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| A Family Portrait This photo is of my great grandfather and his siblings and parents, my gg-grandparents. Back Row, Left to right: Fannie, Roscoe, Jonah, Marion, Bill Stewart Front Row, L to R: Issac, Henderson, Annie, Andrew Jackson "Jack", Nancy Caroline Newsome Stewart & Mandy Stewart. |
| An Introduction To the STEWART Surname: The illustrious Scottish surname of STEWARD, STUART, or STEWART, like the family which bears it, is of ancient origin. Etymologist derive the word from the Saxon Sty "an enclosure or house," and weard or ward, "a keeper or guardian." Thus its original meaning was the same as that of the modern English word "Steward." Among the more common forms in which the name occurs in old British records and in America in modern times are STAWARD, STEWARD, STEUARD, STEUBARD, STEUERT, STUARDE, STIWARDE, STIWARD, STUARD, STEUART, STUART, and STEWART. "STUART," the french spelling of the name, according to tradition, was introduced into Great Britain by Mary Queen of Scots. However, the Stuart and Stewart forms of the name were used interchangeably from earliest times until the end of the 18th century. Some authorities state that the family which first bore this name was of the Celtic race of the Highlands of Scotland. These writers trace the descent from Banquho or Banquo, Thane of Lochaber, who is said to have been the father of Fleanch, father of Walter, first Lord Stewart of Scotland, born A.D. 1045. Walter, according to this pedigree, was the father of Alan, the recognized progenitor of the royal Stewarts or Stuarts. Other antiquarians, probably in the majority, believe that the earliest of the bloodline were Normans. They add that Alan was the son of Flaald, Lord of Owestry, and accompanied William the Conqueror into England, A.D. 1066. This tradition states that, for his services at Hastings, he received the lands and castle of Owestry or Oswestry, in Shrophsire, with the title of Lord Owestry. It is further said that Alan's eldest son, William, was the ancestor of the famous line of the Earls of Arundel, and that his second son, Walter, emigrated to Scotland. With this Walter, the high history of the STEWARTS begins. up to this time, the records are vague; but most historians agree that the ancestry of the STEWARTS of Scotland can be traced back to this Walter Fitz Alan (Walter, son of Alan). Walter became Lord High Steward of Scotland and acquired many possessions, among which was the Barony of Renfrew. It is recorded that he founded the Abbey of Parsley in 1164 and that he died in 1177. The Stewardship became hereditary in his family, and the name was assumed as surname by his progeny. At an early date, the final d was changed to t. Walter Fitz Alan, Steward of Scotland, married Eschina, heiress to lands in Roxburghshire, Scotland, and was the father by her of a son named Alan, who died in the year 1204, I leaving two sons, Walter and David. Walter, the elder son, was not only High Steward, but also Justiciary of Scotland. He married Beatrix, daughter of Gilchrist, Earl of Angus, and was the father by her of Alexander, John, Walter (Earl of Menteith), William, and several daughters. The eldest son, Alexander "the Stewart," married Jean, a descendant of the Lords of Bute, and had two sons, James and Sir John Stewart, of whom the latter was the progenitor of the Earls of Angus, Earls and Dukes of Lennox, and their branches. James Stewart, Lord Steward of Scotland, succeeded his father in 1283. He married Cecilia, daughter of Patrick, Earl of Dunbar and March, and was the father of Andrew, Walter, Sir John, Sir James, and Egidia, of whom the first died without progeny. Walter, the second son, heir to the family estates in 1309, married Marjory Bruce, daughter of Robert I, King of Scotland. The son of this union succeeded in 1379 to the Scottish throne, as Robert II. From that time until the death of King James V, in 1542, the Crown of Scotland remained in the direct male line of the Stuarts or Stewarts. Walter, the father of King Robert II, had further issue by a later wife, Isab daughter of Sir John Graham, of Sir John Stewart, or Ralston. King Robert II first married Elizabeth daughter of Sir Adam More, of Ayrshire, about 1347, and was the father by her of John, alias Robert (so named upon succession to the throne of Walter, Robert (Earl of Fife and Menteith and Duke of Albany), Alexander (Earl of Buchan ai Ross), and numerous daughters. By his second wife, Euphemia, Countess of Moray and daugh of Hugh, Earl of Ross, Robert II had further ii of David (Earl of Strathern and Caithness), Wa (Earl ofAtholl), and several daughters. King Robert (John) III succeeded to the throne of Scotland in 1390. By his wife Annabella, daughter of Sir John Drummond. he was the father of David (died without issue), John (died young), and King James I, who succeeded hii father in 1406. He married Lady Joanna Beaufort, daughter of John, Earl of Somerset 1423 or 1424. To this union was born King J II, Alexander (died young), and six daughter; The mother married, secondly. Sir James Stewart the black knight of Lorn, and bore him three |
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| Gaelic Name: Stuibhard Motto: Virescit vulnere virtus (Courage grows strong at the wound) Badge: Thistle Lands: Renfrewshire, Teviotdale and Lauderdale Origin of Name: From the High Steward of Scotland Pipe Music: Bratach Bhan nan Stuibhartach (The White Banner of the Stewarts) To See More of our Stewart Family Crests, Tartans, etc.. Click HERE |
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