History of the Stewarts | Family Lines
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Adam Stewart
Prior of Charterhouse, Perth
m before 1561 Janet Ruthven, daughter of William Ruthven, of Ballindean
In 1560 after the Reformation, Adam Stewart was no longer a monk and therefore required to be celibate. m before 1561 Janet Ruthven, daughter of William Ruthven, of Ballindean
They may have had a son and six daughters.
1. Mary (wife of John Sinclair, of Toab, and David King. of Warbister),
2. Barbara (wife of Henry Halcro, of Halcro), She put the tombstone to her father in St Magnus Cathedral
3. Elspeth,
4. Katherine,
5. Dorothy, and
6. Jane.