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Sir John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland 1595 – 1659 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1595

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): Catharina Stewart

Children(s): Margaret Traquair)

In 1595, Sir John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland entered the world in Traquair, Inverliethen, Peebles Shire, Scotland, born to John Stuart Stewart Laird of Traquair and Margaret Ferguson Stewart. Sir John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland married Catharina Carnegie Stewart, and had children including Margaret Stewart * (Lady of Traquair). Sir John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland passed away in 1659 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

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  • In 1595, Sir John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland entered the world in Traquair, Inverliethen, Peebles Shire, Scotland, born to John Stuart Stewart Laird of Traquair and Margaret Ferguson Stewart.
  • Sir John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland married Catharina Carnegie Stewart, and had children including Margaret Stewart * (Lady of Traquair).
  • Sir John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland passed away in 1659 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Sir Scotland's Ancestors

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Sir Scotland
1595 – 1659
Birth Place: Traquair, Inverliethen, Peebles Shire, Scotland
Parents
John Stuart Stewart Laird of Traquair
1570 – 1607
Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Margaret (Ferguson) Stewart
1573 – 1669
Ochiltree, Ayrshire, , Scotland
Grandparents
Lord (Andrew Stewart, Master of) Ochiltree
1540 – 1578
Ochiltree, Ayrshire, , Scotland
Margaret (STEWART KENNEDY, Wife of Alexander Macdowall Uchtred Laird Garthland MacDOWELL, Mother of Princess Margaret Stewart of) Scotland
1545 – 1627
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Knight
1520 – 1576
Katherine Kennedy
1535 – 1575
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Scotland's Descendants

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Sir (John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair, Lord High Treasurer of) Scotland (1595 – 27 Mar 1659) m. Catharina (Carnegie) Stewart (1600 – 1 Nov 1655)
  1. 1. Margaret (Stewart * (Lady of) Traquair) (14 Sep 1620 – 20 March 1671) m. James (Douglas * (2nd Earl of) Queensberry) (1605 – 21 Oct 1671)
    1. 1. Lady (Margaret Marion) MacDonald (1655 – 05 Apr 1692) m. Sir (Alexander Stewart, 3rd Earl of) Galloway (1643 – 1 July 1690)
      1. 1. Baronet (Alexander Steward 4th Laird of Ledcreich &) Stronslay (26 Apr 1675 – 20 Jul 1742) m. Margaret Dickson (1677 – 13 Aug 1729) m. Catherine Stewart (1673 – 1750) m. Jennet (Jannet) Rogers (1684 – 24 Jan 1748)
        1. 1. John (William) Stewart (11 Sep 1707 – 2 Aug 1778) m. Catherine Colvin (1693 – 1755) m. Jean (Grant) Steward (3 Mar 1711 – ) m. Janett (Jane McDougal) Steward (1730 – 1793)

Sir Scotland's Timeline

2 Records

1595
1595
Birth of Sir John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland in Traquair, Inverliethen, Peebles Shire, Scotland
Traquair, Inverliethen, Peebles Shire, Scotland
1659
27 Mar 1659
Age 64
Death of Sir John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1595
    Event Place: Traquair, Inverliethen, Peebles Shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Mar 1659
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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