Sources & Bibliography | Stewarts of Balquhidder

Bibliography

The following resources have been consulted in the course of our research:

Publications

Beauchamp, Elizabeth. The Braes o’ Balquhidder: An Historical Guide to the District. Caithness, Scotland: Friends of Balquhidder Church, 1993.

Brown, John. A Picture of Strathearn in Perthshire; or, a Topographical Description of the Scenery, Antiquties, &c., Chiefly from Crieff to Lochearnhead, Interspersed with Anecdotes. Crieff: William McDonald, printer, 1823.

Campbell, Rev. Robert, and Smallfield, William Elgood, The Story of Renfrew – from the coming of the first settlers about 1820 to 1928. Mercury Newspaper Publishing, 1914, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. (https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/archive/The-story-of-Renfrew—from-the-coming-of-the-first-settlers-about-1820-to-1928-2R3BF1FBO9ZJX.html )

Campy, Lucille H., The Scottish Pioneers of Upper Canada, 1784-1855: Glengarry and Beyond. Natural Heritage Books, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2005.

Cannon, Prof. John, and Dr. Anne Hargreaves. The Kings and Queens of Britain. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.

Devlin, Shayna, PhD. “Whatever the world admires in a prince.” Robert Stewart, duke of Albany: Power, Politics, and Family in Late Medieval Scotland. PhD thesis, University of Guelph, Department of History, 2019. (https://atrium.lib.uoguelph.ca/xmlui/handle/10214/16249 )

Devlin, Shayna, PhD. “James Stewart of Albany”. Unpublished supplement to the author’s PhD thesis.

Edson, George Thomas. Stewart Clan Magazine, various issues from 1927 to 1957, extracted by Jared L. Olar on behalf of the Stewarts of Balquhidder Research Group.

Ferguson, James and Robert Menzies Fergusson. Records of the Clan and Name of Fergusson, Ferguson and Fergus. Edited for the Clan Ferguson Society. Edinburgh: David Douglas Press, 1899. (Including references to the Fergusons in Balquhidder.)

Holton, Graham S., editor, Tracing Your Ancestors Using DNA – A Guide for Family Historians. Pen and Sword Books, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, 2019.

Livingstone, Alistair of Bachuil, et al. Muster Roll of Prince Charles Edward Stuart’s Army 1745-46. Aberdeen University Press, 1984, revised 2012 under the title, No Quarter Given.

Lloyds, Morag. Around Callander and the Trossachs. Stroud, Gloucestershire, 1999.

MacGregor, Amelia Georgina Murray, History of The Clan Gregor From Public Records and Private Collections. 1898.

- Volume 1: http://glendiscovery.com/amelia-vol1.html
- Volume 2: http://glendiscovery.com/amelia-vol2.html

MacGregor, Gordon A. Comrie. The Red Book of Scotland, 2020. http://redbookofscotland.co.uk , (Material related to the descendants of the Stewarts of Balquhidder reproduced with permission.) Gordon MacGregor is one of Scotland’s premier professional family history researchers who has conducted commissioned research on behalf of the Lord Lyon Court. He has produced a nine-volume encyclopedic collection of the genealogies of all of Scotland’s landed families with meticulous primary source references. Gordon has worked privately with our research team for over 20 years.

MacGregor, Gordon A. Comrie. The Landed Families of Perthshire, Vol. 1: The Earldom of Strathearn. Scotland: Perthshire Heritage, 2003.

Mackay, Moray S., Doune Historical Notes. Doune, Perthshire, Scotland: Jamieson & Munro, 1954, reprinted 2003.

Maclennan, Malcolm. Gaelic Dictionary/Faclair Gàidhlig: A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language. Stornoway & Edinburgh: Acair and Mercat Press, 2001.

McKerracher, Archie. Perthshire in History and Legend. Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers, 1988.

McDonnell, Frances. Jacobites of Perthshire, 1745. Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company, 1999.

McGilvary, George Kirk (1990). East India patronage and the political management of Scotland 1720-1774. PhD thesis at The Open University. https://oro.open.ac.uk/57279/1/DX090049.pdf

McNaughton, David Baird, Upper Strathearn: From Earliest Times to Today — A Study of its Places and People. Perth: Jamieson & Munro, undated.

McNaughton, Peter R., FSAScot., Highland Strathearn. Online transcription and revision of the author’s father’s earlier book, Upper Strathearn: From Earliest Times to Today — A Study of its Places and People, by David Baird McNaughton, Perth: Jamieson & Munro, undated. https://www.highlandstrathearn.com/introduction

Mitchell, John Fowler, C.I.E., and Sheila Mitchell, edited by Allison Mitchell, South Perthshire, Upper Strathearn and Trossachs Monumental Inscriptions pre 1855, Volume 2. Scottish Genealogical Society, 1975, revised by Allison Mitchell, 2001.

Mitchell, John Fowler, C.I.E., and Sheila Mitchell, East Stirlingshire Monumental Inscriptions pre-1855. Scottish Genealogical Society, 1972.

Mitchell, John Fowler, C.I.E., and Sheila Mitchell, West Stirlingshire Monumental Inscriptions pre-1855. Scottish Genealogical Society, 1973, revised 2003 by Alison Mitchell.

Monteith, John, Dunblane Traditions; A Series of Warlike and Legendary Narratives, Biographical Sketches of Eccentric Characters, &c. Compiled from Anecdotes Gleaned from the Tales of Old People in Dunblane and Vicinity. To Which is Added an Appendix of Original Poems and Songs, Collected by John Monteith. Stirling: E. Johnstone, 1835. Reprinted, Glasgow: John Miller, 1887.

Morris, David B., Robert Louis Stevenson and the Scottish Highlanders. Stirling: Eneas Mackay, 1929.

Morrison, Alexander, PhD, Rural Settlement in the Scottish Highlands, 1750-1850: A comparative Study of Lochtayside and Assynt. Volume 1. University of Glasgow, Faculty of Arts, 1985. (Includes references to Glen Tarken, Lochearnside.)

Nelker, Gladys P.K., The Clan Steuart – Stewart – Stuart, 800 to 1970 A.D. (Maryland, privately published, 1970). This genealogical book was commissioned in the 1960s by descendants of Dr. George Hume Steuart, of Argaty, founder of the Steuarts of Dodon, Maryland, USA.

Omand, Donald, editor. The Perthshire Book. Edinburgh: Birlinn, Ltd., 1999.

Prebble, John, The Highland Clearances. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1969.

Robertson, James Irvine. The First Highlander: Major-General David Stewart of Garth, CB, 1768-1829. East Linton, East Lothian: Tuckwell Press, 1998.

Scott, Hew, DD. Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae: The Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation, Vol. I-VIII. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1928.

Severance, B. Frank (Benjamin Frank), Genealogy and biography of the descendants of Walter Stewart of Scotland : and of John Stewart, who came to America in 1718, and settled in Londonderry, N.H. Greenfield, Mass.: Severance, 1905. (https://archive.org/details/genealogybiograp1905seve/page/n5/mode/2up )

Stewart, Agnes Jane, in Drunkie (wife of John Stewart of the Milton of Callendar), “The Account of Mrs. Stewart of Milton given to John McGregor 5 OCT 1907.” From The John McGregor Collection. Describing the families and relations of the Stewarts residing in Glen Finglas. The original documents were acquired and scanned by Anne Danielson and transcribed by Ryk Brown on behalf of the Stewarts of Balquhidder Research Group.

Stewart, Alexander, Fortingall: A Highland Parish – A History of Glenlyon and Rannoch. Glasgow: Alex Maclaren and Sons, 1928.

Stewart, Major-General David, of Garth. Stewarts of the South. James Irvine Robertson private collection, 1818-1820. A large collection of letters written circa 1818-1820 by an unnamed servant to Maj. Gen. David Stewart of Garth, comprising a near complete inventory of all Stewart families living in southern Perthshire, including all branches of the Stewarts of Balquhidder. Originally housed in the private collection of James Irvine Robertson. Presently in the care of the Stewart Society Archives, Edinburgh. Digitial copy housed here on this website with permission from James Irvine Robertson. https://stewartsofbalquhidder.com/research-resources/stewarts-of-the-south-introduction

Stewart, Rev. Duncan, M.A. A Short Historical and Genealogical Account of the Royal Family of Scotland from King Kenneth II, who conquered the Picts; and of the Surname of Stewart, from the first Founder of that Name. Containing, A short Account of the Lives of the Kings of Scotland from that Period, and the Origin and Descent of all the Families of the Name of Stewart that are now extant, and the most considerable of those that are extinct, to which is prefixed a Genealogical and Chronological Tree of the Royal Family and the Name of Stewart. Edinburgh, Scotland: reprinted by W. Sands, A. Brymer, A. Murray and J. Cochran, 1739. (Duncan Stewart was 1st of Strathgarry and Innerhadden, son of Donald Stewart, 5th of Invernahyle, a cadet branch of the Stewarts of Appin.) Click here. https://stewartsofbalquhidder.com/2021/11/22/duncan-stewart-historical-and-genealogical-account-of-the-surname-stewart-1739/

Stewart, James Henderson, PhD. The Settlements of Western Perthshire: Land and Society North of the Highland Line, 1480-1851. Haddington, East Lothian, 1990.

Stewart, James Henderson, PhD, Highland Settlement Evolution in West Perthshire: Development and Change in the parish of Balquhidder from the Fifteenth Century to 1851. The University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Department of Town and Country Planning, with the Department of History. PhD Thesis, 1986. (https://theses.ncl.ac.uk/jspui/handle/10443/570 )

Stewart, James Henderson, PhD, and M B Stewart. “A highland longhouse – Lianach, Balquhidder, Perthshire.” Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 118 (1988), 301-317.

Stewart, John, of Ardvorlich, The Stewarts of Ardvorlich Supplement, ©1985, Ardvorlich, Perthshire, Scotland, self-published. (A binder of unpublished loose notes compiled by John Stewart prior to his death and donated to the Stewart Society of Edinburgh Archives.)

Stewart, John H. J., and Lt. Col. Duncan Stewart, The Stewarts of Appin. Edinburgh: MacLachlan and Stewart, 1880. (https://electricscotland.com/webclans/stoz/stewartsofappin.pdf )

Taylor, James, D.D., The Scottish Covenanters. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1887.

University of Glasgow, The Matriculation Albums of the University of Glasgow from 1729-1858. (https://archive.org/details/matriculationalb00univuoft/page/200/mode/2up )

Weir, Alison, Britain’s Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy. London: Pimlico, 2002.

Wills, Virginia, editor, Statistics of Annexed Estates 1755-56. Edinburgh: Scottish Record Office, 1973.

Wills, Virginia, editor, Reports on the Annexed Estates. Edinburgh: Scottish Record Office, 1973.

Young, D., Young’s Illustrated Guide to Doune and Neighbourhood. Doune: D. Young, Stationer, 1898.

Periodicals & Misc.

Blair Drummond Moss Census 1818. National Archives of Scotland, GD1/321/1. Transcription of Census of the Inhabitants of Blair Drummond Moss. Compiled by Mr. James Wingate. Transcribed by Anne Danielson, May 2007, on behalf of the Stewarts of Balquhidder Research Group. Housed on this website. Click here.

The Belfry. A newsletter published twice yearly by the The Friends of Balquhidder Church Association. Various issues 2008-2011.

Glassingall Court of Session Papers (1849-1856). Retrieved and transcribed by Ailsa Gray of Glassingall, 2021. Alexander Stewart of Glassingall had died intestate and his extensive estates had reverted to the Crown. 17 different claimants (not all Stewart) put in claims for a portion of the estate based on their purported relationship to Alexander Stewart. The hearings lasted from 1849-1856, with each claimant submitting statements of their family relationship to Glassingall and many submitting family trees. The trees conflict as each is drafted with an bias in support of that claimant’s claim to the estate.

Public Records

Census Records

- UK – 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911
- Canada – 1842, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911, 1921
- USA – 1790, 1800, 1810. 1820. 1830. 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1920, 1940

Old Parish Registers (OPRs) – including baptismal and marriage registrations, kirk session minutes, for the parishes of:

- Perthshire Parishes
  - Aberfoyle, Balquhidder, Callander, Comrie, Crieff, Dunblane, Kilmadock, Kincardine-by-Doune, Monzievaird, Port of Menteith, Strowan
- Stirlingshire Parishes
  - Airth, Alva, Buchanan, Campsie, Denny, Drymen, Gargunnock, Killearn, Kippen, St. Ninians, Stirling

Dunblane Commissariat Records: Index to Testaments for the surname Stewart (and variants). Indexed for the Stewarts of Balquhidder Research Group by Malcolm Gray. Edited by Ryk Brown.

The Statistical Accounts of Scotland 1791-1845 (https://stataccscot.edina.ac.uk/static/statacc/dist/home)

Numerous Bonds, Sasines and Testaments listed throughout the website.

Public Records Transcriptions by Parish

Court & Land Records by date

Correspondence

Our research has been blessed by the contributions of the following people through personal correspondence:

All the members of the Stewarts of Balquhidder Research Group
MacGregor, Gordon. Author of The Red Book of Scotland and The Landed Families of Perthshire.
Robertson, James Irvine. Author of The First Highlander and Sketches of the Highlanders. Original custodian of Stewarts of the South.
Scott, Jenn, Archivist for the Stewart Society, Edinburgh.
Stewart, Alexander “Sandy” Donald, of Ardvorlich