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- Stewarts of the South says:
There was one James Stewart in the parish of Dunblane in the Estate of Sir Alexander Campbell of Kilbride, who says he is of the family of Ballechan.
This Kilbride was a part of the ancient Lordship of Monteith, where the second son resided, [that is] Lord Kilpont, who was assassinated by Major [James] Stewart, [2nd] of Ardvorlich. After the rebellion of [King] Charles I, [Kilbride] was sold by his (Kilpont’s) father to one Stirling of the family of Keir, and then by [Keir] to one Sir John Ruthven of Dunglass in Berwickshire, where Sir James Hall is at present. And [Ruthven] sold it to the Campbells of Auberuchill, the present proprietors. [The patriarch of Campbell of Auberuchill] was one of the seven sons of Sir James Campbell of Lawins (Lawers) and a brother to Sir Mungo Campbell, who was killed at Auldearn. Their mother was a daughter of ?Cobut of Clish [unclear]. This place, Lawins, was once called Ardle in Strathearn, [and was] once possessed by one of the name of Reddoch, before the Campbells got [it] by the heiress Clachaig [who] was a Riddoch, and likewise Aberuchill, which these sons got likewise.
This James Stewart, the tenant whom I mentioned in the Estate of Kilbride, has several sons of whom I can give not account except one of them who is with his father [and] who is married and has several sons and daughters.
This James has a brother in Argyleshire near Bonaw, not far from Glenurchay, [who is a] clever active man and is proud of being of the family of Balechan. He is in the estate of Lochnell, [which is] a large farm. And [he] rents a salmon fishing. [He] has a strong family of sons and daughters [and] is married to a gentlewoman.
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Abt 1705 - UNKNOWN
