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- James Stewart was born 13 Dec 1713 in Gartmore, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland, as a son of James Stewart and Mary Watson. James' baptism was witnessed by Andrew Stewart, believed to be his uncle, Andrew Stewart in Bad.
James is described in Stewarts of the South, c. 1815, as:
"James Stuart, [a] Miller [at] Cubail-Larach [in] Drymen parish, [who] has five sons [who are] the stoutest and most able man in that country. One of them, Jas (James), [is] an innkeeper in Gartmore."
The author may have made an error with James' son, James. No record has been found of a son James, although there is a large gap between the marriage of James and his wife and their only recorded child's baptism, during which time they likely had several children, quite likely including a son James. However, his son Andrew was an innkeeper in Gartmore. It is possible that the author of Stewarts of the South was mistaken about the name of James' son. It is also possible that Andrew succeeded his brother as innkeeper at Gartmore.
He is believed to be the James Stewart who married on 14 Jul 1735 in Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland to Elizabeth McFarlane and had one recorded son, Andrew, born 1747, who resided in Milton of Chappellaroch (Cubail-Larach)
There are no other recorded children for this couple between their marriage in 1735 and their only recorded son 12 years later in 1747. That suggests they likely had up to five other unrecorded children during the intervening years which would match with the description in Stewarts of the South that he had five sons.
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See also Glenogle 5-Line for a potential confound:
"Robert Stewart, late tenant of Auchatoo, left a son James, [a] farmer, [in] Gartfarran, [in] Drymen Parish [in] Stirling county, who has four sons. Thrifty with himself and work as undertaker of roads."
However, this James Stewart appears to be a generation later.
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