John Stewart 
John was born in 1245 in Bonkle, Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland. John's father was Alexander De Bonkyl and his mother was Jean MacRory. His paternal grandparents were Walter I Stewart and Beatrix Douglas; his maternal grandparents were James of Bute and FNU Reignaldsdatter. He had a brother and two sisters, named James, Elizabeth and Hawise. He had a half-sister named Alice. He died at the age of 64 on July 16th, 1309 in Battle of Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland.General Notes
'Johannes frater', together with his brother James, entered into a bond with Robert de Brus, Walter Earl of Menteith and others at Turnberry, 20 Sept 1286. (Red Book of Menteith II: 219-220)
'John Stewart', one of the auditors for the claim of Bruce at Berwick, 2 June 1292. (Crawfurd p. 20)
Captain of the Scots forces in defeat at Falkirk, 22 July 1298.
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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][2640299.ged]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1075 in Hesdin d.~ 1114 in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England
- b.~ 1106 in Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.1177 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1081 in Shropshire, England d.BET 1126 AND 1149
- b.~ 1129 in Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.1204 in Scotland
- b.~ 1085 d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 1106 AND 1111 in Molle, Durham, England d.> 1186
- b.BET 1160 AND 1175 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.1241 in Dundonald, Ayshire, Scotland
- b.BET 1090 AND 1096 in Carrick, Argyllshire, Scotland d.12 May 1166 in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
- b.BET 1130 AND 1140 in Carrick, Argyllshire, Scotland d.UNKNOWN
- b.~Sep 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in Lyons-la-Forat, Normandy, France
- b.BET 1095 AND 1104 in Talby, Yorkshire, England d.BET 1132 AND 1194 in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Scotland
- b.~ 1068 in England d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 1200 AND 1214 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland d.1283 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.1099 in Angus, Forfarshire, Scotland d.> 1115
- b.BET 1118 AND 1123 in Forfar, Angusshire, Scotland d.~ 1187 in Angus, Forfarshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1100 in Mearns, Kincardineshire, Scotland d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 1143 AND 1154 in Forfar, Angusshire, Scotland d.BET 1207 AND 1211
- b.BET 1090 AND 1095 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland d.22 Aug 1138 in Battle of the Standard
- b.~ 1110 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland d.< 1179
- b.~ 1094 d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 1174 AND 1184 in Forfar, Angushire, Scotland d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 1085 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.~ 1152 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.1130 in Caithness-shire, Scotland d.1206 in Orkney Islands, Scotland
- b.1118 in Methil, Fifeshire, Scotland d.1154
- b.BET 1155 AND 1157 in Caithness-shire, Scotland d.UNKNOWN
- b.1118 in Methil, Fifeshire, Scotland d.1154
- b.~ 1140 in Methil, Fifeshire, Scotland d.UNKNOWN
- b.1245 in Bonkle, Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland d.16 Jul 1309 in Battle of Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
- b.BET 1087 AND 1095 in Morven, Argyllshire, Scotland d.~ 1130 in Morven, Argyllshire, Scotland
- b.BET 1113 AND 1117 in Morven, Argyllshire, Scotland d.1 JAN 1163/64 in Renfrew, Scotland
- b.~ 1104 in Orkney Islands, Scotland d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 1145 AND 1152 in Morven, Argyllshire, Scotland d.1210 in Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland
- b.BET 1080 AND 1085 in Isle of Man or Denmark d.29 Jun 1153 in Isle of Man
- b.1117 in Isle of Man d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 1097 AND 1106 in Orkney Islands, Scotland d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 1160 AND 1188 in Isle of Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland d.BET 1200 AND 1210 in Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland
- b.~ 1218 in Bute, Scotland d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 1087 AND 1095 in Morven, Argyllshire, Scotland d.~ 1130 in Morven, Argyllshire, Scotland
- b.BET 1113 AND 1117 in Morven, Argyllshire, Scotland d.1 JAN 1163/64 in Renfrew, Scotland
- b.~ 1104 in Orkney Islands, Scotland d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 1160 in Isle of Man d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 1080 AND 1085 in Isle of Man or Denmark d.29 Jun 1153 in Isle of Man
- b.1117 in Isle of Man d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 1097 AND 1106 in Orkney Islands, Scotland d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 1167 in Isle of Man d.UNKNOWN
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John and Margaret were married in a religious ceremony in Berwickshire, Scotland. They had four sons and a daughter, named Alexander Stewart of, Alan Stewart of, Sir, James Stewart of and Isabel.
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Children
Alexander Stewart of Bonkyl
Alexander Stewart of was born about 1270 in Boncle, Berwickshire, Scotland. He died in 1319 in Boncle, Berwickshire, Scotland.
Alan Stewart of Dreghorn
Alan Stewart of was born about 1272. He died on July 19th, 1333 in Slain at Halidon Hill.
James Stewart of Pearston
James Stewart of was born in Bonkle, Cambusnethan, Lanark, Scotland. He died on July 19th, 1333 in At Halidon Hill.
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