Duncan Stewart, In Auchleskine and latterly in Summerline

Abt 1769 - UNKNOWN

• Name	Duncan Stewart
  Suffix	In Auchleskine and latterly in Summerline
  Born	Abt 19 Nov 1769	Dallanlaggan of Glenbuckie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	19 Nov 1769	Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland
  Died	UNKNOWN
  Person ID	I16035	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	John McDonachie Stewart, of Auchleskine and in Dallanlaggan,   b. Abt 1730, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Abt 1805, Blair Drummond Moss, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary McIntyre,   b. Abt 1735, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Married	18 Feb 1758	Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F4532	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jannet Stewart,   b. Abt 1770, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Married	Between 7 and 10 Dec 1793	Balquhidder and Callander, Perthshire, Scotland
  Children	1. John Stewart,   b. Abt 14 Nov 1794, Auchleskine, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Abt May 1796, Auchleskine, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 1 years)  [natural]   2. James Stewart,   b. Abt 29 Apr 1796, Auchleskine, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Abt Apr 1797, Auchleskine, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 1 years)  [natural]   3. Margaret Stewart,   b. Abt 16 Feb 1798, Auchleskine, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   4. Alexander Stewart,   b. Abt 10 Dec 1799, Auchleskine, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   5. James Stewart, in Westwood,   b. Abt 6 Mar 1803, Auchleskine, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   6. John Stewart,   b. Abt 14 Mar 1805, Auchleskine, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   7. Donald Stewart,   b. Abt 1 Mar 1808, Balnluig of Stronvar, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   8. Mary Stewart,   b. Abt 2 Jun 1811, #5 Robertson's Lane, Blair Drummond Moss, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Abt Jun 1812, #5 Robertson's Lane, Blair Drummond Moss, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 1 years)  [natural]   9. Isabell Stewart,   b. Abt 22 Mar 1814, #5 Robertson's Lane, Blair Drummond Moss, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Abt Jun 1814, #5 Robertson's Lane, Blair Drummond Moss, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 0 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F4279	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Duncan was born in 1769 in Dallanlaggan in Glenbuckie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland. Duncan descends from the Stewarts in Dallanlaggan (Branch IX of the Stewarts of Glenbuckie.) His father became tacksman of Auchleskine in the same parish, indicating that his father had some wealth. Stewarts of the South indicates that Duncan was the only son of his father to survive to adulthood. He lived an extravagant lifestyle, spent his family's money recklessly and appears to have driven his family into debt even during his father's lifetime. He is described in Stewarts of the South in very unflattering terms, as: "Duncan, who is what they call a Moss-Laird, in Summerline, Flanders moss [on] Blair Drummond's property, who has four sons [who are] all under age. This Duncan was a real profligate and reduced himself and his father's family to perfect slavery in that place." Duncan and Jannet's marriage was double-registered in Balquhidder and Callander parishes and indicates that Duncan was from Balquhidder parish and Janet was from Callander parish. Parish records show Duncan and his wife Janet beginning their family in Auchleskine until about 1808 when they moved to Balnluig ("house of the hollow") of Stronvar. Balnluig would be a secondary cottage on the Stronvar estate. Then in 1809 they were living as subtenants on a farm on the Blair Drummond Moss in a house that had been previously occupied by his father until 1800. The Moss was a miserable place to live. It's tenants only moved there to escape poverty. The 1814 Blair Drummond Moss Census shows Duncan and his family residing at #5 Robertson's Lane and having moved there from Balquhidder five years prior. They are shown as sub-tenants to Archibald McLaren. They are one of the very few sub-tenants so-recorded anywhere on The Moss, which fits with the description above that Duncan had "reduced himself and his father's family." The census also indicates that the previous tenant was John Stewart -- probably Duncan's father. They are shown to own 2 cats, 4 chickens, and 4 cows. The only way it makes sense that Duncan's father would have moved to the Moss prior to 1800 while Duncan was still enjoying life at Auchleskine until 1805, would be if he put his father out of the house. It would appear that Duncan was forced to sell Auchleskine in 1805 and moved to a smaller cottage at Balnluig (likely as a renter) for a couple of years where his finances continued to worsen and he was then forced to move into his father's former house on the Moss, but not as a tenant. He couldn't even afford his own lease and had to move in with the elderly couple who now lived there as their subtenant. This is a man who fell from wealth to utter poverty in about ten years and brought his whole family down with him. (Duncan is confirmed by a Y-700 DNA test to descend from the Stewarts of Glenbuckie.) ---------------- Robertson' Lane No. 5 Former Possessor: John Stewart Present Possessor: Archibald McLaren 60 yrs Jannet McLaren 50 " Duncan Stewart 44 " subtenant Jannet Stewart 42 " Children Margaret Stewart 15 yrs Alexander 13 " James 10 " John 8 " Donald 5 " Persons deceased John Stewart 11/2 yrs 1796 Colic James 1 " 1797 Colic Mary 1 " 1812 Smallpox Isabell 1/4 1813 Hives Years Settled on the Moss: McLaren's 14 years Stewarts 5 years Where they came from" McLaren's of Callander Stewarts of Balquhidder Cats 2 Dogs - Poultry 4 Swine - Sheep - Cows 4 Horses - Harrows - Plough - Carts -