George Stewart (b.1785)

George Stewart, of Steelend, Perthshire

He was born at Steelend, Perthshire. He went to America and was a merchant in Philadelphia at the time of his brother's death in 1814. He leased and later sold Steelend & Boghill (valued at £120 in the 1830s) to Major-General John Murray Belsches, but on retiring to Scotland sometime before 1850 he became the General's tenant when he moved back to Steelend, then described as: "a very neat dwelling house with suitable offices, garden, and arable farm". He had two sons and two daughters.

Parents

Thomas Stewart

Thomas Stewart, of Steelend, Perthshire; "Officer in the Royal Army"

c.1740-1795

Mary Brough

Mrs Mary (Brough) Stewart

1744-1804