Hi Sally, Yes indeed I'm still on the list, though I don't say much these days, everyone's searches seem all to be somewhere else. I'm so sorry to hear of your eyesight, but it must be like freedom to be able to work on the computer anyway. I'm not sure I'd still be living in Greece if I didn't have the internet! :-) There is very little about James Stewart who came over in the Fortune, and one theory is that he went back to the UK shortly afterwards. Or perhaps he died, but people do have children before that, so anything is possible. You can read up on him a bit in the Stewart Clan Magazine, but again, mostly speculation. He was supposed to have lived in Barnstable MA, but Amos Otis who compiled the Barnstable records stopped before he got to S ... wouldn't you know. There are however VRs for Barnstable on the NEHGS site, which I have compiled separately, but they don't go back far enough. James would have been born in the 17th century, not the 18th, in any case. We are talking about shortly after the Mayflower came over. So your James, b. 1726, would still be a couple of generations away from him. And if this family went to Canada, I don't think it would be this line. In the SCM there are these references to him: James MA 16-- s.? came on the "Fortune"? A17, B288, C296, 303, 311, 312, D32, 64, E211, I102, 106, 109, 113, 165, J19, 20, 50, 51 If I can help further, let me know. All the best, Mary You wrote: Hi to all, This is Sally Frances Stewart Ross. I was on this list in the late 90's. I became very ill and lost my eye sight to Behcet's disease in 2002. After learning to live blind and use the computer in an entirely new way, I am ready to jump back in. The farthest back I can go is: James Stewart b. 1726, Scotland. >From there they went to Can, NJ, NY, Ypsilanti and Battle Creek, MI. James son John Stewart m to Mary Wyckoff his son was also John. His son was Dorr B. Stewart m. Ella Wright. His son was Fred L. Stewart, m to Grace Irene Parker. His son was Dorr alvin Stewart m. Myrtle Zella Frary, some census records have it as Ferry. His son was my dad, Robert LaTour Stewart b. Aug 14, 1923 Traverse City, MI d. June 5, 1992 Jackson, MI.

Mary, I don't know anything about the vital records of NEHGS. Can you fill me in? Nora Stewart Yahl in St. Louis, MO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Kyritsis" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; "Stewart List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 6:00 AM Subject: [STEWART] James on the Fortune > Hi Sally, >