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. John SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland Birth: Abt 1390 Death: 1460
  2. Alexander SUTHERLAND Birth: Abt 1395 Death: Before 21 Jun 1458

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 12-1, Skelmersdale-Towton. London: St Catherine Press, 1953. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XII/1 [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. MacEwen, Andrew B W, Family connections of Alexander Sutherland of Dunbeath, The Genealogist 3,1 (1982) pp131-153. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MacEwen Sutherland of Dunbeath p[0-9]*].
  4. 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]*].
  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 VIII p[0-9]*].
  7. 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
date:
abt 1348 [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v06-103]
first son by second wife [Ref: CP XII/1 p545]
second son, first by second wife [Ref: SP VIII p328],
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1940, CP XII/1 p545, MacEwen Sutherland of Dunbeath p134, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p604, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p607, SP VIII p328, Thompson CharlesII v13-92]
Sources for death Information
date:
living Oct 1408 [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v06-103]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
date:
1442 [Ref: Burke Peerage p1940]
prob in or before 1427 [Ref: CP XII/1 p545]
said in 1442, may before 1427 [Ref: SP VIII p330],
note:
CP says "probably in or prior to 1427" but he is not documented after 1408 [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v06-103(28)]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret STEWART
date:
1389 [Ref: CP XII/1 p545, Thompson CharlesII v06-103]
prob before 2 Nov 1389 [Ref: MacEwen Sutherland of Dunbeath p134],
names:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p626, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p629, SP II p263],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1940, CP XII/1 p545, MacEwen Sutherland of Dunbeath p134, SP VIII p330, Thompson CharlesII v06-103]
Research Notes:
6th Earl of Sutherland, of Earldom cr 1235 [Ref: CP XII/1 p545]
6th Earl of Sutherland [Ref: Burke Peerage p1940, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p604]
Earl of Sutherland [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v06-103]

first surviving son and heir of his father [Ref: CP XII/1 p545]

probably the Earl of Sutherland mentioned by Froissart [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v06-103]

1388: ravaged Cumberland [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v06-103]

first of his house to be associated with the castle of Dunrobin, which he may have built [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v06-103]



Pedigree of Robert SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
                                                       /-----Freskin
                                              /-----William FRESKIN
                                     /-----Hugh De MORAVIA
                            /-----William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
                           |        |                           /-----Gillemichel MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife
                           |        |                  /-----Duncan MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife, Regent Of Scotlan
                           |        |         /-----Duncan MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife, Justiciar Of Scot
                           |         \-----Annabela Of Fife
                           |                  \-----Ela
                   /-----William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
          /-----Kenneth SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
 /-----William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
|        |                                             /-----Gyloclery
|        |                                    /-----Morgrund Mac GYLOCHER, Earl Of Mar
|        |                           /-----Duncan Earl Of Mar
|        |                          |         \-----Agnes
|        |                  /-----William Earl Of Mar
|        |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
|        |        |        |                                    /-----(Unk) De COMYN
|        |        |        |                           /-----(Unk) De COMYN
|        |        |        |                  /-----Richard COMYN
|        |        |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Waltheof Of Tynedale
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Uchtred Of Tynedale
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Hextilde of Tynedale
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Domnall Bane (Donald) Mac DONNCHAD, King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Bethoc Of Scotland
|        |        |         \-----Elizabeth COMYN
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Colban Earl Of Buchan
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Roger Earl Of Buchan
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Eve Countess Of Buchan
|        |        |                 |         /-----Fergus Earl Of Buchan
|        |        |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
|         \-----Margaret Of Mar
|                  \-----Helen
Robert SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
|                                                               /-----Fleald Fitz Alan
|                                                      /-----Alan FITZ FLEALD
|                                             /-----Walter FITZALAN, High Steward Of Scotland
|                                            |        |         /-----Ernulph De HESDIN, Baron Of Keevil
|                                            |         \-----Avelina De HESDIN
|                                            |                  \-----Emmeline
|                                    /-----Alan High Steward Of Scotland
|                                   |        |         /-----Thomas Of London
|                                   |         \-----Sechym De MOILE
|                           /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
|                          |        |         /-----Swan
|                          |         \-----Eva
|                  /-----Walter STEWART, Earl Of Menteith
|                 |        |                  /-----Gilbride Earl Of Angus
|                 |        |         /-----Gilchrist Earl Of Angus
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Maldred Lord Of Carlisle
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Gospatric I Earl Of Northumberland
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Ealdgyth
|                 |        |        |         \-----(Unk Dau) Of Dunbar
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Ethelred II The Redeless King Of England
|                 |        |        |                  \-----(Unk Dau)
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Alfflaed
|                 |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
|         /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
|        |        |                  /-----(Unk) Of Menteith
|        |        |         /-----Maurice The Younger Earl Of Menteith
|        |         \-----Mary Of Menteith, Countess Of Menteith
 \-----Joan De MONTEITH



Descendants of Robert SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
1. Robert SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland m. Margaret STEWART
m. Margaret STEWART father: Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Buchan mother: Mariot ATHYN

2nd generation

2. John SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland m1. Helen SINCLAIR m2. Margaret BAILLIE
m. Helen SINCLAIR father: Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney mother: Jill DOUGLAS
m. Margaret BAILLIE father: Sir William BAILLIE mother: Marion SETON
3. Alexander SUTHERLAND m1. Mariota Of Ila m2. Margaret MacLEOD m3. Catherine CHALMER
m. Mariota Of Ila father: Sir Donald Lord Of The Isles mother: Mary LESLIE, Countess Of Ross
m. Margaret MacLEOD
m. Catherine CHALMER

3rd generation

5. John SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland m1. m2. Fingole CALDER m3. Catherine
m. Fingole CALDER father: Sir William CALDER
m. Catherine
8. Janet SUTHERLAND m. Alexander DUNBAR
m. Alexander DUNBAR father: Sir Alexander DUNBAR mother: Isobella SUTHERLAND
17. Marjorie SUTHERLAND m. William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
m. William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness father: Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney mother: Jill DOUGLAS

4th generation

19. Elizabeth SUTHERLAND, Countess Of Sutherland m. Adam GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland
m. Adam GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland father: Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley mother: Elizabeth HAY
24. William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Caithness m1. Margaret KEITH m2.
m. Margaret KEITH father: Sir Gilbert KEITH mother: Janet GRAHAM
29. Catherine SINCLAIR m. Alexander STEWART, Duke Of Albany
m. Alexander STEWART, Duke Of Albany father: James II King Of Scots mother: Marie Of Gueldres
30. Eleanor SINCLAIR m. Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
m. Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl father: Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn mother: Joan De BEAUFORT

5th generation

35. Alexander GORDON, Master Of Sutherland m. Janet STEWART
m. Janet STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl mother: Janet CAMPBELL
37. John SINCLAIR, Earl Of Caithness m. Elizabeth SUTHERLAND
m. Elizabeth SUTHERLAND father: William SUTHERLAND mother: Janet INNES
38. Alexander SINCLAIR m. Elizabeth INNES
m. Elizabeth INNES father: Alexander INNES
40. Margaret STEWART m1. Sir Patrick HAMILTON m2. David ROSS
m. Sir Patrick HAMILTON father: James HAMILTON, Lord Hamilton mother: Janet CALDERWOOD
m. David ROSS
41. Alexander STEWART, Bishop Of Moray m1. Margaret Of Scotland m2.
m. Margaret Of Scotland father: James IV King Of Scots mother: Margaret DRUMMOND
44. John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl m. Janet CAMPBELL
m. Janet CAMPBELL father: Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll mother: Elizabeth STEWART
46. Katherine STEWART m. John FORBES, Lord Forbes
m. John FORBES, Lord Forbes father: William FORBES, Lord Forbes mother: Christian GORDON
47. Elizabeth STEWART m1. John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox m2. Ninian ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead
m. John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox father: Matthew STEWART, Earl Of Lennox mother: Elizabeth HAMILTON
m. Ninian ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead father: John ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead mother: Christian EDMONSTONE
49. Jane STEWART m. Sir John GORDON, Laird Of Pitlurg
m. Sir John GORDON, Laird Of Pitlurg father: John GORDON mother: Elizabeth MAITLAND
50. Elizabeth STEWART m. Alexander ROBERTSON
m. Alexander ROBERTSON
52. Marjory STEWART m. Sir Colin CAMPBELL
m. Sir Colin CAMPBELL father: Sir Duncan CAMPBELL mother: Margarey DOUGLAS
54. Jean STEWART m. James ARBUTHNOTT
m. James ARBUTHNOTT father: Robert ARBUTHNOTT mother: Mariot SCRYMGEOUR