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John Stewart, Earl of Traquair, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland 1600–1659 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1600

Birth Location: Traquair, Inverliethen, Peebles Shire, Scotland

Death Date: 27 Mar 1659

Death Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: John Traquair

Mother: Margaret Stewart

Spouse(s): Lady Carnegie

Children(s): Lady Queensberry, Barbara Scott, Laurence Stewart, Elizabeth Stewart, John Traquair

John Stewart, Earl of Traquair, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland was born in 1600 in Traquair, Inverliethen, Peebles Shire, Scotland, the child of John Stewart Liard Of Traquair And Margaret Stewart. John Stewart, Earl of Traquair, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland married Lady Catherine Carnegie, and had children including Barbara Scott, Elizabeth Stewart, John Stewart Stuart 2Nd Earl Of Traquair, Lady Margaret Stewart Countess Of Queensberry, Laurence Stewart. John Stewart, Earl of Traquair, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland passed away in 1659 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • John Stewart, Earl of Traquair, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland was born in 1600 in Traquair, Inverliethen, Peebles Shire, Scotland, the child of John Stewart Liard Of Traquair And Margaret Stewart.
  • John Stewart, Earl of Traquair, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland married Lady Catherine Carnegie, and had children including Barbara Scott, Elizabeth Stewart, John Stewart Stuart 2Nd Earl Of Traquair, Lady Margaret Stewart Countess Of Queensberry, Laurence Stewart.
  • John Stewart, Earl of Traquair, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland passed away in 1659 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Traquair
1570–1607
Birth Location: Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland
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Margaret Stewart
1575–1669
Birth Location: Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Lady Carnegie
1600–1655
Birth Location: Farnell, Angus, Scotland
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Children(s)

Lady Queensberry
1620–1672
Birth Location: Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
LQ
Barbara Scott
1623–1649
Birth Location: Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland
BS
Laurence Stewart
1622–1703
Birth Location: Dunrossness, Shetland, Scotland
LS
Elizabeth Stewart
1620–1594
Birth Location: Scotland
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John Traquair
1624–1665
Birth Location: Traquair House, Peebleshire, Scotland
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John Scotland's Ancestors

Self
John Scotland
1600–1659
Birth Place: Traquair, Inverliethen, Peebles Shire, Scotland
Parents
John Stewart Liard of Traquair
1570–1607
Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Margaret Stewart
1575–1669
Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
James (Stewart, 6th Baron of) Traquair
1534–1607
Traquair, Peebles-Shire, Scotland
Katherine (Rutherford Kerr, Lady of) Traquhair
1538–1606
Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Andrew (Stewart, Master of Ochiltree, Lord) Ochiltree
1535–1578
Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
Margaretha (Margaret Bellenden de) Methven
1545–1627
Methven, Perthshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William (Stuart)
1506–1548
Elizabeth Yester
1501–1548
John Ferniehurst
1500–1565
Katherine Kerr
1510–1566
Lord 1559
1521–1591
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Traquair
1480–1513
Catherine Rutherford
1488–1505
John Castle
1450–1513
Lady )
1472–1524
Andrew Lord
1480–1545
Lord Garlies
1481–1513
Lady Rattray
1470–1573

John Scotland's Descendants

1.
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John (Stewart, Earl of Traquair, Lord High Treasurer of) Scotland (1600–27 Mar 1659) m. Lady (Catherine) Carnegie (1600–1 NOV 1655)
  1. 1. Lady (Margaret Stewart, Countess of) Queensberry 1620–1672 m. Sir (James Douglas, Earl van) Queensberry 1604–1671
    1. 1. Lady (Isabel) Douglas 1655–1694 m. Sir (Alexander Stewart, 3rd Earl Of) Galloway 1640–1690
      1. 1. James (Stewart 5th Earl of) Galloway 1673–1746 m. Catherine Montgomerie 1677–1757 m. Janet Stewart 1696–
        1. 1. Alexander (Stewart 6th Earl of) Galloway 1694–1773 m. Lady (Catherine Dundonald) Cochrane 1709–1786 m. Lady (Anne) Keith 1699–1728
        2. 2. John (Stewart Of) Galloway 1692–1750
        3. 3. William (J) Stewart 1726–1788 m. Maria (Ann) Hopkins 1673–
      2. 2. Lady (Henrietta) Stewart 1682–1783
      3. 3. Brig (Gen. John Stewart 4th Earl Galloway,) Parliament 1672–1748 m. Elizabeth Clark 1685–1719
        1. 1. Joseph Stewart 1721–1821
        2. 2. Charles Stewart 1705–1777 m. Mary Ayers 1706–1742 m. Jennet Linsey 1706–
        3. 3. John Stewart 1711–1761 m. Rebecca Patten 1712–1802
        4. 4. Robert Stewart 1707–1735
        5. 5. James Stewart 1705–1752
      4. 4. Alexander (Stewart, 4th Earl of) Galloway 1669–1690
    2. 2. Lady (Anne) Douglas 1636–
    3. 3. William (Douglas, 1st Duke & 3rd Earl of) Queensberry 1637–1695 m. Lady (Isabel Douglas, Duchess of) Queensberry 1642–1691
      1. 1. James (Douglas, Earl of Queensberry, Duke of) Dover 1662–1711 m. Lady (Mary Boyle, Duchess of) Queensberry 1665–1709
        1. 1. Agnes Douglas 1684–
        2. 2. Lady (Isabel) Douglas 1688–1694
        3. 3. Lord (Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry, Vice Admiral of Scotland, Lord Justice General, (Dukedom of Dover extinct in) 1778) 1698–1778 m. Catherine (Hyde, Duchess of) Queensberry 1701–1777
        4. 4. Lord (George) Douglas 1700–1725
        5. 5. Lord (James "the Cannibalistic Idiot" Douglas, 3rd Marquess of) Queensberry 1697–1714
      2. 2. Lady (Anne Douglas, Countess of) Wemyss 1680–1700
      3. 3. Henrietta Douglas 1662–
      4. 4. William (Douglas, 1st Earl of) March 1665–1705
      5. 5. Lord (George) Douglas –1693
      6. 6. Samuel (I) Marksberry 1680–1745
    4. 4. Henrietta (Douglas,) Lady 1643–1736
    5. 5. John Douglas 1653–1675
    6. 6. Lady (Margaret) Douglas 1661–1694
    7. 7. James Douglas 1645–1691
    8. 8. Lady (Catherine) Douglas 1641–1754
    9. 9. Robert Douglas 1650–1676
  2. 2. Barbara Scott 1623–1649
  3. 3. Laurence Stewart 1622–1703
  4. 4. Elizabeth Stewart 1620–1594
  5. 5. John (Stewart (Stuart), 2nd Earl of) Traquair 1624–1665 m. Anne Seton 1634–1685 m. Lady (Henrietta) Gordon 1624–1651
    1. 1. Charles (Stewart, 4th Earl of) Traquair 1659–1741 m. Mary Maxwell 1659–1759
      1. 1. Sir (John Stewart, 6th Earl of) Traquair 1699–1779 m. Christian Anstruther 1722–1771
        1. 1. Lady (Christina) Stewart 1741–1807 m. Cyrus (Griffin, President of the Continental Congress, president of Supreme CT of admiralty; commissioner to Creek Nation-1789;) judge 1748–1810
        2. 2. Sir (Charles Stewart, 7th Earl of) Traquair 1745–1827 m. Mary Ravenscroft 1745–1796
        3. 3. Lucy Stewart 1748–1829
        4. 4. Mary Stewart 1744–1803
      2. 2. Catherine Stewart 1704–1765
      3. 3. Charles (Stewart, 5th Earl of) Traquair 1697–1764 m. Theresa Conyers –1778
      4. 4. Mary Stewart 1702–1773
    2. 2. William (Stewart, 3rd Earl of) Traquair 1659–1673

John Scotland's Timeline

2 Records

1600
1600
Birth of John Stewart, Earl of Traquair, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland in Traquair, Inverliethen, Peebles Shire, Scotland
Traquair, Inverliethen, Peebles Shire, Scotland
1659
27 Mar 1659
Age 59
Death of John Stewart, Earl of Traquair, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1600
    Event Place: Traquair, Inverliethen, Peebles Shire, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Place: Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Mar 1659
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed.; London, England: Oxford University Press; Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22; Volume: Vol 18; Page: 1213
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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