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TA BLE or CON TEN TS Chap ter I . — i i o f t N a m —N a S tiubha rtich S ewa O r g n he e t rt, u r —A nc s ra a itions—F us Son Steuart a nd St a t e t l Tr d erg —, o f a rd—B an uo a n o f o chaber The F erquh q . Th e L — — Dap ifer o f Do l The H igh Stewa rds of Scotland The Fi rst King of the Ra ce . I Chapter I . — — Ea rly Ca dets o f the F a mily Sir John o f B o nkyI Sir — a mes of P eri sto un T e B a ck Kn ight o f Lorn J — h l ban Wo f o f B a no —A x an Ea rl o f A l —y The l de ch le der, Ma r A tho le. h C a pter III . — The Clan a n d the Crown The B a dge a nd Ta rta n — B ra n ches o f the Cla n Duga ld and the Clan A p p in — The Cla n Ma rching Song Dona ld o f the H a mmers — The A tho lemen The Cla ch Dea rg o f A rdvo i rlich h ’ Slio c d A ileen i c Rob . I Chapter V. The D na st —Ma r u n o f ots—B onni P i n y y y , Q ee Sc e r ce Cha rlie. a Ch pter V. — Ea rly A merican Hi sto ry o f the F a mily Story o f Ea rly e s o f t N a —P a t i k tua i of d Settl r he me r c S rt, La rd Le — — i o n Stewa r o f on don R o cre ch J h t L derry ev . J hn — — ua r ewa o f o i a i ut i i St t S t rt Ge rg L e . W ll a m Stewart G o tua t— o on ua r o f i ni e rge S r C l el St t V rgi a . I Chapter V . — The F a mily in Revolutiona ry Times F rom the Revola — tion to the Civ il Wa r Civ il Wa r Records. h I I C a pter V . F n n The a mily i the U ited States . h C a pter VIII . D sc n in n Lines of e e t Scotla d , Engla n d and I rela nd i H ea d s o f the F a m ly N ota ble Members o f the Fa mily n t B ri ish i i he t Emp re . h ' C apter I . A o i B a in rm r al e r gs . P RE FA CE LL races of men seem to have an intui tive feeling that it is a subj ect of legiti mate pride to be one of a clan or family whose name is written large in past his E k k w tory and present affairs . verybody li es to no h l somet ing about his forefathers , and to be ab e to tell to his children th e tales or stories about their a n c es to rs h h . , which he imself has eard from his parents “ H a r th The commandment, onor thy f the and y ” m f fo r f l other , is good and su ficient authority that ee ing of reverence which is so generally shown towards h fa m a line of onorable ancestry . The history of the ily was a matter of much importance to the Greek ; it was the custom of a primitive Roman to preserve in the a ula of his house th e im a ge s of all the illus tri o us men the family had pro duced ; the Chinese go so far as to magnify such reverence into ancestor worship ; and even the Red I ndian of our o w n North west recorded the traditions o fhis ancestors on the h . W ma t e totem of his tribe ell , then , y the story of h e n c ivalry , courag and eve lawlessness (so often the mate of courage) of their forefathers find a respo nsiv e echo in the hearts of their present day descendants, “ s u who come of ane hou e , and being of ane s rname , ” a n t m notwithstanding this l g y e byga ne . It is not intended in this story of the family to attempt a ny a n w a n f gene logical investigatio , or to sho y amily tree , but rather to tell of those bygone members o f the clan in whose achievements and history i t i s the common heritage of all who hear th e n ame to 5 6 Hi s tor y ofth e S tewa r t or S tua r t F a mi ly — u take pride and interest old stories of the Royal ho se , old stories of reckless bravery , of scions of the Royal stock who were good and true friends , but fierce and bitter enemies—stories of the progenitors of the race e who fought hard , liv d hard , and died as they fought and lived . Those olden days may seem a time of h a scant respect for law , of misdirected c iv lry and of w o brave deeds often r ngly done , but there is surely S no true Stewart or tuart who , in his inmost heart, is not pro ud to cla im descent from the illustriou s r race , whose ancient records are eplete with many tr ‘ i a ll regal and romantic aditions , remind ng who hold , or shall hereafter hold , the honored name , that they F etch their life and being F rom men of Royal siege ; whose later records tell of tho se e a rly adventurers who left their native hills and glens for the new land of promise , and whose descendants have , in more n p rosaic times , ear ed honors in literature , arms and “ r art . It is wise for us to recur to the histo y of our ancestors . Those who do not look upon themselves as links co nn ecting th e past with the futu re do not ” fulfill their duty in the w orld . H I STO RY O F TH E FA M I LY O F STEWA RT O R STUA RT HA P TE C R 1 . H E Royal race of Stewart or Stuart c a n boast a line of unbroken ancestry equalled by few families who have occupied the thrones of Europe , and the origin of the n am e and early history of the house are matters of na ti o na l S N a interest . The history of the family of tewart , Sti ub ha rti ch s , begins before the invention of surname , a w t which , ccording to accepted authorities , ere firs l used by the Normans in the twelfth century . A though historians differ as to the ancestral origin of St s the family , the origin of the name of ewart seem o u o ffi o f clear . O bvi sly derived fr m the high o ce Steward of the Royal Household , it was probably first l used as a surname by Walter , the third of the fami y f to occupy that hereditary o fice , and who died about 1 2 46 . The orthography of the name consonant with its rise seems therefore the most ancient . But dif ferent e th e m races in p rocess of tim have altered na e , n and accordi gly we find it also written Steuart, and S S . by the later Royal family of cotland , tuart A probable explanation of the different methods of writ n a e a ing the m seems to be , that the e rly main line S f o f used tewart , derived r m their o fice of hereditary S Lord High teward , and therefore those who retain the original spelling are descended from some one or o ther of the branches which diverged from the main line at a period antecedent to the use of Stuart by the later Royal family . Also that the families wh o adopt the spelling of Steuart are offshoots of the Royal house previously to that time . The close c o n 7 8 Hi s tor y ofthe S tewa r t or S tua r t F a mi ly n ecti o n which existed between Scotland and France appears to be responsible for the practice of writing the n a S F me in the form of tuart , as the rench are with out the w in their alphabet . Si r John Stewart of ’ Darnley and D A ub ig n y has been mentioned as being F the first to use the rench spelling , at the time he M F . was in the service of the Court of rance ary , S F Queen of cots , owing to her residence in rance and F to strong attachment to all things rench , contributed a y a l bring the innovation into use in the Royal f mil , K n VI S ' though her son , i g James of cotland and I of .

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