William was born about 1515. He is the son of Thomas Steuart and Margaret Murray. William Stewart, ninth of Grandtully, originally of Aberfeldy; married, 1st, Margaret daughter of Abercrombie of Murthly; and on his father's resignation they, as spouses, received a charter from Queen Mary, under the Great Seal, of the lands of Aberfeldy on 2nd Jan. 1545. Margaret Abercrombie died soon after, and he married 2nd, Isobella Stewart, daughter of John 3rd Earl of Athole. On the 22nd April 1552, they received a charter from Queen Mary of the lands of Aberfeldy. He died on 2nd March 1574."
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