Capt. Donald Stewart

Abt 1750 - UNKNOWN

• Name	Donald Stewart
  Title	Capt.
  Born	Abt 1750	Ballachulish, Glencoe, Argyll, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Died	UNKNOWN
  Person ID	I24841	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Donald Stewart, The Shooter,   b. Abt 1720, Ballachulish, Glencoe, Argyll, Scotland ,   d. Aft 1754  (Age ~ 35 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Isabella Stewart, in Ballachulish,   b. Abt 1730, Ballachulish, Glencoe, Argyll, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F4228	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Donald is believed to be the Captain of the packet ship Harwich. "His eldest sister was apparently married to a Stewart of “Auchrail” (but no names). He may have had at least two more sisters, and a brother. This information - including the “Auchrail” was found in an 1844 letter in the Ballachulish papers placed on EBay. A search of the National Archives came upon a Donald Stewart in Harwich whose will revealed he had a sister Ann Stewart married to a James Stewart in Scotland (hooray - sounds like a match for the parents of the Castle Cottage spinsters), and another sister Isabella Stewart whose married name was Reid. I believe the Isabella, sister of Captain Donald, who married a Reid may have ended up in Dundee (a James Reid, shoemaker, married an Isabel Stewart and had children James, May and Thomas). The will of Captain Donald is dated 1810 and had a codicil that notes that Isabel had been widowed. This tallies with a James Reid being buried in Dundee 1809. A Captain Donald Stewart in Harwich, and of the Lord Nelson, died in 1810. I have since found out the Lord Nelson was a packet (postal) ship that went backwards and forwards between Harwich and Holland." (Siuna Sine - Stewarts of Balquhidder Research Group)