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| 4251 | John is presumed to have died young prior to the birth of his same named brother in 1768. | Stewart, John (I16950)
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| 4252 | John is recorded as residing in Huntly, Aberdeen, Scotland at the time of his marriage. | Allardyce, John (I285)
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| 4253 | John is recorded in family records as having died young. | Stewart, John (I17007)
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| 4254 | John is recorded in family records. He is not found in public records and may have died young. | Cuthbert, John (I3393)
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| 4255 | John is recorded in Mitchell's Monumental Inscriptions for Kilmahog Cemetery #25 as: "son John, farmer (at) Portnelan, died 21 MAY 1833, age 42." It appears that John never married and had no children. It is likely that this John is the second John Stewart referred to in the following reference from the Appendix to Stewarts of the South: "Missed, in the parish of Callander, the two farms of Portnellan [on] Loch Venacher side, between Cuilanteagle and Miltown. Where two John Stewarts, cousins, tenants of Portnellan, of the Gartnafuaran family, at least they say so, industrious men, and pay each £42, [on] the Earl of Murray's property, formerly [the property of] Perth." | Stewart, John (I17242)
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| 4256 | John is recorded in the Donald Stewart Family Tree as having died before 1873 without children. | Stewart, John (I16984)
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| 4257 | John is recorded in the Donald Stewart Family Tree but is not found in any census or OPR. | Archibald, John (I64)
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| 4258 | John is recorded in the following testament: "Testament of John dow beg Stewart in Murlagan who died in November of 1669 given up by John Stewart his son." We have no record of this John having heirs. (Nor do we have a record to the contrary, either.) | Stewart, John (I17080)
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| 4259 | John is shown in Stewarts of the South as a son of James Stewart in Brackland and is described as: "John, [who] resides with himself." In 1851 John was residing with his family in Middle Brackland and is shown as a farmer of 250 acres employing 3 men. | Stewart, John in Easter Brackland (I17205)
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| 4260 | John Jaffrey, served initially as Baillie and later as Provost of the town of Stirling and is alleged to have opened the town gates to Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1745 at the behest of Jean. Her family was deeply involved in the 1745 Rising. According to the Glassingall Court of Session Papers (1849-1856), he was born 21 August 1720, however this is chronologically impossible as his first son was born in 1731, making his birth more likely to have been circa 1700-1710. | Jaffrey, John Provost of Stirling (I8296)
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| 4261 | John Jennings transciption shows this Jonah as the one baptized on 11 Jan 1747 and does not show Jonah, son of William, at all. Could the IGI be wrong? | Prangley, Jonah (I12890)
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| 4262 | John Jennings transcription of Jeremiah's baptism is to be preferred over the IGI (25 NOV 1749). | Young, Jeremiah (I20416)
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| 4263 | John Jennings transcriptions show Leah as the daughter of Solomon Prangley. | Prangley, Leah (I12934)
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| 4264 | John Jones was born in May 1870 in Bolton, Lancashire, England. In the 1871 census, conducted on 2 Apr 1871, John was recorded as 11 months old. He was born just slightly before his parents were married. He worked as a bricklayer. He was residing with his parents in 1871,1881, and 1891. His later whereabouts is unknown. | Jones, John Evans (I8351)
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| 4265 | John Jones's son, William Jones, at the time of his marriage to Jemima Williams in 1844, indicates that he was a collier (coal miner) from Llwynegrin, and that his father was John Jones, a miner. As the marriage certificate differentiates between collier and miner, we can infer that John Jones mined something other than coal. William does not indicate that his father was deceased. Llwynegrin is located about 1 km north of Mold, adjacent to Leadmill. From this, we can infer that there used to be a lead mine nearby. William's marriage was witnessed by Evan Jones, who is presumed, but not confirmed, to be William's brother. We don't know if Evan was older or younger than William. And entry below suggests that Evan may have been an uncle. In various census records, William is found living in close proximity to several different mean surnamed Jones who would be the right ages to be William's brothers. They include men named John Jones, Edward Jones, James Jones, and Henry Jones. Pursuing each of their histories has proved fruitless in trying to connect them to a father named John Jones. Because of the commonness of the surname, we cannot infer relationship simply from proximity in this case. From William's marriage record, we would hope to find a record in the 1841 census of a household near Llwynegrin headed by a John Jones born prior to 1800 who was likely a lead miner, with a son William, about age 20, and another son named Evan. No such household has been found. The closest partial matches are the following: 1. John Jones, a collier, age 40, with wife, Catherine, age 40, residing at Sidney's Lane in Flint, with no children. Residing with them is 20 year old Joseph Burcher and his 25 year old wife, Elizabeth, and their 2 year old daughter, Jane. As ages were rounded in the 1841 census, then Elizabeth could be the daughter of John and Catherine Jones. 2. John Jones, age 50, residing at what appears to be "Odan Gate" (hard to read, first letter could also be a D or A, last letter is a w, m or n, Ddaw, Ddam, Ddan, Adaw, Adam, Adan) in Maesygroes township in Cilen parish (no such parish exists, the closest is Cilcain, west of Mold). His occupation is listed as a cursive single letter which appears to be a capital I, but could be an L or S. It appears to be short for "independent" but could also be short for "Lead Miner" or "Servant" matching others on the page. He was residing with Peter Jones, 15, male servant, John Lloyd, 60, lead miner, William Williams, 12, male servant, and Ann Williams, 15, female servant. Three entries later at Pen Lan are Jemima Williams, 70, independent, John Jones, 80, independent. Next to them at "Erweling" (Grweling?) is Thomas Jones, 30, lead miner, and his wife Margaret, 35, and their children, Edward, 12, Elizabeth, 8, Ellis, 6, and Evan Jones, 1. One page prior at Frith is Evan Jones, 45, lead miner, and his wife Elizabeth, 40, and their children, Daniel, 20, Peter, 15, Elizabeth, 10, and Thomas Jones, 5. Again, we cannot infer relationship from proximity. "In 1890: "Cilcain is a very ancient village, lying beneath Moel Fammau, the highest of the Clwydian Hills. ... This village lies in the midst, and commands an extensive range, of most beautiful scenery. The cottages and farmhouses are nearly all whitewashed or coloured, and look exceedingly picturesque." (From Handy Guide to Mold and the Neighbourhood, Tweddel, 1890) Cilcain was one of the "ancient parishes" of Flintshire. It originally comprised the seven townships of Cefn, Llan (or Tre'r Llan), Llystynhunydd (or Glust), Llys y Coed, Maes y Groes, Mechlas (or Dolfechlas), and Trellyniau." (https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Cilcain,_Flintshire,_Wales_Genealogy) 3. John Jones, 50, miner, residing at Gleilsin Catch (?) in Halkin parish, just northwest of Mold and west of Northrop, and his wife, Elizabeth, 50, and their children, William, 20, Robert, 15, Eleanor, 15, Charles, 14, and John Jones, 9. Also residing with them is Eleanor Jones, 55, recorded as a widow, but the word "widow" is crossed out, and Ann Jones, 85. 4. John Jones, 50, a coal miner, residing in Mold, Flintshire, Wales, with his 55 year old wife Mary. 5. In 1851, John Jones, 66, a collier (coal miner) was residing at Mount Pleasant (uncertain) in Flint with his wife, Anne, 65. All of these are viable matches. Without additional information, it's impossible to know which, if any, of these is correct. | Jones, John (I8381)
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| 4266 | John Joseph Smale Stewart. The son of a Perthshire soldier, was born about 1838 while his father was with his regiment in Ireland, but was brought up at Lochearnhead where his father, on retiring from the army, wrought for a time as a gardener, and latterly occupied the position of police inspector for the district. At the age of sixteen he went to serve on her Majesty’s Ship, Cumberland, then under command of Captain Seymour, and, after cruising for some time, sailed for Bermuda, and thence to Halifax and Nova Scotia. He took part in the Russian War, and, after being discharged, returned home for a brief season. Subsequently, after voyaging to various parts of the world, he took a farm in Australia (sic, New Zealand), and for some years, along with a brother [Alexander], was a successful farmer. Ultimately he settled as a schoolmaster at Tamarara, near Hooker’s Bay, where he still resides, enjoying much popularity as a teacher and a citizen of the world. (Ford, Robert. The Harp of Perthshire. A Collection of Songs, Ballads, and other Poetical Pieces chiefly by local authors with notes explanatory, critical, and biographical. Paisley and Paternoster Square, London: Alexander Gardner, Publisher to her Majesty the Queen, 1893, p. 512.) ------- JOHN JOSEPH SMALE STEWART. The son of a soldier and brother of the poetess, Mrs. Hyslop, sketched in our series, was born about 1838 while his father was with his regiment in Ireland, but was brought up in Lochearnhead where his father removed after leaving the army. He was a great favourite with his teacher and they used to spend hours together reciting poetry after the school was dismissed in the evening. His poetical sister was years his junior and the kindred spirits were deeply attached to each other. She was the companion of his rambles and she speaks with pardonable pride of the time when he first confided to her the secret that he had made a song. She looked upon him with other eyes and dreamed of something great in store for her poet brother. At the age of sixteen he went to serve on Her Majesty’s ship, Cumberland, then under command of Captain Seymour and, after cruising for some time, sailed for Bermuda and thence to Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada). He took part in the Russian War and after being discharged returned home to find that his dearly loved mother’s chair was vacant. After several voyages to various parts of the world, he took a farm in Australia (sic, New Zealand) and for some years, along with a brother (Alexander), was a successful farmer. He was seized with the gold fever, sold his farm, and ultimately we find him a schoolmaster at Tamarara near Hooker’s Bay where he has proved himself a successful and popular teacher. We have seen several specimens of Mr Stewart’s poetical epistles - a form of correspondence he generally adopts in writing home to his friends, and these are neatly expressed very entertaining and instructive and show the observant eye and warm heart. A vein of reflective melancholy runs through many of his poems. These show him to be a keen and intelligent student of Nature while his songs are musical and felicitous in sentiment. (Edwards, David Herschell. One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices. Brechin: D. H. Edwards Publishing, 1884. Vol. 7, p. 61) The above biographies indicate that John settled in Australia with his brother Alexander (also known as Abel). However, in the 1800s, the term “Australia” was often used generically to include New Zealand, in much the same way as “America” was used to refer to both the USA and Canada in that time period. The locations mentioned in John’s poetry are all found on the South Island of New Zealand. Furthermore, Wakamarina was the location of a gold rush in the 1860s-1870s on the South Island of New Zealand, which fits with John’s biography. It is our assertion that John and Alexander settled on the South Island of New Zealand and not in Australia-proper. John and Alexander are believed to have been still living in Lochearnhead at the time of their parents’ deaths in 1854/55. They are not found in the 1861 census and are believed to have begun their global trek by that point. The earliest biography of John was published in 1884 and speaks of him as already having been a farmer, a gold prospector and a teacher of good repute by 1884, suggesting he had been in New Zealand for several years by that point. We have no further records of John or Alexander in New Zealand. We do not know if either of them married or had children or where exactly they lived or when they died. So far as we can tell, neither of the Stewart Poets of Lochearnhead, John or Sarah, had any descendants. John's poetry can be found here: https://stewartsofbalquhidder.com/2022/09/15/the-stewart-poets-of-lochearnhead/ John Stewart is described in The Stewarts of Ardvorlich Vol 3 as the son of John Stewart [residing] in Australia. In 1841, at age 7, John Stewart was residing in Lochearnhead, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, with his parents and siblings. In 1850, at age 16, John Stewart went to serve on Her Majesty's Ship, Cumberland, then under command of Captain Seymour. John is listed as being 21 years old in 1855 on his father's death registration. John is not found in later census records. His biography indicates that he died in New Zealand. | Stewart, John Joseph Smale poet (I16905)
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| 4267 | John Knox, the founder of Presbyterianism, was born in 1505 at Gifford, in East Lothian, and was educated at Haddington and St. Andrew's. After he was created Master of Arts, he taught philosophy, most probably as a regent in one of the colleges of the University. John Knox introduced the strict codes of Calvinist doctrine to Scotland. In contrast to Calvin?s focus on the bourgeoisie, however, Knox preached the idea of the ?Elect? to the peasant masses of 16th-century Scotland. Later called Presbyterianism, this Protestant religion became a symbol of Scottish nationalism in the struggle against Catholic monarchs. | Knox, Rev. John (I8583)
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| 4268 | John Leonard Stuart on the death of Eileen Mary May Mulligan, gave his two children to his sister to raise and enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 24 Jun 1940, and served in the 8 Div. From 1942 until the surrender of the Japanese 1945 and was a POW in Changi Prison Singapore. He was discharged on the 13 Nov 1945 as a Staff Sergeant. | Stuart, Staff Sgt. John Leonard (I25185)
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| 4269 | John Leonard Tait was born in 1867 in the picturesque village of Elora, Wellington, Ontario, Canada as the eldest son of John W Tait and Jane Brown. He initially worked as an English teacher at the Tacoma Business Colledge, founded by his father. He later succeed his father as principal of the college, then became the county superintentant of education, then moved to Chicago to teach business, then became a Christian minister serving in the Presbyterian Church USA in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He took time away from church during WWI to work as a secretary for the YMCA overseas in England and France running educational and fitness programs for soldiers and prisoners. Somewhere along the way he earned a doctoral degree. In 1871, at age 4, John L Tait was residing in Elora, Wellington, Ontario, Canada with his parents and young sister. They were Presbyterians. In Dec 1885, at age 17, John L Tait immigrated to the USA with his parents and sister. John's father was the founder and principal of the Tacoma Business College. John taught there along with his wife and sister. It's not known if he met his wife after she began teaching at the college or if she became a teacher at the college after she married John. In 1889, 1890, 1891, John L Tait was listed in the Tacoma Directory as a teacher of English and modern languages at the Tacoma Business College. On 10 Feb 1890, John L Tait petitioned for naturalization as an American citizen in Pierce County, Washington State, USA. The very next entry petitioning on the same day is his uncle David Tait. Three days later on 13 Feb 1890, his father petitioned. In 1892, John L Tait was listed in the Tacoma Directory as a teacher of English and French at the Tacoma Business College. His sister Bessie was listed as a teacher of shorthand. His father John W Tait is listed as professor and principal of the college. In the 1892 Washington State Territorial Census, John was residing in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA with his parents and sisters. All members of the family were employed as teachers except Maude who was a student. In 1893, John L Tait married Emma Petch, a fellow Canadian who immigrated in 1889. Eight months after the wedding, John's father died in December 1893. John L Tait then took succeeded his father as principal of the college. In 1894, John and his wife Emma had their first son John William Tait in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA. In 1895, John L Tait, his mother, wife and sister are all listed in the Tacoma Directory: John L Tait, principal, Tacoma Business School. Jane C Tait, widow of John W, residing at Tacoma Business College Mirs J L Tait, teacher of elocution and oratory, Tacoma Business College, residing at same. Miss Bessie J Tait, teacher of shorthand and typewriting, Tacoma Business College, residing at same. Maude Tait, student at Tacoma Business College, bording at 903-1/2 S Tacoma Ave (the address where John W Tait died.) In 1897, John L Tait is listed as the county school superintendant. His sister, Bessie is listed as the principal of the Tacoma Business College. His mother is listed as a widow of John W Tait. And Maude O (Ord?) Tait is listed as an assistant in the English Department at the college. In 1898, they had their second son, Leonard Gordon Tait in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA. An 1899 advertisement for the college lists W. R. Shoemake and W. H. Stapelton as principals, suggesting that John L Tait had moved to Chicago by that time. In 1900, at age 33, Prof. John L Tait was residing in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA with his wife and two sons, employed as a Bus. College Professor. His widowed mother and two sisters lived next door. Sometime between 1900 and 1910 John was ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Church USA. In 1910, Rev. John L Tait was residing on Bealle Ave in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, USA, employed as a minister/pastor. He is residing with his wife and sons, John and Leonard. His religion is not recorded. He gives his parents' birth places as both being Scotland. In an issue of "The Continent" (a publication of the Presbyterian Church USA), dated 8 Aug 1912, Rev. John L Tait is mentioned as having recently given an address to students at Wooster University (founded by First Presbyterian Church, Wooster). He is also mentioned has having supplied the church at Piqua on Aug 4 and being presently in Toronto, Canada. The topic of church union is widely focussed on in the publication. The topic of union was being widely discussed in the Presbyterian Church in Canada at the same time. This may have been the purpose of John's visit to Toronto. On 10 Apr 1913, Rev. John L. Tait of Columbus gave the opening prayer in the Ohio State Senate Chamber. During WWI, John worked for the YMCA in England and France. In his USA passport application, dated 24 June 1918, he gives his permanent address as Columbus, Ohio, but was presently residing in and working in England and having recently been working in France. His occupation was "Secretary YMCA" and his work in England and France was listed as "YMCA work." He gives his birth as 22 May 1868 in Elora, Ontario, Canada and that he immigrated to the USA in December 1885 and that he resided in the USA from 1885 to 1917 (lastly) in Chicago. He was naturalized on 24 Aug 1896 in King County, Washington State, USA (near Tacoma, where his sons were born in 1894 and 1898). "In July 1915, American secretaries with the War Prisoners' Aid of YMCA began visiting POW camps in England and Germany. YMCA secretaries worked to create camp committees to run programs providing educational opportunities, physical instruction, and equipment, theatrical productions and musicals. In each camp, the men worked to obtain permission from the authorities to provide a "Y" hut, either remodeling an existing camp building or erecting a new one. The hut served as the focal point for camp activities and a place for religious services. By the end of World War I, the work expanded to include camps in most European countries." (Wikipedia, YMCA) In 1920, Rev. John L Tait was residing on Summit Street in Columbus Ward, Franklin, Ohio, USA, employed as a church minister. He was residing with his wife and adult sons, John and Leonard. In The First Presbyterian Church, Alliance, Ohio: the first one hundred years, 1854-1954, the following entry is found: "Dr. John L. Tait (1921-1927). Dr. John L. Tait came to the Alliance Church in 1921 after working with the YMCA in connection with the Armed Forces in England and France. While in the city, Dr. Tait was active in the Masonic Order, American Legion and the Rotary Club. From 1910 to 1920 the city practically doubled in population because of the fact that Alliance was in vital war industry. It was evident that church expansion was soon to be a necessity. The decision was made in 1923 to remain a "downtown" church and to purchase the Teeters property on the East. It was thought a connecting hallway and a few alterations would accomodate some of the Church's activities. The property was purchased for $19,500 with an additional $5000 for reparirs. The vision for the future was to erect a new building in keeping with the main edifice. Dr. Tait resigned in the spring of 1927 to accet a call to a new Presbyterian Church in Bexley Park, Columbus [Ohio, USA]." (p28) In 1930, Rev. John L Tait, age 61, was residing on North Ardmore Road in Marion, Franklin, Ohio, USA, employed as a religious minister. He was living with his wife and adult son John W Tait. In 1940, at age 68 (sic), Rev. John L Tait was residing on N High Street in Coumbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA. His occupation is listed as "retired minister" and indicates that he had five or more years of college education. He was widowed and lodging with an unrelated family. John was a minister, but which church is uncertain. In 1918, his son Leonard G Tait is listed in a US Army Transport Service document of arriving and departing passengers as a private first class and as son of Rev. John L. Tait. His home address is given as the Kingsley Hotel on Hart Street in London, England. Rev. John L Tait died in 1962 and is buried in Salina, Kansas, USA, where his son, Prof. John W Tait, PhD, lived. | Tait, Rev. Dr. John Leonard PhD (I19097)
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| 4270 | John lived for a while in Saskatchewan. He served in WW1. He later returned to Fergus where he worked for the Beattie Brothers. | Sherwood, John (I14275)
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| 4271 | John lived for only one day and died of convulsions. | Cameron, Stewart Ferguson (I2383)
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| 4272 | John Lorne Stewart succeeded his father in the Glenbuckie estate and also as Chamberlain and Provost of Kintyre and as Factor to the Duke Argyll. John sold the lands of Glenbuckie in 1848 at which point Glenbuckie passed out of Stewart hands. John was ruthless in his eviction of tenants in Kintyre on behalf of the Duke of Argyll and embodied the worst of the Highland Clearances. So reviled was John that in 1852 he became the subject of an anonymous biting satire entitled "Bubly Jock". The satire was so offensive that the Duke of Argyll offered a £50 reward (an enormous reward, roughly equivalent to about $10,000 in Canadian funds today) for the identity of the author. Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, says, "John Lorne Stewart of Glenbuckie and Coll, born on 12 June 1800, succeeded his father and sold the lands of Glenbuckie to David Carnegie in 1849. He afterwards purchased the Island of Coll from Hugh MacLean, in 1856, where he was an active in the clearance of the native tenantry, whom he supplanted with dairy farmers from Lanarkshire. He married at Edinburgh, on 6 November 1831, to Mary, daughter of Archibald Campbell of Ardmore, (she died at Lisbon, on 30 June 1840, while returning from Maderia), and died at Breachacha Castle, Coll, on 3 July 1878, having had issue." In 1841, John was residing at Limecraigs (House), Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland, employed as an independent, with his children, Duncan, 7, Archibald, 5, John, 4, and Helen, 3. In 1861, John was residing at Breachacha Castle, Coll, Tyree and Coll, Argyll, Scotland, as a land proprietor, age 60, born in Campbeltown, Argyeshire, Scotland, with his son, Archibald, and a plethora of servants. In 1871, John was residing at Argyll Street (Stremar), Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland, employed as the Chamberlain to Argyll, residing with his niece, Alice Charlotte Stewart, age 26, and granddaughter, Florence Stewart, age 9, as well as several servants. 31 May 1865, The Belfast Newsletter Tarratt and Stewart - May 26, at St John's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh, by the Rev. D. F. Sandford, Daniel Fox Tarrait, Esq., late of H.M's 63rd Regiment, younger son of Joseph Tarrait, Esq., late of Endford Park, Herefordshire, to Mary, eldest daughter of John Lorn Stewart, Esq., of Coll, Argyleshire. ------------------------- BUBLY JOCK - Anonymous (but attributed to Capt. Charles McKay, Seaside Cottage, Campbeltown) "BUBLY JOCK, YOUR MOTHER'S A WITCH AND A' YOUR WEANS ARE WARLOCKS." YOU miserable miser bitch, Sin' ye ha'e made me use the switch, I mean to gie you sic a twitch, Athwart the hurdies, Ye'll wish ye had a thicker breech Upon your sturdies. Your conduct weel deserves satire, Frae end to end o' braid Kintyre, For ye've been poutrin' in the mire Full forty years: An how ye're than your maister higher The people speirs. Ye aye ha'e been on mischief bent, Sin' up amang the crews ye went, To grind the poor and rise the rent O' mony a farm: The deil his aid has surely lent To plot sic harm. A hundred cotter-bodies poor, Ye caused to turn outside the door: And for to make their ruin sure, Ye tax'd the peats, Quist, dried and drawn frae moss and moor Wi' toilsome sweats, The very wreck, by tempest driven Upon the shore of Skerrie's Riven- A blessing sent the poor by Heaven- Ye e'en must tax, And a' to Kelp-contractors given, To swal your packs. How many folks ha'e ye brak doun ? That's seen this day in Campbeltoun Wi' runty auld nags crawling roun To win their bread, An shov'd some lousy Lallan loon Right owre their head, Fy ! BUBLY JOCK ! fu' weel we ken (When ye was laird o' Bucky Glen) How ye came by the but and hen Of Gowan Bank, And kept somebody in your den Till he was crank. But a' that e'er was said or sung, Or cramm'd in folks heads to the bung, Completely in the shade is flung, JOCK, by your loups, When ye contrived to save the d--g Frae bodie's doups. The auld Town-Council interfer'd; And dang the biggings that ye rear'd. For every honest body fear'd Some plague or trouble: Aud oh ! but ye was unco sweart To burst the Bubble. A hantal mair I ken abont you, But honest language winna suit you; The Duke himsel' began to doot you- Now-did he not ? And sairly, man, aboot it put you, When he sent S---tt. Now, BUBLY JOCK ! tak my advice, Your dealins' ha'e na been sae nice, Altho' ye hear a Judas twice Upon a Sunday, Auld Nick can grip you in a trice Upon the Monday. | Stewart, John Lorne 1st of Breachacha and Knockrioch 17th and last of Glenbuckie (I17303)
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| 4273 | John Mackenzie, 1st of Ord, was alive in 1602, 1607, 1637. | Mackenzie, John (I9252)
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| 4274 | John MacNab's 1907 History of Clan MacNab says that Allan MacNab of Dundurn was out in the '45. Marion MacRae's MacNab of Dundurn (1971), says "John, fifteenth Chief of MacNab, supported the House of Hanover, but an old Clan history states that many MacNabs fought for Prince Charles Edward under the leadership of cadet cheiftains, one of whom was Allan MacNab of Dundurn. The same history records that at this time, one of the MacNab ladies of Kinnell, that is of the chielfly family -- married MacNab of Dundurn." MacRae later states that this Allan MacNab was the father of Capt. Robert MacNab of Dundurn, who "was writing letters to Colonel Archibald MacNab, brother of John, fifteenth Chief, whom he addressed as his uncle, and informing him that he had sent money to "the boy" in Canada. David Richard Rorer, historian for Clan MacNab, published a compilation of various sources of the history of Clan MacNab in 2012 in which he cites the contradictory origins of the Dundurn branch of MacNab, including John MacNab's 1907 history and Marion MacRae's 1971 history. From these accounts, cited below, there are two contradictory accounts of the origin of the Dundurn MacNabs. Both accounts agree that Capt. Robert MacNab of Dundurn was a nephew to John MacNab, 15th Chief of Clan MacNab. However, they disagree on whether the chief was a paternal uncle or a maternal uncle. One claim states that Robert's father "may have been named Robert" (more likely Allan) and was a younger brother of John MacNab, 15th Chief. The other claim is that Alan MacNab of Dundurn married the sister of John MacNab, 15th Chief. Thus, Allan MacNab of Dundurn was either the son of Robert MacNab, 14th of MacNab or his son-in-law. It is beyond the scope of this Stewart research project to resolve this MacNab discrepancy. What matters to Stewart of Ardvorlich researchers is that Capt. Robert MacNab of Dundurn married Jean Stewart of Ardvorlich in 1771. "Sir Allan Napier Macnab is descended from the Dundura branch. His grandfather, Robert Macnab of Dundurn, Perthshire, was cousin-german of John Macnab of Macnab, capt. 42d Highlanders. He married Mary (sic) Stuart of Ardvoirlich, and his eldest son, Allan Macnab, lieutenant 3d dragoons and principal aide-de-camp to General Simcoe, 1st governor of Upper Canada, married Anne, youngest daughter of Capt. William Napier, commissioner of the port of Quebec, of the family of Lord Napier, and had a son, Sir Allan Macnab, baronet of Dundurn-castle, Canada West, born Feb. 19, 1789; colonel of militia in Upper Canada, member and some time speaker of the legislative assembly of Upper and Lower Canada, and prime minister of that province; knighted July 14, 1838, for his efforts in putting an end to the rebellion there; created a baronet Feb. 5, 1858. Sir Allan married in 1821, Elizabeth, daughter of Lieutenant Daniel Brooke; issue a son (born in 1822, died in 1824), and a daughter. His wife having died in 1825, he married, 2dly, in 1831, Mary, eldest daughter of John Stuart, sheriff of Johnstown district, Upper Canada; issue, two daughters. The elder, Sophia, born July 5, 1832, married in 1855, William Coutts, Viscount Bury, M.P., eldest son of earl of Albemarle." "Of the Kinnell ladies of this time [1740s] one,Anne, married John Stewart 7th of Fasnacloich; another named Christian married Alan Stewart of Innerhadden 2ndson of Rev. Duncan Stewart of Innerhadden and Strathgarry. Another daughter is said to have married a member of the Dundurn family." The Dundurn Branch Robert Macnab (14th Chief) and Anna Campbell of Glenorchy (sister of the first Earl of Breadalbane) had seven sons. One of them, who’s name probably was Robert, had a son also called Robert, who while serving in the Army in Canada left behind him a son called Allan (after his grandfather’s brother Allan, who died as an officer in the Army at the age of nineteen and was buried in the churchyard at Tarland, in Aberdeenshire). Robert, on his return to Scotland, became the Forester of the Royal Forest of Glenartney, and lived at Dundurn. He married Jean Stewart of Ardvorlich; they had a son who married and three daughters who never married. The last surviving member of this family accompanied her half nephew Sir Allan to the Burial Island at Killin in 1842 and pointed out to him who was buried in which grave. The portrait of Jean Stewart and her Macnab tea service, comprising a teapot, sugar bowl and milk jug are now in Ardvorlich House. There are letters in the MacGregor collection in Register House in Edinburgh from Robert to his uncle, General Archibald, brother of John 15th Chief) expressing the hope that his cousin Francis (16th Chief) would begin to behave himself; also reference to his sending money for the support of ‘the boy’ in Canada. The son Allan married Ann Napier in Quebec in 1792 and their son Allan Napier Macnab was born on 19 February 1798." "By his wife, Elizabeth, a sister of Sir Alexander Menzies, of Weem, baronet, Alexander Macnab of that Ilk had a son and heir, Robert Macnab, tenth laird, who married Anne Campbell, sister of the earl of Breadalbane. Of several children only two survived, John, who succeeded his father, and Archibald. The elder son, John, held a commission in the Black Watch, and was taken prisoner at the battle of Prestonpans, and, with several others, confined in Doune Castle, under the charge of Macgregor of Glengyle, where he remained till after the battle of Culloden. The majority of the clan took the side of the house of Stuart, and was led by Alistair Macnab of Inshewan and Archibald Macnab of Acharne. They were mostly incorporated in the Duke of Perth’s regiment, of which Alexander Macnab of Dundurn was the standard bearer." | MacNab, Allan 1st of Dundurn (I9312)
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| 4275 | John married in 1866 to Agnes Wilson at which his place of birth is recorded as Chatham, Quebec, Canada. He is NOT the John Stewart who died 25 MAY 1889 in McNab, Renfrew, age 54, born in McNab. | Stewart, John (I16995)
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| 4276 | John married and had children. His descendants are beyond the scope of this report. | Stuart, John (I18709)
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| 4277 | John married his first cousin-once-removed, Emily Mary Stewart, daughter of George Stewart in Andover, shown below. In 1881 John's wife and children were residing at Trimly Cottage, Colchester Holy Trinity, Essex, England while John was visiting or residing with his brother George at Breamer Lodge West End Lane, Hampstead, London, England. John was employed as an army soldier. In 1891 John was residing in Bootle, Lancashire, England with his wife and son Donald. John was recorded as a retired army Major. According to family records John was also an inspector of military schools. | Stewart, Maj. John (I17070)
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| 4278 | John married on 17 JUN 1721 in Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland to Mary Steuart. Mary's birth family is unknown but onomastics would suggest that her father was named Peter/Patrick. John is not mentioned in Stewarts of the South, however he is onomastically consistent with the reference to Peter Stewart of Lednascridan, below. | Stewart, John in Lednascriddan (I17159)
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| 4279 | John married secondly to rachel Marlatt by whom he had three more children. | Merritt, John W. (I11253)
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| 4280 | John McCready Black was murdered in a saloon in Montana, USA in 1905. The interesting story was researched by Andrew Norton and appears on my blog. | Black, John McCready (I22880)
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| 4281 | John McDonald of Monachyle was born John McDonald Stewart, but later changed his name to John McDonald Stewart McDonald as a condition of his inheritance of Monachyle and Craigruie from his great-uncle John McDonald of Monachyle, in order to keep Monachyle in the name of McDonald. According to Mrs Stewart of Milton: "John Stewart Macdonald now of Monacheil who is married to a Miss Hodgeson from Fife." -------------------- "Death of Highland Laird MacDonald of Monachyle, Balquhidder. The death took place at his residence, Rhuvaig, Lochearnhead, of Mr. John Stewart McDonald of Monachyle and Craigruie, Balquhidder. "The deceased, whose name was originally Stewart, his forebears being a long line of Balquhidder farmer, inherited the estate 25 years ago from his maternal uncle, Mr. John MacDonald, on condition that he assumed the surname of MacDonald. Monachyle and Craigruie is a beautiful sporting property of ten thousand acres amid fine Highland scenery. "The deceased was a magnificent specimen of a Highalnder, standing 6 feet 4 inches in his stockings, and being broad in proportion, and for years his striking-looking figure in the kilt was conspicuous at cattle shows and other gatherings in the district between Bridge of Allan and Oban. He is survived by a widow, but no family. He was 45 years of age." (Dundee Courier, Friday 14 May 1909) --------------------- “Death of Monachyle -- Well-Known Balquhidder Laird “There passed away early on Thursday morning at his residence, Rhuvaig, Balquhidder, Mr. John Stewart McDonald of Monachyle and Craigruie. He had been in indifferent health for some time, and suffering from complications his death was not altogether unexpected. Deceased, who was in his 45th year, succeeded to the estates on the death of his uncle over 20 years ago, and has since then almost continuously resided in the district where he was a very familiar figure. “Monachyle,” for as much as such he was known, was a man of tall and powerful physique, and, garbed as he usually was in the tartan of his clan, he presented a striking and picturesque appearance on the heather slopes of historic Balquhidder. “He was educated at Edinburgh University, and during his stay in the Scottish capital he identified himself with the athletic side of University life, and for some time,in the days before professionalism took hold, he took a prominent part in the conduct of the famous old Hibernian Football Club. He was a keen sportsman and was thoroughly at home with both rod and gun. Monachyle was a Celt of Celts, and of the folklore of his own district and its clan history, he had an intimate knowledge. “Our Balquhidder correspondent says: The “laird,” as he was familiarly called, took a deep interest in all matters concerning the welfare of the community, and his demise will leave a blank not easily filled. He was Vice-Chairman of the Parish Council and at different periods was representative member to the Western District Committee of the County Council. He was also a useful member of the last School Board, and had it not been for the state of his health he was most likely to have been re-elected. He had the pluck to stand at the election which took place on Friday last week, but the electors were not at all hopeful of his recovery - hence his position at this poll. “Invariably dressed in the Clan Highland costume, his tall, handsome figure, his ever courteous manner, will be much missed on the shore of Loch Voil, both by visitors and residenters. “He took a keen interest in all manly sports and repeatedly won medals at foorball in his younger days, and later at shooting competitions, etc. His taste for music, too, led him to be frequently asked to judge at Highalnd gatherings. “Both in public and in private life the “Laird’s” individuality will be greatly missed by a large circle of friends. “Deceased was married to a daughter of the late [illegible] Hodgson, Cupar, by whom he is survived.” (Strathearn Herald, Saturday 15 May 1909.) | McDonald, John McDonald Stewart of Monachyle and Craigruie (I17308)
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| 4282 | John McGehee was the C.S.A. and President of the West Feliciana Railroad. He was a member of Legislature. He was said to have been bright and humorous. His quaint wit and charming ease endeared him to many friends. He was from Laurel Hill Louisiana. (FindAGrave) History The West Feliciana was the oldest part of the Illinois Central System. It ran 26 miles between Bayou Sara, Louisiana and Woodville, Mississippi. The first section was completed in 1835, and construction was finally completed in 1842. It would have been completed sooner, but the railroad encountered more than its fair share of obstacles, from determined opposition to its building to losing uninsured rails in a shipwreck. The railroad became part of the Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railroad in 1888, and part of the Illinois Central System in 1892 when the LNO&T was consolidated with the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad. | McGehee, John Burruss (I23778)
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| 4283 | John McLaren was an immigrant (not a convict) who arrived Sydney, Australia on 9 Jun 1849 on the vessel 'James Gibb'. The immigration inspection list of 15 Jun 1849 gives his age as 23; calling as a butcher; native place as Callander, Perthshire; parents as Robert & Janet living in Callander; religion as presbyterian; and was able to read & write. John McLaren's date of death is unknown but is before 1878 as in his daughter's newspaper marriage notice of 1878 she is mentioned as the only daughter of the late John McLaren. He was married to Janet Jessie Baird nee Buchanan on 20 Apr 1857 at Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia. A newspaper marriage notice of 29 Apr 1857 states "Marriage. On the 20th instant, by special licence, at 41 William Street, Woolloomooloo by the Rev. John McGibbon. Mr John McLaren, Kent-street, Sydney, third son of Robert McLaren, Taylerton, Perthshire, Scotland, to Jessie Baird, relict of the late John Baird, civil engineer, Polmont, Scotland." Janet Jessie Buchanan b. 1822 Stirlingshire, Scotland d. 1893 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia. She was previously married to John Baird (1808-1855) on 5 Jul 1841 at Denny, Stirlingshire, Scotland. There were no children of the first marriage. John McLaren and Janet Buchanan had one daughter, Jessie Anne Jane McLaren b. 3 Aug 1858 Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia d. 7 Oct 1914 Ryde, New South Wales, Australia. Jessie Anne Jane McLaren married Ebenezer John Wakeham (1849-1900) in 7 Aug 1878 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. They had 4 children. (Personal correspondence from descendant Paul Byrnes.) | McLaren, John (I10472)
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| 4284 | John Moscrop Angus was born in 1893 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. In 1901, at age 8, John M. Angus was residing at 10 Back George Street in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his parents and siblings. He was a student at the time. In 1911, at age 18, John Angus was residing at 12 Albion Street in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his parents and siblings. He was employed as a labourer in a paint works. In 1916, at age 23, John M. Angus married in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, to Mary A Redhead. In 1939, at age 47, John M. Angus was residing at 51 Alexandra Road in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his wife. | Angus, John Moscrop (I396)
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| 4285 | John Moscrop died prior to the wedding of his daughter Hannah. | Moscrop, John (I23134)
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| 4286 | John must have done very well for himself as three of his sons were themselves lairds and landowners, a fourth was a doctor, and a fifth was Deputy Governor of Edinburgh Castle. He signed the 1654 Bond of Keltney Burn along with the heads of all the other Stewart houses in Balquhidder, Atholl, and Appin swearing allegiance to King Charles II. The Glassingall Court of Session Papers (1849-1856) say "[Alexander Stewart of Annat's] eldest son was Captain John Stewart from whom the [Glassingall] petitioners descend." Duncan Stewart (1739) says, "John Stewart of Annat, married first, Janet Graham, daughter to Gespard Graham of Gartur, by whom he had, 1 Alexander, his son and heir, and 2, Duncan, who purchased Ballachallan, whose son, George, married Mary Hume, daughter to Hary Hume of Argaty, by whom he had David, now of Balachallan, George, a surgeon in Maryland, James, William, and several daughters. "John of Annat married secondly, Elizabeth Campbell, daughter to John Campbell of Kinlock, by whom he had 3. William, who purchased Craigtoun, William of Craigtoun had Alexander, his son and heir, Lieutenant James Stewart, and Robert. Alexander of Craigtoun married Katharine Drummond, daughter to Drummond-Erinoch, by whom he had James, who died a batchelor and several daughters. "John of Annat had likewise by his second wife, 4 James Stewart, Lieutenant-Colonel to the Scots Regiment of Horse Guards and Deputy Governor of the Castle of Edinburgh, who had issue, [illegible] also 5 Charles, who had issue, 6 Captain Henry Stewart, and 7 Robert Stewart, a surgeon, who had issue." Sometime around 1620, the Annat family complained to James Beag Stewart, 2nd of Ardvorlich, after he received a beneficial tack of Glenfinglas and portioned it among the principal branches of the Baldorran Stewarts, because he left out the Annat family. The dating makes it likely that it was Alexander Stewart, 1st of Annat, who complained about being left out of the Glenfinglas tack. The Annat family were then given a one-eighth share of Glenfinglas, which, from later accountings, would appear to have been the property of Auchnahard in Glenfinglas. It is not recorded who from Annat initially resided in Auchnahard, however since the Ardvorlich History claims that the later John Buidhe Mor was preceded by "a John or two" then it seems likely that the Auchnahard portion probably went first to John Stewart, future 2nd of Annat, while Alexander was still alive. It seems likely that John, future 2nd of Annat, likely held Auchnahard until his father's death, at which point he would have inherited the principal estate of Annat, to become John Stewart, 2nd of Annat, which would be when his natural son, John Buidhe Mor probably took possession of the tack in Glenfinglas. John Stewart, 2nd of Annat is recorded in Stewarts of the South, Ardvorlich Section IX - "The Bains of Glenfinglas", as having had a natural son, by an unknown woman. His natural son was John Buidhe Mor Stewart, 1st in Auchnahard in Glenfinglas. A copy of an Instrument of Sasine of the Estate of Annat dated 5th and recorded on the Register of Sasine for Perthshire on 29 May 1647 proceeding upon precept of Clare Constat by George Muschet of Burnbank in favour of John Stewart second of Annat as lawful son and heir of the said deceased Alexander Stewart first of Annat in liferent and Alexander Stewart thereof Annat his eldest son dated 3 May 1647. The 1650 Valuation Roll for Kilmadock Parish lists John Stewart of Annat in possession of Annat and Nether Coilantowie. | Stewart, Capt. John 2nd of Annat (I17162)
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| 4287 | John never married and had no children. (Nelker) | Steuart, John C (I22618)
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| 4288 | John of the Grodich is recorded as having lived to the age of 100. | Stewart, John of the Grodich (I17338)
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| 4289 | John Oig mac Gillespic Stewart in Lanrick had a brother named Duncan as established by his testament and we know that Duncan was still alive in 1662 when John died. (See notes on John for more information.) Duncan's date of birth is unknown and is estimated here. It is presumed that Duncan was younger than John as he outlived John. | Stewart, Duncan (I21794)
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| 4290 | John Prangley was a butcher in in Corsley, Wiltshire, England. He married twice, first to Sarah George, and second to Sarah Steeds. Their descendants all moved away from the area. 14 February 1745 - Papers relating to leases. Agreement by Corsley cottage holders acknowledging that the several cottages and gardens in their possession are the sole right and property of the 2nd Viscount as lord of the manor of Corsley and are part of his lordship's waste and agree to pay an acknowledgement for holding the cottages and gardens. The agreement lists the cottagers with a description of the premises they hold. John PRANGLEY for a cottage and garden (10 luggs) 1s (leased to John PRANGLEY the 21 July 1783). Also George PRANGLEY for a cottage and garden (20 luggs) 2s (leased to George PRANGLEY 25 March 1757). George is very likely to be the father of John, however that relationship is not verified. Corsley is 3 miles NW of Warminster, Wiltshire. Population 1,729 in 1831, 745 in 1951. | Prangley, John (I12826)
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| 4291 | John presumably died before his same named older brother. | Stewart, John (I17119)
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| 4292 | John Rigg Angus was born illegitimately to Rose Ann Angus who had just turned 19. His father's name is not recorded, however, it would seem likely that his father's name was John Rigg. John Rigg Angus' mother, Rose Ann Angus, was raised by her uncle, John Rigg. When Rose Ann Angus died young, at age 25, it appears that uncle John Rigg took John Rigg Angus as his own son, and declared him to be so in 1891 census where he was named John Rigg. John Rigg Angus died three years later at the age of 12. See notes on his mother for more detailed information on the circumstances of John Rigg Angus' birth. | Angus, John Rigg (I23591)
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| 4293 | John Rigg was born in 1828 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. His mother was only 18 when she gave birth to him. She was 16 when she married his 20-year-old father. Although John Rigg was married to one woman for his entire life, they never had any children. Yet it appears he had at least two, and possibly as many as six, illegitimate children with two or three teenage girls who were staying in his home. One of them was his niece. Either that or wayward unwed teenage mothers just gravitated to him for him to look after them and adopt their children as his own. In 1841, at 14-years-old, John Rigg was residing at Sugar Town Alley in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his parents and siblings. His father was employed as a sweep. On 22 Apr 1850, at age 22, John Rigg married 22-year-old, Mary Ann Lowther. Her father died when she was a child and she was raised by her stepfather. John Rigg and Mary Ann never had any children of their own. In 1851, at age 22, John Rigg was residing at Aldcliffe Street in Queen's Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his wife. He was employed as a steam loom weaver. Also residing with them were his wife's younger teenage siblings, James Lowther and Rosannah Lowther. In 1861, at age 30, John Rigg was residing at Bath Mill Cottages, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his wife. He was employed as stoker for a cotton mill. Also residing with them was 5-year-old Mary Wignall who is recorded as his "adopted daughter." She was the illegitimate daughter of her same-named mother, Mary Wignall. No father's name is recorded at her birth. No record of mother Mary Wignall can be found aside from the birth of her daughter. She's not found in any census record, birth or death record of her own. It appears she may have been dead by 1861. Why would John Rigg adopt a strange woman's illegitimate daughter and raise her as his own? That question will keep coming back. Also residing with John Rigg in 1861 is his 28-year-old sister-in-law, Rose Ann Lowther, and 24-year-old border, Mary Lucas and her 2-year-old son, Robert W Lucas, as well as 23-year-old, Nancy Whitaker. There is no record of Mary Lucas having been married to anyone. She has not been found in any census prior to 1861 when she's found living with John Rigg. In 1871 she was living with her four children and no husband. She had no husband when she resided in the home of John Rigg in 1861 either. It would appear that all her children were born while she was living with John Rigg. Her children include (in 1871), Robert Lucas, age 12, Margaret A Lucas, age 5, Mary J Lucas, age 3, and Fanny Lucas, age 1. No birth registration has been found for Fanny. The birth registrations for Robert, Margaret and Mary list no parents. Margaret's later marriage record gives her father's name as James Lucas, while her sister Mary's marriage record lists her father's name as William Lucas. No marriage record has been found for Mary Lucas with either James or William Lucas or anyone, for that matter. James and William Lucas have not been found in any census record. They're ghosts, or, perhaps, fiction. While Mary Lucas' four children are not recorded as illegitimate, neither can any verifiable father be found for any of them, and they all seem to have been born while Mary lived with John Rigg. Margaret A Lucas was later admitted to an asylum on 20 Jun 1883. John Rigg has not been found in 1871. In 1881, at age 51, John Rigg was residing at Bath Mill Cottages in St. Ann's Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his wife. He was employed as a vertical engine driver. Also residing with them were his teenage nieces, 19-year-old Mary Jane Angus and 18-year-old Rosannah Angus (likely named after her aunt Rosannah Lowther who lived with John Rigg in 1851). They were daughters of William Angus and Margaret Lowther, John RIgg's in-laws. Also 15-year-old lodger, Mary Bretherton. Sometime around June of 1881, while Rosannah (Rose Ann) was residing in the home of her uncle and aunt, she became pregnant by an unknown man. On 7 Mar 1882, just a month after her 19th birthday, she gave birth to an illegitimate child whom she named John Rigg Angus. The father was not named in the baptism record or birth registration. 7 years later, in Dec 1888, at age 25, Rose Ann Angus died while still residing with her uncle John Rigg. She was unmarried and left her 6-year-old son orphaned. In 1891, there is no sign of 9-year-old John Rigg Angus in the census. However, John and Mary Ann Rigg, now in their sixties, suddenly have a 9-year-old son named John Rigg (Jr). There is no birth registration for John Rigg (Jr). He is not found in 1901 or later census records. In fact, there is no record of his existence other than the 1891 census. In 1894, John Rigg Angus died at the age of 12 and John Rigg (Jr) vanishes from record. It seems clear that John Rigg (Jr) and John Rigg Angus are the same person. And that John Rigg (Sr) took his niece's illegitimate son (who was named after him) and raised him as his own. Either Rose Ann Angus named her illegitimate child after her uncle, John Rigg, in honour of the fact that he raised her, and then, after she died, he adopted her illegitimate child as his own (in which case we would expect to see the child identified in 1891 as John Rigg Angus, and listed as stepson or adopted), or, what seems tragically more likely is that John Rigg is the father of his teenage niece's illegitimate son. The cause of the premature deaths of Rose Ann Angus and John Rigg Angus are unknown. In 1891, at age 63, John Rigg was residing at 5 Bath Mill Cottages in Park Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his wife. He was employed as a stationary engine tenter. Also residing with them were his alleged 9-year-old son, John Rigg, noted above. Also residing with him was his 29-year-old niece, Mary J Huntington (nee Angus, sister of the late Rose Ann Angus) and her 4-year-old son, John Huntington, whose father died the same year John was born.) John Rigg died in March 1894 at age 66. His wife, Mary Ann Rigg, is listed in 1901 as a widow, living with her nephew. During his lifetime, John Rigg had no children with his wife but he had an unusually high number of single young women boarding with him and he appears to have been the father of at least two illegitimate children (Mary Ann Wignall and John Rigg Angus) by teenage mothers, one of whom was his niece, and both of whom died very young. And he may have been the father of Mary Lucas' four children, Robert, Margaret, Mary, and Fanny. | Rigg, John (I23581)
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| 4294 | John S. Calkins served in the Mexican War and later in the Civil War, and d. from the effects of wounds received while in service. (Severence) | Calkins, John S. (I24739)
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| 4295 | John served as an officer in the Atholl Brigade of the Jacobite army. Afterwards he fled to France where he remained in exile for some time. He died without issue. | Stewart, John (I17062)
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| 4296 | John served with his brother Peter in the Second Regiment of the Norfolk Militia ca. 1829. | Swears, John (I18945)
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| 4297 | John Sharp is not listed as the father of Henry Haywood Sharp. Henry's birth record indicates only his mother's name, Sarah. John Sharp and Sarah are listed as the parents of the other three boys. Henry Haywood is the only child in Alkmund parish that is listed without a father and the only other mother named Sarah who is listed in the parish marriage register is married to John Sharp. Since there is only one Sharp family with a mother named Sarah then it is a solid supposition that John Sharp is also the father of Henry Haywood Sharp. This supposition is strengthened by the following. It is not known for sure that John Sharp's parents were John Sharp and Elizabeth Farrar. What is known for certain is that John's son, Henry Haywood Sharp, had a relative named Elizabeth A.K. Farrar. What her exact relationship was to Henry is unknown. What is also known is that in 1797 an Elizabeth Farrar married a John Sharp and they are just the right ages to be the grandparents of Henry Haywood Sharp. It therefor seems reasonable to propose that Elizabeth Farrar was Henry's grandmother. | Sharp, John (I14140)
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| 4298 | John Sherwood is believed to have married twice. His first wife and child are believed to have died young. John and Hannah came to Canada in 1832 with their first four children who had been born in Yorkshire, England. They first arrived in Wellington Square, Halton County, Ontario (now the city of Burlington). "Later in the same year, John and Hannah with their children took an ox team and wagon to Nassagaweya Township. Guelph and Hamilton became their market towns and Nelson Village was their post office." (Jean Taylor, article on the Sherwood Family, unknown source or date) | Sherwood, John (I14274)
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| 4299 | John Speed was a captain and later a lieutenant colonel during the American Revolutionary War and served in the Richmond County, North Carolina Militia (formerly part of Anson County). Captain John Speed was wounded at the Battle of Stono Ferry, South Carolina on June 20, 1779. Stono Ferry was about eight miles west of Charleston on James Island in the Stono River. The State Records of North Carolina found in the North Carolina Archives reflect that Captain Speed of the North Carolina Militia was listed as wounded in the "Return of the Killed, Wounded, and Missing in the Action of Stono Ferry, 20th June 1779." In the North Carolina Archives, there are two Revolutionary War pension applications for veterans who served under Captain John Speed. From these and other archive records, it was learned that Captain John Speed served under Colonel Thomas Crawford. From early records of St David's Parish in Cheraw, SC, which is just twenty miles south of Rockingham, Richmond County, NC, John Speed is listed in 1778 as a vestryman of the parish. 1779 Jury List Records for Cheraws District of S. Carolina list John Speed as both a Grand Juryman and Petit Juryman in Civil Causes. Other references to John Speed are found in Stewart-Stuart Family history book (R929.125 B66 V.14). In the Stewart family history, John Speed is noted as marrying Catherine Stewart in 1774 (this was her second marriage). The common use of the Stewart/Stuart name was reflected in numerous descendants thereafter. Anson Co., N. Carolina deeds and abstracts (1756-1786) refer to John Speed several times. On April 21, 1784, John Speed took his seat in the North Carolina General Assembly representing Richmond County. He is listed in the 1790 U.S. Census of Fayette District of Richmond County, North Carolina. John Speed died 18 February 1806. His obituary was published in the early North Carolina newspaper, "The Raleigh Register": "Died in Richmond County, on the 18th ult. of the smallpox, Colonel John Speed, a respectable citizen, who has frequently represented that county in the General Assembly of this State." The North Carolina Archives records reflect that James Stewart Speed was the administrator of his father's estate in Richmond County. (Source: Chuck Speed) Notice: "Public Sale - The remainder of the personal estate of Col. John Speed, late of the said county, deceased, consisting of eight negroes, etc., will be offered at public sale on the sixteenth of January next, at the house where Col. John Speed resided, on Mark's Creek in the said county, provided that the administrators can before or by that time make out to pay the balance of an execution issued and levied on the said negroes, before the said Col. John Speed's death, at the suit of messers Donaldson, MacMillan and Co. Twelve months credit will be given on the purchasers giving bond with approved security to bear interest from the day of sale. Henry Warrington and John S. Speed, administrators. Richmond County, Dec. 8, 1808." | Speed, Col. John (Planter) (I14478)
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| 4300 | John Stewart Brown, or "Stewart" as he was known, was a kind and gentle man, who spoke seldom. He was quietly affectionate towards his children and grandchildren. Stewart was described as a very shy, quiet and delicate man. Family events with Grampa Brown were always warm and fun. One memorable time was when he took his primary-school-aged grandsons, Ian Souter and Ryk Brown, on a hiking trip through the Royal Botanical Gardens and the trio got lost in the woods so badly that they ended up exiting the Gardens a few miles from where they'd parked. Grampa had to leave the young boys at a nearby plaza and hitchhike back to pick up the car. (Today we might shudder at leaving two young boys alone at a plaza, but in those days it was safe to do so.) Since Grampa Brown died when his oldest grandchildren were just in early high school (including the author) there are few memories of him except warm family Christmas celebrations together. Since both of his children also died prematurely only Kenneth was able to contribute a few thoughts to this narrative. Sadly, it appears that Stewart's upbringing may have been much less kind than the kindness he in turn shared with his children and grandchildren. There is strong evidence to indicate that Stewart was raised in a household of violence and prejudice (see notes: Tom Brown). Like his father, he was also a member of the (anti-Catholic) Canadian Irish Protestant Benevolent Society (Orange Lodge) and eventually became president of its Hamilton chapter. Stewart was the only son of a strong patriarch, and he never lived up to his father's unreasonable expectations for "the son of a police chief". As a boy, Stewart was once "sent away" for a summer to stay with his Uncle William and family to "recover from some unknown ailment". His cousin Winn recalls this ailment as "odd" and she doesn't recall him actually being "sick", but he never went outside that summer. In those days children were "sent away" to stay with relatives for only one reason: to hide them from public scrutiny. Girls were usually "sent away" if they became pregnant. Boys were "sent away" for a different reason. It is believed that Stewart was sent away to be out of the public eye and to recover from an excessive beating at the hands of his father with the "Strap" (for a description of the abhorrent "Strap" see notes: Tom Brown and his father John Brown). In 1921, Stewart was 15 and working as a clerk. It does not indicate that he was a student, so it appears that he may have dropped out of school or had a job on the side. In 1931, at age 25, Stewart was residing at 279 Wexford Ave. in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada with his new bride, Harriet. They were residing in a house built for them by Harriet's father, Dick Jones. Their home was valued at $4500. Stewart was working as an accountant in an implement works earning $1400 per year. Because Stewart worked for the government he was exempted from military service during WWII. Stewart's father described Stewart's employment as "unglamorous" and spoke about Stewart's exepmtion from miiltary service with tones of shame as his father had had a "proud" military career and a "glorious" professional career. By today's standards there is no doubt we would describe Stewart as having been an emotionally and physically abused child. Stewart was (at least) the third known generation in the Brown family to inherit the family heirloom "Strap". To his credit Stewart never used the strap on either of his children, but it hung on the kitchen wall as an ever-present reminder of disciplinary authority. He in turn passed it on to his son, Kenneth, who finally and appropriately disposed of it. Although Stewart did inherit his father's anti-Catholic prejudices, he is to be thanked and credited for not passing on the violence with which he and his father were raised. | Brown, John Stewart (I1847)
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