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From: "Wade Cox" <>
Subject: Re: Stewart
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 14:33:15 +1000
References: <03e701c34041$03b2fea0$010aa8c0@wade>


Errors. 1934 should read 1834

First child was baptised at Lake Bathurst in 1834 if unclear.

Wade
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From: "Wade Cox" <>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 12:23 PM
Subject: Stewart


> 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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