Sir
John
"The Black Stewart"
Stewart of Bute
formerly Stewart
Born about in Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of Robert (Stewart) King of Scots
and Moira Leitch
Brother of
Alexander Stewart [half], James Stewart [half], Isabella (Stewart) Countess of Douglas [half], Egidia Stewart [half], Alexander Stewart [half], James Stewart [half], Margaret Stewart [half], John (Stewart) King of Scots [half], Walter (Stewart) Stewart Lord of Fife [half], Robert (Stewart) Stewart First Duke of Albany [half], Alexander (Stewart) Stewart Earl of Buchan [half], Elizabeth (Stewart) Hay [half], Jean (Stewart) Stewart Lady of Glamis [half], Marjorie (Stewart) Stewart Countess of Moray [half], David (Stewart) Stewart Earl Palatine of Strathern and Caithness [half], Walter (Stewart) First Earl of Atholl [half], Thomas Stewart [half], Elizabeth (Stewart) Lindsay [half], John Stewart [half], Catherine (Stewart) Logan [half], Walter Stewart [half] and John (Stewart) Stewart of Dundonald [half]
Husband of
Jean (Sempill) Stewart
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Graham) Stewart
— married
before 1408 in Scotland
Descendants 
Died before
before about age 93
in Scotland
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| John (Stewart) Stewart of Bute was descended from a signer of the Declaration of Arbroath. Join: Scotland Project Discuss: Scotland |
| Preceded by First making |
Hereditary Sheriff of Bute 1385-1449 |
Succeeded by James Stewart |
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Biography
John (Stewart) Stewart of Bute is a member of Clan Stuart of Bute.
This profile is part of the Stewart Name Study.
John Stewart was born between 1345 and 1390, probably 1356. He was the natural child of Robert II Stewart, King of Scotland and Moira Leitch. [1][2]
Sir John Stewart also went by the nick-name of 'The Black Stewart'. Circa 1385 he had the islands of Arran, Bute and Cambrae erected into a county for him by his father and was constituted Hereditary Sheriff of the new entity. He was invested as a Knight. He lived at Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland.[3][4]
Marriage
He married Janet (Jonet, Jean) Sympil (Semple), daughter of John Semple. He died between 1445 and July 1449.[1][5][6][7]
Family
There are varying reports for the children of Sir John. With Janet Semple (Sympil), Sir John had as many as five sons:
- James, his heir[3][4]
- William, ancestor of the Stewarts of Fennock.[3][4]
- Robert[3], of Bute[4]
- John[3]
- Andrew[3], ancestor of the Stewarts of Rosland (Roslane)[4]
Research Notes
- Some reports indicate he married, firstly, Elizabeth Graham, daughter of Sir William Graham, in 1407/8. According to Richardson, Elizabeth was the wife of this Robert's brother, Robert "The Red Stewart".
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Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Paul, James Balfour. "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", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1905, Vol. II, Archive.org, p. 286
- ↑ Robertson, William, "Ayrshire Its History and Historic Families", Ayr: Stephen & Pollock, 1908 Vol. II, Archive.org, p. 207
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 John Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (London: Henry Colburn, 1845), p. 156, digital images, https://books.google.com/books?id=ZfdRAAAAcAAJ&lpg=PA156&dq=ninian%20stewart%20archibald&pg=PA156#v=onepage&q=ninian%20stewart%20archibald&f=false. Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 29 July 2016).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families"', Volume 1, Second edition (Salt Lake: Henry Colburn, 2011), p. 564, digital images, https://books.google.com/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&pg=RA2-PA564. Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 30 July 2016).
- ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "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", Edinburgh: David Douglas,1910, Vol. VII, Archive.org, p. 528
- ↑ Semple, William Alexander, "Genealogical history of the family Semple from 1214 to 1888", Hartford, CT: Press of Case, Lockwood, and Brainerd Company, 1888, Hathitrust, p. 8
- ↑ Crawfurd, George, "Archaeological and Historical Collections Relating to the County of Renfrew", Lochwinnoch: Alexander Gardner,1885, Vol. I, Archive.org, p. 14
See also:
- Wikipedia: Marquess of Bute
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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 :
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- Robbin Stewart :
Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup R-L21
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“I cannot, indeed, instruct that these five gentlemen were the successive representatives of the family, although I think it highly probable. But the following descents, from father to son, admit of no question, viz: (6) Maude or Matildis, heiress, married Andrew Steuart, son of Sir John Steuart, Sheriff of Bute, who was son of King Robert II, (Geneal. Tree); and their son was (7) Patrick, who married the daughter and heiress of Wiseman of Mulben, and by her was father of (8) John Roy”
edited by Joshua Stewart
Editorial Note: This is a Copy of the Celebrated MS History of the Grants, copied by me from a copy belonging to Altyre (the Seat of Sir Wm. Gordon Cuming, Bart) lent me by Captain Dunbar of Lea Park, Forres (Editor of the Thunderton Papers). CHARLES HARCOURT CHAMBERS Nairn, Oct 21 1872
Andrew Stuart and Marjory Grant. Marjory, or Mald, daughter and representative of Grants, was left by Patrick heretrix of Freuchy, Strathernick, and Glenchernich, to the tuition of his nearest friends, with this Mandate, [p16] that whoever should be joined in marriage to her should of necessity be of the name of Grant.
About this time Andrew Stuart, Sheriff of Boot, a young man of deserved renown, pursuing his fortune, coming to Balachastle and visiting the heretrix, their affections are so mutually engaged, that they both consent to promise marriage. The frequency and familiarity of the young courtier Andrew Stuart in Balachastle, occasioned among the friends a supposition of marriage intrigues, and a little time after did confirm them so as to become incensed and irritated against him. Andrew Stuart is at length in great friendship with the Baron of Downan (a place scarce half a mile`s distance from Treachy), who, by this Baron`s persuasions and advice, there is a cave made underground and as yet remaining, and where the young courtier is obliged, for fear of his life, to live for some time, for all the name of Grant were dissatisfied with the match; but yet the affection and inclination of the heiress was so set, that by projects and stratagems both Andrew Stuart and Marjory do meet, and he gets her with child. Yea, after some time she goes away and remains in the cave of Clack Dunan, with her Gallant, till by proxys matters came to the pitch of a treaty, which is that upon condition that this Andrew Stuart should change his name, and be called Andrew Grant; then, and in that case, friends would consent to the marriage. The proposal heard did soon find a satisfying answer to both.
[p17] Att length Andrew Stuart and the heiress of Grant are orderly and solemnly married about 1210, and lived quietly and comfortably together for many years, in the same account with their predecessors; only the Cummines of Glenchernick want envy of their happiness nor a resentment of their heiress Bigla`s marriage.
Andrew Stuart, alias Grant, begat a son and one daughter with his Lady Marjory Grant; the son and representative is called Patrick, and the daughter is called Mary, who at length is married to Simon Lord Lovat, her cousin.
With her he got restored the Lands of Strathenich and the amity still continued betwixt the family of Lovat and Grant.
16. Patrick 3rd. Att length Andrew Stuart alias Grant dying is succeeded by Patrick Grant commonly called Patrick Bag McMald because he was Marjory`s Son and of low stature. Was a Man of good esteem in the World, enjoying the Honors of Inheritance of his father, as being Sheriff Principal of Inverness, Heir of Balachastle Strathenick and Glenchenick, is married to Bathea McDonald, Daughter to the Earl of Ross with whom he begat one Son named John.
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Warning: Check the data. A mother's death date (Leitch-6 died 1356) should not be before one of her children's birth dates (Stewart-1012 born 1360) .
gives two sources for the "wrong" marriage. But maybe they don't actually say that.
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