Andrew Stewart of Irry, 7th Baron Castle Stewart

Biography

From http://www.thepeerage.com/p20718.htm#i207179

Andrew Stewart was born circa 1672.1 He was the son of Robert Stewart and Anne Moore.2 He married Eleanor Dallway, daughter of Robert Dallway .1 He died in 1715.1

He died intestate and his estate was administered on 20 April 1722.3

He succeeded as the 7th Baron Castle Stuart, of co. Tyrone [I., 1619] in March 1685/86, de jure.1 He succeeded as the 6th Baronet Stewart [N.S., 1628] in March 1685/86, de jure.1 He held the office of High Sheriff of County Tyrone in 1704.1 He lived at Irry, County Tyrone, Ireland.

Family

Andrew Stewart married Eleanor Dailway in 1696 in Ireland. She was the daughter of Robert Dailway of Bellahill (d. 10 Jan 1699) and his wife Leticia.

The family tree off Andrew Stewart and Eleanor Dallway of Stuart House Irry, Antrim, Northern Ireland is available to view on Find My past in the Crossle Genealogical Abstracts record set, which can also be found at PRONI (the the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland). See (document attached)

The will abstract for Andrew Stewart of Stewart Hall, co. Tyrone, is dated 1715. See (document attached). His wife is not mentioned, but brother-in-law Alexander Dalway of Bellahill, Carrickfergus, is.

The children of Andrew Stewart and Eleanor Dallway, born at Stewart Hall, Stewartstown, County Tyrone Ireland, were:

4 sons

1. Robert Stewart, 8th Baron Castle Stewart, b. 3 Mar 1700, died 2 Mar 1742. Inherited the title, 8th Baron as the eldest son and heir. Married Margaret Edwards.
2. Dallway Stewart of Stewarthall, b abt 1702 in Stewart Hall, Co. Tyrone, married a sister of Margaret Edwards. One son, d.s.p.
3. Alexander Stewart of Belfast, b. Abt 1703, married 1) ? 2) Mary, daughter of Hugh Kennedy of Cultraw
4. James Stewart, b about 1706 in Stewart Hall, Co. Tyrone, the youngest son, died without issue.

6 daughters

1. Anne Stewart, married William Stevenson of Stewartstown.
2. Henrietta Stewart, married Auchmuty Richardson of Cooleshill
3. Catherine Stewart, married Denis Doran of Dublin
4. Eleanor Stewart, b abt 1708 in Stewart Hall, Co. Tyrone, d. 1754. Unmarried.
5. Emelia Stewart, d. Bef 1760. Married Richard English.
6. Letitia Stewart, living in 1763. Unmarried.

Andrew, the son [of Robert Stewart and Anne Moore], married Elinor, eldest daughter of Robert Dallway of Bellahill in the county of Antrim, Esq. and by her had Robert his heir; Dallway, who died without issue; Alexander, who married two wives, and by his [Alexander] second wife, Mary, daughter of Hugh Kennedy of Cultraw, in the county of Down, Esq. had an only son, John, who married Anne, daughter of John Agnew of the county of Antrim, Esq. and had issue one son, Alexander Stewart; James the youngest son died without issue.

Source: Lodge, John. The Peerage of Ireland. Vol. VI. Dublin: James Moore, 1789. “Stewart, Lord Castle-Stewart,” page 258. < GoogleBooks >

Disputed children

There is no mention in documents and peerages of the following children:

• Archibald Stuart
• Rebecca McClung
• Col. David Stuart, Sr.
• Colonel John Stuart
• John Stewart

They’ve been detached, and can be found attached to unknown Stuart

This is a branch of the royal house of STUART, springing from ROBERT, DUKE OF ALBANY, third son of ROBERT II, King of Scotland.

Source: < LordBelmontinNorthernIreland >

---

References

• Will abstract for Andrew Stewart of Stewart Hall, co. Tyrone, is dated 1715. See (document attached).
• The family tree off Andrew Stewart and Eleanor Dallway of Stuart House Irry, Antrim, Northern Ireland is available to view on Find My past in the Crossle Genealogical Abstracts record set, which can also be found at PRONI (the the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland). See (document attached)
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p20718.htm#i207179
  • BP2003 volume 1, page 713. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
  • G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 97. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage
• Lodge, John. The Peerage of Ireland. Vol. VI. Dublin: James Moore, 1789. “Stewart, Lord Castle-Stewart,” pp. 236-61. Page 258. < GoogleBooks >
• Stirnet Genealogy, Peter Barns-Graham, Stewart14
• The Scots Peerage (Avandale and Ochiltree)
• The Scots Peerage (Stewart of Arran)
• Burkes Peerages 1934 (Castle Stewart).
• http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getper...
• http://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2015/12/1st-earl-c....
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stewart-15760 (has errors)
• http://johnmcclungandrebeccastuart.webstarts.com/contact.html “John McClung and Rebecca Stuart by Nancy Richmond“
• https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/3314-9TM (has errors)
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66174834/andrew-stewart (has errors)
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87952924/eleanor-stewart (has errors)
• Andrew Stewart of Irry,7th Baron Castle Stewart is my/our third cousin 10 times removed. Janet Milburn 4/28/22.
• The Castle Stewart Family Papers, numbering about 6000 documents are held at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland PRONI. Here is a document detailing some of the contents: < PDF >