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- Family records (provided by descendant Ellena Biggs) indicate John Steuart married Christian/Christina King on 14 July 1796 in Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland and that the family later resided in Thornhill (or at least son James did.) They had the following children:
1. James, b 1797, bap 18 Dec in Kincardine, d 1859 in Terang, m 4 Oct 1829 in St. Ninians, Stirlingshire, to Margaret Rue/Rowe, had son John b 11 Dec 1836 in Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, d 1912 in Terang, m Elizabeth Crawford 11 Sep 1865.
2. Alexander, born 1801, bap. 14 October in Port of Menteith, died 1863, married Jessie/Janet Crawford 1857 (it is unclear what the 1857 refers to as it seems too late to be a marriage date.)
3. Margaret, b 1804, bap, 23 March in Port of Menteith
4. Duncan, b 1807 bap 11 November in Kincardine by Doune, died 1854 in Victoria, Australia
5. Jean, b 1812, bap 26 Jun in Kincardine by Doune, m Robert Gibb
6. Angus*, b 1819, bap 21 Nov in Fortingall.
Family records indicate that children James, Alexander, Margaret, Duncan and Jean all immigrated to Australia. There is no record of John having emigrated. He likely died prior to his children emigrating in 1852.
(*The fact that Angus was born in Fortingall, far distant from the other children, and has not been found residing with this family in any census record, and that the family has no record of Angus immigrating to Australia suggests that he does not belong to this family and has been mistakenly connected.)
In 1841 John was residing in Laigh Town (probably Leitchtown/Leithstown, west of Ruskie), Thornhill, Kincardine by Doune. John is recorded as age 77, born in 1764, employed as an agricultural labourer and shown with three of his children: Alexander, age 38 (b1803), Margaret, age 34 (b1807) and Duncan. age 30 (b1811).
Stewarts of the South Appendix shows several John Stewarts residing nearby. We can reasonably eliminate all but one of them as contendors for this John Stewart:
There are four John Stewarts in Kincardine parish, but they are all residing on the Blair Drummond Moss far to the east of Thornhill.
There are four John Stewarts in Doune parish, three of whom reside in the village of Doune. The fourth resides in Broich and is a match to a cousin of this John, also from Ardvorlich Branch IV.
John Stewart in Wester Torry is too far away to be this John.
John Stewart in Torry is too far away to be this John.
John Stewart, Esquire, Tacksman of Portend of Menteith, is nearby, but is recorded as the brother of Robert Stewart in Ruskie, who had an adults son, John Stewart in Nether Ruskie, thus the John Stewart in Portend would be too old to be this John Stewart.
The afformentioned John Stewart in Nether Ruskie is residing in the right area but does not match onomastically.
Which leaves us with the only viable match being:
"Mr John Stewart, tenant and ward of ?goode [Wards of Goodie], of the Ardvorlich family, a careful industrious character, £150, Erskine of Cardross' property." (Ward of Goodie is about 1.5 km west of Thornhill where this family resided. Thus, this is the closest match and it is supported by corroborating evidence from earlier generations. According to Stewarts of the South (Ardvorlich section), John Stewart in Wards of Goodie was descended from the Stewarts of Ardvorlich Branch IV -- "The Letter Stewarts" -- who resided in Auchrig and Letter. A viable line of ancestry can be traced from this John Stewart in Wards of Goodie back to an earlier John Stewart in Auchrig. All available evidence supports this connection. No available evidence contradicts it.
Stewarts of the South (family sections) reveal the following families with connections to Thornhill, only one of which matches this John:
Ardvorlich IV.2 (does not match);
Ardvorlich IV.3 (matches);
Ardvorlich VII.1 (does not match);
Ardvorlich VIII.2 Annat (does not match)
Glenbuckie II.2&3 (does not match)
Gartnafuaran V.9 Glenogle (does not match)
The only viable matching birth record for this John is the following family which is a chronological, geographic and onomastic match, thus allowing us a high degree of confidence that it is correct:
James Stewart and Janet/Jean Mcfarlane - Thornhill (Kincardine OPR)
1762 July 30, James Stewart in this parish and Jean Mcfarlane in Port parish listed for proclamation in order to marriage.
1. John, son to Jas Stewart and Janet Mcfarlane baptd. 1763 May 22
2. Mary, daugr to James Stewart and Jean Mcfarlane, Thornhill. 1769 March 5
3. Margt, daugr to James Stewart and Jean McFarlane, Thornhill. 1770 Aug 27
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1763 - UNKNOWN
