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- This "Unknown Stewart" is merely a theoretical place holder to anchor the later Stewarts in Comrie and Port of Menteith. These later Stewarts are recorded in Stewarts of the South as: "There was a branch of Stewarts that says they are of the family of Grantulloch (Grantully). [They] came to Strathearn with a daughter of Grantully that was married to the Laird of Lawers. But they know scarcely anything of their own extraction. This was the last Laird of Lawers of the name of Campbell, who was murdered by Barron Edramucky in Greenock when he was to be married to a grandaunt of General Campbell of Monzie."
The Stewart "daughter of Grantully" mentioned above can be further identified by the following references from Gordon MacGregor's, Landed Families of Strathearn: "James Campbell, 8th of Lawers, retoured heir to his half-brother, James Campbell, 7th of Lawers, on 12 JUL 1703 and is then styled as "a son by a second marriage of James Campbell of Lawers." He was murdered in his sleep by Duncan Campbell of Edramuckie while asleep in lodgings in Greenock on 22 APR 1723 and had no issue. His mother was Anna Stewart, dtr of William Stewart, 1st of Innernytie. She m AUG 1678 to James Campbell 6th of Lawers. William Stewart, 1st of Innernytie, was second son of Sir William Stewart, 10th of Grantully."
Thus we can say that this family came to Comrie and Menteith in the company of the family of Anna Stewart, daughter of William Stewart, 1st of Innernytie, but that doesn't help us necessarily identify the progenitor. It could have been Anna's brother, uncle, or a cousin. We can eliminate all of Anna's lawful brothers as they have all been accounted for. There is no record of Anna having a natural brother, but it's certainly possible that her father had an unrecorded natural son. There are a couple of possible connections with her uncles. The connection could also certainly come from further back. However, it would be unlikely that a relative more distantly related than, say, first cousin would accompany Anna. Thus, for now, we suggest the most likely connection would be by hypothetical unknown descent from William Stewart, 10th of Grantully, as presently shown here.
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Abt 1615 - UNKNOWN
