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. Margaret SHAW Death: 29 Jan 1750
  2. Sir John SHAW Death: 5 Apr 1752

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].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
father:
[Ref: CB IV p268, CB IV p351]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sir John SHAW
child:
[Ref: CB IV p268, CB IV p351]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Eleanor NICHOLSON
 /-----Sir Thomas NICHOLSON
Eleanor NICHOLSON
|                                                               /-----Alexander LIVINGSTON
|                                                      /-----James LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
|                                             /-----William LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
|                                            |        |         /-----Robert FLEMING, Lord Fleming
|                                            |         \-----Elizabeth FLEMING
|                                            |                  \-----Janet DOUGLAS
|                                    /-----Alexander LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
|                                   |        |                  /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Hailes
|                                   |        |         /-----Alexander HEPBURN
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Ellen WALLACE
|                                   |         \-----Agnes HEPBURN
|                                   |                 |         /-----Sir Alexander NAPIER
|                                   |                  \-----Janet NAPIER
|                                   |                           \-----Elizabeth LAUDER
|                           /-----William LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
|                          |        |                           /-----James DOUGLAS, Lord Dalkeith
|                          |        |                  /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth GIFFORD
|                          |        |         /-----Sir John DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----James I King Of Scots
|                          |        |        |         \-----Joan STEWART
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|                          |         \-----Agnes DOUGLAS
|                          |                 |         /-----Patrick CRICHTON
|                          |                  \-----Janet CRICHTON
|                  /-----Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Linlithgow
|                 |        |                                    /-----Robert FLEMING, Lord Fleming
|                 |        |                           /-----Malcolm FLEMING
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
|                 |        |                  /-----John FLEMING, Lord Fleming
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----James LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Eupheme LIVINGSTON
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Marian
|                 |        |         /-----Malcolm FLEMING, Lord Fleming
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
|                 |        |        |         \-----Eupheme DRUMMOND
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Margaret DUNBAR
|                 |         \-----Agnes FLEMING
|                 |                 |                           /-----James II King Of Scots
|                 |                 |                  /-----James III King Of Scots
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Marie Of Gueldres
|                 |                 |         /-----James IV King Of Scots
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Christian I King Of Denmark
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Margaret Of Denmark
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Dorothea Of Hohenzollern
|                 |                  \-----Janet STEWART
|                 |                          |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir James STEWART, Earl Of Buchan
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|                 |                           \-----Agnes STEWART
|                 |                                    \-----Margaret (MURRAY)
|         /-----Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Linlithgow
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|        |        |                                    /-----William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Beatrice DOUGLAS
|        |        |                           /-----Thomas HAY
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
|        |        |                          |         \-----Isabel GORDON
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Annabella STEWART
|        |        |                  /-----George HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Lyon LOGIE
|        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret LOGIE
|        |        |         /-----Andrew HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Alexander ROBERTSON
|        |        |        |         \-----Margaret ROBERTSON
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|        |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
|        |        |        |                           \-----Eleanor SINCLAIR
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Marjorie SUTHERLAND
|        |         \-----Eleanor HAY
|        |                 |                                    /-----William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|        |                 |                           /-----William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Isabel GORDON
|        |                 |                  /-----William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----John LYON, Lord Glamis
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Christian LYON
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth SCRIMGEOUR
|        |                 |         /-----William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Patrick RUTHVEN
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) CRANSTON
|        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth RUTHVEN
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----William FORBES, Lord Forbes
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Christian FORBES
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Christian GORDON
|        |                  \-----Jean HAY
|        |                          |                           /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
|        |                          |                  /-----Matthew STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
|        |                          |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----James HAMILTON, Lord Hamilton
|        |                          |        |         \-----Elizabeth HAMILTON
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Mary STEWART
|        |                           \-----Helen STEWART
|        |                                   |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
|        |                                   |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
|        |                                   |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|        |                                    \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |                                            |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
|        |                                             \-----Eleanor SINCLAIR
|        |                                                      \-----Marjorie SUTHERLAND
 \-----Margaret LIVINGSTONE
         |                                                      /-----Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
         |                                             /-----Alexander GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
         |                                            |         \-----Elizabeth HAY
         |                                    /-----John GORDON, Master Of Huntly
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
         |                                   |         \-----Janet STEWART
         |                                   |                  \-----Margaret DOUGLAS, Countess Of Douglas
         |                           /-----George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
         |                          |        |                  /-----James III King Of Scots
         |                          |        |         /-----James IV King Of Scots
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Denmark
         |                          |         \-----Margaret Of Scotland
         |                          |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
         |                          |                  \-----Margaret DRUMMOND
         |                          |                           \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
         |                  /-----George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
         |                 |        |                           /-----Sir William KEITH, Earl Marischal
         |                 |        |                  /-----William KEITH, Earl Marischal
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Mariot ERSKINE
         |                 |        |         /-----Robert KEITH, Lord Keith
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth GORDON
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth HAY
         |                 |         \-----Elizabeth KEITH
         |                 |                 |                  /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
         |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Joan STEWART
         |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
         |                 |                          |         /-----Patrick CRICHTON
         |                 |                           \-----Janet CRICHTON
         |         /-----George GORDON, Marquess Of Huntley
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir James HAMILTON
         |        |        |                           /-----James HAMILTON, Lord Hamilton
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
         |        |        |                  /-----James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----James II King Of Scots
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Mary STEWART
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Marie Of Gueldres
         |        |        |         /-----James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----(Unk) BEATON
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir David BEATON
         |        |        |        |         \-----Janet BEATON
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Janet DUDDINGSGTON
         |        |         \-----Anne HAMILTON
         |        |                 |                           /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
         |        |                 |                  /-----Sir John DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Joan STEWART
         |        |                 |         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Patrick CRICHTON
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Janet CRICHTON
         |        |                  \-----Margaret DOUGLAS
         |        |                          |                  /-----James III King Of Scots
         |        |                          |         /-----James IV King Of Scots
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Margaret Of Denmark
         |        |                           \-----Catherine STEWART
         |        |                                   |         /-----Archibald BOYD
         |        |                                    \-----Margaret BOYD
         |        |                                             \-----Christian MURE
          \-----Elizabeth GORDON
                  |                                             /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
                  |                                    /-----Matthew STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
                  |                                   |         \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
                  |                           /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
                  |                          |        |         /-----James HAMILTON, Lord Hamilton
                  |                          |         \-----Elizabeth HAMILTON
                  |                          |                  \-----Mary STEWART
                  |                  /-----John STEWART, Lord Of Aubigny
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
                  |                 |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
                  |                 |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                  |                 |                 |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
                  |                 |                  \-----Eleanor SINCLAIR
                  |                 |                           \-----Marjorie SUTHERLAND
                  |         /-----Esme STEWART, Duke Of Lennox
                  |        |        |         /-----Francois De La QUEUILLE
                  |        |         \-----Anne De La QUEUILLE
                   \-----Henrietta STEWART
                           |         /-----Guillaume De BALSAC, Seigneur de Entragues
                            \-----Catherine De BALSAC
                                    |         /-----Jean De HUMIERES
                                     \-----Louise De HUMIERES



Descendants of Eleanor NICHOLSON
1. Eleanor NICHOLSON m. Sir John SHAW
m. Sir John SHAW father: Sir John SHAW mother: Jean MUIR

2nd generation

2. Margaret SHAW m. Sir John HOUSTON
m. Sir John HOUSTON father: Sir John HOUSTON mother: Anne DRUMMOND
3. Sir John SHAW m. Margaret DALRYMPLE
m. Margaret DALRYMPLE father: Sir Hugh DALRYMPLE mother: Marion HAMILTON

3rd generation

4. Sir John HOUSTON m. Eleanora CATHCART
m. Eleanora CATHCART father: Charles CATHCART, Lord Cathcart mother: Marion SHAW
5. Marion SHAW m. Charles CATHCART, Lord Cathcart
m. Charles CATHCART, Lord Cathcart father: Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart mother: Elizabeth DALRYMPLE

4th generation

6. Margaret HOUSTON m. Sir Michael STEWART
m. Sir Michael STEWART
7. Eleanora CATHCART m. Sir John HOUSTON
m. Sir John HOUSTON father: Sir John HOUSTON mother: Margaret SHAW

5th generation

8. Margaret STEWART m. Sir William MAXWELL
m. Sir William MAXWELL father: Sir William MAXWELL mother: Catherine DOUGLAS