William Stewart, 2nd in Hythie

Abt 1735 - UNKNOWN

• Name	William Stewart  [1]
  Suffix	2nd in Hythie
  Born	Abt 1735	Perthshire, Scotland
  	probably McOrriston in Kilmadock
  Gender	Male
  Died	UNKNOWN	Hythie, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Buried	Fetterangus parish cemtery, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I18113	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Lt. Col. Donald Stewart, 1st in Hythie,   b. Abt 1705, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN, Hythie, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F8490	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elspeth Davidson,   b. Abt 1740, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Married	19 Aug 1760	Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Children	1. John Stewart, 3rd in Upper Hythie,   b. 1760, Hythie, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ,   d. Bef 1841, Hythie, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  (Age < 80 years)  [natural]   2. Margaret Stewart,   b. 12 Aug 1762, Hythie, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ,   d. 1847, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  (Age 84 years)  [natural]   3. Mary Stewart,   b. 12 Aug 1762, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   4. Alexander Stewart, in New Aberdour,   b. 19 May 1764, Hythie, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ,   d. 22 Feb 1839, Copland Hill, near Peterhead, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  (Age 74 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2025
  Family ID	F4902	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In 1848, George Stewart in Andover, grandson of William Stewart (by his son Alexander Stewart in Andover), wrote two letters to his sister, Marjory Stewart, in which he discusses their family's history. In 1962, Bernard George Stewart (1903-?), 3x-great grandson of Alexander Stewart in Andover, published a family tree with supplementary notes. These documents form the basis for much of the knowledge of the Stewarts/Stuarts in Hythie. According to George Stewart in Andover (1848), William Stewart spent his early years in hiding with his father, Donald Stewart, a Jacobite fugitive formerly in charge of prisoners at Doune Castle in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland. No record of Willim's birth has been found. His mother is unknown. William's date of birth estimated to be about 1735. He was married in 1760 and he would have had to have been old enough to be on the run with his father in the years after the Battle of Culloden in 1746. The location of William's birth is unknown for certain, however he almost certainly would have been born in either Kilmadock or Callander parishes in Perthshire, Scotland. His grandfather had the estate of McOrriston in Kilmadock parish and was Earl's Forester in Glenfinglas in Callander parish. McOrriston is the more likely location. William Stewart married on 19 Aug 1760 in Old Deer, ... It is noteworthy that William Stewart did not follow the traditional naming custom and name his eldest son after his father, Donald Stewart. This may be due to the fact that Donald had been a Jacobite fugitive and did not want to draw attention to himself.

  
  

• Sources

  [S9] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBWT-HFL