STEWART, Mary ²

   Another name for Mary was STUART, Margaret.¹

   User ID: G625.

  Research Notes:

PARENTAGE

In early works, published in 1910 and 1912, on the Gordons John Malcolm Bulloch states that Mary Stewart was the daughter of "Robert Stewart", though he does not specify who exactly her father was. Later, in 1933, in his work on the Stewarts of Drumin he identifies her as the daughter of Thomas Stewart of Keithmore and Anne Gordon.

Eleven children are recorded in Mortlach baptismal registers as being born to the couple in question. None is named Mary in the baptism registers as they appear online at Scotland's People website. Bulloch also names a daughter, Jane, who likewise does not appear in the register.

Mary was still giving birth as late as 1826, so a possible birth date for her, as Bulloch suggests it, of 1779 seems a little late, but since she married in 1796, she must have been born by the early 1780s.

Mary married Captain William GORDON in Inchnacape, 5th of Minmore, son of John GORDON 4th of Minmore, Jacobite 1745 and Elspet GRANT, on 13 September 1796 in Tomintoul RC parish, Banffshire, Scotland.¹ (Captain William GORDON in Inchnacape, 5th of Minmore was born about 1755, died on 5 November 1829 ³ and was buried in 1829 in Downan graveyard, Glenlivet, Inveravon parish, Banffshire, Scotland ³.)

  Marriage Notes:

"GORDON
WILLIAM
STUART
MARGARET
13/9/1796
TOMINTOUL"

from Index of Marriages



Roman Catholic Archives
Tomintoul parish Banffshire
Marriages

"1796 Sept^r 13
William Gordon in Inchnacape & margaret Stuart in Cults were married Witnesses John Gordon
(signed) Alex^r Stuart"

Note:

The marriage text in the record book quite clearly records the bride as Margaret, not Mary, Stuart. This may be a clerical error, or she may have held both names.




"IHS. Sacred to the memory of Mary Stewart, spouse of Capt. William Gordon, Minmore, who died 1 Oct., 1842, aged 63 years; of their son, Capt. John Gordon, H.E.I.S., who died at Singapore 4th July, 1833, aged 27 years; of their daughter, Elizabeth Stewart Forbes, who died at the Convent of Mercy, Glasgow, 10 April, 1834, aged 32; of their 3 sons and daughters, who died in infancy. Of Lewis Gordon, Esq., for many years Secretary to the Highland Agricultural Society of Scotland, who died at Aberdeen 23 January, 1839, aged 72. And of Sir Charles Gordon, who died at Edinburgh 25th Sep., 1845, aged 52. Requiescant in pace."

from History of the Province of Moray




"6. Mary Stewart (1779-1842): daughter of Thomas Stewart and Anne Gordon (see Research Notes), married William Gordon, Minmore (1755-1829), Glenlivet, whose group I have treated in detail in my booklet, 'The Gordons and Smiths' (1910). They had seven sons and three daughters."

from Stewarts of Drumin and Pittyvaich




"His (William Gordon's) wife was Mary Stewart, daughter of Robert Stewart and sister of John Stewart, who bought Belladrum (see Research Notes). She was a Protestant at the time of his marriage, adopting the Roman Catholic faith, from which the Minmore Gordons have never swerved. She died October 1, 1842, aged 63."

from Gordons at Minmore




"1407- William (Gordon). 1778, Apr. 14 or Sep. 26, Ens., N. Fencibles, enlisted two men for the reg. 1780, Jan. 19, or Feb. 8, Lt.; Apr. 16, res. on account of private affairs (N. Fenc. Letter Bk., Gordon Castle Papers). 1793, Nov., 'applied for a commision in Lord Huntly's Corps' (ibid.). 1795, July- 4, Lt., 100th Ft. (L.G., 705). 1797, h.p. 1803, May. 2, Capt., Aberdeensh. Mil. (ibid., 680); Sep. 10, Lt., 92nd Ft. (ibid., 1174; Innes's Aberdeenshire Militia, 17; A.L., 1796-1807).

Eldest son of John, IV. in Minmore; m. Mary (d. 1842, Oct. 1), dau. of Robert Stewart (see Research Notes), and had with other children, John, 988, Michie Forbes, 1115, and William Fletcher, 1494 - Gordon d. 1829, Nov. 5, aged 74 (Bulloch's Gordons and Smiths at Minmore, 21-4). Brother of Henry, 618, John, 907, and Lewis, 1093; grandfather of John, 998."

from Gordons Under Arms ^{1 2 3 4 5}