Bailie John Steuart

Curator note; for an unexplained reason this John Steuart spelled his surname with the “e”, all other family members recorded in documents spelled it “Stuart”

Biography

John Stuart is a member of Clan Stewart.

This profile is part of the Stewart Name Study.
John Stuart known as Bailie John Stuart was born 2 September 1676 in Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland. He was the son of Alexander Steuart (1644–1720) and his wife Beatrix Muchet (1650–1697).[1]

He was baptised on 13 September 1676 in Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland.[2]

He was a merchant in Inverness and a full account of his life is given in the Letter-Book of Bailie John Steuart of Inverness 1715-1752[1]

Most records give his name spelt Stuart but he signed his name Steuart.

Marriage

Bailie John Stuart was married, first, to Marion Rose the daughter of Bailie Robert Rose of Merkinch, Inverness, of the family of Kilravock. She died early in life.[1]

He was then married to Ann Macleod the daughter of Norman Macleod of Drynoch in Skye.[1]

Children

Children of Bailie John Stuart and his 1st wife Helen Marion Rose;

Helen Stuart. b. 1700 – d. ?
Alexander Stuart. 1701 – d. 1744.
Robert Stewart. 1702 – d. ?
James Stewart. b. 1711 – d. 1804.
Marion Stewart. b. 1712 – d. ?

Children of Bailie John Stuart and his 2nd wife Ann Macleod;

Robert Stewart. b. 1714 – d. 1779.
Alexander Stewart. b. 1716 – ?
Capt . John Stuart. b. 1718 – d. 1779.
William Stuart (Stewart). b.1720 – d. 1786.
Henry Stuart. b. 1721 – d. 1786.
Francis Stuart

Death

John died 20 April 1759 in Inverness.[1]

Research Note

The children listed in Letter-Book (which mother not indicated) are daughters Margaret, Marjorie, Helen, Janet, Agnes, Christian, and Ann (m. Richard Hay-Newton) and sons Alexander, James, John, Francis, Patrick, and Henry.

(Curator note dvb, there are several different lists of children for each wife, to my knowledge there is not a list that can or has been yet confirmed). The children shown attached to this profile cannot all be confirmed. See:
1. Family Search @ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZVN-3FQ ( most of these profiles have numerous sources that should be investigated)
2. The Dictionary of National Biography @ https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Stuart,_John_(1759-1815)
3. The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica @ https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclopædia_Britannica/Stuart,_Sir_John
4. John Stuart Beloved Father of the Cherokees By John L. Nichols Highlander Magazine (From the Sep/Oct 93 issue.) @ https://web.archive.org/web/20080214232800/http://www.yvwiiusdinvno...

Sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Letter-Book of Bailie John Steuart of Inverness 1715-1752. Ed. by William Mackay. Publications of the Scottish History Society Second Series Vol. IX (1915) https://archive.org/details/letterbookofbail00steu
2. ↑ Baptism. "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XB96-3MR : 10 February 2018), Jon. Stewart, 13 Sep 1676; citing INVERNESS,INVERNESS,SCOTLAND, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 990,666, 990,667.

From Electric Scotland. http://www.electricscotland.com/history/cairngorm/19.htm
"An Inverness Merchant of the Olden Time". By William MacKay. Electric Scotland. http://www.electricscotland.com/history/articles/merchant.htm [reprint of the introduction to Letter-Book]
Book. "Letters of Two Centuries: Chiefly Connected with Inverness and the Highlands, from 1616 to 1815" edited by Charles Fraser Mackintosh, published in 1890. On page 231 it speaks of Bailie John Stewart, and mentions some of the genealogy from Robert, father of Robert Oig (Og) to Bailie John. https://archive.org/stream/letterstwocentu00frasgoog#page/n255/mode...
Ancestry Fact page. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/477750/person/25...
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Stewart says "Robert, third son of Walter, had a son called Robert Oig, who married a daughter of the famous Angus Williamson, tutor of Mackintosh, and by her had three sons, Alexander, John, and Angus, Alexander was father of Bailie Stewart, late Collector in Inverness; ..."

From Electric Scotland @ http://www.electricscotland.com/history/cairngorm/19.htm