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- The Lednascridan Family Tree
A descendant family tree from this branch (provided to us by James Henderson Stewart, PhD, author of The Settlements of Western Perthshire: Land and Society North of the Highland Line, 1480-1851. Haddington, East Lothian, 1990. The tree was researched by Gordon Stewart, b. 1905 in Glasgow, son of John Bremner Stewart, great-uncle to James Henderson Stewart.) gives the following information:
"...our ancestors can be traced back to approximately 1530 when James Stewart, the Royal Bailie of Balquhidder granted a lease on farmland to his natural son, Patrick Stewart. The lease remained in the family until 1816 when it expired.... Our line comes from a younger son who left the farm in the 1700s."
There is a gap in the records and the accounting continues with:
James Stewart - 1680
son: Robert Stewart, m Christian Stewart - 1728
son: Duncan Stewart, m Katherine McLaren - 1765
son: Duncan Stewart, m Jean Dunlop - 1806. 15 year old Duncan and his brother John were apprenticing as weavers in Renfrew in 1795.
The comment that "Our line comes from a younger son who left the farm in the 1700s" appears most likely to refer to Robert Stewart, tenant of Blarcroich, patriarch of Line 5. Since the dates of 1728, 1765, and 1806 given for the later descendants all represent marriages and can be confirmed by OPR records, then there's no reason to suppose that 1680 is anything other than the date of marriage for James Stewart. This would make Robert's likely birth ca. 1700 which would fit well with a description of him being "a younger son." It would also make sense to begin the family accounting with James if he was the last point of departure from the main stem of the family. Thus it seems likely that James was "of Lednascridan" and may even be the eponymous Sheamuis na Chroists.
From the above information along with OPR and census records we can reconstruct the following family:
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Abt 1670 - UNKNOWN
