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i am doing research into the stuarts of drimin and kilmachlie. in strathaven and glenlivet(called then Strathdown, see area on oposite side of riverlivet from drimin castle)). the OPRs for the inveraven parish start in 1611. we find no allanachs until 1638. there are loads of stuarts in this area and all use alias's, Mor and Rioch, Bain, Allanach, even job sitles, tailor, smith (gow in gaelic) and the alanachs use the name interchangably, eg alister alanach and his wife Agnes NicGillchrist have a daughter called jonet (1646) and the witnesses are barbara and Isobel stuart, his sisters ! Alister alanach stuart and his wife Agnes NicGillchrist have a son John in 1638, witnesses, Thomas stuart of Drimin and Gordon of Blairfindy. the 2 most senior men in the area. the Alanachs here are unquestionably Stuarts. The first Stewart to come to scotland was walter fitz alan eventially adopted the name stuart, but his brothers in england adopted the surname Fitz Alan. I think Alanach is a reference to this. the stuarts in glenlivet are descended from Sir Andrew Stuart, baron of Strathaven, 1410, a son of the wolf of badenoch. all the stuarts, and alanachs in strathdon, claim to have come from strathaven and strathdown(glenlivet. unfortunately, the OPRs in strathdon dont start until 1667. if you want more info, let me know 🙂