John Stewart of Bigtoun

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John Stewart of Bigtoun

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Birthplace: Bigton, Shetland, Scotland
Death: 1661 (83-85)
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Son of James Stewart, 1st of Graemsay and Helen Monteith
Husband of Grizel Sinclair
Father of Laurence Stewart of Bigtoun; David Stewart; James Stewart; Katherine Stewart and Margaret Stewart
Brother of Margaret Stewart; Harry Stewart of Graemsay; Patrick Stewart of Gyre and Barbara Stewart of Graemsay
Half brother of Jean Stewart

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JOHN STEWART OF BIGTOUN

John Stewart of Bigtoun is the second son of James Stewart Graemsay in Orkney and his wife Helen Monteith. He acquired a good deal of land in Dunrossness from Laurence Sinclair of Goat, in 1634 and died in 1661, having married in 1622, Grizel, daughter of James Sinclair of Goat, and had issue. County Families of the Shetland Islands

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