John Stewart

1758 - 1834  (76 years)

• Name	John Stewart
  Born	1758	Campbelltown, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Name	Hellfire Jack
  Died	22 Jun 1834	Mount Stewart, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Person ID	I16980	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Chief Justice Peter Stewart,   b. 1725, Campbelltown, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland ,   d. 10 Nov 1805, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Helen McKinnon,   b. Abt 1730, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F4592	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Magdalen Stewart,   b. 1788, Scotland or PEI, Canada ,   d. 21 Aug 1865, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada  (Age 77 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F6714	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From "Miscellany of PEI newspapers" on The Island Register website: Died on the 22nd of June at his residence Mount Stewart in Prince Edward's Island, John Stewart Esq., late Deputy Paymaster General of His Majesty's Forces and Marshall of the Court of Vice Admiralty in the Island of Newfoundland, and for many years Speaker of the House of Assembly, and Receiver General of His Majesty's Quit Rents in the former Island. This Gentleman was the legal claimant to the ancient Title of the Earls of Orkney; he was closely allied to the Highland Chieftain George Ranald McDonald of the ancient and legitimate race of Clanranald, and was grandson of the late Highland Chieftain Mackinnon of Mackinnon who rallied and fought under the banners of Prince Charles Stewart on the plains of Preston Pans and Culloden in 1745.