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Families covered: Steuart of Steuart Hall, Stewart of Ardgowan, Stewart of Auchingoun, Stewart of Blackhall, Shaw-Stewart of Greenock

                               
Sir John Stewart of Ardgowan & Blackhall (d c1412)
1. John Stewart of Auchingoun, Blackhall & Ardgowan (d c1442)
  A. Sir James Stewart of Auchingoun, Blackhall & Ardgowan (d 31.05.1445)
  i. John Stewart of Auchingoun, Blackhall & Ardgowan (d c1493)
  m. Elizabeth Lyle (dau of Robert Lyle, 1st Lord)
  a. John Stewart of Auchingoun, Blackhall & Ardgowan (d c1513, at Flodden ?)
  m. Marion (or Janet) Mure (dau of Sir Adam Mure of Caldwell)
  (1) James Stewart of Auchingoun, Blackhall & Ardgowan (d c1553)
  m. Janet Kennedy
  (A) James Stewart of Auchingoun, Blackhall & Ardgowan (d c1579)
  m. Janet Maxwell (dau of (George) Maxwell of Newark)
(i) James Stewart of Ardgowan
  m. Margaret Wallace (dau of Sir William Wallace of Johnston & Auchenbothie)
  (a) John Stewart (d 1598)
  m. Margaret Stewart (dau of Archibald Stewart of Castlemilk)
  ((1)) Sir Archibald Stewart of Blackhall (d 1665)
  m1. (1613) Margaret Blair (d 08.1621, dau of Bryce Blair of that ilk)
  ((A)) John Stewart (dvp before 1658) - continued below
  m. (1633) Mary Stirling (dau of Sir James Stirling, younger of Keir)
  ((B)) Archibald Stewart of Scotston
m. Margaret Hutcheson (dau/heir of John Hutcheson of Scotston)
  ((i)) George Stewart probably of this generation
  m. Grissell Stewart, heiress of Rosyth (bpt 19.12.1642)
  ((ii)) Annabella Stewart 
  m. _ Colquhoun of Tillyquhoun
  ((iii)) daughter probably of this generation
  m. Sir Archibald Fleming of Ferne
  ((a)) daughter
m. William Somerville of Kennox
  ((C)) Walter Stewart of Pardovan
  m. Elizabeth Stewart (dau of Robert Stewart of Pardovan)
  ((i)) Walter Stewart of Pardovan
  ((D)) Annabel Stewart
  m. (1646) Sir George Maxwell of Auldhouse, later of Pollok (d 04.1677)
  ((E)) Margaret Stewart
m. Sir David Boswell of Auchinleck
  m2. (1624) Margaret Home (dau of Sir George Home of Wedderburn)
  ((2)) James Stewart or Stuart, later of Cantire, Argyllshire (a 1647) possibly of this generation
((A)) Archibald Stuart of Askomilbeg
  m. Flora Macalister
  ((i)) Archibald Stuart
  ((a)) Margaret Stuart
  m. (1765) Daniel Galbraith of Gigha & Machrihanish
  (ii) James Stewart probably of this generation
  (a) Elizabeth Stewart
  m. David Kelso of Kelsoland (a 1601, cousin)
  (iii) Janette Stewart
  m. (1562) Robert Brisbane of Bishopton (d 1610)
  (iv) Margaret Stewart probably of this generation
  m. Archibald Kelso of Kelsoland (a 1576)
2. Margaret Stewart --
  m. Sir Duncan Campbell of Lochow, 1st Lord (d 1453) --

 

 

John Stewart (dvp before 1658) - continued above
m. (1633) Mary Stirling (dau of Sir James Stirling, younger of Keir)
1. John Stewart (dsp 1658)
  m. Barbara Scott (dau of Sir William Scott of Clerkington)
2. Sir Archibald Stewart, 1st Bart of Blackhall (b c1635, d c1722)
  m1. (mcrt 12.03.1659) Anne Craufurd (dau of Sir John Craufurd, 1st Bart of Kilbirnie)
A. John Stewart (dvp 04.1713)
  m. (13.03.1700) Rebecca Wallace (bur 21.05.1740, dau of Michael Wallace)
  i. Sir Archibald Stewart, 2nd Bart of Blackhall (d unm 04.1724)
  ii. Sir Michael Stewart, 3rd Bart of Blackhall (b c1713, d 20.10.1796)
m. (06.1738) Helen Houstoun (d 19.07.1746, dau of Sir John Houstoun, 3rd Bart, by Margaret Shaw, heiress of Greenock)
  a. Sir John Stewart, later Shaw-Stewart, 4th Bart of Greenock & Blackhall (dsp 07.08.1812)
  m. (04.1786/9) Frances Colhoun (d 21.03.1818, dau of Robert Colhoun of St. Kitts)
  b. Houstoun Stewart, later Stewart-Nicolson of Carnock (d 1785)
  m. (19.03.1765) Margaret Porterfield (dau of Boyd Porterfield of that ilk)
(1) Sir Michael Stewart, later Shaw-Stewart of Carnock, Greenock & Blackhall, 5th Bart (b 10.02.1766, d 25.08.1825)
  m. (24.09.1787) Catharine Maxwell (b 07.01.1767, d 10.05.1849, dau of Sir William Maxwell, Bart of Springkell)
  (A) Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 6th Bart (b 1788, d 19.12.1836) had issue
  m. (16.09.1819) Eliza Mary Farquhar (d 25.01.1852, dau of Robert Farquhar of Newark)
  (B) Sir Houston Stewart (b 02.08.1791, d 10.12.1875, Admiral, 3rd son) had issue
  m. (02.1818) Martha Miller (d 17.04.1870, dau of Sir William Miller, Bart, 'Lord Glenlee')
  (C) John Shaw Stewart, Sheriff of Stirlingshire (b 24.07.1793, d 06.1840) had issue
  m. (15.08.1827) Jane Stuart Heron-Maxwell (d 27.12.1886, dau of Sir John Shaw Heron-Maxwell, Bart of Springkell)
(D) Margaret Stewart (d 18.07.1880)
  m. (28.07.1836, sp) Edward Adolphus Seymour, 11th Duke of Somerset (b 24.02.1775, d 15.08.1855)
  (E) Catharine Stewart (d 07.11.1883)
  m. John Osborne (d 01.1879, Captain)
  (F) Helenora Stewart (d 27.10.1876)
  m. (10.06.1833) Sir William Maxwell, Bart of Monreith
  (G)+ other issue - William (d young), Patrick Maxwell (b 1795, d 30.10.1846), William Maxwell (d 07.1869)
  c. Margaret Stewart (d 03.1816)
  m. (26.03.1764) Sir William Maxwell, 3rd Bart of Springkell (b 01.12.1739, d 04.03.1804)
  d.+ other issue - Archibald of Tobago (d 1779), Eleonora (d young)
  iii. Anne Stewart
  m. (29.11.1727) Archibald Steuart of Steuart Hall @@ below
  iv. Margaret Stewart
  m. John Peadie of Roughill
  v. Rebecca Stewart
  vi. Joanna Stewart
  m. John Gillies (minister in Glasgow)
  a. Rebecca Gillies
  m. Hon. David Leslie (Lt. General)
  B. Patrick Stewart (dsp)
C. Walter Stewart of Steuart Hall (Solicitor General of Scotland)
  m1. Barbara Kay
  m2. Barbara Scott (dau of Scott of Malleny)
  Uncertain which wife was the mother of which child.
  i. Archibald Steuart of Steuart Hall
  m. (29.11.1727) Anne Stewart (dau of John Stewart of Ardgowan) @@ above
  a. David Steuart of Steuart Hall (b 1744, d 02.05.1823)
  m. Margaret Ramsay (d 1806, dau of Robert Ramsay of Camno)
(1) Robert Steuart of Steuart Hall (b 10.1776, d 18.03.1844, 2nd son) had issue
  m. (16.04.1827) Helen Buchanan (d 24.03.1859, dau of Walter Buchanan)
  (2) George Mackenzie Steuart (b 10.12.1786, d 23.06.1855, Lt. Gen) had issue
  m. (25.12.1820) Mary Babington (d 24.06.1869, dau of Murray Babington)
  (3) Jane Steuart (d 1865)
  m. (1821) Maxwell Gordon
  (4)+ other issue - Archibald (dvp unm 18.04.1823, Maj. General), Michael (dsp), John Shaw (dsp), Anne (d unm)
ii. Barbara Steuart
  m. (08.1727) Sir John Maxwell of Blawerthill, 2nd Bart of Pollok (d 24.12.1752)
  iii. Anne Steuart
  m. _ Maclaurin
  D. Margaret Stewart
  m. (1685) John Brisbane of Brisbane
  m2. Agnes Dalmahoy (bpt 01.09.1648, dsp, dau of Sir Alexander Dalmahoy of that ilk by Marion, dau of James Nisbet of Dean)
  m3. Mary Douglas (dau of Sir John (sb James?) Douglas of Kelhead)
  E. Agnes Stewart
  m. Robert Bogle of Shettleston
  F. Margaret Stewart (b 05.07.1706, d 20.06.1794)
  m. (14.08.1732) Peter Murdoch of Glagow (bpt 21.09.1704, d 21.02.1734)
  G.+ other issue (d umn) - Archibald, George
3. Mary Stewart
  m. Sir Alexander Cunningham, 1st Bart of Corsehill (d by 03.1685)
4. Annabel Stewart
  m. (1671) William Porterfield of that ilk
5+ other issue - Walter of Kincarachie, David of Kirkwood, James of Lumloch

Main source(s): BP1934 (Shaw-Stewart) with input on the early generations from www.baronage.co.uk/bphtm-03/ardgowan.html and support from Crawfurd (Renfrewshire, Robertson, p58+ & p412+)
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