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: Margaret LIVINGSTONE
Sex: F

Parents:

Father:
Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Linlithgow Death: Before 20 Dec 1648

Mother:

Elizabeth GORDON Birth: 2 Death: Jul 1616 in Edinburgh

Family:
Marriage:

Children:

Eleanor NICHOLSON

Bibliography

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 p351]

Sources with Information about marriage to Sir Thomas NICHOLSON

names:: [Ref: CB IV p351]

Research Notes:

Pedigree of Margaret LIVINGSTONE
                                                                /-----James LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
                                                       /-----Alexander LIVINGSTON
                                                      |         \-----Marian
                                              /-----James LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
                                     /-----William LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm FLEMING
                                    |        |         /-----Robert FLEMING, Lord Fleming
                                    |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                                    |         \-----Elizabeth FLEMING
                                    |                 |         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                                    |                  \-----Janet DOUGLAS
                                    |                           \-----Beatrice SINCLAIR
                            /-----Alexander LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
                           |        |                           /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
                           |        |                  /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Hailes
                           |        |                 |         \-----Janet BORTHWICK
                           |        |         /-----Alexander HEPBURN
                           |        |        |         \-----Ellen WALLACE
                           |         \-----Agnes HEPBURN
                           |                 |                  /-----Alexander NAPIER
                           |                 |         /-----Sir Alexander NAPIER
                           |                  \-----Janet NAPIER
                           |                           \-----Elizabeth LAUDER
                   /-----William LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir James DOUGLAS, Lord Dalkeith
                  |        |                           /-----James DOUGLAS, Lord Dalkeith
                  |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                  |        |                  /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----James GIFFORD
                  |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth GIFFORD
                  |        |         /-----Sir John DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Robert III King Of Scots
                  |        |        |        |         /-----James I King Of Scots
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
                  |        |        |         \-----Joan STEWART
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
                  |        |        |                  \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
                  |        |        |                           \-----Margaret HOLAND
                  |         \-----Agnes DOUGLAS
                  |                 |         /-----Patrick CRICHTON
                  |                  \-----Janet CRICHTON
          /-----Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Linlithgow
         |        |                                             /-----Sir Malcolm FLEMING
         |        |                                    /-----Robert FLEMING, Lord Fleming
         |        |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |        |                           /-----Malcolm FLEMING
         |        |                          |        |         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |        |                          |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
         |        |                          |                  \-----Beatrice SINCLAIR
         |        |                  /-----John FLEMING, Lord Fleming
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
         |        |                 |        |         /-----James LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----(Unk) DUNDAS
         |        |                 |         \-----Eupheme LIVINGSTON
         |        |                 |                  \-----Marian
         |        |         /-----Malcolm FLEMING, Lord Fleming
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Walter DRUMMOND
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret RUTHVEN
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir David MURRAY
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret COLQUHOUN
         |        |        |         \-----Eupheme DRUMMOND
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Marjory OGILVIE
         |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir David DUNBAR
         |        |        |                           \-----Margaret DUNBAR
         |         \-----Agnes FLEMING
         |                 |                                    /-----James I King Of Scots
         |                 |                           /-----James II King Of Scots
         |                 |                          |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
         |                 |                  /-----James III King Of Scots
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Arnold Duke Of Gueldres, Count Of Zutphen
         |                 |                 |         \-----Marie Of Gueldres
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Catherine Of Cleve
         |                 |         /-----James IV King Of Scots
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Dietrich The Fortunate Count Of Oldenberg
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Christian I King Of Denmark
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Heilwig Von Holstein
         |                 |        |         \-----Margaret Of Denmark
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Johann The Alchemist Margrave Of Brandenburg
         |                 |        |                  \-----Dorothea Of Hohenzollern
         |                 |        |                           \-----Barbara Of Saxony
         |                  \-----Janet STEWART
         |                          |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
         |                          |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
         |                          |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
         |                          |         /-----Sir James STEWART, Earl Of Buchan
         |                          |        |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
         |                          |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
         |                          |        |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
         |                           \-----Agnes STEWART
         |                                    \-----Margaret (MURRAY)
/-----Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Linlithgow
|        |                                                      /-----Gilbert HAY
|        |                                             /-----Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|        |                                            |         \-----Alice HAY
|        |                                    /-----William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|        |                                   |        |         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|        |                                   |         \-----Beatrice DOUGLAS
|        |                                   |                  \-----Beatrice SINCLAIR
|        |                           /-----Thomas HAY
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
|        |                          |         \-----Isabel GORDON
|        |                          |                 |         /-----James I King Of Scots
|        |                          |                  \-----Annabella STEWART
|        |                          |                           \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|        |                  /-----George HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|        |                 |        |         /-----Lyon LOGIE
|        |                 |         \-----Margaret LOGIE
|        |         /-----Andrew HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|        |        |        |         /-----Alexander ROBERTSON
|        |        |         \-----Margaret ROBERTSON
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
|        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
|        |        |                          |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Jill DOUGLAS
|        |        |                           \-----Eleanor SINCLAIR
|        |        |                                   |         /-----Alexander SUTHERLAND
|        |        |                                    \-----Marjorie SUTHERLAND
|        |        |                                             \-----Catherine CHALMER
|         \-----Eleanor HAY
|                 |                                             /-----Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|                 |                                    /-----William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|                 |                                   |         \-----Beatrice DOUGLAS
|                 |                           /-----William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
|                 |                          |         \-----Isabel GORDON
|                 |                          |                  \-----Annabella STEWART
|                 |                  /-----William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Patrick LYON, Lord Glamis
|                 |                 |        |         /-----John LYON, Lord Glamis
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Isabel OGILVY
|                 |                 |         \-----Christian LYON
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John SCRIMGEOUR, Constable Of Dundee
|                 |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth SCRIMGEOUR
|                 |         /-----William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Sir John RUTHVEN
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Patrick RUTHVEN
|                 |        |        |         /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas CRANSTON
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) CRANSTON
|                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth RUTHVEN
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----James FORBES, Lord Forbes
|                 |        |                 |         /-----William FORBES, Lord Forbes
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Egidia KEITH
|                 |        |                  \-----Christian FORBES
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley
|                 |        |                           \-----Christian GORDON
|                 |        |                                    \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
|                  \-----Jean HAY
|                          |                                    /-----Alan STUART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
|                          |                           /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
|                          |                          |         \-----Catherine SETON
|                          |                  /-----Matthew STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
|                          |                 |         \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
|                          |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth HEPBURN
|                          |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Sir James HAMILTON
|                          |        |        |         /-----James HAMILTON, Lord Hamilton
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
|                          |        |         \-----Elizabeth HAMILTON
|                          |        |                 |         /-----James II King Of Scots
|                          |        |                  \-----Mary STEWART
|                          |        |                           \-----Marie Of Gueldres
|                           \-----Helen STEWART
|                                   |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
|                                   |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
|                                   |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
|                                   |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
|                                   |        |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
|                                   |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|                                   |        |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
|                                    \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                                            |                  /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
|                                            |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
|                                            |        |         \-----Jill DOUGLAS
|                                             \-----Eleanor SINCLAIR
|                                                     |         /-----Alexander SUTHERLAND
|                                                      \-----Marjorie SUTHERLAND
|                                                               \-----Catherine CHALMER
Margaret LIVINGSTONE
|                                                               /-----Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley
|                                                      /-----Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
|                                                     |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
|                                             /-----Alexander GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|                                            |         \-----Elizabeth HAY
|                                            |                  \-----Beatrice DOUGLAS
|                                    /-----John GORDON, Master Of Huntly
|                                   |        |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|                                   |         \-----Janet STEWART
|                                   |                 |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                                   |                  \-----Margaret DOUGLAS, Countess Of Douglas
|                                   |                           \-----Eupheme GRAHAM
|                           /-----George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
|                          |        |                           /-----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
|                          |         \-----Margaret Of Scotland
|                          |                 |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
|                          |                  \-----Margaret DRUMMOND
|                          |                          |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|                          |                           \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|                          |                                    \-----Margaret DUNBAR
|                  /-----George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir William KEITH, Earl Marischal
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Mary HAMILTON
|                 |        |                  /-----William KEITH, Earl Marischal
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Thomas ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Mariot ERSKINE
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Janet DOUGLAS
|                 |        |         /-----Robert KEITH, Lord Keith
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
|                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth GORDON
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth HAY
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Beatrice DOUGLAS
|                 |         \-----Elizabeth KEITH
|                 |                 |                           /-----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
|                 |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|                 |                          |         /-----Patrick CRICHTON
|                 |                           \-----Janet CRICHTON
|         /-----George GORDON, Marquess Of Huntley
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir John HAMILTON
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir James HAMILTON
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Jacoba DOUGLAS
|        |        |                           /-----James HAMILTON, Lord Hamilton
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
|        |        |                          |         \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
|        |        |                          |                  \-----(Unk) DUNDAS
|        |        |                  /-----James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----James I King Of Scots
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----James II King Of Scots
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|        |        |                 |         \-----Mary STEWART
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Arnold Duke Of Gueldres, Count Of Zutphen
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Marie Of Gueldres
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Catherine Of Cleve
|        |        |         /-----James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----(Unk) BEATON
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir David BEATON
|        |        |        |         \-----Janet BEATON
|        |        |        |                  \-----Janet DUDDINGSGTON
|        |         \-----Anne HAMILTON
|        |                 |                                    /-----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
|        |                 |         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Patrick CRICHTON
|        |                 |        |         \-----Janet CRICHTON
|        |                  \-----Margaret DOUGLAS
|        |                          |                           /-----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
|        |                           \-----Catherine STEWART
|        |                                   |                  /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
|        |                                   |         /-----Archibald BOYD
|        |                                   |        |         \-----Mariot MAXWELL
|        |                                    \-----Margaret BOYD
|        |                                             \-----Christian MURE
\-----Elizabeth GORDON
         |                                                      /-----Alan STUART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
         |                                             /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
         |                                            |         \-----Catherine SETON
         |                                    /-----Matthew STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
         |                                   |        |         /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
         |                                   |         \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
         |                                   |                  \-----Elizabeth HEPBURN
         |                           /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
         |                          |        |                  /-----Sir James HAMILTON
         |                          |        |         /-----James HAMILTON, Lord Hamilton
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
         |                          |         \-----Elizabeth HAMILTON
         |                          |                 |         /-----James II King Of Scots
         |                          |                  \-----Mary STEWART
         |                          |                           \-----Marie Of Gueldres
         |                  /-----John STEWART, Lord Of Aubigny
         |                 |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
         |                 |        |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
         |                 |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
         |                 |                 |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Jill DOUGLAS
         |                 |                  \-----Eleanor SINCLAIR
         |                 |                          |         /-----Alexander SUTHERLAND
         |                 |                           \-----Marjorie SUTHERLAND
         |                 |                                    \-----Catherine CHALMER
         |         /-----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 Margaret LIVINGSTONE

1. Margaret LIVINGSTONE m. Sir Thomas NICHOLSON

m. Sir Thomas NICHOLSON

2+ Eleanor NICHOLSON m. Sir John SHAW

2nd generation

2. Eleanor NICHOLSON m. Sir John SHAW

m. Sir John SHAW father: Sir John SHAW mother: Jean MUIR

3+ Margaret SHAW m. Sir John HOUSTON

4+ Sir John SHAW m. Margaret DALRYMPLE

3rd generation

3. Margaret SHAW m. Sir John HOUSTON

m. Sir John HOUSTON father: Sir John HOUSTON mother: Anne DRUMMOND

5+ Sir John HOUSTON m. Eleanora CATHCART

4. Sir John SHAW m. Margaret DALRYMPLE

m. Margaret DALRYMPLE father: Sir Hugh DALRYMPLE mother: Marion HAMILTON

6+ Marion SHAW m. Charles CATHCART, Lord Cathcart

4th generation

5. Sir John HOUSTON m. Eleanora CATHCART

m. Eleanora CATHCART father: Charles CATHCART, Lord Cathcart mother: Marion SHAW

7+ Margaret HOUSTON m. Sir Michael STEWART

6. Marion SHAW m. Charles CATHCART, Lord Cathcart

m. Charles CATHCART, Lord Cathcart father: Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart mother: Elizabeth DALRYMPLE

8+ Eleanora CATHCART m. Sir John HOUSTON

5th generation

7. Margaret HOUSTON m. Sir Michael STEWART

m. Sir Michael STEWART

9+ Margaret STEWART m. Sir William MAXWELL

8. Eleanora CATHCART m. Sir John HOUSTON

m. Sir John HOUSTON father: Sir John HOUSTON mother: Margaret SHAW

7+ Margaret HOUSTON m. Sir Michael STEWART