Jacobites Among the Stewarts of Balquhidder in 1745

(See below for Balquhidder Stewart Jacobites in 1715.)

The following members of Clan Stewart of Balquhidder were recorded as having served in Prince Charles’ army in 1745. This list will be updated as more names are discovered.

Appin Regiment

Stewart, Alan, ale seller near Doune, taken prisoner at Culloden, believed (but not confirmed) to have died in prison. [1]

Stewart, Donald, Annat, wounded at Culloden. [1]

Stewart, Donald, Perthshire, natural son to David Stewart of Ballachallan (sic), killed at Culloden (sic. Donald has subsequently been identified as the son of Maj. David Stewart in Ballachallan and McOrriston, younger son of James Stewart, 4th of Ardvorlich. Donald was recorded as killed, but, in fact, secretly fled to Hythie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, where he lived a full life and had many descendants.) [1]

Stewart, John, Balquhidder, killed at Culloden. [1]

Stewart, John, Balquhidder, wounded at Culloden [3]

Stewart, Duncan, Balquhidder, wounded at Culloden [3]

Atholl Brigade

Stewart, Maj. David of Ballachallan (sic), 2nd battalion, taken prisoner at Culloden, died of wounds. (sic, see above). [1]

Stewart, Charles of Ballachan, pardoned. (Often recorded as Charles Stewart of Ballachallan). [1]

Cavalry – Strathallan’s Perthshire Horse

Mr. Steuart of Annat, Donald, status unknown. [1]

Mr. Steuart, Charles? Donald? of Ballachallan, status unknown. [1]

Steuart, J., servant to Annat, status unknown. [1]

Stuart, Daniel, servant to Lanerick, status unknown. [1]

Duke of Perth’s

Stewart, Maj. James, Gentleman to Perth, taken at Culloden, pardoned. [1]

Stewart, Capt. Alexander of Glenbuckie, committed suicide, Sept. ’45 (sic, more likely murdered) [1] Click here for the story of Glenbuckie’s lost regimental company.

Stewart, James, (Stewart’s Coy.), unknown status [1]

Stewart, John, brewer, Callander, status unknown [2]

Stewar, John Glat, Callander, status unknown. (Glat may be a contraction of Coillechat, a residence in Callander parish.) [2]

Stewart, Thomas (Taylor’s Coy.), taken prisoner at Culloden, transported [1]

Stewart, Thomas, (Taylor’s Coy.). status unknown [1]

McDonnell of Keppoch’s

Stewart, John, Culairg, surrendered May ’46 [1]

Stewart, John, Laggan, ditto [1]

Stewart, John, Tulloch, ditto [1]

MacGregor’s Regiment

Stewart, John, Balquhidder, unknown status. [2]

Unknown Regiment

Stewart, Robert, Ardveich, killed at Culloden. His great-grandson’s journal indicates Robert was killed at Culloden. OPR birth records show him ceasing having children after 1745. [4]

Jacobites Among the Stewarts of Balquhidder in 1715

The following Stewarts are identified among prisoners captured after the battle of Preston in 1715, who were convicted and sentenced to transportation to the Colonies, as compiled by Hugh Tornabene from USGenWeb Archives. [5]

EA	Stewart	Alexr.	Stewart	Alexr	Belwhither	Perth	269	Preston
GS	Stewart	Danl.	Stewart	Dougal	Belquiter	Perth	003	Preston
EA	Stewart	Robt.	Stewart	Rob	Comerie	Perthshire	129	Lancaster
TB	Stewart	John	Stewart	John	Servant	CapRobStewart	415	Preston

• Alexander Stewart from Balquhidder parish, Perthshire, is listed among those who were captured at Preston. His name matches with an Alexander Stewart from Balquhidder who was listed among prisoners sentenced to transportation aboard the ship, Elizabeth & Anne, bound for the colony of Virginia. Hugh Tornabene, suggests (probably correctly) that they are the same person.
• Daniel Stewart from Balquhidder parish, Perthshire, is listed among those who were captured at Preston. Hugh Tornabene, suggests that his name matches with a Dougal Stewart from Balquhidder who was listed among prisoners sentenced to transportation aboard the ship, Goodspeed, bound for the colony of Virginia, but which landed in the colony Maryland. Daniel is common substitute name for Donald, not Dougal. Either Hugh Tornabene has made a transcription error here or he may be incorrect in associating these to persons as the same person. We may be looking at two different persons, Daniel/Donald Stewart and Dougal Stewart, both from Balquhidder.
• Robert Stewart from Comrie parish, Perthshire, is listed among those who were captured at Lancaster. His name matches with a Robert Stewart from Comrie who was listed among prisoners sentenced to transportation aboard the ship, Elizabeth & Anne, bound for the colony of Virginia. Hugh Tornabene, suggests (probably correctly) that they are the same person.
• John Stewart is listed only as a servant to Capt. Robert Stewart. His home parish is not given. He was sentenced to transportation aboard the ship, Two Brothers, bound for Jamaica. There are only three Robert Stewarts listed among the prisoners captured in 1715. None of them is identified as a captain. There is no way of knowing if Capt. Robert Stewart is one of these three or if he may have been among the dead. However, given that the Jacobites only suffered 17 casualties at Preston, then it’s likely Capt. Robert Stewart is among the three Robert Stewarts who were taken prisoner. The first of these Roberts is identified above. He was captured at Lancaster, near Preston. The other two were from the parish of Dull, Perthshire, and were captured at Chester. Based on proximity alone, it seems that Robert Stewart from Comrie is more likely the captain. The other two Robert Stewarts are:

EA	Stewart	Robt.	Stewart	Robt	Dull	Perth	256	Chester
EA	Stewart	Robt.	Stewart	Robt	Dull	Perth	257	Chester

We have been unsuccessful in identifying any of the four likely Balquhidder Stewarts among our clan records as yet. None of them are listed in Stewarts of the South, which was written one hundred years later, thus they would likely have been unknown to the author of that document. None of them are mentioned in Duncan Stewart’s 1739 history of the Stewarts, which lists the heads of the main and secondary branches of the clan. Thus these four Stewart prisoners were likely from tertiary families. Their births predate the advent of the Balquhidder and Comrie parish registers, thus we would have no primary record of their births.

The following prisoners are not Stewarts, but came from the parishes of Balquhidder, Comrie, and Callander and would have been neighbours with our Stewarts. They are listed here because of the strong possibility of their families’ having intermarried with Stewart of Balquhidder families. All but Archibald McLoughlin/McLachlane were captured at Preston.

GS	Ferguson	Dun.	Ferguson	Duncan	Belwhither	Perth	262	Preston
EA	Kerr	John	Kear	John	Cambrie	Perth	002	Preston
GS	McCollum	Mall.	McCallum	Malcolm	Belwhither	Perth	265	Preston
EA	McGruther	Willm.	McGruther	Alexr	Combrie	Perth	270	Preston
SS	McInnis	John	McKennis	John	Combrie	Perth	276	Preston
SS	McLaren	John	McLairn	John	Belwhither	Perth	268	Preston
SC	McLearn	Jno.	Mclairn	John	Belwhither	Perth	266	Preston
EA	McLoughlin	Archd.	McLachlane	Earch	Callender	Pertshire	123	Lancaster
SC	Morrison	James	Morison	James	Combrie	Perth	271	Preston

• Duncan Ferguson from Balquhidder, transported to Maryland aboard the Goodspeed (intended destination: Virginia)
• John Kerr from Comrie, transported to Virginia aboard the Elizabeth & Anne
• Malcolm McCollum/McCallum from Balquhidder, transported to Maryland aboard the Goodspeed (intended destination: Virginia)
• William or Alexander McGruther from Comrie, transported to Virginia aboard the Elizabeth & Anne
• John McInnis/McKennis from Comrie, transported to South Carolina aboard the Susannah
• John McLaren/McLairn, from Balquhidder, transported to South Carolina aboard the Susannah
• John McLaren/McLairn, from Balquhidder, transported to Antigua aboard the Scipio
• Archibald McLoughlin/McLachlane from Callander, captured at Lancaster, transported to Virginia aboard the Elizabeth & Anne
• James Morrison from Comrie, transported to Antigua aboard the Scipio

Unknown Stewarts Transported

The following Stewarts were captured during the 1715 Uprising and sentenced to transportation. They were transported from Liverpool, England to Yorktown, Virginia and arrived 14 January 1716. We know nothing of their origins. They could belong to any Stewart family. [6]

Some of these are duplicated in the listing above.

Indentured

• Robert Stewart
• Robert Stewart
• John Stewart
• John Stewart
• John Stewart

Non-indentured

• Alexander Stewart
• Alexander Stewart
• Donald Stewart
• James Stewart
• John Stewart
• Patrick Stewart
• Robert Stewart

Sources

[1] Livingstone, Alistair of Bachuil, et al, Muster Roll of Prince Charles Edward Stuart’s Army 1745-46. Aberdeen University Press, 1984.

[2] Livingstone, Alistair of Bachuil, et al, No Quarter Given: Muster Roll of Prince Charles Edward Stuart’s Army 1745-46. Aberdeen University Press, 2012. (This is a revised and updated republication of the preceding book by the same authors.)

[3] Stewart, Randy, admin of the Stewarts of Appin Facebook Group. Private collection. A hand-written document from ca. 1760 listing those who were killed and wounded in the Appin Regiment during the ’45 Rising. It was most likely written from records in the Appin Regiment’s Regimental book or by an officer of the Regiment. 

[4] Private family records

[5] Contributed to the USGenWeb Archives by Hugh Tornabene. [Source]

[6] Immigrant Ships Transcribers’ Guild [Source]

A listing of known commissioned officers in the Jacobite regiments in 1715 and 1745 – Centre for Robert Burns Studies (University of Glasgow)