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


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Alexander HOME, Lord Home Birth: 1 Death: 8 Oct 1516 in Edinburgh
  2. George HOME, Lord Home Birth: 2 Death: After 15 Mar 1548/9
  3. John HOME Birth: 3
  4. Patrick HOME Birth: 4
  5. William HOME Birth: 5 Death: 9 Oct 1516 in Edinburgh
  6. Andrew HOME Birth: 6
  7. David HOME Birth: 7
  8. Elizabeth HOME Birth: Abt 1477 Death: 1544
  9. Mariot HOME Death: After 16 Jan 1533/4
  10. Nichola HOME Death: After Jul 1529

Marriage: Children:
  1. Nicolas RAMSAY Birth: 1 Death: Before 9 May 1555
  2. George RAMSAY Birth: 2

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 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].*].
  4. 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].*].
  5. 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 II p[0-9]*].
  6. 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]*].
  7. 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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
second daughter [Ref: CP VI p553],
parents:
[Ref: CP VI p553],
father:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1027, Burke Peerage p534, CP I p221, CP III p513 (with corr in XIV p218), CP VI p494, SP IV p453]
Sources for death Information
date:
before 2 Jan 1527/8 [Ref: CP VI p553]
shortly before 2 Jan 1527/8 [Ref: SP IV p453]
Sources with Information about marriage to Alexander HOME, Lord Home
date:
before 22 Mar 1492/3 [Ref: CP VI p553]
first marriage of Nichole [Ref: Burke Peerage p534, SP III p92]
second marriage of Alexander [Ref: CP I p221, CP III p513 (with corr in XIV p218), CP VI p494, SP IV p453],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1027, CP I p221, CP III p513 (with corr in XIV p218), CP VI p494, CP VI p553, SP II p153, SP IV p453, SP IV p454]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sir Alexander RAMSAY
date:
abt 1508 [Ref: Burke Peerage p534]
prob 1508-09, second marriage of both [Ref: SP III p92 (with corr in IX p65)]
prob abt 1508 [Ref: CP VI p553]
second marriage of Nichola [Ref: Burke Peerage p1027, SP IV p453],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p534]
Research Notes:
heiress of her father [Ref: SP IV p453]



Pedigree of Nichole KER
 /-----Sir George KER
Nichole KER
|                                                               /-----John De St CLAIR
|                                                      /-----William De St CLAIR
|                                             /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|                                    /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|                                   |        |                  /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Alice De FENTON
|                                   |         \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
|                           /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|                          |        |         /-----Sir Patrick POLWARTH
|                          |         \-----Elizabeth POLWARCH
|                  /-----John SINCLAIR
|                 |         \-----Margaret
|         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|        |         \-----Isobel
 \-----Mariot SINCLAIR
         |                                    /-----Sir John HOME
         |                           /-----Sir Thomas HOME
         |                  /-----Sir Alexander HOME
         |                 |         \-----Nichola
         |         /-----Sir Alexander HOME, Lord Home
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Thomas De HAYA
         |        |        |                           /-----Sir William De HAYA
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Lora CUNINGESBURGH
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas HAY
         |        |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
         |        |        |         /-----Sir William HAY
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John GIFFARD
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
         |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
         |        |        |        |         \-----Janet GIFFORD
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Joan
         |        |         \-----Janet HAY
         |        |                 |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
         |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
         |        |                  \-----Alicia BORTHWICK
         |        |                           \-----(Unk)
          \-----Katherine HOME
                  |                  /-----Sir Robert LAUDER
                  |         /-----John LAUDER
                   \-----Mariot LAUDER
                           |         /-----William DE LANDELLS
                            \-----Katherine LANDELLS



Descendants of Nichole KER
1. Nichole KER m1. Alexander HOME, Lord Home m2. Sir Alexander RAMSAY
m. Alexander HOME, Lord Home father: Alexander HOME mother: Agnes HEPBURN
m. Sir Alexander RAMSAY father: Sir Alexander RAMSAY mother: Isabella DOUGLAS

2nd generation

2. Alexander HOME, Lord Home m1. Katherine STIRLING m2. Agnes STEWART
m. Katherine STIRLING father: Sir William STIRLING mother: Margaret CRICHTON
m. Agnes STEWART father: Sir James STEWART, Earl Of Buchan mother: Margaret (MURRAY)
3. George HOME, Lord Home m. Mariota HALYBURTON
m. Mariota HALYBURTON father: Patrick HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun mother: Margaret DOUGLAS
4. John HOME m.
11. Nichola HOME m1. Andrew HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles m2. Patrick HEPBURN
m. Andrew HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles father: Herbert HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles mother: Mariota CARLYLE
m. Patrick HEPBURN father: Patrick HEPBURN, Earl Of Bothwell mother: Margaret GORDON
12. Nicolas RAMSAY m1. Isobel LIVINGSTON m2. Christian ROSS
m. Isobel LIVINGSTON father: Robert LIVINGSTON
m. Christian ROSS father: Ninian ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead mother: Elizabeth STEWART

3rd generation

14. John HOME m.
17. Janet HOME m. Sir John HAMILTON
m. Sir John HAMILTON father: James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran
18. Alexander HOME, Lord Home m1. m2. Margaret KER m3. Agnes GRAY
m. Margaret KER father: Sir Walter KER mother: Isabel (KER)
m. Agnes GRAY father: Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray mother: Marion OGILVY
20. Margaret HOME m. Sir Alexander ERSKINE
m. Sir Alexander ERSKINE father: John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine mother: Margaret CAMPBELL
25. William HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles m. Katherine KENNEDY
m. Katherine KENNEDY father: James KENNEDY mother: Agnes MURRAY

4th generation

30. Margaret HAMILTON m1. James JOHNSTON m2. David DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus m3. Sir Patrick WHITELAW
m. James JOHNSTON
m. David DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus father: George DOUGLAS mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS
m. Sir Patrick WHITELAW
32. Margaret HOME m. George KEITH, Earl Marischal
m. George KEITH, Earl Marischal father: William KEITH, Lord Keith mother: Elizabeth HAY
34. Alexander HOME, Earl of Home m1. Christian DOUGLAS m2. Mary DUDLEY
m. Christian DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton mother: Agnes LESLIE
m. Mary DUDLEY father: Edward DUDLEY, Lord Dudley mother: Theodosia HARINGTON
35. Thomas ERSKINE, Earl of Kellie m1. Dorothy SMITH m2. Anne OGILVY m3. Elizabeth PIERREPONT
m. Dorothy SMITH father: Humphrey SMITH
m. Anne OGILVY father: Sir Gilbert OGILVY
m. Elizabeth PIERREPONT father: Sir Henry PIERREPONT mother: Frances CAVENDISH
36. Agnes HERRIES m. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries
m. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries father: Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell mother: Janet DOUGLAS

5th generation

37. Jean JOHNSTONE m1. William CARLYLE, Master Of Carlyle m2. Alexander ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy m3. William KERR
m. William CARLYLE, Master Of Carlyle father: Michael CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle mother: Janet CHARTBRIS
m. Alexander ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy father: William ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy mother: Elizabeth HAY
m. William KERR father: Mark KERR mother: Helen LESLIE
39. Elizabeth DOUGLAS m1. John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m2. Sir Alexander STEWART m3. John WALLACE
m. John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell father: Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell mother: Beatrice DOUGLAS
m. Sir Alexander STEWART
m. John WALLACE
40. Margaret DOUGLAS m1. Sir Walter SCOTT m2. Francis STEWART, Earl Of Bothwell
m. Sir Walter SCOTT father: Sir William SCOTT mother: Grisel BETOUN
m. Francis STEWART, Earl Of Bothwell father: John STEWART, Lord Darnley mother: Jean HEPBURN
41. Anne KEITH m. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
m. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton father: Robert DOUGLAS, Master of Morton mother: Jean LYON
42. William KEITH, Earl Marischal m. Mary ERSKINE
m. Mary ERSKINE father: John ERSKINE, Earl Of Mar mother: Mary STEWART
43. Margaret HOME m. James STEWART, Earl Of Moray
m. James STEWART, Earl Of Moray father: James STEWART, Earl Of Moray mother: Anne GORDON
44. Anne HOME m. John MAITLAND, Duke of Lauderdale
m. John MAITLAND, Duke of Lauderdale father: John MAITLAND, Earl of Lauderdale mother: Isabel SETON
45. Alexander ERSKINE, Viscount Fentoun m. Anne SETON
m. Anne SETON father: Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline mother: Lilias DRUMMOND
47. Sarah MAXWELL m1. Sir James JOHNSTON m2. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown m3. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Viscount Montgomery
m. Sir James JOHNSTON
m. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown father: John FLEMING, Lord Fleming mother: Elizabeth ROSS
m. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Viscount Montgomery father: Adam MONTGOMERY mother: Margaret MONTGOMERY
48. Margaret MAXWELL m. Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian
m. Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian father: Mark KERR mother: Helen LESLIE
49. William MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Catherine KERR
m. Catherine KERR father: Mark KERR mother: Helen LESLIE