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- Alexander's middle name is frequently rendered incorrectly in online genealogies as "MACLAIN." (The middle letter is a capital 'i' not a lowercase 'L'.) His middle name is his patronymic, "mac Iain" (son of John).
Alexander was the founder of the Stewarts of Annat. He is believed to be the Alexander "M'ean" (mac Iain, or "son of John") referred to in the following documents. His son Walter's byname, "Meandowie" (son/descendant of Iain Dubh, or "son/descendant of Black John") suggests that Alexander's father was known as John Dubh.
1623 - Alexander S. alias M'ean. John, Archibald, and Andrew, his sons. Walter M'eandowie alias Stewart (Alexander mac Iain Stewart, (latterly) 1st of Annat, and his sons, John Stewart, future 2nd of Annat, Archibald Stewart, ancestor of Glassingall, Andrew Stewart, latterly in Ardcheanochdan, and Walter Mceandowie Stewart, in Glenfinglas.)
(His sons) 1639 John, Alaster, and Walter Stewarts in Glen. Vol. III p.48, tenants to the Earl of Moray
Duncan Stewart (1739) says: "Alexander, who purchased the lands of Annat from James Muschet of Burnbank anno 1621. He married ___ MacNab, daughter to Aucharn, by whom he had John, Walter, Andrew and James. He had likewise Archibald, great-grandfather to Alexander Stewart of Glassingall, writer in Stirling."
Duncan Stewart accounts for the family of Annat as a separate branch from the Stewarts of Ardvorlich, whereas Stewarts of the South accounts for them as a cadet branch of the Stewarts of Ardvorlich. As the Annat family descends from a brother of Alexander Stewart, 1st of Ardvorlich, rather than a son, then Duncan Stewart's accounting is preferred. We account for the Stewarts of Annat as a fourth principal family, alongside the Stewarts of Ardvorlich, Glenbuckie, and Gartnafuaran.
Sometime around 1620, the Annat family complained to James Beag Stewart, 2nd of Ardvorlich, after he received a beneficial tack of Glenfinglas and portioned it among the principal branches of the Baldorran Stewarts, because he left out the Annat family. The dating makes it likely that it was Alexander Stewart, 1st of Annat, who complained about being left out of the Glenfinglas tack. The Annat family were then given a one-eighth share of Glenfinglas, which, from later accountings, would appear to have been the property of Auchnahard in Glenfinglas. It is not recorded who from Annat initially resided in Auchnahard, however since the Ardvorlich History claims that the later John Buidhe Mor was preceded by "a John or two" then it seems likely that the Auchnahard portion probably went first to John Stewart, future 2nd Laird of Annat, while Alexander was still alive. It seems likely that John, future 2nd of Annat, likely held Auchnahard until his father's death, at which point he would have inherited the principal estate of Annat, to become John Stewart, 2nd of Annat, which would be when his natural son, John Buidhe Mor probably took possession of the tack in Glenfinglas.
Alexander's gravestone is amazingly still intact. According to Mitchell's Monumental Inscriptions, it reads: "(foot stone. Marginal.) Hier lyes the richt worthiey and honourabel Alexander STEWART of Annet died 14 JAN 1647, age 76. shield with horse.)"
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1564 - 1647 (83 years)
