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- This Alexander may be the Alexander Stewart in Gartnafuaran referred to 1708 testament of Alexander Stewart in Duart which refers to the deceased's wife as Janet Stewart, daughter of the late Alexander Stewart in Gartnafuaran. As the Gartnafuaran estate passed to Walter then we must assume that this Alexander either didn't survive or had no surviving male heirs. (This is a problematic suggestion as Alexander would have been about 85 years old in 1708.)
This accounting is not confirmed but is supported secondly also by onomastics. With Andrew's father and father-in-law both being named Alexander, it is almost certain the Andrew would have named his eldest son, Alexander.
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