The Stewarts of Lendrick

The Stewarts of Lendrick, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland

Descendant Line IVa of the Stewarts of Annat

Origin of the Stewarts of Lendrick

The Stewarts of Lendrick and the later Stewarts of Glassingall descend from Archibald Stewart, youngest son of Alexander Stewart, 1st of Annat. Duncan Stewart (1739) says “Alexander, who purchased the lands of Annat… had John, Walter, Andrew and James. He had likewise Archibald, great-grandfather to Alexander Stewart of Glassingall, writer in Stirling.” From this, we can determine determine that Alexander Stewart of Glassingall, who was alive in 1739, was the great-grandson of Archibald Stewart, younger son of Alexander Stewart, 1st of Annat.

Stewarts of Annat line 4

Stewarts of the South gives us an accounting of the Lendrick Stewarts circa 1820, as shown below, but it does not mention the Stewarts of Glassingall as they were extinct by 1820. The Stewarts of Lendrick are shown as Line 4 of the Stewarts of Annat, as follows:

1. Donald Stewart, son to Archibald Stewart, tacksman of Lendrick, a purchase of Sir Patrick Murray from Perth family, Callander parish, has one son and pays £330 of rent.

2. Hugh Stewart, uncle to the foregoing Donald Stewart, tacksman of the Carse of Camus, near Down (Doune) Lodge, Earl’s estate. Rent £100. He left five sons:

a. James, a tenant there with

1. one son.

b. John, a merchant vintner and farmer in the village of Kippen, Stirlingshire. He has four sons:

1-4. One of them is a surgeon in Glasgow, and the rest are at home – not this one, a writer, the third is a merchant in Glasgow, and the fourth at home. (It is uncertain what the author means by “the rest are at home” as the third son is in Glasgow, not at home.)

c. Alexander Stewart, a merchant in Glasgow with

1. one son.

d. Hugh Stewart, a wright in Glasgow with

1. sons, but I am not certain of their number.

e. Archibald, a wright in Stirling, with

1. a family of sons, but of their number I am not certain.

The Glassingall Court of Session Papers (1849-1856)

In 1849, the heritability of the estate of Glassingall was in question. An ultimus haeres (ultimate heir) court hearing was held to determine the rightful heir of the estate. 18 claimants vied for the estate and most submitted family trees in evidence. These are found in the Glassingall Court of Session Papers (1849-1856). The multiple family trees submitted in evidence provide us with valuable information on the early generations of the Stewarts on Lendrick.

Descendant Branches

The following families descend from the Stewarts of Lanrick and are presented on their own pages.

Gallery

Archibald Stewart, Predecessor to the Stewarts of Lendrick and Glassingall

Archibald Stewart, Predecessor of Lendrick and Glassingall,   b. Abt 1595, Annat, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN. Archibald was the youngest son of Alexander mac Iain Stewart, in Glen Finglas 2nd of Portnellan and 1st of Annat, and Daughter MacNab, of Aucharn. 

Duncan Stewart (1739) says: “Alexander, who purchased the lands of Annat from James Muschet of Burnbank anno 1621. He married ___ MacNab, daughter to Aucharn, by whom he had John, Walter, Andrew and James. He had likewise Archibald, great-grandfather to Alexander Stewart of Glassingall, writer in Stirling.”

Children

Archibald had the following children (and possibly unknown others) by an unknown wife.

John Oig mac Gillespic Stewart in Lanrick? (speculative)

The Testament of John Oig mac Gillespic Stewart (ca. 1620-1662)

Children

John Oig mac Gillespic Stewart is presumed to have married Janet Graham,   b. 1606,   d. UNKNOWN, although no record of their marriage has been found. They may have had the following children (and possibly unknown others):

Gordon MacGregor (The Red Book of Scotland) urges caution in putting any faith in the suggested birth of Archibald Stewart as being 3 Jan 1647. (personal correspondence)

According to Archibald’s gravestone he was 75 years old when he died in 1732, which would make his birth year 1657, not 1647, however we know that ages on gravestones are often approximate and unreliable. Based on the nams of his children, we should expect that his father’s name would be John, which is a common name among the Annat branches, However, onomastics are not reliable on their own.

Assuming that his birth was recorded in the Kilmadock OPR (which is far from certain in the 17th century) then there are only two Archibald Stewarts listed:

• Archibald Stewart born 23/5/1677 son of James
• Archibald Stewart born 3/1/1647 son of Johne

Unfortunately, there are no locations given for either of these births. The Kilmadock OPR is woefully lacking in detail until the early 18th century.

The 1647 birth is preferred based solely on onomastics and the fact that it is closest in age to when Archibald is believed to have been born. But this is not confirmed.

Firm knowledge of this branch begins with knowing that Captain Archibald Stewart resided in a house on the Annat property. He was a second cousin of the contemporary laird of Annat, Alexander Stewart, 4th of Annat. He is frequently recorded in online genealogies incorrectly as “Archibald Stewart of Annat.”

Archibald’s mother’s name is not given in the OPR. Archibald was a farmer in Annat.

Archibald is listed in Mitchell’s Monumental Inscriptions for Kilmadock cemetery:

283b 1732. Archibald STEWART, tenant in Annat, died 10 JUL 173[5], age 75, wife Helen LAW, also interred here, son Robert tenant in Annat, died 1776 age 70 (his wife Agnes Galbraith died same year and month aged [61 or 64], daughter Margaret 16 DEC 1822, age 71 (and her husband, Duncan FERGUSON, feuar (at) Doune). (Mitchell notes: see Kilmadock OPR – they also had a son, Archibald, bap 1747). Duncan FERGUSON, 1 JAN 1798, age 66, interred (at) Callander, their son Alexander merchant (in) Lancaster, died there 5 JAN 1815, age 56, Archibald, born JUN 1784, died age 18 months, Duncan born NOV 1786, died 1789, William merchant (in) Lancaster, died there 22 SEP 1819, age 30. (on pedestal) AS HL.

Archibald is mentioned repeatedly throughout the Glassingall Court of Session Papers (1849-1856) and is the progenitor of every family tree submitted in evidence. In nearly every instance he is incorrectly referred to as having been the laird of Annat in his time and the debate centres around whether his son John was lawful or natural. However, there is no indication in any other sources that Archibald was laird of Annat, but rather, merely a senior tenant in Annat. As the estate of Annat was in flux during this period, it’s possible there’s more to this than we currently know.

Robert Stewart of Ardvorlich submitted the following testimony to the Glassingall dispute:

“Declares that he has often heard it stated both by his father and by other parties members of the Annat family, that the Stewarts of Glassingall were illegitimately descended from the Stewarts of Annat and he believes their descent arose from Archibald Stewart of Annat and the Great grandfather of Alexander Stewart first of Glassingall. Declares that he has also heard it stated and believes it to be true that the descendants of this Archibald were settled as tenants in a farm upon the estate of Annat and that a branch of the family was afterwards removed and settled in Landrick where they co-tenanted until the death of the late Archibald Stewart some months ago.”

Robert Stewart of Ardvorlich’s account seems to be accurate and is in agreement with the account given by Duncan Stewart (1739) as well as OPR data and other sources, and is the version we have presented here. The other Glassingall estate claimants were mistakenly confusing Archibald as being “of Annat” rather than “in Annat.” The claim that the Lendrick, Ballacaish and Glassingall families all descend from an illegitimate branch is persistent, and seems more correctly presented in Ardvorlich’s account, rather than the others. It appears more likely that it was not Archibald’s son, John, who may have been illegitimate, but, rather, his father, John, son of Archibald, younger of Annat. With the repetition of the names John, son of Archibald, in consecutive generations the confusion and conflation is understandable when viewed from several generations later.

Children

Archibald Stewart and Helen Law had the following children:

The testimony of John Stewart, Tenant in Auchnahard, Glenfinglas, in the Glassingall Court of Session Papers (1849-1856) states that “he never heard that this John had any brothers or sisters and that he never knew of any uncles or aunts of Archibald [2nd of Ballacaish] and Hugh [2nd of Lendrick].” John in Auchnahard’s testimony is biased and unreliable and may conflate several generations. He may have been attempting to discredit the connection of Alexander Stewart, 1st of Glassingall.

The following testimony from this Archibald’s descendant, a later Archibald Stewart, in the Glassingall Court of Session Papers (1849-1856) indicates that this Archibald acquired Lendrick in 1732:

“Archibald Stewart in Lendrick son of the now deceased John Stewart tenant there produces a Tack dated 2 December 1732 and 9 February 1733 entered into betwixt the Trustees and Commissioners for the said James Drummond and the said deceased John Stewart of the 20 shilling land of Lendrick and 20 shilling land of Drippen.”

The following is also from the Glassingall Court of Session Papers (1849-1856):

“Certified copy of what is written in the family bible Lendrick 1756 that I bought this [presumably referring to the bible] for 4 pounds Scots money out of Glasgow written and signed by me Archibald Stewart. On account of my age and when the year of God I was born 1712 and married in year of God 1737 and Margaret was born in the year of God 1739 and was married in February 1763. So, Isabel was born in August 1741 and Archibald was born in November 1749 and Donald was born about the 1st of August 1757. On account when my father and mother dyed [died], my father dyed the year of God 1740 and was buried in his own spulcher [sepulchre], and my mother dyed the year of God,”

John is further mentioned:

“Alongside the tombstone of Archibald Stewart and Helen Law is a flat stone with the initials “JS and I.McF” and the date “1740.” These are the initials of John Stewart and Isabel McFarlane, the father and mother of Archibald Stewart, and great-grandfather of the claimants, Archibald Stewart and Mrs Robertson.”

(Testimony of Margaret McLaren or Robertson, widow of Andrew Robertson, Merchant, Stirling, from the Glassingall Court of Session Papers (1849-1856) The stone referred to here is not listed in Mitchell’s Monumental Inscriptions and is presumed to be no longer legible.)

Several online trees incorrectly show this John as a Colonel marrying Mary Shaw and moving to Virginia, USA. The preceding records confirm that John did not emigrate and married Isobel McFarlane and died locally in 1740. Nowhere in the Glassingall papers is he referred to as a Colonel.

Children

John Stewart and Isobell McFarlane had the following children:

Archibald Stewart, 2nd of Lendrick

Archibald Stewart, 2nd of Lendrick,   b. Abt 2 Jun 1712, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 1791, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland   (Age ~ 78 years). Archibald was the eldest son of John Stewart, 1st of Ballacuaich and Lendrick, shown above. Archibald Stewart married in 1739 to Mary McFarlane,   b. 1715, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 24 May 1796, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland   (Age 81 years).

Archibald is the patriarch of Line 4 of Branch VIII of the Stewarts of Annat in Stewarts of the South. Archibald is mentioned in Mitchell’s Monumental Inscriptions, buried in Kilmahog: “28 emblems of mortality. 1803. Archibald STEWART, MAY 1791, wife Mary MCFARLAND, 24 MAY 1796, by son Daniel in —- (illegible).”

Archibald is shown as the son of John Stewart in Lendrick in most of the family trees submitted in evidence in the Glassingall Court of Session Papers (1849-1856). His status as eldest or second son is contested in the trial. (See the notes on his brother, Hugh Stewart, 2nd of Ballacaish, for more information.) Archibald is mentioned by the testimony of Robert Stewart in Buchany in 1852:

“[Robert] eclares that he knew Janet Stewart a granddaughter of this John and a daughter of Hugh and he remembers her being a servant to Mr Jaffray at Glassingall, and that she was said to be a cousin (natural) to the Laird of Glassingall that the said John Stewart left his said son Hugh Stewart in the farm of Ballacaush aforesaid, and went to the farm of Lendrick with Archibald another son, whose descendents are still there. That the said John Stewart was married to Isobel Macfarlane a daughter of Hugh Macfarlane of Calliechra at Loch Katrine in the Parish of Callander.”

The following is also from the Glassingall Court of Session Papers (1849-1856):

“Certified copy of what is written in the family bible Lendrick 1756 that I bought this [presumably referring to the bible] for 4 pounds Scots money out of Glasgow written and signed by me Archibald Stewart.
On account of my age and when the year of God I was born 1712 and married in year of God 1737 and Margaret was born in the year of God 1739 and was married in February 1763. So, Isabel was born in August 1741 and Archibald was born in November 1749 and Donald was born about the 1st of August 1757. On account when my father and mother dyed [died], my father dyed the year of God 1740 and was buried in his own spulcher [sepulchre], and my mother dyed the year of God, [The sentence is incomplete and the year is not given.]”

It is worth noting that, according to this account, Archibald’s first son, John (confirmed by OPR) was born before his parents were married and is not mentioned at all in the family bible and is thus presumed to have died in childhood. Children Alexander, Mary, and Duncan are also not mentioned and are also presumed to have died young. As the OPR indicates 8 children were baptised and only 4 are mentioned in the family bible, this suggests the family experienced an infant mortality rate of 50%! A sad reflection on the difficulty of life in that era.

Children

Archibald Stewart and Mary McFarlane had the following children:

Donald (Daniel) Stewart, 3rd of Lendrick

Donald Stewart, 3rd of Lendrick,   b. 27 Aug 1757, Lendrick, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 11 Mar 1846, Lendrick, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland   (Age 88 years). Donald was the youngest, but only adult surviving son of Archibald Stewart, 2nd of Lendrick, shown above. Donald married on 10 Feb 1786 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland  to Margaret McKinlay,   b. 8 May 1764, Annie, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 22 Oct 1848, Lendrick, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland   (Age 84 years).

Donald/Daniel Stewart is recorded in Stewarts of the South as “1. Donald Stewart, son to Archibald Stewart, tacksman of Lendrick, a purchase of Sir Patrick Murray from Perth family, Callander parish, has one son and pays £330 of rent.”

Daniel is shown in the Glassingall Court of Session Papers (1849-1856) as Daniel Stewart of Lendrick, son of Archibald Stewart of Lendrick, and father of “Archibald Stewart of Lendrick, a petitioner.”

Mitchell’s Monumental Inscriptions record’s Donald’s burial: “27 pelican plucking its breast, in her nest (Stewart crest). Daniel STEWART, late farmer (at) Landrick, died 11 MAR 1846, age 89, wife Margaret MACKINLAY, 22 OCT 1848, age 83.”

Children

Daniel Stewart and Margaret McKinlay had the following children:

Hugh Stewart, 2nd of Ballacaish and 1st of Carse of Cambus

Hugh Stewart, 2nd of Ballacaish and 1st of Carse of Cambus,   b. Abt 1715, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Bef 1773, Carse of Cambus, Kilmadock, Perthsire, Scotland   (Age ~ 57 years). Hugh Stewart is a (probably younger) son of of John Stewart, 1st of Ballacuaich and Lendrick, shown above. The birth order of John’s sons was disputed in the Glassingall Court of Session Papers (1849-1856) as detailed below.

Hugh Stewart married firstly on 23 Apr 1745 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland  to Janet Buchanan,   b. 18 Aug 1719, Cuilanteogle, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN. Hugh married secondly Abt 1754 to Janet Duncanson,   b. Abt 1730, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN.

We have no record of Hugh’s birth to verify his date of birth. The date shown here is an estimate. However, the estimate has significant implications. Was Hugh born before or after 1712?

Hugh Stewart is referred to in the Glassingall Court of Session Papers (1849-1856) as “Hugh Stewart of Carse of Cambus, eldest son of John Stewart, and cousin-german of Archibald Stewart, second of Glassingall.” He is also shown in several trees submitted in evidence as being the eldest son of John Stewart of Ballacauich and Lendrick, and being the older brother of Archibald Stewart of Lendrick. He is also shown as the father of James Stewart of Carse of Cambus. However, these trees cannot be trusted as entirely reliable as there was an enormous financial motive for bias in their drafting as whichever brother was eldest, his descendants would have a superior claim to inherit the estate of Glassingall. The submission of Robert Stewat of Ardvorlich is the sole dissenting account that claims that Hugh was the younger son and Archibald was the older son.

Onomastics, chronology and estate ownership favour Ardvorlich’s version that Hugh was the younger son. John would have named his eldest son after his own father, Archibald, and his second son after his wife’s father, Hugh McFarlane. Archibald was married in 1739 whereas Hugh was not married until 1745. Archibald inherited Lendrick (believed to be the superior property) while Hugh inherited Ballacaish. While only circumstantial, these all suggest that Archibald was the older son. For Hugh to be the older son would require that John had an earlier son named Archibald who died in infancy and who (like Hugh) was not recorded, and that Hugh waited until his late 30s to get married, and that Ballacaish was actually the superior estate. The latter case is entirely possible and cannot be ruled out, however it seems to be the lesser likely. Thus, we show Hugh’s birth as estimated to be after 1712 and we place him as the younger son.

Furthermore, Stewarts of the South lists Donald Stewart of Lendrick (son of Archibald) ahead of this Hugh Stewart, further suggesting that the Lendrick family is senior to the Ballachaish family.

Hugh is mentioned in the testimony of Robert Stewart in Buchany in the Glassingall Court of Session Papers (1849-1856):

“Declared that he was personally acquainted with Alexander Stewart late tenant in Carse of Cambus who is now at Blairdrummond Moss and that he was also acquainted with his father James Stewart who was tenant in Carse of Cambus, and was buried in Kilmadock Churchyard in 1826. That he also knew John Stewart, Merchant in Kippen, who was the brother of James last mentioned, and the father of Dr Stewart of Glasgow, and John Graham Stewart also in Glasgow. Declares that the father of John and James above mentioned was Hugh Stewart, who was first a tenant in Ballacaish, under Mr Stewart of Craigton, which adjoins Annat, and afterwards in Carse of Cambus, and that Hugh is also buried in Kilmadock Churchyard. That Hugh Stewart was first married to Margaret Buchanan, who was the mother of John Stewart in Kippen, and second to Janet [Duncandow] who was the mother of Janet Stewart in Carse of Cambus. That Hugh Stewart was son of John Stewart tenant first in Ballacaish aforesaid, and afterwards in Lendrick which was one of the forfeited farms on the Perth estate.”

Hugh is further mentioned:

“Hugh Stewart was first married to Margaret Buchanan, who was the mother of John Stewart in Kippen, and second to Janet [Duncandow] who was the mother of Janet Stewart in Carse of Cambus.”

Stewarts of the South, Ardvorlich Branch VIII, Line 4, gives Hugh’s family as:

“Hugh Stewart, uncle to the foregoing Donald Stewart, tacksman of the Carse of Camus, near Down (Doune) Lodge, Earl’s estate. Rent £100. He left five sons:
a. James, a tenant there with one son.
b. John, a merchant vintner and farmer in the village of Kippen, Stirlingshire. He has four sons: 1-4. One of them is a surgeon in Glasgow, and the rest are at home – not this one, a writer, the third is a merchant in Glasgow, and the fourth at home. (It is uncertain what the author means by “the rest are at home” as the third son is in Glasgow, not at home.)
c. Alexander Stewart, a merchant in Glasgow with one son.
d. Hugh Stewart, a wright in Glasgow with sons, but I am not certain of their number.
e. Archibald, a wright in Stirling, with a family of sons, but of their number I am not certain.”

Hugh Stewart’s testament 6 Feb 1773:

“The Testament Dative and Inventory of the debts and sums of Hugh Stewart that pertained and were addebted to the deceased Hugh Stewart, tenant in Kerse of Cambus within the Parish of Kilmadock and Commissariat of Dunblane at the time of his decease which was upon the BLANK day of BLANK and BLANK years. Faithfully made and given up by Janet Duncanson the defuncts Relict which Janet Duncanson is deemed an only Executrix dative qua relict to the defunct by the said Commissariat on the fourth of February last and can act on Inventory nearest dative made the amount Bears.

There were firstly adebted and vesting to the said defunct foresaid of his decease by the persons after named the sums of money following viz By Charles and John Stewart both in Milntown of Cambus jointly and severally thirteen pounds eight shillings Scotch whereof three pounds for a bedstead bought and received by them from the defunct about a year ago. Eight pounds as two years rent of a house and gear proceeding Whitsunday last and two pounds Eight shillings Scotch for potatoes two years ago. William Miller in Buchany seven pounds four shillings Scotch as the value of three bols of eaten oats by his [ ] in Harvest last; and by John Murdoch in Allans of Kirktown of Kilmadock [below Annat] two pounds Nine shillings and sixpence sterling for bear

Confirmed 6th February, 1773, Duncan Ferguson, Wright in Callander, Cautioner.”

Marriages and Children

By his first wife, Janet Buchanan, Hugh Stewart had the following children:

By his second wife, Janet Duncanson, Hugh Stewart had the following children:

John is mentioned in the Glassingall Court of Session Papers (1849-1856) as follows:

“I Duncan Stewart, Auchnahard, Glenfinglass being now in the 96th year and in a sound state of mind do solemnly declare that John Graham Stewart residing at No 5 St Vincent Place, Glasgow is the oldest son of the late John Stewart, farmer Kippen who was the oldest son of Hugh Stewart farmer Carse of Cambus near Doune the son of John Stewart farmer Balichcaich the brother of Alexander Stewart of Glassingall but I cannot state on my [ ] within the said Hugh Stewart was the oldest or youngest son of the said John Stewart brother to Alexander Stewart of Glassingall. This I declare to be the truth and correct statement and signed by me before these witnesses James Stewart residing at Duart Glenfinglass and William Stewart Whyte residing at [Flower Grove Caleaucter] (Callander?)”

He is also mentioned in the testimony of Robert Stewart in Buchany from the Glassingall Court of Session Papers (1849-1856):

“Declared that he was personally acquainted with Alexander Stewart late tenant in Carse of Cambus who is now at Blairdrummond Moss and that he was also acquainted with his father James Stewart who was tenant in Carse of Cambus, and was buried in Kilmadock Churchyard in 1826. That he also knew John Stewart Merchant in Kippen, who was the brother of James last mentioned, and the father of Dr Stewart of Glasgow, and John Graham Stewart also in Glasgow. Declares that the father of John and James above mentioned was Hugh Stewart, who was first a tenant in Ballacaish, under Mr Stewart of Craigton, which adjoins Annat, and afterwards in Carse of Cambus, and that Hugh is also buried in Kilmdaock Churchyard. That Hugh Stewart was first married to Margaret Buchanan, who was the mother of John Stewart in Kippen, and second to Janet [Duncandow] who was the mother of Janet Stewart in Carse of Cambus. That Hugh Stewart was son of John Stewart tenant first in Ballacaish aforesaid, and afterwards in Lendrick which was one of the forfeited farms on the Perth estate.”

The Glassingall Court of Session Papers (1849-1856) also include the following family information in support of the claim:

1786 Oct 8 John Stewart and Margaret Graham were proclaimed married by the Rev. Mr Campbell at Kippen on the 27 Oct 1786.

Extracted from the Register of Proclamations and Marriages of the Parish of Kippen this 4th September 1851.

1789 Nov. 15 John Stewart Merchant, Kippen and Margaret Graham his wife had a daughter baptised by name of Janet. Extracted from the Register of Baptisms of the Parish of Kippen this 4th September 1851.

1792 July 8 John Stewart Merchant Kippen and Margaret Graham his wife had a son baptised by name John. Extracted from the Register of Baptisms of the Parish of Kippen this 4th September 1851.

1794 Oct 12 John Stewart Merchant Kippen and Margaret Graham his wife had a son baptised by name Alexander. Extracted from the Register of Baptisms of the Parish of Kippen this 4th September 1851.

1797 April 4 John Stewart Merchant Kippen and Margaret Graham his wife had a daughter baptised by name Margaret. Extracted from the Register of Baptisms of the Parish of Kippen this 4th September 1851.

1801 April 21 John Stewart Merchant Kippen and Margaret Graham his wife had a daughter baptised by name Helen. Extracted from the Register of Baptisms of the Parish of Kippen this 4th September 1851.

1803 June 1 John Stewart Merchant Kippen and Margaret Graham his wife had a daughter baptised by name Mary. Extracted from the Register of Baptisms of the Parish of Kippen this 4th September 1851.

1809 Sept 24 John Stewart Vintner Kippen and Margaret Graham his wife had a son baptised by name James. Extracted from the Register of Baptisms of the Parish of Kippen this 4th September 1851.

Children

John and Margaret had the following children:

James Stewart, 2nd of Carse of Cambus

James Stewart, 2nd of Carse of Cambus,   b. Abt 1 Jan 1755, Ballacaish, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 1 Feb 1826, Carse of Cambus, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland   (Age ~ 71 years). James was the eldest son of Hugh Stewart, 2nd of Ballacaish and 1st of Carse of Cambus by his second wife, Janet Duncanson, shown further above. He was the younger half-brother of John Stewart, Merchant in Kippen, shown immediately above.

James married on 19 May 1780 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland  to Mary Shaw,   b. 1755, Scotland ,   d. 8 Oct 1823, Carse of Cambus, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland   (Age 68 years).

James is described in Stewarts of the South as a tenant in Carse of Cambus and having one son.

James is found in Mitchell’s Monumental Inscriptions for Kilmadock cemetery: “281 James STEWART, farmer (at) Carse of Cambus, died 1 FEB 1826, age 72, wife Mary SHAW, 8 OCT 1823, age 68.”

James is recorded in the Glassingall Court of Session Papers (1849-1856) as being the son of Hugh Stewart of Carse of Cambus, and the father of “Alexander Stewart, presently of Carse of Cambus, only son of James Stewart.”

He is also mentioned in the testimony of Robert Stewart in Buchany from the Glassingall Court of Session Papers (1849-1856):

“Declared that he was personally acquainted with Alexander Stewart late tenant in Carse of Cambus who is now at Blairdrummond Moss and that he was also acquainted with his father James Stewart who was tenant in Carse of Cambus, and was buried in Kilmadock Churchyard in 1826. That he also knew John Stewart Merchant in Kippen, who was the brother of James last mentioned, and the father of Dr Stewart of Glasgow, and John Graham Stewart also in Glasgow. Declares that the father of John and James above mentioned was Hugh Stewart, who was first a tenant in Ballacaish, under Mr Stewart of Craigton, which adjoins Annat, and afterwards in Carse of Cambus, and that Hugh is also buried in Kilmdaock Churchyard. That Hugh Stewart was first married to Margaret Buchanan, who was the mother of John Stewart in Kippen, and second to Janet [Duncandow] who was the mother of Janet Stewart in Carse of Cambus. That Hugh Stewart was son of John Stewart tenant first in Ballacaish aforesaid, and afterwards in Lendrick which was one of the forfeited farms on the Perth estate.”

Children

James Stewart and Mary Shaw had the following children: