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From: "Wade Cox" <>
Subject: Stewart
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 12:23:09 +1000


Hi Vicki,

Was this Alexander Stewart once in Braidwood?

My GG grandma was Mary Ann Stewart who came out free on the Red Rover in 1831 and married James Pender in Braidwood district in 1833. The town of Braidwood did not exist until it was surveyed in 1839 and settled in 1840. The locations were known by the sub district settlements. We are having difficulty finding the records for such an early date as the Anglican records seem to be hard to locate until 1834 where a marriage is listed for what is Arnprior. They lived at Inverary Station north of Lake Bathurst which was the old route into Braidwood from Marulan along the Durran Durra. They lived there until 1835 or 1836 when they moved to Ulladulla. Their first child was baptised there by Vincent the Anglican minister for the parishes of Goulburn, Bungonia and Lake Bathurst.

They were allegedly the second white family in Ulladulla after the Kendalls and their next child was born there in 1836. Cathy Dunn will correct me if I am wrong on this.

James Pender came out in 1821. He was on Dr West's Clearing party in 1822. Does anyone know of the tasks of the clearing party from 1822? (He was 16 when he stole 6 pence worth of bread, beef and mutton for food and got seven years transportation. He never did that again.)

She had relatives in Braidwood as they went back there often and at least two children were baptised there according to the old Anglican records. However, my GG grandfather George Pender was baptised near Sydney in 1841 and Presbyterian, so it occurred to me that her relative may have been a soldier.

The other possibility is that it was the Stewarts in Charlestown and later Jerrabattgulla Creek at Toggranoggerah. James's death certificate list her as Steward which was the original name of the Stewarts of Charlestown and Toggranogggerah. However, James Jnr did not write the certificate and so the information was recorded for him and this may have been a simple transcription error.

The marriage seems to have been the first marriage in the Braidwood district. We are having difficulty of finding any records at all prior to 1934 from the Anglican archives.

The location of the relatives may find the first wife also if it is Alexander Stewart that was her relative. There may be others as well related in the areas.
The problem with the Braidwood Stewarts is that the Stewarts of Charleyong came later to the area. The Stuarts of Majors Creek were from a convict from Mt Elrington at Farringdon who settled there and had the French spelling to his name. The only others were the Stewarts of Charlestown who were once Stewards and settled up river.

A daughter of James and Mary Ann married one of the Smiths from the Mongarlowe area.

Any ideas anyone? Who were the relatives?

Wade Cox

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