Rev. Dr. Alexander Stewart, D.D. Minister of Canongate

1764 - 1821  (57 years)

• Name	Alexander Stewart
  Title	Rev. Dr.
  Suffix	D.D. Minister of Canongate
  Born	29 Jan 1764	Strathgarry, Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	1 Feb 1764	Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
  Died	27 May 1821	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Person ID	I15022	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Rev. Alexander Stewart, 3rd of Strathgarry,   b. 1712, Strathgarry, Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 29 Jul 1780, Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Isobel Robertson,   b. Abt 1720, Scotland ,   d. 15 Oct 1768, Strathgarry, Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 48 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	19 Sep 1742	Dron, Perthshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F4021	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Louisa Macperhson,   b. Abt 1770, Scotland ,   d. 6 Feb 1799, Moulin, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 29 years)
  Married	31 Oct 1793	Moulin, Perthshire, Scotland
  Children	1. Rev. Alexander Stewart, Minister at Cromarty,   b. 25 Sep 1794, Moulin, Moulin, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 5 Nov 1847, Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland  (Age 53 years)  [natural]   2. Katharine Stewart,   b. 11 May 1797, Moulin, Moulin, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F4037	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Emelia Calder,   b. Abt 1780, Scotland ,   d. 12 Nov 1855, Bayswater  (Age ~ 75 years)
  Married	4 Nov 1802	Moulin and Urquhart and Logie Wester, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
  Children	1. Rev. Charles Calder Stewart, Minister at Aberdalgie,   b. 22 Nov 1804, Moulin, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 30 Dec 1876, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 72 years)  [natural]   2. Dr. Duncan Stewart, MD HEICS,   b. Abt 13 Feb 1805, Moulin, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   3. James Calder Stewart,   b. 29 Aug 1806, Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   4. Patrick Stewart,   b. 30 May 1808, Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   5. Margaret Brodie Stewart,   b. 16 Aug 1810, Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   6. Isabella Robertson Stewart,   b. 27 May 1812, Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   7. John Stewart,   b. 18 Jun 1814, Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   8. Robert Hepburne Stewart,   b. 14 Aug 1817, Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F4036	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Alexander is described in the Fasti Ecclesia as: "Alexander Stewart, born 29th Jan 1764, son of Alexander Stewart, minister of Blair Athole; educated at the University of St. Andrews; tutor in the family of Graham of Greigston; licensed by the Presbytery of St. Andrews 8th Feb 1786; ordained to Moulin 21st Sept 1786; Master of Arts from St. Andrews 1792; transferred to Dingwall 1805; presented by George IV, transferred and admitted (to Canongate in Edinburgh) 13th July 1820; died 27th May 1821. A proficient Gaelic scholar, he did great service to the Highlands in revising the translation of the Scriptures in his native langage (S.P.C.K.), and for this work he received the unanimous thanks fo the General Assemblies 1819 and 1820. He married (firstly) 31st Oct 1793 to Louisa (died 6th Feb 1799), eldest daughter of Capt. Lachlan Macpherson, and had issue -- Alexander, minister of Cromarty, born 25th Sept 1794; Catherine, born 11th May 1797 (married Hector Allan, minister of Kincardine): (secondly) 4th march 1802 to Emilia (died at Bayswater, 12th Nov 1855), eldest daughter of Charles Calder, minsiter of Urquhart, and had issue -- Charles Calder, minister of Aberdalgie, born 22nd Nov 1804; Duncan, M.D., H.E.I.C.S., born 21st Jan 1805; James Calder, born 29th aug 1806; Patrick, born 30th May 1808; Margaret Brodie, born 16th Aug 1810 (married 3rd march 1829 to Sir John Herschel, the astronomer); Isabel Robertson, born 27th May 1812, died unmarried; John, born 18th June 1814. Publications -- Elements of Gaelic Grammar (Edinburgh, 1801); Account of a Late Revival of Religion in a Part of the Highlands (Edinburgh 1802); Address to the Royal Athole Regiment of Volunteers (Edinburgh, 1804); A Primer or Spelling Book, in Gaelic; Sermons, with a Memoir (Edinburgh 1822); Hints on Faith and Hope (Edinburgh, 1858); translated into Gaelic Isaac Watts' Presvative from Vice and Folly; revised the Original of Ossian, under the superintendence of the Highland Society of London; Account of Moulin (Sinclair's Statistical Accounts, v, xxi.). -- [Sermons (Memoir), Bonar's Canongate; Memor, by James Sieveright, D.D., Markinch.]"