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Sir James Graemsay Stewart 1552 – 1629 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1552

Birth Location: Graemesey, Orkney Islands, Scotland

Death Date: Feb 1629

Death Location: Orkney, Shetland, Scotland

Father: Sir Shetland

Mother: Janet Campbell)

Spouse(s): Helen Montieth, Marioun Anderson, Margaretha Campbell

Children(s): Thomas Stuart

Sir James Graemsay Stewart was born in 1552 in Graemesey, Orkney Islands, Scotland, the child of Sir Robert Stewart, 1st Earl Orkney and Lord of Shetland and Janet (Lady, Countess of Atholl) Kennedy Baroness Campbell). Sir James Graemsay Stewart married Helen Montieth, Marioun Marjorie Anderson, Margaretha Campbell, and had children including Thomas Stuart. Sir James Graemsay Stewart passed away in 1629 in Orkney, Shetland, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir James Graemsay Stewart was born in 1552 in Graemesey, Orkney Islands, Scotland, the child of Sir Robert Stewart, 1st Earl Orkney and Lord of Shetland and Janet (Lady, Countess of Atholl) Kennedy Baroness Campbell).
  • Sir James Graemsay Stewart married Helen Montieth, Marioun Marjorie Anderson, Margaretha Campbell, and had children including Thomas Stuart.
  • Sir James Graemsay Stewart passed away in 1629 in Orkney, Shetland, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Shetland
1533 – 1593
Birth Location: Holyrood, Midlothian, Scotland
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Janet Campbell)
1537 – 1598
Birth Location: Cassillis House, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Helen Montieth
1552 – 1581
Birth Location: Bigtown,Isles,Shetland,Scotland
HM
Marioun Anderson
1565 – 1612
Birth Location: Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland
MA
Margaretha Campbell
1575 – 1625
Birth Location: Orkney and Shetland, Scotland
MC

Children(s)

Thomas Stuart
1604 – 1667
Birth Location: Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Sir Stewart's Ancestors

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Sir Stewart
1552 – 1629
Birth Place: Graemesey, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Parents
Sir Robert Stewart, 1st Earl Orkney and Lord of Shetland
1533 – 1593
Holyrood, Midlothian, Scotland
Janet ((Lady, Countess of Atholl) Kennedy Baroness) Campbell)
1537 – 1598
Cassillis House, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
James (V Stuart King of) Scotland
1512 – 1542
Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, Scotland
Jeanette Murray
1513 – 1596
Polmaise Touchadam, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Sir (Gilbert Kennedy (3rd Earl of Cassilas, 5th Lord) Kennedy)
1515 – 1558
Cassilis, Maybole (Ayrshire) Scotland
Margery (Sophia) Kennedy
1517 – 1597
Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Gilbert Kennedy
1485 – 1527
Lady 13XGGM
1489 – 1529
Sir Lethen
1502 – 1546
Lady Dunbar
1487 – 1550
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Falconer,
1465 – 1511
Lady Erskine,
1485 – 1540

Sir Stewart's Descendants

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Sir (James Graemsay) Stewart (1552 – Feb 1629) m. Helen Montieth (1552 – Feb 1581) m. Marioun (Marjorie) Anderson (abt 1565 – abt 1612) m. Margaretha Campbell (1575 – 1625)
  1. 1. Thomas Stuart (7 Feb 1604 – 1667) m. Elspet Cnieland (ABT 1600 – DECEASED) m. Elspet Crieland (ABT 1600 – DECEASED)
    1. 1. Jeane Stewart (Abt. 1640 – 7) m. James Craig (Abt. 1620 – 14 Aug 1732)
      1. 1. James Craig (1658 – ) m. Margaret Ferrier (4 December 1660 – )
        1. 1. Elisabeth Craig (ABT 1678 – ) m. Robert Laing (02 Feb 1673 – )

Sir Stewart's Timeline

3 Records

1552
1552
Birth of Sir James Graemsay Stewart in Graemesey, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Graemesey, Orkney Islands, Scotland
1581
19 Apr 1581
Age 29
Sir James Graemsay Stewart was married in Midlothian: Edinburgh - Roll of Burgesses, 1406-1700
Midlothian: Edinburgh - Roll of Burgesses, 1406-1700
1629
Feb 1629
Age 77
Death of Sir James Graemsay Stewart in Orkney, Shetland, Scotland
Orkney, Shetland, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1552
    Event Place: Graemesey, Orkney Islands, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 19 Apr 1581
    Event Place: Midlothian: Edinburgh - Roll of Burgesses, 1406-1700

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Feb 1629
    Event Place: Orkney, Shetland, Scotland
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