STEWART, William 5th of Inchbreck ^{1 2}

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William married Margaret GUTHRIE heiress of Kair and Halkerton, daughter of Reverend Mr David GUTHRIE of Kair and Castletown, Minister of Glenmuick parish and Margaret ARBUTHNOTT.¹ (Margaret GUTHRIE heiress of Kair and Halkerton was born about 1685.)

  Marriage Notes:

"David Stewart the son of Andrew, was the first of Inchbreck, in 1547. He had a son, John, whose great grandson, William Stuart of Inchbreck, married Margaret the heiress both of David Guthrie of Kair and of Henry Guthrie of Halkerton. They had two sons, John Stuart, who succeeded to Inchbreck, and James Stuart who joined Prince Charles Edward in 1745, and after the Battle of Culloden took refuge in France, where he entered the French service."

from History of the Stuart or Stewart Family




"William Stuart, of Inchbreck, m. Margaret, eldest dau. and heiress of David Guthrie, of Kair, son of Harry Guthrie, of Halkerton, near Forfar, by Margaret his wife, dau. and eventually heiress of Dr. David Sibbald, of Kair, representative of the very ancient family of Sibbald of Kair, and left two sons, John, and James; the latter, after serving with the army in Holland, joined Prince Charles Edward, in the civil war in Scotland, in 1745 - 46, and fled, after Culloden, to France, where he entered the French service, and d. at St. Omer in 1776, a Knight of the Order of St. Louis. William Stuart was s. by his eldest son, John Stuart, of Inchbreck"

from Landed Gentry ^{1 2}