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- Catherine was born in North Carolina, USA, shortly after her parent's arrival from Scotland. Her birth is estimated to have been about 1739 based on her age at time of death.
In 1769, her father, Patrick, dictated a detailed family tree which was subsequently added to by Dr. James Caraway in 1789, and by Dr. Morgan Brown at an unknown date, in which the following is recorded about Catherine:
"Catherine, the second child* of Patrick Stewart, was born in Scotland and came to America with her parents very young. She was married to William Little, then of South Carolina, December the 25th, 1764, and by whom she had one daughter, Elizabeth, born November the 24th, 1765, and married to Morgan Brown, the writer of these sketches, January 22d, 1784. William Little died in the latter part of the year 1766, and Catherine after living a widow several years married John Speed in July, 1774, by whom she had two children, a son called James and a daughter named Sarah, who was married to William Pigues, the son of Claudius, who was the son of Claudius Pigues of South Carolina, near the Cheraws, where they now live, and have several children, but their names and ages not now known. James married Hinson, and has several children, now living near the mouth of Red River, Montgomery County, Tenn., where he died."
*The reference to Catherine being the second child is not correct. It can't even been generously interpretted as second child of her father's marriage to Elizabeth Menzies, or second surviving child. She had at least three, and possibly four, older siblings, two of whom survived to adulthood, all by the same mother. Dr. Brown's error about his own mother-in-law would indicate that he added his supplements to the family history after her death in 1789 and possibly after his own wife's death in 1829.
Stewart Clan Magazine says, "Catherine Stewart, born about 1742, married (1) Dec. 25, 1764, William Little, Jr., of Edenton, N.C. Sometime after their marriage Catherine and her husband moved from Bladen County to Cheraws District, South Carolina, in company with her parents. Mr. Little died in the latter part of 1766. When Catherine's father made his will in 1772 he appointed her and Alexander Gordon executors. She married (2) July --, 1774, John Speed. These data are from a sketch written by Morgan Brown, who was born in 1758 and married in 1784, as his second wife, Elizabeth Little, daughter of William and Catherine. From this Elizabeth (Little) Brown, through her three daughters -- Elizabeth, Sarah and Catherine Stewart Brown -- are descended several families of prominence in the South. The time and place of Catherine's death were not noted. Children:
Elizabeth Little, Nov. 24, 1765 : m. 1784, Morgan Brown
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James Speed
Sarah Speed : m. William Pigues : had children
(Edson, George, Stewart Clan Magazine, Tome G, February 1957, vol. 34, no. 8, pp.185-188.)
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1739 - 1789 (50 years)
