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- Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland. suggests that this is the Robert Stewart who resided in Culgartmore and was father of John Stewart of Calziemore who had a disposition from Sir Colin Campbell of Aberuchill for the lands of Calziemore, with the ferry at Rowardennan on Loch Lomond, on 14 May 1655. If so then this Robert would most certainly be the predecessor of the Gartnafuaran VI Branch from Stewarts of the South, namely the Stewarts of Coille Mhor (Calziemore) on Loch Lomond. Culgartmore would mean "the woods of Gartmore" and would presumably be located on the Gartmore estate in Port of Menteith parish, Perthshire, Scotland. This location is far enough west to be consistent with his son moving further west to Calziemore.
This Robert also fits as the patriarch of Gartnafuaran III Branch in Stewarts of the South, known as Sliochd Rob Duibh Mhoir. It is possible that he is the patriarch of both branches through different descendants.
Rob Duibh Mhor Stewart, patriarch of Gartnafuaran III Branch, is described in Stewarts of the South as being "a son of Gartnafuaran." That is, he was the son of one of the lairds of Gartnafuaran.
Rob Duibh Mhor Stewart is recorded as having a "descendant" named Robert McDonachie Stewart (Robert, son of Duncan Stewart). Robert McDonachie Stewart has been identified in Callander parish records as having married in 1766 in Callander to Janet Black. As the average age of males to marry in this era was about 30 years of age, then Robert McDonachie was probably born about 1735. Since Robert McDonachie is described as the "descendant" of Rob Duibh Mhor then we must presume a gap of at least two generations between them. Otherwise the author would more likely have described Robert McDonachie as Rob Duibh Mhor's "son" or "grandson", rather than "descendant". If Robert McDonachie was probably born about 1735, then his father was probably born about 1705, his grandfather about 1675, and his great-grandfather about 1645 with an increasing margin of error with each increasing generation. Thus, we are looking for a laird of Gartnafuaran who was probably born no later than about 1675 +/-20 years. Alexander Stewart, 8th of Gartnafuaran, was having children too late to be the father of Rob Duibh Mhoir. Walter Stewart, 7th of Gartnafuaran, had a son named Robert who has already been accounted for elsewhere and could not be identical with Rob Duibh Mhor Stewart. Thus, we are looking at Andrew Stewart, 6th of Gartnafuaran as the earliest possible candidate to be the father of Rob Duibh Mhor. However, we have no record of Andrew having a son named Robert. That doesn't mean he didn't have a son, Robert; just that we have no record of any such son. However, if we go back one more generation we do find that Alexander Stewart, 5th of Gartnafuaran did have a son named Robert. Thus, we suggest that Alexander Stewart, 5th of Gartnafuaran, is the most likely candidate to be the father of Rob Duibh Mhoir Stewart.
There is a small problem with the reference in Stewarts of the South where it says that Rob Duibh Mhor was a "tenant of Wester Ardchubry [in] Balquhidder parish in Strathyre[,] district of Auchlessy." There is no known property in Strathyre, nor anywhere in Balquhidder parish, named Ardchubry. However, there is a property in Strathyre called Ardchullarie which could easily have been written in 1815 as Archulary and incorrectly transcribed as Ardchubry. The reference to "of Auchlessy" is likely a reference to the family of Buchanan of Auchlessie who were probably the landlords of Ardchullarie.
The sons of Rob Duibh Mhoir are not recorded in Stewarts of the South. As his father's name was Alexander then we can suggest his eldest son was probably named Alexander. Working backwards onomastically from his descendant Rob McDonachie we can suggest that Rob Duibh Mhoir probably had a younger son, named Duncan, whose line became the senior line.
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Abt 1605 - UNKNOWN
