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


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Sir Patrick HOUSTON Death: 1696

Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Baronetage, 1611-1800, vol 4 English Irish and Scottish 1665-1707. Exeter, England: W Pollard, 1904. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/268971 Also available at https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524408 Also available at https://archive.org/details/completebaroneta04coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CB IV [Ap][p0-9].*].
  2. Ravilious, John, Houstoun descent. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 1/28/2001. Subject: New MC Line: Clare-Bruce---MacDonald- - - Houstoun - Fleming [Pt II]. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/2fezBBAzhD4/m/ZJJZSks3NbEJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 1/28/2001-003956].
  3. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: John Ravilious SGM 1/28/2001-003956]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CB IV p268, John Ravilious SGM 1/28/2001-003956]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret MAXWELL
child:
[Ref: CB IV p268, John Ravilious SGM 1/28/2001-003956, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p327]
Research Notes:
Knt, of Houston, Renfrewshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p327]
of Houston, co Refnrew, and Leny, co Midlothian [Ref: CB IV p268]

Laird of Houstoun [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 1/28/2001-003956]

1628-33, 1645, 1649, 1651: Member of Parliament for Dumbartonshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p327]

1639-41, 1645-7, 1648: Member of Parliament for Renfrewshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p327]



Pedigree of Sir Ludovick HOUSTON
                                                       /-----Sir Patrick HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk
                                              /-----Sir John HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk
                                             |        |         /-----Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN
                                             |         \-----Mary COLQUHOUN
                                     /-----Sir Peter HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk
                                    |        |                  /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
                                    |        |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
                                    |        |        |         \-----Jill DOUGLAS
                                    |         \-----Elizabeth SINCLAIR
                                    |                 |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                                    |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
                                    |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
                            /-----Patrick HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk
                           |        |                           /-----Sir Robert LYLE
                           |        |                  /-----Robert LYLE, Lord Lyle
                           |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                           |        |         /-----Robert LYLE, Lord Lyle
                           |        |        |         \-----Margaret WALLACE
                           |         \-----Mariota LYLE
                           |                  \-----Margaret HOUSTON
                   /-----John HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk
                  |        |                  /-----Alexander CUNYNGHAM
                  |        |         /-----William CUNYNGHAM
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
                  |        |        |        |         /-----William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Jean HAMILTON
                  |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John GORDON
                  |        |        |                  \-----Janet GORDON
                  |        |        |                           \-----Margaret CRICHTON
                  |         \-----Janet CUNYNGHAM
                  |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
          /-----Sir Patrick HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk
         |         \-----Agnes HOPRINGLE
 /-----John HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk
|        |                                                      /-----Sir William CUNNINGHAM
|        |                                             /-----Sir Robert CUNNINGHAM
|        |                                            |         \-----Margaret DANIELSTOUN
|        |                                    /-----Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
|        |                                   |         \-----Anne MONTGOMERY
|        |                                   |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
|        |                           /-----William CUNNINGHAM
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Patrick HEPBURN
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
|        |                          |         \-----Margaret HEPBURN
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|        |                          |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
|        |                          |                           \-----(Unk)
|        |                  /-----William CUNNINGHAM
|        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |         /-----Gabriel CUNYNGHAM
|        |        |         \-----Giles CAMPBELL
|         \-----Janet CUNYNGHAM
|                 |                                             /-----Sir John LIVINGSTON
|                 |                                    /-----William LIVINGSTON
|                 |                                   |         \-----Agnes DOUGLAS
|                 |                           /-----Edward LIVINGSTON
|                 |                          |        |         /-----William CALDCOTIS
|                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth CALDCOTIS
|                 |                          |                  \-----Christian TWEEDIE
|                 |                  /-----William LIVINGSTON
|                 |         /-----William LIVINGSTON
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Sir William GRAHAM, Lord Graham
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Alexander GRAHAM
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
|                 |        |        |         /-----Patrick GRAHAM, Lord Graham
|                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth GRAHAM
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Janet KEITH
|                 |        |                  \-----Christian ERSKINE
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn
|                 |        |                           \-----(Unk Dau) STEWART
|                 |        |                                    \-----Joan STEWART
|                  \-----Elizabeth LIVINGSTON
|                          |                                    /-----Sir Robert BRUCE
|                          |                           /-----Sir Alexander BRUCE
|                          |                          |         \-----(Unk dau) LIVINGSTON
|                          |                  /-----John BRUCE
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Sir Malcolm FORRESTER
|                          |                 |         \-----Margaret FORRESTER
|                          |         /-----Sir Robert BRUCE
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Sir William MENTEITH
|                          |        |        |         /-----Sir William MENTEITH
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth GRAHAM
|                          |        |         \-----Elizabeth MENTEITH
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
|                          |        |                  \-----Helen LIVINGSTON
|                           \-----Jonet BRUCE
|                                   |                           /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Lord Montgomerie
|                                   |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
|                                   |                 |         \-----Margaret BOYD
|                                   |         /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
|                                   |        |         \-----Elizabeth HEPBURN
|                                   |        |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
|                                    \-----Euphemia MONTGOMERY
|                                            |                  /-----Sir James KENNEDY
|                                            |         /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
|                                            |        |         \-----Mary STEWART
|                                             \-----Catherine KENNEDY
|                                                     |         /-----Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|                                                      \-----Catherine MAXWELL
|                                                               \-----(Unk) HERRIES
Sir Ludovick HOUSTON
 \-----Margaret STIRLING



Descendants of Sir Ludovick HOUSTON
1. Sir Ludovick HOUSTON m. Margaret MAXWELL
m. Margaret MAXWELL father: Patrick MAXWELL

2nd generation

2. Sir Patrick HOUSTON m. Anne HAMILTON
m. Anne HAMILTON father: Sir John HAMILTON, Lord Bargeny mother: Jean DOUGLAS

3rd generation

3. Sir John HOUSTON m. Anne DRUMMOND
m. Anne DRUMMOND father: John DRUMMOND, Earl of Melfort mother: Sophia MAITLAND
4. Patrick HOUSTON m. Isabel JOHNSTONE
m. Isabel JOHNSTONE father: George JOHNSTONE

4th generation

14. Sir John HOUSTON m. Margaret SHAW
m. Margaret SHAW father: Sir John SHAW mother: Eleanor NICHOLSON
16. Sir Patrick HOUSTON m. Priscilla DUNBAR
m. Priscilla DUNBAR father: James DUNBAR mother: Janet DUNBAR

5th generation

17. Sir John HOUSTON m. Eleanora CATHCART
m. Eleanora CATHCART father: Charles CATHCART, Lord Cathcart mother: Marion SHAW