James Stewart, of Tar

1735 - 1809  (74 years)

• Name	James Stewart  [1]
  Suffix	of Tar
  Born	1735	Auchrig, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Nov 1809	Auchray, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I16592	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Duncan Stewart, In Auchrig and of Tar,   b. Abt 1700, Craigleven, Strathgartney, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 1784, Auchrig, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F6682	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Katharine Stewart,   b. 2 Dec 1735, Lettir of Strathgartney, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 24 Dec 1775, Tar in Ruskie, Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 40 years)
  Married	Abt 1755	Perthshire, Scotland
  Children	1. Alexander Stewart,   b. 7 Mar 1756, Auchrig, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Bef 1815  (Age < 58 years)  [natural]   2. Janet Stewart,   b. Abt 9 Sep 1757, Achray, Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Bef 1763  (Age ~ 5 years)  [natural]   3. John Stewart,   b. 6 Oct 1758, Tar in Ruskie, Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Bef 1815  (Age < 56 years)  [natural]   4. David Stewart,   b. 16 Aug 1761, Tar in Ruskie, Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Bef 1815  (Age < 53 years)  [natural]   5. Janet Stewart,   b. 16 Aug 1763, Tar in Ruskie, Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   6. Charles Francis Stewart,   b. 10 Apr 1768, Tar in Ruskie, Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Bef 1815  (Age < 46 years)  [natural]   7. Smith Stewart,   b. 23 Feb 1770, Tar in Ruskie, Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Sep 1807, Font Hill, Saint Thomas, Jamaica  (Age 37 years)  [natural]   8. Anne Stewart,   b. 23 Dec 1772, Tar in Ruskie, Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   9. Margaret Stewart,   b. 11 Nov 1774, Tar in Ruskie, Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 21 Aug 1802, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland  (Age 27 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F4373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Anne Stewart,   b. Abt 1755, Ballachulish, Glencoe, Argyll, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN, Coilechat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
  Married	Abt 1778	Perthshire, Scotland
  Children	1. Robert Graham Stewart,   b. 4 Oct 1779, Tar in Ruskie, Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Bef 1782, Tar in Ruskie, Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age < 2 years)  [natural]   2. Isabella Stewart, in Castle Cottage,   b. 17 Dec 1780, Tar in Ruskie, Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 26 Oct 1869, Castle Cottage, Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 88 years)  [natural]   3. Robert Graham Stewart,   b. 28 May 1782, Tar in Ruskie, Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 19 Oct 1801, Rummey, St. Mary's, Jamaica  (Age 19 years)  [natural]   4. Katharine Stewart, in Castle Cottage,   b. 22 Sep 1784, Tar in Ruskie, Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Abt 1860, Castle Cottage, Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 75 years)  [natural]   5. Mary Stewart,   b. 2 Feb 1787, Tar in Ruskie, Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 22 Jul 1808, Unknown  (Age 21 years)  [natural]   6. James Stewart,   b. 21 Dec 1788, Tar in Ruskie, Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Bef 1815  (Age < 26 years)  [natural]   7. Charlotte Stewart,   b. 10 Dec 1791, Tar in Ruskie, Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Feb 1811  (Age 19 years)  [natural]   8. Lilias Stewart,   b. 2 Sep 1793, Tar in Ruskie, Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Abt 1860, Castle Cottage, Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 66 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F4372	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  James is described in Stewarts of the South as: "I give the History of James Stewart of Tar formerly (believed to mean "formerly of Tar") who had five sons [who are] all dead and the estate [has been] sold. [It was in the Lordship] of Monteith [which is] now Montrose['s] estate. I remember when he had four sons [who are] now all dead." James' second father-in-law has been identified as Donald Stewart, the alleged shooter in the Appin Murder of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenure. James is listed in Mitchell's Monumental Inscriptions for Brig o' Turk Cemetery in Callander parish as: "12 (at top - a pelican plucking its breast, on her nest) (in Latin) Katharine STEWART, 24 DEC 1735, husband James STEWART esquire of Tar (Mitchell notes: Duncan STEWART in Achray (sic "Auchrig"), feuer of Tar in Ruskie in 1754, son James succeeded him in 1784 and died before 1811 - son John, daughters Janet, Anne, etc, two wives)." James' children are all (but one) found in the Aberfoyle OPR in which James is recorded as "Esquire of Tar." The birth of James' eldest son, Alexander, is recorded in the Kilmadock OPR in which James is recorded as "of Auchrig" and his wife Katherine is recorded as "in Argaty." From these references we see that James inherited both Auchrig and Tar from his father and presumably sold Auchrig. Auchrig had previously been the posession of the Stewarts of Ardvorlich Branch III. Although Stewarts of the South shows Tar being in Port of Menteith, as indeed it appears to be on maps, the baptisms of James' children are recorded in Aberfoyle parish. This is because James' children were all baptized at once at the time of his youngest daughter's birth, so the baptisms are all recorded together on one page. No marriage records have been found for either of James' marriages. Stewarts of the South also notes above that all of James sons had died prior to the writing of that document ca. 1815 and the author only lists children for one son, Alexander. Given the likely ages of the other sons when they died it is inferred that none of them had any male descendants. As son, John, is the only son to be mentioned by Mitchell, then it is inferred that John lived the longest. The author of Stewarts of the South writes more about James Stewart of Tar in the Appendix: "I think I wrote you something concerning the Stewarts of Tar, before, and will do again if you think proper, though not in this paper. My reason for neglecting in description is [for] their being extinct, [all] but two daughters that are married and in very low circumstances. The late James Stewart of Tar father was in partnership with the late General Stewart of Raith's father in purchasing Oakwoods, which trade was not at that time taken by any but clever active men. He was called James Stewart of Boblach in the four and twenty farms of the Carse of Frews, in the Lordship of Doune, and was ground officer to the Earl of Murray. And should I have the pleasure of seeing you soon, I shall relate some fine anecdotes that passed between them, both of them being very active grasping men." James sold Tar prior to 1815. Later records appear to indicate that he moved to Coillechat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland, between east of Drumvaich and just across the river from Lanrick.

  
  

• Sources

  [S380] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1XJ-6LP