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. Robert ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead Death: Oct 1595
  2. Sir William ROSS Birth: 2

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. 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].*].
  2. Ravilious, John, Houstoun descent. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 1/27/2001. Subject: New MC Line: Clare-Bruce-Stewart-MacDonald- - - - Houstoun - Fleming [long]. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/CrWKS2Ix6Rc/m/mICxN_Cb-cgJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 1/27/2001-220328].
  3. Ravilious, John, Sanquhar and Ros of Wark. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 9/16/2003. Subject: CP ' Expansion ' : Sanquhar, co. Dumfries and de Ros of Wark. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/tPGnnBqCV5c/m/0huk2Y9cS-gJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 9/16/2003-220001].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: CP XI p158(e), CP XI p158],
father:
[Ref: John Ravilious SGM 1/27/2001-220328, John Ravilious SGM 9/16/2003-220001]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
mother:
Isabel HAMILTON (#191089) [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 9/16/2003-220001]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP XI p158]
Sources with Information about marriage to James ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead
names:
[Ref: CP XI p158],
child:
[Ref: CP XI p159, CP XI p160]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
names:
Alexander FLEMING (#165026) & Jean SEMPILL [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 9/16/2003-220001]
Sources with Information about marriage to Alexander FLEMING
names:
[Ref: John Ravilious SGM 1/27/2001-220328]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
child:
Margaret (#165028) wife of James CUNINGHAM [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 1/27/2001-220328]
Research Notes:
legitimated 24 Aug 1546 [Ref: CP XI p158(e)]



Pedigree of Jean SEMPILL
                                                                /-----Sir John De SEMPILL
                                                       /-----John SEMPILL
                                              /-----Sir Robert SEMPILL
                                     /-----Sir William SEMPILL
                            /-----Sir Thomas SEMPHILL
                           |        |                           /-----Sir Alan CATHCARD
                           |        |                  /-----Alan CATHCART
                           |        |         /-----Sir Alan CATHCART, Lord Cathcart
                           |         \-----Margaret CATHCART
                           |                  \-----Janet MAXWELL
                   /-----Sir John SEMPILL, Lord Sempill
                  |        |                                    /-----John ROSS
                  |        |                           /-----Sir John ROSS
                  |        |                  /-----Sir John ROSS
                  |        |         /-----John ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead
                  |         \-----Elizabeth ROSS
                  |                 |         /-----John MURE
                  |                  \-----Marjory MURE
          /-----William SEMPILL, Lord Sempill
         |        |                                             /-----Robert COLVILLE
         |        |                                    /-----Sir Thomas COLVILLE
         |        |                           /-----Robert COLVILLE
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir James LINDSAY
         |        |                          |         \-----Margaret LINDSAY
         |        |                          |                  \-----Margaret KEITH
         |        |                  /-----Sir Robert COLVILLE
         |        |                 |         \-----Margaret COLVILLE
         |        |         /-----Sir Robert COLVILLE
         |        |        |        |                           /-----William De CRICHTON
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Edward De CRICHTON
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De ROS
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
         |        |        |         \-----Christian CRICHTON
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
         |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
         |         \-----Margaret COLVILLE
         |                  \-----Eupheme WALLACE
 /-----Robert SEMPILL, Lord Sempill
|        |                                                      /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
|        |                                             /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
|        |                                            |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
|        |                                    /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Lord Montgomerie
|        |                                   |        |         /-----John Lord Of The Isles
|        |                                   |         \-----Agnes Of The Isles
|        |                                   |                  \-----Margaret STEWART
|        |                           /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Robert BOYD
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Margaret GIFFORD
|        |                          |         \-----Margaret BOYD
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|        |                          |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |                          |                           \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
|        |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Patrick HEPBURN
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Agnes
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----William De VAUX
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
|        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth HEPBURN
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
|        |                 |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
|        |                 |                           \-----(Unk)
|        |         /-----Hugh MONTGOMERIE, Earl Of Eglintoun
|        |        |        |                                    /-----John KENNEDY
|        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Gilbert KENNEDY
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Mary
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir James KENNEDY
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Agnes MAXWELL
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Isabel LINDSAY
|        |        |        |         /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Mary STEWART
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|        |        |        |        |                           \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
|        |        |         \-----Catherine KENNEDY
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----John STEWART
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Katherine STEWART
|        |        |                  \-----Catherine MAXWELL
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Sir John HERRIES
|        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Herbert HERRIES
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Eufemia LINDSAY
|        |        |                           \-----(Unk) HERRIES
|        |        |                                    \-----Margaret
|         \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
|                 |                                             /-----Gillespic CAMPBELL
|                 |                                    /-----Sir Colin CAMPBELL
|                 |                                   |         \-----Isabel LAMONT
|                 |                           /-----Sir Duncan CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell
|                 |                          |        |         /-----John CAMPBELL
|                 |                          |         \-----Mariot CAMPBELL
|                 |                  /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Master Of Campbell
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                 |                 |         \-----Marjory STEWART
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
|                 |                 |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
|                 |                 |                           \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
|                 |         /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Sir Thomas SOMERVILLE
|                 |        |        |                  /-----William SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Janet STEWART
|                 |        |        |         /-----John SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John MOWAT
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Janet MOWAT
|                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth SOMERVILE
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Patrick HEPBURN
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
|                 |        |                  \-----Helen HEPBURN
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|                 |        |                           \-----Janet BORTHWICK
|                 |        |                                    \-----(Unk)
|                  \-----Helen CAMPBELL
|                          |                                    /-----Sir Robert STEWART
|                          |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
|                          |                  /-----Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn
|                          |                 |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
|                          |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
|                          |                 |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
|                          |         /-----John STEWART, Lord Lorn
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                          |        |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                          |        |         \-----Joan STEWART
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
|                          |        |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
|                          |        |                           \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
|                           \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                                    \-----Fingula Of The Isles
Jean SEMPILL
 \-----Elizabeth CARLILE



Descendants of Jean SEMPILL
1. Jean SEMPILL m1. James ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead m2. Alexander FLEMING
m. James ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead father: Ninian ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead mother: Janet STEWART
m. Alexander FLEMING father: William FLEMING

2nd generation

2. Robert ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead m. Jean HAMILTON
m. Jean HAMILTON father: Gavin HAMILTON
3. Sir William ROSS m.

3rd generation

4. James ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead m. Margaret SCOTT
m. Margaret SCOTT father: Walter SCOTT, Lord Scott Of Buccleuch mother: Margaret KERR
5. Sir William ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead m1. Elizabeth HOUSTON m2. Margaret FORRESTER
m. Elizabeth HOUSTON father: Sir Patrick HOUSTON
m. Margaret FORRESTER father: Sir James FORRESTER

4th generation

9. George ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead m1. Grizel COCHRANE m2. Jean RAMSAY
m. Grizel COCHRANE father: William COCHRANE, Earl Of Dundonald mother: Eupheme SCOTT
m. Jean RAMSAY father: George RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie mother: Anne FLEMING

5th generation

10. Jean ROSS m. William RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie
m. William RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie father: John RAMSAY mother: Marjorie SPENCE