Alexander Stewart (1676 - 1742)

Born 1676 in Ledcreich, Balquhidder, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine Stewart — married 1697 in Perthshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 20 Jul 1742 at about age 66 in Perthshire, Scotland

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Biography

4th Laird of Ledcriech and Stroslany

Alexander Stewart is a member of Clan Stewart.

Descendant of King Robert I. King Robert I, known as the Bruce, was King of Scots from 1306 to 1329.

Alexander Stewart, born 1676 was the 4th Laird of Ledcreich and Stronslany. He was the only son of General Patrick Stewart and Margaret Buchanan. He was born about 1676 at Ledcreich, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland.^[1][2][3]

Alexander married Catherine Stewart in Glenogle. They had at least seven children:

• Christianna Stewart, b. 1696, married William Gordon (of Shire Morrow, Moray, Scotland) and they had a son Alexander Gilbert Gordon, who was also aboard the “Thistle” that arrived in 1739 to Cape Fear, North Carolina. Christianna died before 1739 and did not emigrate with her son.^[4]
• Patrick STEWART, 5th of Ledcreich and Stronslany, b. 7 FEB 1697, along with his brother William, and six Argyllshire gentlemen (land owners), together with three hundred other Highlanders (commoners) emigrated from Scotland in 1739 to Cape Fear, North Carolina.
• Lieut. John Stewart, 6th of Ledcreich and Stronslany, b abt 1700
• Robert STEWART, 7th of Ledcreich and Stronslany, b: ABT 1704
• Alexander STEWART, b: 11 SEP 1707 in Ledcreich (Auchnahard?), d. y.
• William STEWART. b. ABT 1711, emigrated with his brother Patrick from Perthshire, Scotland as a widower with several children to North Carolina in 1739. He settled in Bladen County, North Carolina on the Cape Fear River.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Stewart of Ledcreich
2. ↑ http://www.chuckspeed.com/balquhidder/history/ledcreich.htm "Americans of Royal Descent: Collection of Genealogies Showing the Lineal Descent from Kings of Some American Families ..."(Google eBook), by Charles H. Browning
3. ↑ Stewarts of Balquhidder; https://stewartsofbalquhidder.com/stewart-families/stewarts-of-glenbuckie/stewarts-of-ledcreich/
4. ↑ James Dew Genealogy; https://sites.rootsweb.com/~tnalhn/jamesdew.htm
5. ↑ Stewart Clan Magazine; https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/407852-stewart-clan-magazine-genealogical-records-of-stewart-stuart-families-v-34-no-8-feb-1957?viewer=1&offset=0#page=2&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=

• Stewart of Ledcreich

• http://www.chuckspeed.com/balquhidder/history/ledcreich.htm

• ""Americans of Royal Descent: Collection of Genealogies Showing the Lineal Descent from Kings of Some American Families ..."(Google eBook). Charles H. Browning

• "The Invincible".pdf, (Some Stories of Colonial Families, Stuart/Stewart of South Carolina), A Magazine of History, vol- I, APRIL, I9I3 No. 2;Google digitized book, p 5-55. p 53 written by Morgan Brown.

• Biography by Mary Richardson, Sunday, May 25, 2014.
• History of Stewarts