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7101	William is shown in family records but no date of birth is given. His date of birth here is just a guess based on chronology. He has not been found in any public records.	Coventry, William (I3006)
7102	William James McKinley was President of the United States of America. Mitchell's Monumental Inscriptions says the following about the McKinlays of the Anie: "The Stirling Antiquary iii (1904), article by Robert McLaren: "four sons of Finlay McKinlay settled at Annie, of whom a grandson John McKinlay in Annie born ca. 1645 had three sons: Donald born 1669, James "the Trooper" went to Ireland and then to America and was ancestor of President McKinlay, John born 1679, died 1732. His descendant John died 1812 was the last McKinlay in Annie. His daughter Catherine married Robert McLaren, the next tenant of Annie. Catherine's mother, four brothers and two sisters migrated to the USA where their descendants are still scattered about in 1904; five of Robert McLaren's sons went to America, one a farmer in Michigan, the others farmers in Ontario." Published trees for US President McKinley show his line as: John McKinley Born in 1728 - Dervock, Ulster, County Antrim, Ireland Deceased February 18, 1779 - Chauncerford, York Co., PA, aged 51 years old David McKinley Born May 16, 1755 - Chauncerford, York Co., PA Deceased in 1835 - Mercer Co., PA, aged 80 years old James Stephenson McKinley Born September 19, 1783 - Wolf Creek, Mercer Co., PA Deceased August 20, 1847 - South Bend, St. Joseph Co., IN, aged 63 years old William James McKinley, President 1843-1901 Married January 25, 1871, 1st Presbyterian Church, Canton, Stark Co., OH, to Ida Saxton, First Lady 1847-1907 with : F Katherine Katie McKinley 1871-1876 F Ida McKinley 1873-1873	McKinley, President William James (I25688)
7103	William James Stewart was born in 1889 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as the eldest son of Albert Duncan Stewart, an industrial carriage painter and Sarah Hughes. He was named after his maternal grandfather, William James Hughes. In 1901, William was residing in Toronto West, Ontario, Canada, as a boy with his parents and siblins. In 1910, at the time of his marriage to Ethel Leah Huff, William was residing in Toronto and employed as a bookkeeper. In 1911, at the time of the birth of his first child, William was residing in Toronto and employed as a bookkeeper. In 1921, William was residing in Dresden, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, with his wife, Ethel L Stewart, and his first three children, Ethel, Marion, and Ruth. He was employed as a manager on a farm. His wife was born in nearby Camden or Bothwell. In 1924, William was elected alderman for Ward 5 in the City of Toronto. In 1931, William was elected Mayor of the City of Toronto. In 1933, William was one of the podium dignitaries at the grand opening of Maple Leaf Gardens. In January 1935, William was awarded the designation of Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in honour of his service as Mayor of Toronto. "William James Stewart CBE (February 13, 1889 - September 18, 1969) was a Canadian politician. He was also a member of the Orange Order in Canada. Stewart also owned and operated the Bates and Dodds Funeral Home on Queen Street West in Toronto. "He was born in Toronto and first worked as an office boy at a bicycle shop. His education largely consisted of evening courses taken at Shaw Business School in Toronto. "Stewart was alderman for Ward 5 in Toronto from 1924 to 1931. He defeated former mayor Sam McBride, who was attempting to return to office, in the 1931 mayoral election and served as Mayor of Toronto from 1931 until 1934. Stewart was the first mayor to use regular radio broadcasts to keep Toronto citizens informed. He also pushed for the restoration of Fort York, which was re-opened in 1934. He entered provincial politics in 1936 when he ran for the leadership of the Ontario Conservative Party. He came in third place behind Earl Rowe and George Drew. He was elected in a by-election on October 5, 1938 as Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Parkdale in Toronto's west end. "Stewart also owned and operated the Bates And Dodds Funeral Home at 931 Queen Street West at Strachan Avenue. "Following the 1943 election that brought George Drew's Tories to power, Stewart became Speaker of the legislature, a difficult task as the Progressive Conservatives (as they were known by then) had only a minority government. He was reappointed Speaker following the 1945 election until he suddenly resigned in March 1947 to become a backbench Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP). Farquhar Oliver, leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, introduced a motion that the assembly refuse to accept the resignation of Stewart but this motion was ruled out of order. "Stewart became a backbencher and went on to serve on various committees, serving as Chairman of the Select Committee on Reform Institutions from 1953 to 1955.[2] Stewart served until 1948 when he lost to CCF candidate Lloyd Fell. He regained his seat in the 1951 provincial election. He remained a member of the legislature until the 1959 election when his Parkdale seat was won by a Liberal and he left politics. "He served briefly as a member of the Ontario Parole Board in 1960 but found the position too strenuous. Stewart was named chairman of the Toronto Historical Board the following year. He died in Toronto eight years later.[1] "The Stewart Building on College Street bears his name." (Wikipedia) "One of his greatest accomplishments was in spearheading the building of Sunnybrook Hospital for injured war veterans. In 1961 he was appointed chairman of the Toronto Historical Board and held the position until he passed away on September 18, 1969. W. J. Stewart was a past master of L.O.L. (Loyal Orange Lodge) No. 657 and also held membership in L.O.L. No. 3271." (urbantoronto.ca) "The riot at Christie Pits (16 August 1933 in Toronto, Ontar) was a sign that Canada had a serious problem with race relations in general and anti-Semitism in particular. Due to the unprecedented level of violence, Toronto mayor William James Stewart promised to prosecute future displays of the swastikas. This was one of Canada’s first policies prohibiting hate speech." (https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/christie-pits-riot) One of William James Stewart's grandsons, author Ted Staunton, has produced a graphic novel telling the story of the Christie Pits Riot. (https://www.sesayarts.com/the-good-fight/) A plaque in his honour at Fort York in Toronto reads: "A lifelong citizen of Toronto, William James Stewart devoted most of his life to public service. He served as alderman, 1924-30, and as mayor 1931-34. During his tenure as mayor he was instrumental in restoring Fort York to commemorate the city's centennial in 1934. Elected to the Ontario Legislature in 1938, he served until 1959, and for four years was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. A strong supporter of the militia, he joined the Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) and was for fifteen years its honorary colonel. He was active in numerous church, fraternal and charitable organizations, and served as chairman of the Toronto Historical Board from 1961 until his death."	Stewart, Mayor Col. William James CBE CD MPP (I22097)
7104	WILLIAM JOHNSTON FORT (the name is given inaccurately as Johnson on his tombstone) was born in 1819 and died Feb. 23, 1862. His father died six weeks after his birth, and at a family meeting it was decided to· place him in the care of Bennett Barrow of "Rosebank" (see Section I) who was his father's cousin. After his mother's remarriage he went to Wilkinson County with her, returning in 1840 to West Feliciana where he bought from Bartholomew Barrow a plantation called "The Grove." This later was incorporated in "Catalpa." He later acquired "Magnolia" and "Oak Grove." In 1850 an inventory showed him owning the huge total of 235 slaves. In 1860 his total estate was valued at $400,000, an enormous sum for that time and place, most of it created through large-scale sugar production. The Civil War's effects dropped its value to only $20,000 when his property .was inventoried during Reconstruction. William married Sallie Jones Stewart of Mississippi, daughter of Tignal Jones Stewart and Sarah Ann Randolph who owned the plantation "Holly Grove" in Wilkinson County (still standing at Centreville). They lived at "Catalpa", which burned in 1903. (See Chart 2-35) William Johnston Fort and Sallie Jones Stewart WILLIAM JOHNSTON FORT, son of William Fort and Mary Johnston, married Sallie Jones Stewart and lived in West Feliciana Parish, La. They had these children: 1) JONES STEWART FORT, born Jan. 14, 1849. 2) WILLIAM JONES FORT, born 1851, died 1918, married first Martha Turnbull Bowman, who was born Feb. 15, 1858 and died April 29, 1898. After her death he married her sister, Mary Bowman, who was born Oct. 31, 1867 and died Nov. 26, 1954. By Martha, William had: a) William Jones Fort, Jr., who married twice, having William III by his second wife; and b) Martha Fort, who married Ernest Burton White of Garyville, La. and had Ernest, Jr. and Glendora White, who married a Dr. Stewart. By Mary, William had: c) Sarah Fort of Baton Rouge; and d) Mary Fort, who married James Thompson. 3) CHARLES M. FORT married Sarah J. Wolf. They are known to have had: William Wall Fort, born April 4, 1888, died April 15, 1928. 4) SALLIE FORT who married Richard Ellis Butler. He was born Jan. 12, 1851 and died Dec. 15, 1915. He had four children of whom only one was living in 1931: Richard Ellis Butler, Jr., who married Jessie Simon and had Sarah Duncan Butler and Mary Fort Butler. 5) MARY FORT who married Thomas Butler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Butler. He was born Dec. 6, 1840 and died Nov. 7, 1922. 6) ANNA FORT. 7) EDWARD BUTLER FORT, born 1862, died 1916. (A Family Called Fort - The Descendants of Elias Fort of Virginia, by Homer T. Fort, Jr. and Drucilla Stovall Jones, West Texas Printing Company, Midland, Texas, 1970 https://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/G002302.pdf )	Fort, William Johnson (Planter) (I23797)
7105	William Jones was a bricklayer like his brother, RIchard Jones. He lived in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada. It's not known if he worked with his brother or not. In 1911, William was residing in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, with his brother Richard. His son Arthur was with him. However, Arthur was also recorded in the same census as being with his mother in Bolton, Lancashire, England. CEF Military Attestation Papers: 2 SEP 1915, show that he was residing in Hamilton at the time of his enlistment.	Jones, William Thomas (I8388)
7106	William Jones was a coalminer according to his son John's marriage record. The marriage record does not give John's mother's name. John's death record indicates that John was the son of "William Jones and Jemima Williams". William Jones has not been confidently identified in the 1841 census. On 8 Dec 1844, William Jones, a collier, residing in Llwynegrin, son of John Jones, a miner, married to Jemima Williams, residing in Mold, daughter of William Williams. Their ages were given only as "of full age." The marriage was witnessed by Evan Jones and Margaret Williams, presumably their siblings. Llwynegrin Lodge is located adjacent to a lead mine, about 2 km north of Mold and about 8 km south of Flint. (Llwynegrin was built in 1830 by Thomas Jones of Chester for Philip Davies Cooke of Gwysaney as a dowager house in Tudor style. It was originally symmetrical and stuccoed, it has since been extented and the later outer wings are now cement rendered. The original centre block is approximately E-shaped with advanced gabled outer bays and central two-storey gabled ashlar porch with swept roof. There are medium pitched slate roofs with stone ridges. There are diagonal stepped buttresses to the corners. The interior has been adapted for office use.) https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/35987/?term=shire%20hall (Chester is on the border of England and Wales, 15 km east of Mold.) In 1851, at age 32 (or 37), William Jones was residing at Parish Lane in Flint, Flintshire, Wales, employed as a labourer. He was residing with his wife, Jemima Jones, age 32, and their sons, William age 5, and John, age 3. Listed immediately preceding in the census is Edward Jones, age 33, an engine driver, with his wife, 30 year old Elizabeth, and their sons, John, age 6, and Robert, age 4. Edward is believed to be William's brother. William Jones died sometime between 1851, when he last appears in a census, and 1854 when his widowed wife remarried to George Griffiths. In 1861, William's sons are found residing with "Jemima Griffiths" who is the same age as their mother. From this entry it is presumed that William died between 1851-1861 and Jemima remarried to a man surnamed Griffiths. In 1891, John Jones and Ellen Evans were residing at 16 Baythorpe Street in Little Bolton, Lancashire, England. Living two houses away at 12 Baythorpe Street, was William Jones, age 43, born in Wales, a tailor, with his wife Mary Ann, age 43, born in Wales, and their children: Frederick W. 20, Wales, cotton piercer George H, 18, Wales, cotton cloth tacker Edith, 15, Preston, Lancashire Ernest, 14, Blackpool, Lancashire Annie, 11, Blackpool, Lancashire Florence, 5, Bolton, Lancashire. 1861 census reveals potential family members for William Jones residing on Duke Street in downtown Flint, just two blocks from the parish church of Saint Mary, Flint. These residences are located above various stores. Residing at 7 Duke Street, Flint is: Jemima Griffiths, head, age 40(?), a charwoman, born in Flintshire. William Jones, son, age 15, a bricklayer's apprentice, born in Flintshire. John Jones, son, age 13, a bricklayer's labourer, born in Flintshire. Residing next door at 8 Duke Street is: James Jones, head, age 42 (1819), a labourer, born in Flintshire. Mary Jones, wife, age 52 (1809), born Flintshire. Elizabeth, daughter, age 20 (1841), scholar, born Flintshire. Lucy Madlesy, visitor, age 1, born Carnarvon. Residing next door at 9 Duke Street is: Ann Jones, head, age 52 (1809), a charwoman, born in Flintshire. Jane Jones, sister, age 32 (1829), a charwoman, born in Flintshire. Mary Jones, sister, age 19 (1842), a charwoman, born Flintshire. Robert Jones, son, age 18 (1843), a labourer, born in Flintshire. Margaret Jones, daughter, age 9 (1852), a scholar, born in Flintshire Thomas Jones, son, age 2 (1859), born in Flintshire. Residing nearby at 4 Duke Street is: Catharine Williams, boarder, 57 (1804), a stovemaker, born in Flintshire. Residing nearby at 3 Duke Street is: Sarah Dean, head, widowed, age 69 (1792), pauper, born in Flintshire. Harriet Griffiths, granddaughter, age 3 (1858), born in Flintshire.	Jones, William (I8383)
7107	William Jr. was a soldier in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War (rank unknown). He later settled in Brunswick, Georgia, USA. (Calvert and Nelker)	Steuart, William Frederick Jr. (I22358)
7108	William King Pattie was a grocer who initially went into business with his father. After his father died, he continued as a grocer on his own. He married but had no children.	Pattie, William King (I22873)
7109	William Kirkby and Mary Ann Harold were both born in England and immigrated to Onandaga Township, Brant County, Ontario -- William in 1843 and Mary Ann in 1847. William was previously married to a woman named Elizabeth and had two children by her: Selina Kirkby in 1850 and William H. Kirkby in 1852. William later marred Mary Ann Harold in Brant County, Ontario and moved up to Wingham, Huron North County by 1881 and later to London, Ontario. After 1881 William worked as a baker.	Kirkby, William (I8675)
7110	William Little Brown Vance was born on 26 Nov 1816 in Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee and died on 13 Nov 1888 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, at age 71. Life events: In 1825, William moved with his mother to Nashville, Tennessee where she remained. William attended Cumberland College and later, Nashville University where he graduated in October, 1834. In February, 1835, he left home on the steamer, Tobacco Plant, bound for New Orleans, but before arriving obtained temporary employment in Memphis as a clerk. He remained there until early July when he received news of the death of his oldest sister, Margaret Vance Childress, in Nashville. After returning to Nashville, his widowed brother-in-law, George C. Childress, invited him to join him along with George's younger brother, Jack Childress, and Elliott Fletcher on a horseback expedition to the Mexican Territory of Texas. In November 1835, they traveled down the Mississippi River to Nachitoches, Louisiana. From there, they traveled west to Robertson's Colony to the Falls of the Brazos River in the Texas territory. At the Falls, the presidio of the colony, they found the empressario, Sterling Robertson, the uncle of George Childress. The Mexican government had granted a huge concession of many hundreds of thousands of acres to be granted in bodies of a square league (4,444 acres) to each settler of the colony. Because those who had settled in this territory were cash poor and willing to sell up to one quarter to one half of their portions of their land grants, William Vance and his brother, Jack Vance, and George Childress and Fletcher bought up as much land as they could afford between themselves and friends back home. They bought huge amounts of land at prices as low as eight cents an acre. After the independence of Texas, William sold 10,000 acres of this land for one dollar per acre making a sizable profit. When word of Texas independence became known, William and George rode south to the town of Washington on the west bank of the Brazos River, some seventy miles north of the Gulf of Mexico. There George Childress became a delegate along with his uncle, Sterling Roberson, to the Revolutionary Convention from their colony. William Vance was present at the convention meeting when George Childress proposed wording for the document to be later known as the Texas Declaration of Independence. The fateful fall of the Alamo had occurred only a few weeks prior to the convention. Before the close of the convention, George Childress was elected as the new Texas Minister to the United States with William L. Vance elected as Secretary of the delegation. On April 12, 1835, Washington DC newspapers announced the arrival of the new Texas Minister, George Childress and the Texas delegation. General Andrew Jackson was President and was old friends and neighbors with George's father, John Childress. Although no official recognition was given the independence of Texas the delegation of Childress and Vance was warmly welcomed. While on this diplomatic tour, Texas won its independence from Mexico. William ultimately made his home in Memphis, Tennessee where he was partners on many land speculations in the Memphis area with his brother-in-law, Robertson Topp, who was married to his sister, Elizabeth Little Vance. Although he was against succession, William did have to seek the help of President Lincoln to keep from having his lands confiscated by federal troops near the close of the civil war. With the help of introductions by Kentucky Senator John J. Crittenden and a successful meeting and discussion with the President, Lincoln allowed William to retain his land holdings. Still another amazing occassion occurred when William Vance was attending Ford's theatre purely by chance on the night that President Lincoln was assasinated. Following the end of the Civil War, the Memphis area and William Vance prospered greatly due to the fact that Memphis became the military center for activity in the Southwest. (source: unsourced Ancestry member submission)	Vance, William Little (I23866)
7111	William Lutton Cooke was recorded as being a draper who lived in Levaghery, Seagoe parish, Armagh, Northern Ireland, at the time of his marriage on 29 Dec 1842.	Cooke, William Lutton (I2910)
7112	William M. WHITE, 25, Grimsby, same, s/o Nathaniel & Annie WHITE, married M. A. BRIDGEMAN, 20, caistor, same, d/o Joseph M. & Malida BRIDGEMAN, witn: [illegible], Caistor, 8 Apr 1863. However, according to descendant Ron Thornton, this marriage transcription is incorrect and William's parents were actually Courtland and Annie White. Courtland being the son of Eli White and Sarah Bridgman. Sarah Bridgman was the aunt of Matilda Ann Bridgman. Thus, Matilda married her first cousin, once removed. (In other words, her father-in-law was her first cousin.) 1901 census shows her living in Caistor as a widow with her son William.	Bridgman, Matilda Ann (I1591)
7113	William never married nor had children. Nothing more is known of him. (Nelker)	Steuart, William Henry (I22436)
7114	William never married. (Becky Evoy, personal correspondence.) William's death record specifies that he was born in Hamilton.	Stewart, William (I18490)
7115	William Nolan came to Louisiana in 1856 and began planting in the parish of West Feliciana, in which business he was quite successful. In 1862 he enlisted in the Fourth Louisiana infantry as an independent private, and after a few months’ service was discharged on account of ill health. He was afterward commissioned first lieutenant of an independent company and was a participant in the engagement at Baton Rouge.	Stewart, Pvt. William Nolen (Planter) (I23707)
7116	William Reid's birth, as given here, is problematic. It was given to me by a descendant, but conflicts with information found in the IGI. According to the IGI, William's parents, William Reid and Jean Paterson, had the following children: 1. James Reid, b 1811 in Denny, Stirling, Scotland 2. William Reid, b 1813 in Denny, Stirling, Scotland 3. John Reid, b 1815 in Denny, Stirling, Scotland 4. Margaret Reid, b 1818 in Denny, Stirling, Scotland 5. Thomas Reid, b 1820 in Denny, Stirling, Scotland 6. William Reid, b 1822 in Denny, Stirling, Scotland The fact that they had a second son named William in 1822 would suggest that their earlier son William, b 1813, died in childhood prior to the birth of the second William in 1822. If so, then the William who married Helen Gillespie could not be born 1813 as the son of William Reid and Jean Paterson. However, it's worth noting that their third daughter was Jane Patterson Reid, and their eldest son was named William. This lends onomastic weight to the connection with William Reid and Jean Paterson.	Reid, William (I13434)
7117	William Richardson was born 1805 in Yorkshire, England (according to his gravestone). His exact birth is uncertain, but family tradition recalls that he came from Sheffield where his family were silversmiths and where one of them was a sheriff. However these family traditions have not been verified by any documentary evidence. William immigrated before 1828 to Brant County in the Upper Canada province of British North America into a land that was mostly unsettled wilderness. He settled on a farm in Brant County that was adjacent to the Chapel Of The Mohawks, where William's proximity made him a convenient and frequent witness for weddings. His name appears often in the register -- the earliest of these entries being in 1828, thus helping to establish his date of immigration. William returned to England and married on 8 MAR 1831 in Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire, England to Ellen HADDLESEY; Skirpenbeck being her home town. Ellen already had at least one sister living in Canada at the time. It is not known if William met Ellen in Canada and then returned to England to marry her, or if he already knew her from England and he simply came ahead to Canada to get their homestead established and then returned to England to marry her. Ellen Haddlesey was born 18 JUL 1807 in Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire, England as the daughter of George Haddlesay and Mary Beal. Her birth family information can be found on the Haddlesey Family Page. William and Ellen raised seven children on their farm in Onondaga Township, Brant County before Ellen died prematurely in 1846. William remained a widower until sometime after 1851. He later married Ellen's widowed sister Elizabeth, but the date of their marriage is unknown. No children came from the second marriage. William Richardson and Ellen Haddlesey had the following children -- all sons; they had no daughters:	Richardson, William (I13510)
7118	William Robert Furler lived on Lot 10, Concession 5, Caistor, Grimsby Township, Lincoln County, Ontario. The property is one block east of the centre of Caistor, right behind the Baptist church. William also held the property across the street on Lot 10, Concession 6. The 1871 census shows the family as Presbyterians, which is probably an error. Other census records show them as Baptists and of German origin. Online cemetery transcription shows William Robert Furler as having died in 1899 (the same year as his wife died). This is in error. Ont. Death. Reg. 27 JUL 1901, William Furler, age 87, farmer, 5th concession, Gainsboro, Lincoln. 1851 census for Caistor shows: William Furlow, farmer, age 35. Lydia, age 36. George, age 8. Peter, age 4.	Furler, William Robert (I6462)
7119	William served as Major in the 10th Bengal Lancers, then Governor of the H.M. Prisons at Dundee and Edinburgh. (MacGregor) In 1901, William and his family were living in Dundee, Angus, Scotland, where William was serving as the governor of the local prison. Below is Major William's obituary which is significant for its description of a Highland landed family's funeral from that time period. Noteworthy, is that the coffin was draped in the Union Jack, with William's claymore and bonnet resting on top. The farm cart carrying the coffin from the church to the graveside was draped in the Hunting Stewart tartan. And, after the graveside service, William's son, John, was presented with his father's claymore and bonnet. Strathearn Herald, Saturday15 June 1918 Funeral to Dundurn Chapel The funeral of Major Stewart took place on Wednesday afternoon, the place of interment being within the roofless walls of the pre-Reformation chapel of Dundurn, prettilly situated under the shadow of the everlasting hills, a short distance to the east of St. Fillans. While the late Major's body was here interred it is understood, at his request, the remains of his father, (Colonel Stewart, who died in January, 1914) and his mother are buried in the churchyard surrounding the chapel. On the inner side of one of the walls of the ancient structure is a memorial tablet bearing the inscription: - "This chapel, deidcated in early times to St. Fillan, the leper, has been, since the year 1586 the burial-place of the sept or clan of Stewart of Ardvorlich. At the east and lie the bodies of the following chiefs of the race." (Then follow the names of the various chiefs, the first burial recorded being in 1618). The obsequies of Wednesday were of a simple and impressive nature. The remains enclosed in a beautiful oak coffin, covered with the Union Jack, and on which were laid the dead Chieftain's claymore and Highland bonnet, and several beautiful floral wreaths arrived from Edinburgh at mid-day, and were conveyed to Dundurn Parish Church, St. Fillans, where a short service took place, conducted by the Rev. A. W. H. Scott, minister of the parish, and which was attended by the reliatives and friends of the deceased and others, Following the benediction, the "Dead March" was played by the organist. After the service the coffin was conveyed on a farm cart, covered with Hunting Stewart tartan, to the place of internment, the cortege being predeced by a piper playing plaintive airs en route. On arrival at the grave, the Rev. Mr. Scott conducted a brief service. The pall-bearers were:-- Master John Stewart (son); Colonel Gordon, V.C.; Colonel McLaren (brother-in-law); Colonel Stewart, Achnacone; Colonel Macgergor-Whitton, St. Fillans; Mr. Ferguson, gardener, and Mr. Drummond, grieve at Ardvorlich. The relatives present were Mrs Stewart (widow of deceased) and the Misses Stewart (daughters); Mrs Stewart, Ardvorlich Cottage; Mrs. McLaren; and Mrs. Hally, Ruthven Towner, Auchterarder. Amongst the general mourners were:-- Sir George W. M. Dundas, Bart of Dunira; the Rev. C. D. R. Williamson of Lawers; Major Davidson; Major McNaughtan of Cowden; Mrs Watters, Edinample; Mr and Mrs Edmund Berry; Mr and Mrs Stirling Boyd, Miss Ker Dunlop, R.R.C.; and many other residents in the district. The Stewarrt Society, of which Major Stewart was an Honorary Vice-President and Member of the Council for several years, was represented by Colonel A. K. Stewart of Achnacone and Mr Duncan Stewart of Millhills, ex-Presidents, and Mr. J. K. Stewart, Comptroller of Inland Revenus for Scotland, and Hon. Vice-President, and Secretary of the Society. A touch of added pathos was lent after the ceremony by the boyish kilted figure of the heir holding his father's claymore and bonnet -- symbolical of the passing into his youthful hands of the heritage and traditions of his family.	Stewart, Maj. William 13th of Ardvorlich (I18793)
7120	William Steuart was born in 1754 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, the fourth son of slave plantation owner and politician George H. Steuart. He was raised at Dodon, the family plantation on the South River, near Annapolis, Maryland. Career As a young man Steuart served as clerk to the two Judges of the Land Office, his father George H. Steuart and Benedict Swingate Calvert, who was the illegitimate son of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, the third Proprietor Governor of Maryland. The Steuart family's interests were closely linked to those of the ruling Calvert family, and in 1770 there was a disagreement between the upper and lower houses in the Maryland Assembly over the size of fees to be collected by the Land Office. After collecting fees that were larger than those designated by the lower house, Steuart was jailed. In response to this Governor Robert Eden prorogued the assembly, freed Steuart, and removed him from the assembly's jurisdiction. The question of proprietarial fees was to cause considerable discontent among Marylanders during the years immediately preceding the American Revolution. Revolutionary War Steuart's family was divided by the Revolution. His father George H. Steuart was a Loyalist politician who, as an ally of the ruling Calvert family, had benefited from substantial political patronage. In addition Steuart held estates in both Maryland and Scotland and, at the outbreak of war, forced to make a choice between loyalty to the Crown and backing the Revolution, he sailed to Scotland, saying that he "could not turn rebel in his old age", and pragmatically dividing his property between his sons. William Steuart accompanied his father to Scotland in 1775 and returned to Maryland after the war was over. Despite this, according to the memoirs of his nephew Richard Sprigg Steuart, William Steuart was sympathetic to Revolutionary cause. "Uncle William was mild and conciliatory, rather Republican, but with too much respect for his father to say much". After the end of the war, Steuart inherited the family estate of Dodon, on the South River, near Annapolis, Maryland. He was a founder member of the Maryland Jockey Club, re-established after the war's end on Saturday, March 1, 1783, at Mr Mann's tavern in Annapolis. Club rules were set down including that the plate given by the club should be run on the first Tuesday of November, at Annapolis, that the prize money should be "sixty guineas", and that the annual subscription should be "three guineas". The 1800 census shows William residing with himself and two other adult males with 62 slaves. William Steuart died unmarried, leaving a substantial estate in land and slaves which was apportioned among his surviving family members. His will left detailed instructions on which family members would inherit the substantial Steuart estates in Maryland. According to the memoirs of his nephew Richard Sprigg Steuart "The fifth of my grandfather's children was William, also a bachelor, [who] left a very large landed property and numerous slaves. He was our good old "Uncle Billy". He is buried at the family estate of Dodon on the South River, near Annapolis. (Wikipedia, edited to remove biased santizing language regarding slavery) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Steuart_(planter) --------------------- Will of William Steuart Dated 18 Apr 1831, Probated 6 Nov 1838 James Steuart(brother of William) - note that Wm. is leaving property to his family instead of to him (by his own request) · George Hume Steuart of Baltimore o All lands in Anne Arundel County on both sides of the road from London Town to South River Church and extending as far west as public road from Muddy Creek at South River Church to “Harwood’s Milk House” § Includes plate, furniture, horses, cattle, sheep, hogs & farm stock excludes negroes · Richard Sprigg Steuart o 3 Farms in Anne Arundel County, lying contiguous to each other, including: § Doden (440 acres) § Obligation (400 acres) § Bridge Hill (660 acres) currently occupied by nephew Edward H. Steuart § Includes all furniture, horses, cattle, sheep, hogs and farm stock; implements of agriculture & personal property of all types excluding negroes · George Calvert Steuart (living at Doden) o Farm on the east side of the South River called Aberdeen (340 acres) *note - entailed on nephew, William Steuart, on his death. o All the negroes and other personal property now in his possession on the condition that he use it all to support his 2 children, Eliza Ann and Charles Steuart § May not alienate (free?) or dispose of said negroes, unless by last will/testament, otherwise, negroes and “their increase” (i.e., children) shall be passed by will to Eliza Ann and Charles upon George’s death. § VOID if they contest the will or if Richard S. Steuart not given Doden within 6 months. · Benedict Steuart [black sheep?] o Yearly allowance of $200 throughout his life [note: inflation calculator says this is equivalent to $5,696.28 in 2021] § Must release all claims against Wm. Steuart or void. § Must give up all claims to negroes once owned by him but now owned by Wm. [look for bail-out/court records/land transfers] · William Steuart (son of nephew, Charles Steuart) o Farm called Aberdeen, upon the death of George Calvert Steuart o ½-claim against Benedict o ½ Negroes once owned by Benedict but now owned by William · Other sons of Charles Steuart [black sheep #2?] (except William): large claim of ~$5000 which was held against their father Charles. Void if Charles puts in a claim. [Note: equivalent to $142,407 in 2021] · Edward H. Steuartand his present wife (residing at Bridge Hill): o Tracts of land in Calvert County purchased from Judge Wilkinson of approx. 1,080 acres for their natural lives and that of the widow/widower in trust for their children. o Executor to pay what is owed for said land ASAP so that it is unencumbered by debt. o Including all negroes currently in possession of Edward, ½ of negroes once owned by Benedict (to be passed to wife if she outlives him) o ½ of claim against Benedict (to be passed to wife if she outlives him) o To Charles and William Steuart (sons of Edward) and to their heirs “as tenants in common” once they reach age 21; if Edward dies before they reach 21, rents/income from that land shall be applied to support the children § Any claim against their father, Edward (void if any claim made by Edward or his family) § Bridge Hill must be given up to Richard S. Steuart within 6 months. § Wife of Edward must “relinquish all her right of Dower of in and to any and every tract or part of tract of land whereof her husband was seized during her coverture and which now belongs to me.” [note: coverture is the legal term that basically means all things that were owned by Edward’s wife, became the property of Edward upon their marriage; I’m going out on a limb and guessing that Bridge Hill was part of her dowery, but that William must have bailed them out or something and thereby became the owner of Bridge Hill.] · Manumit and set free slaves, Paul and Charles, sons of Hannah, formerly belonging to my brother David (died 1814). Executor charged with executing/acknowledging a deed of manumission to them [There are 2 Hannah’s on the 1864 Slave Census - Hannah Sparrow, would have been 26 at the time of William’s Death; Hannah Serricks/Sorrick would have been only 9 - perhaps Hannah Sparrow is named for her mother? - look for recording of manumission?] · George Hume Steuart of Baltimore = Executor o Give all the rest, residue & remainder of estate not already bequeathed; can sell in whole or in part. o Must pay $20,000 [$569,628 in 2021] (divided equally) to his nieces, Sophia Delprat (paid to and held and invested by her brothers, Richard Sprigg and George Hume, with principal and interest reverting to her and to be used without any “hindrance or molestation of her present or future husband,” to be divided amongst her children up on her death), Henrietta Thorndike, Elizabeth Calvert and infant son of his deceased niece Margaret Latrobe (to be paid to & held by Richard and George, invested w/ interest added to principal and to be used for his raising and education; if he dies before age 21 without children, then trust reverts to James Steuart (brother and father of all these nephews and nieces). · After all debts and legacies paid, nephew Frisby Tilghmanand niece, Susan Hollidayeach get $5,000 [$142,407 in 2021]. · All the rest, residue and remainders not already disposed of to George Hume Steuart and Richard Sprigg Steuart (divided equally) · George has 2 years to settle the estate/pay out. If he dies or resigns, Richard becomes executor Codicil (6 Nov 1834) · To George Hume Steuart- all land recently purchased from Mrs. Margret Brogden (who inherited from her brother James McCullock on his death) near London Town and also any lot or lots in London Town to which Wm. May be entitled also all personal property of every description (except negroes) that may be on said lands. · To Richard Sprigg Steuart- all that tract of land called Fingall (400 acres +/-) lying contiguous to the lands aforesaid given to Richard and also all the property of every description (except negroes) which may be on the lands. · Remainder of negroes dived amongst nephews, share and share alike (except those spoken of in will as having formerly belonged to Benedict Steuart and Edward H. Steuart, and those granted freedom) George Hume Received: All the lands on both sides of the road to London Town, extending as far west as Muddy Creek at South River Church and Harwood Milkhouse Lands recently purchased from Mrs. Margret Brogden near London Town Any lots in London Town Plus all property on that land (minus negroes) Remainder of estate once divided/dispersed Research: Land transfers to identify land owned by William Steuart in and near London Town. Richard Sprigg Received: Total of approximately 1,900 acres Doden Bridge Hill Obligation Fingall Plus all property on those farms (minus negroes) Research: Find location of Fingall, locate boundaries of each farm to compare to today. George Calvert Steuart Received: Aberdeen - 340 acres , on the east side of the South River (entailed on his nephew, William, upon his death) All the Negroes currently in his possession [note: he was living at Dodon at the time of William’s Death] Research: Find location of Aberdeen. Still standing? New name? Look up Slave Census for Aberdeen; 2021 update - likely on the east side of the South River where you’ll find Aberdeen Creek. Currently developed into housing, update research to see if an old house is there. Benedict Steuart Received: Must leave Aberdeen (see above) To receive $200/year throughout his lifetime (approx. $5,700 in 2021) Research: Where did Benedict end up? Find any liens against him by William or land purchases, etc. William Steuart Received ½-claim against Benedict ½ negroes at Aberdeen Aberdeen, upon the death of uncle George Calvert Steuart Other Sons of Charles Steuart (except William) Received: *2 other sons, Capt. George Biscoe Steuart (1817-1881) and Charles Calvert Steuart (1819-1896)* $5000 which was held against their father , void if Charles puts in a claim. NOTE: Charles died in 1836, after the last will/codicil was written, but before William himself died. Estimated for inflation = $142,407 in 2021 Edward H Steuart and his present wife Received 1080 Acres in Calvert County - held in trust for children All negroes currently in possession of Edward H. (BRIDGE HILL SLAVES) ½ of negroes once owned by Benedict ½ claim against Benedict Charles and William (sons of Edward) become tenants in common of land at age 21 OTHER NOTES: George Hume Steuart named executor George and Richard Sprigg split remainder of estate not already disposed of CODICIL states that the rest of the negroes (those from Aberdeen, Dodon and Bridge Hill already willed away) were split equally between Richard Sprigg and George Hume: “I also give and bequeat to my said nephews, share and share alike all my negroes except those spoken of in my will as having formerly belonged to Benedict Steuart, and Edward H. Steuart, and which negroes, I desire shall go as directed in my aforesaid will…”	Steuart, William of Dodon (I14655)
7121	William Stewart "obtained the lands of Balemeanach of Ardvorlich from his father in 1617." On 24 February 1645, he entered into a Bond with Patrick Campbell of Wester Ardeonaig, and died by 1 December 1648 when she is styled his relict in Bond granted to her by Alexander Murray of Strowan.(Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland) Stewarts of the South refers to William as "William MacAlasdair" and mistakenly refers to him as "an uncle's son" to Major James Beag Stewart, 2nd Ardvorlich, when in fact William Stewart, 1st in Balmeanach, was James' brother.	Stewart, William MacAlasdair 1st of Balimeanach (I18794)
7122	William Stewart is estimated to have been born around 1600 presumably in Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland. His birth predates any ecclesiastical records of births or baptisms, thus his actual date of birth is unknown. He is presumed to have been born either in Ledcreich or Glenbuckie. His father, Patrick Stewart, and his uncle, Duncan Stewart, at some point in their lives exchanged their birthright estates of Glenbuckie and Ledcreich. We do not know if that occurred before or after William was born. In 1763, William's great-grandson, Patrick Stewart, 5th of Ledcreich, recorded his family history in which he says the following about his great-grandfather, William Stewart: “3rd. Patrick was son to William Stewart, of Ledcreich and Sronslany, by Mary his wife, daughter to Duncan McGregor, of Dumvery, cousin-german to Gregor McGregor, of that ilk, which family is now extinct. “4th. William was son to Patrick Stewart, of Glenbucky, by his wife Christian, daughter to Sir John Drummond, of Migams.” Stewart Clan Magazine says: "William Stewart born about 1600. [He] was laird of Ledcreich on Loch Voil and Stronslany, in the parish of Balquhidder, Perth. He married Mary MacGregor, daughter of Duncan MacGregor of Dermocry, 'cousin germane to Gregor MacGregor of that ilk, which family is now extinct.' [They had a] son: Patrick: m. Margaret B_____." (SCM, Tome C, Jan. 1935, vol. xii, no. 7, pp.99-100.) Gordon MacGregor (The Red Book of Scotland) says only that "William Stewart, 2nd of Ledcreich, succeeded his father in these lands and married Mary, daughter of Duncan McGregor, in Drumcharry. He was father of Patrick Stewart, 3rd of Ledcreich." Duncan Stewart (1739) does not mention William Stewart. In the Dunblane Commissariot Record - Register of Testaments 1539-1800 (SRO), there are three wills recorded for Ledcreich. These are: Duncan Stewart; 25 Jan 1665 and 6 Jan 1666; Margaret Buchanan and Patrick Stewart her husband; 22 Aug 1682; William Stewart 31 Jul 1683. Duncan Stewart (#1) is presumably the brother of William Stewart. Patrick Stewart (#2) is General Patrick Stewart, 3rd of Ledcreich. William Stewart (#3) is presumably this William Stewart, however, if the dates are correct then William outlived his son, Patrick by a year, which means that Patrick never inherited Ledcreich. This discrepency in death dates and heredity is still under investigation.	Stewart, William 2nd of Ledcreich and Stronslaney (I18800)
7123	William Stewart is listed third among the children in his father's 1818 will: "I also give and bequeath unto my son William STEWART, fifty dollars."	Stewart, William (Planter) (I18493)
7124	William Stewart is presumed to have died young prior to the birth of his same-named younger brother in 1826.	Stewart, William (I18486)
7125	William Stewart is presumed to have married about 1770 to Margaret Stewart, however no record of their marriage has been found. They had four children while residing in Doune and nearby Muirhead of Deanston in Kilmadock parish, Perthshire, Scotland. They disappear from records after this point. No family has been found in Stewarts of the South (ca. 1815-1820) that matches their discription, suggesting that the family was no longer residing in the area by that point. They may have imigrated or died out in the male line prior to the writing of Stewarts of the South. William's birth, as shown here, is not confirmed but is a perfect circumstantial match. His eldest son was named Robert and his second daughter was named Jean. Traditional naming custom would suggest that his parents' names should be Robert and Jean Stewart. An exact match for a William Stewart, son of Robert Stewart and Jean McFarlane can be found in the Callander parish records as shown below. William's son, William's baptism was witnessed by John and Alexander Stewart, both in Auchinard (Auchnahard in Glen Finglas in Callander parish). As baptism witnesses were often close family members, this would suggest that William's birth family was associated with one of the many Stewart families located in Glen Finglas. The birth family shown here for William had their first child in Duart in Glen Finglas, thus supporting the possible connection to Auchnahard. As such, the birth family for William, while not proven, matches all known evidence and no competing or better match has been found. --- Likely birth: (Callander OPR) 19 Mar 1725, 21 Mar 1725, Christian, daughter of Robert STUART and Jein MCFARLAN in Duart 6 Nov 1729, 6 Nov 1729, Elizabeth, daughter of Robert STEWART and Jean MCFFARLAN in Blairgary 17 Jun 1732, 22 Jun 1732, Jean, daughter of Robert STEWART and Jean MCFARLANEin Blairgarry 5 Jun 1736, 9 Jun 1736, William, son of Robert STUART and Jean MCFARLANE in Wester Bridge of Turk. (Callander OPR) 13 Apr 1739, 17 Apr 1739, John, son of Robert STEWART and Jean MCFARLANEin Bridge of Turk 25 Jan 1744, 29 Jan 1744, Mary, daughter of Robert STEWART and Jean MCFARLANE in Cullintogle 24 Jan 1747, 1 Feb 1747, Agnes, daughter of Robert STEWART and Jean MCFARLANE in Cullintogle	Stewart, William in Doune (I27004)
7126	William Stewart was the eldest son of James Mhor Stewart in Port of Lochearn. He died without children before 26 May 1596 when his brother, Alexander Stewart of Ardvorlich, granted a renunciation of the lands of Blarroir, in the barony of Edinbellie, to John Napier of Merchiston. (Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland)	Stewart, William (I18759)
7127	William Stewart was born about 1711 as the youngest son of Alexander Stewart, 4th of Ledcreich, and the youngest brother of Patrick Stewart, 5th of Ledcreich. No record of his birth has been found in the Balquhidder old parish register. The parish register is not complete for this era, so the lack of record is neither a surprise nor a concern. William's birth is estimated to have taken place about 1711, based on the recorded dates of birth of several of his siblings. Early Life William Stewart grew up on the family estate of Ledcreich on the north shore of Loch Voil in Balquhidder parish, Perthshire, Scotland. Little else is known of his early years other than that his father died in 1731 when William was about 20-years-old. At this time, William's eldest brother, Patrick Stewart, inherited the family estate of Ledcreich. As the youngest brother in the family, William would likely have worked on the family estate. William's brother Patrick became disillusioned with the state of political affairs in Scotland as secret talks were occurring around him about the possibility of a second Jacobite Rising. In 1739, Patrick Stewart sold the family estate of Ledcreich and, along with William Stewart, and several families from Argyll, emigrated to Bladen County, North Carolina, USA. Contrary to the claims of some genealogies, there is no record of William having married or having children prior to emigration. First Marriage and Family William has not been found in any written records during the 1740s. It seems most likely that he was residing on his older brother Patrick's lands during this period and was perhaps saving up money to purchase his own lands. About 1745, when William would have been in his early 30s, he married in North Carolina to Catherine Colvin, who is believed to have belonged to one of the Argyllshire families who also immigrated in 1739. They may have met onboard the ship while crossing the Atlantic. They had two children before Catherine died. No record has been found of the registration of their marriage or the births of their children. Land Ownership William next enters the written record on 29 Sep 1750 in Duplin County, North Carolina, USA, in a land deed for 100 acres on the East Side of Six Runs Creek. (Where it crosses present-day Hwy. 421 in Sampson County, North Carolina, USA.) Four years later, on 2 March 1754, William Stewart got a patent to 90 acres of land on Clear Run, "above Doctor Green's land," in Duplin [later in Sampson] County. (Edson, George, Stewart Clan Magazine, 1957) On 11 Jan 1760, William is named in the sale of 100 acres on the east side of Six Runs Creek to Bird Lanier. These are the same lands he purchased a decade earlier in 1750. Erroneous claims that William Stewart was married in Scotland and immigrated in 1754 William did not immigrate in 1754 In 1957, George Edson, editor of Stewart Clan Magazine, having access to fewer records than we have access to today, made the following erroneous comment in a footnote: "It is remarkable that William's name did not appear earlier than 1754 (sic) in the land records -- fifteen years after his arrival. Patrick Stewart's own account, however, dated Jan. 18, 1763, named William as his brother but it did not say that William came with him." This comment has caused confusion for researchers who have mistakenly interpreted it to mean that William did not arrive until 1754. Edson did not say that William didn't arrive until 1754. He simply felt it was noteworthy that no land ownership records had been found for William earlier than 1754. We now know Edson to have been mistaken, as we have since discovered a land record for William in 1750 (noted above). Edson also mentions that Patrick Stewart's account in 1763 does not state that William came with Patrick. This too has led researchers to mistakenly conclude that William immigrated later than 1739. But Edson was mistaken. Patrick explicitly stated that William was in the Argyll company who arrived in 1739: “January 18th, 1763. “1st. Patrick Stewart, of Ledcreich, in the Balghinder [Balquhidder], ...and William Stewart, brother-german to the said Patrick, came in company with six Argyllshire gentlemen and above three hundred common people from Scotland to Cape Fear in North Carolina the year 1739." William did not marry Catherine Colvin in Scotland In 1763, William's older brother, Patrick, dictated a detailed family tree to his son Charles, later added to by subsequent generations, in which William is described as: "William Stewart, the younger brother of Patrick Stewart, came from Scotland with him a young, single man, and lived with Patrick until he married a Miss Calvin (sic, Colvin), by whom he had two children, Patrick and Margaret." The preceding account is contradicted by Stewart Clan Magazine in 1957 in which William is mistakenly identified a widower at the time of immigration: "William Stewart was born about 1711 in Balquhidder parish, Perthshire, Scotland. MEMOIRS OF MISSISSIPPI stated that he married (1) in Scotland a Miss Colvin, who died, and he, "a widower with several children," came to North Carolina in 1739 in company of his elder brother Patrick and [others]." (see below for full reference) There is a memorial stone at South River Presbyterian Church in Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, which reads: "Catherine Colvin, first wife of William Stewart, and their two children are buried here. c. 1790. Erected 1995, by trustees of South River Presbyterian Church." As Catherine Colvin died in North Carolina then she could not have died in Scotland and William could not have been her widower when he immigrated in 1739. As William's brother's own contemporary account from 1763 is likely to be more reliable then Stewart Clan Magazine from two centuries later, we follow the 1763 account that William married Catherine Colvin in North Carolina after immigration and that their children were born in North Carolina, contrary to Stewart Clan Magazine's claim that they were born in Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland. William's Second Family Sometime before 1760, William married secondly to widow Jannett Williamson (nee McDougal). She had children from her first marriage. William and Jannett had eight children together. William was well into his sixties when his later children were born. He died sometime after 1779 when his youngest daughter, Helen, may have been as young as eight years old, leaving his wife, Jannett twice widowed with a household of children to raise. Plantation Owner and Slave Owner William Stewart prospered in the New World. Like his brother, he owned several plantations and mills in North Carolina and was also a slave owner. In his will he lists his slaves by name. Death We have no record of William's death. On 22 Aug 1778, in Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, William signed and dated his last will and testament, in which he refers to himself as residing on his estate in Bladen County, believed to be called Bonniesfield (the name is difficult to read in the will). We have no record of when his will was probated. On 23 Oct 1779 William signed a petition in Bladen County opposing a petition submitted by inhabitants of New Hanover, Duplin, and Bladen Counties to form a new county. So he was still alive at that time. ---------------------- The Carolina Regulators, by Josh Stewart: "In colonial North and South Carolina, during the period of 1765-1771, the Regulator Movement was created which consisted of two groups of Regulators. The North Carolina Regulators were founded by poor planters in Appalachia, and Quakers from Pennsylvania, both having experienced oppression from English rule, largely based on tax corruption. The South Carolina Regulators were large plantation owners, that formed their own group of Regulators for the protection of their property from raids, because the state wasn't doing enough to protect their property. These two groups fused in some areas, Bladen County being one area where this happened, due to it being connected to South Carolina by the Pee Dee River. It's interesting that one of these groups waw formed by the oppressed, and the other was formed by oppressors, but both found common ground in their disenchantment with English rule: the poor farmers being over-taxed by corrupt officials and the wealthy plantation owners that were frustrated with the the Crown for not providing protection to their property. Even though William Stewart was based in North Carolina, he was very close to South Carolina and had ties there as well. William's son, Patrick Stuart, and William's brother's son-in-law, James Stewart, were involved together as Regulators in the early 1770s but sometime during the Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Patrick had a falling out with the Regulators (perhaps over loyalty to the Crown), as South Carolina Regulators were largely in support of English rule, they just wanted the Crown to protect their property. As the Revolutionary War progressed, the North Carolina Regulators became Patriots in support of the Revolution. This did not occur with the Regulators in South Carolina and the large plantation owners. The Ledcreich Stewarts are one historical example of how families can be torn apart by war, and the traditional vs. revolutionary competing ideologies of that time period." ------------------------ Stewart Clan Magazine in 1936, says: "William Stewart, born about 1691 (sic, this would make him older than his oldest brother) in Balquhidder, Perthshire, younger brother of Patrick, laird of Ledcreich, married (1) Jean McDougal. In 1730 [sic, 1739] he, a widower with several children, came from Scotland with his brother Patrick in a company of over 300 immigrants to North Carolina and settled in Bladen county on the Cape Fear river. William located near Raleigh, Wake County. He married (2) widow Janet Williamson. Children: Patrick; Duncan: m. Penelope Jones: went to Tennessee; Charles: twin of Duncan; Thomas (sic, Thomas appears to be spurious. His father appears to be Dugald Stewart); James; Elizabeth: m. Lovich Ventress of Tennessee; Janet: m. Capt. John Stewart, half-pay British officer." (Edson, George, Stewart Clan Magazine, Tome C, August 1936, vol. xiv, no. 2, p.189.) ----------------- Stewart Clan Magazine later updated this entry in 1957: "William Stewart was born about 1711 in Balquhidder parish, Perthshire, Scotland. MEMOIRS OF MISSISSIPPI stated that he married (1) in Scotland a Miss Colvin, who died, and he, "a widower with several children," came to North Carolina in 1739 in company of his elder brother Patrick and six gentlemen from Argyleshire and some 300 common people, and located near Raleigh. "Patrick Stuart, one of the elder sons of William, was a Tory during the Revolution and was a captain in the British army. He spelled his named Stuart. "Duncan, James and Charles were the other sons of William by his first marriage." (sic) "This account does not jibe with another account, which said that William was unmarried when he came over. Apparently he married a widow, Janet ______, said to have been a McDougal (who first married a Williamson), with children by a former husband, "and by her he had eight children."+++ The deed records show that William Stewart got a patent Mar. 2, 1754, to 90 acres of land on Clear run, "above Doctor Green's land," in Duplin [later in Sampson] County. ---------------- [Footnotes] * This information about Margaret came from the pen of her son, James Carraway, who post-scripted it to the genealogy which had been arranged by his grandfather, Patrick Stewart. + AMERICANS OF GENTLE BIRTH stated that Patrick and Elizabeth (Menzies) Stewart had a son named John, who settled first in North Carolina but moved to Dorchester County, South Carolina, around 1723, =A:173. This is partly fabrication, but it may have said something. ++ The town of Brunswick, now in Brunswick County, was in New Hanover County prior to 1764. +++ The tradition that William Stewart was twice married, that the wives' names were Colvin, McDougal or Williamson and that his son Patrick was a Tory captain in the Revolution came many years ago from a great-granddaughter of Lovich and Elizabeth (Stewart) Ventress, living in Mississippi. ------------------------ [SCM 1957 continues] "William Stewart " of Duplin County," planter, sold Jan. 11, 1760, to Bird Lanier, for 10 pounds, 100 acres on the east side of the Six Runs in Duplin [Sampson] County, adjoining John Miller. From a deed made in 1799 by William's son Duncan it would seem that William owned a store at Six Runs Bridge. Of Bladen County on Oct. 17, 1768, "William Stewart, planter, sold to Solomon Johnston for 10 pounds the 90-acre tract on Clear Run "in Duplin County" which he had obtained by patent Mar. 2, 1754. The witnesses to his deed were William Robinson and Mary Williamson. In September, 1770, William Stewart of Bladen County, planter, bought of Daniel Norton for 100 pounds 540 acres of land on the Brown marsh in Bladen County. The witnesses to this deed were Alexander Stewart* and William McNeill. "William Stewart got a patent Dec. 22, 1770, to 200 acres on the northeast side of South River, on Jumping Run (in Sampson county), and a patent Apr. 18, 1771, to 400 acres on the east side of South River, in the same county, and he possessed these properties at his death. "On July 10, 1775, William Stewart of Bladen County and wife Janet deeded to William McNeill, also of Bladen County, for 300 pounds, 540 acres on the Brown Marsh which William had bought of Daniel Norton in 1770. The witnesses to this deed were Neill McCoulsbey and David Bailey. "The Revolutionary war came on, and the Scots in the settlement were bitterly divided. Many of those who had come from Scotland as refugees from the wrath of King George's government for their part in the rising of 1745 in favor of Prince Charles Stuart were worked on by royalist agents, and by the flamboyant appeal of Mrs. Flora McDonald, who had been sent to North Carolina for the purpose, and made to believe that they should take up arms and help suppress the rebellion. It is doubtful if William Stewart had any part in this confusion. He died during the war. "After his death+ patents were issued in his name to two tracts of land in Bladen County which he had applied for -- 200 acres on Big Colly Swamp at Reedy Marsh, granted Oct. 23, 1782, and 400 acres on the east side of Big Colly Swamp, granted Nov. 7, 1784. He made his will Aug. 22, 1778, with Robert Hendry, Ann Stewart and Elizabeth Stewart for witnesses. He appointed as executors his wife Janet, his son Duncan, and David Bailey. "He gave to his wife during her lifetime a number of negro slaves and "the plantation whereon I now live" in Bladen County "that is known by the name of Newfield and one of the name of Skippersfield, as also my horses," etc., etc. He bequeathed negroes to each of his sons Duncan, James and Charles and daughters Catherine, Janette, Ann, Helen and Elizabeth; and one shilling sterling to his daughter Margaret Spiler. He gave a negro slave to "my wife's granddaughter Janette Bailey"; a young negro to "my wife's granddaughter Janette White"; and 20 pounds to William Stewart Bailey and 20 pounds to William Stewart Wright. He bequeathed 50 pounds to his grandson Walter Stewart when 21, "if he does not receive any of his father's property." He then divided among his sons Duncan, James and Charles his mills in New Hanover County, his saw-mill and land in Bladen County on the west side of South River, his land on the east side of South River, his two tracts on Colly Swamp, his three tracts on Cypress Creek and his three tracts on Beaverdeam. Children:++ Margaret, c.1744 : m. _______ Spiler or Spiller ("Lawyer") Patrick : died before his father, leaving a son Walter -- Catherine : m. _______ Dwangher Duncan : mb. Oct. 19, 1797, Penelope Jones, Wake County Janet : m. John Stewart, "half-pay British captain" Ann : m. James Carraway James : m. (1) Catherine Nolan, (2) Jane _____, =E:237 Charles : mb. Apr. 11, 1798, Polly Jones, Wake County Helen : she was otherwise called Elinor Elizabeth : m. Lovich Ventress, Tennessee : to Mississippi ---------------- [Footnotes] *This was probably the Alexander Stewart who was captain of a company of thirty men who took part, on the king's side, in the battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in February, 1776, named in the book, FLORA MCDONALD IN AMERICA, 1909. There was also a William Stewart with the Highlanders. + William may have survived the war. The date of probate of his will is not known. ++ Some of the names of spouses were supplied by Mrs. D. W. Pipes of New Orleans in 1936." (Edson, George, Stewart Clan Magazine, Tome G, January 1957, vol. 34, no. 7, pp.181-183) ----------------- The full text of the Last Will and Testament of William Stewart, Esq., 22 Aug 1778 I, William Stewart of Bladen County, being of a sound and perfect understanding and memory, do make this my last will and testament. I give to my wife during her lifetime the following negroes, viz. Big Will Campbellton, Daisy [name unclear], Phillis. Amelia and Dianna, together with the following plantations, viz. the plantation where I now live that is known by the name of Bonniesfield [name uncertain, difficult to read], the one known by the name of Newfield and one of the name of Skippersfield, as also are my horses, cattle and other stock likewise my plantation tools and household furniture and at her decease the said negroes, lands, and stocks are to be disponed of in the following manner, viz. the negroes, Big Will Campbellton, Phillis, Amelia, and Dian--- [partially illegible] to be equally divided as she my wife shall will and negroes best [illegible], Jannette, [illegible], Elizabeth and Helen, the said lands together with the negro which named Daisy. I give and bequeath to my son Charles to him and his heirs forever the stock and plantation tools to be divided between my sons Duncan, James, and Charles. I give and bequeath to my son Duncan the following negroes, viz. - Long Iain [name uncertain, difficult to read], John, Tom, Big Jude, and Sandy to him and his heirs forever. I give and bequeath to my son James the following negroes, viz. [illegible], Big Sam, Harry, [illegible], and Sally to him and his heirs forever. I give and bequeath to my son Charles the following negroes, viz. Starting Larry, Little Bill, Diana and Dugald, to his and his heirs forever. I give and bequeath to my daughter Catherine the following negroes, viz. Ota-- [partially illegible], [illegible], D---nder [partially illegible], Bob, Little Viola, to her and her heirs forever. I give and bequeath to my daughter Jannette the following negroes, viz. [a line of text is cut off at the bottom of the page] Lois and Neptune, to her and her heirs forever. I give and bequeath to my daughter Ann, a negro girl named Leroy to her and her heirs forever. I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth a negro girl named Peg, to her and her heirs forever. I give and bequeath to my daughter Helen, a negro girl named Little Judy, to her and her heirs forever. I give to my daughter Margaret Spiller one shilling Sterling. I give and bequeath to my wifes granddaughter Jannette Bailey, a negro to be raised on or purchased out of the assets of the plantation to her and her heirs forever. I give to my wifes granddaughter Jannette White a young negro to be raised on or purchased out of the assets of the plantation to her and her heirs forever. I give to William Stewart Bailey twenty pounds. I give and bequeath to William Stewart Wright twenty pounds I give and bequeath to my grandson Walter Stewart if he does not receive any of his fathers property, fifty pounds when he shall arrive at twenty-one years of age. But in case he shall die without lawful heirs of his body the said fifty pounds to return to my sons Duncan, James, and Charles. I give to my wife during her lifetime one third part of the profits arising from my mills in New Hanover County likewise one third part of the profits of my saw mill in Bladen County, the other two thirds of the profits of said mills I give to my sons, Duncan and James, and at my wifes decease, I give and bequeath to my sons Duncan and James the whole of the mills in New Hanover County together with all the lands I hold on the east side of South River to them and their heirs forever. I give and bequeath to my son Charles at my wifes decease the whole of the sawmill on the [illegible, an earlier transcription reads west] side of South River together with all the land [illegible] belonging to him and his heirs forever. I give and bequeath to my sons Duncan, James, and Charles two tracts of land on Colly Swamp, likewise three tracts of land on Cypress Creek and three tracts on Beaver Dam to be divided between their selves as they shall agree. And I do will and require that if any of my sons shall die without lawful heirs of their body that then in such case their part in the aforementioned lands, negroes or other property shall return to their surviving brothers or children. Likewise, if any of my daughters Catherine, Jannette, Ann, Elizabeth and Helen dying without heirs of their body, their part to return to their surviving sisters excluding my daughter Margaret Spiller. And I do hereby make void and of no effect former wills, gifts, or promises of any of the above-mentioned land, negroes, tools or other property to any person or persons whatever. I desire that this may be received by all persons whom it may concern as my last Will and Testament. And I do hereby instruct and appoint Jannett Stewart, my wife, Elizabeth, And Duncan Stewart, my son and David Bailey, Executors of this my last Will and Testament. In witness here of I have hereafter set my hand and affixed my seal. This 22nd day of August 1778. Signed, sealed published and [illegible] by William Stewart as his last Will and Testament in the presence of Robert Hendry, Ann Stewart, Elizabeth Stewart. William Stewart, esq. ------------------------------	Stewart, William in Wake (Planter) (I18437)
7128	William Stewart was born in 1802 in Comrie Village, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland as the only son of Lt. Alexander Stewart and his first wife, Janet Reid. About 1815-1818, in his mid-teens, William is not identified by name, but is described in Stewarts of the South as being the eldest son of Lt. Alexander Stewart in St. Fillans and as "a student of Divinity." According to the Fasti Eccleasia, William worked as a carptenter during the summer months to put himself through school part-time and was eventually ordained in 1832 in the Church of Scotland and served the congregation at Lochee near Dundee, Angus, Scotland. In 1834, Rev. William Stewart married in Dundee, Angus, Scotland, to Mary Key. Her birth family has not been identified. In 1841, at age 40, Rev. William Stewart was residing in Dudhope, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, with his wife Mary. They had no children. He was employed as a minister of the gospel. (Dudhope and Lochee are one mile apart.) Rev. William Stewart continued to serve the congregation at Lochee until The Disruption in 1843 when he left to form the Free Church congregation at Dudhope near Dundee, Angus, Scotland. He died in 1852. ----------- LOCHEE. [A chapel-of-ease was opened here 6th Feb. 1831. The parish of Lochee was disjoined from Liff and St Mary's, Dundee, 7th June 1880.] WILLIAM STEWART, born Comrie, 1795; originally a joiner, he saved 1832 as much from his wages as enabled him to attend the Univ., and worked at his trade during the summer months; educated at Comrie School and Univ. of Edinburgh; elected 26th Jan., and ord. 4th April 1832. Joined the Free Church in 1843 [the building in which he and his congregation worshipped having been erected by voluntary subscription, the managers wished to retain possession of it. S., however, knowing that the deed of constitution declared it to be in connection with the Church of Scotland, declined their proposal, and preached from his parlour window, with his hearers seated on the lawn in front] ; became min. of Free Church, Dudhope, 1843; died 12th Oct. 1852. He marr. 1834, Mary Key.- [Nome's Dundee Celebrities, 148-50.] ---------- STEWART, WILLIAM Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.331 Born at Comrie, 1795. Studied at the University, Edinburgh. Ordained at Lochee, 1832. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Married, 1834, Mary Key. Removed, the same year, to Dudhope, Dundee, with a portion of his congregation. Died, 1852. Supplementary Information Life and Ministry 1832, Lochee, FES, Vol.5, p.334. In the Free Church, he served in Lochee, Dundee; and Dudhope, Dundee. Publication - by him Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Sites, 22nd May, 1846, NRS GD112/51/217; Sites, 23rd May, 1846, NRS GD112/51/217 Publications - about him Inventories, Wills, etc.: 20/11/1852, minister of the Gospel at Lochee, Dundee Sheriff Court, NRS SC45/31/1 Inventories, Wills, etc.: Stewart, Mary, 21/1/1854, Mrs, alias Key, Relict of Reverend William Stewart, Minister of the Gospel at Lochee, Dundee Sheriff Court, NRS SC45/31/11 28th November, 1837, Sixth Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, p.134 (https://www.ecclegen.com/ministers-s/#STEWART,%20WILLIAM1 )	Stewart, Rev. William Minister in Lochee (I18495)
7129	William Stewart was born in 1824 in the clachan of Morell, Easter Glentarken, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. The Comrie OPR records his place of birth as "Moril." He was the youngest of Robert Stewart and Catharine McNaughtan's eleven children. His father's exact date of death is not known, but is estimated to be around 1830, meaning William was probably around 5 years old when his father died. Economic conditions after his father's death made the prospect of moving to the New World more appealing than remaining in Scotland. William was nine or ten years old when his mother and siblings emigrated in 1833 or 1834. William was ten years old when his family arrived in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Their full story is already detailed in the notes for William's mother, Catharine McNaughtan, and William's brothers, Robert, Duncan, and Peter Stewart. The reader should refer to those notes for information on the early life of this family. William grew up on the Stewart family farm in Puslinch township, Wellington County, Ontario. William's father, Robert, died when William was a very young boy back in Scotland, so William was initially raised by his widowed mother and his older siblings on the Stewart farm. When William was a teenager his mother, along with his older brother Robert and Robert's wife Mary, all died probably of smallpox. William's next oldest brother, Peter, then became the oldest responsible adult on the Stewart farm. William continued to live with his brother Peter and sister Catharine even long after he married Agnes McLean and they began having children. In 1851, William, age 27, was residing in the village of Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada with his 21 year old wife, Agnes, and their 1 year old son, Robert. William was employed as a brewer. Given that William and Agnes were in Galt in 1851 with their 1 year old child, their elusive marriage may have taken place in Galt. In 1861, William was residing in Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada with his wife and young children (excluding Robert). They were living in a frame house which appears to have been located on the farm of Kenneth McKenzie. William was recorded as a labourer. It appears he was working on Mr. McKenzie's farm. William and Agnes' 9 year old son, Robert Stewart, was living with William's siblings, Peter and Catherine, on the Stewart farm in Puslinch. In 1871, William was residing in Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, with his wife and young family. He was employed as a labourer. William's son, Edward, was residing on William's brother Peter's farm in Puslinch. By 1872, William and his young family had moved to the city of Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada where their son, Archibald, was born that year. In 1881, William Stewart was residing in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada with his wife and children. William's occupation is listed simply as "labourer". The family of William Stewart is buried nearby to the family of his nephew Hugh Stewart in Hamilton Cemetery.	Stewart, William (I18435)
7130	William Stewart was born in 1826 in Logie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. William Stewart is mentioned in The Stewarts of Ardvorlich, Vol. 3, in reference to his father: "Robert, who lived at Ashinranoch, and was a ploughman at Ardvorlich. He married Lizzie MacLaughlan, a servant at Ardvorlich. His son, William, is now (1879) a shopkeeper at Menstrie." In 1841, at age 14, William Stewart was residing in Menstrie, Logie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, with his parents and siblings. In 1851, at age 24, William Stewart was residing at the Sabbath School in Menstrie, Logie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, with his parents and siblings. He was employed as a woolen manufacturer. On 28 Feb 1852, at age 25, William Stewart married in Logie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland to Mary Eadie. (Mary's sister, Marion Eadie was married to John Stewart whose family came from Little Dunkeld, where William's older siblings were born. Dunkeld is in Atholl territory, so it's likely that John Stewart was an Atholl Stewart, but the coincidence is noted here in case future information shows a connection.) In 1861, at age 35, William Stewart was residing at Holly Tree in Menstrie, Logie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, with his wife and their three youngest children. He was employed as a grocer. In 1871, at age 44, William Stewart was residing in Menstrie Village, Logie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, with his wife and children. He was employed as a grocer. In 1881, at age 54, William Stewart was residing at Toll Road in Menstrie, Logie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, with his wife and children. He was employed as a merchant. In 1891, at age 64, William Stewart was residing at Main Road in Menstrie, Logie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, with his wife and children. He was employed as a grocer.	Stewart, William Merchant in Menstrie (I18485)
7131	William Stewart's birthdate is estimated based on his father's estimated date of birth. His birth location is not known. He was born before his father acquired the lands of Baldorran in 1457, so he was likely born somewhere in his great-grandmother's lands of the Lennox. Sir William Stewart's grandfather, James Mhor Stewart, fled Scotland as a fugitive of the Crown. His father, James Beag Stewart, was born illegitimately but was able to return to Scotland where he was given the lands of Baldorran and half the lands of Balquhidder in 1463. Sir William expanded the family holdings to include parts of Upper Strathgartney and eventually most of Balquhidder. Sir William Stewart, 2nd of Balindoran, acted as procurator to his father in a sasine to him for the lands of Balindoran on 17 January 1464 and succeeded him as Baillie of the Crown lands within Lordship of Balquhidder from which he received a payment from the Exchequer in 1467. (Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland) This would indicate that Sir William inherited Baldorran as well as unspecificed lands in Balquhidder from his father by 1467, Sir William was previously believed to be the first Royal Baillie of Balquhidder in this family, but this entry indicates that his father, James Beag Stewart, 1st of Baldorran, was the first to be appointed Royal Baillie. Sir William married about 1484 to Janet Buchanan, daughter of Archibald Buchanan of Lettir of Strongartney, from whom he acquired the property of Lettir in Strathgartney. Sir William is mentioned in a charter dated 1 MAY 1484: "Charter by Archibald Buchannane, laird of lands of Lettir, to William Stewart and Janet Buchannane, his spouse, granter's daughter, and specified heirs of lands of Lettir in lordship of Strongartnay, sheriffdom of Perth." (GD112/1/18) (Strongartney is on Loch Katrine in Strathgartney and is shown as "Strone" in the lower left corner of the map below.) The charter is followed on 17 MAY 1484 by an instrument of sasine: "Instrument of sasine propriis manibus given by Walter Buchquhanan of Tomboy ("Tombuie"), bailie in that part, for Archibald Buchquhanane, his brother, infefting William Stewart of Baldorane and Jonet Buchquhanane, his spouse, in lands of Lettir, following on [the preceding] charter." (GD112/1/19) And on 4 JUL 1493, "Charter by William Stewart of Baldorane and of Letter to Jonet Stewart, daughter of granter and Jonet Buchquhannane, his spouse, and specified heirs, of lands of Le Letter, in lordship of Strogarthnaa in sheriffdom of Perth." (GD112/1/27) Sir Willam acquired rights to further lands there including those of Balliefoyle from Janet O’Quhannane (Buchanan), daughter and heir of Mungo O’Quhannane of Strathyre, by instruments dated 10 July 1486. (Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland) Sir William held joint ownership with Malcolm MacLaren of the townships listed in the Exchequer Rolls of 1488 (listed below). In the Exchequer Rolls of 1502-1515 Sir William and his eldest son, Walter, were confirmed as Crown tenants in the Balquhidder lands and the lands of Estir and Westir Duchraa (these lands were also known as Innerquhawawane and Glenmaan) and Blarbaith. The location of these lands has not been accurately identified, but they are described as forming "part of Glenfinglas" (Ardvorlich MSS). It is believed that Glenmaan is the same as Glean nam Meann, which lands encompass the sheiling lands north of Glenfinglas and south of Glenbuckie. In the portioning of Balquhidder which took place later during the sixteenth century, the descendants of Sir William Stewart of Baldorran gained hereditary tacks of land. According to The Settlements of Western Perthshire, these lands were all small baile settlements or farm communities. There was nothing in Balquhidder at the time that would be as large as what we would think of as even a village today. Sir William was a witness to a Procuratory of Resignation by John Comrie of that Ilk in favour of his son and heir, John Comrie, on 21 November 1495 and on 7 November 1500 he was a member of an assise at the retour of Henry Douglas as heir to his deceased father James Douglas in the lands of Auchansk. He was still living in 1509 when he was listed as joint-tenant with his eldest son, Walter, of the crown lands of Stronvar and d. by April of 1513. Duncan Stewart (1739) says: "William Stewart of Baldorran, married Marion Campbell, daughter to Sir Colin Campbell of Glenurquhy, as appears by a charter in their favours, granted by Robert Menzies of Comrie, of the lands of Emyr-Crechan [sic s/b Emyr-Crethane] and Croftyn-Terray, in the Earldom of Strathern and Shire of Perth, dated at Lochtay, the 5th of October 1498. This charter is confirmed by King James IV, the 25th of said month. By her, he had Walter and John, who is a witness to several charters , and designed Johannes filius Guliemi Stewart de Baldorran, particularly in 1508, granted by Glenurchy. Of him is Glenbucky. William of Baldorran is said to have had another son, Andrew, of whom Gartnafuaroe [sic - Andrew of Gartnafuaran was the brother of William, not his son.] Of these three brothers [sic] are most of the Stewarts of the South-west district of Perthshire descended, to the number at least 300 common people. Addenda - For Emyr-Crechan, read Emyr-Crethane. These lands were talzied [illegible] of Walter, and his lawful heirs, to John Stewart, his brother. There is one Andrew Stewart, witness to this charter, who, perhaps, might have been Garnafuaroe's ancestor. The lands of Duchlass, in the lordship of Rosneth, and shire of Dumbarton, holden of the King in Feu, are confirmed to Walter Stewart, son of WIlliam Steart of Baldorran, and the lawful heirs-male of his body, which failing to William Stewart's lawful heirs whatsoevr, pub arch lib 13, num 370. By what evidences I have [illegible] of Baldorran, it appears that the traditional account mentioned in the note of page 133 [referring to the origin of the Stewarts of Gartnafuaran] is not well grounded." Sir William married firstly by 1 May 1484, to Janet, daughter of Archibald de Buchannan,1st of Lettir, (she was widow of Robert Tosheoch, son of Andrew Tosheoch of Monzievaird, by whom she had no apparent issue), when they had a charter from her father for the lands of Lettir, in the Lordship of Strathgartney. ------------------------------ According to The Settlements of Western Perthshire, by James Stewart The Exchequer Rolls of 1480 list Sir William Stewart and Malcolm MacLaren (Maclery) as assigned to the following lands: Easter Inverlochlarig, Wester Inverlochlarig, Invercarnaig, Immereoch (Innereoch, Immeriabhach), Monachylemore, Monachyle Driseach, Craigruie, Ledcreich, Invernenty, Monachyle Tuarach, Muirlaggan, Stronvar, Dalanlaggan, Lianach, Immereon, Dalquhappagach, Craigantullich (Tullich, Cragyntulye), Cragintoar (probably Lednascriddan), Garachra (Balachra, Glenbuckie shielings), Gartnafuaran, Stronslaney, Ardveich (Ardbeith), Glenogle & Achraw, Edinample (Inneramble), Fasflair (unknown), Videnemble (unknown, possibly part of Edinample), Gersplace Daliamble (Edinample grazings), Dalample, Carstran, Letter, Mill of Ample, Mill of Stronvar, Mill of Carnag (Invercarnaig), Mill of Ardveich (Arbreth). The Exchequer Rolls of 1502 list Sir William Stewart and his son, Walter, as receiving the crown rental income from the following properties: Inverlochlarig (Easter and Wester), Invercarnaig, etc, Monachyle Disreach, Ledcreich, Dalanlaggan, Stronslaney, Cragintoryer, Gartnafuaran, Immeriabhach, Monachylemore, Craigruie, Invernenty, Monachyletuarach, Muirlaggan, Stronvar, Lianach, Immereon, Dalquhappagach, Garachra, Ardveich, Glenogle/Achraw, Mill of Ample, Mill of Stronvar, Mill of Carnag (Invercarnaig), Mill of Ardveich. The Exchequer Rolls of 1508 list Sir William Stewart and his son, Walter, as receiving the crown rental income from the following properties: Monachyle Driseach, Ledcreich, Dalanlaggan, Cragintulye (Tulluch), Stronslaney, Cragintoryer, Gartnafuaran, Inverlochlarigh (Easter and Wester), Invercarnaig, Imirririabhach, Monachylemore, Craigruie, Invernenty, Monachyle Tuarach, Muirlaggan, Stronvars, Lianach, Immereon, Dalquhappagach, Garachra, Ardveich, Glenogle/Achraw, Inverample, Fasblar, Edinample, Dalample Grass, Dalample, Letters, Auchanvy, Mill of Ample, Mill of Stronvar, Mill of Invercarnaig, Mill of Ardveich. John Stewart (of Glenbuckie) is confirmed in the lands of Ledcreich, Dalanlaggan, Craigintulye (Tulloch), and Stronslaney. Andrew Stewart (of Gartnafuaran) is confirmed in the lands of Craigintoyer and Gartnafuaran. (Craigintoyer/Craigintoar is unidentified. James Stewart speculates that it's a ruin near Gartnafuaran.) ------------------------------------- (Source?) The Exchequer Rolls of 1502 list Sir William Stewart and his son, Walter, as receiving the crown rental income from the following properties: Balquhidder, north side, west to east N. Drumlich Inverlochlarig (Wester & Easter) Invercarnaig Immeriannach Monachyle (Beag and Mor) Craigruie Ledcreich Tulloch Lednascriden Kirkton Auchleskine Auchtoo Cuilt Edinchip Glen Ogle Achraw Ardveich Balquhidder, south side, west to east S. Drumlich Blaircriach Invernenty (Wester and Easter) Monachyle Tuarach Monachyle Driseach Muirlaggan Stronvar Gartnafuaran Stronslanny Dalanlaggan in Glenbuckie Immereon in Glenbuckie Lianach in Glenbuckie Barachra/Garachra/Balachra (Glen Buckie Shielings) Dalquhappagach in Western Glenfinglas Shielings Leitters Carstran Edinample Ardovy in Glenample Strathyre, west side, north to south Wester Ruskachan Baliefoile Ardoch Kipp Stronyre Laggan (Wester and Easter) Ardnandabh (Ardnandave) Strathyre, east side, north to south Ruskachan (not the same place as W. Ruskachan above) Creaggan Immerioch Tynars? Immervoulin Ruinacraig Ardchullarie In Glen Finglas Estir Duchraa (a.k.a. Innerquhawawane) Westir Duchraa (a.k.a. Glenmaan) Blarbaith	Stewart, Sir William 2nd of Baldorran and Royal Baillie of Balquhidder (I18797)
7132	William Stewart, a native of Mississippi, was born in 1851 to Noland and Mary Jane (Reneau) Stewart, who were also Mississippians. The father came to Louisiana in 1856 and began planting in the parish of West Feliciana, in which business he was quite successful. In 1862 he enlisted in the Fourth Louisiana infantry as an independent private, and after a few months’ service was discharged on account of ill health. He was afterward commissioned first lieutenant of an independent company and was a participant in the engagement at Baton Rouge. William Stewart had very poor advantages in his youth, but after the war was for some time a student in Centenary college (some two years) and after a short time spent in Mobile, Alabama, returned to that school which he attended for another year. Immediately following this he engaged in planting in Mississippi, then kept books for the firm of Worthington Brothers for eight years, after which he embarked in the same business from himself in Mississippi. He was then travelling agent for the Refuge Oil Mill of Vicksburg for four years, but since 1881 has been a cotton planter in Louisiana. He is managing a tract of land comprising 2,200 acres, about three-fourths of which is under the plow and a part of which was formerly the Erin plantation. He handles about 300 bales of cotton annually, and on this property has a good steam cotton-gin and gristmill and a plantation store. He takes considerable interest in local politics and is now a candidate for the position of parish sheriff, and should he be elected will without doubt make a faithful and efficient officer. Socially he is a member of the K. of P. and the IOOF. He was married in 1878 to Miss Riggs of Evansville, Indiana, by whom he is the father of four children: Riggs, Noland, Foster and an infant. Mrs. Stewart is quiet and unassuming in demeanor and is very social and amiable in disposition, his many worthy traits of character winning him many friends. (Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, (vol. 2), p. 407. Published by the Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892.)	Stewart, William (I24005)
7133	William succeeded his father as Lord of Abergavenny, Builth, Bramber and Knepp as well as other March Lordships in1227. Styled by the Welsh as "Black William" he was imprisoned by Llewelyn ap Iorwerth in 1229. He was ransomed and released after a short captivity during which he agreed to cede Builth as a marriage portion for his daughter Isabella on her betrothal to David, son and heir of Llewelyn. The following Easter, Llewelyn discovered an intrigue between his wife, Joan, and William. Supported by a general clamour for his death, Llewelyn had William publicly hanged on 2nd May 1230.	de Braose, William (I4085)
7134	William T. Angus was baptised in December 1869 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, though his exact birthdate is not recorded. It seems most likely that his middle name is Thomas after his grandfather, though no record has been found to confirm what his middle initial stands for. In 1871, at age 2, William Angus was residing at 4 Lune Street in Castle Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his parents and siblings. In 1881, at age 12, William Angus was residing at 4 Lune Street in Castle Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his parents and siblings. He was a student at the time. In 1891, at age 21, William Angus was residing at 39 East Street in Skerton Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his parents and siblings. He was employed as a labourer. On 1 Aug 1892, at age 23, William Angus, a labourer, residing at 39 East Street in Skerton, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, son of John Angus, a sawyer, married in the parish church of St. Thomas, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, to Hannah Moscrop, a cotton carder, residing at 88 Thomas Square, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, daughter of the late John Moscrop, formerly a joiner. In 1900, at the birth of their son, Walter, William was recorded as being employed as an electrician. In 1901, at age 33, William Angus was residing at 10-Back George Street in St. Anne's Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his wife and three children. He was employed as a general labourer. Residing with them was his sister, Dorothy Angus, age 19, a carder in a cottom mill and his mother-in-law, Barbara Corless, age 54. In 1911, at age 42, William Angus was residing at 12 Albion Street, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his wife and six children. He was employed as labourer/paint worker in a linoleum works. (Linoleum was invented in London in 1860 by a man from nearby Manchester, Lancashire, England.)	Angus, William T. (I50)
7135	William Taylor was born in England, probably in Manchester. It is believed that he was the son of Thomas Taylor and Alice Hulme who were married in Manchester on 11 MAY 1792 (according to an LDS member entry). No official record of William's birth has been found. (An erroneous baptism had previously been identified as 25 MAY 1794 Saint Mary, Bury, Lancashire, England however this same child is recorded as having died 6 JUN 1794.) William immigrated to New York, USA sometime prior to 1815 when he is recorded as having married Sarah Chew in Rye, Westchester, New York, USA. Early census records and church records show no indication of any Taylor family in Rye prior to 1810, and post-1810 records imply only one family named Taylor resided in Rye prior to 1850. Careful interpretation of these records would appear to indicate that William probably came to the USA as a young boy with his parents and siblings and possibly an uncle. (A detailed analysis of these early records is presented below.) In 1815, William married Sarah Chew whose family also came from Manchester, England. She had immigrated with her brothers and widowed mother sometime between 1810-1815. It is not known if the Chews and Taylors knew each other back in Manchester or not. William and Sarah began their family in New York where they had their first four children, concluding with their son, William C Taylor who was born in 1824. Sometime shortly after William Jr's birth, William Sr and Sarah and their family (including Sarah's widowed mother Ann Chew nee Walker) removed from New York and came to Canada. According to a later biography they stayed briefly in "Toronto", however it is believed that "Toronto" should be interpreted loosely. Sarah Chew's brothers had settled in Weston, Ontario, Canada (present-day Etobicoke, a suburb of Toronto), where they were prospering as pioneer settlers and had a thriving mill business. It is presumed that William Taylor and Sarah Chew stayed with Sarah's brothers in Weston. On October 19, 1826 William Taylor acquired from Col. Talbot a land grant of 100 acres of undeveloped wilderness land along Bear Creek (present-day Sydenham River) in Kent county, southwestern Upper Canada (present-day Ontario) where he built a grist mill. The Sydenham waterway was the only transportation route from Kent county to the city of Detroit. The town of Dawn Mills, near present-day Dresden (not to be confused with Don Mills, near Toronto) grew up around the mill. William quickly expanded his land grants to an eventual 1000 acre area along the north shore of Bear Creek. As business at the mill prospered William opened a general store, a lumber mill, and a ship yard. He eventually added a fourth mill to his holdings. (It's not known what kind of mill.) By 1830 Captain Taylor was living in Kent County where he appears to have been a entrepreneurial pioneer-extraordinaire. He is almost solely responsible for founding the village of Dawn Mills which grew up around his saw mill, grist mill, general store and other businesses. Not only is the Taylor family responsible for the birth of the village of Dawn Mills but also they are responsible for its subsequent demise. However, we will come to that later. The following article from Romantic Kent -- The Story of a County 1626-1952 by Victor Lauriston, recounts the life of William Taylor: "[The plentiful natural resources helped the early settlers in Camden West township] eke out a livelihood, all unsuspicious of the early advent of a man who was to change their lives. "Captain William Taylor, born in England on April 11, 1794, settled in Toronto when it was still "muddy York". Whether his marriage to 18-year-old Sara Chew on March 30, 1815 took place before or after he emigrated, we do not know. [Although the author of the article did not know, it has now been confirmed that they were married in New York City, and their early children were born in New York.] He was still resident in Toronto when his fifth child and second son, Thomas Hulme Taylor was born on September 10, 1826. "...About 1830, or perhaps a little earlier, Taylor moved to his new demesne. With James Smith he built a grist mill on the south bank at a bend in the river, where a series of rapids not merely marked the head of navigation, but provided good water power. Prior to that time settlers had gone to the Detroit River in canoes with their grain, the only nearer mills, on the Thames, being difficult to access through the forests and swamps. Taylor also established a general store and a saw-mill; and from these enterprises the resulting community took the name of Dawn Mills. He also engaged in shipbuilding, his craft, the 'Sara Taylor' and the 'Dawn', being operated as adjuncts to his business enterprises, not merely on the river, but on the upper lakes. "New settlers came in, and a village gradually clustered around the mills. It was in 1835 that A. B. Baxter came. A year later he became partner in Taylor's store, the first in the community. "In the rebellion of 1837, William Taylor was commissioned captain and raised a militia company in which young James Smith served as lieutenant...." By the mid-1800s the railroad was transforming the transportation industry. No longer were waterways the means of travel. When the railroad lines were being considered for the Kent County area, the Taylor family campaigned vigorously to have the railroad come through Dawn Mills. They were not successful and the local business economy suffered badly as commerce followed the railway lines. After the death of Captain William Taylor, his business interests passed to his second son, Thomas Hulme Taylor. Thomas made a valiant effort to maintain his father's businesses in Dawn Mills, at least while his mother remained alive. When Sarah Chew died Thomas Hulme Taylor sold most of his father's businesses and moved the woolen mill to Chatham where the Taylor Mills Company continued in the family until well into the mid-20th century. Thomas sold one mill to his brother-in-law, Charles Prangley (below), and another to the McVeans of Dresden. (Coincidentally, it is interesting to note that one of the McVean descendants today is a colleague and best friend of the author of this work.) Today there is nothing left of the village of Dawn Mills except a few houses and the ruins of the foundations of the old mills.	Taylor, Capt. William (I19128)
7136	William Thomas Harrison Jr was born posthumously four months after his namesake father died. In 1911, at age 15, William Thomas Harrison Jr, was residing at 1 Ramparts Road in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his mother, step-father and step-siblings. He was working as a grocery errand boy. On 11 Sep 1915, 19 year old William Thomas Harrison, residing in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force for WWI. He gives his birth place as "Homeburg." England. No such place is known. He lists his birthday as "unknown." His next of kin is a Mr. Alfred B. Owens of Toronto. There is insufficient information to know if he is the same William Thomas Harrison born in 1895 in Lancaster to William Thomas Harrison and Margaret Ellen Angus. Meanwhile, on 11 Dec 1915, 20 year old Thomas Harrison, son of Margaret Ellen Harrison, residing at 192 Strand Road in Preston, Lancashire, England, enrolled in the British Army. There is insufficient information to know if he might be the correct William Thomas Harrison, Jr. There is not sufficient information to prefer one of these cases over the other.	Harrison, William Thomas Jr (I7709)
7137	William was 3rd Lord of Bramber. He added the lands of Brecon and Abergavenny to the growing family holdings. In 1174 he became Sherrif of Hereford.	de Braose, Baron William (I4086)
7138	William was a dentist in Brantford.	Cuthbert, Dr. William Nelson (I3724)
7139	William was a miller and forester in Ardoch. William is described in Stewarts of the South as: "William, his (James') brother, lives with him as a foreman. He (William) is a bachelor." He is recorded in Mitchell's Monumental Inscriptions as: "William STEWART (at) Ardoch Mill (in) Strathyre, died 23 APR 1860." ------------- 29 James STEWART, farmer (at) Laggan (in) Strathyre, died SEP 1852, wife Mary STEWART predeceased him, brother William STEWART (at) Ardoch Mill (in) Strathyre, died 23 APR 1860 (family: Christina 12 MAR 1881, Robert farmer (at) Laggan, died 24 NOV 1900 (his wife Janet STEWART 26 NOV 1880, son Peter farmer (at) Immervoulin, died 15 APR 1935), John farmer (at) Laggan, 29 MAR 1911 (his wife Helen MACKAY 25 JAN 1917, son James farmer (at) Laggan died 5 MAR 1935)). 32 (next to 31) John STEWART, died (at) Laggan (in) Strathyre 29 MAR 1911, wife Helen MCKAY, died there 25 JAN 1917, youngest son James died there 15 MAR 1935, youngest daughter Sarah 19 MAY 1967.	Stewart, William in Ardoch (I18758)
7140	William was a policeman in Bury, Lancashire, England.	Lenny, William (I25289)
7141	William was a shoemaker. He married and moved to Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland and had a family.	Anderson, William (I306)
7142	William was a witness to his cousin Davine Ferne Furler's wedding in 1919.	Swears, William Henry (I18906)
7143	William was an officer in the Jacobite army. There is confusion between this family and the family of James Stewart, 4th of Ardvorlich, who are also described as being "of Ballachallan" with matching children's names and ages. The book Robert Louis Stevenson and the Scottish Highlanders has the following: "Major David Stewart of Ballochallan was found hiding in the Braes of Leny, near Callander and were discovered by Government troops who overpowered them and took them to the garrison at Stirling Castle where Major David Stewart died of his wounds. Two of his brothers Doctor Stewart and William Stewart left for Annapolis (Maryland) Virginia. This book also refers to Charles Stewart of Ballochallan being listed as a person found guilty of treason in 1747 and also excepted from the General Act of Pardon." The author has confused two families here. Major David Stewart of Ballachallan was the son of James Stewart, 4th of Ardvorlich. Charles Stewart of Ballachallan, was the brother of this William. On 22 July 1747, William's brother, George Stewart, received a visit in Maryland from Alexander Stewart, footman to Prince Charles Edward Stuart, who had been transported to Maryland as a rebel. Alexander wrote, "Dr Stewart, and his brother William, both living in Annapolis, and both brothers to David Stewart of Ballachallan in Monteith, Scotland, who were all my loyal master's fast friends." (Paton, Henry, The Lyon in Mourning, Vol. 2, Edinburgh, 1905, p. 242) According to the Ardvorlich Correspondence, this William Stewart carried on business as a merchant and left descendants in America.	Stewart, William (I18440)
7144	William was born at Ardvorlich. He married on 22 October 1851 Jane Emily Turnley nee Wilson, daughter of Maj. Hill Wilson, and had a son and daughter. William succeeded to Ardvorlich on his uncle Robert’s death without issue in 1854. (Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland) William, his wife, and infant son were all killed at the Mutiny of Gwalior in Bengal, India on 14 Jun 1857. Only their daughter Charlotte survived. Charlotte returned to Scotland where she married and had children. (MacGregor) The lands of Ardvorlich then passed to William's brother, Robert. Memorial in Dundurn Chapel: "Sacred to the memory of William Stewart, Esquire, of Ardvorlich, eldest son of the late Major W.M. Stewart of the Bengal Army, Lieutenant in the Honourable East India Company's Bengal Artillery, and Captain Commandant of a battery in Scindiah's contingent, who was severely wounded in the execution of his duty at Gwalior on the night of the 14th of June 1857, by the mutinous Sepoys and by them murdered on the following morning, aged 30 years. Also to the memory of his wife, Jane Turnley, aged 27 years, youngest daughter of the late Hill Willson Esquire, Lieutenant in the Honourable East India Company's Bengal Engineers; and their son Robert Walter aged 2 years, who were killed on the night of the 14th idem, among the first victims of the Mutiny of Gwalior in the East Indies where the remains of both the parents and child lie interred. This tablet is erected by his widowed mother and her children."	Stewart, Capt. William 10th of Ardvorlich (I18756)
7145	William was born posthumously, a month after his father died. His mother later remarried. In 1800, 1810 and 1820, William Brown was residing in Hanover, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA with his mother and step father, Archibald Smiley. In 1830, William was residing in Hanover, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA, with his wife and a son and daughter, both under 5 years old, presumably Stephen and Emeline. There is also an unidentified male 50-59 years of age residing with the family. As William's father was deceased, it seems likely it was his wife's father. William has not been found in the 1840 or 1850 census. In 1860, William, age 64, was residing in Hanover, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA in the Wilkes Barre postal district, with no wife and with his children, Sarah, Anderson, Hendrick, George, and Lewis. He was living two houses away from Henry Plumb, author of the 1885 History of Hanover Township. William probably died at the home of his son Hendrick in Nanticoke. The death certificate of his son Lewis C. Brown apparently states that William was born in Wyoming, Pennsylvania, USA. This statement was given by Hendrick Brown when completing the death certificate for his brother Lewis C. Brown. The Plumb History of Hanover states that William was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania, USA. Perhaps both are correct, as Kingston is in the Wyoming Valley and was the center of population at the time that William was born. However, his daughter Sarah's death certificate indicates that William was born in Connecticut. This statement was given by her son Loren E Dunn, and is two generations removed so is less reliable. -------------------------------- Ruth Brown's family tree says the following: Alexander Brown came from Northern Ireland and settled in Reading, Penna. -- Brown, his son came to Wyoming Valley in 1786 -- Brown had four sons - George, Alexander, James, and William William Brown Born 1770 married Sarah Lewis born 1778, about 1794. Their Children: William Brown Jr: born June 1, 1797 Elizabeth, died in infancy Wm. Brown Sr. died May 1797 Sarah Lewis-Brown married Archibald Smiley in 1805. Their Children: (2) John died 8 yrs old., (1) Samuel, (3) Archibald, (4) Lewis ---------------------------------------- Plumb's History of Hanover Township William Brown 3 (William 2, Alexander 1) was born in Kingston, Luzerne County, Pa., in 1797; lived in Hanover and Newport; married Amanda Dilley first, and second Julia Mosier. They had: 1st, Stephen Brown, m. Mary Wooley. " Alma Brown , m. 1st, Samuel Michael, 2d, Abram Walton. 2d, Sarah Brown, m. Anson Dunn. " Anderson Brown, m. Melinda Coolbaugh. " Hendrick W. Brown, m. Sarah McCrary. " George A. Brown, m. __ " Lewis C. Brown, m. Etta Luce.	Brown, William (I1994)
7146	William was justiciar of Scotland.	Montfichets, Sir William (I11449)
7147	William was known as "the Bastard" and later as "the Conqueror". He was the only son of Duke Robert of Normandy and thus, although illegitimate, succeeded his father. He became Count of Maine by conquest in 1063 and defeated King Harold II at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, where he claimed the English throne and founded Norman rule in England.	Normandy, William of (I11931)
7148	William was recruited for service in WWI in 1916. His rank is not given on the Canadian Archives website.	Prangley, William James (I13172)
7149	William worked as a crew chief lineman for Bell Telephone for most of his life. He was a Freemason and an avid bowler. William was a "very strict father" who had a strong say in who his daughters dated. He even governed their personal appearance. Once, when Winn wanted her "beautiful long hair cut short like the other girls", William humiliated her by taking her to a men's barbershop where she received a crew cut. His eldest daughters never married. In 1891 at age 18, he was residing in Hamilton with his parents and siblings and employed as a labourer. In 1901 he was residing on his own in Hamilton and employed as a telephone lineman. His youngest brother James was also employed as a telephone lineman at the same time. In 1911 he was residing in London and employed as a foreman in the accident insurance business. In 1921, he was residing in at 311 Warncliffe Road in London with his wife and three daughters. He was employed as a foreman in the telephone industry. He had converted to Anglicanism.	Brown, William John (I1999)
7150	William worked in the shipyard in Belfast for the White Star Line and helped build the Titanic. He was supposed to sail on it as well, but Mormon missionaries talked him into a later sailing. He immigrated to Idaho, USA on the ship, Corsican, on 28 JUN 1913. William and Jennie were childhood friends who married young and were happy together. She was 3 months pregnant when they married. They had seven children, only three survived to adulthood. As a Mormon, William appears to have been a practicing bigamist. He was married to his first two wives at the same time.	Harten, William (I7725)

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