Margaret Stewart

1733 - UNKNOWN

• Name	Margaret Stewart  [1]
  Born	28 Jan 1733	Blair, Cashel, Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	28 Jan 1733	Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [1]
  Died	UNKNOWN
  Person ID	I30162	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026

  
  

  Father	Duncan Stewart, Tailor in Arrachie,   b. Abt 1698, Arrachiemore, Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland ,   d. Abt 1736, Arrachiebeg, Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland  (Age 38 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret McJock or McFarlane,   b. Abt 1705, Arrachie Lurg, Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland ,   d. Between 1746 and 1759, Lagganeurgh, Arrachie, Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland  (Age 41 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	13 Jul 1725	Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F22649	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Margaret Stewart was born 27 Jan 1733 in Blair, Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland, as a daughter of Duncan Stewart and Margaret McJock alias McFarlane. "Jan'r 27 1733 - Duncan Stewart in Blair and Margaret McFarlane alias McJock spouses had a lawful daughter baptized called Margaret. Witnesses, Donald McFarlane, taylor in Blair and Robert McInstalker at Mill of Arrachie." (Buchanan Parish Register) father died in 1736. In 1737, the recently widowed Margaret McJock was listed in the Buchanan Parish Examination Roll as residing at Arrachie Beg with her young children John Stewart (age 10), Janet Stewart (age 8), and Alexander Stewart (age 7). Her younger children, Katherine (age 6), Margaret (age 3), and Mary (age 1), are not listed. In 1739, widow Margaret McJock was listed in the Buchanan Parish Examination Roll as residing at Lagganmuir on the Arrachie estate with her young daughters, Margaret Stewart (age 5) and Mary Stewart (age 3). Her son, Alexander Stewart (age 10) was residing at the nearby farm of Gartlanmore, in the home of John McFarlane. Her children John Stewart (age 12), Janet Stewart (age 10), and Katherine (age 8) are not listed. Their whereabouts is unknown. In 1740, widow Margaret McJock was listed in the Buchanan Parish Examination Roll as residing at Lagganmuir on the Arrachie estate with her daughters, Katherine Stewart (10) and Margaret Stewart (7). In 1743, widow Margaret McJock was listed in the Buchanan Parish Examination Roll as residing at Lagganmuir on the Arrachie estate with her daughters, Margaret Stewart (age 10) and Mary Stewart (age 8). Her son Alexander Stewart (age 13) was residing nearby at Gartlanmore in the home ofJohn McFarlane. Daughter Janet Stewart (age 15) was residing at Brant of Gartkeloir (near Knappach) in the home of Robert McKechnie. The whereabouts of the rest of her children is unknown. In 1746, Margaret McJock was listed in the Buchanan Parish Examination Roll as residint at Lagganeurgh on the Arrachie estate with her daughters Margaret Stewart (age 13) and Katherine Stewart (age 16). Son, Alexander Stewart (age 17) was residing at Sousty? in House of Buchanan as a servant to Douglas Hay. 1759 Examination Roll • Lagganeigh – Duncan McFarlane and Janet Stewart (31) o Peter McAlpine, Christian Campbell o Margaret Stewart, Catherine Stewart

  
  

• Sources

  [S513] Select Counties, Scotland, Church of Scotland, Baptisms, 1615-1854, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2025;), West Dunbartonshire Council; West Dunbartonshire, Scotland; West Dunbartonshire Parish Records.