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Dear Listers:
What is the earliest date you have for a Stewart Ancestor in your line?
Who is the progenitor of your line as far as your research goes
today?
Who is your immigrant to whatever country you are in?
When did they come?
How did they get there?
Where did they come from?
Why did they leave? Or did they?
Yours Aye,
Lauren
Stewart List(s) Admin
In a message dated 12/17/2003 9:37:08 PM Central Standard Time,
gwstuart@c-gate.net writes:
> Kathy also posted on Augusta Co., VA site about a "widow Stewart, mother
> of William Stewart" that married a Jenkins and moved to Kemper Co., MS
> (next door to Neshoba Co., MS where my William Davis Stuart ended up)
> about 1850.
> I would like to know who this William Stewart was and which Stewart she
> was married to first.
>
I just read this older e-mail. My Evan Stewart son of Hamilton
Stewart/Stuart ma
The following information was given to me by a Stewart cousin. Grady Brown
was another distant cousin (we have lost contact, and he may had died). We
all descend from Hamilton Stewart, with whom there has been a recent DNA match.
Let me know if any of these names match any of the other names of the
Neshoba, MS. families.
Ida
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Descendants of Hiram Stuart
Generation No. 1
1. HIRAM1 STUART was born 1799 in Massachusetts/from the dates when the 1870
and 1880 censuses were taken, it appears that Hiram was born between June 15
and Aug 01 of the year in which he was born., and died April 01, 1882 in
Lenox, Ashtabula, Ohio. He married (1) ANNA MARIE VINCENT Abt. 1820 in New
York state. She was born 1801 in New York, and died 1857 in Spencer, Medina,
Ohio. He married (2) LUCY E. Aft. 1860. She was born 1839, and died October
20, 18
Captain John Stewart, a captain in the British Army and second in command at Fort Loudon in what is now Monroe County, Tennessee
that existed between 1757 and 1761. He had one brother, James who was a trader with the Cherokee. John had a liason with Susannah
Emory dtr of Robert Emory. Their son was to become known as 'Bushyhead" and the progenitor of the historically prominent family of
Bushyheads in the Cherokee culture. John had a wife in the Carolina's called Sarah (I think)
Dennis Bushyhead was edu
Descendants of George Alfred Stuart
Generation No. 1
1. GEORGE ALFRED1 STUART was born May 26, 1854, and died August 25, 1905
in cheyenne, glen co., Ok. He married (1) EMALINE MURPHY January 01, 1882 in
Appanoose County, Iowa, daughter of WILLIAM MURPHY and LYDIA BROWN. She was
born 1854.
Children of GEORGE STUART and EMALINE MURPHY are:
i. LEWIS2 STUART, b. Kansas City, KA.
ii. ELLEN STUART, b. Kelso, WA; m. DOWNING.
iii. ONA STUART, b. Spokane, WA; m. REICH.
iv. FRANK STUART, b.
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There are several messages there currently that may be of
Hi Lauren
Archibald Stuart immigrated to this country in the 18th century from
Ireland, the family having gone there from Scotland. i am a descendant
through his daughter who married William Paxton, all of Augusta county, Va.
Jeanne Paxton Fisher
> [Original Message]
> From: Lauren Boyd
> To:
> Date: 01/18/2004 5:15:24 PM
> Subject: [STUART] Most Ancient Stewart Ancestor (all spellings)
>
> Dear Listers:
>
> What is the earliest date you have for a Stewart A