Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 01-20-2025.

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: Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
Sex: M
Birth: After 1441 ^b
Death: May 1517 in Finhaven Castle ^d
Burial: Dundee ^u

Parents:

Father:
Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford Birth: 1 Death: Sep 1453 in Finhaven Castle, Angus

Mother:

Margaret DUNBAR Death: Before Jan 1499/1500

Family:
Marriage:

Isobel CAMPBELL on Before 18 Mar 1470 .^m1
Isobel CAMPBELL

Children:

David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford Birth: 1 Death: 27 Nov 1542 in Cairnie Castle, Auchtermonzie
Alexander LINDSAY Birth: 2 Death: After 4 Mar 1509
Margaret LINDSAY
(Unk Dau) LINDSAY

Bibliography

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]*].
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].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 03 Canonteigh-Cutts. London: St Catherine Press, 1913. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 3 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo03coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP III [Ap][p0-9].*].
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]*].
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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: second son [Ref: CP III p514, SP III p21],
parents:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p501, CP III p514, SP III p21],
father:: [Ref: CP III p511]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p501, CP III p514]; 1517 [Ref: CP III p511],
place:: [Ref: CP III p514, SP III p25]

Sources with Inaccurate death Information

date:: Jul 1517 [Ref: SP III p25]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: CP III p514, SP III p24]

Sources with Information about marriage to Isobel CAMPBELL

date:: before 18 Mar 1470 [Ref: CP III p514, SP III p25],
child:: [Ref: CP III p514, SP III p25]

Sources with Inaccurate marriage information

names:: Alexander LINDSAY & Margaret CAMPBELL [Ref: Burke Peerage p501, CP I p70]

Research Notes:
7th Earl of Crawford, of Earldom cr 1398 [Ref: CP III p514]
7th Earl of Crawford [Ref: Burke Peerage p501]
Earl of Crawford [Ref: CP I p70, CP III p511]
Lord of Auchtermonzie [Ref: Burke Peerage p501]

Pedigree of Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                                                                /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
                                                       /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
                                                      |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
                                              /-----Sir David LINDSAY
                                             |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
                                             |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
                                     /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir Hugh ABERNETHY
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
                                    |        |        |         \-----Mary Of Argyll
                                    |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
                                    |                 |         /-----Alexander De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
                                    |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
                                    |                           \-----Matilda
                            /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                           |        |         /-----Sir John STIRLING
                           |         \-----Catherine STIRLING
                   /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                  |        |                                    /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |                           /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |                          |         \-----Joanna
                  |        |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
                  |        |                 |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
                  |        |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
                  |        |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
                  |        |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
                  |        |        |                           \-----Helen
                  |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                  |                 |                           /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |                 |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Jean COMYN
                  |                 |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh De BARCLAY
                  |                 |        |         \-----Eupheme
                  |                  \-----Euphemia Of Ross
                  |                          |                  /-----Sir Nicholas GRAHAM
                  |                          |         /-----John GRAHAM
                  |                          |        |         \-----Mary Of Strathearn
                  |                           \-----Margaret GRAHAM
                  |                                    \-----Isabella
          /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |        |                                             /-----Sir Parick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
         |        |                                    /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
         |        |                                   |         \-----Euphemia
         |        |                           /-----Sir Alexander DUNBAR
         |        |                          |        |         /-----John FITZ ROBERT, MC Surety
         |        |                          |         \-----Cecilia
         |        |                          |                  \-----Ada De BALIOL
         |        |                  /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
         |        |         /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Thomas FITZ RANULF
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas RANDOLPH
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Juliana
         |        |        |        |         /-----Thomas RANDOLPH, Earl Of Moray
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Adam De KILCONQUHAR
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Isabella De KILCONQUHAR
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
         |        |        |         \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |        |        |                 |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Jean COMYN
         |        |        |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De BARCLAY
         |        |        |                           \-----Eupheme
         |         \-----Marjorie DUNBAR
         |                  \-----Christiana WARDLAW
/-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|        |                                                      /-----Alexander De OGILUILL
|        |                                             /-----Patrick De OGILVY
|        |                                    /-----Patrick De OGILVY
|        |                           /-----Walter De OGILVY
|        |                          |        |         /-----Robert RAMSAY
|        |                          |         \-----Marjorie RAMSAY
|        |                  /-----Sir Walter OGILVY
|        |         /-----Sir Alexander OGILVY
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir Malcolm RAMSAY, Lord Of Auchterhouse
|        |        |         \-----Isabel RAMSAY
|         \-----Marjory OGILVIE
Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|                                                               /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
|                                                      /-----Sir Parick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
|                                                     |         \-----Ada
|                                             /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
|                                            |        |         /-----William De BRUS, Lord Of Annandale
|                                            |         \-----Euphemia
|                                            |                  \-----Christina
|                                    /-----Sir Alexander DUNBAR
|                                   |        |                  /-----Robert FITZ ROGER, Baron Of Whalton
|                                   |        |         /-----John FITZ ROBERT, MC Surety
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Margery De CHESNEY, Lady Of Horsford
|                                   |         \-----Cecilia
|                                   |                 |         /-----Hugh De BALIOL, Baron Of Bywell
|                                   |                  \-----Ada De BALIOL
|                                   |                           \-----Cicely De FONTAINES
|                           /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
|                  /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|                 |        |                                    /-----Randolf FITZWALTER, Baron Of Greystoke
|                 |        |                           /-----Thomas FITZ RANULF
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Amabel
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas RANDOLPH
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert Fitz WILLIAM
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Juliana
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Alice De LASCELLES
|                 |        |         /-----Thomas RANDOLPH, Earl Of Moray
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Adam De KILCONQUHAR
|                 |        |        |         \-----Isabella De KILCONQUHAR
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Neil Earl Of Carrick, Regent Of Scotland
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Isabella
|                 |         \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
|                 |                 |                           /-----Ferquhard Mac TAGGART, Earl Of Ross
|                 |                 |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|                 |                 |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Jean COMYN
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----(Unk)
|                 |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
|                 |                          |                  /-----(Unk) De BARCLAY
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De BARCLAY
|                 |                           \-----Eupheme
|         /-----Sir David DUNBAR
|        |         \-----Christiana WARDLAW
\-----Margaret DUNBAR

Descendants of Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford

1. Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford m. Isobel CAMPBELL

m. Isobel CAMPBELL

2+ David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford m1. Elizabeth HAY m2. Catherine STIRLING m3. Isobel LUNDY

3 Alexander LINDSAY m. Matilda GRAHAM

4+ Margaret LINDSAY m. James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie

5 (Unk Dau) LINDSAY m. (Unk) GARDYN

2nd generation

2. David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford m1. Elizabeth HAY m2. Catherine STIRLING m3. Isobel LUNDY

m. Elizabeth HAY father: William HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Elizabeth LESLIE

6+ Alexander LINDSAY, Master Of Crawford m. Jean SINCLAIR

m. Catherine STIRLING

m. Isobel LUNDY

7 Isobel LINDSAY m1. John BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick m2. George PRESTON

4. Margaret LINDSAY m. James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie

m. James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie father: Sir John OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie mother: Jean GRAHAM

8+ James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie m. Helen SINCLAIR

3rd generation

6. Alexander LINDSAY, Master Of Crawford m. Jean SINCLAIR

m. Jean SINCLAIR father: Henry SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair mother: Margaret HEPBURN

9+ David LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford m. Margaret BETHUNE

8. James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie m. Helen SINCLAIR

m. Helen SINCLAIR father: Henry SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair mother: Margaret HEPBURN

10+ Marion OGILVY m. Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray

11+ James OGILVY, Master of Ogilvy m. Catherine CAMPBELL

12+ Helen OGILVY m. James STEWART, Lord Innermeath

4th generation

9. David LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford m. Margaret BETHUNE

m. Margaret BETHUNE father: David BETHUNE, Cardinal Archbishop of St Andr mother: Matiota OGILVY

13+ David LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford m1. Lilias DRUMMOND m2. Grizell STEWART

14+ Henry LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford m1. Helen CHISHOLM m2. Margaret SHAW

15 Alexander LINDSAY, Lord Spynie m. Jean LYON; Jean LYON father: John LYON, Lord Glamis mother: Elizabeth ABERNETHY

16+ Helen LINDSAY m. Sir David LINDSAY

10. Marion OGILVY m. Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray

m. Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray father: Gilbert GRAY mother: Egidia MERCER

17+ Isabel GRAY m. Alexander FALCONER

18 Janet GRAY m1. William OGILVY m2. James SANDILANDS

19+ Agnes GRAY m1. Sir Robert LOGAN m2. Alexander HOME, Lord Home m3. Sir Thomas LYON

20 James GRAY m. Elizabeth BETHUNE; Elizabeth BETHUNE father: Sir John BETHUNE

21+ Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray m. Barbara RUTHVEN

11. James OGILVY, Master of Ogilvy m. Catherine CAMPBELL

m. Catherine CAMPBELL father: Sir John CAMPBELL mother: Muriel CALDER

22 Helen OGILVY m. Sir John OGILVY

23+ James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie m. Jean FORBES

12. Helen OGILVY m. James STEWART, Lord Innermeath

m. James STEWART, Lord Innermeath father: John STEWART, Lord Innermeath mother: Elizabeth BETHUNE

24+ John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl m1. Margaret LINDSAY m2. Mary RUTHVEN

5th generation

13. David LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford m1. Lilias DRUMMOND m2. Grizell STEWART

m. Lilias DRUMMOND father: David DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond mother: Lilian RUTHVEN

25 David LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford m. Jean KERR; Jean KERR father: Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian mother: Margaret MAXWELL

m. Grizell STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl mother: Margaret FLEMING

14. Henry LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford m1. Helen CHISHOLM m2. Margaret SHAW

m. Helen CHISHOLM father: James CHISHOLM mother: Jean DRUMMOND

26 George LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford m. Elizabeth SINCLAIR

m. Margaret SHAW father: Sir James SHAW mother: Marjory KIRKCALDY

27 Alexander LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford

28 Ludovic LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford m. Margaret GRAHAM; Margaret GRAHAM father: William GRAHAM, Earl of Menteith mother: Agnes GRAY

16. Helen LINDSAY m. Sir David LINDSAY

m. Sir David LINDSAY

29+ Margaret LINDSAY m. Sir David CARNEGIE, Earl of Southesk

17. Isabel GRAY m. Alexander FALCONER

m. Alexander FALCONER father: Alexander FALCONER mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS

30+ Sir Alexander FALCONER m. Agnes CARNEGIE

19. Agnes GRAY m1. Sir Robert LOGAN m2. Alexander HOME, Lord Home m3. Sir Thomas LYON

m. Sir Robert LOGAN

31 Robert LOGAN

m. Alexander HOME, Lord Home father: George HOME, Lord Home mother: Mariota HALYBURTON

32 Isobel HOME m. Sir James HOME

33+ Alexander HOME, Earl of Home m1. Christian DOUGLAS m2. Mary DUDLEY

m. Sir Thomas LYON

21. Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray m. Barbara RUTHVEN

m. Barbara RUTHVEN father: William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven mother: Janet HALYBURTON, Baroness Dirletoun

34+ Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray m1. Elizabeth LYON m2. Mary STEWART

23. James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie m. Jean FORBES

m. Jean FORBES father: William FORBES, Lord Forbes mother: Elizabeth KEITH

35+ James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie m1. Jean RUTHVEN m2. Elizabeth NAPIER

36+ Margaret OGILVY m1. George KEITH, Earl Marischal m2. Sir Alexander STRACHAN

24. John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl m1. Margaret LINDSAY m2. Mary RUTHVEN

m. Margaret LINDSAY father: David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford mother: Catherine CAMPBELL

37 John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl m. Mary STEWART; Mary STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl mother: Mary RUTHVEN

m. Mary RUTHVEN father: William RUTHVEN, Earl of Gowrie mother: Dorothy STEWART