Stewarts of the South – Section II: Glenbuckie

Stewarts of the South – Section II: Glenbuckie

Including the Stewarts of: Ledcreich, Muirlaggan and Lianach, Ardcheanochdan and Duart, Craigleven, Edraleachdach and Lorrachan, Strone, Killin, Glentarken, Dallanlaggan, and Blairchoill.

There were two different families known as “the Stewarts of Glenbuckie” who were not paternally related and only coincidentally shared the same surname. The earlier Stewarts of Glenbuckie belonged to Clan Stewart of Balquhidder. The later Stewarts of Glenbuckie belonged to Clan Stewart of Appin, specifically through the family of the Stewarts of Benmore. The later Benmore Stewarts of Glenbuckie are presented first in this section of Stewarts of the South. The earlier Balquhidder Stewarts of Glenbuckie are presented further down the page.

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This web page is a continuation of the documentary analysis of letters from the Garth Collection ca. 1815-1820, giving a thorough accounting of many of the Stewart families from southern Perthshire of that era.

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John Glas Stewart of Benmore

• (What follows is a lengthy accounting of how John Glas Stewart of Benmore came into possession of the property of Glenbuckie from his brother-in-law, Alexander Stewart of Glenbuckie.)

1st Alexander Stewart, late of Glenbuckie, sold it (the Glenbuckie estate) to John Stewart of Benmore, who was married to [Alexander’s] sister. [Alexander] sold the estate when [his brother], David, was absent in France. [This] David was a doctor and was obliged to go to France after the year 1745. John Stewart of Benmore was descended of the family of Ardsheil, the most respectable Branch of Appin Stewarts. He was know by the name of Iain Glac mhac Iain mhic Alastair. (John “Glac”, son of John, grandson of Alexander. His nickname “Glac” is most likely a corruption of “glas”, as below, which means “grey” and is a common nickname.) [John] gathered his substance by cattle dealing, brewing whisky, and by other pieces of industry. [He] purchased Benmore in Glendochard from Drummond of Perth. [It was] formerly the property of Campbell of Coirchaorach of the same place, also Campbell of Licks [in] Killin parish.

[John Glas Stewart of Benmore] was married first to a daughter of Ardsheil by whom he had:

1. 1. a son, John [the younger], his heir, and
   2. a daughter named Betty, a half idiot, [who] succeed her brother in the estate being heir-at-law.

[Next] John Glas [Stewart of Benmore] married a daughter of MacNab of Iniseoain, a clever active woman, by whom he had:

1. 1. Capt Duncan Stewart, the present Glenbuckie,
   2. another son Charles, who died in the West Indies, and
   3. Miss Annie Stewart, yet in life.

Mrs Stewart married again [to] Archibald MacNab of Newton [in] Balquhidder

The Sale of Glenbuckie to Benmore

John Stewart [the younger] of Benmore, after his father’s death, married the oldest daughter of Alexander Stewart of Glenbuckie. [She was also] sister to Duncan Stewart of [ditto] (Glenbuckie) who was murder[ed] in Lenny house [in] the year [17]45. Alexander Stewart who sold Glenbuckie and his brother, David Stewart, surgeon in France…. (The next sentence does not seem to follow.)

Walter Stewart, (youngest son of Alexander Stewart, 10th of Glenbuckie,) tacksman of Glaschoil, Aberfoil parish, [in the] Ldp (Lordship) of Monteith. The [Glenbuckie] estate of this friendly and hospitable family was sold by [his brother] Alexander Stewart of [ditto] (12th of Glenbuckie), being a weak and sickly person, to John Stewart of Benmore, his brother-in-law, upon account of [Alexander’s] fear [that] his brother David, who was thought extravagant, when [the estate] would come to his hand, would sell it to strangers.

[John Stewart of] Benmore sold his own [Benmore] estate to [the] Breadalbane family and thought to get an overprice and bought Glenbuckie – from his brother-in-law, Alexander. [John] purchased the half of another farm called Blarcrioch [in the] Braes of Balquhidder, [which is] now the property of the late Rev’d Duncan Stewart, minister, from MacGregor of Glengoil, (otherwise [known as] MacDhuilcheir, Sir Gregor McGregor, a great grandfather).

John [Stewart] of Benmore died without issue and [his sister], Betty, became heir of Glenbuckie, [she] being [John’s] father and mother’s daughter. (Meaning that Betty was John’s full sister.) It is said that it was [John’s] intention to leave the estate to his [half-] brother, Capt Duncan Stewart, the present Glenbuckie, but was advised by some friends from doing it and he died intestate. (This was told me by the Captain’s mother, the deceased Mr Alexander Macnab of Iniseoain, Glendochard. [She] told me that the only portion left Capt Stewart and his sister was £150 each and money was never better managed by a trustee than that was managed by Iniseoan for his sister’s children.)

Betty [Stewart, sister of John Stewart of Benmore] married one David Stewart of the Stewarts of Glenogle, Cloichglas, or Hyndfield, — a branch of those Garnafuaran, or Sliochd an Toighbhaoil (“Children of the House of Voil”. The meaning of “Voil” is unknown, but presumably refers to Loch Voil). Glenogle is a part of the estate of Breadalbane, Balquhidder parish.

(David Stewart of Craig Ruidh, Balquhidder, sold [Craig Ruidh] to one Maclaren. Again it was sold to Macnab of MacNab. Now [it has been sold] to one Macdonald from Glenlyon. David Stewart’s father had once Monachill Mor and Monachill Beg [in the] Braes of Balquhidder, now the property of Miss MacNab, grand-daughter to Archibald MacNab of Newton, as mentioned above.)

David [Stewart of Craig Ruidh, husband of Betty Stewart of Benmore, Heiress of Glenbuckie], by the extravagance of his wife, Betty, was under the necessity of enlisting as a single soldier, being but a simple good natured man and servant for seven years [to?] the late Revd Mr Maclaggan [of] Blair Athol in the 42d Regiment. After his return home rents were higher and his circumstances became more easy. And by his simplicity and short sight, he sold Wester Invernenty, Braes of Balquhidder, to the late Rev Mr Stewart whose son hath it yet also sold Blarchrich, Braes of Balquhidder, to the late worthy Capt Robert Fergusson of Stronvar. The Reverend Dunn Stewart bought Blarcroich from Capt R Fergusson’s nephew, the present Provost of Cupar in Fife – which farms his estate with Wester Invernenty, Braes of Balquhidder, now the property of his son Capt Alexander Stewart of Strathgarry in Athol, of the East India Company. Mr Stewart, [the] minister, was called by many “covetous and greedy”, [but] I thought this was not justice to his character. I believe he was a friendly and honourable gentleman. Many who slandered him would wish him back again.

When David Stewart of Craigruigh (Craig Ruidh) married Betty Stewart what he got by her would be now as good as seven or eight hundred pounds per annum. After [David’s] death his son, John Stewart, late Glenbuckie, took loose reins altogether and was like to go through all. (That is, John was likely to waste his mother’s estate’s wealth.) [John’s] mother, Betty, by the advice of Miss Annie Stewart, [Capt. Duncan Stewart’s and her own] sister bound herself under the tutorage of [the following people:] her [half-] brother Capt Duncan Stewart, William Stewart of Ardvorlich, Commissary MacPhillip [of] Stirling, and the Revd Duncan Stewart of Balquhidder. [Betty bound herself under the tutorage of these men] as Capt Stewart had an eye in the estate [and] never took any steps to clear the debt after the death of The Revd Mr Stewart & Commissary MacPhillip, which would not permit of any misconduct. [Capt. Duncan Stewart] withdrew himself from the Trusteeship [and] the estate was advertised for sale and Capt Stewart bought it for �12500, which was thought undervalue[d] at that time. If one farm [could have been] sold the debt might [have been] be paid and the rest [of Glenbuckie] reserved.

After the sale of [Glenbuckie], the late John Stewart of Glenbuckie [son of Betty Stewart of Benmore and David Stewart of Craig Ruidh] was turned out of his maternal estate and the farm occupied by himself was let to his own tenants, which he thought more cruel than the selling of the estate itself. ( [This would be] the same as if Mr Duncan MacDiarmid would take your worthy father’s place at Conichan. You know whither ingratitude he ought to do it.) But Glenbuckie Farmers shall never get such a good master. [John] offered [his uncle, Capt. Duncan Stewart] as much rent for his residing farm (that is, the farm where John was residing) as any other would give to his uncle, but was turned off, which he thought harder than selling the estate.

Whatsoever the conduct of low unprincipled villains is where no good can be expected. I think this is a slur upon this prosperous namesake of ours. This is the truth not a word being aggravated but rich people can justify their deeds whither right or wrong.

The prosperous Capt [Duncan] Stewart bought again, from Sir John McGregor for £4000, Glendubh, that was in the centre of the hills of Glenbuckie – then the grazing place of Gartnafuaran, Balquhidder, rent £200 per annum. Again bought from John Fergusson of Stronvar owing to some mismanagement in business the estate of Stronvar in Balquhidder joining his own of Glenbuckie for twelve thousand five hundred pounds – a dear purchase.

(Those Fergussons came of a low degree. The Revd Mr Finlay Fergusson’s father was a Smith in Lagga maolin (“Little hollow of the bald man [or tonsured man, or priest]” in Athol. But they were worthy and respectable people in this part of the world. [The man who was] grandfather to [the present occupant of] Middlehaugh, who was married to [the daughter of] Mr Dun MacDiarmid in Conichan, was brother to Mr Finlay Fergusson. Before him, Middlehaugh was possessed by a branch of the Stewart[s] of Urachill Beg in Athol. Stronvar was possessed by one Stewart Hyndfield of [the] Gartnafuaran family [in] Balquhidder.)

Before Mr Fergusson got it last year, Capt Stewart [bought] Easter Invernenty from MacNab of MacNab for £2500. [Capt. Stewart] wants only one farm of a whole countryside. His rents amount to ten or eleven hundred pounds [from his Balquhidder estate], besides his estate in Kintyre [which are] £500 per annum. He improves his estates and [he has] but little debt which he can easily pay. And if Capt Stewart shall live any time, in all probability he shall buy the small estate left by the Revd Mr Stewart, which, annexed to the present estate, will form one of the [most complete] in the Highlands of Perth.

I proceed now to a different Branch from those called Sliochd an Nihduibh [sic. Sliochd nan Tigh Duibh, that is, the principal Glenbuckie family) who were humane generous & hospitable — a father and guardian to their own tribe and others, for a long time laird & tacksman of Glenbuckie, [namely] Duncan Stewart 9th of Glenbuckie, [who] possessed it, having bought it from the Marquis of Athol — his [Duncan Stewart’s] progenitors having for a long period occupied it as wadsetters.

The Glenbuckie Farms

Glenbuckie consists of the following farms:

1. 1. Immireoin (“a strip of arable land named after Ewan”)
   2. Leannach, one of the best grazings in Balquhidder
   3. Dailanlaggan (“Dale of the little hollow”) [also known as] Bailmor (“big house”) where the black house was from which they had that appellation — a very good farm and some cottages under different names.
   4. Wester Invernenty (probably Inbhir nan tigh = “river confluence by the house”) and one half of Blarcroich (blar = “a moor or battlefield”, crioch = “boundary or frontier” thus, “The Moor on the Boundary” or “Marchfield” as it is known in English) adjacent to each other in the Braes of Balquhidder. Some years ago it would be worth £600-700 a year
   5. One-fourth of Glenfinglas in tack
   6. Brenchoil, Lochcatrineside, in tack from Drummond of Perth where he sometimes resided.

You cannot conceive what figure this family made with their little income. They were loved and honoured by their own relatives and others to excess. It’s often the case that prosperity will not make people so valuable to their friends as middling circumstances — a few exceptions may be made who hath good hearts. Many, when they prosper in the world, despise and hate their poor relatives and too much prosperity makes some people proud and haughty.

1 Line

I think the real [present] heir or representative of this ancient family is a brother’s son to Duncan Stewart (1739) who wrote the history of the Stewarts. He is in America [and] was sometime Lieutenant of a man of war.

But the nearest of them in this country is one Walter Stewart, an unworthy person, [who] was son to John Stewart, [and] was [a] tacksman [of] Wester Bridge of Turk, [belonging to the] Earl [of] Murray [in] Callander parish. His grandfather, Walter Stewart, [was] son to Duncan Stewart, 12th (8th) of Glenbuckie [and Duncan’s wife, who was] a daughter to Graham of Dochry (Jean Graham of Duchray). He was, some years ago, turned out of that farm for some misconduct or other. His mother was of Balchallan. It was for the small crime of cutting an oak tree [that] he was turned out and he denied the charge, but it was proven and no argument would prevail with the Earl of Murray to let him stay because of not letting the truth. But other people were undermining him. He had one eighth of Glenfinglas. He is now a poor cottager — a real contrast of his progenitors, which shows the uncertainty of human affairs. He has

1. 1. 1. four sons.

2 Line

The next was Alexander Stewart, son to the said Duncan Stewart of Glenbuckie & Graham of Dochry’s daughter. [Alexander] was Tacksman of Tomnasai near the Kirkton of Balquhidder [on] Sir John McGregor’s estate, of which he was dispossessed some time before his death, by one Ronald McGregor a son to Rob Roy, when the forfeited estates were in the hands of the Barons of the Exchequer. [Alexander] left three sons:

1. 1. 1. Alexander was a servant to the Queen of Denmark, daughter to George II, and had a pension. He left
         1. one son.
      2. David died unmarried had no children
      3. John resided in Callander. [He] was a gentleman’s servant and became door keeper to the Secretary of State’s Office, in the time of the Honourable Henry Dundas and Mr Pit’s administration. [He] has a pension of £80 a year. He was a great favourite of [Henry Dundas,] Lord Melville and Mr. Pit. He has no family. And for all that this man traveled through Europe, his morals were not corrupted, nor his good manners were changed from what they should be, nor from what becomes an honest man. He is loved and respected by all his friends and acquaintances. He rears up and educates his brother’s son as a gentleman.

3 line

Patrick Stewart, fourth son to Duncan of Glenbuckie and Graham of Dochrys daughter — his offspring are in London. I leave their history to farther information.

This finishes the first branch of Glenbuckie.

Bastard Line

Alastir mac Dhoal [Stewart], [a] tacksman of Duncragan [in] Callander parish, [on the Earl of] Perth’s estate, [which] now [belongs to] Sir Patrick Murray of Auchtertyre. [Alastir] was of a bastard line. [He] left two sons:

1. 1. 1. a bleacher [in the] new town of Campsie
         1. [He had sons]
      2. the other at Bonill Levenside [in] Dumbartonshire
         1. [They] both [had] sons.

Branch 1 Post Script

I omitted to mention something about the late David of Glenbuckie’s death (this being a reference to Dr. David Stewart, son of Alexander, 10th of Glenbuckie) who was lamented to desperation by those of his own family and others gentle and simple. After his death his affairs were managed by Mr Robert Stewart, writer in Edinburgh — your granduncle, commonly called Rob Uncle — and what remained of his effects was given to his two sisters, Mrs Stewart [of] Benmore, [who] married secondly [to] Cameron of Callard, [and] the other [sister, who married] Cameron of Lundabhar. David had some natural children who died before himself.

John Dubh Beg Stewart and the Clearing of Glen Finglas

John Du Beg was one of the stoutest men in the country. It was him who was with Major [James] Stewart [2nd of Ardvorlich] when they drove the MacGregors from Glenfinglas – and he was the best soldier of the two. They slept in the hill and their followers deserted them. The place was between Glenbuckie and Glenfinglas. The Major was for returning back if it was not for John Beg. The MacGregors being that day burning there houses in Glenmain which was close with wood. The two came to the tree where the MacGregors had left their arms and John Du Beg asked the Major whether he would secure the arms or catch Callum Owr, the leader of the MacGregors. The Major undertook the securing of the arms and threw them into a hole full of water. John Du Beg said to Callum Owr if he would stir he would kill him and brought him [as a] prisoner to Doune where he was executed. [And Major James Beg] Stewart got the tack of the Glen [Finglas].

1 line

Rob Mac Pharick mac Iain Du Beg (Rob, son of Patrick, who was in turn son of John Dubh Beg Stewart, patriarch of this branch) was Tacksman in Lianach [of] Glenbuckie. [He] left two sons: James & Peter. (James’ description follows. Peter is described in 2 Line below.)

1. 1. 1. James Stewart had five sons:
         1. Duncan, [a] tacksman [at] Aldannabreg [in] Aberfoil [who] died without any sons
         2. James, [a] tacksman of Wester Invernenty [in] Braes of Balquhidder, again of Bohelechan [in] Drymen parish. [He had]
            1. three sons living at Drymen [and who all had] families. Duke of Montrose’s work. (He works for the Duke of Montrose?)
         3. Alexander, [a] tacksman [in] Invernenty [in] Braes of Balquhidder. [He had] one son:
            Robt, a cottager [in] Allanabreak [in] Aberfoil who hath one son:
            1. a shoemaker in Callendar
         4. Duncan, [a] tacksman [in] Blarchroich [in] Braes of Balquhidder. [He] left two sons: Robt & Duncan
            1. Robert is a shepherd to Blair Drummond [in] Kincardin parish. [He had:]
               1. one son [who is] an honest and industrious person
            2. Duncan, his brother, now dead, left three sons [who are all] minors in Flanders Moss [on] Blair Drummond’s estate. His wife nursed a child to Blair Drummond and hath been the means of supporting his family.
               1. (three sons mentioned above)
         5. John, [who was a] tenant [in] Lianoch [of] Glenbuckie. (John is actually recorded as #3, which does not fit with the accounting above. The way it is written it would appear that he is a third son of Rob mac Pharick, but Rob is listed as having only two sons. It is more likely that he is actually the 5th son of James as is shown here.) [He] left one son:
            1. James, once tenant of Tommineoin [in] Glenbuckie, [and who is] now a crofter at Kilmahog near Callander [on] Buchanan of Lenny’s estate. [He had]
               1. three sons minors.

2 & 3 Line

Patrick mac Ross mhic Pharick (Patrick a.k.a “Peter”, son of Robert, who was in turn son of Patrick, whom we know from above was in turn the son of Iain Dubh Beg) had two sons called Donach Rioch & Iain Riach. (Rioch and Riach are different but similar words in Gaelic. Rioch means “to flail the skin” and riach means “to cut along the surface”. Both words could be references to battle wounds. However, Rioch and Riach are also both anglicized forms of riabhach (pronounced “ree-achk”) which means “brindled or greyish brown.”)

1. 1. 1. Donach Rioch, (“Duncan with the grey/brown hair”) One of them, Duncan, a good soldier a Tacksman of Lianach [in] Glenbuckie left two sons
         1. a son [who is] a moss laird [at] Flanders Moss [in] Summerline. [He is] an industrious man [who] has
            1. two sons with himself
         2. a son Duncan, his brother, [who is] a workman [in the] village of Thornhill [in] Down [Doune] parish. [He has]
            1. four sons [who are all] minors.
         3. Iain Riach Mor (“Big John with the grey/brown hair”, shown in the original document as 3 Line) lived at Camusbarron near Stirling [and] had
            1. four or five sons. I believe one of them was the same John Stewart who served and died with you when in the 42 Regt.

John (Iain) Riach Mor was a very good soldier.

This finishes Sliochd Iain Du Beig.

1 Line

1. 1. Alexander, his successor (shown in the original as 1 Line, however just whom he was successor to is unclear, likely the reference means that Alexander was the lineal heir to James son of Alexander son of Duncan after whom this branch is named). Alexander Stewart late tacksman [in] Ardcheanchnock left one son:
      1. James, a grocer in Glasgow [who is] a well doing and industrious man. [He has]
         1. three sons
   2. James, of [whom] descended:
      1. James Stewart, formerly Tenant in Glenfinglas, again of Ardcheanenock, Locheathrin [Loch Katrine] [on] Drummond’s estate [in] Calander parish. They were long time foresters of Glenfinglas under [the] Glenbuckie family
   3. Donald

2 Line

John Stewart, once tacksman Ardcheanchnock now in Coircromby near Callander [which property was] purchased by the Earl of Murray from Drummond of Perth. This lot consist of Bochastill, Tarndown & Coircromby which cost £15000. [The] foresaid John [is] yet alive [and has] four sons:

1. 1. 1. James, a Lieutenant [who] died in east India
      2. Duncan, who made application to yourself for a letter [and has] gone to the west Indies and is doing well
      3. Alexander, a cattle dealer with his father
      4. Donald, [who is] at home with himself

John Stewart is an honest man pays £75 of rent

(An unknown Stewart, believed to be James Stewart, was the father of the following line. It is believed that John Stewart in Duart and Donald Stewart in Aldanobreach is identical with the John and Donald Stewart shown in Line 5, further below.)

1. 1. 1. John Stewart, [who is a] tacksman [in] Duard (Duart) [in] Glenfinglas had three sons (He is beleived to be John Stewart of Wester Brig O’ Turk, shown in Line 5, below)
         1. (three sons)
      2. His brother Donald [in] Aldanobreach [in] Aberfoil [had]
         1. one son.

3 Line

There is no line 3 in the original text. The author skips to line 4.

4 Line

• • • It appears that Alexander, Duncan, and John, below, are brothers.

(John Dubh Stewart is inferred from the following references to be the father of:)

1. 1. 1. Alexander, son to Iain Dubh [Black John]. [Alexander was in] Duard [in] Glenfinglas [and] left three sons:
         1. Alastir mac Iain Duibh (which means “Alexander, son of Black John”. However in this case I believe mac Iain Dubh to be a clan reference, not a patronymic, thus indicating that Alastir belonged to the descendants of Iain Dubh, but was not himself the son of a Black John.) [He] went to the isle of Arran and left
            1. a family there
         2. Donald mac Iain Duibh (see preceding reference for Iain Dubh) taken to Holland by the Honble Gen John Stewart Grand uncle to the present Earl of Murray. He died a Major in the Army & left
            1. a family in England
         3. Walter Stewart once Tacksman of one eighth of Glenfinglas left two sons – now cottagers Duncragan Sir Pat Murrays estate Callander parish bought from Perth family
            1. two sons minors
      2. Duncan Stewart his (Alexander’s) brother [is a] shepherd in Leadchrich [in the] Braes of Balquhidder. [He has]
         1. two sons [who are] minors.
      3. One of them [is] John Stewart [who is] one of the eight sharers of the glen, rent £105. [He has]
         1. two sons who are minors

5 Line

Donald Stewart [is a] cottager [in] Aldannabreach [in] Aberfoil [on the] Duke of Montrose[‘s] estate. [Donald] is [a] brother to John Stewart [of] Wester Bridge of Turk:

1. 1. 1. [He has] one son.

This finishes the first Branch of Sliochd Sheumais Mhic Alastir mhic Dhunachy, a real friendly & Clanish Branch.

• The Patronymic used in the closing here means “Children of James, son of Alexander, son of Duncan. The Duncan in question is most likely Duncan, 5th of Glenbuckie.

Donald Stewart brother to foresaid James called “Craiglevan Stewarts” from a small farm possessed by them near Ardcheanchnockan.

• The text is quite unclear, but it is believed that the “foresaid James” refers to the previous clan, Sliochd Sheumais Mhic Alastir mhic Dhunachy. Thus, Donald would be son of Alexander, son of Duncan, 5th of Glenbuckie. The following James Stewart of Tar and the subsequent lines descend from Donald Stewart of Craiglevan.

I give the History of James Stewart of Tar formerly (believed to mean “formerly of Tar”) who had five sons [who are] all dead and the estate [has been] sold. [It was in the Lordship] of Monteith [which is] now Montrose[‘s] estate. I remember when he had four sons [who are] now all dead. Of his sons:

1. 1. Alexander, the oldest of them was married to an aunt of the present [Stewart of] Glengoil. [Alexander] left five sons;
      1. three sons of them are dead. [The two living sons are:]
      2. James, the oldest, is a soldier
      3. Gregor is a grocer in Glasgow

6 Line

[John Dubh Stewart who is shown below to be the father of:]

1. 1. 1. Alexander Stewart mac Iain Duibh (Alexander, son of Black John; this would not be the same Iain Dubh as any of those previously mentioned.) brother to
      2. James of Dunveirg, [a] tacksman [at] Duncragan [in] Callander parish [on] Sir P[atrick] Murray’s estate. [He has]
         1. one son [who is] alive.

This shows the variety of human affairs [as] I saw this family at [one time] friendly and flourishing [but] now all dead, except [for that] one son who is a seaman at sea.

This finishes Sliochd Dhonal mhic Alastair mhic Dhonachie (“Children of Donald, son of Alexander, son of Duncan”), called the Craiglevan Stewarts.

1. 1. 1. James Stewart (believed to be a later descendant of James mac Alastir), late tacksman of [L]orachans & Edralecheg, [which is the] same place. [James was] commonly called “the Black Serjant”. [He] left three sons:
         1. John Stewart, [the] first son [who] died before his father
         2. Walter Stewart, [who is the] present tacksman of Lorachans & Edraleek [on] Loch Cathrine side [in] Callander parish [which is the] estate of Drummond. [Lorachans and Edraleek] was a lucrative tack from the Barons of Exchequer for a long time. [Walter had] two sons [who are both] minors. [He pays] rent £140.
         3. Alexander Stewart, [who is] brother to Walter. [He] is [a] land surveyor in England. Alexander, his brother, (it is believed that the “his brother” redundantly refers to Walter’s brother) left two sons:
            1. (who is not mentioned)
            2. [the] 2[nd] of them [is the] head gardener to Sir Robert Preston of Valleyfield, Perth. This a good situation.

2 Line of Lorachans

Robert Stewart, [who is] brother to [the] foresaid James (believed to refer to James, the late tacksman of [L]orachans). [He] was [a] tacksman at Gartmore [in] Port [of] Monteith parish. [He] had four sons:

1. 1. 1. James Stewart, [a] cottager [in] Aberfoil [in the] Lordship of Monteith. He has:
         1. two sons with their father
      2. James Stewart, [who is a] householder [in the] village of Gartmore. [He has] three sons
         1. the first is a mason
         2. the second a gardener
         3. the third is a shoemaker
      3. Patrick Stewart [who is] a tailor in Glasgow. [He has]
         1. four or five sons.
      4. Duncan Stewart, [who is] a labourer in Glasgow [and has]
         1. a family of sons.

3 line in Bochastle

Alexander Stewart, [a] tacksman of Bochastaill [in] Callander parish [on the] Earl of Murray’s estate [which was] bought from Drummond of Perth. [It is] one of the prettiest farms in Perthshire. [He] left five sons:

1. 1. 1. Charles Stewart, innkeeper in Callander – no sons
      2. Walter Stewart, a merchant in Callander – no family of sons (presumably he did have daughters)
      3. David Stewart, a spirit dealer in Glasgow [who has] two sons [who are] doing well
      4. Peter Stewart, [a] cow-feeder in Glasgow [who has]
         1. three sons
      5. Alexander Stewart, [who is also a] cow-feeder in Glasgow [and has]
         1. one son who is an English Rider and [is] doing well.

4 line in Cuilantogle

Duncan Stewart, [a] late tacksman [at] Cuilanleogail [in] Callander parish [on the] Earl of Murray’s estate. [He] left three sons:

1. 1. 1. Duncan, a labourer to the Earl of Murray near Doune Lodge. [He has]
         1. four sons:
            One of them in the Earl’s service
            the rest are minors
      2. Donald, [at] Summerline Flanders Moss [in] Kincardine parish. [He has] four sons:
         1. two of them [are] soldiers who performed actions becoming the descendants of their progenitors
         2. the other two [are] with their father –
      3. John, [who is an] innkeeper [in] Doune. [He has]
         1. three sons [who are] minors.

The above Duncan (patriarch of 4 Line, not his son) had a brother [who was] a baker in Dunfermline with a family.

This finishes the Lorachans.

V Branch Post Script

Walter Stewart (second grandson in 1 Line above), present tacksman of Lorachans, keeps as hospitable a house as any tenant I know, and so did his father before.

Called Slioch Valter nan Cliugh [“Cleugh”] (“Descendants of Walter of the Ravine”) of Glenbuckie house [who] was forester to the Earl of Monteith in Benvinu when that family lived in splendor in the Island of Port of Monteith.

1. 1. 1. One of his descendants was commonly called by the name of Iain du na Stroain (“Black John of Strowan” or Sron, meaning “a nose shaped peak or promontory”) [a] tacksman of Sroin [on] Lochcatherinside [in] Callander parish [on] Drummond of Perth’s estate. He was [a] Lieutenant in [the] Duke of Perth’s Regt [in] the year [17]45. He was feuer of Balmenoch (“middle farmtown”) in Glenbuckie, which he sold to [the Glenbuckie] family after [17]45, as all his goods were destroyed. Perhaps no clan could boast of an honester friendlier man than this was.

[Iain dubh na Sroan] left three sons:

1 & 2 Line

(It is believed that the following are the sons of Iain Dubh na Sroan.)

1. 1. (1 line) Duncan died before his father and had one son:
      1. A writer in Stirling [who is] now dead also
   2. Walter, [a] tenant in Stroine. [He] left three sons: John, Donald & Alexander, [who each] retained a good part of their father’s hospitality.
      1. John Stewart, [a] tacksman of Stroin and Ardmacmavine. [He] is a bachelor.
      2. Donald, a tenant with [his brother] John at Stroin. [He is also] not married.
      3. Alexander, [a] subtenant to his brother [John]. [He has] one son [who is] a minor. [He pays] rent £200.
   3. (2 line) Alexander Stewart, [a] tacksman of Sheanchoil [in] Aberfoil parish [in the Lordship] of Monteith [on the] Duke of Montrose[‘s property]. [He has] three sons:
      1. John is a writer in Glasgow
      2. Duncan is with his father at home looking after the farm
      3. Alexander is a minor and at home likewise

An aside on the Duke of Montrose’s property

The present Duke of Montrose got the Lordship of Monteith in an unjust way. I mean his grandfather, upon condition that he would marry a daughter or a sister of Keith, the last Earl of Marshal. She was cousin to the last Earl of Monteith [who was] son to Lord Kilpont (who was killed by Major [James Beg] Stewart, [2nd] of Ardvurlich) by a daughter of Keith [of] Marshall and did not perform the articles, but married a daughter of Carnegi of North Esk, who was grandmother to the present Duke of Montrose and kept the estate of Monteith [by] hook and crook. [The estate is the] best feather in the Duke’s wings. He is a better master than your Lord Breadalbane, but is not to be recommended in everything.

John Du na Sroan had three grand uncles, [the] first of them:

Peter Stewart, [a] tacksman of Lianach [in] Glenbuckie, of whom came:
(the following would be later descendants of Peter, not his sons. There are a couple of intervening generations missing.)

1. 1. 1. John Stewart, present tenant of Lianach. [He has] three sons [who are all] minors [and pays] £200 rent.
      2. Donald Stewart his brother Copartner two sons minors rent £200

3 Line

• • • What the relationship is of the following line to the granduncles of John Dubh na Sroan is not indicated, It is suggested that 3 Line and 4 Line represent the descendants of the two granduncles whose names were  notknown to the author.

1. 1. Duncan Stewart, late tacksman of Balmenoch [in] Glenbuckie. [He had] one son:
      1. Duncan, [a] tacksman of Kirkton [in] Balquhidder [on] Sir John M[urray] Macgregor’s estate. [He is] a bachelor [and] a thrifty farmer [who pays] £250 rent
   2. Andrew Stewart, brother to the above Duncan of Balmenoch, was [a] tacksman of Coilbohaile, [in the] Breas of Doune [on the] Earl’s estate. He left one son:
      1. John Stewart, [a] smith [at] Burn of Camus near Doune Lodge. [He had] 3 sons:
         1. James, a smith and successor to his father. [He] is unmarried.
         2. John, a labourer in Crieff, [who has]
            1. two sons
         3. James, a wright in Stirling, [who has]
            1. two sons [who are both] minors
      2. Charles Stewart, brother to the above John, was a mason at Burn of Camus. [He] left two sons, [both of whom made fortunes as spirit dealers in Glasgow] (the grammar is so convoluted in the original here that only a complete rewrite can make it clear)
         1. John, [who had a family]
         2. James, [who had a family]
      3. William Stewart, brother to Charles Stewart, was a smith in Doune. [He] left two sons:
         1. John, a respectable cloth merchant in Glasgow
         2. William, a master ferrier [in the] Dragoon guards
   3. There was one Walter Stewart (the entry for Daniel, below, confirms that Walter was a brother to Andrew, above), once [a] tenant [in the] Breas of Doune, [who was] of the above race. [He] had a son:
      1. a labourer to the Duke of Montrose. [He had]
         1. three sons at Buchanan in the Duke’s works.
   4. Daniel Stewart, [who was a] tacksman of Drepan [in the] Barony of Lendrick [on] Sir Patrick Murray’s estate from Perth family, [in] Callander parish. [Daniel] was brother to [the] foresaid Walter & Andrew. [Daniel] left four sons:
      1. John, an undertaker of works about Glasgow
      2. James, a land surveyor in Glasgow. [He had]
         1. two sons.
      3. Walter, a labourer in Glasgow
      4. Duncan, a shoemaker in Port Dundas at Glasgow. [He had]
         1. two sons.

4 Line

• The original mistakenly repeats the label “3 Line” here.
• It is suggested that this line represents the descendants of the third granduncle of Iain Dubh na Strowan. The following are believed to be brothers. Duncan and Walter are indicated as such in the text. Donald is referred to as “3”, which we interpret as “third brother”.

1. Duncan Stewart, [a] late subtenant of Stroin (Strowan) [on] Lochcathrineside left two sons:
   1. first son David now dead
   2. 2 son Walter Flesher in Glasgow is unmarried
2. Walter Stewart, brother to [the] foresaid Duncan had two sons:
   1. first of them dead
   2. second son Walter now in Nova Scotia in north America and doing well there [and] intends to return
3. Donald Stewart, [a] subtenant of Stroine (Strowan) [who] had one son:
   1. commonly called the Morrair for being servant to the Earl of Murray. [He] left
      1. one son, a sea captain

(It is not clear whether the following entry represents a 4th sibling in the preceding family or a new branch.)

Robert Stewart, tacksman of Inchry [in] Aberfoil parish [once a part of the lordship] of Monteith [and] now [the] Duke of Montrose’s. [Robert] left one son:

1. 1. James, a merchant & grocer [in the] new town of Fintry [in] Stirlingshire. [The town was] erected by Mr Spiers of Kilchroich, a respectable gentleman.

James Stewart, or Sheumas MacPharic (James, son of Patrick), [who was a] tacksman of Inverlochlarig [in the] Braes of Balquhidder [on the] Earl of Murray’s estate, left two sons:

1. 1. first, James, [who] died at Pitmmain in our own country (Perthshire). He was an honest man. He was Grieve to Mr Menzies of our own country, and before that to MacIntyre [who was] a great rascal. And I doubt not but [that] James was a better man than either of the masters, although the servant again.
   2. his brother 2 John, formerly [a] tenant of Immireoin [in] Glenbuckie & Murlagan in Balquhidder [on] Capt Stewart’s estate. [He is] now condemned to be a moss laird, which is not much better than Egyptian slavery. Perhaps this man left few equals in goodness in Balquhidder and now as little respect is paid to him as to an old pack horse, which shows the uncertainty of human affairs.

5 Line

• The original mistakenly repeats the label “4 Line” here.

Peter Stewart, commonly called Par na Bearla (“English Peter”) [who was] a schoolmaster in Suanard [in] Argyleshire left four sons:

1. 1. 1. Two of them Officers in the Army and lost their lives in their country’s cause
      2. the third a soldier, now a pensioner in Fort William
      3. the fourth a minor in Strontian.

This finishes Sliochd Valtair nan Cliugh.

1 Line

Duncan Stewart, late tenant in Duart in Glenfinglas & Coirchrom, by [the] Earl of Murray’s estate, had a numerous family, none of which survived him except two sons of three marriages.

2 Line

1. 1. 1 The late pious and worthy Reverend Mr James Stewart, Minister of Killin. (A later entry is moved forward to here for continuity.) The Reverend Mr James Stewart had three sons [who lived to adulthood]: John Peter & James
      1. 1 Dr John Stewart, Minister of Luss [on] Lochlomondside. He cannot be called a bad man, but has a good deal of unsociable pride, which no minister should have, as their doctrine is humility and charity, which many of them preach and fewer practice. Dr Stewart hath one son:
         1. Joseph
      2. 2 The Reverend Patrick Stewart, Minister of Killin, who I believe the best before this pedantic coxcomb
      3. 3 James, a half pay Officer at Croftandeoran near Killin
      4. 4 Donald a manufacturer in Glasgow who died a young man
      5. a Thomas who died young also
      6. Mrs MacLaggan a real Phoenix. (This is a reference to James’ daughter who married Rev. MacLaggan. This represents one of the very few references to a daughter in the entirety of Stewarts of the South.)
   2. Donald, his brother, [a] tacksman of Shibhrigh [in the] Breas of Doune [on the] Earl of Murray’s [estate].
   3. David Stewart, tacksman [in the] Braes [of] Doune [on] Murray’s estate was brother to the Revd Jas Stewart. [David had] three sons:
      1. 1 Donald, a wright, [who] went to the island of Colossa where he married and became Bowman or Arroch to ?Ardsheal. His wife nursed some children to ?Ardsheal and became a favourite of that family. [They] had three sons:
         1. 1st James, a quartermaster and Lieutenant in the 91st Regiment — a decent well looking man
         2. 2d Alexander, a manufacturer in Paisley
         3. 3 John in the family line in Collosa with his father
      2. 2 Duncan, the wright, a famous character [who] married against his inclinations [and] began drinking and died. [He] left no sons, but some daughters
      3. 3 John, [who had] something of Dr Stewart’s character. [John was] a workman to Lord Doune [and] was seized with a palsy [and now] lives near Doune Lodge. [He has] two pecks of meal per week from the Earl of Murray.

This finishes that worthy family of whom few clans can boast of such characters.

1 line

Walter Stewart, late tacksman of Lianoch [of] Glenbuckie [who was] called Valtair Chlachain. His progenitors were tacksmen of [the] Kirkton [of] Balquhidder for a long time, but lost it by some crook at law. This man left two sons:

1. 1. 1. 1 James Stewart, [a] tenant [in] Innirvulin [in] Strathyre [in] Balquhidder [on] Buchanan of Cambusmor’s estate. [He has] five sons, [and pays] rent [of] £50. [His sons are:]
         1. 1 Walter, a marble cutter in Glasgow, [who has] no sons (He may have had daughters.)
         2. 2 Robert, [who is] at home with his father
         3. 3 Duncan, a smith at Aberfoil. [He has]
            1. one son a minor
         4. 4 & 5 John &
         5. James minors
      2. 2 son, John Stewart, brother to James. [He] died in Strathyre [and] left four sons [who are] minors. This John died at Nineveh of Strathyre, a village erected by the late Mr Buchanan of Cambusmore — a place as bad as Nineveh of Old.
         1. (four sons)

2 line

James Stewart, [a] tacksman [in] Auchnahard [in] Glenfinglas. [He] left four sons

1. 1. 1. 1 son Alexander Stewart, [a] shepherd [at] Inverchearnaig [in the] Braes of Balquhidder, [which is] a part of the ancient estate of Macgregor of Glencearnaig, [but] now [belongs to] the Earl of Murray. [He holds] a copartner lease of the Stewarts or Bans of Glenfinglas. [He] has five sons: Duncan, James, Robert, David, and John
         1. Duncan (of whom no description is given)
         2. 2 James is a Shepherd in Gleneilg
         3. Robert a servant man to Mr Robert Steward [in] Auchnahard [in] Glenfinglas
         4. 3 John is shepherd to Duncan Stewart [in] Duart [in] Glenfinglas at the farm of Duilatur [in] Port [of Menteith] parish
         5. 5 David [is] with John Stewart [in] Stroin [on] Lochcathrineside
      2. 2 son David Stewart [is a] Lotter [in] Auchraw [on] Lochearnside [on] Breadalbane’s estate. [He is] brother to [the] foresaid Alexander. [David] has
         1. four sons [who are] minors
      3. 3 son Robert Stewart, [is a] shepherd to one Mr Fergusson [in] Glenfearnate [on the] Duke of Atholl’s estate [in] Kirk Michael’s parish [in] Perthshire. [He has]
         1. two sons.
      4. 4 James Stewart, [who is] brother to the above. [He is a] tacksman of Greenhill [in] Dollar parish [in] Clackmannanshire. [He has] six daughters and no son, which is a pity as a better heart was never tempered in fire.

This finishes [the] Glentarkin Stewarts.

An Aside on the MacGregors of Glencarnaig

The family of Sir John Murray-MacGregor

• The author breaks from his narrative of the Stewarts to talk at length about the family of Sir John Murray-MacGregor, chief of Clan Gregor, and his land holdings.

I shall speak something of Glencarnaig [in the] Braes of Balquhidder, since I mentioned it so often. It was purchased by the Earl of Murray’s grandfather at a judicial sale from the Court of Session sixty years ago (which would be just after the 1745 Jacobite forfeiture of lands) for the sum of £3450. It consists of the following farms:

• Inverchearnaig, where there is a mill, and Inverlochlarigbeg [both] in one farm [which was] in the hands of Messrs Stewart of Auchnahaurd and Duart [in] Glenfinglas. Rent £360. [It is] now in the hands of Mr McDonald of Craigsuidh (sic Craigruidh) [in the] Braes of Balquhidder
• Inverlochlarigmore, Drumlich Tuarach Inisheart, and Drumlichdesarach (Druimlich dh’eusurach). Rent £550, and if times were good it would be worth double. The whole is in lease to Messrs Donald and John McDonald. There was in this place once twenty six tenants. It is one of the finest grazing farms in the Highlands of Perthshire. The whole of the Braes of Balquhidder was burned and spoiled the year after forty five (the 1745 Jacobite Rising). No man can describe the cruelty of the savage soldiers

The first of the family of Iain Oag Beg (“Little John, the Younger”) who got a feu of Inverchearnaig and Inverlochlarigbeg from the Marquis of Athol — Iain oag Beg was son to John Macgregor, forrester of Coircheich or Mamlord [in the] Braes of Glenlochay ([they were] called Sliochd Dhonaich Bhreich, Grigar Aullin and Donald Ladasach (“Children of Speckled Duncan, Gregory ? and Donald ?) — but I have no time to tell particulars of them at present, although I know as much of them as any man in life.

Iain Oag Beg [MacGregor] made a runaway marriage with a daughter of Coirchaorach. She was called Mari nighean Eoain (Mary, daughter of Ewan) [and] by her he had three sons:

1. 1. 1st Robert Macgregor of Inverchearnaig, a decent gentleman [who] married first [to] a daughter of Campbell of Ruoro [in] Glenlyon, by whom he had a son & daughter. The son died in the West Indies and the daughter married a son of Graham of Bogtown [in] Port [of Menteith] parish. And by a fortunate accident she was mother to the present General Graham of Bogton — the richest and the worst of that family or ever was of them. [Robert] Graham ([alias] Macgregor) married again a daughter of [Cameron of] Lodwick , a brother to [Cameron of] Lochiel. She had no family. [He married] thirdly [to] a daughter of Drummond of Hawthernden, whose offspring died or otherwise [they] would enjoy the estate
   2. 2 Ewan mac Iain Oaig [MacGregor] [who was] Sir John Macgregor’s father. [He] made a runaway marriage with a daughter of the family of MacDonald [of] Isle of Sky. He was a drover and made her believe [that] he was [the] proprietor of Balquhidder and [the proprietor of] a very well built house [that] she saw when coming home. She thought [the house] to be her own, but all that awaited her was a miserable cottage in the Braes of Balquhidder and a farm of one-fourth of a plough. Sometime thereafter they went to

Inverchagerney in Strathfillan where they had a like possession of one-fourth of a plough.
Inverchagerney in Strathfillan, once belonging to Campbell of Lochdochard, now [belongs] to MacNab of Macnab. From that place to Crianlarach, Ewan Murray went to keep the change house [on the] Lochdochard estate where he resided for a long time [and] from thence to the Inn at Lochearnhead where they lost all their property by fire from Lochearnhead to Doune. And Sir James Cohan of Luss procured him an ensigncy in the Scotch Hollanders (Highlanders?). Sir James was reckoned [as] a protector of the MacGregors at that time. Then the Grants and MacGregors were thought brothers by this marriage

With Mary MacDonald, Ewan had four sons:

1. 1. 1 Sir John Murray MacGregor of Lendrick
   2. 2 Colonel Peter who died coming home from India, [and] who made more money than all the rest
   3. 3d Alexander who was a Colonel also
   4. 4d Robert who was said to be a Major

Iain Oag beg [MacGregor] had another son who was a writer in Edinburgh [who] had one son who died in the East India and a daughter [who] married to Donach Maol Chronains son a clerk [in a] commercial bank [in] Edinburgh.

This estate of Inverchearnaig, they had not altogether, [but they had] only Inverchearnaig [and] Inverlochlarigbeg [whereas?] Drumlick Tuarach Inverlochlarigmore belonged to one MhacDhuail Cheir (“son of Douglas with the dark brown hair”) and Drumlichbeg to a gentleman of the name of Mclaren. It is said that Sir John paid [£13000] for Lendrick when he came from India. He got the estate of Gartnafuaran from [£1500 to] £2000, and ?Dummadich for a mere triffle of £9000 from the family of Perth, and £500 for Old Tacks, £9000 to Mr Murdoch of Gartnacabber for two farms near Lendrick, £2600 for the farm of Kirkton of the estate of Annat near Doune Lodge (a real bargain!), £6000 for Gart near Callander bought from [the] Perth family, [and] some farms at Ruskie in Monteith south from Callander. Never a MacGregor had charters upon so much land before!

The estate of Lendrick once belonged to the worthy family of Haldane. (I am unable to make sense of the following sentence.) They got it in [the] time of [either] King David or James I, by a daughter of Sir John Monteith of Ruskie, who married a son of Haldane of Gleneaguis another a son of Napier of Marchiston near Edinburgh and the estate of Ruskie was divided between them. [The] farm about the estate of Napier was sold long ago in lots to different purchasers, and Haldane’s share was sold to Sir John [Murray-MacGregor] which amounts to about £2200 a year. With parks and every other thing, his estate in Balquhidder is about £1200 a year, but it is one-third too dear, and not very regularly paid. All his estates may be about £3500 per annum. His motto is Rioghail mo dhream Ardchoil (“Regal is my race of Ardchoil” which is based on the clan Gregor motto of “Regal is my race”) but he needs not brag much of Ardchoil.

And if I live to see you, I will tell you of Donach Ladasachd [MacGregor] and Peter Glas, his brother in Auchrioch [in] Strathfillans. They were the most iniquitous characters the earth ever produced, striving [to see] who would be the most wicked.

(The following sentence deserves a prize for run-on phrases.) Iain Oag Beg, Sir John’s grandfather, came to take possession of the Braes of Balquhidder and Rob Roy Macgregor employed four of the MacGregors, some of his own low gang, to assassinate him, but he, being a cautious man, and possessed of more country eloquence, diverted them from their wicked attempt [until] they came to Rob Roy’s house at Wester Inverlochlarig, where they intended to recommit the same deed, but were prevented by Rob Roy himself, who wished not for any strangers to intrude upon his own tribe, [namely] Sliochd Dhuil Cheir, the Glengyle MacGregors. There was an attack made upon him again at the farm of Inverchearnaig, of which he wished to take possession, by a tribe of MacIntyres who had been there [since] time unknown.

Notwithstanding, Sir John was the most useful to his own clan that ever was called MacGregor. And since his advancement in the world he did more for his own clan than all the Stewarts put together, for the most of them is rather ashamed to do a good turn to one another since the revolution of the years [17]15 and [17]45, when it became real fashionable by all ranks to run down the name of Stewart, which must be a real slur upon a civilized nation. Upon cool recollection, some of the Stewarts themselves, to their great shame, were as guilty as others. But this was not the case with the MacGregors, for they would stand [for] each other at the risk of their lives and fortunes.

• Robertson, in his original transcription, indicates that there is a break in the original document at this point and that it continues in what appears to be another hand.

We can locate no suitable Glenbuckie to match either of these descriptions, which is unfortunate, because this is actually one of the most thoroughly accounted branches including four consecutive generations accounted for. Assuming a rough 30 years between generations, the patriarch, Duncan Og, should have been born ca. 1680-1700. Again, armed with such knowledge, we are unable to identify a suitable place to graft this branch onto the Glenbuckie trunk.

Commonly called “Sliochd Gleannmagaolric” (meaning uncertain, best guess is “Children of the Glen of my love’s sorrow”).

Duncan (Og) Stewart, tenant in Glenbuckie [in] Balquhidder Parish and [on] Capt Stewart’s property, had three sons, [namely]

1. 1. Duncan Stewart, tenant [in] Lianach [of] Glenbuckie. This Duncan had three sons, [namely]:
      1. Duncan, [who was] sometime ago at Doune, who also left three [sons], [namely]
         1. Duncan, [a] shepherd with the Earl of Murray at Doune Lodge, a good character in his own station
         2. David, a student of Divinity [and] a profound scholar
         3. Donald, a shepherd in Campsie Parish [in] Stirlingshire
            All [three sons are] unmarried.
            (The second and third sons of Duncan, son of Duncan Og, were omitted at this point in the text and are picked up by the author at a later point, below. That later entry has been moved forward to this point where it belongs in order to improve readability.)
      2. The second was Donald, a moss laird in Summerline, Flanders Moss [on] Blair Drummond’s property, who has no family
      3. Alexander, the youngest brother, who superintends Blair Drummond’s cattle, and has
         1. four sons [who are] under age
   2. John, son of Duncan og, commonly called “Ian McDonachie”, the decentest tenant that was in Balquhidder when I frequented that place first – he was tacksman of Achlaskin, part of the property of Sir John Murray-MaGregor in Balquidder. [He] left three sons [who are] all dead, except one:
      1. Duncan, who is what they call a Moss-Laird, in Summerline, Flanders moss [on] Blair Drummond’s property, who has four sons [who are] all under age. This Duncan was a real profligate and reduced himself and his father’s family to perfect slavery in that place.
         1. (four sons who are all under age.)
      2. (deceased son)
      3. (deceased son)
   3. There was another son of Duncan og, called James, formerly tenant in Ardchechnacnocan [in] Callander parish, part of
      Burrel Drummond’s estate, who left three sons, [namely]
      1. Angus, who emigrated to North America, and who had
         1. three sons
      2. Duncan, a moss-laird in Erskine of Cardross’ estate in Port [of Menteith] parish, Perth county, who has
         1. three sons [who are all] under age
      3. Patrick, another son of James crofter in Soldiers’ land near Callander, also [has]
         1. three sons [who are] under age.

NB I forgot to mention the three sons of the second Duncan Stewart… (the remainder of this entry has been moved earlier to its proper place in the chronology in order to improve readability.)

This finishes the genealogy of Sliochd Glengaolric.

Though the cultivation of the moss is a real bondage, yet voluntary, however old Blair Drummond makes it as easy as possible, and is quite different from his son, who is as smooth as sweet oil; and would make everything a crime. He is indeed very like unto Squire Bramble in Humphrey Clinker or Allworthy in Tom Jones. The old man is, really, in my opinion as good a character as can be.

There was one Robert Stewart, [a] tenant in Blairchoill, Loch Catharineside, [on] Burrel Drummond’s [estate] in Callander Parish, who had three sons. (sic – the author later corrects this and adds a fourth son)

1. 1. Robert, the oldest, was [a] late tacksman of Leanachan in the Lordship of Monteith, Port [of Menteith] Parish, and of Blarcrick and Drumlichuarach, in the Braes of Balquhidder, and Strathgarrie. Drumlickuarach belongs to the Earl of Moray, and was formerly the property of McGregor of Glencarnaig. This Robert had a son, named
      1. Alexander, [a] late tacksman of Leanachoill, who had seven sons, all dead except two:
         1. Robert, late tacksman of Leanachoile, dead
         2. David, [who] died in the West Indies.
         3. John, [who is] in life, [and is] a writer in Glasgow. (The following comment is brought forward from a later position in the original text.) John, the writer, was first the hope, and, afterwards, the ruin of the family. He is indeed a shameful profligate rascal, although a decent gentlemanlike looking man.
         4. Alexander, a Lieutenant in the Army [and] died in the East Indies
         5. James, [who] died in the West Indies
         6. Walter, [who] died at home
         7. Charles, his brother is little better, and they now possess nothing of their former property – neither land nor money.
   2. Rob, in Blairchoill, had a second son named Walter, formerly [a] tenant in Ardvorlich, who left
      1. one son, now tenant in Offerings, [which is] part of the Barony of Lanrick, [in] Callander parish, formerly the property of Burrel Drummond, but now that of Sir Patrick Murray. [This son] is an industrious, well-doing, farmer and who had five sons:
         1. Walter, a shepherd with MacFarlan of Coillechra, who has
            1. one son
         2. Robert, has emigrated to North America and has
            1. one son
         3. John &
         4. David reside at home with the father
         5. Robert died last year. (It is possible that there were two brothers both named Robert, but it is more likely that the author made an error here in the name of one of the two Roberts.)This farm of Offerings pays £120 Sterling, [which is] too dear. The late Mr Rob Reid, Factor to Lord Breadalbane, left the marks of his finger here as the Devil did of old on the Temple. These land surveyors are commonly the scourge and grinders of the poor and [those who employ them] are no better. I cannot make any comparison to them with anything that I have read in history except the mine searchers in Mexico and Peru.
   3. The third son, was John of this family, [a] farmer in Cuil-an-Arigh, who left two sons, who were both tenants in the above farm [in] Callander parish, [on] the Earl of Moray’s [estate], in which farm formerly were eight tenants, chiefly of the name of Stewart, and now there is only one tenant, who has also another adjoining farm
      1. One of his sons was Alexander, who died [as] a cow-feeder in Glasgow and left
         1. four sons
      2. The other, John, [is] now farmer in Spittle [in] Killearn parish [in] Stirling county, [which is] the birth place of the famous George Buchanan – which pays £100 of rent. This John has
         1. five sons about himself [who are[ all doing well.
            1. Two of these [sons] [have] families, consisting of four or five sons each.
   4. The above mentioned Robert of Branchoile had another son, who I forgot, who went to Coventry in England, [and] whose
      1. son was Sheriff of that county and some of his descendants are still there. [They are] men of property and respectability.

Closing

This finishes the genealogy of the family of Glenbuckie, who were the most friendly and Clanish of all the Stewarts of that, or any other country, although some of them were accused of treachery and perhaps did not fulfill always their pretensions. They were however the first [to assist] in any emergency, and [they] far exceeded the houses of Ardvorlich (in points of courage) and Gartnafuaran. I acknowledge I am partial to the family of Glenbuckie for they certainly still retain a great share of the ancient friendship and manliness of the Clans.

This last mentioned Parish of Killearn in Stirlingshire was possessed in ancient times by a family of the name of Galbraith, [and] afterwards [by] a family of Graham of the house of Montrose, and has undergone half a dozen changes since. The Galbraith family was a branch of the ancient family of (Lord) Baldernoch, chief of that name, and was the most numerous and respectable family (excepting that of Lennox) in Stirlingshire in former times, although neglected by the gentleman who wrote the history of that county. There were such a number of families, both gentlemen and commoners, of that name in this county, that would be tedious to mention. [They] are all now extinct excepting the family of Balgair, which also may be said to be extinct being claimed lately by a person from Ireland who is not known whether he is the real heir or not, however he has made out his point.