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. Alexander GRAHAM Death: Before 8 Jan 1421/2
  2. John GRAHAM Birth: 2 Death: After 21 Jan 1426/7
  3. Elizabeth GRAHAM

Marriage: Children:
  1. Sir Robert GRAHAM Birth: 3 Death: Before 1503
  2. Patrick GRAHAM Birth: 4
  3. William GRAHAM Birth: 5 Death: After 1473
  4. Henry GRAHAM Birth: 6
  5. Walter GRAHAM Birth: 7 Death: After 31 Dec 1450

Bibliography
  1. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
  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 06 Gordon-Huntley. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VI [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten, New Series. II: Die Ausserdeutschen Staaten Die Regierenden Hauser der Ubrigen Staaten Europas. Marburg: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES II #[0-9]*].
  5. Ravilious, John, Ancestry of Margaret Danielston. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 11/5/2005. Subject: SP Addition: the Ancestry of Margaret Danielston (conjectured). Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/uPA34LynUhU/m/2vGU8cmcXtwJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 11/5/2005-232259].
  6. Ravilious, John, Graham of Montrose. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 12/5/2005. Subject: Graham of Montrose: a Keith/Barclay Connection. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/_IE30U74Vyc/m/u5K0D8FqnasJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/5/2005-002947].
  7. Ravilious, John, Sir William Graham and the Countess of Strathearn, in The Scottish Genealogist, vol LVIII no 3 (Sep 2011), pp112-15. Available at https://independent.academia.edu/JohnRavilious. This article at https://www.academia.edu/69641278/Sir_William_Graham_and_countess_of_Strathearn_TSG_LVIII_3_112_116. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Ravilious Strathearn p[0-9]*].
  8. 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 v1[pc][0-9]*].
  9. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[0-9]*].
  10. 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 I p[0-9]*].
  11. 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 III p[0-9]*].
  12. 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]*].
  13. 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 VI p[0-9]*].
  14. Doig, Suzanne, Graham of Abercorn, Kincardine etc.. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 11/26/1998. Subject: Graham of Abercorn, Kincardine etc.. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/H6nwxsmW8Cg/m/oRCWumSoM5kJ. Author address: Doigsmd49 at csc dot canterbury dot ac dot nz. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Suzanne Doig SGM 11/26/1998].
  15. Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, Medieval Heritage: The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England, The Genealogist, 2:157-68, 3:25-44, 3:175-94, 4:144-58, 5:64-72, 5:226-39, 6:100-3, 6:148-65, 7-8:137-43, 9:40-4, 10:73-85, 11:63-72, 11:184-93, 12:83-90, 12:250-6, 13:92-9, 13:252-6, 14:81-4, 14:207-10, 15:99-103, 15:220-4, 16:93-8, 16:227-31, 17:61-4, 17:250-5, 18:123-7, 18:228-31, 19:62-8, 19:251-5, 20:85-8, 20:184-90, 21:71-5, 21:250-4, 22:101-6, 22:186-91, 23:73-9, 23:203-8, 24:110-27, 24:239-54, 25:56-73, 25:214-32, 26:77-101, 26:202-26, 27:189, 28:90, 33:300. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Reprinted, with further corrections, as Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England: A Medieval Heritage. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton & Gunn, 2012. NYPL ARF 13-5787. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v[0-9]*-[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1416, CP VI p51, SP VI p214, Suzanne Doig SGM 11/26/1998],
half-brother:
Patrick Earl of Strathearn [Ref: CP VI p51]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: ES II #93, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p636, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p646, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p653, SP VI p217, Suzanne Doig SGM 11/26/1998, Thompson CharlesII v13-94(85)]
living 10 Aug 1423, d before 1425 [Ref: CP I p155]
Sources with Information about marriage to (Unk) LINDSAY
date:
before 1404 [Ref: Suzanne Doig SGM 11/26/1998]
in father's lifetime [Ref: CP VI p52]
second marriage of dau of Alexander LINSDAY [Ref: Ravilious Strathearn p114],
names:
Sir William GRAHAM & ___ LINDSAY [Ref: Burke Peerage p1417, CP I p312, Suzanne Doig SGM 11/26/1998]
Sir William GRAHAM & dau Alexander LINDSAY [Ref: Ravilious Strathearn p114]
Sir William GRAHAM & unk first wife [Ref: CP VI p52, SP VI p217, SP VI p218]
William GRAHAM & widow of David STEWART [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p636],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1417, CP I p312, CP VI p52, Ravilious Strathearn p114, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p636, SP VI p217, SP VI p218, Suzanne Doig SGM 11/26/1998]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary STEWART
date:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p25, CP I p155 (with corr in XIV p26), CP VI p52, ES II #93, SP I p173 (with corr in IX p11), SP I p18 (with corr in IX p2)]
1413 [Ref: Burke Peerage cclxxxix, Thompson CharlesII v13-94(85)]
abt 13 Nov 1413 [Ref: Suzanne Doig SGM 11/26/1998]
before 1416 [Ref: SP VI p217]
before 15 May 1416 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p646, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p653]
before 15 May 1416, as third or fourth marriage of Mary [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p636, SP IV p230]
second marriage of William [Ref: Burke Peerage p1417]
third marriage of Mary [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 11/5/2005-232259],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1417, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p636, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p646, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p653, Roberts RD600 p126, SP III p316, SP VI p218, SP VI p219, Suzanne Doig SGM 11/26/1998]
Research Notes:
possibly cr 1st Lord Graham, by the Regent Albany, in 1419 [Ref: CP VI p51]
Lord of Graham [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p646, SP I p18]

Knt, of Kincardine [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p646]
of Kincardine [Ref: Burke Peerage p1417, ES II #93, Roberts RD600 p126]

heir of his father [Ref: CP VI p51]

12 Feb 1407: had a charter from Robert, Duke of Albany, containing an entail of the lands of Auld Montrose [Ref: Burke Peerage p1417]

married first, in his father's lifetime, a lady by some said to have been Mariot, daughter of Sir John OLIPHANT of Aberdalgy [Ref: Burke Peerage p1417, CP VI p52]

married first, in his father's lifetime, a lady whose name is not certainly known. Crawfurd, followed by Douglas and (with hesitation) by Wood, calls her Mariota, daughter of Sir John Oliphant of Aberdalgie, but he gives no authority, and there is probably confusion with the wife of his brother Robert [Ref: SP VI p217]



Pedigree of Sir William GRAHAM, Lord Graham
                                                                /-----Alan De GRAHAM
                                                       /-----William De GRAHAM
                                              /-----David De GRAHAM
                                             |        |         /-----(Unk) Of Polwarth
                                             |         \-----(Unk) Of Polwarth
                                     /-----David GRAHAM
                                    |         \-----Amabel
                            /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
                           |         \-----Agnes NOBLE
                   /-----Sir David GRAHAM
                  |        |                                    /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern
                  |        |                           /-----Ferteth Earl Of Strathern
                  |        |                  /-----Gilbert Earl Of Strathern
                  |        |                 |         \-----Ethen
                  |        |         /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Ralph V De TOENI, Baron Of Flamstead
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Roger IV De TOENI, Baron Of Flamstead
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret De BEAUMONT
                  |        |        |         \-----Margaret De TOSNY
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Richard I De BEAUMONT, Viscount Of Maine
                  |        |        |                  \-----Constance De BEAUMONT
                  |        |        |                           \-----Lucie De L'AIGLE
                  |         \-----Annabelle Of Strathearn
                  |                 |                           /-----Freskin
                  |                 |                  /-----William FRESKIN
                  |                 |         /-----Hugh De MORAVIA
                  |                  \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
                  |                          |                  /-----Duncan MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife, Regent Of Scotlan
                  |                          |         /-----Duncan MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife, Justiciar Of Scot
                  |                           \-----Annabela Of Fife
                  |                                    \-----Ela
          /-----Sir David GRAHAM
 /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
|        |                                                      /-----Hugh De ABERNETHY
|        |                                             /-----Orm De ABERNETHY
|        |                                    /-----Sir Laurence De ABERNETHY
|        |                           /-----William De ABERNETHY
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Fergus Lord Of Galloway
|        |                          |        |         /-----Uchtred Of Galloway
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Sibyl/Elizabeth
|        |                          |         \-----Devorguile Of Galloway
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Waltheof Baron Of Allendale
|        |                          |                  \-----Gunnild Of Dunbar
|        |                          |                           \-----Sigrid
|        |                  /-----William De ABERNETHY
|        |                 |         \-----Margaret
|        |         /-----Laurence De ABERNETHY
|         \-----Helen De ABERNETHY
Sir William GRAHAM, Lord Graham
 \-----Maud



Descendants of Sir William GRAHAM, Lord Graham
1. Sir William GRAHAM, Lord Graham m1. (Unk) LINDSAY m2. Mary STEWART
m. (Unk) LINDSAY father: Sir Alexander LINDSAY mother: Catherine STIRLING
m. Mary STEWART father: Robert III King Of Scots mother: Annabella DRUMMOND

2nd generation

2. Alexander GRAHAM m.
5. Sir Robert GRAHAM m1. Janet LOVEL m2. Matilda SCRYMGEOUR
m. Janet LOVEL father: Sir Richard LOVEL
m. Matilda SCRYMGEOUR father: Sir James SCRYMGEOUR mother: Margaret MAITLAND

3rd generation

11. Patrick GRAHAM, Lord Graham m. Christian ERSKINE
m. Christian ERSKINE father: Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine mother: (Unk Dau) STEWART
13. David GRAHAM m.
15. Marjory GRAHAM m. John ERSKINE
m. John ERSKINE

4th generation

18. William GRAHAM, Lord Graham m. Elene DOUGLAS
m. Elene DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus mother: Margaret HAY
22. Janet GRAHAM m. Sir Gilbert KEITH
m. Sir Gilbert KEITH
23. Elizabeth GRAHAM m. William LIVINGSTON
m. William LIVINGSTON father: Edward LIVINGSTON
25. John ERSKINE m. Katherine MONYPENNY
m. Katherine MONYPENNY

5th generation

26. William GRAHAM, Lord Graham, Earl Of Montrose m1. Annabel DRUMMOND m2. Janet EDMONSTOUN m3. Christian WAWANE
m. Annabel DRUMMOND father: Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond mother: Elizabeth LINDSAY
m. Janet EDMONSTOUN father: Sir Archibald EDMONSTOUN mother: Janet SHAW
m. Christian WAWANE father: Thomas WAWANE
27. George GRAHAM m. Elizabeth OLIPHANT
m. Elizabeth OLIPHANT
29. Jean GRAHAM m. Sir John OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie
m. Sir John OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie father: Sir James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie mother: Elizabeth KENNEDY
31. Agnes GRAHAM m. Sir Walter FORRESTER
m. Sir Walter FORRESTER
32. Margaret KEITH m. William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Caithness
m. William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Caithness father: William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness mother: Marjorie SUTHERLAND
33. William LIVINGSTON m. Jonet BRUCE
m. Jonet BRUCE father: Sir Robert BRUCE mother: Euphemia MONTGOMERY
37. Elizabeth ERSKINE m. George FALCONER
m. George FALCONER