Genealogical Records of Stewart-Stuart Families

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

Associate - Horace Dickerman, New Haven, CT

DESCENDANTS OF ROBERT STEWART OF NORWALK, CT A:233

From records gathered by Miss Bertha Stuart, 152 Twelfth St., Portland, OR

Robert¹ Stewart of Norwalk, CT, had three sons, James, John, and Samuel. Samuel² lived in Wilton and had four sons: Samuel, John, Simeon, and Nathan. John³ was known as 'John the 3rd' to distinguish him from his cousin, John Stewart 'the 2nd', son of John². He married May 21, 1739, Sarah Hendricks, and had two sons, Silas and Stephen. Silas⁴ Stuart, born July 1, 1739, in Wilton, enlisted July 6, 1775, as a fifer in the 9th company, under Capt. Peter Perritt, in Col. Charles Webb's 7th regiment of the Connecticut troops in the Revolutionary War, and was discharged Dec. 10, 1775. He removed to Kent, where he died Mar. 19, 1812, in his 73rd year. His will mentioned six children: Matthew; John, executor; Margery, wife of David Preston; Sally, wife of John Lain; Rhoda, wife of Noble S. Johnson; Anna, wife of Robert Ogden. Matthew was baptized in Wilton, Apr, 21, 1765, and Margery was baptized there Oct. 5, 1766, but the baptismal dates of the other children were not recorded. The family was living in Milford in 1775. The History of Kent says that Silas Stuart was a soldier in Capt. Abraham Fuller's company in 1776.

Matthew⁵ Stuart (Silas⁴, John³, Samuel², Robert¹) was born Nov. 19, 1764, in Wilton, CT. He enlisted May 18, 1782, while a resident of New Milford, to serve three years in the army, going to New London to join the troops. He was in Capt. Robertson's company, and Connecticut regiment, according to a size roll dated Feb. 1, 1783, and as the war ended that year he may have been discharged before serving three years. He married, probably in 1785, Sarah Bryant, who was born June 26, 1766₁. He perhaps lived in New Milford until about 1800, as about that time he removed "across the state line" to Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY. He is said to have been living in Stephentown in 1802, when his daughter Sally was born. March 1, 1804, Abijah Bush and Matthew Stewart signed a document in Stephentown certifying that John W. Schermerhorn, Ebenezer Smith, and Winthrop Root were elected trustees of the meeting house in the southwest part of Stephentown₃. There was another Matthew Stewart in Rensselaer County at this period -- Matthew from Becket, MA, A:181 -- he was killed in 1804 on his farm near Troy when a barn door which he was trying to close in a storm blew violently against him. About 1806 Matthew Stuart, who is said to have been a lawer, removed to Fabius, Onondaga Co. Feb. 14, 1809, he was sued at Fabius by Jonathan Stanley, Jr.₆. He is believed to live for awhile at Painted Post, Steuben Co. Tradition indicates that he was a soldier in the War of 1812, although he was 50 years old, and that his death was due to consumption, caused by exposure. He died Dec. 16, 1814, at Fabius. His widow soon after went to Gowanda, Cattaraugus County, to live with her son Hosea, and she died there in 1848. Children₁:

Silas⁶ Stuart (Matthew⁵, Silas⁴, John³, Samuel², Robert¹) was born Mar, 31, 1786, perhaps in New Milford, CT, and went with his parents to Stephentown, NY, and later to Fabius. He married Esther Underwood, daughter of Lemuel Underwood [born Feb. 24, 1761 in Woodstock, CT]. He removed to Gowanda, Cattaraugus County, NY, and died there in 1836. Children:

Lydia⁶ Stuart (Matthew⁵, Silas⁴, John³, Samuel², Robert¹) born Apr. 15, 1789, married ---- Bailey. Eight children: Ursula, married Nathaniel Ballard, Elgin, IL; Samuel, Collins Station, Erie Co., NY; Lydia, married W. Hitchcock, Collins Station; Anson; Stephen, married Cynthia Taft; Timonthy; Sally, married ---- Starr; and Elinor.

John⁶ Stuart (Matthew⁵, Silas⁴, John³, Samuel², Robert¹) born Oct. 21, 1790, perhaps in New Milford, CT., married Amah Underwood, daughter of Lemuel Underwood [see Silas]. He lived in Fabius and Gowanda, NY, removing to Allegan Co. MI, in 1836. He died Sep. 3, 1850, near Plainwell, MI, and Amah died there Sep. 6, 1882. Children:

Eliza⁶ Stuart (Matthew⁵, Silas⁴, John³, Samuel², Robert¹) born Jan. 1, 1793, married Isaac Aldrich. She died early and her three children -- Susan, Pamela, and Eliza Ann -- were all dead by 1896.

Hosea⁶ Stuart (Matthew⁵, Silas⁴, John³, Samuel², Robert¹) born Mar 3, 1795, perhaps in New Milford, CT, married (1) Phebe Aldrich of Gowanda, NY. He went from Fabius to Gowanda about 1814, the year his father died, and his mother made her home with him. His wife died in 1838, and in 1840 he married (2) Harriet Hurd of Perrysburg. He died Jun 25, 1873, at Gowanda. His son Truman "rebuilt the old homestead of Hosea and lived there with his two sisters, Ellen and Margery." Children, born in Gowanda:

William⁶ Stuart (Matthew⁵, Silas⁴, John³, Samuel², Robert¹) born Dec. 5, 1799, perhaps in CT or MA, married Emmaline Sweet of Fredonia, NY. He was a farmer, living at Janesville, IA. Children:

Brigham

Harriet m. ----- Coddington; resided Whitehall, MI.

Sally Dunning⁶ Stuart (Matthew⁵, Silas⁴, John³, Samuel², Robert¹) born May 1, 1802, in Stephentown, NY, married Aug. 8, 1822, Daniel Wheeler, born in 1797. They lived at Wayne Station, IL. He died in 1877. She died at Wheeler, IL. Children: Lewis, died Mar. 28, 1890, at Elgin, IL; Nora, married a Smith; Pamela E. (who furnished Miss Stuart a copy of the records of births from Matthew Stuart's Bible); and Frank.

David Preston⁶ Stuart (Matthew⁵, Silas⁴, John³, Samuel², Robert¹) born Jun. 27, 1804, in Stephentown, NY, married in Buffalo, Nov. 24, 1828, Elizabeth (Potter) Wright, born Aug. 16, 1809, in Hamburg, Erie Co., NY, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Potter) Wright. He was a cabinet-maker, and about 1836 he moved to Michigan. While his brothers went back to the spelling Stewart, he retained the form Stuart. He died Mar. 25, 1851, at Schoolcraft, MI, and his widow died Dec. 25, 1884, in Chicago, IL, at the home of her son Edwin Chatfield. Children:

Lewis Matthew⁶ Stuart (Matthew⁵, Silas⁴, John³, Samuel², Robert¹) born Mar 30, 1807, in Fabius, NY, married in 1830, Cynthia Beal. "He grew up in the vicinity of Syracuse."₁₁ He was a dairyman in Gowanda, having 50 cows. He died in 1891 at Iowa Falls, IA. Children:

Anson⁶ Stuart (Matthew⁵, Silas⁴, John³, Samuel², Robert¹) born June 12, 1809, in Fabius, NY, married Mrs. Eliza Miner. He was a cabinet-maker in Gowanda, and died about 1863. He had one child, Ella, married Herbert Rich, resided Cattaraugus, NY.

 STEWARDS OF DEERFIELD, ONEIDA COUNTY, NY

From material gathered by Miss Gertrude E. Mann, DeLand, FL.

The Stewards in Deerfield, Oneida County, NY, came from Brattleboro, VT, and were descended from Alexander Steward of Marlboro, MA [see A:13, 219] . In a letter written Feb. 17, 1886, by George W.⁵ Stewart of Williamston, Michigan, to his cousin, Elizabeth J. Atkins of Utica, NY., much of the following information was given. The tradition in the family is that Daniel² Steward "emigrated from Scotland sometime prior to 1756 and was killed in battle in the French War." As a matter of fact Daniel² was born Feb. 6, 1691, in Marlboro, MA. Two grandsons of Daniel² - Ebenezer and Jabez - went out from Brattleboro, VT, about 1795 to Oneida Co., NY (formed Mar. 15, 1798, from Herkimer County), and settled in Deerfield (part of the town of Schuyler until 1798). They were sons of Daniel³ and had brothers John, Daniel, Antipas, and Benjamin and "two sisters, names not known but who married Daniel and Joseph Knight, brothers, who later migrated from Vermont to Deerfield, NY, and still later to Angelica, county seat of Allegany, where Joseph's son Silas was sheriff and jailor for many years. Another of Daniel's daughters, named Annie, married Ezra [Reuben] Stearns of Brattleboro, VT."

Ebenezer⁴ Steward (Daniel³, Daniel², Alexander¹) was born about 1763 in Paxton (then part of Leicester), MA. He married Leafy Smith. He may have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and perhaps moved with his brothers to Vermont about 1780. He removed about 1795 to Deerfield, NY. The town records show that he was assessor and road overseer in Deerfield in 1798, the year it was organized, -- Wager's History of Oneida County. He bought part of lot 7 in Cosby's Manor, northeast of the Mohawk, in 1800 [ix:214], and he and his wife Life [sic] sold part of this property to David Babcock in 1802 [ix:214]. In the census of 1800 he was living in Deerfield, aged over 26 but under 45, with 7 other persons in his family; in 1810 J., E., and E. Stewart and S. Steward were enumerated in Oneida County, but in 1820 neither Ebenezer nor Jabez appears. In 1803 Ebenezer Steward and his wife Life sold property in Deerfield [xi:112] and in 1810 they sold more [xix:105]. In a land assessment in Deerfield in 1814, Ebenezer Stewart owned 148 acres valued at $4,884. Ebenezer was buried in a cemetery at Marcy, Oneida County, and his wife was buried in the Baptist cemetery on the Herkimer Road in Deerfield. Children₁₄:

Jabez⁴ Steward (Daniel³, Daniel², Alexander¹) was born about 1770 in Paxton, (then part of Leicester), MA.He married Rachel Warren, daughter of John Warren. He went with his brothers to Vermont about 1780. About 1795 he removed to Deerfield, NY. In the earliest records of the town, 1798, he is mentioned as being granted a license.₁₂ In the census of 1800 he was living in Deerfield, and in his family were one man over 45 years of age, two men under 45 and over 26, one woman under 26 and over 16, and two boys under 10.. He owned a 100-acre farm lying next east of John Warren's, his father-in-law, whose place was "a mile aboe the Utica bridge on Genessee Street," bounded by the Mohawk River on the west, south and east, at the Big Bend. Here six of his children were born. About 1806 "he moved to a farm in Paris, 18 miles south of Utica, owned by John Devereaux." He bought land in Paris in 1808.₇ After living 3 years in Paris he moved to Wolcott, in Wayne County, six miles from Big Sodus Bay on Lake Ontario. He died there, aged 52, about 1822. Ten children₁₄:

* William Stewart, when a student at Hillsdale College in Michigan and was about to graduate, sickened and died. "The college was 15 miles from his father's, where he died, and 70 of the students attended the funeral and Prof. Hatfield preached his funeral sermon. He was a promising, noble young man and his father had anticipated largely on his future usefulness. Will Carleton, author of "Over the Hill to the Poorhouse," was a classmate of Willie Stewart and wrote a poem on the occasion of his death, entitled 'Rifts in the Clouds.'

John Franklin⁵ Stewart (Ebenezer⁴, Daniel³, Daniel², Alexander¹) was born Aug. 26, 1784, perhaps in Vermont. His parents were early settlers in Deerfield, Oneida County, NY, where he grew up. He married (1)Apr. 3, 1803, Hannah Holmes, who was born May 28, 1785. They resided in Deerfield until about 1826, when they moved to Granby, Oswego County, settling on a farm about two miles south of Minetto and near historic Battle Island. Hannah died Nov. 14, 1834, and was buried in Lewis Cemetery in Granby. John F. married (2)Jan. 31, 1856, widow Eliza (Frost) Daunton. He died July 31, 1860, and was buried in Lewis Cemetery. Eliza F., his widow, died July 21, 1881. Children:

George Washington Ebenezer⁵ Stewart (Ebenezer⁴, Daniel³, Daniel², Alexander¹) was born Jul. 30, 1804, in Deerfield. "He was 17 years younger than the next youngest child." In 1826 he married Sophronia Dewey. He died Aug. 2, 1879, in Buffalo and was buried in the same cemetery as his father, at Marcy, Oneida County. Children:

Giles : died young

Zenas Giles : died young

Ellen Maria, b. Dec. 14, 1831; m. Edmund Fairman; resided and died in Buffalo

Theodore Horace, b. Jun 30, 1837; m. Mary Gibbs; resided and died in Utica

Elizabeth Janette, b. May 10, 1839; m. Nov 27, 1866, William Atkins; d. Jul 10, 1886, Utica