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- MacGregor says, "[Robert Stewart, Apothecary in Doune, had issue] Alexander Stewart, who was a subtenant of the lands of Greenock." (Greenock is located on the River Teith between Torrie and Callander.)
The Kilmdaock OPR shows no entries for an Alexander Stewart residing in Greenock in the right time-frame and fathering children. The closest is the following baptism entry: "12 May 1745, James, son of Alexander Stuart and Margaret McEwan in Wester Torrie, Witt. Alexander Stuart and Robert Forrester there." But there are other Stewart branches recorded as being in Torrie at this time.
This Alexander is presently considered to be the best candidate to be the Alexander Stewart who later resided in Powblack of Frews and was father to the later Robert Stuart of Annat-in-Rait. This suggestion is based on circumstantial evidence only.
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