Alexander Stewart (1686 - 1746)

Born 9 Apr 1686 in Glenfinglas, Perthshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 16 Apr 1746 at age 60 in Culloden, Inverness-shire, Scotland

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Biography

Alexander Stewart was the son of James Stewart 4th of Ardvorlich and Elizabeth Buchanan.^[1][2]

He married Mary Stewart around 1715.^[1] Their children were:

• John Stewart (1717?–?)^[1]
• Janet Stewart (1722–?)^[3]
• Jean Stewart (1725?–?)^[1]
• William Stewart (1728–?)^[1]

Alexander died at the Battle of Culloden on 16 April 1746.^{[citation needed]}

Research notes

According to the Life Sketch on his FamilySearch profile:

Evidence of this Alexander Stewart comes only from MacGregor and the Factor of Atholl's letter, as follows:

"[David's] brother Alexander married Stewart the heiress of Craigtown of the family of Annat, Craigton is in Down parish now Earl of Murray's Estate by the Heiress he had one son and some daughters. The son was a lunatic but had the income of the estate during his life, his sisters claimed the estate but were rejected."

Gordon MacGregor says that Alexander was apprenticed to Alexander Baird, a merchant in Edinburgh. He also married (secondly) to the daughter of the Chief of Clan Gregor. A very interesting marriage indeed for an Ardvorlich descendant! Perhaps this is why he left for Edinburgh?

Stirnet mistakenly shows Robert, 6th Ardvorlich, as the son of this Alexander Stewart.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Belinda Dettmann (August 2006). "Descendants of Alexander Stewart 1st of Annat." Retrieved 14 May 2018 by Clare Spring from http://www.chuckspeed.com/balquhidder/history/Annat.htm.
2. ↑ "Alexander Stewart, in Edinburgh." Clan MacFarlane and associated clans genealogy. Retrieved 18 May 2018 by Clare Spring from http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I25029&tree=CC.
3. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1FP-6T5 : 11 February 2020), Alexander Steuart in entry for Janet Steuart, 1722.