Margaret Stewart

Abt 1714 - UNKNOWN

• Name	Margaret Stewart
  Born	Abt 18 Feb 1714	Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	18 Feb 1714	Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
  Died	UNKNOWN	Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  Buried	Stewart of Ardvorlich Family Cemetery, Dundurn, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I17266	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Alexander Stewart, 4th of Annat,   b. 1680, Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Aft 1752  (Age > 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Isabel Fullerton, of Greenhall,   b. Abt 1680, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F4023	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Robert Stewart, 5th in Balimeanach and 7th of Ardvorlich,   b. Abt 20 Nov 1707, Balimeanach, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 1770, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 62 years)
  Children	1. Jean Stewart, of Ardvorlich,   b. Abt 8 May 1748, Balimeanach, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   2. Margaret Stewart,   b. Abt 15 May 1750, Balimeanach, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Bef 1777  (Age < 26 years)  [natural]   3. Catharine Stewart,   b. Abt 29 Jul 1751, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Bef 1777  (Age < 25 years)  [natural]   4. William Stewart, 8th of Ardvorlich and Factor of Breadalbane,   b. 10 Jun 1754, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 26 Feb 1838, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 83 years)  [natural]   5. Dr. John Stewart,   b. Abt 30 Jan 1756, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Jan 1791, India  (Age 34 years)  [natural]   6. James Stewart,   b. Abt 2 Sep 1758, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 1794, Jamaica  (Age 35 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F4668	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Margaret, who went by "Peggy", was the hero of the Raid on Annat by English soldiers during (or shortly after) the Jacobite Rising of 1745-46. (see "Raid on Annat" above). Because of her quick thinking her Jacobite kin were saved from capture. After her brother sold the estate of Annat, Margaret and her sister Francis resided in Stirling on a pension from their cousin, Lt. Gen. Robert Stuart of Rait. It's possible, perhaps even likely, that Robert Stuart of Rait's father was one of the Jacobites who escaped the Raid on Annat thanks to Peggy, and that Robert may have been motivated, in part, to provide her with a life pension because she saved his father's life. Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, cites a writ in which Robert Stewart of Ardvorlich is identified as the brother-in-law of Stewart of Annat. The Ardvorlich MSS contradicts this and indicates that Robert Stewart of Ardvorlich was married to Margaret Stewart of Drumvaich, an Annat cadet branch. MacGregor's claim is more reliable.