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- No record has been found of John's birth. It is estimated to have been around 1705 and presumably occurred at his family's estate of Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.
Duncan Stewart (1739), a contemporary of John Stewart, says, "Alexander, now of Annat, married Isabel Fullerton, daughter to Mr John Fullerton of Greenhall, Bishop of Edinburgh, by whom he had John, his son and heir, Duncan, a surgeon, who died in the East Indies, and several daughters."
MacGregor says, "John Stewart, 5th of Annat, succeeded his father although his lands being heavily burdened by debts, he mortgaged them to William Wilson, Writer at Murrayshall, from whom they were redeemed on 3 January 1763, and afterwards disponed to his cousin David Stewart of Ballachallan. He served in the Perthshire Horse of the Jacobite army of 1745/46 and is generally believed to have [died without children]."
John's rank in the Jacobite army is not known. Strathallan's Perthshire Horse, in which John served, was lled by William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan. It was the Jacobite army's first cavalry unit, consisting of 36 gentlemen and their servants, including John Stewart of Annat. Their main role was to scout ahead of the army as it advanced into the Lowlands. Strathallan is located southwest of Kilmadock parish, encompassing the lands around Dunblane and Bridge of Allan.
Following the end of the Jacobite Risings, James Stewart of the Glen, the accused in the Appin Murder, travelled through Kilmadock on route to the trial and stayed at the homes of prominant Jacobites, including John Stewart of Annat, who was later called upon as a witness in the Appin Murder trial. "James Stewart [of the Glen] stopped for the night at Lanrick.... He slept the next night at the neighbouring house of Annat, a little to the north of Doune, where he was the guest of his Stewart clansman. The Stewarts of Annat were loyal supporters of their Royal namesakes. Probably it was John Stewart, the son of the house, who was James' host, as John had to appear subsequently at the trial as a witness, although he was not called to give evidence." (Morris, Robert Louis Stevenson and the Highlanders, p. 101.)
Stewarts of the South describes John as, "The last of them was a great drunkard, but was very mindful of his two sisters to see them in Stirling for they were much supported by Gen. [General] Stewart of Boblach [Powblack] (a.k.a. General Robert Stuart of Rait) and by the profits of a tack they had of the farm of Offrans of the forfeited estate of Perth, now Sir Patrick Murray’s property."
Stewarts of the South also mistakenly credits the sale of Annat to John's father, Alexander: "Alexander Stewart of Annat sold the estate to David Stewart of Balchallan." When it was, in fact, this John who sold the estate.
Copy Instrument of Sasine in favour of John Stewart fifth of Annat dated 16 June and recorded in the particular Register of Sasines at Perth on 15th August 1752 proceeding upon his possession of said lands by the said last mentioned Alexander Stewart fourth of Annat in favour of the said John Stewart his son in fee dated December 1751. (Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland)
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Abt 1705 - Aft 1763 (~ 59 years)
