Capt. John Glas Stewart, 1st of Benmore and latterly of Ledcreich

1684 - 1746  (62 years)

• Name	John Glas Stewart  [1]
  Title	Capt.
  Suffix	1st of Benmore and latterly of Ledcreich
  Born	5 Mar 1684	Acharn, Killin, Perthshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Apr 1746	Culloden, Inverness, Scotland   [1]
  	Battle of Culloden
  Person ID	I17178	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	John Stewart, 2nd of Acharn,   b. Abt 1650, Ardsheal, Appin, Argyll, Scotland ,   d. Bef 1729  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ann Campbell, of Dunstaffnage,   b. 1670,   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F6704	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret Stewart, of Ardsheal,   b. Abt 1700, Ardsheal, Appin, Argyll, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Married	Abt 1725
  Children	1. John Stewart, 2nd of Benmore and 13th of Glenbuckie,   b. Abt 1725, Benmore, Glendochart, Killin, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   2. Elizabeth Stewart, Heiress of Glenbuckie,   b. 16 Aug 1735, Benmore, Glendochart, Killin, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Bef 1804, Glenbuckie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age < 68 years)  [natural]   3. Alexander Stewart,   b. Abt 1740,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F4482	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Katherine MacNab, of Inschewin,   b. Abt 1725, Iniseoin, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Married	Abt 1750
  Children	1. Capt. Duncan Stewart, 16th of Glenbuckie,   b. 22 Aug 1744, Benmore, Glendochart, Killin, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 28 Jun 1831, Glenbuckie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 86 years)  [natural]   2. Annie Stewart,   b. 1746, Benmore, Glendochart, Killin, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   3. Charles Stewart,   b. 1746, Benmore, Glendochart, Killin, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Bef 1815, West Indies  (Age < 68 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F4481	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Capt. John Glas Stewart of Benmore (of the family of Coll of Appin), described as "brother of Acharn and cousin and brother in law of Stewart of Ardsheal was a Captain in the Appin Regiment and fell at Culloden." John is described in Stewarts of the South as "descended of the family of Ardsheil, the most respectable Branch of Appin Stewarts. He was know by the name of Iain Glac (sic "Glas") mhac Iain mhic Alastair. (John "The Grey", son of John, grandson of Alexander.) [John] gathered his substance by cattle dealing, brewing whisky, and by other pieces of industry. [He] purchased Benmore in Glendochard from Drummond of Perth. [It was] formerly the property of Campbell of Coirchaorach of the same place, also Campbell of Licks [in] Killin parish." Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, says, "John Stewart of Benmore, was commonly known as “Iain glas MhacIain MhicAlastair” and obtained the lands of Invervenacher, Corrycherich and the forest of Benmore, all within the parish of Killin, from James Drummond, Duke of Perth, on 20 February 1744. He served in the Appin regiment during the Jacobite rising of 1745/6, and was killed with many of his kinsmen at the battle of Culloden on 16 April 1746." According to Duncan Stewart 1739, John also purchased Ledcreich. Duncan says: "Duncan of Ardsheal married first a daughter of John Stewart, brother to Innerhaden, and secondly, a daughter to Maclean of Ardgowan. He had six sons and several daughters, viz 1 John, his son and heir, 2 Alexander, killed in the attack made at the church of Dunkeld, soon after King James, in 1689, who had five sons, the eldest John of Aucharn was father to Alexander now of Aucharn, and to John Stewart*, now of Ledcreich, 3 A[illegible, could be Andrew], 4 William, 5 James, and 6 Duncan, killed at Dunkeld, with his brother Alexander. *He purchased these lands from Patrick Stewart, late of Ledcreich, who is now settled in Canada." (sic, Patrick Stewart went to Cape Fear, North Carolina in what was then still a British Colony. Just before departing, Patrick sold Ledcreich and Stronslany to John Glas Stewart.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;). Record for Captain John Glas Stewart of Benmore https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=372124339290&indiv=try