The Royal family is spelled STUART. I have both variations in my own ancestry from the late 1600s and early 1700s in America. Have not been able to track back either one of them so far. Jane Hildreth Kelley On Fri, 5 Jul 2002 01:32:28 -0400 "Deborah Jaquiss" <djaquiss@pressroom.com> writes: > > I hope SKS may be able to help me. If it wouldn't be too much > trouble, please, I would love for SKS to point me in the right > direction. I have heard that there are Stewart volumes? But I > don't know what is being talked about. I'm sure you can tell me > which volume if any of my folks are in them and if there is a > subscription to them or a newsletter or something? > > I have been told that our ancestor as far back as we know about was > Walter Stewart a cousin of King Charles Stewart the Second. > > Here is a quote from the book - BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL > HISTORY OF APPANOOSE AND MONROE COUNTIES, IOWA. by S. Thompson > Lewis of 1903 P. 418-423: JOHN CRATON McDONALD "Mary Stewart, who > was born September 15, 1816, in county Londonderry, Ireland, and was > a daughter of Craton (Creighton) and Nancy (Sloan) Stewart. Her > father was a son of Sir John Stewart, whose father was a son of > Walter Stewart and a cousin of King Charles the Second, and removed > from England to county Antrim, Ireland, in 1648. In the year 1816 > Craton Stewart emigrated to the United States and settled in > Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. There he spent his remaining days > and it was in that county that the parents of our subject married on > the 25th of November, 1841. They took up their abode in Mercer > county, Pennsylvania, and there lived until April, 1852, during > which time six children were born to them. With their family they > then moved westward, locating in Lee county, Iowa, and in March, > 1854, came ! > to Appanoose county, Iowa, settling in Cincinnati, where they > resided until called to their final rest." > > Here is my direct line as we now have it. > > 1. Walter Stewart + unknown > 2. unknown Stewart + unknown > 3. Samuel Stewart + Matilda Clark > 4. Sir John Stewart + Katherine Junck > 5. Craighton John Stewart + Nancy Sloan > 6. Mary Stewart + Daniel McDonald > 7. Nancy Sloan McDonald + Henry Jaquiss > > If SKS would have any idea if any of this is true or how it relates > to the Stewart Kings of England or where to research it, or to > research this family at any stage in any of the places mentioned I > would surely appreciate it. > > TIA Deborah JAQUISS in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC, USA > > > > > > > > ==== ENG-SURNAMES Mailing List ==== > Dead Persons Society Qld Australia > www.audps.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > Jane Hildreth Kelley casa.kelley@juno.com janehildrethkelley@att.net ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.
Undeterred, the Scots in 1548 betrothed Mary to the French King Henri II's heir, the Dauphin Francis, and sent her to be brought up at the French Court. It is said that the spelling of the royal family name of Stewart changed to Stuart at that time, to suit French conventional spelling. The non-royal branches of the family very likely kept the Stewart spelling