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| 151 | "Our subject leads us to talk of deadly feuds, and we must begin with one still more ancient than that to which our story relates. During the reign of James IV., a great feud between the powerful families of Drummond and Murray divided Perthshire. The former, being the most numerous and powerful, cooped up eight score of the Murrays in the kirk of Monivaird, and set fire to it. The wives and the children of the ill-fated men, who had also found shelter in the church, perished by the same conflagration. One man, named David Murray, escaped by the humanity of one of the Drummonds, who received him in his arms as he leaped from amongst the flames. As King James IV. ruled with more activity than most of his predecessors, this cruel deed was severely revenged, and several of the perpetrators were beheaded at Stirling. In consequence of the prosecution against his clan, the Drummond by whose assistance David Murray had escaped, fled to Ireland, until, by means of the person whose life he had saved, he was permitted to return to Scotland, where he and his descendants were distinguished by the name of Drummond-Eirinich, or Ernoch, that is, Drummond of Ireland; and the same title was bestowed on their estate." -- Sir Walter Scott, Introduction to "A Legend of Montrose" | Drummond, John 3rd of Drummonderinoch (I4841)
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| 152 | "Perthshire, Kilmadock Parish, 17 Jun 1785, 13 Jul 1785, Robert, son of William STEWART and Jean CRAWFURD at Burnhead of Mackorie, Posthumous Child. Witt. Mr. Fletcher at Bridge of Teath and Moses Thomson at Thornhill." (Kilmadock Parish Register) Burnhead of Mackrieston is located at the east end of Thornhill. If this family has been correctly identified in Stewarts of the South then this Robert Stewart is not mentioned and is presumed to have died young. | Stewart, Robert (I32035)
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| 153 | "Peter Ferguson, A Native of Balguider, Scotland, Died Aug. 5 1849, Aged 83 Yrs." (Prestonvale Cemetery, Lanark, Ontario, Canada.) Peter allegedly arrived in Canada from Greenock, Scotland in Aug 1818 aboard the ship, Jane. | Ferguson, Patrick Peter (I5974)
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| 154 | "Peter, a brother of his (William's), [is] a saddler in the West Indies." He is believed to be the Peter Stewart who married Christian McEwan and had a son William at Keirhead, just one kilometre southwest of Auchensalt and Craigfranky. William Stewart, b 21/5/1799, son of Peter Stewart and Christian McEwan his spouse at Keirhead | Stewart, Peter Saddler in the West Indies (I32038)
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| 155 | "Richard D. Steuart (1880-1951) was a journalist in Baltimore, Maryland known as Carroll Dulaney, the name he used for his Day by Day column in the Baltimore News-Post. Steuart was also an historian focusing mainly on Maryland history and the role that Maryland played during the American Civil War. He maintained a vast collection of Civil war era firearms and assorted artifacts, many collected personally from the battlefields he visited. Much of his collection of Confederate-made edged weapons, long arms, side arms, projectiles and fuses, and accouterments were donated to the Virginia Historical Society in 1948." (Wikipedia) Richard had no children. (Nelker) | Steuart, Richard Dennis (I21677)
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| 156 | "Robert Stewart in Harperstown and Agnes Kirkwood daughter of James Kirkwood in Ballaird inlised for proclamation of banns the twenty second day of Nov’r Layvij eighty three years.” (Drymen Parish Register) | Kirkwood, Agnes (I31006)
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| 157 | "Samuel grew up in Colrain and Shelburne, Massachusetts, and he and Elizabeth moved to Royalton, Ohio, in 1816. Severance does not have any further information on their son John Stewart and John's descendants." (Jared Olar) Note: Severence actually has little detail on most of Samuel's children. ---------- Samuel/ (Samuel,4 John,3 Robert,2 Walter,1) b. in Londonderry, N. H., Feb. 23, 1749, came to Colrain with the family when an infant. He was a resident of Shelburne prior to 1773, settling there not far from 1770 and was first occupant of lot No. 23y which was divided by quite a stream, afterward called Stewart Brook, and the following poem was written in commemoration. Stewart Brook. 1770. Upon Bel Eden's wind-kissed height, Just over in Colrain, A rather high and hilly town, But not unknown to fame, A little streamlet gushes forth Fresh, pure, from crystal fountains, And gaily gambols down the hills And through the distant mountains. The graceful deer from out the wood Feed on its grassy brink, The muskrat scampers up the bank Pursued by gamey mink. Fierce panthers scream along its course, The wolves reply with howls, The bears on mischief ever bent Re-echo back with growls. Upon a meadow near this brook, Mid Nature's solitude, Young Stewart built a cabin strong, A building small and rude. Here in the forest's deep recess, His axe rings sharp and clear, Swung by the cordy sinews of This sturdy pioneer. 1904. How changed the scene wild nature tamed Along this silvery stream, The forest's giant trees are gone The past seems but a dream. White clover blossoms on the hills, Cows graze upon the plain And on the nearby hillside slopes Are fields of grass and grain. The wild rose opes its petals sweet, The last wild flower of spring, The golden rod's bright yellow plume Nods to the wild wind's wing. The lily lifts its painted cup Along these flower-strewn banks, The gentian too of heavenly blue Springs up in stately ranks. Old maples stand on either shore, Their branches softly meet, Neath which these joyous waters flow, With music glad and sweet. Rush onward in thy course, sweet brook, Swift through the tangled sod, And in the sweetest melody Sing praises to thy God. - B. F. S. He was a soldier in the Revolution and tradition says he was at one time taken prisoner in that war. His name appears first on a muster roll in Capt. Hugh McClellan's Co., Col. Samuel Williams's Regt. which marched for Boston on the Lexington Alarm ; re-enlisted while there, May 1, 1775, in Capt. Robert Oliver's Co., Col. Ephraim Dolittle's Regt. ; served eight months, his name appearing on a company returned of the above regiment dated Winter Hill, Oct. 6, 1775; his name also appearing among the signatures to an order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money due for the eight months' service in 1775 in the above company and regiment dated Winter Hill Dec. 23, 1775. From Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer we find he fought at Bunker Hill, went with Arnold in his detachment that penetrated the wilderness by the way of Kennebec River. Charles Knowles Bolton in speaking of that expedition in " The Private Soldier under Washington " says ; " The men many a night lay down without food. Several became very weak from hunger, and at last a captain gave them his pet dog. The soldiers carried the poor creature away and ate every part of his flesh, not excepting his entrails. Two other dogs were eaten the same day. When exposure and hunger had prepared the way, a fourth or a third of the men in some of the regiments died of smallpox. A day's march was frequently as little as ten miles. " After the assault on Quebec and the fall of Montgomery, his term of service having expired, he returned home. (The old tinder-box which he carried at Quebec is a valued relic in the possession of his descendants.) February 23, 1777, he enlisted with the rank of sergeant in Capt. Lawrence Kemp's Co., Col. Leonard's Regt. for service at Ticonderoga ; discharged April 10, 1777. He removed from Colrain to Salem, N. Y., from there to Whitehall, and from there to Bristol, Vt., where he continued to reside until 18 16. He was one of the first board of selectmen at Bristol, and was a bold and resolute man. In the fall of 18 16 he set out to seek a better fortune in Ohio, locating at Royalton in that state. He was among the earliest applicants for a pension but passed away before receiving it. He m. Elizabeth Abbott of Pawlet, Vt., b. in Salisbury, Conn., Oct. 21, 1759. He d. at Royalton Aug. 28, 1827, and was buried with military honors in recognition of his Revolutionary service. His wife survived him nearly nine years. Like her husband she was a born pioneer and possessed an equal amount of daring and resolution for which the following incident, related by a granddaughter, gives her credit. During the Revolution and at the time of the battle of Bennington in 1777, her parents were living near the battlefield ; her father and brothers had gone to the scene of action. It was in the days of New England slavery, and her father owned a slave. Some of the family were sick with the measles, but hearing the roar of the terrible conflict, they sought safety in flight. Yoking the oxen hastily and putting a few valuables in the cart, she bade the slave drive the oxen while she harnessed the horses ; placed a bed in the wagon, helped her feeble mother and sick sister in and they were off. As they came in sight of the raging battle, their path diverged and led them down into a deep, marshy gutter, which held the wheels of the cart fast in the mud. The slave, angry because he had not been allowed to drive the horses, refused to help his young mistress in this trying predicament. Dauntless, she alighted, and seiz-ing some rails near by she laid them pontoon fashion, hitched the horses in front of the oxen, and with one long, hard pull they were extricated and on their way to safety. She d. at Royalton, Ohio, Feb. 4, 1836. (Severence) | Stewart, Samuel (I23839)
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| 158 | "Samuel Robert Brown was the oldest son (sic) of Samuel Brown and Margaret White. He married Florence Forrester Dalgliesh, dau. of William Wallace Dalgliesh and Agnes C. Clark, in 1891 in Huntingdon. To this union was born one son, Arthur Huntingdon. Samuel died in Winnipeg, Manitoba on Jan. 30, 1899 at the age of 33." -- FindAGrave Huntingdon Gleaner, 08-27-1891 Rev. Samuel R. Brown, B.A., Methodist Minister, of Oak Lake, Manitoba. Eldest son of Samuel Brown, Esq., of Hinchinbrook PQ. Married Florence F. Dalgliesh, M. L. A, eldest daughter of WW Dalgliesh, Esq., Merchant, in Huntingdon PQ,. At the residence of the bride's father, by Rev. J. W. Clipsham | Brown, Rev. Samuel Robert (I21263)
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| 159 | "Sir Clarmont Percival Skrine OBE (1888–1974) was a British civil servant and administrator who served as the British consul-general in Kashgar from 1922 to 1924, Under-Secretary of State for India and agent for the Madras States from 1936 to 1939. Early life Clarmont was born in Kensington, London, in the United Kingdom on 28 February 1888. He was the son of Francis Henry Bennett Skrine (1847−1933) of the Indian civil service and Helen Lucy née Stewart (1867–1954), and the grandson of the Revd Clarmont Skrine of Warleigh Lodge, Wimbledon. He was educated in England at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, and qualified for the Indian Civil Service in 1912. Career Clarmont Skrine served in the Indian civil service from 1912 to 1915 and joined the Indian political service in 1915. From 1916 to 1919 he was British vice-consul in Kerman, Iran. From 1922 to 1924, he was posted in Kashgar, in Chinese Turkestan, as the British consul-general. Clarmont married Doris Forbes née Whitelaw (1897–1971) on 23 November 1923 in Mumbai. In 1925, he and his wife, he made a journey into the largely unknown valleys of the Kungar Alps in Chinese Turkestan, during which he mapped, photographed and surveyed the country. This journey was described in an article in 'The Times' in May 1925 and forms a central part of his book 'Chinese Central Asia'. From 1926 to 1929 he was British consul in Seistan. On 20 November 1936, Skrine was appointed agent for the Madras States. Skrine served till 1 April 1937, when the agency was abolished and replaced with a residency. Clarmont also served as the first resident for the Madras States from 1 April 1937 to 15 January 1939. In January 1942 he traveled overland to Mashhad, Persia (near the Turkmen border) to become Consul General and remarkably took some film footage of his journey. British public records indicate he remained in post till the end of World War Two. From 1946 to 1948, Skrine served as Counsellor for Indian Affairs in Teheran, Persia. Later life After his retirement from the service he was appointed by the firm Balfour Beatty & Co. to be Resident Director of the Jerusalem Electricity Corporation in connection with the scheme for obtaining electric power from the Jordan. Later he was chairman of the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for Official Use and a partner in the firm of Mideast Guardians concerned with the placing of Iranian and other Middle Eastern children in British schools. Skrine died in 1974 at the age of 86." (Wikipedia) --- Skrine at Kashgar: Life, Exploration and Intrigue at an Outpost of Empire. A History in Documents, by Daniel C. Waugh, Professor Emeritus of the University of Washington in three departments: History, The Jackson School of International Studies, and Slavic. Available for download at: https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/items/b69d146d-6e2e-4612-b6c2-645a4506a8c3 | Skrine, Sir Clarmont Percival British Consul-General in Kashgar (I28386)
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| 160 | "Son of Mr. Sweier, killed with a cart" found in "Church of Christ, Book I - Deaths" pg. 114. This is part of the book, "Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643 - 1850" edited by Henry S. Nourse, A.M. Birth date is pure conjecture based on dates of siblings. | Zwiers, Son (I19914)
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| 161 | "STEUART.-On April 16, 1924, in the 75th year of his age, RICHARD ESTEP, beloved husband of Bell Fullerton Steuart. They had no children. | Steuart, Richard Estep (I21479)
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| 162 | "STEUART.-On April 27, SPRIGG STEUART, in the 27th year of his age, son of Georgianna and the late John Burnabue Steuart. Funeral from his late residence, No. 316 East Twentieth street, this (Thursday) morning at ten o'clock." (The Baltimore Sun. 29 April 1897) He never married nor had children. (Nelker) | Steuart, Richard Sprigg (I21498)
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| 163 | "STEUART.-On April 4, 1904, At Gabriels, Adirondacks, N. Y., MARGARET GIST Steuart, daughter of the late John D. Bernaben (sic) and Georgie Steuart, and granddaughter of Dr. Richard Spring Steuart and Maria Louise de Bernaben (sic), his wife. Funeral services at Greenmount Chapel, Greenmount Cemetery, this Wednesday, April 6, at 4 P. M." (The Baltimore Sun. 6 April 1904) She never married. (Nelker) | Steuart, Margaret Gist (I21500)
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| 164 | "Stewart, Duncan, __a_maker, Balfron, and Janet Ferguson, his spouse, had a son born the __ Dec'r 1814 and bapt 8 Jan'y 1815 named Nicol." (Balfron Parish Register) | Stewart, Nicol (I27606)
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| 165 | "The deceased Andrew Grahame Maltman Maltman (It's written twice in the original.) Balfron and Mary Stewart, his spouse, had the following children where ____ were orsietle? so the registered at the ___ other times. Aleze Agness born 28th June and bapt July 1836 Andrew born 14th April and bapt May 1838." (Balfron Parish Register) 1886 Deaths in the Parish of Balfron in the County of Stirling Mary Graham, widow of Andrew Graham, feuar, 1886, February seventeenth at the Clachan of Balfron, age 80 years, daughter of Andrew Stewart and Catherine Stewart m.s. Battison. Informant: Andrew Graham, son. | Stewart, Mary (I27627)
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| 166 | "The McQueen’s were from Kilmadock. Over the past 5 generations the family migrated from Callander through Stirlingshire and across to Dunbartonshire, before settling Glasgow or surrounding areas." -- from descendant Alison Mitchell. | McQueen, Peter (I11403)
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| 167 | "The Scottish Clans and Their Tartans", by W & A K Johnston & G W Bacon states it was Patrick son of Walter and Lord Graham's daughter who died at Flodden. As he died before his father and thus did not inherit. | Buchanan, Patrick Younger of that Ilk (I2017)
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| 168 | "There's one point where Severance is wrong, and that is the paternity of Capt. John Stewart. His mother was Alice Atchison, who according to Stewart family tradition married first James Stewart (father of John) and then after James' untimely death she married James' younger brother Samuel, who raised John. Severance shows Samuel as the father of John, yet John's date of birth shows he was born before James' death. This is the ancestral family of the Stewarts of Middlebury, Vt., who served as state governors and senators, were hunting partner with President Teddy Roosevelt, and whose descendant Philip Battell Stewart II discovered the 18th century "Merrill Bible" with the Gartnafuaran names written in it." (Jared Olar) Severence shows John as a son of Samuel Stewart. See below for details. From FindAGrave: The following was provided to me by his descendant Edward Dunscombe: John Stewart was born at Londonderry, N.H. in 1745. In 1759, at the age of 13, he enlisted in the French and Indian War, and took part in a fight with the Indians at Oriskany during the same year. He joined Gen. Amherst's forces at Crown Point in the fall of 1759 and was present at the taking of Montreal in 1760. After the war he moved to Bennington, and joined the "Green Mountain Boys" who defended the Vermont people from New York claimants, and at the time of his death was the last of that small band. He later served in the Revolutionary War under Col. Joseph McCracken. John's father James died about 1753 and his mother remarried. He joined the British army at age 14 in 1759. Severance's Londonderry Stewarts claims that John's father was named Samuel. However Philip Stewart, Stuart, Florida stated to me in a phone conversation that this was an error and that his name was James. Philip indicated that James' wife Alice married James' brother Samuel after James died, so this may be the source of the confusion. Severance does mention this possibility (pg. 76) and notes that some feel John came to Colrain, Mass. at the age of five to live with his uncle. Claim that John was a member of the "Green Mountain Boys" is substantiated by a muster-roll reprinted in the book "New York in the Revolution as colony and state." Vol. 1. Albany, N.Y. : J.B. Lyon, 1904 which lists a John Stewart as a member (pg. 62). Another John Stewart is listed as a member of the Second Regiment. The mention of a Captain McCracken in the statement of John's son Ira (below) indicates that John was a member of the Fourth Regiment. McCracken and Stewart are mentioned as members ("New York in the Revolution, ibid., pg. 47 & 53). Apparently he was a member of the Green Mountain Boys before the Revolution, when Vermonters were involved in border struggles with New Yorkers. The following excerpt from the journal of Sergeant Samuel Merriman, kept from October 7, 1759 to September 8, 1760 (taken from Sheldon's History of Deerfield) gives a feel for daily rigors the young Stewart must have experienced" "Campt crown point, Oct. 26, 1759. "friday this day we set out to clean a rode to No. 4, we crost the Lake about Sun set & then campt. "Satterday the 27 we camp east side of ye Lak upon Mager Hawks Rode; this day we set out to clear ye Rode and cleared as far as two mile Brook and we campt. Nothing extraordinary haped this Day. "Sabath October ye 28, 1759, this day we marched 2 miles further and then came to a stream and made a brigue over and then marched 2 miles further and then came to a nother large stream and there we campt. &c. "Tuesday, October ye 30th, 1759. We maid ye great brigue and march 3 miles & then campt. "October ye 31, 1759, then march 2 miles & then we eat dinner" (Severance, B. Frank. Genealogy and biography of the descendants of Walter Stewart of Scotland and of John Stewart who came to America in 1718 and settled in Londonderry, N.H. Greenfield, Mass. : T. Morey & Son, 1905, pg. 77-78) After the close of the (French & Indian) war he moved from Colrain, Mass. to Bennington, Vt. where he joined the Green Mountain Corps., which defended the Vermont people from the New Yorkers, who claimed that region under grants, and at the time of his death, he was the last but one of that little band. The following extract from the life of Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Heroes of '76 by Henry W. DePuy evidently refers to him: "In October, 1769 a number of inhabitants of Bennington were assembled upon the farm of James Breckenridge, in the western part of the town, for the purpose of assisting him in harvesting his corn. While they were thus employed, a number of surveyors came upon the farm, and appeared to be running a line across it. Mr. Breckenridge (James Breckenridge was a former resident of Colrain, Mass., and lived next lot to the Stewarts) and Mr. Samuel Robinson left their work, and entered into conversation with them. The surveyors declared they were acting under the authority of the State of New York. Mr. Breckenridge and Mr. Robinson forbade their proceeding further, stating, at the same time, that it was not their intention to use violence, but merely to protest against the proceeding, for the purpose of preserving their legal rights. Upon this they petitioned the governor and council of New York stating that the commissioners and surveyors had been "violently opposed by sundry persons, and prevented by their threats from executing the trusts reposed upon them." Upon this a proclamation was issued by the governor "for apprehending and securing the principals and ringleaders;" and at the following January term of court at Albany, several persons who had been present were indicted as rioters, and among them was John Stewart. None of them, however, were arrested or brought to trial." (Severance, B. Frank. Genealogy and biography of the descendants of Walter Stewart of Scotland and of John Stewart who came to America in 1718 and settled in Londonderry, N.H. Greenfield, Mass. : T. Morey & Son, 1905, pg. 78-79). "John Stewart was born at Londonderry, N.H., Sept. 12, 1745. He told his grandson Homer H. Stuart that having lost his father when he was about five years old he went to Colrain, Mass. to live with his uncle, Samuel Stewart. In 1759, when fourteen, he enlisted in the French and Indian War and marched into the Province of New York, where he took part in a fight with the Indians at Oriskany. His company served under General Jeffrey Amherst and he was with it at the taking of Montreal in 1760. After the close of this war we find him a member of the Congregational Church at Bennington, Vt. and also enrolled in "The Green Mountain Corps," which defended the Vermont people from the New Yorkers who laid claim to Western Vermont under Grants. He took part in the events of the stirring year of 1775, serving under General Montgomery at the second capture of Montreal, November 13, 1775, and serving in the Revolutionary War under Colonel Joseph McCracken. After the war he was addressed as "Captain" Stewart." Whether this title came to him by regular commission or was accorded by courtesy of the day, is uncertain, but judging from his character it is scarcely probable he would, unless really entitled, have allowed its use. Moreover he had a sword - usually the badge of a commissioned officer. When the Revolutionary War ended, he settled at Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain, where for ten years he kept an inn, called "Mount Independence House." This inn was destroyed by fire in 1794 and he moved to a farm at Burlington, not far from Cooperstown, N.Y. Between 1806 and 1811 he resided at New Haven, Vt., and from the latter year until his death, July 31, 1829, at Middlebury, Vt. While Captain Stewart was rather reticent, as a rule, he was less reserved with his grandson, Homer H. Stuart. Occasionally winter evenings, by the large open fireplace, he would relate events of his own childhood and adventures that had befallen him and his brothers in youth and manhood. Often in later years did Homer wish that he had taken the precaution to write down these reminiscences of his grandfather and great uncles in the French and Indian War - with Rogers' Rangers - in the forays of the Green Mountain Corps -- in the Revolution, as well as further West where William Stewart, the companion of Daniel Boone lost his life at the Battle of Blue Licks. But the young, listening to such hearthside narrations, are prone to forget how much personal and family history will pass away irrecoverably with the narrator, and thus it was with him. Captain Stewart had a distinct remembrance of his aged great-grandmother. He used to relate to Homer her stories of the family's persecutions by "Bonnie Dundee," in Scotland. Tradition in the family states that she (a Forsyth) (editor's note: this would be Jeannette Forsythe) was the widow of Robert Stuart who was born in Scotland in 1655, and died in 1714. She accompanied her son John Stuart, (the proprietor) born in Edinburgh about 1682, to Londonderry, N.H., and survived him. As Captain Stewart was born in 1745, she must have been living as late as 1750 or 1752. Homer H. Stuart once remarked that the character "Henry Morton of Milnwood," in Sir Walter Scott's Romance "Old Mortality," reminded him of Robert Stuart as portrayed in these tales of Captain Stewart's great-grandfather. For Robert, according to these stories, fought against Monmouth and in consequence was exiled and deprived of his estate. With the tradition of this "lost Stuart estate" Homer was familiar, but merely laughed when urged to seek its recovery. His own good sense told him it was better to serve his day and generation in useful work than to dream of recovering these enchanted lands. Captain Stewart's sense of honor was keen. A pension was tendered him for his military services, but he replied, "I want no pay for having served my country." The evening before he passed away he sent for his grandson to come to his bedside. For some minutes he silently regarded the young man. Finally he said "Home, I am going to bid you good-by now." Then giving him some good advice as to the course of his life, he tenderly and affectionately pressed his hand in farewell. Captain Stewart's character commanded the respect of all. Rigidly upright and of unswerving conviction, he was a worthy descendant of his Covenantor ancestor Robert, "a man who would die for a principle of a prejudice" and utterly devoid of fear. After the close of the Revolutionary War the country was for some time in a distracted condition and traveling dangerous. Late one night, passing a dismantled house, he heard groans. He reined in his horse to listen. The sound came from the house. Dismounting he tied his horse and groped into the ruins. Guided by the sound he felt his way down a rickety stairway to the cellar. There two glowing eyes met his own. He stood quietly until the groaning was renewed, and then slowly advanced until his outstretched hand encountered a sheep! The creature had tumbled into the cellar and had been disabled. Into such environment not many men would have dared to enter unarmed. He attended the lecture of Lyman Beecher when the latter went through Vermont on his temperance crusade, and became convinced that it was morally wrong to use liquor. He was then eighty, and for some years had taken a small glass of Medford rum. He ordered the cask brought out and emptied in the barnyard. Through some oversight its inspiring contents flowed into the pig-sty and soon there was great revelry in the piggery! Captain Stewart was very hospitable and lived well, having everything of the best. His horses were noted as carefully selected animals. He was an exemplary Christian and a pillar of the Middlebury Church. In person he was somewhat over six feet tall, well built, but not corpulent, abundant white hair, fair complexion and a strong-featured face. His carriage was erect and dignified (Severance, pg. 165-170). Severance gives further details of his service. "He enlisted April 28, 1759 - at the age of 13 - served until September 24th as one of the garrison at Charlemont; re-enlisted for service in Canada (pg. 77) In person he was over six feet tall and well built, with abundant white hair and strong featured face. His carriage was erect and dignified, and it was later said that he had resembled the Duke of Wellington during his later years. Capt. Stewart died at Middlebury in 1829. When the Revolution ended, the family moved to Ticonderoga, on the shores of Lake Champlain, where for ten years they kept an Inn, called "The Mount Independence House." The Inn was destroyed by fire in 1794 and the family moved to a farm at Burlington, near Cooperstown, N.Y. Between 1806 and 1811 they kept a general store at New Haven, Vermont, and from the latter year until the present the family has lived in Middlebury. (Private letters of The Stewart family of Middlebury, Vermont. Selected and edited by John E. Stewart, 1968. Sheldon Museum, Middlebury, Vt.) The following is the text of John Stewart's pension record for service in the Revolutionary War as obtained from the National Archives. It is difficult to decipher the photocopy. Missing words are denoted with a "(?)." It also seems to begin in the middle of the document, indicating missing material: "...strongly solicited to accompanying the army in that expedition with the officer of a commission as Captain; but that the (unprotected?) situation of his family (forbade?) his remaining, and he returned home. And (then?) the said Huldah Stewart well recollects that her said husband returned to her at Cambridge near Christmas, and that he had in his possession when he returned a curiously wrought leather bag, filled with papers which he (related?) to his services as commissary as aforesaid, and that he said the bag was given him for that use. That early in July A.D. 1777, the said John Stewart resided with his family in Pawlet, Vermont, then called the New Hampshire Grants, and the the neighborhood in which they lived was alarmed by an (express?) communicating the intelligence of the Captain of Ticonderoga, and the disastrous result of the battle of (Hubbardtown?), and that the Indians attached to Burgoyne's army were overrunning the whole country. All the (whigs?) who resided in that part of the country, were compelled to abandon their settlements at the (North?), and remove South to some place of greater security. That the said John Stewart (?) a (?) put forward his family, consisting of the applicant and their young children, and remained behind himself a few hours to endeavor to (?) some of his furniture, provisions, and other valuables, which were all however found, and stolen or destroyed by the (tories?), and with the exception of one iron kettle, never recovered by the said Stewarts. Among the not, the leather bag before mentioned, containing the commissary and other papers relating to the military services of the said Stewart, was (?), and all the papers destroyed fragments of them having been found strewed upon the ground for a considerable distance from the house. After suffering great hardships, the applicant, with her children was placed in the family of her father in Bennington where she remained until Nov. after the surrender of Burgoyne. On the alarm occasioned by the approach of the enemy under Col. Baum, the said John Stewart joined the American forces under Gen. Stark, as a volunteer, and was in both engagements of the 16th of August A.D. 1777. In this action he personally disarmed and made prisoner a Hessian soldier, and the gun, sword, and accouterments taken from the Hessian were for many years preserved in the family of said Stewart, and a knife made from the sword is now in the possession of the applicant. The said John Stewart on this occasion was in the service of the United States as the applicant verily believes during all this time that the prisoners then taken were at Bennington. She further declares that she was legally married to the said John Stewart at the house of her father Elnathan Hubbell in Bennington aforesaid on the 12th day of March A.D. 1772, by the Rev. Jedadiah Dewey the first settled minister of said town. That she resided in said town until 1774, when they returned to Cambridge, New York. That in 1776 or 7 they removed to Pawlet, Vermont. That in 1780, they removed to Ticonderoga, New York, in 1793 to Orwell, Vermont, in 1795 to Burlington, New York, in 1804, to New Haven, Vermont, in 1812, to Middlebury, Vermont, where she has ever since resided: -- That her eldest child Cynthia was born in Bennington, Aaron in 1775, in Cambridge, Noble in 1777, and Ira in 1779 in Pawlet. That her husband the aforesaid John Stewart died at Middlebury aforesaid on the 30th day of July A.D. 1829 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof (hints?) annexed. That she has no documentary proof, and knows of no person living by whom she can prove the revolutionary services of her husband. Sworn and subscribed on he day and year first before written. Huldah Stewart - her mark Before Mr. (G.?) (H.?) (Jenison?), Judge I certify that the above named Huldah Stewart is personally known to me and that she is a reliable witness. (G.?) (H.?) (Jenison?), Judge" The following is a deposition by Ira Stewart, son of John Stewart: I Ira Stewart of Middlebury on the County of Addison and State of Vermont, aged sixty six years being duly sworn depose and say, that I am the third son of John Stewart, late of said Middlebury deceased, and Huldah Stewart his wife, and I further say that the said John Stewart my father deceased on the thirtieth day of July, 1829, AD 1829, and that my Mother, the said Huldah, is yet living and has ever remained the Widow of the said John Stewart, and is now Ninety four years of age and in the full possession of all her faculties. I have frequently heard my father in his lifetime speak of his first campaign in the American Army, during the year 1775 under the command of General Montgomery in the invasion of Canada. The said John, my father, stated that he entered the American Service on or about the first of June A D 1775 for the term of six months at Cambridge in the County of Washington and State of New York as orderly Sergeant in Captain McCracken's Company and Colonel (Van Schaide's?) Regiment of the New York line: that he was recruiting officer for the Company, to which he belonged; and that he recruited in Cambridge aforesaid, and in Salem in the said County of Washington previous to General Montgomery's march to Canada, he joined his company with his recruits and was present in the American Army at the taking of the Isle Aux noix, St. Johns and Montreal; and that when the Army reached Canada, he was appointed (Issuing?) Commissary and continued to occupy the office and fulfill its duties until the execution of his term of enlistment, at which time he returned to his family, then residing in Cambridge aforesaid. And he further stated, that when the fort at Ticonderoga was taken by the British under the command of General Burgoyne in 1777, he resided on the Town of Pawlet in Vermont, And information having been received that a large force of British Indians were ravaging the County and advancing on that Town, he together with the other inhabitants (?) left their habitations and retreated to the Town of Bennington leaving behind them all their effects, and that at that time he lost his discharge and other vouchure (sic) of the service he performed in the American Army, together with all the rest of his papers. That while at Bennington he joined General Stark's Command, as a Volunteer, and was present and fought in the Battles of Bennington when Cols. Baum and Breyman (editor's note: this should read "Breymann") commanding the British forces were defeated, and that in that Conflict, he personally took a Hessian soldier prisoner. The accouterments gun and sword belonging to that Prisoner have been, until a few years since, in the possession of the said John Stewart's family: and a knife made from the blade of the same sword is now in the possession of the deponent. And this deponent says and verily believes, that the said Captain McCracken to whose Company his father belonged, was present and took part in the battle of Monmouth and lost an arm in the said battle. My father was an intimate personal friend of the said Captain McCracken and on or about the year 1801 in the month of January or February I accompanied my said father on a visit to the Capt. then Colonel McCracken and heard them among other things recount their adventures in the American service during the Campaign of 1775 but from the long lapse of time and from not particularly storing his memory with it, this deponent is unable to relate their conversation. And this deponent further states that sometime since, at the request of his mother, the said Huldah Stewart, he examined the Records in the office of the Secretary of State for the State of New York in Albany for the purpose of finding the proofs of his father's the said John Stewart's service in the American Army; and in the book of Records this deponent found the Role of the Commissioned officers of the said Capt. McCracken's Company (Van Schack's?) Regiment, but no Role of the non commissioned officers and privates of the said Capt. McCracken's Company; and further this deponent saith not. Ira Stewart State of Vermont District of Addison (?) (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35254048/john-stewart) -------- Severence: John,5 (see Memoir of Capt. John Stewart, p. 165) (Samuel,4 John,3 Robert,2 Walter,1) b. at Londonderry, N. H, Sept. 12, 1745, m. March 12, 1772, Huldah, dau. of Elnathan Hubbell of Bennington. It is thought by some that he was a son of James, whose widow is said to have married Samuel the brother of James, and that at the age of five years he came to Colrain, Mass., to live with his uncle Samuel. He enlisted April 28, 1759 - at the age of 13 - served until September 24th as one of the garrison at Charlemont ; re-enlisted for service in Canada, joining General Amherst's forces at Crown Point in the fall of 1759, and he was present at the taking of Montreal in 1760. No better account of his service can be found than Sergeant Samuel Merriman's journal kept by himself, for a part of the time, from October 7, 1759, to September 8, 1760, which we get from Sheldon's History of Deerfield : " Campt crown point, Oct. 26, 1759. " friday this day we set out to clean a rode to No. 4, we crost the Lake about Sun set & then campt. " Satterday the 27 we camp east side of ye Lak upon Mager Hawks Rode ; this day we set out to clear ye Rode and cleared as far as two mile Brook and we campt. Nothing extraordinary haped this Day. " Sabath October ye 28, 1759 this day we cleared 4 miles and then campt. "Monday, October 29, 1759, this day we marched 2 miles further and then came to a stream and made a brigue over and then marched 2 miles further and then came to a nother large stream and there we campt &c. " Tuesday, October ye 30, 1 759. We maid ye great brigue and march 3 miles & then campt. October ye 31, 1759, then march 2 miles & then we eat dinner." After the close of the war he removed from Colrain to Bennington, Vt., and became a member of the Green Mountain Corps, which defended the Vermont people from the New Yorkers, who claimed that region under grants, and at the time of his death, he was the last but one of that little band. The following extract from the life of Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Heroes of '76, by Henry W. DePuy, evidently refers to him. " In October, 1769 a number of the inhabitants of Bennington were assembled upon the farm of James Breckenridge, in the western part of the town, for the purpose of assisting him in harvesting his corn. While they were thus employed, a number of surveyors came upon the farm, and appeared to be running a line across it. Mr. Breckenridge (James Breckenridge was a former resident of Colrain, Mass., and lived next lot to the Stewarts) and Mr. Samuel Robinson left their work, and entered into conversation with them. The surveyors declared they were acting under the authority of the State of New York. Mr. Breckenridge and Mr. Robinson forbade their proceeding further, stating, at the same time, that it was not their intention to use violence, but merely to protest against the proceeding, for the purpose of preserving their legal rights. Upon this they petitioned the governor and council of New York stating that the commissioners and surveyors had been c violently opposed by sundry persons, and prevented by their threats from executing the trusts reposed in them.' Upon this a proclamation was issued by the governor c for apprehending and securing the principals and ringleaders ; ' and at the following January term of court at Albany, several persons who had been present were indicted as rioters, and among them was John Stewart. None of them, however, were arrested or brought to trial." | Stewart, Capt. John (I23832)
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| 169 | "Thomas was involved in the burning of the Murrays in the church of Monzievaird, in 1488, during which he aided the escape of John Murray of Trowan, one of the entrapped parties, and, for which, he was afterwards compelled to flee to Ireland in fear of his life. Several years later. when he returned, he received a grant of lands near to Comrie, by the thankful Murrays, who named it in his honour, Drummonderinoch, or "Drummond ot he Irishman's." (Magregor) | Drummond, Thomas 1st of Drummonderinoch (I5132)
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| 170 | "Thomas Watters, 1862-1907 The death took place suddenly on Monday last of Mr. Thomas Watters, of Glenample, Lochearnhead, a well-known flockmaster. It appears that Mr. Watters together with Mr. Alex Cowan of Spittalhill, Fintry, were attending at the farm of Mr. Fraser, Townfoot, Denny, to conduct a valuation. Mr. Watters took suddenly ill about noon. He had immediate attention at the residence of Mr. Fraser, and medical aid was summoned from Denny. Notwithstanding all efforts, Mr. Watters passed away shortly after two o'clock. He was an extensive agriculturalist, an excellent judge of stock, and frequented the principal shows and sales throughout the country. Mr. Watters was between forty and fifty years of age, and was married to a member of a family greatly esteemed in Balquhidder district. In Lochearnhead, Balquhidder, and Killin neighbourhoods, Mr. Watters will be greatly missed. He took an active part in every movement which had to do with the good of West Perthshire, and he had the happy knack of combining sections and avoiding all that made for pettiness or dispeace. He was convenor of the Breadalbane Agricultural Association, and as such his great practical knowledge, breadth of view, and geniality of manner effected wonders. Wherever he went he made friends. The Perth Ram Society had in Mr. Watters a strong and sagacious supporter. At public meetings, of an agricultural or general nature, he spoke little, but his words were always to the point. He was quite at his best among friends whom he thoroughly knew, and those who were best acquainted with him esteemed him most. The funeral of the deceased took place on Thursday afternoon at Balquhidder Churchyard and was very largely attended." (The Strathearn Herald, Saturday September 7, 1907, page 4) | Watters, Thomas (I19268)
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| 171 | "Walter sold off the lands of Gartnafuaran. According to Stewarts of the South (circa 1815), 'Gartnafuaran and Stron-slan with Cean a choille and Dail riach were sold to a McLeod from Skye, and now the property of John McG[regor] Murray. Sir J[ohn] McG[regor] Murray sold Glen Mor to Capt. Stewart of Glenbucky at the rate of 4,000 pounds double the value.' "In the Ardvorlich Papers, we read, 'Sir John MacGregor Murray bought Gartnafueran from Lord Bannatyne, a paper lord, the brother of his wife.... Bannatyne must have bought Gartnafuero from its last Stewart laird, about whom Donald has heard from a man Macintyre who knew him, that he was a grand rider, and when chased by his enemies, could jump on any stray horse’s back, and as he ran away could with his long arms pick up stones from the road, and pelt his pursuers.' "Walter may be the Walter Stewart who, according to the old parish register of Callander, clandestinely married Janet Stewart in Glasgow, Lanark, on 18 April 1748. Janet is believed to be the same as Janet, born circa 1733, eldest daughter of John Ban Mor Stewart of Auchnahard in Glenfinglas. The clandestine marriage in Glasgow suggests that Walter and Janet eloped, presumably because Janet likely was no older than 15. The Walter and Janet mentioned in the old Callander parish register resided in Glenfinglas and had four children, who thus could all be the children of the last laird of Gartnafuaran. In addition, the last laird of Gartnafuaran may have been the father of Walter Stewart, tenant in Auchnahard of Glenfinglas." (Olar) | Stewart, Walter 10th of Gartnafuaran (I17927)
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| 172 | "Went to Pembroke." | Stewart, James (I16009)
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| 173 | "Whitson taught at Avon, then in the West. He bought a farm and sold it. He then owned a lumber yard. He has a nursery now in Biggar, Saskatchewan. He married Henrietta McCrea. They had no children." (Talbot Times) | Moore, Whitson Duncan (I11150)
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| 174 | "William Brown was the oldest son of John Brown and Martha Thistle. He was born in Portadown, Armagh, Ireland and immigrated with his parents to Canada. He died in Elgin in 1890 at the age of 78 years. d. 26 May 1890 (aged 77-78) in Elgin, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada." -- FindAGrave In 1851 William was residing in Elgin, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada, working as a labourer, and belonging to the Presbyterian church. In 1861 William was residing in Elgin, Huntingdon East, Quebec, Canada. In 1881 William was residing in Elgin, Huntingdon, Quebec with 63 year old Agnes Brown (b1818). They are not married. Her relationship is unknown. She could be an unrecorded spinster sister. He is recorded as being of unsound mind. | Brown, William (I21078)
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| 175 | "William Caraway was born in 1754, in what was then Cumberland County, but is now Harnett County, North Carolina, the son of John Carraway, Sr. and his first wife, Margaret Stewart. He grew up on his father's plantation and learned the art of farming. "With the advent of the Revolutionary War, William responded to the call of Patriotism and enlisted in service to the young Nation as a private. Although he was a native resident of the state of North Carolina, he traveled to Cambridge South Carolina in March or April of 1778, and enlisted under Captain John Moore of the Third Company of Col. Huger's Regiment of the South Carolina Line. He rose through the ranks to become Orderly First Sergt. During his tour of duty, William served under Captain John Caraway Smith, a cousin, during the Siege of Savannah and was also in the Battle of Stono, South Carolina. During his service he was wounded by a hand pike, which caused him pain for the remainder of his life. Sergt. Caraway was honorably discharged from service at Whitehall, South Carolina on June 11, 1780. It is interesting to note that he was not paid for his service until May 5, 1785, on which date he received the sum of 33 pounds, five shillings and three pence, and halfpenny, sterling. "After being discharged from service, William returned to his native Cumberland County and resumed work on the family plantation. He began to acquire land of his own. On April 16, 1782, he purchased a tract of land from his father. "In a sworn affidavit, William's son John Caraway stated that William married Elizabeth Avera sometime prior to June 11, 1780, the date of William's discharge from the Continental Army. Elizabeth was the daughter of Alexander Avera and Sarah Caraway, neighbors of the Caraway's. However, if this is so, there is no indication that children were born to this marriage for several years. Their first born were twins, Robert and Charity, born July 5, 1785. A son, John, was born in 1787 and another daughter, Mildred, in about 1790. On September 11, 1794, son Alexander was born. Sometime after the birth of Alexander, William's father, John Carraway, died and his plantation was divided among his heirs. "For some reason William decided to leave Cumberland County and began to dispose of his property. On August 24, 1795, he sold the tract of land he had bought from his father in 1782 to his brother-in-law William Avera. A year later on August 23, 1796, he sold to his brother James, 150 acres of land on Black River, which he had inherited from his father. In the deed for this property, William was shown to be a resident of Cumberland County, yet tax records for Stokes County for 1796 show that William was a resident of that county before the end of the year. Apparently, William moved from Cumberland County to Stokes County sometime between August 23 and December 31, 1796. The final disposition of his Cumberland County property came when he sold 200 acres on Stewart's Creek to his brother Thomas on November 25, 1800. On October 4, 1796, another son, William, Jr. was born, probably after their move to Stokes County, and son Thomas, two years later in 1798. William's family was completed by the addition of Benjamin in 1800, Jame in 1802, and Charles in 1804. Possibly lured by the promise of free land to be offered in the 1805 Georgia Land Lottery, William moved his family to Lincoln County, Georgia, in 1804. "Although he was not successful in the initial effort (he drew two blanks), William's family was lucky in later land lotteries in Georgia. In the 1820 drawing, William Jr. obtained a lot in Habersham County, John a lot in Irwin County and Robert and Charity each drew for land in Early County. In 1821 Alexander was a lucky drawer for a lot in Houston County. In later lotteries, son James was a lucky drawer for land in Floyd County and Benjamin drew for lot number 260, dt. 8, sec. 5 in Upson County. "In 1825 William and family, including his widowed daughter, Charity Bethel and her family, moved from Lincoln County to Upson County, Georgia. It is family tradition that three of his sons built the first three houses erected in the city of Thomaston. If the tradition is true, John and Robert were certainly two of those, along with William. They and sister Charity were there in 1830 but William, Jr. was in Muscogee County and Thomas was in Randolph County. Alexander had moved to Mississippi sometime between 1826 and 1829. It is not known whether he went there directly from Lincoln County or by way of Upson County. Benjamin was administrator of Thomas Caraway's estate in Randolph County in 1833 and probably lived there with him in 1830 as a yet unmarried man. Apparently, James never married and there are few records to prove he existed. Charles was retarded and apparently lived with his father all of his life. "In May of 1833 William was granted a pension by the United States government for his service in the Revolutionary War. Less than a year later he died on February 1, 1834, and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Thomaston. His wife, Elizabeth, died January 1, 1838, probably in the home of one of her sons, either Benjamin or Robert Caraway, in Randolph County, Georgia; the location of her burial is unknown." Written by: Jack F. Caraway, Montgomery, Alabama, 2003 --------- WILLIAM CARAWAY, b. 1754-Cumberland Co., NC; d. 1 Feb. 1834-Thomaston, Upson Co., GA; bur. Glenwood Cem. there (FindAGrave#24761326); m. bef. 11 June 1780 Elizabeth Avera [b. 1764-NC; d. 1 Jan. 1838-Randolph Co., GA; d/o Sarah Caraway & Alexander Avera Sr.]. William was a Sgt./ARW, serving under Col. Huger & Captains Moore & Smith in the SC brigade. Named as a son in father’s will. 1st moved to Stokes Co., NC, then to Lincoln Co., GA bef. Upson Co./1825. William Carraway was born in Cumberland, North Carolina and he died in Thomaston, Upson, Georgia. He was the son of John Caraway (1731) and Margaret Stewart. * Information on this family appears in History of Upson County by Nottingham and Hannah, pp. 892-94. * Veteran of Revolutionary War, documented in Daughters of American Revolution * Discharged from service on June 11, 1780 after about 20 months service as sergeant and orderly sergeant under Captains Moore and Smith, Colonel Huger, South Carolina Troops, participated in the siege of Savannah and the battle of Stono. Discharged at Whitehall, South Carolina. * In 1825 he moved with his family to Upson County after living for a short time in Lincoln County, Georgia * Successful drawer in Georgia 1827 land lottery. His ten children are: Robert and Charity (twins) 1785, John "Job" 1787, Mildredge 1790, Alexander 1794, William Jr. 1796, Thomas 1798, Benjamin 1800, James 1802, Charles 1804. Gravesite Details: Revolutionary War Veteran (Source: FindAGrave) --------- UPSON COUNTY, GA - REV WAR PENSIONS William Caraway Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Linda Hallman Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/upson.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm State of Georgia Upson County On this Twenty ninth day of August one thousand eight hundred thirty two, personally appeared in open Court before Christopher B. Strong Judge of the Superior Court of the Flint Circuit, County of Upson and State of Georgia aforesaid William Caraway, a resident of the County of Upson and State of Georgia. Age seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he entered the service as a private in Cambridge, South Carolina in March of April 1778 under Captain John Moore of the Three Company was attached to Colonel Hughes Regiment, that he remained as a member of the said Company twenty months. When he received a discharge from Capt. John Moore which is now in the pension office in Washington City. That he was engaged as Orderly Sergeant at the Seige of Savannah under Capt. Smith that he was a resident of Cumberland County, North Carolina when he entered the services, that he was in the Battle of Stono, and that he knew Gen. Lincoln of the Regular Service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declared that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state. Sworn to subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Wm. Caraway Wm. P. onger, Clk, CS Note: certificated make by A. F. Edward, M.M.E.C. Robert H. Dixon The court clerk, 30th August 1832 | Carraway, Sgt. William C. (Planter) (I23102)
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| 176 | "William James Cairns was the oldest son of William Cairns and Nancy Emberson. He was born 1807 in Ireland and immigrated to Canada in 1823, with his parents. He married first, Eliza Baird.They had nine children; Caroline, David, Sara Ann, Elizabeth, William, Sarah Jane, James, Catherine and Elisa. After Eliza died in 1853 he married Sarah Brown, dau. of John Brown and Martha Thistle. They were married on April 17, 1856 in Elgin. To this second union were born four children: John, Nancy (Nettie) Eliza, William George and Robert Thistle. He died in Ormstown at the age of 66 years." -- FindAGrave | Cairns, William James (I21230)
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| 177 | "[Robert Stewart in Buchany in 1852] Declares that he knew Janet Stewart a granddaughter of this John and a daughter of Hugh and he remembers her being a servant to Mr Jaffray at Glassingall, and that she was said to be a cousin (natural) to the Laird of Glassingall that the said John Stewart left his said son Hugh Stewart in the farm of Ballacaush aforesaid, and went to the farm of Lendrick with Archibald another son, whose descendents are still there. That the said John Stewart was married to Isobel Macfarlane a daughter of Hugh Macfarlane of Calliechra at Loch Katrine in the Parish of Callander." (Glasingall trial manuscript.) | McFarlane, Isobell in Coilachra (I9773)
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| 178 | "[Robert Stewart in Buchany in 1852] Declares that he knew Janet Stewart a granddaughter of this John and a daughter of Hugh and he remembers her being a servant to Mr Jaffray at Glassingall, and that she was said to be a cousin (natural) to the Laird of Glassingall that the said John Stewart left his said son Hugh Stewart in the farm of Ballacaush aforesaid, and went to the farm of Lendrick with Archibald another son, whose descendents are still there. That the said John Stewart was married to Isobel Macfarlane a daughter of Hugh Macfarlane of Calliechra at Loch Katrine in the Parish of Callander." (Glasingall trial manuscript.) | McFarlane, Hugh in Coilachra (I21216)
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| 179 | #35 St. Mary's Wynd | Stewart, Duncan (I15599)
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| 180 | (1768 Janry 10th Alexr, son to Willm Stewart and Jean Crawfoord Quarriestown." (Kincardine by Doune Parish Register) If this family has been correctly identified in Stewarts of the South then this Alexander Stewart is not mentioned and is presumed to have died young. | Stewart, Alexander (I32031)
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| 181 | (Alexander Stewart's family shown here was previously incorrectly identified as the family of Dr. Alexander Stewart in Bo'ness from the Stewarts of Glen Ogle.) Alexander Stewart was born 31 Oct 1754 in Ardcheanochdan, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland, as a son of James Stewart and Jean Stewart. Alexander Stewart is identified in Stewarts of the South Section II as being a son of James Stewart in Auchnahard from 2-Line of the Stewarts in Glentarken. Alexander is described as: "son Alexander Stewart, [a] shepherd [at] Inverchearnaig [in the] Braes of Balquhidder, [which is] a part of the ancient estate of Macgregor of Glencearnaig, [but] now [belongs to] the Earl of Murray. [He holds] a copartner lease of the Stewarts or Bans (Bains) of Glenfinglas. [He] has five sons: Duncan, James, Robert, David, and John: 1. Duncan (of whom no description is given) 2 James is a Shepherd in Gleneilg 3 Robert a servant man to Mr Robert Steward [in] Auchnahard [in] Glenfinglas 4 John is shepherd to Duncan Stewart [in] Duart [in] Glenfinglas at the farm of Duilatur [in] Port [of Menteith] parish 5 David [is] with John Stewart [in] Stroin [on] Lochcathrineside." The reference to Alexander holding a copartner lease with the Bain Stewarts of Glenfinglas likely refers to a sublease of part of the Auchnahard farm where his father is said to have resided. As such, it seems likely that his mother, Jean Stewart, belonged to the Bain Stewarts in Auchnahard, although her exact birth has not been identified. Alexander Stewart's marriage banns were registered on 17 Dec 1791 in Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland to Elisabeth Stewart, daughter of James Stewart and Agnes McCallum. Their marriage was registered secondly on 30 Dec 1791 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland. "1791 - Decr 17th Alexr. Stewart in this parish and Elisabeth Stewart in the parish of Callander. Dues 2 sh." (Balquhidder Parish Register) "1791, Alexander Stewart in the parish of Balquhidder and Elizabeth Stewart in this parish enlisted December 18th and married 30th December 1791." (Callander Parish Register) Alexander Stewart and Elisabeth Stewart had nine children together in Inverlochlarig Mor in the wester Braes of Balquhidder. Although Alexander Stewart is described in Stewarts of the South as a shepherd at Invercarnaig, his children were all born at nearby Inverlochlarig, suggesting that Alexander lived at Inverlochlarig but worked 2 km away at Invercarnaig. Inverlochlarig is famous for being the residence of Rob Roy MacGregor. Alexander Stewart's date and place of death is unknown. No record of his death or burial has been found. | Stewart, Dr. Alexander Shepherd in Invercarnaig (I14719)
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| 182 | (Baptism date is uncertain. The year is not indicated in the OPR, just "Febr 22nd", but the entry is is placed in the middle of the 1781 entries) | Stewart, Christian (I14833)
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| 183 | (Father given as "Daniel Stewart".) | Stewart, Elizabeth (I15645)
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| 184 | (Father given as "Daniel Stewart".) | Stewart, Helen (I15682)
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| 185 | (Father given as "Daniel Stewart".) In 1841 Robert is age 15 and apprenticing as a blacksmith under David Mitchell. Also residing in the same house are 15 year old Jean Robertson, presumably the same Jane Robertson that Robert later married, and her brothers Alexander Robertson (a journeyman blackmsith) and John Robertston. Robert later named one of his sons, David Mitchell Stewart. This same David Mitchell is believed to be the Mitchell who married Robert Stewart's cousin, Marjory Stewart and moved to Ireland between 1841-1851. | Stewart, Robert (I17404)
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| 186 | (Father shown as Patric Stewart.) Robert is described in Stewarts of the South as being an unmarried labourer. (ca. 1815) | Stewart, Robert (I17401)
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| 187 | (Father shown as Peter Stewart.) | Stewart, Janet (I16140)
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| 188 | (Father shown as Peter Stewart.) According to the 1873 Family Tree, this Katharine died young without marrying and without children. | Stewart, Kathrine (I16610)
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| 189 | (Father shown as Peter Stewart.) Daniel is described in Stewarts of the South as being a wright in Lochearnhead with his father. Donald and Catharine were fined 10p at the time of their wedding, which suggests an accusation of fornication. Given the date of the birth of their first daughter, Mary, and the fact that Mary was not baptized, this seems likely. (There is another couple also named Donald Stewart and Catherine McDiarmid who were also married in 1819 but in the adjoining parish of Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland.) In 1841, Donald Stewart was residing at #1 Callander Village, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland, with his wife and children. His daughter, Mary Stewart, was working as a servant to their landlord, William Stewart Whyte. 1872, Parish of Callander - Donald Stewart, carter, widower of Catherine McDiarmid, died October 14th 1872 in Callander Village, age 78, son of Peter Stewart, wright, deceased, and Janet Fisher, deceased. Informant: John Stewart, brother. | Stewart, Donald Wright in Lochearnhead (I15106)
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| 190 | (Father shown as Peter Stewart.) Margaret is shown in the 1873 Family Tree as having married a man named Stewart and having two children: Janet and Peter. Janet is shown as having married a man surnamed Gray. Their marriage record show's Janet's parents as "Donald Stewart and Margaret Stewart." | Stewart, Margaret (I16855)
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| 191 | (Father shown as Peter Stewart.) Peter is not mentioned in Stewarts of the South and is presumed to have died as a child. He is also recorded in the 1873 Family Tree as having died young without children. | Stewart, Peter (I17012)
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| 192 | (Fiona shows parents as David Stewart and Margaret Murray, while IGI shows Donald Stewart and Margaret Murray.) The 1873 Donald Stewart Family Tree shows Mary as having died without marrying and without children. | Stewart, Mary (I17232)
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| 193 | (Full will is on Ancestry to confirm transcription.) Smith Stewart was a successful millwright who went to St. Thomas in Jamaica where he appears to have prospered. His Will indicates that he owned slaves and had a substantial estate. He also had a residence at Ceril Street in Strand, Westminster, Middlesex, England (presently part of the city of London.) Smith Stewart never married nor had children. His Will (written 2 Dec 1805) dicates that his entire estate should be sold and, after any debts paid, the remainder to go to various family members. He especially singles out sisters and nieces for the bulk of his bequests and excludes brothers and nephews. This is presumably because the men would be expected to make a living on their own means at the turn of the 19th century and the women would be more likely in need of financial support. Smith Stewart died in Sep 1807 in Font Hill, St. Thomas, Jamaica. Stewarts of the South (ca. 1815) notes that Smith Stewart was already deceased at the time of writing. ----- This is the last Will and testament of me, Smith Stewart, of the parish of Saint Thomas in the East in the Island of Jamaica, Millwright, but at present residing in Ceril Street in the Strand in the County of Middlesex. First, I will and direct that all my negroses and other of my estate and effects whatsoever and whosoever shall be sold and disposed of by my executor, hereinafter named, as soon as conveniently may be after my demise. And for that purpose, I do herby authorize and empower my said executor to sign execute and deliver all and every such Bill and Bills of sale and other divide and conveyances whatsoever as shall be [illegible] and proper for my said negores and other my estate and effects unto the purchaser or purchasers thereof [illegible]. I give and bequeath unto my eldest sister, Janet MacNab, wife of Robert MacNab, manufacturer in Glasgow, the interest arising from the sum of one-thousand pounds to be paid to her annually during the term of her natural life and from and immediately after her demise. I give and bequeath the said sum of one thousand pounds unto the two daughters of my said sister to be equally divided between them share and share alike, and if but one of them shall happen to survive her mother, then I give the whole to that one provided always and it is my will and [illegible] that if my said sister's daughter shall marry during the lifetime of their mother and against their parents' [illegible] they shall not have survive or be [illegible] unto the said Legacies or sum of one thousand pounds or any part thereof, but if one of them shall so marry then her part and share of the said Legacies shall go to and be paid unto the other of them in the event of the demises of both of them in the lifetime of their said mother unmarried of the marriage of them contrary to or against their parents' consent as aforesaid then, in either of those cases, I give and bequeath the said sum of one thousand pounds unto my nephews (sons of my said sister) to be equally divided between them share and share alike. I give and bequeath unto the said Robert MacNab the sum of two hundred pounds as a mark of my esteem for him. I give and bequeath unto my second sister, Ann Macfarlane, wife of Hugh Macfarlane esquire, of Callichra (Coilachra), in Perthshire, North Britain, the interest arising from the sum of one thousand pounds to be paid to her annually during the term of his natural life, and from and immediately after the demise of the said Ann Macfarlane, I give and bequeath the said sum of one thousand pounds last mentioned unto the daughters of the said Ann Macfarlane in case she shall leave any at her demise to be equally divided between them, if more than one, but if my said sister Ann Macfarlane shall not have any daughter or daughters at her demise then I give and bequeath the said last mentioned sum of one thousand pounds unto her other children (her eldest son excepted*) to be equally divided between them, if more than one share and share alike. I give and bequeath unto my half-sisters, Isabella, Catharine, Mary, Charlotte, and Lilias Stewart, all at present residing in Auchray in the parish of Aberfoyle, in the shire of Perth, the sum of one hundred pounds each and to my cousin, Christian and [illegible] Gardiner, the sum of one hundred pounds each, I give and bequeath unto my aunt, Mrs Janet Gardiner, one annuity or yearly sum of twenty pound for and during the term of her natural life to commence from my demise and to be paid by [illegible] half-yearly payments. I give and bequeath unto my niece, Janet Carmichael, at present residing in Auchray, aforesaid our annuity or yearly sum of five pounds for and during the term of her natural life to commence from my demise and to be paid by half yearly payments. I give devise and bequeath all the [illegible] residue and remainder of my estate and effects not [illegible] otherwise disposed of after payment of my debts and funeral expenses unto my said sisters, Janet Macnab, and Ann Macfarlane, my said half sisters, Isabella, Catharine, Mary, Charlotte, and Lilias Stewart, and my said cousins, Christian and [illegible] to be divided between [illegible] and in proportion to the [illegible] of [illegible] by my bequeathed to them and their children [illegible] mentioned. Provide said one thousand pound [illegible] mentioned provided always that in case my estate shall be insufficient to discharge the whole of the said Legacies hereinbefore bequeathed then the said Legacies shall abate in proportion and according to the amount thereof [illegible] and I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my brother John Stewart of the said parish of Saint Thomas in the East in the said island of Jamaica, Esquire, to be sole executor of this my will herby [illegible] and making [illegible] all and [illegible] and wills codicils and testament my [illegible] Smith Stewart, the testator, have to the first two sheets of this my will in [illegible] of paper not my hand, and to this I have set my hand and this second day of December in the year of our lord One thousand eight hundred and five. Smith Stewart, signed, sealed, published, and [illegible] by the testator, Smith Stewart, as and for his last will and testament, in the presence of us who in are at his request and in the presence of each other have to.... * The eldest son is likely excluded because he would be expected to take care of himself financially. Smith Stewart is deliberate in leaving the bulk of his estate to women who would have less of a chance of financial prosperity and therefore more in need of assistance. | Stewart, Smith Millwright in Jamaica (I17668)
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| 194 | (in exile) | Stewart, Sir James Mhor of Albany (I16169)
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| 195 | (In the OPR entry, father Donald is described as a wright in Edinample). James is not described in Stewarts of the South or in family records and is presumed to have died young. | Stewart, James (I16003)
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| 196 | (Mistranscribed at LDS 1881 as "Burlon") | Burton, John (I1711)
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| 197 | (Mother given as "Jean Glassan".) According to the 1873 Family Tree, Donald never married. | Stewart, Donald (I15109)
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| 198 | (Mother given as "Jean McGlashan.") | Stewart, John (I16214)
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| 199 | (Mother given as "Jean McGlashan.") According to the 1873 Family Tree, Ann never married. | Stewart, Ann (I14559)
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| 200 | (Mother given as "Jean McGlashan.") Duncan resided in 1861 in Anderston, Barony, Glasgow and died bef 1871 when his widow is found living in the same place. | Stewart, Duncan D. (I15524)
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