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- Mary Stewart was born in 1823 in Summer's Lane (Summerline) on the Blair Drummond Moss in Kincardine by Doune parish, Perthshire, Scotland, to Peter Stewart and Mary McIntyre.
In 1841, at age 17, Mary Stewart was residing at Summer Lane, Blair Drummond Moss, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland, with her parents and siblings.
Mary Stewart has not been found in 1851.
On 20 Oct 1852, Mary Stewart had an illegitimate child, Duncan Ferguson, named after his father, a labourer in Thornhill. A year later, Mary had to go to court to get the father to pay support expenses for his son. The court also authorized a warrant for his arrest and jailing if he failed to pay his alimony in advance. (See extract below.)
In 1861, at age 36, Mary Stewart was residing at Summer Lane, Blair Drummond Moss, Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland, with her parents and her young son.
Mary Stewart has not been found in the 1871 census.
Mary died in 1875.
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Duncan Ferguson, servant Ashentree, and Mary Stewart, parish of Kincardine, had a natural child born 20th October and baptised Duncan 21 November 1852. (Kilmadock Parish Register)
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Extract Decree for payment Mary Stewart against Duncan Ferguson, written by Alex McNeil, collated by Chas. Mac~~~, signed 30 Nov 1853. At Dunblane the twenty-third day of November, eighteen hundred and fifty three. Sitting in judgement, Andrew Cross, Esquire, Sheriff Substitute of the Western District of the County of Perth in an action for aliment before the Sheriff Court of the Western District of said County, at the instance of Mary Stewart, daughter of, and residing with, Peter Stewart, residing at Summer Lane, in the parish of Kincardine, in the County of Perth, Pursuer, against Duncan Ferguson, labourer in Thornhill, in the said Parish and County, Defender. The Sheriff discerned and ordained and hereby discerns and ordains the Said Defender to make payment to the Said Pursuer of the sum of one pound, ten shillings, Sterling in the name of inlying charges connected with the birth of a male illegitimate child of which the Pursuer was delivered on or about the twentieth day of October, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and which the Defender is and has acknowledged himself to be the father. Item of the Sum of one pound, fifteen shillings, Sterling per annum thereafter until the child shall have attained the age of seven years. Complete in name of aliment for the maintenance and upbringing, payable said aliment quarterly and in advance and commencing as on the said twentieth day of October eighteen hundred and fifty two; Item of the legal interest on each of the said quarters aliments from the time the same has and shall become due until paid. Reserving to the Pursuer all claim completed to her and the said child for aliment after the expiry of the said period of seven years as accords. Item of the amount of three pounds, three shillings, Sterling, being the taxed expenses of process. Item of the sum of eight shillings Sterling being the expense of extracting and recording this decree. And the said Sheriff grants warrant to messengers at arms and officers of court to charge the said Duncan Ferguson personally or at his dwelling place to pay the foresaid sums of money, interest, and expenses to the said Mary Stewart within fifteen days next after, he is charged to that effect under the pain of joinding and imprisonment and also grants warrant in satisfaction of the said sums interest and expenses to arrest the said Duncan Ferguson his readiest Lord's debts and sums of money if he fail to obey the said charge then to apprise, point, and destrain all his readiest goods, gear, and other affects and if needful for effecting the said joinding [illegible] warrant to open all shut and lockfast places in form no affairs extracted to... [copy ends here.]
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1823 - 1875 (51 years)
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