The Stewarts of Annat,
Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
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This page introduces you to the Stewarts of Annat who lived in Annat, Kilmadock Parish, Perthshire, Scotland. This family was associated together in a clan-like relationship together with the other Stewart families of Glenbuckie, Ardvorlich, and Gartnafuaran, in much the same way as the better known Clan Stewart of Appin.
The Stewarts of Annat are the youngest of the principal families on this site. They are more correctly described as a cadet branch of the Stewarts of Ardvorlich, but, for ease of reading, they are presented here as a separate family in their own rights. Alexander Stewart, 1st Laird of Annat was a nephew to Alexander Stewart, 1st of Ardvorlich, by Ardvorlich's brother John Stewart. Alexander Stewart of Annat was the patriarch of the Stewarts of Annat, Ballachallan, and Craigtoun, Perthshire, Scotland. He purchased the lands of Annat in Doune (Kilmadock) Parish in 1621 from James Muschet of Burnbank. The Annat lands were later sold to the Stewarts of Ballachallan, also in Doune (Kilmadock) Parish, and by the early 19th century this estate had been completely broken up among some of the larger neighbouring estates. By 1820 the principle line of the Stewarts of Annat were no more, although the Stewarts of Rait were styling themselves as "of Annat" at the time.
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Annat (shown as "Annet" on modern OS map)
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Annat is located in Kilmadock Parish (formerly known as Doune parish) just a few miles northwest of the village of Doune. It is shown on modern Ordnance Survey maps as "Annet". The parish seat of Kilmadock is the village of Doune. There is no village named Kilmadock within the parish. Kilmadock means "cell of St. Modoc" and was an abbey and ancient centre of worship named in honour of that Celtic saint.
The following information and map are from Doune Historical Notes by Moray S. Mackay, (c)2003, Jamieson & Munro.
Map of Kilmadock Parish
The more orthodox etymology for the name of the farm, Annat, approved by Professor Watson, gives this as the oldest church term in Gaelic, and says that the name means "the parent church" or "the patron saint's church"- one dedicated to him or at whose dedication he was present. In modern Gaelic the word is annaid. Annats, or "patron saint's churches" are frequently found close to water. In the case of the Annat farm of the Stewarts of Annat: locally the name Annat is that of a burn which lies wholly within the parish of Kilmadock, flowing south by southeast from the highest braes on the southern slopes of Uam Var (Uamh Mhor) to it's junction with the River Teith at Old Kilmadock (the site of the monastery), about 1-1/4 miles from Doune. There are several waterfalls in it's course from the high wood to the Burn of Cambus. About a third of a mile north of Milton Farm, one of the pools is called the "Caldron Linn", (probably from coire nan linn in Gaelic, meaning "glen of the pool"). Annat Farm is less than half a mile upstream from this place , on the west side of the burn.
Lower down, nearly opposite Milton, there is a steep-sided knoll, on the high west bank of the burn, called the Kirktown Knowe, which is the site of the ancient chapel and graveyard from which the orthodox derivation of the name Annat is here taken. This was one of the seven local chapels which came under the jurisdiction of the Old Kilmadock monastery. About a hundred yards west of the Caldron Linn is the site of the ancient castle of Annat about which little is known and the only remaining sign of which is to be seen during a hot dry summer when the grass gets burned a little, and the plan of the walls may be faintly traced. There is little, if any, trace of the chapel or graveyard now apart from one or two stones on top of the knoll, but the immediate vicinity shows broad signs of previous human activity in the strange configuration of the ground.
Another highly plausible etymology of the name Annat suggests that the name derives from Annait, which is the name of an ancient Goddess of Victory in the pantheon of the Caledonian Gaels. Mackay suggests that Annat was the location of an ancient battle between the Caledonian Gaels and perhaps an invader from Northumbria, at which the Caledonians were victorious. In honour of their victory they might well have named the site of the battle after the goddess whom they believed gave them victory. Excavations in the area give support to the theory that an ancient military camp once existed in the area. Mackay also notes that such a battle is known to have occurred just east of Annat where present-day Rosehall Farm is located.
Alexander Stewart, 1st of Annat purchased Annat in 1621 from James Muschet of Burnbank. According to The Stewarts of the South, the Annat family also had a tack one fourth Glenfinglas (in the care of the Bains of Glenfinglas branch), which lands were sublet from the family of Perth. They had a tack of Easter and Wester Portnellan, Lochvenacherside, Callander parish, purchased by the Earl of Murray from the Perth family. They had a tack of the farm of Offrans and Duncragan later purchased by Sir Patrick Murray of Auchtertyre from the Perth family. These lands were rather prosperous.
John Stewart, 5th of Annat, sold the estate to David Stewart of Ballachallan excepting one farm and some feues, which became the property of Sir John McGregor. The Ballachallan estate was later sold to Mr Buchanan of Cambusmor - being contiguous to his own. And the estate of Annat was bought by Lord Doune as it was lying in the midst of his own estate, except for the farm mentioned above, which was bought by Sir John McGregor.
Stewarts of the South has the following to say about the family of Annat:
Alexander Stewart of Annat sold the estate to David Stewart of Balchallan excepting one farm and some Feues, which are now the property of Sir John McGregor. After the death of worthy Balchallan, which is said to have happen by poison, the most part of his estate of Balchallan was sold to Mr Buchanan of Cambusmor - being contiguous to his own. And the estate of Annat was bought by Lord Down (Doune) as it was lying in the midst of his own estate, except for the farm mentioned above, which was bought by Sir John McGregor -- a very cheap purchase. Balchallan and Annat are in Down (Doune) parish. Besides the estate of Annat, he had a tack one fourth Glenfinglas, which he did sublet from the family of Perth, [and he] had a tack of two Portnellans, Lochvenacherside, Callander parish, purchased by the late Earl of Murray from the Perth family. He had a tack of the farm of Offrans and Duncragan bought lately by Sir Patrick Murray of Auchtertyre from the Perth family and had good profit of them.
It is said the first of Annat Family was a bastard of the Ardvorlich family (although Duncan Stewart does not mention it) and that he purchased the estate of Annat from Misset of Burnbank with some money gotten by his mother from some of the Argyll family for hiding them. Whither it was by their marriages or their own activity or through other circumstances is uncertain, but they rose higher than any other branch of their father's race from Ardvorlich. The last of them was a great drunkard, but was very mindful of his two sisters to see them in Stirling for they were much supported by Gen (General) Stewart of Boblack and by the profits of a tack they had of the farm of Offrans of the forfeited estate of Perth, now Sir Patrick Murray's property.
The following report presents an introductory outline for the early generations of this family. To see more detailed information, please refer to the various submitted reports on the main page of the Stewarts of Balquhidder Research Forum. To see information on the ancestors of the Stewarts of Annat please see The Principal Families of the Balquhidder Stewarts.
John STEWART 1st of Portnellan was born in 1540 probably Portnellan,
Callander, Perthshire, Scotland, and died in 1600
(according to a privately researched Annat Tree submitted to LDS) as the youngest lawful son of
James Stewart,
4th of Baldorran,
and youngest brother of
Alexander Stewart, 1st of Ardvorlich
(although some sources show him incorrectly as a bastard of Ardvorlich).
Little is known of John except that, according to The Annat Tree, he was
a tenant in Annat, which property his son later purchased. He was father of:
Alexander MacIain
STEWART in Glen Finglas, 2nd of Portnellan and 1st
of Annat,
b: 1564 in probably Portnellan, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland. Alexander was the only known son of John Stewart, tenant in
Annat.
Alexander was the progenitor of the Stewarts of Annat, Ballachallan, and Craigtoun, Perthshire, Scotland. He purchased Annat in 1621 from James Muschet
of Burnbank. He is believed to be the Alexander McKen (MacIain) Stewart referred to
in:"Bond by James
Stewart, son of Alexander Stewart in Ardvorlich, and Alexander McKen Stewart
in Portnellan to William, Earl of Mentieth, who have become cautioners to
produce Andrew Stewart son of Alexander Stewart in Glenogle before the lords of
the Secret Council. Dated 11 June, 1622." McKen is a corruption of
"mac Iain" or "son of John". Sometime around this same date, or probably shortly
thereafter, the Annat family complained to James Beag Stewart, 2nd of
Ardvorlich, after he received a beneficial tack of Glenfinglas and portioned it
among the principal branches of the Baldorran Stewarts, because he left out the
Annat family. The dating makes it likely that it was Alexander Stewart, 1st of
Annat, who complained about being left out of the Glenfinglas tack. The Annat
family were then given a one-eighth share of Glenfinglas, which, from later
accountings, would appear to have been the property of Auchnahard in
Glenfinglas. It is not recorded who from Annat initially resided in Auchnahard,
however since The Ardvorlich History claims that the later John Buidhe Mor was preceded by "a John or two" then it seems likely that the
Auchnahard portion probably went first to John Stewart, future 2nd Laird of
Annat, while Alexander was still alive. It seems likely that John, future
2nd of Annat, likely held Auchnahard until his father's death, at which point he
would have inherited the principal estate of Annat, to become John Stewart, 2nd
of Annat, which would be when his natural son, John Buidhe Mor probably took
possession of the tack in Glenfinglas.
Alexander Stewart, 1st of Annat, married in Perthshire, Scotland to Unknown MCNAB Of Auchurn. They had the following children:
Walter STEWART b: ABT 1589 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland. The Annat Tree shows no descendants for Walter.
John STEWART , 2nd of Annat b: ABT 1587 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland. He died in JUN 1665. Stewarts of the South states that John had a natural son named John Buidhe Mor Stewart who was given the Annat portion of Glenfinglas, namely Auchnahard. The Ardvorlich History states that John Buidhe Mor Stewart was preceded in Glenfinglas by "a John or two", which would suggest that this John Stewart, prior to be becoming 2nd of Annat, probably resided at Auchnahard in Glenfinglas. Upon the death of Alexander Stewart, 1st of Annat, then this John Stewart would have inherited Annat, becoming John Stewart, 2nd of Annat, at which point it would appear that he gave his natural son the property of Auchnahard in Glenfinglas.
John Stewart, 2nd of Annat, must have done very well for himself as three of his sons were themselves lairds and landowners, a fourth was a doctor, and a fifth was Deputy Governor of Edinburgh Castle. He signed the 1654 Bond of Keltney Burn along with the heads of all the other Stewart houses in Balquhidder, Athol, and Appin swearing tacit allegiance to King Charles II.
John Stewart, 2nd of Annat is recorded in The Annat Tree and Stewarts of the South, Ardvorlich Section IX - "The Bains of Glenfinglas", as having had a natural son, by an unknown woman. We don't know exactly when this natural son was born, but the chronology of his descendants would almost demand that he was born before his father married for the first time. John Stewart, 2nd of Annat, had the following natural son:
John Buidhe Mor STEWART in Glen Finglas, b: ABT 1625 in Annat,
Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland. The Annat Tree refers to him as
"John Dow (Black) Stewart", whereas The Ardvorlich History refers to him
as "John Buidhe ("Blonde" lit. "yellow") Stewart". These nicknames
are contradictory. As his descendants were known as "Ban" (fair
haired) then Buidhe seems to be more likely to be correct. Stewarts of the South says that his father "gave him
a farm in Glenfinglas. His descendants
are now called Bains." This farm would be Auchnahard, the Annat
portion of Glenfinglas. John Buidhe Mor is described in The
Ardvorlich History as the first verifiable ancestor of the Auchnahard
family, but that he was preceded by "a John or two" -- which
appears to be a reference
to his father. John Buidhe Mor's numerous descendants are presented on the
Stewarts of Auchnahard Page.John Stewart, 2nd of Annat, married firstly in Perthshire, Scotland to Janet GRAHAM, daughter of Jasper/Gespard Graham of Gartur. She was b: ABT 1612 in Gartur, Cardross Moss, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland. They had the following children:
Alexander STEWART , 3rd of Annat b: ABT 1630 in Annat,
Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland. He died in 1695 (according to an LDS
submission). He married about ABT 1670 in Perthshire,
Scotland to Janet EDMUNSTON , Of Hermit's Croft b: ABT 1630 in Perthshire,
Scotland. Their children are presented below.
Duncan STEWART , 1st of Ballachallan
b: ABT 1633 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
He died in 1700 (according to an LDS submission). He signed the 1654 Bond of Keltney Burn along with the heads of all the
other Stewart houses in Balquhidder, Athol, and Appin swearing tacit
allegiance to King Charles II. He acquired the lands of Ballachallan from Walter Graham of Ballachallan in
1664. Duncan Stewart married ABT 1669 in Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland to Agnes GRAHAM , Of Bofroschlie b: ABT 1635 in Perthshire,
Scotland. Their children are presented under
Stewarts of
Ballachallan, below.John Stewart, 2nd of Annat, married secondly on 19 JUN 1649 in Perthshire, Scotland to Elizabeth CAMPBELL, daughter of John Campbell of Craigmundroch or Kinloch b: ABT 1620 in Perthshire, Scotland. Sources disagree over her origins. According to the John MacGregor Collection, citing Clan Campbell sources, she was the daughter of John Campbell of Craigmundroch, whereas Duncan Stewart in his 1739 History of the Stewarts says she was the daughter of John Campbell of Kinloch. John MacGregor notes: "Elizabeth Campbell, widow of John Campbell, son of John Campbell of Craigmundroch?, was the wife of John Stewart of Annat 19th June 1649 � Clan Campbell viii 312 According to Duncan Stewart p131 she was daughter to John Campbell of Kinloch." John Stewart and Elisabeth Campbell had the following children:
William STEWART , 1st
of Craigton b: ABT 8 JUN 1649 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. He purchased the lands of Craigton in the Braes of Doune.
William married ABT 1670 in Perthshire, Scotland to Katherine MACFARLANE b:
ABT 1650 in Perthshire, Scotland. Their children are presented
under Stewarts of Craigton below.
Charles STEWART b: ABT 27 APR 1651 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
MacGregor records that Charles had issue. Descendants shown here as
researched by Belinda Dettman:
Janet STEWART b: ABT 11 AUG 1677 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
Charles STEWART b: ABT 15 AUG 1679 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
Lt. Col.
James STEWART , Dep. Gov. Edinburgh Castle, b: ABT 1653 in Annat,
Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland. James was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Scots
Regiment of Horse Guards and Deputy-Governor of the Castle of Edinburgh.
Capt. Henry STEWART b: ABT 1655 in Annat,
Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland. He attained the rank of Captain in the army.
Dr.
Robert STEWART b: ABT 1657 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
Robert was a surgeon and/or an apothecary in Doune. He was pursued by the Privy Council in 1690 for his participation in
the Jacobite army at the battle of Killiecrankie in July 1689. (MacGregor)
IGI records indicate that Robert probably married
Mary MOIR b: ABT 1685 in Scotland,
but there is no record of that marriage. They had the following child:
Jean or Janet STEWART b: 4 APR 1713 in Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. Her father is recorded as having issue including a daughter Janet who
married Allan STEWART b: ABT 1710 in Glenfinglas, Callander, Perthshire,
Scotland, of the
Appin Family in Glenfinglas.
Janet STEWART b: ABT 1660 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
Jean STEWART b: ABT 1663 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, ScotlandAlexander STEWART , 3rd Of Annat b: ABT 1630 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland. He died in 1695 (according to an LDS submission). He married about ABT 1670 in Perthshire, Scotland to Janet EDMUNSTON, daughter of John Edmunston of Hermit's Croft b: ABT 1630 in Perthshire, Scotland. They had the following children:
Janet STEWART b: ABT 17 FEB 1672 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland
Isabel STEWART b: ABT 1673 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
According to the Annat Tree she married Alexander STEWART 4th of Ballachulish,
a cadet branch of the Stewarts of
Invernahyle.
Daughter STEWART b: ABT 1675 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. According to the Annat Tree she married James STEWART 3rd of Innischaoraich,
a cadet branch of the Stewarts of
Invernahyle. It is likely that she is identical with either Janet
above or Marjory below.
Marjory STEWART b: ABT 29 APR 1678 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland
Alexander STEWART , 4th of Annat b: ABT 1680 in Annat,
Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland. Recorded by Duncan Stewart (1739)
as the present Lord of Annat. He was placed in the care of his paternal
uncle Duncan Stewart of Ballachallan on 14 June 1695 after the early death
of his father. Presumably he was still a minor at the time.
Alexander married Isabel FULLERTON , Of Lanrick b: ABT 1680 in Scotland.
Their children are presented below.Alexander STEWART , 4th of Annat b: ABT 1680 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland. Recorded by Duncan Stewart (1739) as the present Laird of Annat. He was placed in the care of his paternal uncle Duncan Stewart of Ballachallan on 14 June 1695 after the death of his father. Presumably he was still a minor at the time. He was involved in "The Glen Affair" ca. 1755 and was still alive for its appeal in 1772. Alexander married Isabel daughter of John FULLERTON , Of Greehall, Bishop of Edinburgh, b: ABT 1680 in Scotland and had the following children:
John STEWART , 5th of Annat b: ABT 1705 in Annat, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland. Stewarts of the South describes John as "a great drunkard." He sold the
family estate of Annat to his cousin,
David Hume Stewart, 3rd of Ballachallan (below). Stewarts of the
South says that John
was "very mindful of his two sisters to see them in Stirling" where they
were pensioned by their cousin
Lt. Col. Robert Stuart of Rait (further
below). John served in the
Perthshire House of the Jacobite army in 1745. According to MacGregor, following the battle of
Culloden John fled Scotland and died without issue and his later whereabouts
are unknown. However The Annat Tree shows John with the following
children:
Donald STEWART, "6th" of the Annat family b: ABT 1725 in Annat,
Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland. Donald's father sold the estate
of Annat, thus Donald inherited neither the estate nor the title, but he
was the senior surviving male heir of the Annat family. According to the
Annat Tree he was wounded at Culloden. He married an unknown woman
and had the following daughter:
Margaret STEWART b: ABT 1750.
Anne STEWART b: ABT 1728 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
Margaret STEWART b: ABT 1730 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland
Dr. Duncan STEWART, MD b: ABT 1711 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. According to MacGregor, he became a surgeon and died in
the East Indies. MacGregor and The Annat Tree both show him without
children
Francis STEWART b: ABT 27 FEB 1713 in Craigton, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland. According to Stewarts of the South she resided with her sister
Margaret in Stirling and received income from the family tack of Offrans
and a pension from her cousin
Lt. Col. Robert Stuart of Rait
(later General Stuart).
Margaret STEWART b: ABT 18 FEB 1714 in Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. MacGregor mistakenly shows Margaret as having married
Robert STEWART ,
7th of Ardvorlich. However this contradicts the
accounts of Stewarts of the South and The Annat Tree which both
say that she resided
with her sister Francis in Stirling and received income from the family
tack of Offrans and a pension from her cousin
Lt. Col. Robert Stuart of Rait (later General Stuart) of the Drumvaich
family below. The Annat Tree shows the wife of
Ardvorlich as Margaret Stewart of the Drumvaich family below.
Ballochallan
Ballochallan farm
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Duncan STEWART , 1st Of Ballachallan b: ABT 1633 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland, as a son of John Stewart, 2nd of Annat (above). He died in 1700 (according to an LDS submission). He acquired the lands of Ballachallan from Walter Graham of Ballachallan in 1664. Duncan Stewart married ABT 1669 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland to Agnes GRAHAM daughter of George Graham of Bofroschlie b: ABT 1635 in Perthshire, Scotland. They had the following children:
Janet STEWART , Of Ballochallan b: ABT 9 FEB 1670 in Ballochallan,
Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland. She married Walter GRAHAM , Of
Nether Glenny and Mondowie, b: ABT 1670 in Perthshire, Scotland. They had known
descendants who are accounted for in
Belinda Dettmann's Annat Report.
Agnes STEWART b: ABT 17 NOV 1670 in Ballochallan, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland. Agnes presumably died as a child prior to the
birth of her same-named sister, Agnes.
Duncan STEWART b: ABT 5 MAR 1672 in Ballochallan, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland. MacGregor reports that he "died young".
George STEWART , 2nd Of Ballachallan b: ABT 9 OCT 1675 in
Ballochallan, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland. He married ABT 1705
in Perthshire, Scotland to Mary, daughter and Heiress
of Henry HUME , Of Argaty b: ABT 1690 in Argaty,
Perthshire, Scotland. Their children are presented below.
Patrick STEWART b: ABT 31 MAY 1677 in Ballochallan, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. Patrick is not mentioned by MacGregor, therefore it is
presumed he died too young for later documentation.
Agnes STEWART b: ABT 5 MAY 1678 in Ballochallan, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. Alison Mitchell's Monumental Transcriptions read: "Laedere Noli.
Lieut. Walter Stewart, wife Agnes Stewart 8.1.1756, age 80, by son John,
1760." (It is believed that the 1756 death is Agnes' and the 1760
reference is to the death of Walter.) Stewarts of the South records that John married
a daughter of Stewart of Ballachallan, but no such daughter can be found.
However Walter's wife, Agnes, is a near exact match for this Agnes,
daughter of Duncan Stewart, 1st of Ballachallan. It is therefore suggested
that Stewarts of the South was off by one generation and that it was actually Walter who
married a Stewart of Ballachallan. Thus we suggest that Agnes
Stewart married
Lt.
Walter STEWART, in Brig O' Turk. Their descendants
are presented on the
Stewarts of Glenfinglas page.George STEWART , 2nd Of Ballachallan b: ABT 9 OCT 1675 in Ballochallan, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland. He married ABT 1705 in Perthshire, Scotland to Mary daughter and heiress of Henry HUME, of Argaty b: ABT 1690 in Argaty, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
Argaty
The name Argaty, sometimes shown as Ardgaty, derives from the Gaelic aird, "height", and gaoth, "wind" and means "windy height". Argaty is a farm estate located just over a mile northeast of Doune. (See map above.) Argaty was originally part of the Doune estate, property of the Dukes of Albany, ancestors of George Stewart. When the House of Stewart of Albany was brought down and executed, their lands were forfeited to the Crown and Argaty was among the forfeited properties. After the forfeiture the Crown granted the lands of Argaty to John Sinclair, Esquire to the King's Chamber. The property passed to Sinclair's younger daughter who married Patrick Home (or "Hume", pronounced "Hoom", not "Hyoom") of Polworth, and Argaty thus came into the possession of the Home family. About a century and a half later the property again fell upon a daughter, Mary Hume/Home, who married George Stewart, 2nd of Ballachallan, whose descendants took the name Home-Stewart (or Hume-Stewart). Ironically, through this circuitous route of forfeiture and marriages the property of Argaty actually returned to the descendants of the the same Stewarts who lost it three centuries earlier.
George Stewart and Mary Hume had the following children:
Daughter STEWART b: ABT 7 JUN 1706 in Ballachallan, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. This daughter is listed in the OPR without a first name.
The child may have died at birth, however she is claimed by
MacFarlane family tradition to have married Donald MacFarlane of Lettir
(ca.1685-1744). No record of any such marriage exists, however
David Hume Stewart, 3rd of Ballachallan is recorded as the tutor of the
children of Donald MacFarlane as follows:
A testament by Alexander MacFarlane in Lettir, a tenant of Donald MacFarlane of Lettir, by which at his death:
"The balance (of his estate) estimated, in value to the sum of One Hundred and Forty Seven Pounds Scots money which was put in the hands of David Stewart of Ballochallan as Tutor to the children of Donald Mcfarlane of Letter who bought the said effects."
A tutor for minors is most often chosen from among the siblings of their deceased parents. Thus it seems most likely that this unknown Stewart and his wife died young and that David Hume Stewart, 3rd of Ballachallan, was an uncle to the children of Donald MacFarlane of Lettir. This claim is addressed by the following reference in the Stewarts of the South:
"3 Auchraig & Letter Do - at present Benny Munrows property sold by the late Robert's father to a family of the name of Stirling who sold it again to one from whom the late David of Balchallan swindled it, although they were his sisters children [emph. added]. It was once a grazing place to Ardvurlich family."
This line is being researched by descendant Andrew MacFarlane in New Zealand.
Francis STEWART b: 9 MAR 1713 in Ballachallan, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. Francis' baptism is recorded in both Kilmadock and
Aberfoyle parishes.
David Hume STEWART , 3rd of Ballachallan, 6th of Annat, and of Argaty
b: ABT 1715 in Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland. David Hume Stewart of Ballachallan purchased the property of Annat from his cousin
John
Stewart, 5th of Annat (above). He also acquired the lands of Argaty from
his mother on 24 July 1752 and, according to the Stewarts of the South,
he tried to swindle Robert Stewart, 7th Ardvorlich, out of the property
of Ardvorlich. According to the same letter, David is described as "a
keen grasping man closely attached to the world and not much to
friendship". He died without issue.
Dr. George HOME-STEUART , of Argaty b: ABT 1717 in Aberfoyle,
Perthshire, Scotland.
James STEWART , Sheriff Of Kinross b: ABT 1720 in Aberfoyle, Perthshire,
Scotland. He married on 3 JUN 1744 in Edinburgh, Midlothian,
Scotland to Penelope ERSKINE , Of Cambo b: ABT 1720 in Scotland and had
the following children:
Mary STEWART b: ABT 17 OCT 1746 in Kinross, Kinross, Scotland Charles STEWART, b. JUN 1748 in Kinross,
Kinross, Scotland
Janet STEWART b: 15 DEC 1749 in Kinross, Kinross, Scotland
William STEWART b: ABT 1725 in Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland. He entered the army as an officer.
Argaty
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Dr. George HOME-STEWART,
of Argaty b: ABT 1717 in Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland.
Dr. George Home-Steuart moved to Maryland, United States where he was
a medical doctor. Dr. George Steuart was politically involved with the
interests of the proprietorship of Maryland, i.e. the Calvert family;
thus finding himself on the "wrong" side when the Revolutionary War
erupted. He owned at least 4,100 acres in Anne Arundel County,
Maryland in 1775. The Revolution caused a dilemma for Dr. Steuart. If
he supported the Revolution, he would forfeit his property in
Scotland. If he supported the Crown, his estates in America would be
confiscated. It appears he was a pragmatic man, and divided his
family. Dr. Steuart returned to Scotland with some sons, and
proclaimed his loyalty. He left Ann and some of the family in
Maryland, signed his land over to his sons, who professing sympathy
for the Revolution, they retained the American properties. Dr. Steuart
died in Scotland, just as the Revolutionary War was ending. Ann died
in 1814, at the estate in Maryland called "Dodon." The Steuart farm at
Dodon is still family owned, though they only have about 550 acres
left. You can visit their website at
www.dodonfarm.com . (submitted
by Arthur Bielfelt) George married to Anne DIGGES b: ABT 1720 in
Warburton, Prince George County, Maryland, USA. They had the following children:
George HOME 4th of Ballachallan & 7th of Annat & 2nd Argaty b: ABT 1745
in Maryland, USA. George succeeded his father in the lands of Argaty and
his uncle in the lands of Ballachallan and Annat. Upon George's death the
estates of Ballachallan, Annat and Argaty passed to his daughter Sophia who
married and the estates passed outside the Stewarts. George's brothers all
sued Sophia trying to claim the estates to keep them in Stewart hands, but
they were unsuccessful. George married firstly on 09 FEB 1777 in St.
Ninian's, Stirlingshire, Scotland to Mary ERSKINE of Powis b: ABT 1750 in
Powis, Angus, Scotland, daughter of David Rollo of Powis. They had no
known children. George married secondly on 20 NOV 1785 in Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland to Jane MUNRO of Auchenbowie b: ABT 1765 in Scotland,
daughter of John Munro of Auchenbowie. George and Jane had one child:
Sophia HOME-STEWART Heiress of Ballachallan & Annat & Argaty b: 05
AUG 1787 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland. Sophia inherited the
lands of Ballachallan, Annat, and Argaty on the death of her father. With
her marriage to David Munro Binning the lands of Annat, et al, passed out of
the hands of the Stewarts. Several of her uncles tried unsuccessfully to sue
for the estate. Sophia married on 08 AUG 1803 in Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland to David Munro BINNING of Softlaw b: ABT 1780 in
Scotland.
Dr. Charles STEUART of Annapolis b: ABT 1747 in Maryland, USA.
Charles was a medical doctor in Annapolis, Maryland, USA. He tried
unsuccessfully to sue his niece Sophia Home-Stewart for the lands of
Ballachallan and Argaty. Charles married Elizabeth CALVERT b: ABT 1750
in Maryland, USA.
Susanna STEUART b: 1749 in Maryland, USA
David STEUART b: ABT 1752 in Maryland, USA. David Steuart fought
for the British during the Revolutionary War, but returned to Maryland where
he died in 1814 and is buried at Dodon, the family estate. He tried
unsuccessfully to sue his niece Sophia Home-Stewart for the lands of
Ballachallan and Argaty.
William STEUART b: 1754 in Maryland, USA
Dr. James STEUART b: 1755 in Maryland, USA. James Stewart was a
medical doctor in Annapolis, Maryland, USA. James is described in Stewarts of
the South as follows: "As far as I can learn this James of Balchallan altho
born in America was one of the most friendly & generous gentleman of the name
of Stewart of the Ardvurlich descendants and had the means to support his
generosity - He left three brothers the oldest of them [David] came home and
was claiming the Estate of Balchallan [against his neice, Sophia Home-Steuart]
but was rejected. Another of them was m. to a niece of the celebrated &
Gallant Gen Washington." (sic) James did not have brother who was
married to a niece of General George Washington, however his brother, Dr.
Charles Steuart of Annapolis married Elizabeth Calvert whose sister was
married to the stepson of General George Washington. This, perhaps, may be the
source of the confusion. James married on 04 NOV 1788 in Anne Arundel,
Maryland, USA to Rebecca SPRIGGS b: UNKNOWN. They had the following
children:
George Hume STEUART b: 01 NOV 1790 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. George
married on 03 MAY 1826 to Anne Jane EDMONSON b: UNKNOWN. They had:
Brigadier-General George Hume "Maryland" STEUART b: 24 AUG
1828 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA George Hume Stewart
attained the rank of Brigadier-General in the Confederate army during
the Civil War, during which time he was affectionately known as
"Maryland Steuart". He married Maria Hunter KINGIE and had the
following daughter:
Mary Ann STEUART b: ABT 1855 in Washington City, District of Columbia,
USA
Isaac Edmonson STEUART b: 11 JUL 1830 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Mary Elizabeth STEUART b: 19 SEP 1837 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Anne Rebecca STEUART b: 22 AUG 1839 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Margaret STEUART b: 09 JUL 1795 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Sophia STEUART b: 18 NOV 1796 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Richard Spriggs STEUART b: 01 NOV 1797 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Richard died without children.
Henry STEUART b: 15 AUG 1800 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Elizabeth STEUART b: ABT 1805 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Elizabeth
never married.
Ann STEUART b: 1757 in Maryland, USA
Mary STEUART b: 1759 in Maryland, USA
Craigton
Craigton (in Doune)
indicated by the red circle, located in the Braes of Doune just west of
Annat, but not shown on modern OS Maps. (Not to be confused with Craigton in
Dunblane parish which is shown on modern OS maps.) The location of the old
Craigton is shown clearly on the Kilmadock parish map at the top of this
page.
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Formerly Craigton, now indicated on modern OS maps as the "farmstead
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William STEWART , 1st of Craigton b: ABT 8 JUN 1649 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland, son of John Stewart, 2nd of Annat, shown above. William purchased the lands of Craigton in the Braes of Doune. William married ABT 1670 in Perthshire, Scotland to Katherine MACFARLANE b: ABT 1650 in Perthshire, Scotland. The following inscription in the Crieff Church gives evidence of their marriage and some of their children: "In church hall, on wall (emblems) W S K McF (arms, lion rampant, crescent and fess chequy, motto) vivur ingenio Wm Stewart of Craigtoun 29.8.1702 53, w Kath McFarland 1810 37, chn Marjorie, Marie & Helen Stuart" (Crieff Church Inscriptions). William and Katherine had the following children:
Alexander STEWART , 2nd of Craigton b: ABT 30 SEP 1671 in
Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland. He married on 6 APR 1693 in
Drummonderinoch, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland to
Katherine DRUMMOND , Of
Drummonderinoch b: ABT 1675 in Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. They
had the following children:
James STEWART b: ABT 1693 in Craigton, Doune, Perthshire, Scotland.
He must have died young as his cousin John (below) is said to have "had
the income of the estate during his life".
Margaret STEWART b: ABT 1695 in Craigton, Doune, Perthshire, Scotland.
She married Patrick HALDANE , 1st Of Lanrick b: 1685 in Scotland.
John STEWART b: ABT 3 MAY 1673 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
Marjorie STEWART b: ABT 1676 in Perthshire, Scotland. She is
suggested from evidence in the Crieff church inscription, shown above.
She is presumed to have died young.
Marie STEWART b: ABT 1679 in Perthshire, Scotland. She is
suggested from evidence in the Crieff church inscription, shown above.
She is presumed to have died young.
Helen STEWART b: ABT 6 AUG 1683 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
She is suggested from evidence in the Crieff church inscription, shown
above. She is presumed to have died young before the birth of her same-named sister.
Gilles STEWART b: ABT 6 AUG 1686 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
Presumably died young or would have been ahead of Mary as heir of Craigton.
Jean STEWART b: ABT 2 JUN 1689 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
Presumably died young or would have been ahead of Mary as heir of Craigton.
James STEWART b: ABT 1693 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
Presumably died young or would have been ahead of Mary as heir of Craigton.
Mary STEWART, Heiress of Craigton b: ABT 1695 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. After the death of her brother Alexander and his son
James, the Craigton estate fell to Mary, presumably as the eldest
surviving heir. She married Alexander STEWART b: ABT 1686
in Probably Glenfinglas, Perthshire, Scotland, who was the son of
James Stewart, 4th of Ardvorlich. Mary
Stewart and Alexander Stewart had the following children:
John STEWART, 3rd of Craigton b: ABT 1717 in Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland. Described by the
Stewarts of
the South as "a lunatic who had the income of the estate during his
life." He died without issue.
Janet STEWART b: ABT 1720 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
Stewarts of the South
records that she "tried
unsuccessfully to claim her father's estate" (presumably from her lunatic
brother). She married ABT 1742 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
to John MCQUEEN in The Heads, b: ABT 1720 in The Heads, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland. Janet and John had the following children.
This branch is being
researched by Belinda Dettmann.
Elisabeth MCQUEEN b: ABT 2 SEP 1744 in The Heads, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland
Alexander MCQUEEN b: ABT 13 APR 1746 in Craigtown, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland
Donald MCQUEEN b: ABT 8 FEB 1750 in The Heads, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland
Archibald MCQUEEN b: ABT 19 JUL 1752 in The Heads, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland
Margaret MCQUEEN b: ABT 2 APR 1758 in The Heads, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland
Katharine MCQUEEN b: ABT 14 AUG 1764 in The Heads, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland. Katharine married on 23 FEB 1788 in
Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland to James STEWART , in Brackland
b: 22 JUL 1757 in Wester Brakland, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland, son
of Walter Stewart in Wester Brackland and Christian McArthur. The
Stewarts of Brackland were the most junior cadet branch of the Stewarts
of Gartnafuaran.
Jean STEWART b: ABT 1725 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
Stewarts of the South
records that she "tried unsuccessfully to claim her father's estate"
(presumably from her lunatic brother).
William STEWART b: ABT 1728 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland. Died in England without issue.
Robert STEWART b: ABT 19 JAN 1699 in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland.
Died without children.
Helen STEWART b: ABT 28 FEB 1700 in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland.
The following cadet branches are recorded in Stewarts of the South.
The next cadet branch of the Annat Stewarts is the family of James Stewart, a merchant in Doune, and is presented in Stewarts of the South as follows:
As far as I can understand, one Mr James Stewart, a merchant in Down (Doune) and proprietor of some houses there, is the lineal descendant of Annat. He has three sons in the mercantile line in Glasgow. His father was uncle to the present Ardvorlich by the mother's side.
The Annat Tree shows that the "uncle of the present Ardvorlich on his mother's side" would be John Stewart in Drumvaich, who's sister, Margaret, married Robert Stewart, 7th of Ardvorlich -- parents of William Stewart, 8th of Ardvorlich, who was the "present" Ardvorlich at the time that Stewarts of the South was written. According to the Annat Tree, Margaret, mother of Ardvorlich, had two brothers: Robert and an un-named brother who "went to America". The "un-named" brother must be synonymous with James Stewart, merchant in Doune. This branch obviously remained close to Ardvorlich as they became maternally related to Ardvorlich again later (as shown below).
However the resulting interval of approximately 117 years between the birth of James Stewart, Ancestor of Drumvaich and the birth of his first grandson makes it likely that there as at least one or more generations missing from the Annat Tree.
James STEWART , Ancestor of Drumvaich b: ABT 1593 in Annat, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland, as the fourth son of Alexander Stewart, 1st of Annat.
James married Margaret GRAHAM of Boquhapple (near Thornhill, not to be confused
with Bochastle). They had the
following son:
John or James STEWART , ancestor of Drumvaich b: ABT 1650 in Annat, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland. According to the Kennedy-Annat Tree John married
Margaret STEWART b: ABT 1675 in Inneschaoraich, Perthshire, Scotland, daughter
of
Alan
STEWART 2nd of Innischaoraich, a cadet branch of the Invernahyle
Stewarts.
According to the Kennedy-Annat Tree, Margaret Stewart was daughter of Allan
Stewart of Innischaoraich who was in turn son of James Stewart of
Innischaoraich. However, Stewarts of the South and the Invernahyle
genealogy in The Scottish Journal both show that Allan Stewart, 2nd of
Innischaoraich, was the son of Dugald Stewart, 1st of Innischaoraich, and the
father of James Stewart, 3rd of Innischaoraich. Furthermore, according to
The Scottish Journal, Margaret married James not John Stewart
predecessor of Drumvaich. They had the
following family:
James STEWART , 1st of Drumvaich b: ABT 1710 in Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. Two versions of the Annat Tree
conflict over the 1st of Drumvaich being either James or John. It is
unclear whether there were two brothers who succeeded each other or whether
there is only one whose name has been incorrectly recorded in one version of
the Tree. Thus it is possible that the children shown here as being
without names in the OPR may be the same persons as two of the children
shown for John Stewart, 2nd of Drumvaich, below. James' existence is inferred from Kilmadock OPRs in which he is shown with the following children. It is presumed
that he either died without heirs or sold the estate to his brother and
emigrated. He is believed to have married Jean STUART.
John STEWART , 2nd of Drumvaich b: ABT 1715 in Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. John may be one and the same person with the James shown to
be his brother (see note above). John was father of:
Robert STEWART , 3rd of Drumvaich b: ABT 1750 in Drumvaich, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland. Robert married Catharine STEWART. He presumably died prior
to 1815 as he is not mentioned in Stewarts of the South and his brother
James is described as the senior surviving male of the Annat family.
Mary STEWART , in Drumvaich b: ABT 1775 in Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. She married
John STEWART
15th of Glenbuckie (He was Stewart of Glenbuckie by marriage and was, by birth, actually a Stewart of
Monachyle from the Glenogle family). Their descendants are
presented on the Stewarts of Glenogle Page.
Ruth STEWART b: ABT 1755 in Drumvaich, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
She married BET 16 AND 29 JAN 1779 in Kilmadock and Comrie, Perthshire,
Scotland to Archibald MCLAREN. After her husband's death, Ruth lived
in Milngavie and Gorbals. They had several children
including:
Catherine MCLAREN b: ABT 12 APR 1780 in Bridge of Teith, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland. She married on 28 MAR 1812 in Gorbals,
Lanark, Scotland to
Alexander COOKE b: ABT 1780 in Scotland. They had two sons who were founders of
Kingston, Southeast Australia.
James MCLAREN b: ABT 18 AUG 1781 in Bridge of Teith, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland. James immigrated to Australia in 1838 aboard
the ship the Brilliant. He had issue.
Margaret MCLAREN b: ABT 13 APR 1783 in Bridge of Teith, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland. She died ABT 1795 from smallpox.
Alexander MCLAREN b: ABT 29 MAY 1785 in Bridge of Teith, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland. He married in 1819 to Sarah CONNELL. He was
an advocate for political reform in Scotland and spent time in the Cannongate
jail for his efforts.
Dr. Alexander Connel MACLAREN , M.D. b: 21 DEC 1819 in Kilmarnock,
Ayrshire, Scotland, d 1902. He married in 1850 to
Mary ANDREWS. They had several children, including:
Sarah Lily Mary MACLAREN b: 16 FEB 1864 in London, Middlesex,
England. She married on 22 JUL 1891to
Maj. William STEWART 13th of Ardvorlich, b: 8 OCT 1859 in
Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. They had several children
who are detailed on the
Stewarts of Ardvorlich Page. Their descendants
include:Alexander Donald STEWART, 15th and present of Ardvorlich
John MCLAREN b: ABT 7 JUL 1787 in Bridge of Teith, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland, who died in infancy from
smallpox.
Janet MCLAREN b: ABT 1 FEB 1790 in Bridge of Teith, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland, of whom little is known.
Son STEWART b: ABT 1758 in Drumvaich, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
He is described in The Annat Tree as a son of unknown
name "who went to America".
James STEWART , 4th of Drumvaich b: 1758 in Drumvaich, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland. James is not shown in the Annat Tree and
thus he could be synonymous with the preceding unknown son, but James did
not go to America, at least not before 1815. James is described in
Stewarts of the South as "a merchant in Doune" who owned several
houses in Doune and had three sons in the mercantile in Glasgow.The following MIs from Kilmadock have now been identified, clearly pertaining to this branch:
39 James STEWART, merchant (at) Glasgow, died 20 JUL 1837. Catharine STEWART 13 MAR 1876, age 81, widow of Peter ROBERTSON, farmer (at) Craighead.
40 (next to 39) 1834. by James STEWART, merchant (in) Glasgow, in memory of (his) father James STEWART, merchant in Doune, 28 JUL 1818, age 60, mother Helen MACFARLANE, 16 MAR 1812, age 53, brothers Douglas and Alexander, sisters Margaret, Helen, Janet, and Agnes, youngest brother William 12 JAN 1867.
41 (next to 40) Peter ROBERTSON and Catharine STEWART (at) Craighead, 2nd daughter Margaret, 14 APR 1833, age 7 years. Peter ROBERTSON, farmer, died (at) Craighead 2 APR 1841, 1st son Thomas farmer (at) Craighead, died 8 AUG 1859, age 30, and his twin brother James farmer (at) Criaghead, died 5 APR 1863.
James is presumed to have married Helen MCFARLANE b: 1759 in Perthshire, Scotland, although no record of their marriage has been found. They had the following children:
Margaret STEWART b: ABT 03 DEC 1780 in Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. Margaret's baptism was witnessed by John McFarlane and
Charles Stewart both in Doune.
Dougal STEWART b: ABT 01 DEC 1782 in Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. Dougal's baptism was witnessed by John McFarlane and
James Thomson both in Doune. Dougal is presumed to be one of the three
sons mentioned in Stewarts of the South as being a merchant in
Glasgow.
Alexander STEWART b: ABT 05 DEC 1784 in Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. Alexander's baptism was witnessed by Charles Stewart and
John McFarlane both in Doune. Alexander is presumed to be one of the
three sons mentioned in Stewarts of the South as being a merchant
in Glasgow.
James STEWART b: ABT 22 OCT 1786 in Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. James' baptism was witnessed by John McFarlan and David
Bain both in Doune. James Stewart is described in Stewarts of the
South as being "in the mercantile in Glasgow." James is found in
Mitchell's Monumental Inscriptions for Kilmadock Cemetery: "39 James
STEWART, merchant (at) Glasgow, died 20 JUL 1837. Catharine STEWART 13
MAR 1876, age 81, widow of Peter ROBERTSON, farmer (at) Craighead.
Ellen STEWART b: ABT 03 AUG 1788 in Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. Ellen's baptism was witnessed by James Thomson and John
Thornton both in Doune.
Janet STEWART b: ABT 23 JAN 1791 in Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. Janet's baptism was witnessed by John McFarlan and John
Mitchell both in Doune.
John STEWART b: 18 MAR 1793 in Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
John's baptism was witnessed by John Stewart and William Bain both in
Doune. John is the only sibling in this family who is not mentioned on
the family gravestone. He may have died at birth or emigrated.
Kathrine STEWART b: 06 SEP 1795 in Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. Katherine's baptism was witnessed by James Murdoch and
William Stewart both in Doune. Katherine married on 14 AUG 1822 in
Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland to Peter ROBERTSON b: 13 MAR 1791 in
Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland, son of Thomas Robertson and Margaret
Stirling. Katherine and Peter had the following children:
Helen MacFarlane ROBERTSON b: 17 MAY 1823 in Craighead, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland
Margaret Stirling ROBERTSON b: 03 DEC 1825 in Craighead, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland. Margaret died in childhood.
Cathrine ROBERTSON b: 07 DEC 1827 in Craighead, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland
Thomas ROBERTSON b: 23 JUL 1829 in Craighead, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland.
James Stewart ROBERTSON b: 23 JUL 1829 in Craighead, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland
Anne ROBERTSON b: 23 SEP 1832 in Craighead, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland
Margaret Stirling ROBERTSON b: 15 JUN 1837 in Craighead, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland
Janet ROBERTSON b: 14 DEC 1839 in Craighead, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland
William STEWART b: 09 OCT 1797 in Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. William's baptism was witnessed by William Stewart and
William Young both in Doune. William is presumed not to be one of
the three sons mentioned in Stewarts of the South as being a
merchant in Glasgow, as he was likely too young at the time.
Agnes STEWART b: 04 APR 1800 in Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
Agnes' baptism was witnessed by William Stewart and William Young both
in Doune.
Margaret STEWART , in Drumvaich b: ABT 1720 in Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. She married
Robert STEWART, 7th of Ardvorlich. Their descendants are presented
on the Ardvorlich page.
Charles STEWART , in Milton of Cambus b: ABT 1658 in Annat, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland. Charles is the progenitor of
3 Line - The Stewarts
in Milton of Cambus, Powblack and Rait, below.The following MIs from Kilmadock have now been identified, clearly pertaining to this branch:
39 James STEWART, merchant (at) Glasgow, died 20 JUL 1837. Catharine STEWART 13 MAR 1876, age 81, widow of Peter ROBERTSON, farmer (at) Craighead.
40 (next to 39) 1834. by James STEWART, merchant (in) Glasgow, in memory of (his) father James STEWART, merchant in Doune, 28 JUL 1818, age 60, mother Helen MACFARLANE, 16 MAR 1812, age 53, brothers Douglas and Alexander, sisters Margaret, Helen, Janet, and Agnes, youngest brother William 12 JAN 1867.
41 (next to 40) Peter ROBERTSON and Catharine STEWART (at) Craighead, 2nd daughter Margaret, 14 APR 1833, age 7 years. Peter ROBERTSON, farmer, died (at) Craighead 2 APR 1841, 1st son Thomas farmer (at) Craighead, died 8 AUG 1859, age 30, and his twin brother James farmer (at) Criaghead, died 5 APR 1863.
The next cadet branch of the Annat family were a family of Stewarts who lived in Noriston near Thornhill in Port of Menteith parish. Very little is known about this family except what is recorded in Stewarts of the South. We have not been able to reconcile this family with parish records or discern how this family grafts to the main Annat family tree. The Norrieston Stewarts are presented in Stewarts of the South as follows:
Archibald Stewart in Noriston, near Thornhill. Noriston was part of the estate of Nori, Down parish. Nori, once a great name in that country is now almost extinct except a few about Carron water. Noristown, a purchase of Earl of Murray.
- Archibald's son lives at Kinross in middling circumstances. He deals much in horses and has a family of sons.
Milton of Cambus
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This branch was being researched by the late Margaret Kennedy.
The next cadet branch of the Annat Stewarts were a family who lived in Drumvaich. Drumvaich is located in Callander parish on the bank of the River Teith on the main road midway between Callander and Doune villages. This branch is described in Stewarts of the South as follows:
James(sic, s/b Alexander) Stewart, tacksman of Boblack Carse of Frews, Down parish, Earl's estate, was drowned upon the water of Teith. He left two sons:
Commissioner Stewart, who was in Stirling. He left one son who sold the little property left him by his grandfather's mother to his uncle Gen (General) Robt Stewart of Boblack (below). He now lives between Edinburgh and Falkirk. He has some family.
Gen (General) Robert Stewart of Reath, of the Honorable East India Company, has three sons of whom you know something yourself.
Note: Stewarts of the South is mistaken in its accounting here. The Annat Tree shows, and parish records confirm, that the father of General Robert Stuart of Rait was Alexander Stewart of Powblack in Frew, not James. Thus it is not certain whether it was Alexander who drowned in the Teith or whether it was an unknown James Stewart who has been confused.
Rait is located in the Carse of Gowrie, clear across the other side of Perthshire, east of the city of Perth. Rait and Gowrie have a common etymological origin. Gowrie in Gaelic is Gobharaidh, pronounced "Gow-rait", and may mean "blacksmith's fortified house", the last syllable raid(h) being synonymous with Rait.
James STEWART ancestor of Drumvaich, b. ABT 1619 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland, shown above as the fourth son of Alexander Stewart, 1st of Annat. James married Margaret Graham of Boquhapple (Bochastle). They had the following children:
John STEWART, predecessor of Drumvaich, b. ABT 1650 in
Annat, Perthshire, Scotland. He is progenitor of
1 Line - Stewarts in
Drumvaich, above.
Charles STEWART in Milton of Cambus, b. ABT
1658 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. He died in 1717. He married Alison TAYLOR and had the
following children:
Robert STEUART b: ABT 30 NOV 1682 in Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland
Duncan STEWART b: ABT 13 DEC 1688 in Miltown of Cambus, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland
Daughter STEUART b: ABT 1690 in Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
Daughter STEUART b: ABT 8 JUL 1698 in Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland
Alexander STEWART , in Powblack of Frew b: ABT 22 JUL 1700 in Cambusburn,
Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland. d. 1757.
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Alexander STEWART in Powblack of Frew, Ground Officer to the Earl of
Murray b: ABT 22 JUL 1700 in Cambusburn,
Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland. d. 1757. Alexander is mentioned in the following reference in
the Appendix of Stewarts of the South in which he is mistakenly
referred to as "James Stewart in Boblack"
"I think I wrote you something concerning the Stewarts of Tar, before, and will do again if you think proper, though not in this paper. My reason for neglecting in description is [for] their being extinct, [all] but two daughters that are married and in very low circumstances. The late James Stewart of Tar father was in partnership with the late General Stewart of Raith's father in purchasing Oakwoods, which trade was not at that time taken by any but clever active men. He was called James Stewart of Boblach in the four and twenty farms of the Carse of Frews, in the Lordship of Doune, and was ground officer to the Earl of Murray. And should I have the pleasure of seeing you soon, I shall relate some fine anecdotes that passed between them, both of them being very active grasping men."
Alexander married ABT 1737 in Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland to Isobel MILLER. They had the following children:
Alexander STEWART, bap. 19 NOV 1738 in
Powblack, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
Commissioner David STUART , in Stirling b: 1741 in Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. He died in 1777. He married ABT 1763 to Jean
MCMILLOP. David is believed to be the person mentioned in SOS as
"Commissioner Stewart" who is recorded as an older brother to Lt. Gen.
Robert Stuart. Commissioner Stewart left one son who sold the little
property left him by his grandfather's mother to his uncle, Lt. Gen.
Robert Stuart of Rait. He was in Stirling at the time of his death (prior
to the authoring of SOS). It is believed that his surviving son was
William and that John died young.
John STUART b: ABT 1764 in Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
William STUART b: 1766 in Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
Jane STUART b: ABT 1768 in Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
General Robert STUART , 1st of Annat in Rait b: 13 MAY 1744 in Powblack,
Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
Isabel STEWART b: ABT 5 JAN 1749 in Powblack, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland
Jean STEWART b: ABT 1751 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
John STEWART b: 16 MAY 1757 in Powblack, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. He is not mentioned in Stewarts of the South and is
presumed to have died young.
General Robert STUART , 1st of Annat in Rait b: 13 MAY 1744 in Powblack,
Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland. He died 18 FEB 1820 in England.
Robert Stuart served as a commander in the army of the Honourable East
India Company and actively recruited many of his Stewart cousins into
service with the HEIC. In Stewarts of the South he is mentioned as a
Lieutenant General, but was later promoted to General.
Robert Stuart became extremely wealthy from the East India Company and was arguably the most financially successful of all the Baldorran Stewarts. In his later years he provided pensions for several of his widowed and spinster cousins, including the sisters of John Stewart, 5th and last of Annat, who was a drunk and sold the family estate of Annat in Kilmadock.
General Robert Stuart acquired the estate of Rait in the Carse of Gowrie in southeast Perthshire (as noted above). He named his residence there, "Annat", after his ancestral home near Doune. As the original line of Stewart of Annat had been sold, General Robert Stuart had the arms re-matriculated and became 1st of Annat in Rait.
In 1817 a book of poetry by John Stewart of the Glenfinglas tribe was published by subscription of other members of the clan. The list of subscribers includes Lieutenant General Stewart of Rait.
Robert had the following children by an unknown mother or mothers:
Agnes STEWART b: ABT 11 APR 1773 in Lendrick, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. She is suggested from parish records and is not found in
family records and is presumed to have died young. Peter John STUART, b.
BEF 1781 in India. According to family
records Peter John was nearly an adult when his father was captured by the
Sikhs in 1792. He was "not so highly regarded by the General" and
was later said to be (mentally) "infirm". He probably had a
different mother from his brother Kenneth Bruce.General Robert Stuart is believed to have married or otherwise been involved with Elizabeth HILLYARD by whom he is believed to have had the following child:
General Stuart married a Princess of the House of Shah Allam and had the following two sons:
Kenneth Bruce STUART, 2nd of Annat in Rait, b. 1783 in India.
He died
28 JUL 1832. Kenneth and his brother Robert were sent back to Scotland as
boys to be educated. Kenneth became a celebrated linguist. He
was involved with a "high born Indian princess" who is identified in the
IGI as
Princess DE BARBAR, by whom he had the following natural child:
Dr.
Robert STUART, MD b: 1810 in Delhi, India. Robert was a
natural son. He was educated in Scotland as a doctor. He
returned to India and had issue in four generations, but none remain of
the Stuart name. He married
Eliza Jane Turnbull or THOMSON and had the following son:
Dr.
Kenneth Bruce STUART, MD b: 1836 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. He married on 17 OCT 1860 in Edinburgh parish,
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland to
Sarah Matilda WOTHERSPOON. It is believed that the had
descendants in India.Kenneth Bruce Stuart married firstly BET 16 AND 18 JUL 1820 in Kinnoul and Perth, Perthshire, Scotland to Maria Janet MORRISON. They had the following children:
Jessie STUART , Heiress of Annat in Rait b: 5 SEP 1821 in Annat in
Rait, Carse of Gowrie, Kinnoul, Perthshire, Scotland. She died 27 APR 1891.
She married 9 SEP 1839
in Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland to the Rev. Dr. Alexander MOODY, DD,
who, upon their marriage took the hyphenate surname of MOODY-STUART
and became by marriage 3rd of Annat in Rait. He was moderator of the Free Church 1875. They had the following
family:
Daughter MOODY-STUART b: JUL 1840 in Edinburgh, Midlothian,
Scotland. She died at birth.
Rev.
Kenneth MOODY-STUART , 4th of Annat in Rait b: 13 JUN 1841 in
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. He was a Free Church minister
at Moffat. He died 16 JUN 1904. Kenneth was the author of the memoirs of his father.
He married on 9 NOV 1869 in Row, Dunbarton, Scotland to Susan WALKER. It is believed they had the following
children:
Alexander MOODY-STUART , 5th of Annat in Rait b: 24 DEC 1870 in
Moffat, Dumfries, Scotland. It is believed that he had no male
issue and that the estate and title of Annat passed possibly to his
brother George and then ultimately to the descendants of his uncle
George Moody-Stuart.
George MOODY-STUART , 6th of Annat in Rait b: AFT 1870 in
Scotland. George's identity is uncertain and is inferred from
family correspondence. It is believed that he inherited the estate
and title of Annat in Rait from his brother and that he also died
without male issue and passed the estate on to the descendants of
his uncle George Moody-Stuart.
Kenneth MOODY-STUART b: AFT 1871 in Scotland. It is
presumed that he died prior to his elder brothers as the family
estate passed to another branch.
Andrew MOODY-STUART b: 26 DEC 1842 in Edinburgh, Midlothian,
Scotland. He died young in 1 SEP 1866.
Prof.
Alexander MOODY-STUART , LL.D. b: 30 MAY 1844 in Edinburgh,
Midlothian, Scotland. He was Professor of Law at the
University of Glasgow 1887-1905.
Robert MOODY-STUART , C.A. b: 17 MAR 1846 in Edinburgh,
Midlothian, Scotland. Robert was a chartered accountant in
Dundee. He died 22 JUN 1896.
Margaret MOODY-STUART b: 16 MAR 1848 in Edinburgh, Midlothian,
Scotland. She never married. She died on 17 MAR 1880.
Jessie MOODY-STUART b: 14 MAR 1850 in Edinburgh, Midlothian,
Scotland. She died 15 JUN 1895. She married in 1883 to
George WATT, King's Counsel, Sheriff of Chancery.
George MOODY-STUART , CBE b: 27 OCT 1851 in Edinburgh,
Midlothian, Scotland. As a child George sat next to Robert Louis Stevenson in class at the
Edinburgh Academy (they were seated alphabetically). As an
adult, George would read bedtime stories to his grandchildren from
his "friend Louis". George was a partner in the trading firm
of Henckell DuBuisson which provided supplies to estates throughout
the West Indies. He acquired estates in Antigua which his son
Alexander went to run in the 1920s. He was made a
Commander of the British Empire for his role in founding the
Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture (ICTA) in Trinidad in the
1920s. His son Alexander was the first student at ICTA. The
George Moody-Stuart school in St Kitts is named after George. He was
the father of:
Mark MOODY-STUART b: ABT 1898 in Scotland. He won the Military
Cross in France in WWI. He never married but had a successful
career in the family business. Sir Alexander MOODY-STUART, OBE, b. ABT
1900. At age 17, he won the Military Cross in
France in WWI. Later he became head of the Antigua Sugar Estates
Syndicate in
the mid-20th Century. It was this Alexander against whom Sir
Vera Bird (later prime minister of Antigua) led a general strike in
1951. Sir Alexander was the first person to
propose black members to the Town Club in St Johns, Antigua, and his
family was the first white family in Antigua to have a black family
doctor (who went on to become Sir Luther Wynter). Sir
Alexander married in Antigua to Judith HENZELL.
They had the following children: Mel MOODY-STUART, whose personal information is not published
for privacy reasons. Lena MOODY-STUART, whose personal information is not published
for privacy reasons. George Henzell MOODY-STUART, OBE, 7th of Annat in Rait,
b. 9 MAR 1931 in Antigua, West Indies
and died. 1
NOV 2004. He had the arms of Annat re-matriculated. He was an international businessman, author of Grand Corruption:
How Business Bribes Damage Developing Countries, former chair of
Transparency International. He was an advocate for big
business ethics, accountability and fair trade. [His marriage
information is not published for privacy reasons.] His
children include:
Len MOODY-STUART, whose personal information is not
published for privacy reasons.
Margo MOODY-STUART, whose personal information is not
published for privacy reasons.
Sir Mark MOODY-STUART, b. 1940 in Antigua, West Indies.
Former chair of Shell
Oil Company, director of the HSBC Bank (the largest bank in the
world), and Anglo-America plc (a mining and natural resources group
with interests in South Africa), co-chairman of the
G8 Energy Task Force and is a member of the UN Secretary General's
Advisory Council for the Global Compact.
[This article is an exception to our
policy against publishing information on living persons, as the
information herein is widely available in the public domain.]
Jessie MOODY-STUART b: AFT 1900 in Scotland
Marion MOODY-STUART b: AFT 1901 in Scotland. She was
called "Minna".
Elizabeth MOODY-STUART b: AFT 1902 in Scotland. She was
called "Bess".
Margaret MOODY-STUART b: AFT 1903 in Scotland
John MOODY-STUART , F.I.A. b: 23 JUL 1853 in Edinburgh,
Midlothian, Scotland. He was a Fellow of the Institute of
Actuaries.
Charles MOODY-STUART b: 13 SEP 1854 in Edinburgh, Midlothian,
Scotland, d. 19 JUL 1900. He was a Banker for the Bank of
Scotland in Lossiemouth.
Elizabeth MOODY-STUART b: 4 MAR 1861 in Edinburgh, Midlothian,
Scotland
Robina STUART b: 23 APR 1823 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.
She died young on 15 JUN 1851.
Eliza Jane STUART b: 26 OCT 1826 in Malvery, Worscester, England.
She never married.Kenneth Bruce Stuart married secondly ABT 1824 to Janet ROBERTSON by whom he had the following daughter:
Robert STUART,
1st of Glenhead , b. ABT 1785 in India, died 1845.
Robert STUART,
1st of Glenhead , b. ABT 1785 in India, died 1845.
He married on 14 SEP 1815 in Glasgow,
Lanark, Scotland to Eleanor (Ellen) Stewart KILBEE (b. 1798, Belfast, Antrim,
Ireland). They had the following
family:
Gertrude Evangeline STUART b: 27 JUL 1857 in Murree, West Bengal, India.
She is not recorded in family tradition and is presumed to have died as
a child.
Lieut. Ronald Rogers Kilbee STUART b: 12 DEC 1858 in Rawal, Pindee, West
Bengal, India. He was a 2nd Lieutenant with the 45th Regiment
"Sherwood Foresters" and was stationed in Aldershot, Hampshire, England
in 1881.
Lieut. Allan Kilbee STUART b: 20 NOV 1860 in India. He was a
Lieutenant in the Militia stationed with his brother, Ronald, in
Aldershot, Hamptshire, England in 1881. Sometime before 1901 he
immigrated to Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada where he worked as a
civil engineer. He married ABT 1892 presumably in Canada to
MARGARET b: OCT 1859 in Ontario, Canada, whose surname is unknown.
In 1911 he had his family were living in The Cariboo, British Columbia,
Canada. They had the following known child:
Marjorie STUART b: AUG 1893 in British Columbia, Canada
Rhoda Perpetua STUART b: 17 SEP 1862 in Bengal, India
Ivan Kilbee STUART b: 23 NOV 1864 in Bengal, India. He is not
recorded in family tradition and is not found in any census records and
is presumed to have died as a child.
Angus Kilbee STUART b: 1867 in Lahore, India. It is believed that
he was raised in England. He attended Grammar School in
Guilsborough, Northampton, England in 1881. He immigrated in 1890
from England to British Columbia, Canada. In 1898 he is recorded
on the BC Voters' List in Midway, Rossland, Kootenay West, British
Columbia, Canada, employed as a real estate agent. In 1901 he was
living in the Yale and Cariboo District in British Columbia, Canada
where he is recorded as a lodger with no further information. In
1911 he was residing in The Cariboo and employed as a broker. He
married GERTRUDE b: DEC 1885 in Ireland. They had the following
children:
James Gerald Kilbee STUART b: Private. Father of:
Living STUART
Living STUART
Living STUART
Living STUART
Ruth Kilbee STUART b: Private
Randolph Kilbee STUART b: 21 SEP 1872 in England
This line is based on research by Belinda Dettman and Malcolm Gray.
The last cadet branch of the Stewarts of Annat were a family of Stewarts who lived in Glassingall, Lendrick and the Carse of Cambus. Glassingall is located in Dunblane parish. This family is described in Stewarts of the South as follows.
1. Donald Stewart, son to Archibald Stewart, tacksman of Lendrick, a purchase of Sir Patrick Murray from Perth family, Callander parish, has one son and pays �330 of rent.
2. Hugh Stewart, uncle to the foregoing Donald Stewart, tacksman of the Carse of Camus, near Down (Doune) Lodge, Earl's estate. Rent �100. He left five sons:
a. James, a tenant there with one son.
b. John, a merchant vintner and farmer in the village of Kippen, Stirlingshire. He has four sons:
1-4. One of them is a surgeon in Glasgow, and the rest are at home - not this one, a writer, the third is a merchant in Glasgow, and the fourth at home. (It is uncertain what the author means by "the rest are at home" as the third son is in Glasgow, not at home.)
c. Alexander Stewart, a merchant in Glasgow with one son.
d. Hugh Stewart, a wright in Glasgow with sons, but I am not certain of their number.
e. Archibald, a wright in Stirling, with a family of sons, but of their number I am not certain.
Lanrick or Lendrick?
There is some ambiguity as to whether this family held the property of Lanrick or Lendrick. The two names seem to be used interchangeably in early documents. Lendrick is located at the west end of Loch Venacher in Callander parish. Lanrick is located just west of Doune very close to Carse of Cambus and Annat.
The following listings in Mitchell's Monumental Inscriptions pertain to this family, all from Kilmahog cemetery:
27 pelican plucking its breast, in her nest (Stewart crest). Daniel STEWART, late farmer (at) Landrick, died 11 MAR 1846, age 89, wife Margaret MACKINLAY, 22 OCT 1848, age 83.
28 emblems of mortality. 1803. Archibald STEWART, MAY 1791, wife Mary MCFARLAND, 24 MAY 1796, by son Daniel in ---- (illegible).
29 (broken) Archibald STEWART, farmer (at) Emdrick (Lendrick) --- Sept --- died MAY 1847, ----- who died 9 JUL 1861. Elizabeth Buchanan STEWART, teacher (at) Callander, died 23 FEB 1862.
The Annat Family Tree shows the Stewarts of Glassingall descending from Archibald Stewart, youngest son of Alexander MacIain Stewart, 1st of Annat. Stewarts of the South accounts for this branch as being the most junior supporting the evidence of the Annat Family Tree that this line branches from the main stem at a very early point.
Archibald STEWART, 1st of Lanrick, Predecessor of Glasingall b: ABT 1595 in Annat,
Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland, shown above as the youngest son of
Alexander MacIain STEWART, 1st of Annat. Archibald is recorded as the great-grandfather of
Alexander Stewart of Glassingal, shown below. His spouse is unknown.
It is believed that he was the father of:
Archibald STEWART, Predecessor of Glassingall b: ABT 3 JAN 1647 in Annat, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland. He married Helen LAW b: ABT 1650 in Perthshire,
Scotland. Archibald and Helen had the following children:
John STEWART b: ABT 3 NOV 1680 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
John was the predecessor of the Stewarts in Lendrick and Carse of Cambus,
immediately below.
Alexander STEWART , 1st of Glassingall b: ABT 17 MAY 1684 in Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland. Alexander was the patriarch of the Stewarts of Glassingall, presented further below.
Mungo STEWART b: ABT 17 MAR 1689 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
Archibald STEWART b: ABT 1695 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
According to MacGregor, Archibald was apprenticed to David Symmers, peutherer
in Edinburgh.
Robert STEWART b: 21 JAN 1696 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
Robert married on 20 MAY 1738 in Balfron, Stirlingshire, Scotland to Agnes
GALBRAITH b: ABT 1710 in Scotland. They had the following children:
Agnes STEWART b: ABT 4 MAY 1739 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
Helen STEWART b: ABT 26 JUN 1740 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
Isobell STEWART b: ABT 10 MAR 1741 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland
Betthiah STEWART b: ABT 4 DEC 1745 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
Archibald STEWART b: ABT 15 MAY 1747 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland
William STEWART b: ABT 6 MAY 1749 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
Margaret STEWART b: ABT 30 MAY 1751 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland
John STEWART b: ABT 24 JUL 1754 in Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
Donald STEWART b: ABT 3 JUL 1700 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
c/o www.multimap.com (aerial view
not available in Strathgartney)
John STEWART b: ABT 3 NOV 1680 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland, shown
above as the son of Archibald Stewart and Helen Law. John married
Isobell MCFARLANE b: ABT 1680 in Scotland. They had the following
children:
Archibald STEWART , in Lendrick b: ABT 2 JUN 1712 in Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland. Archibald married
Mary MCFARLANE b: 1715 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland. They had
the following children:
John STEWART b: 17 MAR 1738 in Lendrick, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland
Margaret STEWART , in Lendrick b: 6 MAY 1739 in Lendrick, Callander,
Perthshire, Scotland. Margaret married on 31 JAN 1763 in Callander,
Perthshire, Scotland to
James STEWART , in Invercarnaig b: 23 OCT 1736 in Inverlochlarig,
Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, son of John Ban Mor Stewart, 3rd of
Auchnahard of the Annat branch of the Glenfinglas Stewarts, b: 23 OCT 1736 in Inverlochlarig, Glenfinglas, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland.
Isobel STEWART b: 5 SEP 1741 in Lendrick, Callander, Perthshire,
Scotland
Alexander STEWART b: 24 AUG 1743 in Lendrick, Callander, Perthshire,
Scotland
Mary STEWART b: 10 MAY 1745 in Lendrick, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland
Duncan STEWART b: 31 JUL 1747 in Lendrick, Callander, Perthshire,
Scotland
Archibald STEWART b: 3 OCT 1749 in Lendrick, Callander, Perthshire,
Scotland
Donald STEWART , in Lendrick b: 27 AUG 1757 in Lendrick, Callander,
Perthshire, Scotland. Donald married on 10 FEB 1786 in Callander,
Perthshire, Scotland to
Margaret MCKINLAY b: 8 MAY 1764 in Annie, Callander, Perthshire,
Scotland. They had the following children:
Catherine STEWART b: 5 JAN 1787 in Lendrick, Callander, Perthshire,
Scotland
Archibald STEWART b: ABT 14 JAN 1788 in Lendrick, Callander,
Perthshire, Scotland. According to Malcolm Gray's records Archibald
married Elisabeth Buchanan and had one child of unknown name. However no
documentary evidence has been found to support this.
Mary STEWART b: ABT 12 NOV 1790 in Lendrick, Callander, Perthshire,
Scotland. Mary never married.
Janet STEWART b: ABT 6 SEP 1792 in Lendrick, Callander, Perthshire,
Scotland. Janet married on 25 NOV 1826 in Gargunnock, Stirling,
Scotland to
James LOCH b: 20 NOV 1785 in Lauder, Berwick, Scotland and had
descendants.
Isabel STEWART b: 30 JUN 1794 in Lendrick, Callander, Perthshire,
Scotland. Isabel married on 14 NOV 1814 in Callander, Perthshire,
St. Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland to
Daniel MCLAREN b: ABT 1790 in Scotland. They had descendants.
Margaret STEWART b: 13 JUL 1796 in Lendrick, Callander, Perthshire,
Scotland. Margaret married on 23 JUN 1829 in Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland to
James DEWAR b: 10 OCT 1790 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
They had the following family:
John DEWAR b: 3 MAY 1830 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
Margaret Stewart DEWAR b: 15 APR 1831 in Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. Margaret married on 14 OCT 1857 in Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland to
Robert STEWART b: 1 NOV 1832 in Burn of Cambus, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland, son of Robert Stewart in Buchany and Agnes Forbes.
(Their branch has not been identified.) They had the following
children:
Robert STEWART b: 27 NOV 1858 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
Margaret Stewart Dewar STEWART b: 5 MAY 1860 in Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland
James Dewar STEWART b: 12 DEC 1861 in Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland
Donald DEWAR b: 6 FEB 1834 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
James DEWAR b: 26 JUN 1835 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
Katherine STEWART a.k.a. "Muckle Kate Ferguson" b: 14 MAY 1798 in
Lendrick, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland. Katharine married on 30 JAN
1835 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland to
John FERGUSON b: 6 APR 1802 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland.
They had no known children. Katherine was known as "Muckle Kate
Ferguson". She was the innkeeper at Brig o' Turk and was reputed to
be the largest woman in Britain in the 19th century. See photo at the right.The following article excerpted from Perthshire in History and Legend by Archie McKerracher, (c) 1988 the Estate of Archie McKerracher, published by John Donald Publishers, Edinburgh, pp. 111-114.:
Muckle Kate Ferguson [was known as] the fattest woman in Britain. [Note: "Muckle" is Scots for "big".] She was born Catherine Stewart at Landrick on Loch Venacher and grew up a slim, active girl. She married Donald Ferguson [sic, John Ferguson] and settled down as the hostess of a local hostelry politely called 'Ferguson's Inn' at Brig o' Turk. It was better known by its Gaelic name of Tigh Mhaide, "The House of Sticks", perhaps from the custom of keeping a reckoning by making notches on a stick by those who could not write.
Kate Ferguson began to put on weight as she grew older and steadily increased in bulk until she weighed in at over 25 stone (350 pounds). Her broad beaming face and hearty good humour made her inn a popular one, both with the locals and the many tourists who came by coach to visit the Trossachs.
She entertained customers with lively conversation in a mixture of Gaelic and English, seated in a large chair in the small, smoke filled room where drinks were served. While the serving girls brought in the drams Kate took the cash and dropped it into a large leather purse attached to her skirt which acted as her till. Sometimes a generous gentleman might pay her more than was due and so it came about that Kate got out of the habit of giving change at all. This eccentricity made her all the more renowned.
In 1869 Queen Victoria made a private visit to nearby Invertrossachs House. Although supposedly travelling informally, the Queen was accompanied by her daughters, the Princess Louise and Beatrice, Lady Churchill, and Colonel Ponsonby, and seventeen maids, footmen, cooks, coachmen, and the renowned John Brown, the Queen's personal servant.
Queen Victoria had... learned of Muckle Kate Ferguson and decided the whole party should visit her. Kate had been given warning of the visit and was standing outside her inn dressed in her finery when the royal party arrived. She received the queen with Highland courtesy and native dignity, and the two enjoyed a friendly conversation.
Queen Victoria recorded the event in her diary: "We stopped at what is called 'Ferguson's Inn', but is in fact the very poorest sort of Highland cottage. Here lives Mrs. Ferguson, an immensely fat woman, and a well known character, who is quite nice and well dressed, but will not leave the place where she has lived all her life selling whisky. She was brought out to see me, shaking hands with me and patting me. She walks with a crutch and had to sit down."
The Queen presented Kate with two sovereigns which she kept to her dying day and bequeathed to her posterity. This incident made Kate famous throughout the land, and for years afterwards her portrait appeared in postcards in shop windows all over Britain.
Less well known is the unfortunate misunderstanding which occurred due to Gaelic speaking Kate's difficulty with English. It appears the Queen's party were greatly embarrassed when Kate offered them tea and "a gill a-piece". All of them refused the apparent offer of the demon drink and departed quickly, leaving poor Kate wondering what she had done to offend. All she had offered them was a "jeely piece" or jam sandwich!
Muckle Kate Ferguson died in 1872 and her body was carried in a specially built coffin drawn by a team of horses. Hundreds followed her funeral procession to St. Kessog's kirkyard at Callander. Kate's old inn of Tigh Mhaide at Brig o' Turk has fallen into ruin but the old house beside it built for her retirement still stands and has been converted into a private house of the same name. the front window still bears the marks where it was widened to allow Kate's coffin to pass through, it being too large to leave by the door.
Anne STEWART b: 30 APR 1800 in Lendrick, Callander, Perthshire,
Scotland. Anne married on 30 NOV 1821 in Callander, Perthshire,
Scotland to
John CLARK b: 1800 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland. They had
descendants.
Elisabeth STEWART b: 1803 in Lendrick, Callander, Perthshire,
Scotland. Elisabeth never married. No record has been found of her
birth, however she is found in census records and in the Lendrick family
tree (see Malcolm Gray).
John STEWART b: 28 MAY 1804 in Lendrick, Callander, Perthshire,
Scotland
Jean STEWART b: 29 JUN 1806 in Lendrick, Callander, Perthshire,
Scotland
Hugh STEWART , in Ballacaish and Carse of Cambus b: ABT 1715 in Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland. Hugh married firstly on 23 APR 1745 in Callander,
Perthshire, Scotland to Janet BUCHANAN b: 18 AUG 1719 in Cuilanteogle,
Callander, Perthshire, Scotland, daughter of John Buchanan and Janet Buchanan.
They had the following children:
John STEWART , in Kippen b: ABT 30 MAR 1746 in Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. John is described in Stewarts of the South as being "a
merchant vintner and farmer in the village of Kippen, Stirling; has four sons;
one of them a surgeon in Glasgow, the rest at home - not this one a Writer the
third a merchant in Glasgow, the fourth is home."
Alexander STEWART b: 27 MAR 1748 in Ballacaish, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. Alexander is described in Stewarts of the South as
being a merchant in Glasgow with one son. Alexander married on 3 JUL
1779 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland to Janet MURDOCH b: 31 AUG 1757 in
Trien, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland, daughter of William Murdoch and
Elizabeth Buchanan. They had the following family:
John STEWART b: ABT 30 APR 1780 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
Will, John Stewart d 4.11.1858, farmer Glastry, Kilbryde, Dunblane. Executors:
Ann Gow nee Stewart, wife of James Gow, farmer Glastry, and Janet Anderson nee
Stewart widow of William Anderson, grocer in Doune, and Margaret Laurie nee
Stewart wife of Andrew, sand steward at Barron Hill, North wales his 3
daughters. Mentioned in the will (1) his wife Ann Innes (2) his three
daughters, Janet a widow, Margaret and Ann. Apart from the farm which was now
being run by Ann and her husband, there was a house in Doune which was owned
by him and tennanted to John McIntyre and John Maxwell and was given to him by
John Henderson, farmer at Pendreich in 22.7.1803. Also mentioned (3) grandson
William Anderson, and (4) grandson John Stewart Laurie.John married on 27 JAN 1811 in Glastry, Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland to Anne INNES b: 1780 in Carse of Cambus. They had the following family:
Janet STEWART b: 23 MAR 1814 in Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland. Janet
married on 30 APR 1839 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland to William
ANDERSON b: 1813 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland and had descendants.
Alexander STEWART b: 9 JAN 1816 in Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland.
Alexander never married. He resided in Dunblane and died at age 30.
Margaret STEWART b: 15 FEB 1816 in Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland.
Margaret married on 20 FEB 1845 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland to Andrew
LAURIE b: ABT 22 DEC 1817 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland and had
descendants.
Ann STEWART b: 14 JUL 1822 in Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland. Ann
married on 29 APR 1858 in Dunblane, Perth, Scotland to James GOW b: 1827 in
Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland and had descendants.
Janet Murdoch STEWART b: ABT 6 MAY 1782 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
Hugh STEWART b: ABT 1750 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland. Hugh is
described in Stewarts of the South as being a wright in Glasgow with several
sons.Hugh Stewart married secondly ABT 1754 to Janet DUNCANSON b: ABT 1730 in Scotland. They had the following children:
James STEWART , in Carse of Cambus b: ABT 1 JAN 1755 in Ballacaish,
Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland. James is described in Stewarts of
the South as a tenant in Carse of Cambus and having one (surviving) son.
James is found in Mitchell's MIs for Kilmadock cemetery: 281 James STEWART,
farmer (at) Carse of Cambus, died 1 FEB 1826, age 72, wife Mary SHAW, 8 OCT
1823, age 68. James married on 19 MAY 1780 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland to Mary SHAW
b: 1755 in Scotland. They had the following family:
Mary STEWART b: ABT 18 MAR 1781 in Carse of Cambus, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
Mary's baptism was witnessed by Alexander and Henry Shaw
both in Row.
James STEWART b: ABT 14 JUL 1783 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
James baptism was witnessed by Alexander Shaw at Row and
John McFarlane at Carse of Cams. Stewarts of the South claims that
James' father had only one surviving son ca. 1815. Kilmadock OPR records
suggest that it was James' brother, Alexander, who was the surviving son
and that this James died young.
Janet STEWART b: ABT 13 MAR 1785 in Carse of Cambus, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
Janet's baptism was witnessed by Duncan Ferguson in Doun
and David STEWART in Buchany.
Kathrine STEWART b: ABT 15 JUL 1787 in Carse of Cambus, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
Katherine's baptism was witnessed by Duncan Ferguson and David STEWART both in Doun.
Agnes STEWART b: ABT 24 MAY 1789 in Carse of Cambus, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
Agnes' baptism was witnessed by John McFarlan and William
King both in Carse of Cambus.
Isabel STEWART b: 1 OCT 1792 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
Isabel's baptism is missing our transcription collection.
Alexander STEWART b: 8 JUL 1796 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
Alexander was a farmer at Carse of Cambus.
Alexander's baptism was witnessed by John and Stephen McFarlane both in
Carse of Cambus. Alexander is presumed to have
married (although no record has been found) to Helen STIRLING b: 16 JUL
1794 in Lecropt, Perthshire, Scotland, duaghter of James Stirling and
Helen Stevenson. Alexander and Helen had the following family:
Isabella STEWART b: 1821 in Carse, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
James STEWART b: 15 MAY 1822 in Kerse of Cambus, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland
Alexander STEWART b: 4 NOV 1823 in Kerse of Cambus, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland
Helen STEWART b: 23 JUL 1825 in Kerse, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
Mary STEWART b: 17 MAR 1827 in Kerse, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
Isabel STEWART b: ABT 24 MAR 1757 in Carse of Cambus, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland
Janet STEWART b: ABT 16 MAR 1760 in Carse of Cambus, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland
David STEWART b: ABT 17 JAN 1762 in Carse of Cambus, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. He is presumed to have died young prior to the birth of his
same-named brother in 1767.
Archibald STEWART b: ABT 5 APR 1762 in Carse of Cambus, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland. Archibald is described in Stewarts of the
South as being a wright in Stirling with several sons.
Margaret STEWART b: ABT 10 JAN 1764 in Carse of Cambus, Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland
David STEWART b: ABT 31 MAY 1767 in Carse of Cambus, Kilmadock, Perthshire,
Scotland. David is not mentioned in Stewarts of the South and is
presumed to have died young.
Helen STEWART b: ABT 9 MAR 1722 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
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Alexander STEWART , 1st Of Glassingall b: 17 MAY 1684 in Kilmadock,
Perthshire, Scotland. Alexander was a writer in Stirling. He was the
great-great-grandson of Alexander, 1st of Annat. He married Ellen Fleetwood,
daughter of John Fleetwood, merchant and maltman in Stirling. In 1716
Alexander was himself admitted as a maltman burgess and guild brother. He
and his wife acquired considerable property in the Middle Bow, Castle Wynd,
and Meal Market, that is King Street and in East Craigs, Stirling, and also
the lands of Bents and Lochend.
"Alexander Stewart was succeeded in Glassingall by his only [surviving] son, Archibald, who completed title in 1748. The only [surviving] sister of the latter, namely Janet, married Bailie John Jeffrey, merchant in Stirling and afterwards Provost of Stirling. After owning Glassingall for about 30 years, Archibald Stewart conveyed the property to Alexander Jeffray, merchant in Stirling, his nephew." (Source: Alexander Barty, The History of Dunblane, c/o Belinda Dettman).
Alexander married to Helen FLEETWOOD and had the following children:
Hellen STEWART b: ABT 15 DEC 1717 in Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
Jean STEWART b: ABT 14 JUN 1719 in Stirling, Stirling, Scotland.
She married
John JEFFREY and had the following child:'
John STEWART b: ABT 21 AUG 1720 in Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
Anna STEWART b: ABT 14 JAN 1722 in Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
Isobell STEWART b: ABT 25 APR 1723 in Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
Margaret STEWART b: ABT 12 APR 1724 in Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
Catharine STEWART b: ABT 12 OCT 1726 in Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
Archibald STEWART , 2nd of Glassingall b: ABT 26 NOV 1727 in Stirling,
Stirling, Scotland. Archibald succeeded his father in the estate of
Glassingall. He never married and had no children. He was succeeded in the
estate by his nephew, Alexander Jeffray.
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