Hon. Archibald Stewart, of Dunearn

Abt 1643 - 1688  (~ 45 years)

• Name	Archibald Stewart
  Relationship	with Marion Murdoch Johnson
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Abt Feb 1643
  Baptism	28 Feb 1643	Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  Occupation	Governor of Stirling Castle  [2]
  	The Governor of Stirling Castle was the military officer who commanded Stirling Castle, in Scotland. Control of the castle frequently passed between the Scots and the English during the Wars of Scottish Independence. The castle's military character was maintained for several centuries, the last siege occurring in 1746 during the Jacobite risings. It continued to be used as a military barracks until 1964.
  Death	Feb 1688  [2]
  Siblings	4 brothers and 3 sisters
  1. James Stewart           b. Between 1623 and 1653             d. Bef 1763  (Age ~ 139 years)   2. 5th Earl of Moray Alexander Stewart           b. Between 1623 and 1653             d. Bef 1763  (Age ~ 139 years)   3. Francis Stewart           b. Between 1623 and 1653             d. Bef 1763  (Age ~ 139 years)   4. John Stewart           b. Between 1623 and 1653             d. Bef 1763  (Age ~ 139 years) > 5. Hon. Archibald Stewart, of Dunearn           b. Abt Feb 1643             d. Feb 1688  (Age ~ 45 years) ▻ Anna Henderson,  m. 16 Mar 1669   6. Mary Stewart           b. Between 1623 and 1653             d. Bef 1763  (Age ~ 139 years)   7. Margaret Stewart           b. Between 1623 and 1653             d. Bef 1763  (Age ~ 139 years)   8. Henriet Stewart           b. Between 1623 and 1653             d. Bef 1763  (Age ~ 139 years)
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	4th Earl of Moray Lord James Stewart           b. Abt 1608             d. 4 Mar 1653 (Age ~ 45 years)
  Mother	Lady Margaret Home           b. Abt 1605
  Marriage	18 Oct 1627  [3]

  
  

  Wife	Anna Henderson           b. Between 1643 and 1648             d. Between 1 Sep 1681 and 1740 (Age ~ 38 years)
  Marriage	16 Mar 1669	Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland   [4]
  Age at Marriage	Archibald was 26 years old - Anna was ~ 26 years old.
  Children	1. Margaret Stewart           b. Abt Oct 1669   2. Charles Stewart, of Dunearn           b. Between Jul 1670 and May 1671             d. 1732 (Age ~ 61 years)   3. John Stewart           b. Abt Jan 1672   4. Emilia Stewart           b. Between 1673 and 1680             d. Aft 1717 (Age ~ 45 years)   5. Anna Stewart           b. Abt Oct 1674   6. Francis Stewart           b. Abt Oct 1675   7. Elizabeth Stewart           b. Abt Jun 1678   8. Alexander Stewart           b. Abt Oct 1681
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Early Life Archibald Stewart was born in 1643 and baptised in Canongate, Edinburgh on the 28th or 29th of February that year. The day itself is hard to distinguish from the baptismal record - transcribers say 28, I read 29. Note that 1644 (in the modern calendar, 1643 in the Julian) was a leap year, so the 29th of February was possible. He was the fifth son of James Stewart, 4th Earl of Moray, and Lady Margaret Home. The Scots Peerage1 notes this about the Canongate property: [Archibald's mother Margaret] acquired from her sister by disposition, dated 21 May 1645, to herself and her son James, Lord Doune [Archibald's eldest brother], the house and grounds in the Canongate of Edinburgh which had been built, or rather re-built, by the Countess of Home, and which is now known as Moray House. The baptismal record also mentions various other nobles, who may have been godparents or witnesses, viz: James, Lord Marquis of Hamilton2 Archibald, Lord Marquis of Argyll3 ?, Lord Earl of Lauderdale4 George? Lord Gordon5 Lord Maitland6 Debrett's Peerage7 mentions Archibald: In remainder of the Peerages of 1561, 1581 and 1611. Descendants of the late Charles Stuart, Esq., great-grandson of the late Hon. Archibald Stuart, 3rd son of 4th Earl Career Some pedigrees have him as Governor of Stirling Castle though I've yet to see any actual evidence of this outside of a mention in Burke's Landed Gentry. Family Life Archibald married Anna Henderson, daughter of Sir John Henderson of Fordell, on the 16th of March 1669 at Hamilton, Lanarkshire. NB The marriage record gives her name as "Hendersoune". They had: Margaret, b. c. 1669 Charles, b. c. 1670, first son and heir John, b. c. 1672 Emilia, b. between 1673 and 1680, who married Archibald Nisbet of Carphin Anna, b. c. 1674 Francis, b. c. 1675 Elizabeth, b. c. 1678 Alexander, b. c. 1681 Death Archibald died in February 1688, aged only about 45. Footnotes [1] The Scots Peerage, by Sir James Balfour Paul, Volume 6, Edinburgh (1909); page 321 [2] Possibly James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, who would have been 34 at the time [3] Possibly Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, who would have been 33 [4] Possibly John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale [5] Possibly George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly [6] Possibly John Maitland, 2nd Lord Maitland of Thirlestane, the father of John, 1st Duke of Lauderdale mentioned above, or else the John Maitland, 2nd Earl of Lauderdale, the son of John mentioned above [7] Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, 1904, page 604, available here

  
  

• Event Map

  Baptism - 28 Feb 1643 - Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Marriage - 16 Mar 1669 - Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S0279] National Records of Scotland, Old Parish Registers - Births, (scotlandspeople.gov.uk), 28 Feb 1643, Archibald Stewart; 685/3 40 167; Page 167. [S0385] Ed. Peter Beauclerk Dewar, Burke's Landed Gentry 19th Edition (Scotland), (Wilmington, Delaware, 2001), Henderson of Fordell; pages 661-662. [S0280] Moray LibIndx, James Stewart 4th Earl Moray; http://libindx.moray.gov.uk/people/people_report_view.asp?REF_ID=NM152255. [S0186] Ancestry, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, (ancestry.co.uk), 16 Mar 1669, Stewart / Hendersoune; FHL Film Number 1066593; Reference ID 2:G48FNS.