Sir John Stewart ⁶⁸

  General Notes:

The origins of this family were (allegedly !) deliberately obscured in a book published in 1798 by Andrew Stuart of Torrance called "A Genealogical History of the Stewarts". It is understood that Andrew Stuart was attempting to prove that the Stewarts of Castlemilk were the senior legitimate male branch of the Stewarts. To support this claim, he (so it is alleged) not only distorted the ancestry of the Garlies branch (which appears to be the true senior legitimate male branch) but also advanced the view that Sir William Stewart of Castlemilk, shown below as second of this family, was the same person as the William Stewart, son of Sir Alexander Stewart of Darnley by his second marriage, who died in 1429. It has been alleged (by supporters of the Garlies' claim) that this is wrong as the father of Sir William Stewart of Castlemilk has since been identified as a John. It should be noted that there remain supporters of Andrew Stuart's claim and that the truth of how this family fitted into the early Stewarts may never be proved conclusively.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Address: Castlemilk, Dumfries and Galloway.

John married.