Genealogical Records of Stewart-Stuart Families

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

Associate - Horace Dickerman, New Haven, CT

STEWARTS OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, (WEST) VIRGINIA A:87

Mostly from "Family Record of Stewarts for Four Generations," by John Gilpin Stewart

Mrs. Gertrude Stewart Bowman, 2231 Bancroft Place, Washington, DC, furnished this magazine a copy of the family records compiled in 1900 by her grandfather, John Gilpin Stewart of Washington, IA. To these data we have added a few others, which were gleaned by Horace Dickerman from Maryland records or picked up cursorily.

------⁴ STEWART is said to have come from Scotland, near Edinburgh, with his family in 1771 and settled in Virginia. This is entirely traditional. He may have lived at one time near Baltimore. A tradition in the family is that an ancestor rode his horse over a bluff into a river to escape from the Indians. The Providence Gazette (Rhode Island) of Nov. 8, 1763, said "Charles Stewart was killed by the Indians near Fredericktown (Frederick), Maryland." The father of this family may have come from Spottsylvania County, VA. [B:157]. There is no evidence that he ever lived in Howard or Frederick counties, MD, or in Hampshire County, [W]VA. His sons Jeremiah and Benjamin married daughters of John Chisholm of Frederick County, MD, and Jeremiah is said to have lived near Ellicott's Mills during the Revolutionary War, and later he removed to Kentucky. The son Thomas settled in Hampshire County, VA, "near a noted hill called Short Gap on the public road four miles north of Frankfort." Richard may have been the son who was killed in the Revolutionary War, for in Frederick County, MD, we find that Mary [or Mercy] Stewart was made administratrix of the estate of Richard Stewart, deceased, and that Posey Steawrt [see B:178] paid money which he owed the estate. Benjamin Stewart and William Thomas were sureties for the administratrix. James, Benjamin, and Perry "settled in various parts of Virginia, now unknown to the writer of this history." James Burham thought James was killed in the war, that Richard settled in Virginia, and that Benjamin and Perry settled in "the west." Children of ----⁴ Stewart: ₁₁

Jeremiah⁵ Stewart, born about 1750, married about 1774, Priscilla Chisholm, "an English woman." He served as a private in the Virginia militia during the Revolutionary War, according to Revolutionary Soldiers of Virginia, ix:289. On April 30, 1785, Jeremiah Stewart and his wife Priscilla bought a tract of land called jedburgh Forest, on which they were then living, in Frederick Co., MD, from John Chisholm, Priscilla's father [deeds, v:475]. Oct. 1, 1791, Jeremiah sold some land to Posey Steward [xvii:412]. April 2, 1796, Jeremiah and Priscilla, of Frederick Co., deeded part of Jedburgh Forest to Nicholas Dawson, and the witnesses were George Murdoch and J. Thomas [xiv:--]. Jeremiah Stewart's name appeared in a list of democratic voters in Frederick County for the presidential election of 1796. "During the Revolutionary War," wrote their grandson, John Gilpin Stewart, "he and his wife lived near Ellicott's Mills, south of Harper's Ferry." Ellicott's Mills is now Ellicott City, near Baltimore, and is east of Harper's Ferry. "After a lapse of some years they emigrated to Kentucky." Shortly after 1796, they settled in the vicinity of Louisville, it is believed. The sons John and William went with them, although both of them were married at later dates in Hampshire County, [W]VA. Jeremiah died July 22, 1830, and Priscilla died June 5, 1846, in Kentucky. Children:

Margaret⁶ Stewart (Jeremiah⁵) born about 1786, probably in Frederick County, MD, married Stephen Smith. Two children: Eliza, Dec. 12, 1806 (married a Sanders in 1829), and Priscilla (married Wesley McCann).

Jane C.⁶ Stewart (Jeremiah⁵) born about 1788, probably in Frederick Co., MD, married in Augusta, Breckinridge Co., KY, Mar. 17, 1812, Abraham Patterson, who was born Oct. 28, 1783, in Kent Co., DE. Children:

Dr. William Jeremiah, Jan. 13, 1813, Breckinridge co., KY

Priscilla Ann, May 20, 1814

Eliza Jane, 1817

Lucinda Dorcas, 1818

Frances Logan, 1821

John Miller, 1823

Margaret Smith, Aug. 2, 1825

Mary Ann, May 24, 1827

Abraham Perry, May 15, 1830

Martha Isabel, Jun 23, 1833

William⁶ Stewart (Jeremiah⁵) was born in 1790, probably in Frederick Co., MD, and went with his parents to Kentucky about 1797. He went back east to Hampshire County, [W]VA, where his elder brother John was living, and there he married, Oct 11, 1814, --- Kyle, a sister of John's wife. "He returned to Kentucky shortly after his marriage." This was toward the close of the War of 1812 and about the time of the Battle of New Orleans. In 1815 or 1816, when their son George was only a few months old, William and his wife and baby took a trip to New Orleans to see the city. William and his wife took the cholera ad died in that city. The baby was sent to the mother's sister, the wife of William Stage, who was then living in Illinois. Only child: George Washington, b. 1815?

ALEXANDER STEWARD OF MARLBOROUGH, MASS. --252

Alexander¹ Steward was in Charlestown, MA, as early as 1658, for on Dec. 28 of that year he was fined 6 shillings and 8 pence for affronting a constable of that town [Middlesex County county court files]. He was a tailor, as stated in the record of his marriage. He married (1) in Charlestown, Oct. 15, 1662, Hannah Templar. She was born Jan. 5, 1642-3, in Yarmouth, MA, daughter of Richard and Ann (Prichard) Templar.* She died Aug. 21, 1674. The children, John, Samuel, Hannah, and Margaret, "ye children of Alexander Steward and of Hannah, his deceased wife," were baptized May 9, 1675, in the First Church of Charlestown. James, the eldest child, is said to have been taken to Yarmouth to live with his grandmother, Ann (Prichard) Templar, then the wife of Nathaniel Moreton [A:145, B:55]. He served as a soldier, it is believed, in the war against the Indians in 1676. He married (2) Rebecca ---; she died May 3, 1677, in Cambridge. May 18, 1682, Alexander Stewart sold to Peter Tufts 11 acres on the Mystic side which he had received from Richard Prichard. June 10, 1685, John Bennett sued Alexander Steward, tailor, of Charlestown for pay for food and lodging for Samuel, son of Alexander, whom Bennett, a cordwainer, had taken some six months previously to be his apprentice. Alexander removed to Marlborough. He married (3) in Marlborough May 23, 1688, Deborah (Rediat) Forbes, widow of Daniel Forbes. She was born in Sudbury in 1652, daughter of John and Ann (Dolt) Rediat, and had married in ConcordMay 23, 1679. Daniel Forbes, who died in Marlborough in October, 1687. Alexander Steward of Boston [probably in reference to Charlestown] was a member of the west regiment of Middlesex County, garrisoned in Marlborough, Mar. 18, 1691-2. He was also a soldier in 1704 in the Indian war. His wife Deborah died April 22, 1720 (or 1721), aged 78, in Marlborough. Alexander may have married (4) Feb. 7, 1721-2, --- Wheeler, in Marlborough.₂ It has been said he married four times. He died April 6, 1731, in Marlborough. Children, the first five being recorded in Charlestown, by his wife Hannah, and the last three in Marlborough, by Deborah:

* Richard Prichard of Yarmouth, MA, shoemaker, in his will dated Jan. 22, 1668-9, proved Feb. 20, 1669, bequeathed money to his granddaughter Hannah, wife of Alexander Stewart, and to her sons James and John. Alexander Stewart, tailor, signed a receipt Apr. 3, 1678, for twenty pounds which was willed to his wife Hannah and two sons James and John by Richard Prichard and paid by the executrix, Ann Templar-Morton. -- Middlesex County records, vii:82, East Cambridge. See Stewart Clan Magazine, B:55. 

 Daniel² Stewart (Alexander¹) born Feb. 6, 1690-1, in Marlborough, MA, married there Dec. 12, 1719, Persis Witt, born May 2, 1698, in Lynn, MA, daughter of John² (John¹) and Elizabeth (Baker) Witt. He was selectman and assessor in Marlborough for various years between 1739 and 1759. Mar. 22, 1741-2, Daniel Stewart of Marlborough, MA, gentleman, bought of Josiah Langdon of Boston, victualer, for £250, 100 acres in the third division in Leicester.₇ Dec. 16, 1742, Daniel Stewart of Marlborough, gentleman, bought of Jonathan Witt of Leicester for £36, about 13 acres in the northerly part of Leicester, bounded by lands of Jonathan Witt, Daniel Lynds, and Josiah Langdon, deceased. Mar. 19, 1743-4, he bought of Daniel Lynds 100 acres in the northerly part of town, near Jonathan Witt, etc. He was evidently still living in Marlborough in 1760, for on Mar. 27, 1760, Daniel Stewart, Jr., of Leicester, husbandman, bought of Deborah Prince of Boston, widow, for £2-10-6, land in Leicester, bounded on the north by land of Mr. Daniel Stewart of Marlborough, etc. The date of his death is not known. A tradition in the family says that "he was killed in a bayonet charge in the French war, and he continued to fight until his entrails were dragging on the ground." After his death his widow Persis went to live with her son Rediat, who sold all her real estate and removed to Montague, taking his mother with him. After Rediat's death about Sep. 10, 1781, she went to live in New Braintree with her daughter Persis, wife of Jabez Ayers. Dec. 21, 1785, the estate of Daniel Steward, late of Marlborough, gentleman, was brought up in the Worcester County probate court for settlement: the widow had never received her dower. Jabez Ayers was appointed administrator on Mar. 15, 1786, and on May 9, the heirs agreed on a settlement. Persis died July 26, 1786, aged 88, at Ayers' home in New Braintree. Children, born in Marlborough:₃

For the records of Rev. Antipas and Rediat Steward see magazine December, 1926.

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Dr. Francis E. Stewart of Englewood, NJ, a nationally prominent physician and pharmacist who has done much to bring educational and industrial institutions into closer relations, is one of the few living persons who have taken an active interest in the development of the Division of Medicine since its origin. Dr. Stewart's latest contribution includes two valuable historical speciments, namely a copy of the first edition of the United States Pharmacopoeia, and a hand balance used by his grandfather, Dr. Orson Nichoson, said to have been the first physician to practice in Orleans County, NY. -- Smithsonian Local News, June 24, 1932.

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Oliver J. Steward of Yakima, WA, died recently at the age of 84. He was a son of Oliver⁸ Steward (Oliver⁷, Oliver⁶, Oliver⁵, William⁴), in the magazine for September, 1926.

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49. William Stewart, born in 1756, served in Capt. Crockett's company in the Virginia continental line, enlisting in the spring of 1776, and was later transferred to Capt. Posey's company in Col. Morgan's regiment in the Revolutionary War. He was in the battles of White Plains and Saratoga, besides others of less importance. He was living in Montgomery County, Tenn., in 1820, and was living in Madison County, Tenn., when he applied May 26, 1825, for a pension, which was granted. He died Dec. 12, 1833. His son, Bartholomew Green Stewart, was born in 1786 and had a land grant of 300 acres in Hickman County, TN, in 1809, and one of 80 acres in Stewart County in 1822. He married in 1809, Sarah Maulding, and died in 1840. He was my great-grandfather. -- Mrs. Harold (Dorothy Stewart) Weaver, Edmonson, AR.

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