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| 101 | "He was deposed at the trial of James Stewart in Jne 1753 for the murder of Colin Campbell of Glenure during which he stated himself to be fifty-six years of age." (MacGregor, Gordon, Red Book of Scotland) | Stewart, John 7th of Fasnacloich (I29605)
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| 102 | "His son Allan (b 1802) is also listed in 1841 Census as a jeweller. His address is given as 13 Barclay Street, Paisley. He emigrated to Australia with his family in 1849 and set up there as wholesale/retail ironmonger. I have this information from a family book titled "Track of the Years" which is about St Arnaud in Australia." (June Stewart) "Allan's (b. 1773) daughter Janet's marriage record of 1839 tells that he was dead and that he and his wife Margaret Mitchell resided in the Burgh." (Janet Stewart) --- Robert Stewart Jeweler was originally established by two brothers in 1835 as "Allan and Robert Stewart, Clock and Watchmakers of Glasgow". Robert Stewart, Argyle & Buchanan Streets, Glasgow. Retailers of fine watches, clocks and jewelry. The company was created in 1835 by the brothers Allan and Robert Stewart, watch and clockmakers, working out of 162 Trongate, Glasgow. The association lasted for five years whereafter Robert continued the enterprise under his own name. By 1845 Robert moved the business to 25 Argyle street, and later in the mid 1850s, to the 132 street address which would be kept until the early 20th century. After the passing of Robert Stewart (ca. 1871), the company was continued by sons James Robert Stewart and John Allan Stewart as sole proprietors (post 1877). It is during this second phase of the R. Stewart company that the current watch belongs to. Listed as Goldsmiths, Jewelers and Watchmakers, from the second half of the 19th century to its closing date of 1934, the company had a firm reputation for selling the best quality watches and clocks. As nearly all watch retailers in the second half of 19th century England, R. Stewart purchased completed watches from watchmakers who would engrave the resellers name on the movement. The present watch has all the indications of being finished in the Lancashire area, most probably in Prescot, and purchased for resale by R. Stewart. https://www.coggiolawatch.com/r-stewart-argyle-buchanan-streets-glasgow-no-50796-ca-1890s Robert Stewart continued to grow the business alone, and between 1886 and 1896, it is documented that Robert Stewart was appointed goldsmith, jeweller, wholesaler and silversmith to Queen Victoria. | Stewart, Allan Watchmaker (I31568)
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| 103 | "Hon. WILLIAM DOWNIE STEWART was born at Blair Drummond Scotland, in 1842. He came to this Colony in 1862. He became a pupil of the present Chief Justice, Sir James Prendergast, in 1864, and was admitted to the New Zealand Bar in June, 1867. Whilst he devoted himself specially to his profession, he has always taken an active interest in public questions. In 1875 he visited America, and made a study of the laws in force in that country, and on his return to the Colony advocated in a lecture which he delivered to the Otago Law Students' Society, a large number of reforms, such as simplifying and codifying the procedure of the Supreme Court, the fixing of a scale of costs, that a prisoner should be allowed to give evidence on his own behalf, that confessions or admissions made to a clergyman or priest and communications between a patient and his medical adviser should be privileged, the relaxation of the rule affecting the incompetency of witnesses through want of religious belief, reform of the law relating to workmen on the basis of the mechanic lien laws, a radical alteration in the laws relating to married women, whereby as regards property they would have the status of femme sole. Most of these suggestions are now law. He was elected in 1879 as one of the members of the House for Dunedin. He was offered but declined the office of Attorney-General in Sir George Grey's Cabinet. After the dissolution of Parliament, consequently on the defeat of the Grey Ministry in 1879 he was again returned as one of the three members for Dunedin City. In 1881 he contested Dunedin West against the Hon. Thomas Dick and myself; owing to an accident. I resigned in favour of the Hon. William Downie Stewart, feeling a anable to do justice to my constituents, but Mr. Stewart was defeated by a small majority. In 1883 he again visited America and also Canada. In 1884 he contested the Dunedin West seat with Mr. Dick, and was returned at the head of the poll. Mr. Stewart has Dick, and was returned. In 1887 he again contested Dunedin West with taken a prominent position in the House as a law reformer, and also in all constitutional questions. He has been especially useful Committee work. In 1879 and 1880 he fought hard against the legislation specially directed against the Maori political prisoners. He has been an advocate of Protectionist opinions, strongly supports the reading of the Bible in the public schools, and takes a lively interest in all political questions and social reforms. He was appointed to the Legislative Council in 1891, and is still a member of that body." (Past and Present, and Men of the Times, by William Jackson Barry. McKee and Gamble, 1897, Wellington. https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-BarPast-t1-back-d1-d1-d5.html) | Stewart, Hon. William Downie (I18105)
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| 104 | "II. Malcolm McCulchere was, as above, put to the horn with Duncan and Patrick Nov. 15, 1533. He appears to have married Findlay glas McEantyre. In a decree of horning Feb. 15 1589-90 "Tullibardin against his tenants," mention is made amongst these of "Findlay glas McEantyre, Relict of umquhile Malcum McCoulcheir,~ a presumption that her husband had been tenant of Sir John Murray of Tullibardine at the farm of Carnlea, of which Malcolm's widow is stated to be possessor." (Murray-MacGregor, Amelia, History of The Clan Gregor, 1898, Vol II, Ch. 18, p. 251. Original source unclear, but appears to come from the Black Book of Taymouth) FIndlay is usually a male name, it may be that she was actually a daughter of FIndlay Glas McIntyre and her first name is not recorded. | McIntyre, Findlay Glas in Carnlia (I22947)
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| 105 | "In 1445 Isabella also granted her granddaughter Mathilda, James’s sister, and her husband William Edmonstone of the lands of Duntreath in Lennox. It seems that even though neither child of James the Fat sought the rights to Lennox they still lived in the earldom close to their grandmother, and married into the local gentry." (Devlin) Matilda Stewart and William Edmonstone were second-cousins-once-removed through King Robert III. "Matilda Stewart, married by 15 February 1445, to Sir William Edmonstone, 1st of Culloden and Duntreath, (he d. in 1473) when they had a charter from her grandmother, Isabella, Duchess of Albany, for the land of Duntreith and others, and was infeft by him in a liferent of his lands of Duntreath on 17 May 1456. They had issue." (Gordon MacGregor, Red Book of Scotland) "[Alexander Stewart, 3rd of Grandtully] m. by 16 May 1466, to Matilda, daughter of Sir James Stewart, son of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, when they had a charter of confirmation, on his own resignation, for the lands of Kiltuly and Aberfeldy, and whose liferent was confirmed to her in their son, John’s charter for the lands of Aberfeldy &c., dated 5 July 1470." (Gordon MacGregor, Red Book of Scotland) | Stewart, Matilda of Albany (I17255)
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| 106 | "Information was given that Jan, son of Louis and Antje had served in the church as a deacon in 1733-36 and in 1746. He was listed as an elder in the church in 1751. He was the father of Henry Bulyea who went to New Brunswick as a Loyalist in 1783." -- From GENERATIONS, the newsletter for the New Brunswick Genealogical Society, by Cleadie Barnett, 27 Dec 1998. Jan's name is also recorded as "Dulyea". | Beljee, Jan (I634)
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| 107 | "Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes 1845–1958,” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah. General Register Office, Republic of Ireland. "Quarterly Returns of Births in Ireland with Index to Births.". | Source (S364)
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| 108 | "Irvin K. Ritter, 62, DuPont Superintendent Parkersburg, W.Va - Irvin K. Ritter, 62, of 30 Willowbrook died at St. Joseph’s hospital, yesterday. He was born in Reading, PA. A 1936 graduate of Rutgers University, Ritter worked as an assistant superintendent for E.I. DuPont in the Parlin section of Sayreville; Leominster, Mass.; Arlington, Va.; Dodrecht, Holland and Parkensburg. He was a former warden of the Trinity Episcopal Church in Parkersburg, a member of the Parkersburt Elks and the American Chemical Society. He is survived by his wife, the former Margaret Ann Stewart of Parkersburg, a son, David of Richmond, Va.; three daughters, Carol Treadwell of Baltimore, Md., Linda Ritter of Lindcoln, Neb., and Connie Ritter of Parkersburg; a brother, David Edison, his mother, Mildred S. Kindig Ritter of Edison, and two grandsons." (obituary) | Ritter, Irvin John Kendig (I13777)
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| 109 | "It is believed that John remained at home. He held some land in his own name but there is no record that he was ever married. Little is known of John except that "on December 15, 1829 while in the woods looking for a cow, John Stewart, son of Alexander Stewart, was mistaken for a wild turkey and shot"." (Massey) | Stewart, John (I31904)
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| 110 | "Jack" does not appear with the Duncans in 1881. He would have been 15. He may have been working elsewhere. It is not known for sure if he came to Canada, but he was remembered by Janet, so it is likely that he did come to Canada. | Duncan, John (I5234)
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| 111 | "James Stewart, is named in his father’s latterwill in November of 1746 and to whom the remainder of his estate, once all debts had been paid, was to be conveyed, and upon who’s death, if he left no issue, to Margaret Campbell, his half-sister. He died without children before 1751." (Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland) James was a Major in the Jacobite Army in 1745. (Stewarts of Ardvorlich, Part 1, p. 105) | Stewart, Maj. James Younger of McOrriston (I15969)
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| 112 | "James" is a theoretical construct who is suggested as the possible ancestor of 3 Line - the "Caleb" Stewarts in Strathyre, shown below. There is no documentary evidence of his existence. The earliest known ancestor of the "Caleb" Stewarts was James Stewart in Auchnandave in Strathyre, shown below under that branch. Onomastics would favour that James' father's name was probably "Robert". This "Robert" Stewart, who probably resided in Strathyre, descends from the Stewarts of Glenogle at an uncertain point. As the "Caleb" Stewarts are recorded in Stewarts of the South as being junior to the Monachyle and Stank branches, but senior to the later branches, then it is suggested that "Robert" was probably a grandson of Duncan Stewart, 2nd in Monachyle (shown above), through an unknown younger son, possibly named "James". Thus it is suggested that this theoretical "James" is possibly the father of the equally theoretical children shown here. | Stewart, James? (I15949)
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| 113 | "Jan'ry 12th 1777 in Callander and Katherine Stewart in this parish were proclaimed. Married. Payed three shillings sterling to the poor." (Aberfoyle Parish Register) | Stewart, Katherine (I28666)
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| 114 | "Jan'ry 12th 1777 in Callander and Katherine Stewart in this parish were proclaimed. Married. Payed three shillings sterling to the poor." (Aberfoyle Parish Register) | Stewart, John in Crachavie (I16580)
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| 115 | "Janet McLachlan, widow of Alexander McLachlan, gardener, died 11 Mar 1892 at North Bromage, Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland, age 71 years, daughter of John Stewart, farmer, deceased, and Euphemia Ferguson, deceased. Informant: John McLachlan, son, occupier." (Statutory Registration of Deaths, NRS) | Stewart, Janet A (I28720)
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| 116 | "John Brown was born in 1793 in County Armagh, Ireland. He married Martha Thistle in 1811 there in Ireland. They had two children before they migrated to Canada. There were nine children in all: William, Nancy, Mary Jane, Martha Thistle, Charles, Robert, John, Samuel and Sarah." -- FindAGrave According to his son John's biography, the John and family emigrated from Ireland to Canada in 1831. | Brown, John (I21081)
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| 117 | "John Campbell, who built the George Inn [in] Perth was married to one of these women (one of the Deanston Stewarts) and likewise his uncle who was vintner at the foot of the Highstreet [in] Perth to an aunt of his (Archibald Stewart's)." (Stewarts of the South) | Campbell, John of the George Inn (I26129)
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| 118 | "John Leslie Stewart was born on September 24th, 1911, in Toronto, Ontario, to John L. Stewart and Mary Frances Nicholson. Stewart was married to Winifred M. Gibson. Stewart was a Prince of Wales Scholar (1929) and a Rhodes Scholar. He earned a B.A. from the University of Toronto (1932), a BCL from Oxford University (1934) and a Diploma in Economics and Politics from Oxford University (1935). Stewart was called to the Bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1935, was admitted to Osgoode Hall Law School that same year and called to the Bar of Ontario in 1936. Stewart was appointed a King's Counsel in 1950. Stewart served with the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada during the Second World War. Stewart was practicing with the firm of Fraser, Beatty, Tucker, McIntosh and Stewart in Toronto when he accepted the position of legal counsel with the Royal Commission on Taxation. He was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire. Stewart died in Toronto on December 6th, 1971." (Law Society of Ontario) "John Leslie Stewart, Canadian lawyer. Decorated Order British Empire; Officer Order Orange Nassau (Netherlands). Served as lieutenant colonel Canadian Army, World World War World War II; Member Alpha Delta Phi. "Background: Stewart, John Leslie was born on September 24, 1911 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of John Leslie and Mary Frances (Nicholson) Stewart. "Education: Bachelor of Arts, University Toronto, 1932. Bachelor of Civil Law, U. Oxofrd, 1934, diploma politics and economics, 1935. "Career: Called to bar, London, England., 1935, Ontario, 1936, appointed Queen’s Counsel, 1950. With Fraser & Beatty, and successor firms, Toronto, 1936-1971, partner, 1936-1971. Director various Canadian corporations Executive committee corporation Trinity College, Toronto. "Secretary Canada Rhodes Scholarship Trust. Legal adviser Royal Commision on Taxation. "Membership: Served as lieutenant colonel Canadian Army, World World War World War II. Member Alpha Delta Phi. Clubs: University, Badminton and Racquet, Granite, Toronto, Lambton Golf, Toronto Golf. "Connections: Married Winifred Muriel Gibson, December 6, 1941. Children: Margaret Ann, John Leslie, Gordon Fraser, Robert David Roy, Janet Elizabeth Mary." (https://prabook.com/web/john_leslie.stewart/1068694) In 1935, John arrived in New York City on the sailing ship "Gollomer", sailing from Le Havre, France. He was recorded as a student residing in Oxford, England, and speaking English, French and German. | Stewart, Lieut. Col. John Leslie Jr. MBE CD KC (I16829)
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| 119 | "John McFarlane in Cowell (sic, Cassel) in the Parish of Buchanan and Agnes Stewart, daughter to the Deceased James Stewart in Wester Gartfarran in this parish listed etc." (Drymen Parish Register) | McFarlane, John in Strathcassil (I30116)
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| 120 | "John Stewart and Janet Buchanan in Culantogle had twins born & baptized 14th December 1780 called Robert and John." (Callander Parish Register) On 25 May 1816, Robert Stewart, a shoemaker, residing in Hardgate, Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, married in West Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland to Grisal Paton. The marriage was also registered in Kilmaronock, Dunbar, Scotland. Robert and Grisal had four known children. Given the gaps in birth order, it's likely they had more children for whom we have no information. No birth registrations have been found for any of their children. In 1841, at age 57 (sic), Robert Stewart was residing at Hardgate, Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, with his wife and teenage children. He was employed as a shoemaker. In 1851, at age 70, Robert Stewart was residing at Munro's Land, Old Kilpatrick parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, with his wife and granddaughter, Grizzle McComb (4). He was employed as a shoemaker. Robert Stewart died in 1859 in Hardgate, Duntocher, Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. In 1861, Robert's widow, Grace Paton was residing at Collier's Row, Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland with her son, Robert Stewart, a collier. | Stewart, Robert Shoemaker in Hardgate (I20880)
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| 121 | "John Stewart and Mary McFarlane in Spittal of Blarnavade had a child b'd called Patrick." (Drymen Parish Register) | Stewart, Patrick (I30200)
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| 122 | "John was the second valet de chambre of Prince Charles Edward Stuart from 1746 till the dismissal of Daniel O'Brien, the Prince first valet, then he took his place. He remained constantly at the side of the Prince, being his closest confident and factotum, being later rewarded with the rank of Maestro di Casa (majordomo) during his late years in Italy. In 1784 he was created Baronet, but it must be noted that this did not mean necessarily he was a landowner, since Jacobite baronetcies were often awarded because of bonds of loyalty to the King over the Water only. "He was son of a James Steuart, and declared himself of "an Atholl man of the Ardvorlich branch", but I've not found anyone who could be his father in Stewarts genealogies. "He had to be born between 1718 and 1722 because he was roughly the same age of the Prince, born in 1720. He married Rosa Fiorani, an Italian woman, daughter of a Domenico Fiorani and for sure younger then John. The Fiorani family held no titles even if that do not exclude they were of some social status. The couple married between 1772 and 1774, precise date unkown. "There's no documentary evidence of John's whereabouts before 1746, even if during the 1850s his son Carlo testified the father had joined Prince Charles Edward during his period skulking in the Hebrides. If true, one can guess John had been out in the Forty-five and on the run from the Redcoats like many others Jacobites. Anyway no primary source about the Prince's flight mentions him. "Another point of interest could be that antiquarian James Dennistoun, who had interviews with John's son Carlo, claimed a cousin of John sacrificed himself allowing to be taken prisoner to save the Prince during his flight." (Stefano Baccolo) https://univp.academia.edu/StefanoBaccolo ------------ A source says that John Stewart, majordomo to Prince Charles, was the son of a James Stewart, so far unidentified. There were two John Stewarts who were close aids to Prince Charles. Many historical commentators conflate them. The other was Sir John Roy Stewart, son of Donald Stewart On 20 March 1775, while in Florence, Prince Charles received a mystery visitor from Scotland, who later wrote a letter about his experience meeting the Prince. The letter is unsigned; the writer is unknown. He identifies himself as belonging to the Stewarts of Glenbuckie, and was a “near relation” to the late Capt. Alexander Stewart, 10th of Glenbuckie, who was murdered in 1745. Prince Charles’ valet, who greets this mystery Stewart from Glenbuckie, is identified as John Stewart, from the family of Ardvorlich. An excerpt of that letter has survived. Extract of a Letter from Pisa, March 20, 1775: "My intention was not to write to you till I should be at Rome, but my wishes happened to be crowned with success nearer hand. We went to Florence from this place on the 18th of last month and arrived the same night. The next morning I was told Prince Jarlagh [Charlie] was in town. I made an impatient ramble till I found out that he had a servant who could speak English, who proved to be a rank Highlander, John Stewart of the family of Ardvorlich. He has been with his royal master ever since the year 1745. He is the upper domestick [domestic servant]. We were happy to meet each other. I asked if it was possible I could say in my own country I had spoken to his master. He replied, there was no difficulty and desired me to come next morning, the 22d, and I should obtain my request. Accordingly, I came at 9 o’clock, time enough to breakfast with Mr. Stewart before Prince Jarlagh could be seen, which was 11; when Mr. Stewart called me upstairs, and introduced me into his dressing-room; where seeing him before me, I kneel’d down. He kindly gave me his right hand, which I did myself the honour to kiss, saying, ‘it was the loyalty of my parents to his royal family that emboldened me to presume this attempt.’ He asked me what family I was of. I answered, ‘Of the house of Glenbucky; that the late Alexander was a near relation to me.’ ‘Ah I poor man!’ said he, ‘I remember him perfectly well.’ He spoke a few words more in which he said, ‘My lad, I wish you well,’ and then retired. He looks old in complexion and is pretty stout in person. He keeps a constant grand equipage especially when at Rome. He is still at Florence, but is expected at Pisa in a month’s time." (Originally published in The Lyon in Mourning or a Collection of Speeches, Letters, Journals, Etc. Relative to the Affairs of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, by the Rev. Robert Forbes, A.M., Bishop of Ross and Caithness, 1746-1775. Edited from his Manuscript, with a Preface by Henry Paton, M.A.. In Three Volumes. EDINBURGH. Printed at the University Press by T. and A. Constable for the Scottish History Society, October 1896. Volume III, pp. 364-365.) The author of this letter is not identified other than being of the house of the Stewarts of Glenbuckie and a near relation to the late Capt. Alexander Stewart, 10th of Glenbuckie, who was murdered in 1745. But our concern is the identity of the valet, who is identified as "John Stewart of the family of Ardvorlich." This same John Stewart of the family of Ardvorlich, and valet to Prince Charles, is also mentioned in the following excerpt from the book, Un Stuart dans la Nation Corse: "John Stuart n’était pas la seule personne portant ce nom employé auprès de la cour exilée de Rome. John Roy Stuart d’Ardvorlich en Écosse arriva à Rome en 1740 et se maria plus tard avec une noble italienne prénommée Rosa. Il servit en tant que valet de chambre et puis comme maggiordomo auprès du Prince Charles durant 20 ans, et il fut titré baronet Jacobite en 1784. John Roy Stuart était toujours en vie en 1788 quand le Prince Charles lui it un legs dans son testament, mais la date de sa mort demeure inconnue. Son fils Carlo devint colonel au service du pape et était toujours vivant en 1848." (Un Stuart dans la Nation Corse, by Desideriu Ramelet-Stuart, (Editions Stuart of Corsica © 2013. p 4.) I have translated the above text from French into English: "John Stewart was not the only person of that name employed as part of the exiled court in Rome. John Roy Stewart of Ardvorlich in Scotland arrived in Rome in 1740 and married late with a noble Italian named Rosa. He served as the valet of the chamber and also as majordomo to Prince Charles for 20 years and he was styled a Jacobite baronet in 1784. John “The Red” Stewart was still alive in 1788 when Prince Charles left him a bequest in his will, but the date of his death remains unknown. His son Charles served as a colonel to the pope and was still alive in 1848." There are some key tidbits in this text. It mentions that John Roy Stewart arrived in Rome in 1740 which was before the 1745 Rising! It says that John married late, presumably not long after that. So he must have been old enough to be an adult in 1740 and young enough to still be alive in 1788. Thus a birth sometime around 1700-1720ish would seem right. John had enough standing on his own, not just as the Prince’s valet, to be able to marry an Italian woman of noble birth. John is named as a Jacobite baronet in 1784. This means that he was a land owner. Although he was “of the family of Ardvorlich,” we know that he was not a laird of Ardvorlich itself as we have a thorough accounting of the lairds of Ardvorlich and there is no John Stewart among them. So John Roy Stewart had to have been the laird of a lesser estate closely connected to Ardvorlich. Balimeanach was the next closest estate to the main Ardvorlich line. The John Stewart I suggested above who was born in 1709, is just the right age to be an adult in 1740 and still alive in 1788. He was the second son of William Stewart, 4th in Balimeanach. The house of Balimeanach at the time of John’s birth was a cadet branch of Ardvorlich, second in seniority to the main branch. As the second son of the family, John would not have been due to inherit Balimeanach. However, all of that changed in 1760, when his distant cousin, Robert Stewart, 6th of Ardvorlich, died without issue and the old family of Ardvorlich became extinct. Suddenly John Stewart’s older brother, Robert, found himself unexpectedly the heir of the estate of Ardvorlich. Until now, we have account John’s oldest brother as Robert Stewart, 5th of Balimeanach and 7th of Ardvorlich. We had no information on what happened to the estate of Balimeanach after Robert Stewart, 5th of Balimeanach, inherited Ardvorlich. Until now, we had assumed that Balimeanach had simply been rolled into the larger Ardvorlich estate, as there was no further mention of Balimeanach and both properties are located adjacent to each other. But this new information would suggest otherwise. It would make sense, when John’s oldest brother, Robert, inherited Ardvorlich, that Robert would then give Balimeanach to his next younger brother, namely John. Thus, I think John Stewart, as next in line, inherited Balimeanach, and should be accounted as 6th of Balimeanach. And this transaction would have taken place in 1760 and, thus, John would accurately be described as a “Jacobite Baronet of the family of Ardvorlich” in 1784. John also came from a family of factors. His younger brother, James, was factor to Ardvorlich. And his nephew, William, 8th of Ardvorlich, was factor to the Earl of Breadalbane. So it would be fitting that John would have had an administrative roll in the exiled Royal court of Prince Charlie. The fact that John Roy Stewart, the valet, named (what appears to be) his only son, Charles (Carlos), breaking from the traditional naming custom, would appear to be an homage to the Prince he so faithfully served for most of his life. Everything fits! I think we have successfully identified John Roy Stewart, Prince Charlie’s valet, as John Stewart, second son of William Stewart, 4th of Balimeanach. ------------- The Exiled Stewarts in Italy, 1717-1807, edited by Helen Catherine Stewart, Hon. Serving Sister of St. John of Jerusalem. p 63-64 Prince Charles Edward had an unhappy life both in Florence and in Rome, but his last days were soothed by the care and attention of his daughter. The weather-vane of the Palazzo San Clementi (formerly Guadagni) where they lived in Florence still bears the royal initials ‘C.R.’ In 1786, they moved to Rome and settled in the Palazzo Muti in the Piazza S.S. Apostoli. In 1787, Charlotte was given entire charge of her father’s affairs. He had one faithful friend, ‘John Stewart, an Athol man,’* who remained with him to the very end and was with him when he died on January 30, 1788. After his death six altars were set up in the palace and two hundred masses were said during the thirty hours that elapsed before the body of Charles Edward Stewart was transferred in a horse litter to Frascati, where he was buried in his brother’s cathedral. *Footnote: John Stewart (whose father’s name was James) is called by Prince Charles Edward in his will his “Maestro di Casa,” and the bequest is made to him of one hundred ‘Scudi Fiorentini’ a month, as well as a pleasant and convenient apartment in the Florentine palace, in recognition of his faithful and assiduous service. John Stewart married a Roman, Rosa Fiorani, and in 1787 their son Charles sought admission to the English College in Rome, his ‘Protettore’ being Cardinal Corsini. When working in the Vatican during 1938, the writer was able to follow up the career of this Charles Stewart though the publication of a new pamphlet (not yet put into the library) relating to the Castellans of the Castle of Sant’ Angelo. Charles became an officer in the Papal Army and rose to be Director of the Artillery School. He was generally esteemed, of an imposing figure, dignified yet simple. Pius IX made him provisional Commandant of Sant’ Angelo, and he was present when the Pope fled to Gaeta in 1848 and at the proclamation of the Republic. He remained in command until the French took the castle on July 3, 1848.He died at 104 Via Frattina, Rome, on December 27, 1864, and lies buried in the parish church of San Lorenzo in Lucina, in the left transept of which there are marble tablets to his memory and that of his wife, Marianna Pioli. The inscription to him is as follows: "Hic Jacet Carolus Stuvart Ultimus E Stirpe Quae Exturbatos Ex Anglia Reges Per Exilia Et Expeditiones Sequuta Cum Carolo Odoardo Duce Romae Demum Condsedit In Pontificia Militia Ballistariorum Regimen Tenuit Ipso Curante Munitiones Centumcellarum Adauctae Urbis Arci Praefuit Plurium Equitatum Insignia Meruit Patrimonio Pauperibus Di Turno Famulatu Sibi Addictis Relicto Obit Sexto Kalendas Januarias Anni MDCCLXV Annos Natus LXXXVI Corpus Eius Voluntate Prope Illud Praemortuae Uxoris Hic Positum In Pace Domini Diem Resurrectionis Expectat." "Here lies Charles Stuart, the last from that stalk (root/lineage). And he sat (ruled over?) those kings disturbed (expelled?) from England through exile and expeditions (someone is following someone or something - can't figure out the antecedent)….with Charles Edward, leader at/from/of Rome until/at the end. He held (led?) a regiment in the/a priestly militia of ballistics (probably catapulters). He was in charge of the citadel of the city, additional munitions in a hundred cells/cellars (plus something about while caring for it himself). He earned many medals for horsemanship (things get a little murkier here - no main verb, just a bunch of ablative absolutes) Having left his homeland, having addressed the poor...by a servant..to the gods/God..to himself...in turn He died six days before the Kalends of January in the year 1865, born (having lived) 86 years. By his wishes, his body was placed near his wife, who died before him. He awaits the day of resurrection of God in peace." --------------- The Stuarts in Italy, 1719-1766: A Royal Court in Permanent Exile, by Edward T. Corp P 349 The news was taken to Prince Charles by Lumisden, who met him on the road south of Florence. The prince was accompanied by three Scottish gentlemen, John Hay of Restalrig, Adam Urquhart and Lachlan Mackintosh, by his Scottish valet de chambre, John Roy Stuart, and by… P 351 The strains in the Palazzo del Re came to a head in December 1768. According to his biographer, the prince ‘had done little [that year] but drink’, and ‘his drunken rages increased in intensity’. In a scene which has often been described, Prince Charles dismissed Hay of Restalrig, Lumisden and Urquhart for trying to stop him attending the performance of an oratorio while drun. The three Scots were replaced by four Italians, but John Roy Stuart, the valet de chambre, was promoted to be maggiordomo. That appointment, made while Sir John Constable was sill living in the palazzo, indicated the depth to which the household of Prince Charles had sunk in only three years. | Stewart, Sir John Majordomo to Prince Charles Eduard Stuart (I16519)
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| 123 | "Joseph McNaughton, agricultural labourer, widower of Margaret McGregor, died 1891, March fourth, 12:30 am, Nether Carse Railway Lodge, parish of Gargunnock, male, 86 years, son of ____ McNaughton, farmer (deceased) and ____ McNaughton, MS Unknown (deceased), general senile decay, witnessed by John Stewart (granddaughter's husband)." | McNaughtan, Joseph (I10323)
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| 124 | "July 18 1711 - Robert Stewart of Callemore and Marjory Buchanan had a lawful daughter baptized called Ann. Witnesses Donald McAlpin of Ross and Malcolm McKercher in Callimoir." (Buchanan Parish Register) | Stewart, Ann (I29948)
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| 125 | "Landon Anderson [former owner of Holly Grove plantation] has spent a great deal of time restoring the old Stewart cemetery on the property. It contains elaborate headstones including the oldest marker, one for little Penelope Jones Stewart, who died in 1824 before her second birthday." https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/home_garden/miss-plantation-opens-for-magnolia-mound-s-petite-antiques-forum/article_7f49273d-ed7c-543f-8215-7f1047cee753.html Penelope's parents are not listed, but the closest match for her would be a posthumous birth to Duncan Stewart and Penelope Jones. | Stewart, Penelope Jones (I23337)
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| 126 | "Larset's" name is uncertain. It is difficult to read on his son's birth registration. | Stevenson, Larset? (I14348)
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| 127 | "Mar 29, Alex'r lawll son to Duncan Stewart and _____ in Ballachling, witts James Boss? and Wm Murdoch." (Port of Menteith Parish Register) | Stewart, Alexander (I14480)
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| 128 | "March 12th 1668 - On this day Walter McFarlane in Auchmar Elizabeth Buchanan son baptized called Walter. Witnesses George Car[illegible]hall and [illegible] Ferguson(?)" (Buchanan Parish Register) "Walter MacFarlane, Gentleman, who was born circa 1668 in Scotland, and lived there at Lurg farm in Buchanan Parish, Stirlingshire in 1728. He had been at Arrochybeg farm in the same parish up until 1715, having married (1688) Katherine MacKerracher, from Aberfoyle Parish in Perthshire, Scotland, with whom he had issue seven children, a daughter and six sons." Barons Of Arrochar and their cadets manuscript by Chevailier Terrance Gach MacFarlane. | McFarlane, Walter of Lurg and Arrochy (I30801)
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| 129 | "March 12th 1668, On this day Walter McFarlane in Achmmar & Elizabeth Buchanan son baptized called Walter. Witnesses George Car~~~hall and [illegible]," (Buchanan Parish Register) | McFarlane, Walter of Lurg (I30805)
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| 130 | "March 15 1715 John Graham younger of Drunkie his wife Jean Bountine had a male child baptized called John. Witness Duncan McFarlane and John Stewart." (Aberfoyle Parish Register) (John Stewart, the witness, was likely John Stewart in Drunkie, who married ____ McAnach.) | Graham, John (I30787)
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| 131 | "Margaret Stewart, m. James Haldane, second son of Patrick Haldane, 1st of Lanrick, (he was killed in a house fire caused by accidentally having fallen asleep reading by candlelight in January of 1727). They had issue." (Gordon MacGregor, Red Book of Scotland) | Haldane, James of Lanrick (I7324)
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| 132 | "Margaret's youngest son James Stewart Dewar, emmigrated to Canada in 1857. He spent almost 10 years having some amazing adventures all across America even as far south as Hawaii (sic) and left a brief but fascinating account of his travels. He returned to Canada about 1871/2, married and settled down. He died in Toronto in 1920." http://www.hostmybb.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=928&mforum=stewart#928 | Dewar, James Stewart (I4705)
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| 133 | "Mariota" is recorded by MacGregor as the daughter of Sir John Oliphant of Aberdalgie, in his Graham chapter, however the Oliphant chapter shows no such daughter for Sir John Oliphant. Stirnet adds a note saying that this Mariota is often confused for the Mariota Oliphant, daughter of Sir John Oliphant of Aberdalgie who married ROBERT Graham, brother of Sir William Graham. On this rare point I follow Stirnet over MacGregor. | Mariota (I9320)
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| 134 | "Martha Thistle was born in County Armagh, Ireland. She married John Brown in 1811 in Ireland and had two children before they immigrated to Canada. After arriving in Canada they had seven more children making nine children in all: William, Nancy, Mary Jane, Martha Thistle, Charles, Robert, John, Samuel and Sarah. She died in Elgin at the age of 68. Huntingdon Gleaner Extract: 01-18-1870 Martha, Relict of the Late John Brown, died it Elgin Township PQ, after a long and painful illness, Aged 68 years. (sic - see below) Deceased was a native of County Armagh, Ireland. has been a resident of this district for over 40 years." -- FindAGrave Her age given at death is chronologically impossible. It would mean she was only 9 years old when she married andn 10 years old when she gave birth to her first son. Realistically, she probably shaved ten years off her actual age. | Thistle, Martha (I21089)
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| 135 | "Mary Stewart, widow of Walter Stewart, gardener, died on 1909, February third, at Arngask, Calton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, age 90 years, daughter of Thomas Phillips, gardener (deceased) and Helen Phillips m.s. McAulay (deceased). Informant: James Robertson, son-in-law." | Phillips, Mary (I27708)
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| 136 | "May 6th, 1677, Donald Buchanan in Arduill and Jonet Stewart in Arrochiebeg with consent of friends. May 22nd, 1677, Married, witnesses John Buchanan in Arduill, Pat. McFarlane in Cashill, Walter and John Buchanan with sundry others." (Buchanan Parish Register) They had no documented children in Stirlingshire, Dunbartonshire, or southern Perthshire. | Stewart, Janet in Arrachiebeg (I30238)
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| 137 | "May 6th, 1677, Donald Buchanan in Arduill and Jonet Stewart in Arrochiebeg with consent of friends. May 22nd, 1677, Married, witnesses John Buchanan in Arduill, Pat. McFarlane in Cashill, Walter and John Buchanan with sundry others." (Buchanan Parish Register) They had no documented children in Stirlingshire, Dunbartonshire, or southern Perthshire. | Buchanan, Donald in Arduill (I30239)
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| 138 | "McLeran - 1777, Oct'r 19th, Robert McLeran and Helen Stewart his spouse at Lendrick had a child baptized called Robert. Witnesses: Duncan Ferguson* and Archibald McLeran, both in Doune." (Kilmadock Parish Register) *Duncan Ferguson was his maternal uncle, married to Margaret Stewart, younger sister of Robert's mother, Helen Stewart. | McLaren, Robert (I31539)
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| 139 | "Mr. Moore taught at Smuck School at Maple Grove and at Corinth. He was 84 years old when in 1922 he very ably addressed the old teachers and pupils of Corinth School gathered to bid farewell to the old building with all its memories, and which was to be demolished to make room for the present modern building. "A few years after his marriage in 1861 to Miss Catherine Stewart, daughter of Duncan and Margaret Drummond Stewart of Maple Grove, Mr. Moore gave up teaching and farmed in Bayham. His first farm was the Todd farm. Later, he sold this and bought the Auston place, which he sold after some years to Ambrose Jackson in 1872. He then bought a farm at Frome. "In the early spring of that year he drove from his home near Straffordville to Frome to finish up negotiations over his new farm. On his way home he passed through St. Thomas, where a sale was being held. A farm in Bayham was being sold for taxes and just to help the sale he put in a bid and to his consternation a 200 acre farm was knocked down to him. He now had 400 acres of land on his hands, a lot of land in those days. "However, that same Spring, he sold 100 acres to Alex Grant Sr. Later, the other 100 of his acquisition to John Neville. Some time after this land passed into the hands of the Rollason brothers, who finished paying for it. "Whitson Edward was a prominent member of the then Methodist Church at Frome and superintendent of the Sunday School until his death in 1924. He was an early riser and when it became necessary for him to 'slow up', his family wanted him to rest longer in the morning. He said, 'When I was a young man I resolved that the sun would never find me in bed and it hasn't'. He was very fond of reading and if he saw any of the children idle he would say 'Don't be idle. If you have nothing to do, get a book'. There were seven children - Allen, Margaret, Mary, Leah, Edward, Lilly, Whitson. (sic)" (Talbot Times) In 1851, he was residing in Bayham township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada, with his parents and siblings. They were living next door to his future in-laws, the Stewarts and the Hatches. In 1871, he was residing in Bayham township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada, employed as a farmer, with his wife and children: Alan, Margaret, Mary, and Leah. In 1881, they were residing in Southwold township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada, with their children: Andrew, Maggie, Mary, Leah, Edward, Lilly, and Duncan. Whitson was employed as a farmer. In 1891, he was residing in Southwold township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada with his wife and children: Allan, Margaret, Mary, Leah, Edward, Lilly, and Duncan. In 1901, he was residing in Southwold township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada, employed as a farmer, with his wife and children: Margaret, Edward, and Lilly. In 1911, he was residing in Southwold township, Elgin West County, Ontario, Canada with his wife and adult children: Maggie, Mary and Edward. In 1921, he was a widower residing with his adult children: Edward, Margaret and Mary. | Moore, Whitson Edward (I11121)
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| 140 | "Mrs. Rosa Stewart Sharp, daughter of the late James A. Stewart and granddaughter of Duncan Stewart of Tennessee, for whom Stewart County in that state was named, and the first lieutenant-governor of Mississippi, passed away today. Mrs. Sharp is survived by one sister, Mrs. Ida S Simpson of New Orleans, besides several nieces and nephews of this and other states. Of these may be mentioned, the Hon. J. B. Stirling of Jackson, Mississippi (formerly attorney-general of this state and at present president of the First National Bank of that city. And the Hon. Stewart McGehee of Laurel Hill, Louisiana. The deceased was twice married. First to Col. Sutherland and to Capt. H. T. Sharp of this Wilkinson County. (obituary) | Stewart, Rosa R (I22784)
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| 141 | "My aunt, Jean Stewart, who was born in Edinburgh 1918, told me that her name was derived from her father's great grandmother Jean McEwan, and that his name John McEwan Stewart, my maternal grandfather was also after her, as in McEwan. His sister was Helen Lawson Stewart after his paternal grandmother Helen Lawson. His brother William Dunsmure Stewart was named after his paternal grandfather William Stewart (sic, William was his great-uncle, not his grandfather) born 1810 Crieff, and the Dunsmure came from his maternal grandmother Jane Dunsmure. She also took me to the memorial of Sir Walter Scott, to tell me that he had written a book about an ancestor of ours, James Beag Stewart. (sic, James Beag Stewart was a Stewart of Ardvorlich. This family is descended from the Stewarts of Grandtully.) Obviously the book was The Legend of Montrose. She told me this on a visit in 1974, and I wrote it down." (Jean Stewart, daughter of John McEwan Stewart, 1918-2003) This account is unreliable as it is too far removed from the source and contains two demonstrable errors. | Stewart, John McEwan (I26737)
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| 142 | "My grand mother Mary Agnes Parkinson (1882 -1944) nee Bland was sister to James Bland b.1894. Mary Agnes worked in the White Lund munitions factory during the Great War ; my grandfather Ralph Parkinson went as a volunteer in the Lancashire King's Own Regiment . He came back from the war with an injury , however , never spoke one word about "over there." As a small child I knew my grandmother - a beautiful lady with black hair and brown eyes. My grand parents lived on Alfred Street behind the theatre. I visited it and remember the brasses around the open coal fireplace. Once a week, on Fridays, a fish man came down the "backs" selling "Fresh fish from Morecambe Bay." They were small flat fish known as dabs and they were so fresh they jumped up and down in the sink! Besides Mary Agnes Parkinson, the only other Bland descendent I met ( just after WWII) was Mary Ann Angus (b.1907). She worked in the offices at Lancaster Marks & Spencer's. As a child she had lived in Canada. She gave me a small present - a child's flat iron from Canada. I still have it. The Parkinsons and Blands were both old time Lancaster families." | Bland, Mary Agnes (I22843)
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| 143 | "Nancy Brown was the dau. of John Brown and Martha Thistle. She was born in 1816 in Portadown, Armagh, Ireland. She died in Elgin in 1915 at the age of 99 years and is buried here with her family." -- FindAGrave | Brown, Nancy (I21098)
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| 144 | "NEIL STEWART OF AUCHMOR, had a wadset of the lands of Bowtarrie Mor,vEaster and Wester Tullich, in Glen Lochay, from John, Earl of Breadalbane, on 24 October 1696, in which he is styled as brother to Allan Stewart of Incherich, and is styled son of the late Dugal Stewart of Incheroch in a renunciation of 5 May 1702, by himself in favour of John, Earl of Breadalbane, for 2000 merks Scots contained in a contract of marriage between himself and Jean Stewart." (Gordon MacGregor, Red Book of Scotland) According to the Invernahyle genealogy in The Scottish Journal, Neil Stewart had Ledcharrie and Edarramhionoich in Glendochart and succeeded his nephew in Innischaoraich. Although it appears this succession is correct, it is difficult to understand why all of James' brothers were passed over in the succession in preference of his uncle, unless Neil Stewart purchased Innischaoraich from James rather than inherited it. According to MacGregor, Neil was alive in 1694. | Stewart, Neil of Auchmore and 4th of Innischaoraich (I17886)
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| 145 | "Nolan, who was physician for the Indians of Arizona, having received his appointment from the government and is now assistant physician of the insane asylum at Jackson, Miss." (Excerpt from the biography of his brother, Dr. William Nolan Stewart.) Nolan Stewart had no children of his own but adopted the three children of his wife's first marriage. Type Practice Allopath Practice Specialities Jackson, MS, Aug 28, 1911, 1888, Asylum, MS, 1909 Licenses MS, 1886 Practice Dates Places Jackson, MS, Aug 28, 1911, 1888, Asylum, MS, 1909 Hospital State Insane Hospital, Jackson, MS Medical School University of Nashville Medical Department, Nashville, 1886, (G), TN-05 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, 1888 Education Grammar school, Jackson, MS, Univ. of Nashville, 1883 | Stewart, Dr. Nolan M.D. (I23386)
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| 146 | "Octob. 31 1717 - Robert Stewart of Callemore and Margery Buchanan spouses had two children baptized twins a son and daughter called John and Katherine. Witnesses Malcolm McKerchar and John McFarlane." (Buchanan Parish Register) | Stewart, Katherine (I29950)
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| 147 | "Octob. 4 1714 - Rott Stewart in Callemore and Marjory Buchanan spouses had a lawful daughter baptized called Mary. Witnesses Donald McAlpine of Ross and Alex'r McGregor in Lurg." (Buchanan Parish Register) | Stewart, Mary (I29949)
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| 148 | "On the 14th Dec. at Papworth St. Agnes, Huntingdonshire, by the Rev. Harvey Sperling, Rector, Charles Alexander Stewart, Esq. of the Bombay Army, son of Duncan Stewart, Esq. of Glenbuckie, Perthshire, to Charlotte Jane, youngest daughter of the late John Macnab, Esq. of Newton, Perthshire." - St. James Chronicle, Thursday 16 Dec 1830 | MacNab, Charlotte Jane of Newton (I20896)
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| 149 | "On ye 28 Feb'ry 1658 George Buchanan in Gartfarran and Isobel Noble, daughter baptized called Marie. Witnesses Charles [illegible] and Pat. [illegible]." (Buchanan Parish Register) | Buchanan, Marie (I30987)
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| 150 | "One of the Officers injured in the battle was Donald MacLaren, drover from Invernenty. Donald was a Captain in the Atholl Regiment. He was injured at Culloden but was carried off the field. He and other Atholl men made it back to Balquhidder and then on to Leny where he was injured during a skirmish with the Perthshire Militia on the 19th of July, 1746. MacLaren was taken into custody along with Major David Stewart of Ballahallan, Captain Malcolm MacGregor of Concour, Sergeant King alias Macree (from Lord Murray's regiment) and three privates.[14] By the newspaper accounts of the day, all the men captured were from the Atholl brigade. These men were transported to Stirling Castle and imprisoned.[15] He was treated by the prison physician for his wounds on the 20th of July and subsequently, on September 3, 1746, bound to a dragoon for transfer to Carlisle to stand trial for treason.[15] During the course of that transport MacLaren was freed or freed himself (the escape has been related both ways) and escaped by throwing himself off a cliff called the Devil's Beef Tub near Moffet. Although the King's dragoons fired after him, the mist hid his movements and his escape was successful.[14] He remained in hiding as a fugitive in Balquhidder until the amnesty of 1757.[2]" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_MacLaren) ------- "Donald, in Easter Invernenty, was famed as a cattle dealer and drover-these terms were more or less synonymous-and it was he who led Clan Labhran to join the Appin Regiment in the “Forty-five”. His kinsman, John, in Wester Invernenty, did not live to see that exploit. Donald’s wife, Elizabeth Stewart, was a grand-daughter of Donald Stewart of Invernahyle in Appin; John’s wife’s name was Beatrice Stewart, who had a brother, John Stewart. Each of these MacLarens held his land under charter from the Duke of Atholl as feudal superior, which conferred on the holders the feudal rights of barony giving them wide authority over lesser tenants and vassals. They had, in fact, the standing of lairds and Donald was MacLaren of, not merely in, Invernenty, while John chose to be known as Stob-Chon, from the name of a prominent hill within his barony, which would be called, in English, the Hound’s Peak." (Gordon Stewart, "Drumlich". https://stewartsofbalquhidder.com/2023/10/06/drumlich/) ------------- Donald MacLaren of Invernenty was captured at Culloden and taken to prison but escaped and lived in secrecy in 1757. His lands at Balquidder were captured by other troops. (https://trossachs.co.uk/clans/maclaren/) ----------- "Re: Elizabeth Stewart, wife of Donald Mclaren, was not only the granddaughter of Donald Stewart of Invernahyle, but the daughter of Rev Duncan Stewart of Strathgarry and also the great aunt of the Rev. Duncan Stewart at Balquidder. She is believed to have emigrated to Canada." (Alexander Stewart of Strathgarry) ---------------- The following account of the capture of Donald McLaren of Invernenty after the Battle of Culloden was found in the Index to the Belfast Newsletter at www.ucs.louisiana.edu/. Belfast Newsletter [8] Aug 1746, page 3 Extract of a Letter from Sterling, dated July 22. Upon the 15th Instant, Capt. James Campbell, commanding the Perth Volunteers in Balquhidder, having information of several Rebel Officers having returned to the Braes of that Country, went himself with a Party by the South side of the loch, whilst Daniel M’Euen, his Ensign, went up the Strath of that Country, towards Glenkarnock; but notwithstanding all the precaution used by the Captain, they found Means to escape, 12 towards the Braes of Brodalbine, and 18 towards the Breas of Lenny, and the Forrest of Glenartney.The Captain having Information thereof, marched with about 30 of his Men towards the Breas of Lenny, divided them so as to surround a party of them in a Sheill, and to guard the Passes below, that none of them might escape.About Five o’Clock the Party under Ensign M’Euen surrounded a Lodge or Sheilling hut, from which they received a very brisk Fire, from the Door and two Windows, for 15 Minutes or upwards, which was returned by the Volunteers with the same Alacrity; afterwards the Rebels lodged in the Hutt, being all wounded except one, surrendered, viz. Major Stewart, Brother to the Laird of Advorlick; Capt. Malcolm M’Gregor of Comour; Capt. Donald MacLaren; Sergeant King, Alias M’Ree, late of Sir Patrick Murray’s Highland Regiment, and three private Men.Of our Men none were hurt tho’ several Balls went through their Cloaths, especially Thomas More the late Lieutenant Follie, who always shewed himself upon every Occasion, willing to destroy Rebels. The Caledonian Mercury, Edinburgh, Monday, September 15, 1746 - Page 3 says We hear Mr. Maclaren, a Drover, who was carried Prisoner for Carlisle in the last Corps that went from this Place, has made his Escape from the Party who escorted them. Other contemporary accounts are: The Scot’s Magazine Volume 8, July 1746 Page 340 (English Literary Periodicals, Reel 46, University Microfilms International) And on the 15th, seven rebels were surprised in a hut in the Braes of Lenny, by the Perth voluntiers, under the command of Capt. James Campbell and Ens. Daniel Maceuen.The voluntiers having surrounded the hut, were fired at from the door and two windows; which they returned.When the firing had continued briskly about fifteen minutes, the rebels, being all wounded except one, surrendered, and were carried in prisoners to Stirling, viz. Major Stewart, brother to Ardvorlich, Capt. Malcolm Macgregor of Comour, Capt. Donald Maclaren, Serjeant King, alias Macree, late of Ld John Murray’s regiment, and three private men.The voluntiers received no hurt.Lieut. Fawlie, or Folie, who was broke at Montrose, p. 147, and who serves as a private man in this corp, was one of them, and very active. The Scot’s Magazine Volume 8, September 1746 Page 441 (English Literary Periodicals, Reel 46, University Microfilms International) Donald Maclaren, drover, who, with about nine others, was carried from Edinburgh, Sept. 5 to be tried at Carlisle, made his escape.At Ettrick braehead, having given one of the soldiers the charge of his horse, on pretence of retiring to ease nature, he swaddled himself in his plaid, and rolled down the brae; and tho’ he was pursued, and fired at, yet he got off. It was this escape that formed the story of "Pate in Peril" in Walter Scott's Redgauntlet. It was Donald's son, James, who emigrated to Prince Edward Island in 1803, just ahead of a legal notice carried by Walter Scott on his first trip to the Highlands. (see the notes to Rob Roy). Rennie McOwan postulates that "the ruined MacLaren house of Invernenty to the west of Loch Doine is the likely site for the famous clan confrontation and piping scene" in Stevenson's novel Kidnapped.This is in "The Breck Trek," pp. 92-96 of Robert Louis Stevenson: Bright Ring of Words, comp. and edited by Alanna Knight and Elizabeth Stuart Warfel.Nairn:Bslnain Books, 1994.McOwan's article is an account of walking trips to retrace the path of David Balfour and Alan Breck Stewart as described in the novel. (https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/mclaren/710/) -------------------------- see also: https://clanmaclaren-history.org/donald-the-drover | McLaren, Capt. Donald Dubh of Easter Invernenty (I10296)
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