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- Duncan's exact birth record has not yet been identified, but the most likely candidate so far is Duncan Stewart bap. 12 DEC 1769 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland, son of Robert Stewart and Janet Cameron, residing in Duart, Glenfinglas.*
Stewarts of the South mentions Duncan Stewart as a tenant in Duart in Glenfinglas in Callander Parish on the Earl of Moray's property. He was one of the "eight portioners" of Glenfinglas (explained more fully on The Stewarts of Glenfinglas Page), for which he paid an annual rent of £111.2.6 and he had a £60 of advance with the Earl of Moray against the Dullater farm valued at £140.
Stewarts of the South, dated ca. 1815-1820, also mentions that Duncan had one son who was a Buchanan barrack master in Fort William, Inverness, Scotland. The son so mentioned is presumed to be Alexander, unless there is an earlier son so far unknown to us.
In Stewarts of the South, Duncan's character is described by the author as "keen, shrewd, sly and sensible."
The Duart property had been held by Duncan's family since the early 1600s or 1700s. As Duncan is mentioned as holder of this family's portion of Glenfinglas in 1820 then it is likely that Duncan was from the senior male branch of the Duart family.
Dullater (pronounced "doo-lay-ter") is believed to mean "the dark hillside" and derives from the Gaelic dubh meaning "dark" leiter meaning "a pass or hillside sloping towards water".
The Stewarts of Ardvorlich Vol. 3 notes that around the middle of the 19th century nearly the entire clan of Glenfinglas Stewarts emigrated en masse to Ontario, Canada. There is another branch of the Glenfinglas Stewarts that immigrated to Huron County, Ontario, Canada, just west of Harriston.
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Abt 1770 - UNKNOWN
