John Stewart, 3rd in Upper Hythie
1760 - Bef 1841 (< 80 years)
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Name John Stewart [1, 2] Suffix 3rd in Upper Hythie Born 1760 Hythie, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 
Gender Male Died Bef 1841 Hythie, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Person ID I16680 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 12 Jun 2025
Father William Stewart, 2nd in Hythie, b. Abt 1735, Perthshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN, Hythie, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Relationship natural Mother Elspeth Davidson, b. Abt 1740, Aberdeenshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN Relationship natural Married 19 Aug 1760 Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Family ID F4902 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jean Leighton, b. 1772, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland , d. 16 Feb 1855, Hythie, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 83 years) Married 5 Jul 1798 Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Children 1. James Stewart, 4th in Upper Hythie, b. 23 Apr 1799, Nether Hythie, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland , d. 3 Jan 1860, Upper Hythie, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 60 years) [natural]2. Alexander Stewart, b. 8 Feb 1801, Hythie, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland , d. 6 Jun 1882, Mains of Pitfour, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 81 years) [natural]3. John Stewart, b. Abt 27 Feb 1803, Hythie, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland , d. Bef 1841, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age < 37 years) [natural]4. Marjory May Stewart, b. Abt 11 May 1805, Hythie, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]5. Thomas Stewart, b. 15 Dec 1806, Hythie, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland , d. Bef 1841, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age < 34 years) [natural]6. Jean Stewart, b. Abt 6 Jun 1811, Hythie, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]Last Modified 12 Jun 2025 Family ID F4557 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - John Stewart is estimated to have been born about 1760 in Upper Hythie, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Previous estimates gave his birth as about 1770 in Upper Hythie. However, the discovery of his siblings' baptism records and his parents' marriage record have pushed that estimate back ten years to 1760. No written record has been found of John's birth or baptism. No record has been found of his death in which his age was recorded in order to estimate his birth. And he did not live long enough to have his age recorded in the first census in 1841. John would have had to have been the eldest lawful son in order to have inherited Upper Hythie. Thus, it is most likely that he was born after his parents' marriage on 19 Aug 1760 and prior to the birth of his twin sisters on 12 Aug 1762.
John Stewart's nephew, George Stewart wrote a family history in 1848 in which John is described as:
"John Stewart, my uncle, lived in the family cottage [at Hythie] and died some years ago having five or six sons and I believe one daughter. I believe one of the sons still lives in the same cottage and one is dead and the others live in the neighbourhood with large families."
An examination of parish baptism and marriage records as well as census records for 1841-1861 reveals a family that is an exact match for the description above.
John Stewart is not found in the 1841 census or any subsequent census records which is consistent with his nephew's description in 1848 that John died "several years ago."
John's widow, Jean Leighton, can be found in 1841 and 1851 residing at Upper Hythie and shown as a crofter of 3 acres. She is residing adjacent to her eldest son James. In the 1841 and 1851 census records, Hythie is sometimes accounted as being in Banffshire instead of Aberdeenshire as the shire boundaries changed.
- John Stewart is estimated to have been born about 1760 in Upper Hythie, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Previous estimates gave his birth as about 1770 in Upper Hythie. However, the discovery of his siblings' baptism records and his parents' marriage record have pushed that estimate back ten years to 1760. No written record has been found of John's birth or baptism. No record has been found of his death in which his age was recorded in order to estimate his birth. And he did not live long enough to have his age recorded in the first census in 1841. John would have had to have been the eldest lawful son in order to have inherited Upper Hythie. Thus, it is most likely that he was born after his parents' marriage on 19 Aug 1760 and prior to the birth of his twin sisters on 12 Aug 1762.
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Sources - [S9] 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:XBWT-HF5 - [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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- [S9] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).