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- Catherine Colvin's date and place of birth are unknown. Her birth is estimated to be around 1725, but this is just a guess based on the estimated birth years of her children.
Colvin is not a name found anywhere in Balquhidder. Perthshire, Scotland. A. I. B Stewart, in 1984, identifies an Alexander Colvin connected to the colonists from Campbelltown who immigrated in 1739 to Cape Fear, North Carolina. It seems likely that Catherine Colvin was connected to the family of Colvin from Campbelltown.
"The North Carolina Settlement of 1739", by A. I. B. Stewart, Campbelltown. (The Kintyre Antiquarian and Natural History Society Magazine, Issue Number 15, Spring 1984.)
https://stewartsofbalquhidder.com/2023/05/30/the-north-carolina-settlement-of-1739/
"[Alexander McAlister, who was among the 1739 Campbelltown emigrants] has many descendants in the United States who have distinguished themselves in public life. His first wife was Flora, Ardelay's daughter, and his second Jean Colvin daughter of Alexander Colvin, certainly of Campbeltown. His sister Isabella married Ferquhard Campbell who was a very prominent citizen before during and after the Revolution and who like his brother-in-law Alexander McAllister was one of the first elders of Bluff Church. They also have numerous descendants."
Catherine married sometime after 1739 to William Stewart, younger of Ledcreich, who was a part of the 1739 expedition to Cape Fear, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA. In 1763, William's older brother, Patrick, dictated a detailed family tree to his son Charles, later added to by subsequent generations, in which it is stated that William and Catherine married in North Carolina after immigration:
"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."
Catherine Colvin is buried in Stewart Cemetery in Bladen County. Her age and date of death are unknown. William married secondly about 1759. It was common in that era to remarry quickly after a wife's death, as the widower would require help to raise the children of his first marriage. Thus, it is suggested that Catherine likely died around 1755-1758.
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Abt 1725 - Abt 1755 (~ 30 years)
