John Stewart , Lord of Bonkyl, Sir 
John was born about 1245 in Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. John's father was Alexander Stewart , 4th High Steward of Scotland and his mother was Jean Heiress of Arran & Bute. His paternal grandparents were Walter Stewart , 3rd High Steward of Scotland and Beatrix de Angus; his maternal grandparents were James Earl of Bute and Ragnhild of the Isles. He had a brother and four sisters, named James, Mary, Elizabeth, Hawise and Alice. He was the second oldest of the six children. He died on July 22nd, 1298 in Battle of Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland.General Notes
John (Sir), of Bonkyl; led his Islemen from Bute and his wife's Border archers in the fight for Scottish independence; married Margaret, daughter and heiress of Sir Alexander Bonkyl of that Ilk, and was killed fighting for Sir William Wallace at the Battle of Falkirk, 1298. [Burke's Peerage]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1126 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.1204
- b.~ 1160 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.1241 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1130 in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.1214 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland d.~ 1282 in Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1154 in Forfar, Angusshire, Scotland d.< 1211
- b.~ 1174 in Forfar, Angushire, Scotland
- b.~ 1155 in Caithness-shire, Scotland
- b.~ 1245 in Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland d.22 Jul 1298 in Battle of Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1152 in Morven, Argyllshire, Scotland d.1210 in Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland (killed by men of Skye)
- b.~ 1188 in Isle of Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland d.1210 in Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland (killed by men of Skye)
- b.< 1211 in Isle of Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland
- b.~ 1160 in Isle of Man, British Crown dependancy
- b.~ 1195 in Isle of Man, British Crown dependancy
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