine RUTHVEN

3rd generation

6. Patrick SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair m. Margaret COCKBURN
m. Margaret COCKBURN father: Sir John COCKBURN
7. Jean CAMPBELL m. John MURRAY, Earl of Atholl
m. John MURRAY, Earl of Atholl father: William MURRAY, Earl of Tullibardine mother: Dorothy STEWART

4th generation

8. John SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair m. Mary WEMYSS
m. Mary WEMYSS father: John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss mother: Jean GRAY
9. John MURRAY, Marquess Of Atholl m. Amelia Sophia STANLEY
m. Amelia Sophia STANLEY father: James STANLEY, Earl Of Derby mother: Charlotte De La TREMOILLE

5th generation

10. Catherine SINCLAIR m. John St CLAIR
m. John St CLAIR
11. John MURRAY, Duke Of Atholl m. Catherine DOUGLAS
m. Catherine DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Duke of Hamilton mother: Anne HAMILTON
12. Charles MURRAY, Earl Of Dunmore m. Catherine WATTS
m. Catherine WATTS father: Richard WATTS mother: Catherine WERDEN
13. William MURRAY, Lord Nairne m. Margaret NAIRNE
m. Margaret NAIRNE father: Sir Robert NAIRNE, Lord Nairne mother: Margaret GRAHAM
14. Ameila MURRAY m. Hugh FRASER, Lord Lovat
m. Hugh FRASER, Lord Lovat father: Hugh FRASER, Lord Lovat mother: Anne MACKENZIE