What led to this work was a desire to know more about my Stewart ancestors, their descent and their descendants. I had heard many traditions among which was that of our Royal descent and the great fortune across the water that awaited the Stewart heirs in America. Efforts have been made to trace the line in Scotland and Ireland with no definite results. All evidence we have been able to procure in reference to the traditional "Royal blood" has been laid before the reader, and I leave it to him to form his own opinion as I have done.