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Sir James Graemsay Stewart 1560–1629 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1560

Birth Location: grahamesay, Orkney, Scotland

Death Date: 1629

Death Location: Orkney, Scotland

Father: robert earl

Mother: Janet Campbell)

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

Children(s): john stewart, Harry Graemsay, Barbara Stewart, Henry Stewart, Jean Stewart, Barbara Stewart, Thomas Stewart, Mariorie Stewart, John Stewart

Sir James Graemsay Stewart was born in 1560 in grahamesay, Orkney, Scotland, the child of Robert Stewart Earl And Janet Lady Countess Of Atholl Kennedy Baroness Campbell. Sir James Graemsay Stewart married Helen Montieth, Malislane Sinclair, Margaretha Campbell, Marioun Marjorie Anderson, and had children including Barbara Of Graemsay Stewart, Barbara Of Graemsay Stewart, Harry Stewart Of Graemsay, Henry Stewart, Jean Stewart, John Stewart, John Turean Stewart, Mariorie Stewart, Thomas Stewart. Sir James Graemsay Stewart passed away in 1629 in Orkney, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir James Graemsay Stewart was born in 1560 in grahamesay, Orkney, Scotland, the child of Robert Stewart Earl And Janet Lady Countess Of Atholl Kennedy Baroness Campbell.
  • Sir James Graemsay Stewart married Helen Montieth, Malislane Sinclair, Margaretha Campbell, Marioun Marjorie Anderson, and had children including Barbara Of Graemsay Stewart, Barbara Of Graemsay Stewart, Harry Stewart Of Graemsay, Henry Stewart, Jean Stewart, John Stewart, John Turean Stewart, Mariorie Stewart, Thomas Stewart.
  • Sir James Graemsay Stewart passed away in 1629 in Orkney, Scotland.

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Spouses(s)

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Sir Stewart's Ancestors

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Sir Stewart
1560–1629
Birth Place: grahamesay, Orkney, Scotland
Parents
robert stewart earl
1533–1593
grahamesay, Orkney, 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
Euphemia (Elphinstone Queen of Scotland, Mistress of King James,) V
1509–1564
Elphinstone, East-Lothian, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
King IV
1473–1513
margaret scotland
1489–1541
Alexander Elphinstone
1480–1513
Elisabeth Barlow
1485–1518
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James.III Stewart
1451–1488
Margaret Oldenburg
1456–1486
king VII
1457–1509
Elizabeth York
1456–1503

Sir Stewart's Descendants

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Sir (James Graemsay) Stewart (1560–1629) m. malislane sinclair (bef 1572–) m. Margaretha Campbell (1575–1625) m. Helen Montieth (1552–Feb 1581) m. Marioun (Marjorie) Anderson (abt 1565–abt 1612)
  1. 1. john stewart 1591–1640 m. grizel sinclair 1606–
    1. 1. laurence stewart 1622– m. katherine sinclair 1629–1658
      1. 1. barbara stewart 1646– m. robert Bruce 1660–1687
        1. 1. Grizel Bruce 1684–1746 m. Thomas (Hunter of) Lunna 1680–1718 m. Thomas (Hunter of) Lunna 1680–1718
  2. 2. Harry (Stewart of) Graemsay 1605–
  3. 3. Barbara (of Graemsay*) Stewart 1580–1637
  4. 4. Henry Stewart 1600–
  5. 5. Jean Stewart 1600–1662
  6. 6. Barbara (of Graemsay) Stewart 1580–1636
  7. 7. Thomas Stewart 1604–1667
  8. 8. Mariorie Stewart 1590–1640
  9. 9. John (Turean) Stewart 1591–1659

Sir Stewart's Timeline

3 Records

1560
1560
Birth of Sir James Graemsay Stewart in grahamesay, Orkney, Scotland
grahamesay, Orkney, Scotland
1581
19 Apr 1581
Age 21
Sir James Graemsay Stewart was married in Midlothian: Edinburgh - Roll of Burgesses, 1406-1700
Midlothian: Edinburgh - Roll of Burgesses, 1406-1700
1629
1629
Age 69
Death of Sir James Graemsay Stewart in Orkney, Scotland
Orkney, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1560
    Event Place: grahamesay, Orkney, Scotland
    Record Source: GEDCOM file. Imported on 27 October 2022.

    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: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothian: Edinburgh - Roll of Burgesses, 1406-1700

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1629
    Event Place: Orkney, Scotland
    Record Source: GEDCOM file. Imported on 27 October 2022.

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