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The Stewart of Ballechin are descended from Sir John Stewart, natural son of King James I., who obtained the lands of Stix, near Dunkeld, from Patrick Cardney, of Stixs,on 11 December,1486,and in which he is styled as brother natural to King JamesII.
He m.to Muriel Sutherland, (she was widow of Thomas Oliphant, of Dron, who had d.in 1484,and d.at Ballechin and was buried at Dunkeld on 4 September,1510),d. on 11 September, 1523, and was father of,
1. William Stewart,2nd Stix,the eldest son and d.without issue.
2.John Stewart, 3rd of Stix ,had an Instrument of Sasine from John Stewart, Earl of Atholl, for the lands of Middlesticks, Rynychtnuik, Bowlands, Drowne of Stickis, Croftmoran and Garffin Glenquoich, “according to the old tenor of infeftment in favour of the deceased John Stewart, his father” on 3 November,1536, and m. by this date to Matilda Johnston (she was widow of Sir John Rattray of that Ilk ,who had d.at the battle of Flodden in September of 1513). There was a complaint by the Bishop of Dunkeld in 1514 that John had carried off his niece ,Matilda, and forcibly m. her. He granted Letters of Reversion to David, Lord Drummond, for the lands of Wester Sticks, then occupied by Sir James MacGregor, on 2 September, 1546 ,and d. On 15 November ,1559. He was father of,
2a}JohnStewart,legitimated in an act under the Great Seal of KingJ James V. on 6 March,1540, and m. to Margaret Menzies. He d. By 31 October,1561, when his widow had a charter from Alexander Menzies of Weem for an annual rent from the Mains of Weems to herself and the heirs of her marriage.
2a} Alexander Stewart, legitimated in an act under the Great Seal of Queen Mary on 28 September, 1555, and, with his uncle Patrick Stewart, was called to compear before the Lords of Council as pretended possessesor of the lands of Wester Stixs on 27 November,1564. He apparently was father of,
2b}Patrick Stewart, of Easter Stix, retoured heir to his father in the lands of Easter Stix in 1611 and had issue.
3.James Stewart, d. At Edinburgh in 1508.
4.Patrick Stewart, 4th of Sticks. Patrick Stewart, 1st of Ballechin, had a Charter fromJohn Stewart, Earl of Atholl, for the landsofMiddle Sticks As heir to his deceased fatherJohn Stewart of Sticks on 15 January, 1554, to be held by himself and Elizabeth Buttar, his futurespousedaughter of John Buttarof Gormock, and is styled as brother and heir to the deceased John Stewart of Sticks in Signet Letters to charge himself and Alexander Stewart, naturalson to the said JohnStewart, astenantsofthelandsofWester Sticks on 27 November, 1564. Hem. in 1554 to the said Elizabeth, daughter of John Buttar, of Gormack, (shem.secondly to Patrick Ogilvy of Inchmartin, who was then widow of Marjorie, daughter of Patrick Lord Gray, and d. in May of 1590), and was father of [10 children, incl],
Sir James Stewart, 2nd of Ballechin,had a Preceptof Clare Constat from John, Earl of Atholl, as heir to his deceased father in the lands of MiddleSticks on 15 April, 1590, which he sold to Sir Duncan Campbellof Glenorchy on 20 November, 1598. He was Knighted by King James VI. in 1604, m.firstly to Maria, daughter of Robert Crichton, of Eliok and Cluny, (c/d at Blair Atholl on 2 February, 1586), and had issue ;and secondly to Elizabeth, daughter of James Rollo, 8th of Duncrub (c/d31 July, 1598). He d. in 1627 and was father of,[ 10 children, incl]
1.Robert Stewart,3rd Ballechin,, a child by his father’s first marriage and was retoured his heir in these lands on 18 July, 1629
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Here, the only Robert postdates our situation, but the marriage of John Stewart to Matilda Johnston (widow of Sir John Rattray of that Ilk) is interesting.
