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From: mary stewart kyritsis <>
Subject: RE: Stewart>craven co nc>SC
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 20:41:05 +0200 (EET)


Hello again, Randy,

What fun that you found cousins in Australia!

Skye, SCT : B164, G177

As you can see, references in the SCM for Skye about as minimal as they can
get.

B164: "William Stuart, sr., horticulturist, U.S. departent of agricuture,
Washingotn DC, was born 21 May 1865 at St. Remi, province of Quebe, Canada,
son of Norman Stuart. Norman was a son of capt. John Stuart from the Isle
of Skye, who married Mary Stewart, believed to have been of Presbyterian
stock of northern Ireland." (this issue was of Jan 1930)

G177: The reference here is in a general historical paragraph about the
Stewarts of the Cape Fear section of North Carolina: "The earliest families
named Stewart who settled in the flat watershed of the Cape Fear river of
North Carolina were Highlanders from Argyleshire and western Perthshire.
'As early as 1729 several families of Scotch Highlanders had settled on the
Cape Fear river in North Carolina,,' said the book, 'John Archibald
Campbell', 1920. 'They found a genial climate, a fertile soil, and a mild
and liberal government. Their lettes to friends and relatives in Scotland
glowed with praise of their new home. Accordingly, when Neill McNeill, who
had been one of the first Scotch settlers on the Cape Fear river, returned
from a visit to Scotland in 1739 he brought with him 350 Highlanders. The
general assembly, anxious to encourage further immigration of these sturdy
settlers, exempted them from public and private taxes for ten years and
offered the same inducement to any of their countrymen who might follow
them.' The Highlanders selected a place at the head of navigation (now
Fayetteville, Cumberland county) for their central market, and ships
bringing large numbers of settlers from Islay, Skye, Sunderland and other
parts of the Highlands began coming in. by the year 1754 the settlement had
grown so important that the general assembly erected it into a county, named
Cumberland, which then included what are now Harnett, Wake (part), Lee
(part), Moore and Hoke (part) counties."

It's not exactly what you wanted, but I hope it helps.

Best regards,
Mary

Mary Kyritsis
Kifissia, Greece

At 10:07 14.2.99 -0800, you wrote:
>Hello Mary,
>
>I actually was wondering if you had any information on the following:
>
>the descendants of a Peter and Margaret Stewart who emigrated from the Isle
>of Skye, Scotland in 1810 to North Carolina and then on to Georgia. They
>had at least 3 sons; Donald, Norman and John. Norman served on the ship
>'Bellephron" during the Napoleonic War.
>
>also if you have any information on Stewarts who emigrated from the Isle of
>Skye to anywhere... I am descended from a group of families that left
>together and settled in Stewart's Glen Ontario, Canada. I have also
>recently found the descendants of another family member who emigrated to
>Australia. We are all very pleased. While searching I also came across
>other families from Skye. I am now trying to gather all the names and
>information I can on the "Skye Stewarts" and hopefully help others find
>their kin.
>
>If you have any information on the Stewarts from Skye, or on those who went
>to the States, I would appreciate it.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Randy Stewart
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mary stewart kyritsis [mailto:]
>> Sent: Sunday, February 14, 1999 2:23 AM
>> To:
>> Subject: Re: Stewart>craven co nc>SC
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Have you had a look at the Stewart Clan Magazine, page F217 (Tome F, Vol.
>> XXX, No. 5, page 217 -- November 1952)? This family is referred
>> to although
>> not with as much detail as you already have, but there are some land deeds
>> mentioned which might be of interest, and the names of John's children
>> mentioned on the administration of his estate 10 Mar 1818 seem to
>> jibe with
>> yours (Robert, John, Charles, James, Elias, Silas, Milly Powell, Betty
>> Northcutt and Nancy Stewart).
>>
>> See my website at http://users.hol.gr/~mkyritsi/ for details of where you
>> might find the SCM if you are interested.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mary
>>
>> Mary Kyritsis
>> Kifissia, greece
>>
>> At 10:18 10.2.99 -0500, you wrote:
>> >I have a John Stewart in Craven Co NC c 1750. His family is as
>> >follows:born c. 1740 married a Susannah LNU, known issue are John , Jr.
>> >1762-1838 m. Mary Ann Standley, James Stewart b. aft. 1770, Elizabeth
>> >Stewart 1771-bef 1850 married William Northcutt, Charles Stewart bef.
>> >1774-aft. 1840 may have married Mary Ann Dowling, Robert Stewart aft
>> >1774-abt 1819 married Elizabeth LNU, Milly Stewart bef 1790 married James
>> >Powell, Silas Stewart, bef1790married Milly LNU, Elias Stewart bef 1800
>> >married Rachal LNU, Sarah Stewart bef 1800 married Uriah Odem, plus two
>> >other unknown sons born bef 1774. John 1 moved to the Darlington Co SC
>> >area about 1770 and lived there untill his death in 1818. This is a work
>> >in progress and some of the information may need to be corrected.
>> >
>> >Do you have any information on this family?
>> >
>> >Sincerely,
>> >
>> >W. C. Stewart
>> >
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