BUCHANAN (married STEWART), MARGARETHA [SSNE 6250]

Surname

BUCHANAN (married STEWART)

First name

MARGARETHA, MARGARET

Text source

Margaret Buchanan, said to be of Scottish noble origins was the first wife of Admiral Simon Stewart [SSNE 1644]. It is not know when they married, but they seem to have separated. She was still alive in 1643 and with Simon had a daughter, Margaretha [SSNE 6430]. 

Sources: Swedish Krigsarkiv, Svenska Sjöofficerare vol. ii, Biografiska anteckningar om officerare anställda vid örlogsflottan åren 1600-1699, unpublished typescript. Section 'Namnregister över kvinnor', p.24; Svenska Adelns Ättartavlor, vol. 7, p.607; S. Murdoch, 'Simon Stewart: Privateer, Admiral, Orcadian?', in The Orkney View, no. 82 (1999), 20-22. 

Female.

Service record

SWEDEN,

Departed 1643-12-31

Purpose MISC.