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STEWART CLAN MAGAZINE

Genealogical Records of Stewart-Stuart Families

Editor - George T. Edson, 817 Elk St., Beatrice, NE

Associate - Horace Dickerman, New Haven, CT

TOME B January, 1933 Volume X - No. 7

STEWARTS OF BLANDFORD, MA., AND GOSHEN, NY – 270

John⁴ Stewart (John³, John²) born May 27, 1747, in Goshen, Orange County, NY, married about 1773, Mary Young (or Youngs), daughter of John Youngs. He was judge of common pleas of Orange Co. In 1792. He was a rich and influential man and died Aug. 13, 1829 [or 1824]. His will, dated Oct. 23, 1810, named his wife Mary; his nephew John S. Young, and these five children, both in Goshen:₂

   Luther

   Levi

   Gabriel

Luther⁴ Steward (James³, John²) born Oct. 20, 1752, in Goshen, NY, married Apr. 2, 1780, Keziah Carpenter, daughter of Joseph and Susanna (Bradner) Carpenter and granddaughter of Rev. John Bradner. She is said to have been his second wife.₁₃ He served as a private in the New York militia in the Revolutionary War. He died Aug. 29, 1836, in Goshen. Children, recorded in the old Presbyterian church in Goshen:

   Elizabeth, Jan 11, 1781

   Catherine, Apr 7, 1783

   Jesse Carpenter, Oct 7, 1786

   Susanna, Dec 30, 1788

John⁴ Steward (James³, John²) born June 17, 1761, in Goshen, NY, married Aug. 31, 1795, Keturah Davidson, born Oct. 25, 1772.₁ They lived in Ridgebury, Orange County. He died July 29, 1841, and she died Apr. 30, 1845. Both are buried in Ridgebury. Children:

Jehiel ⁴ Stewart (Paul³, Walter²) born Oct. 22, 1750, in Blandford, MA, --A:158, married (intention filed Dec. 20, 1778, Blandford₃) Rachel Williams. He was a minute-man, marching from Blandford on Apr. 20, 1775, in Capt. John Ferguson's company, Col. Timothy Danielson's regiment, in response to the alarm at Lexington of April 19, and served a week and three days.₈ He then enlisted Apr. 30 in the same company and served three months and eight days in the vicinity of Boston. His name also appeared in a company return dated Oct. 6, 1775, at Roxbury, and in an order for money in lieu of bounty coat, endorsed Dec. 28, 1775. He probably saw further service, as the pension application of his widow Rachel will show if and when we get to examine it. The family removed to Sullivan County, NY, perhaps near the close of the war. Jehiel died Mar. 18, 1813, and was buried in Westfield Flats Cemetery at Roscoe, Sullivan County.₁₃ In 1819 his name appears in a land transaction in Monticello.₇

We have proof of only one child, Sylvanus, but believe he had the following [–B:195]:

Daniel Spencer ⁴ Stewart (Paul³, Walter²) born Feb. 17, 1755, in Blandford, MA, went by the name of Spencer Stewart. As a minute-man from Blandford he marched Apr. 20, 1775, on the Lexington alarm, in Capt. John Ferguson’s company, Col. Timothy Danielson’s regiment, and served 10 days.₈ He then enlisted Apr. 30 in the same company and served three months and eight days. He was enrolled as a drummer in the same company and regiment, in a return dated at Roxbury, Oct. 6, 1775, and his name was on an order for money in lieu of bounty coat, Dec. 28, 1775. He enlisted Dec. 25, 1776, as a corporal in Capt. Aaron Coe’s company, Lt-Col. Timothy Robinson’s detachment of Hampshire County militia, and marched to Ticonderoga, his name appearing on the garrison roll at Ticonderoga, Feb. 24, 1777. His term expired Mar. 25, 1777. He enlisted Aug. 20, 1777, as a corporal in Capt. Daniel Sackett’s company in Col. Ruggles Woodbridge’s regiment, and served three months and nine days in the northern department; discharged Nov. 29, 1777. He married —. He was living in Blandford in 1790, his family consisting of himself, two boys under 16 and five females.₁₀

Sylvanus⁴ Stewart (Paul³, Walter²) born May 26, 1757, in Suffield, CT, marched from Blandford, Oct. 21, 1776, as a soldier in Capt. William Knox’s company in Lt-Col. Timothy Robinson’s detachment of Col. John Moseley’s regiment, to Ticonderoga to reinforce the Continental Army, and served 12 days.₈ Again, as a private in Capt. William Cannon’s company, Col. David Leonard’s regiment, he marched from Blandford, May 6, 1777, to Ticonderoga and served 70 days at the northward, returning home July 14, 1777.

William⁴ Stewart (Paul³, Walter²) born Nov. 3, 1759, in Blandford, MA, married [intention filed Apr. 22, 1780, Blandford] Beulah Meacham of Norwich. As a soldier in Capt. William Cannon’s company, Col. David Leonard’s regiment, he marched from Blandford May 6, 1777, to Ticonderoga and served 70 days at the northward: He returned home July 14, 1777. –Roll sworn to at Blandford and Westfield.₈ He was perhaps the William Stewart who had an innholder’s license in 1783.₃ “He lived in a log house in the northeast section of the town, known as Murrayfield, long since set off to the town of Huntington, in the Westfield river valley,” says Rev. John Keep, –A:158. “He sold out in 1784.” William Stewart of Norwich, Hampshire County, bought land in Norwich Marc. 25, 1789 [i:300]. He removed to Westfield, Kingston County, NY. In 1796, William Stuart and his wife Beulah of Westfield, Kingston County, NY, sold their land in Norwich, Hampshire County, MA [ii:177]. We have no further record.

Luther⁴ Stewart (Paul³, Walter²) born Apr. 2, 1762, in Blandford, MA, married in Blandford, Mar. 18, 1784, Esther Smith, born Apr. 18, 1768, in Massachusetts,₁ “daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Tracy) Smith”₁₄ [one record says daughter of Thomas Smith*]. He enlisted Oct. 6, 1779, in Capt. John Carpenter’s company of guards and was stationed at Springfield; he served three months and was discharged Jan. 6, 1780.₈ In 1783 he bought land in Blandford.₇ About 1786 he removed to Delaware County, NY. Some years later he moved to Seneca County and then to Genesee County. In 1806 he had land in township 3, range 7, in Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, and the family was living there in 1808 when the daughter Olive was born. In 1811 they moved to Hamilton County, Ohio. There they lived three years, removing in 1814 to Clark County, OH. Luther died in 1815 in Clark County, and Esther died in 1845 in Logan County, to which place she had gone about 1840. Children:₁

Calvin⁴ Stewart (Paul³, Walter²) born May 22, 1767, in Blandford, MA, was too young to share his brothers’ war experience. He remained with his parents.₁₅ He received a deed to land in Blandford from his father in 1782, in which he was called “yeoman.”₇ He married in West Springfield, Nov. 8, 1787, Eleanor Taylor, perhaps the daughter of Joseph and Eleanor Taylor. In 1790 he was living in Blandford, his family consisting of himself and another male over 16, and three females.₁₀ His parents evidently lived with him, for the return is otherwise given – Paul Stewart, 1-0-1; Calvin Stewart, 1-0-2. In 1796 the names of Calvin Stewart and Widow Stewart appear in a list of persons assigned sittings in the Presbyterian Church in Blandford. He was living in Chester in 1798, where he bought land Dec. 7.₇ He removed to Williston, VT. Sep. 15, 1809, Calvin Stewart of Williston, Chittenden County, VT, and Joseph Taylor and wife Eleanor executed a deed to land in Chester, Hampshire County, MA. [xxix:196]. We can trace him no further.

TO BE CONTINUED

Erratum: On page 267, fifth line from bottom, make it WALTER² instead of Paul.

Happy New Year! May you all enjoy health and happiness – and prosperity.

QUERIES

51. LEVI STUART Who was Levi Stuart of Sterling, MA, whose daughter Rebecca, born about 1796 in Sterling, married there Dec. 2, 1819, William Green? H.E. Melzar, PO Box 5159, Boston, MA.

52. EUNICE STUART was born Aug. 31, 1780 (or 1781) but her father’s name in not known. She married Sep. 20, 1803, David Wheeler, who was born Apr. 22, 1783. They lived in Jay, Essex Co., NY, in 1806 when their first child, Solomon, was born. Miss Kate C. Brownell, Spirit Lake, IA.

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Symbols and references: a number preceded by a dash, as --90, means refer to that page; m. means married; m.int. means marriage intention; m. lic. means marriage license; b. = born; bp = baptized; d. = died; bur. = buried. (₁) = Bible record; (₂) church; (₃) town; (₄) gravestone; (₅) probate; (₆) court; (₇) land; (₈) military; (₉) pension; (₁₀) census; (₁₁) tradition; (₁₂) local history; (₁₃) patriotic society; (₁₄) biography or genealogy; (₁₅) deduction of the editor.

* Thomas Smith, father of Esther, married Mrs. Hannah (Avery) Mills and moved to New York state, “on the Delaware. There Edward Mills, Hannah’s son, married in 1804 Lucina Stewart. ---Mrs. Ed S. Roberts.