Our Stuart family goes back to the splendidly named Lewis Lodvick Stuart, whose wife Anne Stewart is named on the birth records of their children. We do not know from where the Stuart family came, but according to John Stuart, who farmed Quarryhead (born 20 May 1887) in a conversation with Alexander S. Watt in 1950, three brothers, Roderick, Douglas and Ludvic, came cattle raiding from Ross and Cromarty and never returned. Bella Kynoch tramped from Ross-shire and married Roderick in the parish church of New Deer in 1747 (the parish records of New Deer are missing for this period), and they farmed at Mitchelhil, also known as Auchmaliddie.

The story handed down through John Watt, the uncle of Alexander S. Watt, was that the three brothers were caught cattle stealing in New Deer and never returned to Ross and Cromarty. The two stories are roughly the same, and we trust they are correct.

The family history below is researched from Scotland's People.

LEWIS LODVICK STUART married ANNE STEWART

Children of LEWIS LODVICK STUART and ANNE STEWART were:

Alexander Stuart, b. May 25, 1753, New Deer.

John Stuart, b. January 22, 1743/44, Brucklay, New Deer; d. infancy.

Lewis Stuart, b. July 7, 1750, New Deer; d. May 7, 1755, New Deer.

Anna Stuart, b. January 4, 1740/41, Bonnykelly, New Deer.

John Stuart, b. January 22, 1744/45; d. November 23, 1818, New Deer.

William Stuart, b. November 8 1747; see below

WILLIAM STUART was born November 8, 1747 in Brucklay, New Deer, and died March 26, 1825 in New Deer. He married ELSPET HUTTON.

Children of WILLIAM STUART and ELSPET HUTTON were:

Alexander Stuart, b. May 30, 1786, New Deer; d. August 26, 1815, New Deer.

Mary Stuart, b. December 11, 1783, New Deer; d. October 7, 1820, New Deer.

William Stuart, b. May 3, 1779, New Deer.

John Stuart b. June 1 1777; see below

JOHN STUART was born June 1, 1777 in Little Auchoch, New Deer, and died November 23, 1848 in New Deer. He married JANE SCOTT

Children of JOHN STUART and JANE SCOTT were:

Mary Stuart, b. December 7, 1807, New Deer; d. August 22, 1885, New Deer.

Alexander Stuart, b. July 30, 1809, New Deer; d. December 8, 1814, Auchmaleddie, New Deer.

Margaret Stuart, b. May 21, 1815, New Deer; d. May 28, 1888, Mill of Elrick, Savoch.

Jane Stuart, b. November 26, 1822, New Deer; d. New Deer, in infancy.

John Stuart, b. August 22, 1817, New Deer; d. April 3, 1888, Auchmaleddie, New Deer.

James Stuart, b. June 14, 1813, New Deer; d. May 10, 1886, Old Maud, New Deer.

Martha Stuart, b. November 26, 1822, New Deer, d. in infancy.

William Stuart b. April 21 1811; see below

WILLIAM STUART was born April 21, 1811 in Auchmaleddie, New Deer, and died April 8, 1881 in Newton, Crossgight, New Deer. He married ANN MARSHALL November 13, 1853 in New Deer

Children of WILLIAM STUART and ANN MARSHALL were:

Anne Stuart, b. January 20, 1855, New Deer; d. June 18, 1932, Lochside, Turriff.

Elsie Stuart, b. June 29, 1869, New Deer; d. June 4, 1896, Willowbank Cottage

Mary Stuart, b. August 6, 1860, New Deer.

Alexander Fordyce Stuart, b. May 15, 1863 , New Deer; d. October 20, 1942 , B.C. Canada .

Margaret Jean Stuart, b. September 22, 1865, New Deer; d. April 28, 1953, Aberdeen; m. George Watt, August 26, 1887

Sophia Stuart, b. April 29, 1857, New Deer; d. February 26, 1922 , Backhill, Ardallie

Jessie Stuart, b. April 29, 1857, New Deer; d. July 6, 1934, Doghillock, Brucklay, New Deer

Anne Stuart, b. January 20, 1855, New Deer; see below

ANNE STUART was born January 20, 1855 in New Deer, and died June 18, 1932 in Lochside, Turriff. She had a child by GEORGE MELDRUM. He was born 1850 in Dundee, and died August 12, 1883 at sea, on board the steamship " Dundee ". She married (1) SIMON MURRAY June 21, 1884 in New Deer.

Child of ANNE STUART and GEORGE MELDRUM was:

George Meldrum Stuart, b. May 11, 1877, Crossgight, New Deer; see below

Child of ANNE STUART and SIMON MURRAY was:

Annie Murray, b. September 20, 1884, 1 Church Street, New Pitsligo.

GEORGE MELDRUM STUART was born May 11, 1877 in Crossgight, New Deer. He married HELLEN FOWLIE June 25, 1904 in New Pitsligo, daughter of JOHN FOWLIE and ANN WALKER (see the Fowlie page). She was born September 21, 1877 in Cranhill, New Pitsligo, and died November 16, 1948 in Fyvie.

Children of GEORGE MELDRUM STUART and HELLEN FOWLIE were:

Peter Gordon Fowlie, b. February 5, 1897, Mill of Craigston, New Byth; m. Janet Davidina Duncan, 1924, Ythan Bank

George Stuart Fowlie, b. November 10, 1898 , 136a High Street, New Pitsligo.

William Stuart Fowlie, b. March 7, 1900, New Deer; d. March 16, 1900, New Deer.

John Stuart.

Anna Stuart, d. 2004; m. (1) Gavin Littlejohn; m. (2) William Littlejohn.

Hellen Stuart, b. 1905, New Pitsligo; d. August 2, 2003, Scotland ; m. Peter Barron.

Simon Murray Stuart.

James Hunter Stuart, b. 1917; d. February 23, 1917, Lochside, Turriff, of whooping cough.

Alexander Stuart.

Mary Stuart, m. Arthur Tod.

Douglas Stuart, b. 1924; m. Dorothy Kemslie, September 11, 1943.

William Rattray Stuart, b. August 13, 1906; see below

WILLIAM RATTRAY STUART was born on August 13th 1906. He married HELEN ISOBEL WILSON, daughter of WILLIAM YOUNG WILSON and GEORGINA DAVIE.

Children of WILLIAM RATTRAY STUART and HELEN WILSON are:

Margaret Stuart, b. 1932; m.Anthony Colquhoun

Brian Stuart, b. 1935; m. Helen Amos

Roslyn Stuart, b. 1942; m. Douglas Bromley

William John Coubrough Stuart, b. 1944, Milton Ernest Bedford; m.Valerie Joan French