Stewarts of Grandtully in Comrie and Port of Menteith

The History and Genealogy of the Stewarts of Grandtully families who resided in Comrie and Port of Menteith parishes, Perthshire, Scotland.
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Grandtully Stewarts in Comrie and Port of Menteith

The Grandtully Stewarts in Comrie and Port of Menteith are among the families documented in Stewarts of the South, Section IV – Miscellany. Although resident in parishes with substantial Stewart of Balquhidder populations, they are not descended from the Stewarts of Balquhidder. Researching these unrelated Stewart families assists in distinguishing Balquhidder descendants from other Stewart lineages who were residing in the same parishes.

Grandtully

These Stewart families in Comrie and Port of Menteith are said to descend from the Stewarts of Grandtully, a cadet branch of the Stewarts of Innermeath and Lorn, who descended initially from Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland — an ancestry they share in common with the Stewarts of Appin and Stewarts of Atholl. As they are not related to the Stewarts of Balquhidder, their full ancestry is not presented here. Researchers desiring a well-researched account of the Stewarts of Grandtully are encouraged to refer to Gordon MacGregor’s Red Book of Scotlant, 5th Edition, Volume 16: Stewart.

Grandtully is a small village in the parish of Dull, Perthshire, Scotland, located close to the River Tay, about 3 miles from Pitlochry.

The Farriers of Lawers

The author of Stewarts of the South tells us that this family were mutli-generational smiths and farriers on the estate of Lawers.

A farrier was a precursor occupation to what later became veterinarians. Farriers were blacksmiths who specialized in making horseshoes, but they become more than just that.

On an 18th-century Scottish estate, a farrier held a vital skilled-craftsman position. Wealthy estates often retained a dedicated farrier on-site to care for valuable carriage horses, riding hunters, and heavy farm workhorses. The farrier trimmed hooves, shaped and nailed iron horseshoes, and treated common lower-limb injuries. Before formal veterinary colleges existed, farriers functioned as “horse doctors,” diagnosing illnesses, treating lameness, and mixing therapeutic ointments. The farrier ranked above common agricultural laborers due to their specialized apprenticeship and the high value of the animals in their charge. They worked in the estate forge or smithy, often located near the stables.

18th century style black ink drawing of a ferrier and stable hands caring for hourses in a stable

18th-century ferrier caring for a horse — artist unknown

Lawers

The 35,000-acre Lawers estate is located a mile and a half east of the Village of Comrie on the road to Crieff. The estate belonged to the Campbells of Lawers, a cadet branch of the Campbells of Glenorchy, until 1779, when it was sold to Henry Drummond, M.P., son of Lord Strathallan who sold it in 1784 to Major-General Archibald Robertson, of the Royal Engineers, in whose family it remained until the early 20th century. In the early 19th century the owner was David Robertson Williamson, Lord Balgray (1761-1837), who was the landlord to this Stewart family at the time that Stewarts of the South was written.

A sprawling mansion in the hills of Scotland

Lawers House (unknown photographer)

From Grandtully to Lawers

Stewarts of the South tells us that this family descends from the Stewarts of Grandtully by uncertain means and knew very little about their own precise connection to the Stewarts of Grandtully.

There was a branch of Stewarts that says they are of the family of Grantulloch (Grandtully). [They] came to Strathearn with a daughter of Grantully that was married to the Laird of Lawers. But they know scarcely anything of their own extraction. This was the last Laird of Lawers of the name of Campbell, who was murdered by Barron Edramucky in Greenock when he was to be married to a grandaunt of General Campbell of Monzie.

The ancestor of this family is said to have been in the entourage of Anna Stewart, daughter of William Stewart, 1st of Innernytie, son of William Stewart, 9th of Grandtully, who married in August 1678 to James Campbell, 6th of Lawers.

A farrier accompanying a bride would likely have been a close kinsman sent to look after the bride’s own high-quality riding horses as part of her moveable wealth. 

1-Line in Comrie

According to Stewarts of the South these Stewarts were primarily employed as blacksmiths to the Laird of Lawers and they had been so employed in Comrie “for some generations back.”  Stewarts of the South presents only two generations of this family as “they know scarcely anything of their own extraction.”  They also had cousins who resided in Port of Menteith parish in Perthshire and Kippin parish in Stirling.

This family is described in Stewarts of the South as follows:

There was a branch of Stewarts that says they are of the family of Grantulloch (Grandtully).  [They] came to Strathearn with a daughter of Grantully that was married to the Laird of Lawers. But they know scarcely anything of their own extraction.  This was the last Laird of Lawers of the name of Campbell, who was murdered by Barron Edramucky in Greenock when he was to be married to a grandaunt of General Campbell of Monzie.

  1. James Stewart, [a] smith in Comrie, whose progenitors were from there for some generations back.  [He] left three sons
    1. Peter, a smith in Comrie, [with] a family of sons [who are] all minors
    2. John, a smith in Crieff, [with] a family of minors
    3. Duncan, the youngest, [who is] a labourer at Crieff with a family [of] all minors
  2. Alexander Stewart, brother to the above James, is a smith [at] Lawirs, [working for] Lord Balgray. [He has] one son [who is also] a smith and [a] ferrier.  [He has] gone to America [where he has] a family of sons [who are all] minors. They were smiths to the family of Lawirs for a long time back and very good ferriers. (This un-named son who went to America has now been identified as Dr. Alexander Stewart, shown below.)
  3. John Stewart, brother to the above I mentioned, was [a] smith at Muirend near Comrie in the estate of Lord Meagens, [which is] now the property of Capt Graham of Airth and Struan.  That estate was in the hands of many proprietors, the first of them was one of the seventeen sons of Murray of Tullibardine, [who was] called Struan Murray.  [The property] went to different names.  This John left
    1. one son [with] a family of children [who are] all minors.  He (the son or John?) is a smith where his father was.  They were industrious well doing people.

The Stewart “daughter of Grantully” mentioned above can be further identified by the following references from Gordon MacGregor’s, Landed Families of Strathearn:

James Campbell, 8th of Lawers, retoured heir to his half-brother, James Campbell, 7th of Lawers, on 12 JUL 1703 and is then styled as “a son by a second marriage of James Campbell of Lawers.”  He was murdered in his sleep by Duncan Campbell of Edramuckie while asleep in lodgings in Greenock on 22 APR 1723 and had no issue.

His mother was Anna Stewart, dtr of William Stewart, 1st of Innernytie. She m AUG 1678 to James Campbell 6th of Lawers.

William Stewart, 1st of Innernytie, was second son of Sir William Stewart, 10th of Grantully.

Thus we can say that this family came to Comrie and Crieff in the company of the family of Anna Stewart, daughter of William Stewart, 1st of Innernytie, but that doesn’t help us necessarily identify the progenitor.  It could have been Anna’s brother, uncle, or a cousin of unknown distance.  Anna’s brothers have all been accounted for so it could not be one of them, unless she had an unaccounted natural brother.  There are a couple of possible connections with her uncles and the connection could certainly come from further back.  However, it would be unlikely that a relative more distantly related than, say, first cousin would accompany Anna.  Thus, for now, we suggest the most likely connection would be by hypothetical unknown descent from William Stewart, 10th of Grantully.

We have successfully identified the main stem of each of the two lines of the Grantully family in Stewarts of the South.  Stewarts of the South indicates that they stem from a common ancestors.  Given that the earliest ancestor we have discovered in each line were both born ca. 1665-1670 and both had eldest sons named James, it is entirely conceivable that Patrick Stewart of Line 1 and George Stewart of Line 2 could be brothers with a father named James.  However such a relationship is purely speculative at this point and we have no evidence to support it.

We account for this family as follows:

Patrick Stewart in Comrie

 Patrick STEWART b: ABT 1665 in Lawers, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland.  Patrick married Janet MCLAREN b: ABT 1670 in Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland.  They had the following known children:

  1.  J (illegible) James? STEWART b: JUN 1693 in Comrie Village, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland.
    1. His information and descendants are presented immediately below.
  2.  John STEWART b: ABT 13 FEB 1694 in Comrie Village, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland
  3.  Illegible STEWART b: ABT 03 FEB 1696 in Comrie Village, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland

James? Stewart in Comrie

J (illegible) James? STEWART b: JUN 1693 in Comrie Village, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland, shown above as a son of Patrick Stewart and Janet McLaren.  The baptism is partially illegible for this entry. Only the first letter ‘J’ can be discerned in June 1693. His parents are shown as Patrick Stewart in Comrie and Janet NicClaren. It is suggested that his name is most likely ‘James’ as James and John are about the only male names that start with J that were common at the time. It is also suggested that he is likely the father of James Stewart, born ca 1730 in Comrie Village as shown here, for whom onomastics would favour that his father was also named James.

According to a descendant tree submitted to Ancestry.com, the parents of this family were Robert STEWART and Ann MORRISON, however that his highly doubtful. Onomastics show no support for the father of James 1730 being named Robert. The fact that their son, James, also married an Ann Morison may represent an error here. The descendant tree gives no source information. No corresponding birth for a James Stewart son of Robert has been found in the Comrie OPR. At present, we reject the suggestion in the Ancestry tree. Onomastics would suggest his name is far more likely to be James.  No marriage has been found for James.  According to Stewarts of the South he had the following children:

  1.  James STEWART b: ABT 1730 in Comrie Village, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland
    1. James’ information and descendants are presented below.
  2.  Alexander STEWART b: ABT 1735 in Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland.  No birth record has been found for Alexander. Alexander is described in Stewarts of the South as: “Alexander Stewart, brother to the above James, is a smith [at] Lawirs, [working for] Lord Balgray. [He has] one son [who is also] a smith and [a] ferrier. [He has] gone to America [where he has] a family of sons [who are all] minors. They were smiths to the family of Lawirs for a long time back and very good ferriers.” This family has not been identified in parish records.
  3.  John STEWART b: ABT 1740 in Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland.  No birth record has been found for John. John is described in Stewarts of the South as: “John Stewart, brother to the above I mentioned, was [a] smith at Muirend near Comrie in the estate of Lord Meagens, [which is] now the property of Capt Graham of Airth and Struan. That estate was in the hands of many proprietors, the first of them was one of the seventeen sons of Murray of Tullibardine, [who was] called Struan Murray. [The property] went to different names. This family has not been identified in parish records.  John was father of:
    1.  Donald? STEWART b: ABT 1770 in Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland.  This John left one son [with] a family of children [who are] all minors. He (the son or John?) is a smith where his father was. They were industrious well doing people.” He seems likely to be the following Donald Stewart found in the Appendix to Stewarts of the South: “Donald Stewart, [in] Strowan, [in the] united parish of Crieff and Strowan, of [the] Grandtully family, an industrious, well-doing man, on [the estate of] Capt Graham Stirling of Airth, a respectable good gentleman, Strowan estate, �40.”

James Stewart in Comrie

James STEWART b: ABT 1730 in Comrie Village, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland, shown above as a son of James Stewart in Comrie.  No birth record has been found for James. James is described in Stewarts of the South as: “James Stewart, [a] smith in Comrie, whose progenitors were from there for some generations back.” James is also mentioned in the Appendix to Stewarts of the South as: “James Stewart, vintner and smith [in] Comrie, of [the] Grandtully family, a good character, [on] Lord Viscount Melville’s Estate, (who pays rent of) �40.” There is no record of James’ first marriage as the Comrie parish clerk did not record any marriages at this time.  James married firstly ABT 1759 to Ann MORISON b: ABT 1735.  They had the following children:

  1.  James STEWART b: ABT 19 MAR 1760 in Comrie Village, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland.  James is not mentioned in Stewarts of the South and is presumed to have died young.
  2.  John STEWART b: ABT 09 AUG 1762 in Comrie Village, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland.  John is described in Stewarts of the South as: “John, a smith in Crieff, [with] a family of minors.” John is suggested by onomastics and geography to have married Jean MCEWAN (although no record of their marriage has been found) and had the following family:
    1.  James STEWART b: ABT 01 JUL 1792 in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland
    2.  John STEWART b: ABT 04 MAR 1798 in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland
    3.  William STEWART b: ABT 17 JUN 1810 in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland
  3.  Peter STEWART b: ABT 23 DEC 1766 in Comrie Village, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland.  Peter is described in Stewarts of the South as: “Peter, a smith in Comrie, [with] a family of sons [who are] all minors.” Peter is suggested by onomastic and geographic association to have married on 5 DEC 1799 to Ann ROBERTSON and had the following family:
    1.  James STEWART b: ABT 29 MAR 1800 in Comrie Village, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. James birth is double entered in the Comrie OPR on 27 APR 1800.
    2.  Peter STEWART b: ABT 10 MAY 1802 in Comrie Village, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland
    3.  George STEWART b: ABT 18 AUG 1804 in Comrie Village, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland
    4.  Ann STEWART b: ABT 24 FEB 1807 in Comrie Village, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland
    5.  John STEWART b: ABT 30 JUL 1809 in Comrie Village, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland
    6.  Alexander STEWART b: ABT 26 AUG 1811 in Comrie Village, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland
    7.  Elisabeth STEWART b: 14 SEP 1818 in Comrie Village, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland.  Elisabeth’s baptism is double-entered in the Comrie OPR on 15 NOV 1818.
  4.  Alexander STEWART b: 21 JUL 1770 in Comrie Village, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland
  5.  Helen STEWART b: 13 JUN 1773 in Comrie Village, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland.  According to a descendant tree submitted to Ancestry.com, Helen married Henry MCEWEN (not in IGI).  Helen married to Henry MCEWEN b: ABT 02 FEB 1765 in Alloa, Clackmannan, Scotland, son of James McEwan and Margaret Angus (recorded as “Henry McQuan”).  They had the following child:
    1.  Andrew MCEWAN b: 1794 in Alloa, Clackmannan, Scotland.  Andrew’s information comes from a descendant tree submitted to Ancestry.com.  Andrew married on 26 MAR 1815 in Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland to Agnes HENDERSON b: ABT 1795 in Scotland.  They had the following children:
      1.  James MCEWAN b: ABT 1816 in Fife, Scotland.  His descendants emigrated to Wellington, New Zealand.
      2.  David MCEWAN b: 1818 in Fife, Scotland.  David married in 1838 in Scotland to Mary NEISH b: ABT 1818 in Scotland.

James married secondly on 05 JUN 1776 in Muthill and Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland to Marjory CARMICHAEL b: ABT 1750 in Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland.

  1.  Robert STEWART b: ABT 06 MAR 1777 in Comrie Village, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland.  Robert is not described in Stewarts of the South and is presumed to have died young.
  2.  Duncan STEWART b: 06 JUL 1778 in Comrie Village, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Duncan is described in Stewarts of the South as: “Duncan, the youngest, [who is] a labourer at Crieff with a family [of] all minors.”

Research Leads

Duncan Stewart, son of James Stewart (above) who was a labourer at Crieff may be the following:

Duncan STEWART and Anne MCDRUMMOND/MCGREGOR

  1. Janet STEWART, bap 14 DEC 1809 in Crieff (parents: Duncan Stewart and Ann McGregor
  2. William STEWART, bap 28 SEP 1811 in Crieff (Parents: ___ Stewart and Janet Drummond)
  3. James STEWART, bap 11 JAN 1812 in Crieff (Parents: Duncan Stewart and Anne McDrummond)

Dr. Alexander Stewart in Comrie Village

And later in White County, Illinois, USA

Dr. Alexander Stewart has now been identified as the un-named son of Alexander Stewart, smith and ferrier, who went to America, shown above.

Dr. Alexander STEWART, b 1780 in Perthshire, Scotland, res 1850 in White County, Illinois, next door to son David, occ: physician, wife Mary, b 1779 in Scotland.  — 1805 May 9 Alexander STEWART and Mary MCLACHLANE in this parish, married 21st (LDS shows “Alexander M.D. STEWART”, see also Robert Stewart in Garrichrew and Elisabeth MacLachlane for possible sibling line)  Alexander is found in the 1840 census in Whilte Co, Illinois, USA with the following family: 2m15-20, 1m20-30, 1m50-60; 1f10-15, 1f50-60.  Alexander and Mary had the following children:

  1. John STEWART, b bef 7 DEC 1805 in Comrie, Perth, Scotland, d 15 DEC 1829 in Burnt Prairie, White County, Illinois, USA (cf John STEWART b/b 7/17 JUN 1802 in Landrick, Kilmadock to Alexander Stewart and Anne Moir w/Isabel & Catherine previous, m 31 MAY 1783 in Kilmadock); or John STEWART b/b 21/24 APR 1803 in Townacraig, Callander to Alexander Stewart and Catherine McNaughtan – only child, no marriage)
  2. Alexander STEWART, b 7 DEC 1805 in Comrie, Comrie, Perth, Scotland
  3. Christina STEWART, b 17 JAN 1810 in Comrie, Perth, Scotland (not in OPR), d 31 JAN 1892 in Albion, Edwards County, Illinois, USA, bur ditto
  4. David STEWART, b 1814 in Comrie, Perth, Scotland (not in OPR), d 4 APR 1884 in Enfield, White County, Illinois, USA, bur Burnt Prairie, White County, Illinois, USA, m Rebecca b 1822 in Tennessee
    1. May STEWART, b 1840 in Illinois
    2. Sarah STEWART, b 1843 “
    3. Henry STEWART, b 1844 “
    4. Helen STEWART, b 1847 “
    5. John STEWART, b 1849 “
  5. Henry STEWART, b 16 JUL 1818 in Comrie, Perth, Scotland (not in OPR), d 4 MAY 1856 in Burnt Prairie, White County, Illinois, USA
  6. James STEWART, b 1828 in Ireland, res 1850 in White Co, Illinois with parents

2-Line in Port of Menteith

Stewarts of the South identifies another branch of the Grandtully family residing in Stewart of Balquhidder territory.  They are described as cousins to the preceding line but their exact connection is not identified.  They are described in Stewarts of the South as follows:

There is another branch of that family in Monteith that says that they are of the family of Garntully.  They have been for a long time under the Lairds of Lendrick of the name of Haldane. [They are] a respectable family.

  1. John Stewart, [a] taxman of Portend of Menteith, in the Lordship of Menteith, now the Duke of Montrose’s estate, and a Laird of Property of One Hundred per annum and some thousands in cash.  [He has] one son.  It is a difficult matter for me to give his character, for at times you would think [him] friendly, but his chief aim is grasping at money, for the bottom of his mind is self and… [illegible]. Rent £25.  He is a real contrast in nature.
  2. He has a brother, Robert, a tenant in the estate of Sir John Murray of Lendrick, formerly the Haldane’s [property], called Ruskie [in] Port [of Menteith] Parish.  Rent £150.  This Robert Stewart has seven sons:
    1. one of them is in the West Indies in opulent circumstances and sending home supplies to his father and [to] the rest of the family. 
    2. Another son is a Major and farmer in Gartmore [in] Port [of Menteith] Parish. [He] has three sons [and pays] rent �20.
    3. One son, John, [is] a tenant in the Estate of Ramsay of Auchtertyre, now [the property of Henry] Dundas.  [He is] a writer in Edinburgh.  Rent �150.  [He is] newly married.
    4. James, a tenant near his father in Sir John Murray’s Estate [in the] Barony of Rusgi (Ruskie) [in] Port [of Menteith].
    5. Patrick, [pays rent of] £120.  [He has] two sons
    6. One of them a wright in Stirling, has two sons
    7. One of them [is] a saddler in Greenock [and is] unmarried.

John Stewart, a cousin of [the preceding family, is] a bachelor in Stirling in good circumstances.

[Another family consists of]

  1. One William Stewart, [a] tenant [in] Rosebank Moss [on] Blair Drummond’s [estate in] Kincardine Parish. Rent £50
  2. Peter, a brother of his, [is] a saddler in the West Indies

James Stewart, [a] maltman and farmer in Bochlive [Buchlyvie], in the estate of Graham of Gartmore, [in] Kippen parish. Rent £100. [He has] three sons.

It is not fair to be saying [uncertain, original is illegible], but the whole of them is a piece, save the saddler in the West Indies. This is the circle of my knowledge of them, but there may be more of them, but I think they are but few.

We account for this branch as follows:

 George STEWART b: ABT 1670 in Perthshire, Scotland.  George is not identified in Stewarts of the South, but his family is described as: “There is another branch of that family in Monteith that says that they are of the family of Garntully. They have been for a long time under the Lairds of Lendrick of the name of Haldane. [They are] a respectable family.”  George married on 11 DEC 1699 in Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland to Geills GRAHAM b: ABT 1675 in Scotland.  They had the following children:

  1.  James STEWART in Borland b: ABT 13 MAY 1703 in Ballibeg of Ruskie, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland
    1. Information on James and his descendants is presented below.
  2.  Alexander STEWART b: ABT 18 JUL 1705 in Ballie-bogg, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland

James Stewart in Borland

James STEWART in Borland b: ABT 13 MAY 1703 in Ballibeg of Ruskie, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland, shown above as a son of George Stewart and Geilss Graham.  James married on 24 JUN 1729 in Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland to Helen NAPIER b: ABT 1700 in Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland.  They had the following children:

  1.  George STEWART b: ABT 13 MAY 1731 in Borland, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland
  2.  Janet STEWART b: ABT 22 APR 1733 in Borland, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland
  3.  Mary or Margaret STEWART b: ABT 07 APR 1735 in Borland, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland
  4.  William STEWART b: ABT 13 MAY 1737 in Borland, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland
  5.  Ann STEWART b: ABT 15 FEB 1742 in Borland, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland
  6.  Alexander STEWART b: ABT 19 AUG 1744 in Borland of Rusky, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland
  7.  John STEWART b: ABT 16 APR 1747 in Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland
  8.  Robert STEWART in Rusky b: ABT 05 FEB 1749 in Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland.
    1. Robert’s information and descendants are presented immediately below.

Robert Stewart in Rusky

Robert STEWART in Rusky b: ABT 05 FEB 1749 in Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland, shown above as a son of James Stewart in Borland and Helen Napier.  Robert is described in Stewarts of the South as: “Robert, a tenant in the estate of Sir John Murray of Lendrick, formerly the Haldane’s [property], called Ruskie [in] Port [of Menteith] Parish. Rent �150. This Robert Stewart has seven sons: one of them is in the West Indies in opulent circumstances and sending home supplies to his father and [to] the rest of the family; Another son is a Major and farmer in Gartmore [in] Port [of Menteith] Parish. [He] has three sons [and pays] rent �20; One son, John, [is] a tenant in the Estate of Ramsay of Auchtertyre, now [the property of Henry] Dundas. [He is] a writer in Edinburgh. Rent �150. [He is] newly married; James, a tenant near his father in Sir John Murray’s Estate [in the] Barony of Rusgi (Ruskie) [in] Port [of Menteith]; Patrick, [pays rent of] �120. [He has] two sons; One of them a wright in Stirling, has two sons; One of them [is] a saddler in Greenock [and is] unmarried.”  Robert married on 07 DEC 1773 in Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland to Margaret TAYLOR b: ABT 28 OCT 1753 in Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland, daughter of George Taylor and Mary McGibbon.  They had the following children:

  1.  Helen STEWART b: ABT 22 DEC 1774 in Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland
  2.  James STEWART b: ABT 26 OCT 1776 in Rusky, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland.  James is described in Stewarts of the South as: “James, a tenant near his father in Sir John Murray’s Estate [in the] Barony of Rusgi (Ruskie) [in] Port [of Menteith].”
  3.  George STEWART b: ABT 27 OCT 1778 in Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland.  George is not identified by name in Stewarts of the South, but he would be one of the following sons of Robert Stewart in Ruskie: “one of them is in the West Indies in opulent circumstances and sending home supplies to his father and [to] the rest of the family.” or “Another son is a Major and farmer in Gartmore [in] Port [of Menteith] Parish. [He] has three sons [and pays] rent �20.” or “One of them a wright in Stirling, has two sons.”
  4.  William STEWART b: ABT 29 SEP 1780 in Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland.
    1. Information on William and his descendants is presented below.
  5.  Robert STEWART b: ABT 08 OCT 1788 in Rusky, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland.  Robert is not identified by name in Stewarts of the South, but he would be one of the following sons of Robert Stewart in Ruskie: “one of them is in the West Indies in opulent circumstances and sending home supplies to his father and [to] the rest of the family.” or “Another son is a Major and farmer in Gartmore [in] Port [of Menteith] Parish. [He] has three sons [and pays] rent �20.” or “One of them a wright in Stirling, has two sons.”
  6.  John STEWART b: ABT 08 OCT 1788 in Rusky, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland.  John is described in Stewarts of the South as: “One son, John, [is] a tenant in the Estate of Ramsay of Auchtertyre, now [the property of Henry] Dundas. [He is] a writer in Edinburgh. Rent �150. [He is] newly married.”
  7.  David STEWART b: ABT 17 JUL 1792 in Siock, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland.  David is not identified by name in Stewarts of the South, but he would be one of the following sons of Robert Stewart in Ruskie: “one of them is in the West Indies in opulent circumstances and sending home supplies to his father and [to] the rest of the family.” or “Another son is a Major and farmer in Gartmore [in] Port [of Menteith] Parish. [He] has three sons [and pays] rent �20.” or “One of them a wright in Stirling, has two sons.”
  8.  Patrick STEWART b: ABT 1785 in Rusky, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland.  No birth record has been found for Patrick. He is described in Stewarts of the South as: “Patrick, [pays rent of] �120. [He has] two sons.”

William Stewart in Greenock, Thornhill and Torrie

William STEWART b: ABT 29 SEP 1780 in Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland, shown above as a son of Robert Stewart in Rusky and Margaret Taylor.  William is not identified by name in Stewarts of the South but is believed to be the son of Robert Stewart in Ruskie who is described as: “One of them [is] a saddler in Greenock [and is] unmarried.”  William married ABT 1811 in Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland to Margaret MCARTHUR b: 17 JUN 1787 in Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland, daughter of James McArthur and Jean Sands.  They had the following children:

  1.  Jean STEWART b: ABT 16 JAN 1812 in Thornhill, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland
  2.  Margaret STEWART b: 26 DEC 1813 in Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland
  3.  Robert STEWART b: ABT 17 JUL 1816 in Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland
  4.  Helen STEWART b: 10 JUN 1818 in Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland m Alexander Millar “from Greenock”, b 25 OCT 1811 in Easter Torrie, son of Alexander Millar and Janet Cairns, witnessed by Alexander Cairns and James Stewart, both of Torrie, m 15 JUNE 1838 in Kilmadock?  Settled in Greenock and raised seven children, including:
    1. Hellen Stewart MILLAR, b Greenock
  5.  James STEWART b: 15 NOV 1820 in Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland
  6.  Janet STEWART b: ABT 10 JUL 1824 in Torrie, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
  7.  Anne STEWART b: ABT 12 DEC 1825 in Torrie, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
  8.  William STEWART b: ABT 20 JUL 1828 in Torrie, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland

Research Leads

The following Alexander Stewart is listed in the Appendix to Stewarts of the South and belongs to the preceding family (likely Line 1) but has not been identified as yet:

Alexander Stewart, [a] smith [in] Toman buie (Tom an buidhe), of [the] Grandtully family, an industrious well-doing man, on Lawer’s estate [of] Lord Balgray. [Balgray is] a real scourge of mankind and a depopulator of all his lands, and the country if he could. Monivard parish. £15

See Walter Stewart in Bochastle and sons Robert Stewart in Buchlyvie and James Stewart in Thornhill whose descendants ended up in Flamborough, Puslinch and Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, as possible matches for the family of James Stewart, maltman (4-Line) above. (To be added.)