Jean (Janet) Steuart
Abt 1719 - UNKNOWN
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Name Jean (Janet) Steuart [1] Born Abt 14 Jan 1719 Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland 
Gender Female Baptism 14 Jan 1719 , Stirling, Stirling, Scotland [2] Residence Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland [2] Died UNKNOWN Person ID I16439 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 26 Sep 2026
Father Alexander Stewart, 1st of Glassingall, b. Abt 17 May 1685, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 22 Jul 1742, Glassingall, Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 57 years) Relationship natural Mother Helen Fleetwood, b. Abt 1690, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN Relationship natural Family ID F4049 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family John Jaffrey, Provost of Stirling, b. Abt 1700, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN Married 30 Mar 1739 Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland Children 1. Helen Jaffrey, Heiress of Glassingall, b. 3 Feb 1740, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]2. Elizabeth Jaffrey, b. 2 Oct 1743, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]3. Anna Jaffrey, b. 19 Jan 1746, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]4. Alexander Jaffrey, 3rd of Glassingall, b. Abt 1750, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]5. Janet Jaffrey, b. 8 Dec 1752, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]Last Modified 26 Sep 2026 Family ID F2311 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Jean's birth record gives her name as "Jean." She is recorded in the Glassingall Court of Session Papers (1849-1856) as "Janet Stewart, who was the second wife of John Jaffrey, by which marriage she had issue as under (Helen Jaffery...), (Alexander Jaffery...), other children who died unmarried."
Jean's husband, John Jaffrey, served initially as Baillie and later as Provost of the town of Stirling (Alexander Barty, The History of Dunblane) and is alleged to have opened the town gates to Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1745 at the behest of Jean. Her family was deeply involved in the 1745 Rising.
When Jean's youngest brother, Archibald Stewart, 2nd of Glassingall, died without children, the next closest heir to the estate of Glassingall was Jean's son, Alexander Jaffrey, who became 3rd of Glassingall.
- Jean's birth record gives her name as "Jean." She is recorded in the Glassingall Court of Session Papers (1849-1856) as "Janet Stewart, who was the second wife of John Jaffrey, by which marriage she had issue as under (Helen Jaffery...), (Alexander Jaffery...), other children who died unmarried."
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Sources - [S66] Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
- [S9] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
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- [S66] Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).