Catherine KERR (bef1578-1606)
1. Catherine KERR was born before 1578. She died on 28 February 1606. She married James STEWART.
Sir James STEWART of Schillinglaw, 6th of Traquhair, son of Sir William STEWART 2nd of Traquhair ( - ) and Christian HAY ( - ), was born circa 1534. He had the title '6th Baron of Traquhair'. He appeared in the census. He died on 9 March 1607. He and Catherine KERR had the following children:
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Second Generation
2. John STEWART, son of Sir James STEWART of Schillinglaw, 6th of Traquhair and Catherine KERR, was born before 1594. He married Margaret STEWART.
John died before his father.
Margaret STEWART, daughter of Andrew STEWART Master of Ochiltree ( - ) and Margaret STEWART (bef1567- ), was born before 1578. She and John STEWART had the following children:
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3. Robert STEWART was the son of Sir James STEWART of Schillinglaw, 6th of Traquhair and Catherine KERR.
Robert was tutor to his nephew, the great Earl of Traquair.
4. Margaret STEWART, daughter of Sir James STEWART of Schillinglaw, 6th of Traquhair and Catherine KERR, married William BURNET.
William BURNET of Barns, son of unk BURNET ( - ) and Marion CAVERHILL ( - ), was born circa 1546. He died circa 1653. He and Margaret STEWART had the following children:
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Third Generation
5. Sir John STEWART 1st Earl of Traquair, son of John STEWART and Margaret STEWART, was born circa 1600. He had the title '1st Earl of Traquair'. He was a Lord High Treasurer to Charles I. He died on 27 March 1659. He married Catherine CARNEGIE.
John Stuart, whose portrait hangs in the Dining Room of Traquair, received an Earldom from Charles I in 1633, and in 1636 was made Lord High Treasurer. As, Treasurer Depute, he succeeded Sir Gideon Murray in that post. He built an additional story to the house and undertook the formidable task of diverting the River Tweed away from the House (the Well Pool outside the Brew House indicates its original course)
The first Earl's political fortunes rose and fell. He was dismissed from his post as Treasurer and Commissioner to the General assembly in 1641, and fined and confined to his estates , then readmitted to Parliament on the intervention of Charles I in 1646. In 1648 he was captured at the Civil War Battle of Preston while trying to rescue the king from the Parliamentarians. After 4 years imprisonment in Warwick Castle he was released to live out his last years at Traquair.
"John Stuart was a man of extraordinary natural parts, which were greatly improved by a liberal education, of remarkable steadiness and integrity, of great learning, a consummate statesman, and invariably attached to the interest of the royal family, on which account he afterwards suffered great and many hardships" (Peerage of Scotland)
According to Mahon (Life of General the Hon. James Murray) Traquair lived to see his estates passed into other hands, and died in absolute poverty, even starvation, as a result of his former support for Charles I.
John Stuart received an Earldom from Charles I in 1633, and in 1636 was made Lord High Treasurer. As Treasurer Depute, he succeeded his relation Sir Gideon Murray in that post. The first Earl's political fortunes rose and fell. He was dismissed from his post as Treasurer and Commissioner to the General assembly in 1641, and fined and confined to his estates, then readmitted to Parliament on the intervention of Charles I in 1646. In 1648 he was captured at the Civil War Battle of Preston while trying to rescue the king from the Parliamentarians. After 4 years imprisonment in Warwick Castle he was released to live out his last years at Traquair. "John Stuart was a man of extraordinary natural parts, which were greatly improved by a liberal education, of remarkable steadiness and integrity, of great learning, a consummate statesman, and invariably attached to the interest of the royal family, on which account he afterwards suffered great and many hardships" Traquair lived to see his estates passed into other hands, and died in absolute poverty, even starvation, as a result of his former support for Charles I.
Catherine CARNEGIE was the daughter of Sir David CARNEGIE 1st Earl of Southesk (bef1583-1658) and Margaret LINDSAY (bef1590-1614). She and John STEWART had the following children:
| 9 | Elizabeth STEWART ( - ). Elizabeth had the title 'Lady'. She married Patrick 2nd MURRAY on 9 April 1643 in Aberlady. She died. |
6. James BURNET, son of William BURNET of Barns and Margaret STEWART, was a Clergyman. He appeared in the census. He appeared in the census. He married Christian DUNDAS.
James, graduated from the College of Edinburgh in 1609 and was Minister of of Lauder from 1615, and inducted as Minister of Jedburgh by Charles 1 in 1635. He was deposed for his episcopalian views in April 1639.
Christian DUNDAS and James BURNET had the following children:
| 10 | Alexander BURNET (1614-1684). Alexander was born in 1614. He was a Clergyman. He died in 1684. He was buried in St Salvator's Chapel. |
7. Alexander BURNET was the son of William BURNET of Barns and Margaret STEWART.
Alexander was a Treasurer-Clerk of Scotland until 1639 and also served as HM Advocate-Deputé.
8. Robert BURNET was the son of William BURNET of Barns and Margaret STEWART.
Robert became an advocate and was designated "The Younger" to distinguish him from Robert Burnett of Leys, who was an advocate as well.