Colonel Robert Stewart of Eday

COLONEL ROBERT STEWART OF EDAY

Colonel Robert Stewart is the eldest son of Captain Sir James Stewart and his wife Margaret Lyon. The Scots Peerage It has been suggested that he was born before 1647.Darryl Lundy's Peerage He died before 3 September 1688. National Records of Scotland, Papers relating to Orkney and Shetland, reference RH9/15/15

Marriage

Colonel Robert Stewart of Eday married Lady Jean Gordon. The marriage contract is dated 11 July 1657. The Scots Peerage VIII: 351

Children

1. Robert Stewart of Eday
2. Joan Stewart

Evidence Published by the National Records of Scotland

3-14 September 1688: Ethay: Depositions re writs and securities in action before lords of council and session, at instance of Robert Stewart, [son] and apparent heir of deceased captain Robert Stewart of Eday, against James Baikie of Tankerness, and others, so that said Robert can decide whether to enter as heir to his said father or not National Records of Scotland, Papers relating to Orkney and Shetland, reference RH9/15/15

Genealogy

The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom.  Edited by Sir James Balfour Paul. Volume VI. (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1909), pp. 572 et seq.