Sir
John
Stewart Ist Laird of Ardgowan and Blackhall
formerly Stewart
Born about in Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of John (Stewart) King of Scots
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Elizabeth (Bruce) Douglas, Elizabeth (Stewart) Douglas [half], Margaret (Stewart) Stewart Countess of Douglas Duchess of Touraine [half], David (Stewart) Stewart Duke of Rothesay [half], Mary (Stewart) Stewart Countess Angus [half], Egidia Stewart [half], Robert Stewart [half] and James (Stewart) King of Scots [half]
Husband of
Janet (Sempill) Stewart
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
John (Stewart) Stewart IInd Laird of Ardgowan and Blackhall and Margaret (Stewart) Stewart Lady Campbell
Died about
at about age 58
in Scotland
Profile last modified
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| John (Stewart) Stewart Ist Laird of Ardgowan and Blackhall was descended from a signer of the Declaration of Arbroath. Join: Scotland Project Discuss: Scotland |
| Preceded by First of that title |
1st Laird of Blackhall 1395 - abt.1413 |
Succeeded by John Stewart |
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Biography
John (Stewart) Stewart Ist Laird of Ardgowan and Blackhall is a member of Clan Stewart.
This profile is part of the Stewart Name Study.
Sir John was the natural son of King Robert III [1][2][3][4][5][6] and an unknown mistress, (possibly by a daughter of Sir Archibald Campbell of Lochow).[7] His birth date is suggested to be around or as early as 1355 in some derivative sources. [8] A date of death around 1412 or 1413 at Blackhall has been cited by some sources. [8][7]
He is an ancestor of the Shaw-Stewarts of Ardgowan and Blackhall. [6] This John is also the ancestor of many other Stewarts including Kildonan, Castle Levin, and Newark.[4] Auchingowan, Carnock, Christwell, Gask, Greenock, Kincarachy, Kirkwood, Lumloch, Newton, Pardovan, Scotstoun, Steuarthall and Wester Polmaise
Timeline
- 1390 - John received charter for the lands of Auchingowan (Auchingoun) in Renfrewshire. [1][2][5]
- 1395 (Dec 12) - John received by royal charter signed by Dundonald for the lands of Blackhall in Renfrewshire and Lanarkshire. [6][1][2][3][5]
- 1403 - John received charter for the lands of Ardgowan in Renfrewshire. [6][1][2][3][5] He also rebuilt the castle at Ardowan. [4]
Family
John's wife is unknown. He had two known children:
- Margaret, who was the second wife of Sir Duncan Campbell of Lochow, son of Sir Colin Campbell of Lochow, Argyllshire & his wife Mariot Campbell.[5]
- John, who inherited the Barony of Blackhall from his father in 1414. [7] He married Elizabeth Lyle, daughter of Sir Robert Lyle, who later became 1st Lord Lyle[1] He passed away about 1442. [7]
Similar John Stewarts
There are at least two notable John Stewarts in Scotland in the latter half of the 14th century to the early part of the 15th century. One was a son of Alexander Stewart of Darnley who is documented as WikiTree profile Stewart-2351. John Stewart, the natural (illegitimate) son of Robert III, King of the Scots is the subject of this WikiTree profile.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Bernard Burke, Royal Descents and Pedigrees of Founders' Kin, Pedigree VIII (1864), https://books.google.com/books?id=SxYYAAAAYAAJ&dq=John%20stewart%20of%20Blackhall&pg=PA114#v=onepage
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 George Crawfurd, A General Description of the Shire of Renfrew (1818), p. 58, https://books.google.com/books?id=bpnmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA58
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Henry Colburn, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, Volume 42 (1880), Part 1, p. cix, https://books.google.com/books?id=u6IaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR109
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Oliver Thomson, The Rises and Falls of the Royal Stewarts (2011), p. 73, 214, https://books.google.com/books?id=WTg7AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA206
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families, http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm#_ftnref1263
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Robert III of Scotland", Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_III_of_Scotland#Family_and_issue, Note: His father's page, This John does not have has own article
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Barony of Blackhall", Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barony_of_Blackhall
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Jared Olar, "The Blackhall Connection", The Stewarts of Balquhidder Research Group, http://www.chuckspeed.com/balquhidder/history/Blackhall.htm, accessed Mar 1, 2015
See also:
- "The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom : Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2021. Internet Archive. Sir John Stewart, Vol I, pg 18
- The Baronage. http://www.baronage.co.uk/bphtm-03/ardgowan.html
- The Place of Blackhall – the Story of eight centuries," Janet S. Bolton, Stewart Society Journal-Vol. XVIII N° 3
- The Stewarts of Blackhall and Ardgowan," J.L. Olar BA, Journal of Ancient and Medieval Studies: The Octavian Society, 1997–2000
- From Royal Stewart to Shaw Stewart," Janet S. Bolton, Nenufra Publications 1989
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Basil Stewart
:
AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued) 47 markers, haplogroup R1b, Ancestry member BasilStewart, MitoYDNA ID A10718 [compare] - Robert Stewart :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-FT26747, FTDNA kit #635158, MitoYDNA ID T10731 [compare]
- Angus Stewart :
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- Randee Stewart :
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- Christian Boyd :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-JFS0056, FTDNA kit #9204
- Robbin Stewart :
Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup R-L21
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- Rank and title of the Stewarts of Blackhall and Ardgowan Nov 10, 2021.
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edited by Jared Olar
https://archive.org/details/b3136410x/page/1885/mode/1up?view=theater
cf. also --
https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ss4as/scott12.php
Of course the peerage case of Lady Clerkington against Stewart (20 July 1664) refers to David Stewart's contract of marriage, but the abstract of the case in Morison is difficult to interpret on who "the defender's daughter" was. One would not think it was Lady Clerkington's daughter, as Lady Clerkington was not the defender in this case, but rather the caller and pursuer. But as I haven't examined the original documents on which Morison's abstract is based, I cannot reach any conclusion on that question.
edited by Jared Olar
It would not be the only error that made it into her book -- she also conflated Robert Lyle of Duchal (1st Lord Lyle) with Robert Boyd of Duchal (later 1st Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock) in her account of the 1445 Stewart of Ardgowan murder. But then the Auchinleck Chronicle's account is ambiguous on who the "laird of Duchal" was who led the attack. Prof. McGladdery holds that both Lyle and Boyd participated in the murder.
edited by Jared Olar
https://books.google.com/books?id=yshsAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA171&lpg=PA171&dq=Barbara,+daughter+of+Sir+William+Scott+of+Clerkington&source=bl&ots=rhQwMuqvX7&sig=ACfU3U29N9g1H3eOlvQu8DCgK0d74tYdpg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjBmNjQ7I70AhXDW80KHTm5D8E4ChDoAXoECBEQAw#v=onepage&q=Barbara%2C%20daughter%20of%20Sir%20William%20Scott%20of%20Clerkington&f=false
edited by Jared Olar
And with these dates you've supplied, it also means that John, 13th laird, would not be "a son of Stewart, of Blackhall," since his father John had already died by 1657. "Blackhall" in 1657 was Sir Archibald, not Sir Archibald's eldest son John.
edited by Jared Olar
Thanks for the note. I will update the article if no one one else does. I am actually interested also in the Shaw Stewart connection. My Scottish interests stem from my grandmother Juanita Porterfield. Her line seems to back to the Porterfields of Duchal estate near KIlmacolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland. As the Porterfield line died out on the male line, the estate fell in the Stewart-Shaw family through a female Porterfield connection starting with Michael Robert Shaw-Stewart Bt. (1826 - 1903) https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shaw-Stewart-9.
Anyway, do you know where I can buy the book "From Royal Stewart to Shaw Stewart,"? I tried the normal sources. The closest library appears to be Guelph, Ontario which is a bit of a drive from Chicago area (but I' love to go back)
Marty Acks
"John, who inherited the Barony of Blackhall from his father in 1414. [7] He married Elizabeth Lyle, daughter of Sir Robert Lyle, who later became 1st Lord Lyle[1] He passed away about 1442. [7]"
John, the son and heir of the first Sir John Stewart of Blackhall, Ardgowan, and Auchigoun, did NOT marry Elizabeth Lyle. Rather, as J. S. Bolton relates in her book "From Royal Stewart to Shaw Stewart," it was John, 4th of Blackhall, etc., who married Elizabeth Lyle. The first Sir John (illegitimate son of King Robert III) had a son John, whose son was James (murdered in 1445), whose son John married Elizabeth Lyle. Bolton, a family friend of the Shaw Stewarts of Ardgowan, was given full access to the family's records, and her genealogy is to be highly trusted unless positively found to be in error by contrary evidence.
Making Elizabeth Lyle a daughter-in-law of the first Sir John Stewart also makes no chronological sense, as Elizabeth's father Robert, 1st Lord Lyle, died in 1470, while Elizabeth's alleged father-in-law died circa 1413. Sir John's great-grandson John, however, died circa 1493, which makes him a perfect chronological match for Elizabeth Lyle.
edited by Jared Olar