Duncan Stewart in
Puslinch, Wellington County, Ontario, Canadafrom Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland
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Welcome to my page on Duncan Stewart of Puslinch, Wellington County, Ontario. This page is a continuation of the study of pioneer families in Puslinch Township with the surname Stewart. If you are just arriving here from somewhere else then you may wish to begin with the Pioneer Stewarts of Puslinch Page. This page is also part of my personal family history website and represents one of my own cousin lines.
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The research presented on this page is not mine alone. It contains information submitted by all the Fellow Researchers listed below. I am indebted to them for their generous contributions. This page is intended as a place for researchers to freely and cooperatively share our research with each other. It would be too cumbersome a task to reference each piece of data as to which researcher it has come from. The information shown on this page should be understood as a product of ALL of the Fellow Researchers. I am merely the editor and not the sole author. - Ryk
This family has been by far the most difficult, elusive, and contradictory family I have ever researched. I am indebted to the research of Brenda Dale for finally helping unravel the correct accounting of this family.
Duncan Stewart and his wife both died young, prior to the introduction of civil records and prior to the earliest detailed census of 1851. Therefore public records and evidence of this family are scarce. Research on this family has been made significantly more difficult by the fact that this family closely resembles two other contemporary Puslinch families headed by different Duncan Stewarts. Several private and public genealogies have, at times, hopelessly confounded these three families together. Even the venerable Donald Whyte in his Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada, (vol. 2, pg. 353) presents the family of one of the other Duncan Stewarts, but includes three of the children from this family. Then, to make matters worse, one of the sons (Hugh) of this family actually lied about his origins, so the family traditions in his branch conflicted with documentary evidence. It has taken the Fellow Researchers on this page over three years to disentangle the various families and descendant lines. After several false starts, I believe we have finally correctly accounted for this family.
Duncan Stewart was a pioneer in Puslinch Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. It is believed that he was born 24 NOV 1787 in the village of Callander, Callander parish, Perthshire, Scotland as the only child of Robert STEWART and Catherine FERGUSON. They lived at Summerline Flander's Moss. Duncan's father, Robert Stewart, was a "Moss Laird" who worked as a shepherd for Blair Drummond. It is believed that Duncan's mother died in childbirth and that his father married secondly to Catharine STEWART (who may have been his second cousin). Duncan was a descendant of the Stewarts of Glenbuckie. Duncan probably worked in the millworks in the nearby town of Deanston. Duncan married Margaret GILLESPIE, a daughter of Hugh Gillespie, the head foreman at the Deanston Millworks. They had 3 children in Scotland and then in 1834 they immigrated to Puslinch, Ontario along with Margaret's family, the Gillespies. The two families settled on adjacent farms in Puslinch. To learn more about Margaret Gillespie's birth family please refer to the Gillespie Family Page.
The 1840 census gives us the following information about the family after immigration. This is the only census this family appeared in.
Duncan Stuart (residing next door to Hugh Gillespie), with 2 males under 16, 1 male over 16, 4 females under 16, 1 female over 16, 8 total family members, Church of Scotland.
The spelling "Stuart" is inconsequential here; it merely reflects the way the enumerator believed the name was spelled. The 1840 census does not give us the names of the members of the household, however their ages would correspond perfectly with:
Duncan Stewart (m>16)
Margaret Gillespie (f>16)
Robert Stewart (m<16)
Hugh Stewart (m<16)
Mary Stewart (f<16)
Jane Stewart (f<16)
Margaret Stewart (f<16)
Elizabeth Stewart (f<16)
We must note that William is absent here, suggesting that William may have been born later than believed. (We have no documentary evidence of William's existence. He is recalled only in the family tradition of Jane Stewart's descendants. It is possible that William may not have existed.)
Duncan's primary occupation in Puslinch would have been working his land. Pioneer settlers were given large parcels of uncleared land and given a set amount of time to clear a portion of the land to build their own house and begin to farm the land. Their initial house would likely have been little more than a one room log cabin. Life would have been extremely difficult. They would have had nothing but themselves, their neighbours and their faith to rely on. The nearest urban settlement would have been Guelph, about ten miles away.
Sometime around 1848 both Duncan and his wife died prematurely. We have the following testimony:
Puslinch Papers Lot 24, 24 FEB 1848, "Duncan McFarlane swore before John Hammersely that Duncan Stewart has been the owner and in occupation of the front half of Lot 27 since the month of May 1840, but he is now deceased."
The preceding testimony and the 1840 census are the only pieces of documentary evidence we have regarding Duncan and Margaret's life in Canada.
Duncan and Margaret's cause of death is not entirely clear. Family tradition among their daughter Jane's descendants says that Duncan and Margaret died of smallpox. And that is entirely possible. Margaret's sister, Mary Gillespie and her husband both died of smallpox in the winter of 1848/49. However there is also the following obituary found in the Guelph Mercury newspaper:
(Obit) STEWART, DUNCAN Burned to death, having fallen into a fireplace while drunk. Funeral on Saturday. Sept(?) 27, 1848. His wife died the same way nine months ago, Jan. 12, 1848.
It is not certain that this obituary pertains to our Duncan Stewart and his wife, but the dates are close enough that it could be.
At the time of Duncan and Margaret's deaths, most of their children were teenagers. It seems the older ones had to fend lives for themselves while the younger ones went to live with their grandparents, the Gillespies. Consequently, their children scattered and the various descendant branches seem to have lost touch with each other very quickly. This lack of communication between the various descendant branches has also complicated later research.
Tracing Duncan Stewart's ancestry is very difficult. Since he left no written record in Canada then our only hint to find the trail of his ancestry is his marriage record back in Scotland. The marriage of Duncan Stewart and Margaret Gillespie is recorded in two parishes: Kilmadock and Kincardine-by-Doune -- adjacent parishes in southern Perthshire, Scotland. When a marriage is double-registered like this it usually means that the bride came from one parish and the groom from the other. We know that Margaret Gillespie came from Kilmadock parish (see Gillespie Family Page), therefore it seems reasonable to suggest that Duncan Stewart came from Kincardine parish. We also know that their eldest son was named Robert, suggesting that Duncan's father's name was probably Robert.
Duncan died prior to the institution of public death records in Canada, so there is no record of his death. So far, no grave stone has been found. So the only reference we have to Duncan's age is the 1840 census in Puslinch which records only that he was "over 16". Unfortunately the first public census was not taken in Scotland until 1841, after Duncan and Margaret immigrated. So we cannot rely on Scottish public census records to identify Duncan's birth family either.
Fortunately there was a privately commissioned census of Stewart families living in southern Perthshire around 1815. This private census document is described in full detail on the Stewarts of the South Pages. When we look to see if there was a Robert Stewart living in Kincardine parish at that time who might possibly be the father of Duncan Stewart, we find in the Index of Stewarts of the South that there was only one Robert Stewart living in the entire parish and he is described as:
Robert Stewart, same place (Summerline Flander's Moss), of the Glenbuckie family, an industrious man
This index entry indicates that Robert was descended from the Stewarts of Glenbuckie. When we cross-reference this index entry with the Glenbuckie section of Stewarts of the South (Section II) we find the corresponding full reference for Robert as follows:
Duncan, [a] tacksman [in] Blarchroich [in] Braes of Balquhidder. [He] left two sons: Robt & Duncan
- Robert is a shepherd to Blair Drummond [in] Kincardine parish. [He had:]
- one son [who is] an honest and industrious person
- 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.
This entry tells us that the Robert in question was the eldest son of Duncan Stewart in Blarchroich (Blarcrioch) and that Robert himself had only one son. Scottish naming patterns (which were generally strictly adhered to in southern Perthshire) would dictate that Robert would most likely name his only son "Duncan". So far this is a promising match for our Duncan Stewart.
If we can find this Robert Stewart in the Scottish census records in 1841 or 1851 and he has his son Duncan with him then we know we can eliminate him as a potential match. Obviously that is not the case or we would not have spent this many words describing the process! Indeed, we do find Robert Stewart in both the 1841 and 1851 censuses and there is no sign of his son Duncan with him which could indicate that his son Duncan emigrated. Again, this corresponds with the Duncan we are looking for.
1841 census - Blair Drummond (Summerline Moss), Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland
Robert STEWART, age 80 (b. 1761), born in Perthshire, residence: Blair Drummond, Kincardine, agricultural labourer
Kathrine STEWART, age 79, (b. 1762), born in Perthshire,
Agnes STEWART, 1811, born in Perthshire
Margaret STEWART, b. 1806 in Perthshire
1851 Census - Blair Drummond (Summerline Moss), Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland
Robert STEWART, b. 1758 in Balquhidder, retired shepherd, age 93
Catherine STEWART, b. 1795 in Kincardine, dtr, age 56
Janet STEWART, b. 1797 in Kincardine, dtr, age 54.
From these census records it would seem that Duncan's mother's name is Catherine. An ideal match can be found in the Callander and Kincardine OPRs. It is suggested that Duncan's father, Robert, married firstly to Catherine FERGUSON with whom he had one child, Duncan (the subject of this study), and then secondly to Catharine STEWART. Unfortunately none of the entries for Robert's suggested second marriage give any further information on location, however, neither do they contradict our theory.
It is suggested that Robert STEWART married firstly on 14 DEC 1786 in Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland to Catherine FERGUSON (with Robert recorded as being from Callander and Catherine from Balquhidder) and registered secondly on 29 DEC 1786 in Callander parish. Parish records indicate that they had only one child:
Duncan STEWART, b. 24 NOV 1787 and bap. 30 NOV 1787 in Callander village, Callander parish, Perthshire, Scotland (only birth for this couple)
It is presumed that Catherine Ferguson died in childbirth. And it is suggested that Robert STEWART married secondly on 3 APR 1788 in Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland to Catharine STEWART and registered secondly on 5 JUL 1788 in Balquhidder parish (with Robert recorded as being from Kincardine and Catharine from Balquhidder). They had the following children:
Margaret STEWART, bap. 7 MAR 1790 in Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland (with no specific location in Kincardine given). It is suggested that she died young prior to the birth of her same-named sister.
Catharine STEWART, bap. 30 OCT 1791 in Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland (with no specific location in Kincardine given). She is shown as a spinster with her father in 1851. It is presumed she never married.
Janet STEWART, bap. 9 FEB 1794 in Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland (with no specific location in Kincardine given).. She is shown as a spinster with her father in 1851. It is presumed she never married.
Alexander STEWART, bap. 12 JUN 1796 in Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland (with no specific location in Kincardine given). He is not recorded in Stewarts of the South nor found in later census records and is thus presumed to have died in childhood.
Margaret STEWART, bap. 30 JUN 1798 in Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland (with no specific location in Kincardine given), (mother given only as "Catharine"). She is found as a spinster with her parents in 1841, but not in 1851, and is presumed to have not married and either died or emigrated between 1841-1851.
Elisabeth STEWART, bap. 2 JUN 1800 in Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland (with no specific location in Kincardine given). She is not found in later census records and may have married prior to 1841 or died young.
Agnes STEWART, bap. 8 MAY 1803 in Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland (with no specific location in Kincardine given). She is found as a spinster with her parents in 1841, but not in 1851, and is presumed to have no married and either died or emigrated between 1841-1851.
We will never be able to prove that we have correctly identified Duncan's birth family. In Duncan's case that would be impossible. To increase our confidence in this match it will be necessary to survey all the remaining Stewart families in Kincardine parish to see if Duncan could have come from one of them. However, onomastics would already eliminate all the other families, as there is only one with a father named Robert listed in Stewarts of the South. There is another family found in the Kincardine OPR with a father named Robert, but Duncan appears not to fit with this family.
Admittedly our identification of Duncan's birth family relies heavily on onomastic assumptions, but so far everything fits and the match is still excellent enough that I am confident it is correct.
What gives further support to this entry is that another Perthshire-to-Puslinch immigrant was Peter McNaughton. Peter McNaughton also immigrated in 1834 from the Blair Drummond estate in Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland where he worked as overseer for the Kirkline Moss portion of the estate (the next farm over from Summerline) and Peter McNaughton also settled in Puslinch, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Peter McNaughton along with Hugh Gillespie (Duncan Stewart's father-in-law) were the two founding elders of Duff's Presbyterian Church in Puslinch. This would suggest the strong possibility that this group of families all emigrated together.
Stewarts of the South indicates that Robert Stewart, Duncan's father, was himself the son of another Duncan Stewart who resided in Blarcrioch in Balquhidder parish. Robert's birth entry can be easily identified in the OPR:
Duncan STEWART and Elisabeth MCNIE in Glenbuckie, Blarcrioch, Drumlich and possibly Invereoich (see also Duncan Stewart and Elisabeth McNivan/McNee in Milntown of Callar, Invereoich, and Cuill)
- Isabel STEWART, bap. 9 MAY 1757 in Inveriach (Fiona shows mother as "McKechnie(?)", IGI shows "NcNee". May not be a child of this family, may a child of Duncan Stewart and Isabel McNivan/McNee.)
John STEWART, a bastard child bap. 3 JAN 1758 in Glenbukky (may not be from this family)
Robert STEWART, bap. 6 MAY 1759 in Blarcrioch
John STEWART, bap. 1 AUG 1762 in Drumlich~~an
"Grandfather" Duncan in Blarcrioch would probably have been born sometime in the late 1720s or early 1730s. No corresponding OPR entry can be found for him in Balquhidder, but the OPRs become unreliable this early. However, Stewarts of the South presents us with a complete picture of the names and locations of all of Duncan's ancestors back to their connection to the Stewarts of Glenbuckie. And our research with the Stewarts of Balquhidder Research Forum has determined the complete ancestry of the Glenbuckie Stewarts right back to the origin of the surname Stewart. Duncan's full ancestry, in outline, going back 1000 years, would be as follows:
For further discussion on the Glenbuckie Stewarts please refer to our Stewarts of Glenbuckie page.
For further discussion on the progress of confirming Duncan's ancestors, see Research Leads below.
Duncan Stewart and Margaret Gillespie eight children, the first three were born in Scotland and the last five were born in Puslinch, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Duncan and Margaret's family was a fractured family. Their children ranged from 5 to 21 when Duncan and Margaret died. 1851 census records seem to indicate that their children were somewhat scattered -- either raised by their grandparents or left to find their own life. Their son Robert was described by a contemporary Puslinch resident as "a fool who sold his property for a yolk of oxen and moved to Guelph". Hugh left his wife and moved to Manitoba with his mistress and fabricated a story (possibly based in part on truth) that he was an orphan from Scotland who worked on an estate in Eastern Ontario. Jane was already living with her future husband at age 17, a year before they actually married.
Duncan STEWART married on 9 MAR 1827 in Kilmadock Perthshire, Scotland and Kincardine, Perthshire Scotland to Margaret GILLESPIE and had the following children:
Hugh STEWART, b. ABT 1864 in Puslinch Township, Wellington County, Ontario. He is found with his parents in 1871 but not in 1881.
Hugh STEWART b: 8 JUL 1837 in Puslinch Township, Wellington County, Ontario. Hugh Stewart married first on 6 OCT 1858 in Morriston, Puslinch Township, Wellington County, Ontario to Agnes MITCHELL (a.k.a. Nancy Mitchell and Elsie Mitchell). She was born about 1837 in Ireland. Hugh and Agnes had six children after which Hugh abandoned his family and took up with his mistress, Elizabeth Simmons. Elizabeth was born 2 JAN 1843 in Ontario. She MAY have been related to Lydia Sammons who married Hugh's brother Robert. Hugh had five children by his mistress before his wife Agnes died. After which Hugh moved his entire family to Arden, Manitoba where he established himself as an extremely successful pioneer farmer and entrepreneur.
This family is currently being researched by Sharron Schaub, Alice Fluegge and Kay Drewry.
Hugh Stewart, as you will see below, became the patriarch of a massive clan. Hugh was born 8 JUL 1837 in Puslinch Township, Wellington County, Ontario as a son of Duncan Stewart and Margaret Gillespie (shown above) and was named after his grandfather, Hugh Gillespie. He was raised on a pioneer farm just south of the present city of Guelph, Ontario, in what could be kindly described as "rough" circumstances. Hugh was only 11 years old when his parents died. What happened to Hugh after his parents died is not clearly known. He has not been found in the 1851 census and he may have been living with his grandparents, the Gillespies. (They too are not found in the 1851 census, so it is not known which of the orphans may have lived with them or not.)
Hugh Stewart married on 06 Oct 1858 to Agnes Mitchell. In 1861 Hugh was working as a farm labourer on his brother-in-law Thomas Dunn's farm in Puslinch. In 1871 Hugh had his own farm and his older brother, Robert, was working as a labourer on Hugh's farm.
Hugh married secondly on 6 MAY 1874 in Guelph, Wellington County, Ontario (shown at right) to Elizabeth Simmons. Hugh records himself as a "widower", however one of the granddaughters of Hugh and Agnes, who was alive during Hugh's lifetime, claims that Hugh was not a widower, but that he abandoned his first wife and that she did not die until ten years later. Documentary evidence to either confirm or refute either version is presently lacking.
Whether by death or divorce, the chronology of the transition from first marriage to second is very revealing:
17 Nov 1873 Margaret Jane Stewart is born to Hugh Stewart and Agnes Mitchell. | |
06 May 1874 Hugh marries Elizabeth Simmons in Guelph | |
19 Dec 1874 Euphemia Ellen Stewart is born to Hugh Stewart and Elizabeth Simmons |
This chronology reveals that Hugh was married to his second wife only six months after the birth of his last child by his first wife, and that Hugh's second wife was already two months pregnant at the time of their wedding. Thus Hugh "had relations" with his second wife only four months after the birth of his last child by his first wife.
In 1879, Hugh travelled out west with his two eldest sons to establish a homestead in Arden, Manitoba. By 1881 Hugh had returned to Ontario and in 1883 he moved out west with his entire family. In Manitoba, Hugh and Elizabeth contrived a rather elaborate story to explain their relationship. The story was passed on and believed by their descendants, however the descendants of Hugh's first marriage knew the truth.
The family legend, recorded by Alice Fluegge, goes as follows:
Hugh Stewart came to Canada as a 16 year old orphan from Scotland in 1853. He settled initially near Guelph, Ontario and began a family. "After Hugh Stewart's first wife died "Hugh Stewart began working for Sir John Simmons down in the corner of Lower Canada, along the St. Lawrence near the corner of Upper Canada. Hugh fell in love with one of John Simmons' daughters, Elizabeth, who was born January 2, 1843. They had come from two different worlds; he was an orphan working his way up and she was the daughter of an important landowner. She was educated by a governess and could sing in both French and English. She also had learned the fine art of doing needlepoint. Her father refused to give Hugh and Elizabeth permission to marry, so they eloped about 1872. This caused a permanent rift between the two families and they never had any contact again."
This story is an entertaining fiction, but the truth is that:
In Manitoba it appears that Hugh was an extremely successful pioneer farmer and entrepreneur and grew to be a wealthy man. Hugh hired himself out doing custom threshing. He imported Clydesdale horses from Scotland and sold them to homesteaders. He also successfully expanded his farm holdings to over 600 acres. Hugh lived to be 76 years old when he was killed having been dragged by a runaway team of horses in 1913.
The following was in the Alexander History about Hugh Stewart:
"Hugh came to Manitoba with sons Joe and Duncan in 1879, established a homestead and built a huge log house. Elizabeth came west in 1883 with Euphemia 9, Bob 7, and Sarah 2. They came to Portage La Prairie by train and from there by ox cart. Their home along the Ridge was used as a stopping place. Young men came through and stayed there while they were looking for work."
A descendant of Hugh who is old enough to have known him describes him as "a horrible and controlling man [who] left his wife and kids". She claims that Hugh's son, Duncan, had little to do with Hugh after they moved to Manitoba and that Duncan "kept his [own] kids away from Hugh and Elizabeth...because the family hated them". She claims that Hugh treated his children like slave labourers and never educated them; that he "worked his own kids to the bone and they were all illiterate."
Now here's where it gets even more confusing: We have confirmation (above) that Hugh and Elizabeth were married, yet their children describe themselves as illegitimate in later Manitoba registrations. If Hugh and Elizabeth were lawfully married, why would their children claim otherwise? Could it be, from the above descriptions, that they never honoured their parents' relationship as legitimate?
Hugh STEWART b: 8 JUL 1837 in Puslinch Township, Wellington County, Ontario. Hugh Stewart married firstly on 6 OCT 1858 in Morriston, Puslinch Township, Wellington County, Ontario to Agnes MITCHELL (a.k.a. Nancy Mitchell and Elsie Mitchell). She was born about 1837 in Ireland. Hugh and Agnes had six children after which Hugh abandoned Agnes. Agnes died in 1883 after Hugh had already had 5 children by his second wife, Elizabeth Simmons. Hugh and Agnes had the following children:After Elsie's premature death, Duncan married secondly to Emily Rose Mabley, by whom he had a further 10 children. As they are still living, their names and information have not been published for privacy reasons.
Margaret married secondly after 1901 to Unknown HOFENBRACK by whom she had the following child:
Hugh Stewart married secondly on 6 MAY 1874 in Guelph, Wellington, Ontario to Elizabeth SIMMONS. She was born 2 JAN 1843 in Ontario. Hugh and Elizabeth had the following children, the first five of whom were all born while Hugh's first wife was still alive. These children, although lawful, recorded themselves in later Manitoba records as being of illegitimate birth.
Euphemia married secondly on 16 DEC 1914 in Kelwood, Neepawa, Manitoba to Andrew ALEXANDER b: 23 APR 1874 in Eramosa Township, Wellington County, Ontario. They had the following children:
The following family is found living next door to Hugh and Robert Stewart in 1871 and 1881. Onomastics would suggest that they may be related.
James MCLAREN, b. 1836 in Scotland and his wife, Margaret, b. 1840 in Scotland
Residing in their household is:
- Peter MCLAREN, b. 1789 in Scotland (1871 only)
- Kenneth Stewart MCLAREN (or Kenneth STEWART), b. 1782 in Scotland (1871 only)
- Janet MCLAREN, b. 1834 (1871) or 1828 (1881) in Scotland
- Donald STEWART, b. 1837 in Scotland (1881 only - in 1901 he is employed by Peter Mclean) Could Mclean/McLaren be a transcription error?
Robert STEWART, age 80 (b. 1761), born in Perthshire, residence: Blair Drummond, Kincardine, agricultural labourer
Kathrine STEWART, age 79, (b. 1762), born in Perthshire,
Margaret STEWART, b. 1806 in Perthshire
Agnes STEWART, 1811, born in Perthshire
Robert STEWART, b. 1758 in Balquhidder, retired shepherd, age 93
Catherine STEWART, b. 1795 in Kincardine, dtr, age 56
Janet STEWART, b. 1797 in Kincardine, dtr, age 54.
An ideal match can be found in the Callander and Kincardine OPRs. Unfortunately none of the entries for Robert's suggested second marriage give any further information on location. It is suggested that Duncan's father Robert married firstly to Catherine Ferguson with whom he had one child, Duncan, and then secondly to Catharine Stewart.
Robert STEWART and Catherine FERGUSON (m. 14 DEC 1786 in Balquhidder [Robt in Callander, Cath in Balq] and 29 DEC 1786 in Callander)
Duncan STEWART, b. 24 NOV 1787 and bap. 30 NOV 1787 in Callander (only birth for this couple)
Robert STEWART and Catharine STEWART (m. 3 APR 1788? in Kincardine) and 5 JUL 1788 in Balq ("Robert in Kincardine, Cath in Balq")
Margaret STEWART, bap. 7 MAR 1790 in Kincardine
Catharine STEWART, bap. 30 OCT 1791 in Kincardine
Janet STEWART, bap. 9 FEB 1794 in Kincardine
Alexander STEWART, bap. 12 JUN 1796 in Kincardine
Margaret STEWART, bap. 30 JUN 1798 in Kincardine (mother given only as "Catharine")
Elisabeth STEWART, bap. 2 JUN 1800 in Kincardine
Agnes STEWART, bap. 8 MAY 1803 in Kincardine
Assuming Catharine to be the daughter of an Alexander then this is the only OPR match in Balq, which would appear to be Robert's cousin
Alexander STEWART and Elisabeth CARMICHAEL in Easter Invernenty, m. 23 AUG 1755 in Balquhidder, with Alexander from Balquhidder parish and Elisabeth from Muthill parish.
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.)
- James Stewart had five sons:
- Duncan, [a] tacksman [at] Aldannabreg [in] Aberfoil [who] died without any sons (sic - this shows two sons named Duncan, but the first is probably a Robert)
- James, [a] tacksman of Wester Invernenty [in] Braes of Balquhidder, again of Bohelechan [in] Drymen parish. [He had] three sons living at Drymen [and who all had] families. Duke of Montrose's work. (He works for the Duke of Montrose?)
- Alexander, [a] tacksman [in] Invernenty [in] Braes of Balquhidder. [He had] one son:
- Robt, a cottager [in] Allanabreak [in] Aberfoil who hath one son:
- a shoemaker in Callendar
- Duncan, [a] tacksman [in] Blarchroich [in] Braes of Balquhidder. [He] left two sons: Robt & Duncan
- Robert is a shepherd to Blair Drummond [in] Kincardin parish. [He had:]
- one son [who is] an honest and industrious person
- 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.
- [three sons who were minors in 1815]
- John, [who was a] tenant [in] Lianoch [of] Glenbuckie. (John is actually recorded as #3, which does not fit with the accounting above. As 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:
- 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] three sons minors.
This is the ONLY household from Section II that matches the Appendix Index, and this Robert is shown as a son of a Duncan, so it is likely that his one son would be a Duncan with an eldest son, Robert.
From our accounting of Glenbuckie:
John Dubh Beg Stewart, son of Duncan Stewart, 5th of Glenbuckie, had the following children:
3 sons STEWART, who all had families.
6 MAY 1759, Duncan STEWART and Elisabeth MCNIE in Blarcrioch had a son baptized and called Robert.
Duncan STEWART and Elisabeth MCNIE in Glenbuckie, Blarcrioch, Drumlich and possibly Invereoich (see also Duncan Stewart and Elisabeth McNivan/McNee in Milntown of Callar, Invereoich, and Cuill)
John STEWART, a bastard child bap. 3 JAN 1758 in Glenbukky (may not be from this family)
Robert STEWART, bap. 6 MAY 1759 in Blarcrioch
John STEWART, bap. 1 AUG 1762 in Drumlich~~an
Duncan STEUART and Jean/Janet CAMPBELL in Kirktown
Alexander STEUART, bap. 24 FEB 1743 in Kirktown of Balquhidder (mother given as Jean Campbell)
John STEUART, bap. 6 APR 1746 in Kirktown (mother given as Jean Campbell)
Duncan STEUART, bap. 2 JUN 1754 in Kirktown (mother given as Janet Campbell)
Jean STEWART, bap. 11 AUG 1756 in Kirktown (mother given as Jean Campbell)
Alexander STEWART and Margaret MCINTYRE in Lianach, Invernenty, and Gartnafuaran
Katharine STEWART, bap. 20 DEC 1753 in Lianach
Isobell STEWART, bap. 3 JAN 1755 in Lianach
Robert STEWART, bap. 9 MAR 1756 in Invernenty (conceived in fornication, sponsored by Duncan Stewart in Auchleskine. May not be the same family. There was another Alexander Stewart in Invernenty at the time.)
Janet STEWART, bap. 29 MAR 1757 in (illegible) of Glenbuchky
Robert STEWART, bap. 6 JUL 1759 in Gartnafuaran
James STEWART and Mary MCFARLANE (MCPHARLANE) in Inverlochlarig Mor, Fighnabruaich, and Wester Invernenty
Robert STEWART, bap. 1 JAN 1756 (recorded on 22 APR 1756) in Innerlochraigmor
Patrick STEWART, bap. 13 JUL1758 in Inverlochlaigvoir
John STEWART, bap. 8 SEP 1759 in Fighnabruaich
James STEWART, bap. 13 JUN 1762 in Wester Innernenty
Patrick STEWART, bap. 16 APR 1768 in Fignabruaich?
Robert STEWART and Christian MCLAREN in Stronslany, Craigruie, Blarchrioch, Inverlochlarig Beg and Invernety, m. 18 APR 1767 in Balquhidder and 30 APR 1767 in Callander with Robert of Balquhidder parish and Christian of Callander parish
John STEWART, bap. 30 NOV 1770 in Stronslany
Mary STEWART, bap. 29 MAY 1774 in Craigruie
Duncan STEWART, bap. 2 JUL 1776 in Blarchrich
Donald STEWART, bap. 11 AUG 1778 in Innerlochlarigbeg
Christian STEWART, bap. 25 JAN 1781 in Innerlochlarigbeg
Margaret STEWART, bap. 13 APR 1784 in Innerlochlarig beg
Katharine STEWART, bap. MAY 1786 in Innernenty
Duncan "Rioch" may be Duncan Roy
Duncan Roy STEUART, servitor to the miller of Edinample, and Janet COSKERACK in Wester Achtow
Margaret STEUART or COSKERACK, bap. 2 DEC 1732, begotten in fornication
Duncan Roy STEWART and Janet MCALLUM in Invercarnaig and Blarcreach. m. contracted on 14 MAR 1737 and married "upon Tuesday about 4 in the afternoon on 5 of April 1737."
James STEUART, bap. 7 MAY 1738 in Innercharnock
Kathrine STEUART, bap. 14 JUL 1741 in Innercharnack
Un-named STEUART, bap. 16 FEB 1744 in Blarcriech
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Ryk Brown | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | Research on behalf of the Puslinch Historical Society and the Stewarts of Balquhidder Research Forum |
Brenda Dale | Manitoba, Canada | Jane Stewart |
Kay Drewry | British Columbia, Canada | Hugh Stewart |
Sharon Schaub | Alberta, Canada | Hugh Stewart |
Alice Fluegge | Illinois, USA | Hugh Stewart |
Erie Matthews | Ontario, Canada | Mary Stewart |
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