STEWART, Walter of Fortrie, Minister of Ellon parish, Reverend Mr 3 4
- Born: About 1653
- Marriage (1): FORBES, Elizabeth on 16 October 1681 1 2 3 4
- Died: October 1711 1
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Walter married Elizabeth FORBES, daughter of Sir John FORBES of Waterton, Hereditary Constable Aberdeenshire and Jean GORDON, on 16 October 1681.1 2 3 4 (Elizabeth FORBES was born about 1670 and died on 1 April 1750 1 2.)
Marriage Notes:
"STEWART
WALTER
ELIZABETH FORBES/
16/10/1681
192 30 / 57
ELLON"
from Index of Marriages
(at Ellon in 1678)
"Walter Stewart of Fortrie, educated at Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1672); passed trials before Presb.of Perth and recommended for licence 14th Aug. 1678; licentiate in Old Aberdeen; pres. by Charles II. 1st June 1677; inst. 7th April 1678; probably died Oct. 1711, when the benefice became vacant. He marr. Elizabeth, daugh. of Sir John Forbes of Waterton. On 15th Nov. 1727, she had a grant of the half-year's vacant stipend for crop 1712; was alive in 1734, and had issue John, died young; Thomas; John; William; Andrew; Jean, died young; Christian, died young; Elizabeth (marr. John Leslie, min. of Rothes); Margaret (marr. Charles Gordon of Fetterangus); Christian; Anna; Katherine (marr. Arthur Robertson, surgeon, Old Meldrum); Jean. [Aberdeen Poll -Book, ii., 259.]"
from Fasti Ecclesiae (vol 6)
(at Ellon in 1678)
"Walter Stewart, he marr. Eliza beth Forbes (died 1st April 1750) on 16th Oct. 1681; his daugh., Margaret, died in 1771 and before 12th Sept.; her husband, Charles Gordon, was grandson of Thomas Gordon of Cloves and Monaughty, and great-grandson of Sir William G., 6th of Lesmoir; and was served heir to his father, Alexander G., of Cloves 20th May 1718; he, along with his wife and his son William, acquired Fetterangus from Charles Morrison 20th July 1733. [Ellon Reg.; House of Gordon, ii, 74-6.]"
from Fasti Ecclesiae (vol 8) 2 3 4
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