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Barbara Stewart 1659–1688 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1659

Birth Location: Bigton, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1688

Death Location: Cunningsburgh, Shetland Islands, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Laurence Stewart

Mother: Katherine Sinclair.

Spouse(s): Robert Chalester

Children(s): Elizabeth Bruce, Robert Symbister, Anna Bruce, Arthur Bruce, Barbara Bruce, Catherine Bruce, Grizel Bruce, Helen Bruce, Laurence Bruce, Margaret Bruce, Robert Bruce, Ursilla Bruce, William Bruce, Laurence Bruce

The story of Barbara Stewart began in 1659 in Bigton, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom. Barbara Stewart married Robert Bruce Of Chalester, and had children including Anna Bruce, Arthur Bruce, Barbara Bruce, Catherine Bruce, Elizabeth Bruce, Grizel Bruce, Helen Bruce, Janet, Laurence Bruce, Margaret Bruce, Robert Bruce, Robert Bruce Of Symbister, Ursilla Bruce, William Robert George Bruce. Barbara Stewart passed away in 1688 in Cunningsburgh, Shetland Islands, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Barbara Stewart began in 1659 in Bigton, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Barbara Stewart married Robert Bruce Of Chalester, and had children including Anna Bruce, Arthur Bruce, Barbara Bruce, Catherine Bruce, Elizabeth Bruce, Grizel Bruce, Helen Bruce, Janet, Laurence Bruce, Margaret Bruce, Robert Bruce, Robert Bruce Of Symbister, Ursilla Bruce, William Robert George Bruce.
  • Barbara Stewart passed away in 1688 in Cunningsburgh, Shetland Islands, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Laurence Stewart
1622–1703
Birth Location: Bigtoun, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Katherine Sinclair.
1628–1658
Birth Location: Craigends, Shetland Islands, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Robert Chalester
1648–1744
Birth Location: Symbister, Whalsay, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotla, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Bruce
1704–
Birth Location: Shetland
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Robert Symbister
1689–1742
Birth Location: Challister, Whalsay, Shetland Islands, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
RS
Anna Bruce
1693–1776
Birth Location: Chalester, Muness, Shetland Islands, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
AB
Arthur Bruce
1689–
Birth Location: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Barbara Bruce
1691–
Birth Location: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Catherine Bruce
1685–
Birth Location: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Grizel Bruce
1699–1746
Birth Location: Sumburgh, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
GB
Helen Bruce
1674–1761
Birth Location: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
HB
Laurence Bruce
1704–1757
Birth Location: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
LB
Margaret Bruce
1696–1760
Birth Location: Symbister, Whalsay, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
MB
Robert Bruce
1696–1742
Birth Location: Chalester, Muness, Shetland Islands, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Ursilla Bruce
1702–1746
Birth Location: Muness, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
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William Bruce
1706–1742
Birth Location: Symbista, Shetland Island, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
WB
Laurence Bruce
–1737
Birth Location: –
LB

Barbara Stewart's Ancestors

Self
Barbara Stewart
1659–1688
Birth Place: Bigton, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Laurence Stewart
1622–1703
Bigtoun, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Katherine Sinclair.
1628–1658
Craigends, Shetland Islands, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John (II of Bigtown) Stewart
1591–1659
Bigton, Dunrossness, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grizel Sinclair
1611–1637
Goat, Dunrossness, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
George (of Craigends and Rapness, Orkney) Sinclair
1590–1640
Dunrossness, Shetland, Scotland
Martha (Stewart) Sinclair
1590–1640
Bigton, Dunrossness, Shetland, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Barbara Stewart's Descendants

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Barbara Stewart (1659–1688) m. Robert (Bruce Of) Chalester (1648–1744)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Bruce 1704– m. Laurence Smith 1695–
    1. 1. Clara Smith 1718– m. William Leask 1715–
      1. 1. Joseph Leask –1754
        1. 1. Margrat Leask 1771–1851
  2. 2. Robert (Bruce of) Symbister 1689–1742
  3. 3. Anna Bruce 1693–1776
  4. 4. Arthur Bruce 1689–
  5. 5. Barbara Bruce 1691–
  6. 6. Catherine Bruce 1685–
  7. 7. Grizel Bruce 1699–1746
  8. 8. Helen Bruce 1674–1761
  9. 9. Laurence Bruce 1704–1757
  10. 10. Margaret Bruce 1696–1760
  11. 11. Robert Bruce 1696–1742
  12. 12. Ursilla Bruce 1702–1746
  13. 13. William (Robert George) Bruce 1706–1742
  14. 14. Laurence Bruce –1737

Barbara Stewart's Timeline

2 Records

1659
1659
Birth of Barbara Stewart in Bigton, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Bigton, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
1688
1688
Age 29
Death of Barbara Stewart in Cunningsburgh, Shetland Islands, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Cunningsburgh, Shetland Islands, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1659
    Event Place: Bigton, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1688
    Event Place: Cunningsburgh, Shetland Islands, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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