I agree. My points to Cromwell have more to do with dispelling the myths of American Caldwells descendant of the Ulster-Scot Caldwells who continually perpetuate the notion that Cromwell (and Elizabeth I in some instances) are related to Caldwell.

My comments were more to preventative to those who would say, "Cromwells grandmother was a Stewart, and a Caldwell married a Stewart, so there is relation."

: The way the passage read it implied that Sir Walter
: Stewart was at that time with the Scots Army in the
: north with the King opposing Cromwell. It did not
: imply that they were cousins - he only referred that
: he had an ancestor by the name of Stewart. There was
: even the slightest hint that there was any Caldwell
: connection. The Western Alliance troops in Ayrshire
: were torn by sympathy for Cromwell (from a religious
: point of view)on the one hand and the natural loyalty
: to Scotland as he was an invader and an enemy. The
: Scots army of the North with the King were very
: distrustful of the leaders of the Western Alliance and
: were making moves to replace its leaders when they
: made an unsuccessful pre-emptive attack on Cromwell
: (to "prove their loyalty"?). Cromwell knew
: of their vacillation and went to great lengths to try
: and win them over to his side. Presumably after
: Worcester there was less need to dither and they threw
: in their lot with the Cromwellian government.
: The Caldwell family comes from the area of the Western
: Alliance and are known to have been favourable to the
: feelings of that area.