See also
- John STEWART's parents: John STEWART (bef1594- ) and Margaret STEWART (bef1578- )
Sir John STEWART 1st Earl of Traquair (c. 1600-1659)
1. Sir John STEWART 1st Earl of Traquair, son of John STEWART (bef1594- ) and Margaret STEWART (bef1578- ), 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:
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Second Generation
2. Lady Elizabeth STEWART, daughter of Sir John STEWART 1st Earl of Traquair and Catherine CARNEGIE, had the title 'Lady'. She married Patrick 2nd MURRAY on 9 April 1643 in Aberlady. She died.
"in whose veins was the blood of successive Kings of England (with the exception of Richard I - from Henry II down to Edward III, and through her paternal grandmother the blood of Kings of Scotland from Robert the Bruce to James II"
One of the most important developments of the last 50 years in religious studies has been the emergence of suppressed and forgotten texts and lore. A flood of new archeological knowledge and newly discovered ancient texts sheds unexpected light on the traditions of Christian worship. Into this flood, Gardner, who holds the office of the Jacobite Historiographer Royal of the Royal House of Stewart, would like to inject yet another revelation: the bloodline of Jesus Christ. According to Gardner, Jesus married Mary Magdalene, and she was pregnant with his child when he was crucified at Qumran, not Golgotha as it is usually thought. Mary delivered a male child before she and her son were spirited out of Palestine to France, where she died. This child became the scion of an amazing genealogy that terminates (surprise!) in the House of Stuart. Furthermore, that house did not expire but flourishes to this day. This book is an amazing patchwork of scholarly trappings and dizzy tomfoolery stitched together with myth and fable until it fabricates the amazing argument that indeed the Crown of England properly belongs to the Line of David through Jesus Christ himself. This is exhilarating fantasy worthy of a great romantic novel.
Sir Patrick 2nd MURRAY 2nd Lord Elibank, son of Sir Patrick 1st MURRAY 1st Lord Elibank of Ettrick Forest (c. 1608-1648) and Elizabeth DUNDAS of Arniston ( -bef1627), was born before 1628. He had the title '2nd Lord Elibank'. He died on [Julian] 13 February 1661 in Aberlady. He and Elizabeth STEWART had the following children:
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3. John MURRAY, son of Sir Patrick 2nd MURRAY 2nd Lord Elibank and Lady Elizabeth STEWART, was born circa 1649. He was baptised on 20 December 1649 in Liberton, Midlothian. He was a Captain in the Army.
John was killed at the Battle of Antrim in Ireland.
4. Sir Patrick 3rd MURRAY 3rd Lord Elibank, son of Sir Patrick 2nd MURRAY 2nd Lord Elibank and Lady Elizabeth STEWART, was born before 1661. He had the title 'Master of Elibank, 3rd Lord Elibank'. He married Anna BURNET on 20 August 1674. He died in 1687.
"His Lordship who commanded the Militia Troop of Roxburg and Selkirk, was sworn to the Privy Council to King James VII, but was removed from it for his opposition to repeal the Penal Laws in 1687. he died in the same year: was this a result of his opposition to the King?".
Anna BURNET, daughter of Archbishop Alexander BURNET (1614-1684) and Elizabeth FLEMING ( - ), married Alexander ELPHINSTONE on [Julian] 10 September 1667. She and Patrick 3rd MURRAY had the following children:
| 11 | Alexander MURRAY (1677-1735). Alexander was born on 9 March 1677. He was a 4th Lord Elibank. He had the title '4th Lord Elibank'. He married Elizabeth STIRLING in February 1698. He died on 6 February 1735. |
| 12 | Anna MURRAY (1679- ). Anna was born on 23 August 1679. |
| 13 | Mary MURRAY (1681- ). Mary was born on 28 August 1681. She married John UNK on 25 April 1701. |
| 14 | Helen MURRAY (1683- ). Helen was born on 27 February 1683. She married John MACKENZIE on 13 August 1703. |
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5. William MURRAY was the son of Sir Patrick 2nd MURRAY 2nd Lord Elibank and Lady Elizabeth STEWART.
He was one of the gentlemen of His Majesty's troop of guards.
6. Catherine MURRAY, daughter of Sir Patrick 2nd MURRAY 2nd Lord Elibank and Lady Elizabeth STEWART, was baptised in June 1644.
7. Elizabeth MURRAY, daughter of Sir Patrick 2nd MURRAY 2nd Lord Elibank and Lady Elizabeth STEWART, was baptised in April 1645 in Aberlady. She married John AUCHMOOTIE.
She was still living in 1662.
8. Margaret MURRAY, daughter of Sir Patrick 2nd MURRAY 2nd Lord Elibank and Lady Elizabeth STEWART, was baptised on 9 August 1646 in Innerleithen, Peebles.
9. Henrietta MURRAY was the daughter of Sir Patrick 2nd MURRAY 2nd Lord Elibank and Lady Elizabeth STEWART.
She was living in 1662.
10. Helen MURRAY, daughter of Sir Patrick 2nd MURRAY 2nd Lord Elibank and Lady Elizabeth STEWART, married Patrick MURRAY on 1 June 1681. She was buried on 17 December 1691 in Greyfriars, Edinburgh.
She and her husband had three daughters.
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Discharge by "Patrick Murray merchand in Edinburgh lawfull sone to Sir james Murray of Skirling" mentioning his marriage contract dated 1 June 1681 made between the S. Patrick Murray and Mistris Helen Murray lawfull daughter to the deceased Patrick, Lord Elibank for herself and with consent of Patrick now Lord Elibank her brother....
Follows the discharge by said Patrick Murray and taking burden on him for the said Helen Murray his spouse, to ? Patrick Lord Elibank of ? Helen tocher? of 5000 mkes.
At Edinburgh 13 Oct. 1681
Witnesses: - George Murray Lieutenant of his Majestie's troupe of guard tothers??
Patrick MURRAY, son of Sir James MURRAY of Skirling ( - ), died in 1691.