Alexander Stewart, in Ardvorlich

Abt 1686 - 1751  (62 years)

• Name	Alexander Stewart
  Suffix	in Ardvorlich
  Born	Abt 1686	Perthshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Died	Between 1748 and 1751	Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I14782	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	James Stewart, 4th of Ardvorlich Chamberlain to the Earl Moray,   b. 1655, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Dec 1698, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 43 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Buchanan, of that Ilk,   b. Abt 25 May 1651, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Married	Abt 1682	Perthshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F4347	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Katherine Drummond,   b. Abt 1690, Scotland ,   d. Aft 1751, Scotland  (Age > 62 years)
  Married	Abt 1715
  Children	1. Robert Stewart, 6th of Ardvorlich,   b. Abt 1715, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Feb 1760, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 45 years)  [natural]   2. Janet Stewart,   b. Abt 1720, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   3. Jean Stewart,   b. Abt 1725, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F8690	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "Alexander Stewart, was apprenticed to Alexander Baird, Merchant in Edinburgh, on 3 August 1698 and settled in Stirling. He married Katherine Drummond (who survived him and was his executor in 1724) and died in January 1724 having had issue" (Gordon MacGregor, Red Book of Scotland) Alexander's wife, Katherine Drummond, is mentioned in the following reference from the MacGregor Collection: "Catherine Drummond and [her son] Robert Stewart, she was mother to R Stewart an idiot and alimented him 1721 - 1751. In that year he succeeded Buchannan to Ardvorlich. (Norison’s Decisions No.46, p412, Vol.1 ) He died unmarried in 1760 - Dundurn Tombstone." Stewarts of the South says incorrectly that "[David's] brother Alexander married Stewart the heiress of Craigtown of the family of Annat. (sic) Craigtown is in Down [Doune] 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 [of Craigton] during his life, his sisters claimed the estate but were rejected." Stewarts of the South has confused the spouses of this Alexander Stewart with that of his uncle, Alexander Stewart in Lurgavowie. The "lunatic" referred to above is Alexander's son, Robert Stewart, 6th of Ardvorlich. In 1748, Alexander Stewart, younger in Ardvorlich, was named as a cautioner in the testament dative of Donald McLaren of Easter Ardveich, chief of Clan McLaren. As Alexander's older brother, Robert Stewart, 5th of Ardvorlich, was still alive in 1748, this raises the question of why Alexander was named cautioner, and not his older brother. As Robert Stewart, 5th of Ardvorlich, died in 1751, it would appear that he was already in declining health by 1748 and that Alexander was acting in his stead as de facto head of the family. When Robert Stewart, 5th of Ardvorlich, died in 1751, the estate passed to Alexander's son, Robert, who became 6th of Ardvorlich. This would indicate that Alexander died sometime between 1748-1751. Otherwise, if he was still alive in 1751, then he would have inherited Ardvorlich before his son.