This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RaymondVanoven Surnames: Stewart Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.stewart/4340.4380.4392.1.1.1.2.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: FYI: Switzerland County, IN was formed from Dearborn and Franklin Counties in 1814. Dearborn formed in 1803 from Hamilton County, OH. Franklin, formed 1811 from Clark. Clark in 1801 from Knox. Knox in 1790 from Indiana Territory which included all of IN, parts of Ill, OH, Michigan and Wisconsin. Looks like OH may be the state you want to check out! Even though my Stewarts came from KY to IN per a county history. However that info hasnt gotten metoo far either! Hamilton County, OH was created in 1790 Before that we are talking NW Territory. Iwould look into land records given to particular groups during this period of time. Too many to list here. Google and see what you come up with. VA, NY, CT and MASS all had claims on this area. I will look tomorrow, its getting late tonite! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

towns in Co. Tyrone Stewarts came from the area around Stewartstown. ----------------- Steward Steward, Sr. Alex. Stewart Stewart Stewart Stewart Stewart A. Stewart, Andrew Stewart, esquire, Wm. Stewart, Henry Stewart, James Stewart, Katherine Lady Stewart, Lt. Col. Robert Stewart, Robt. Stewart, Sr. Allexander Stewart, W. Stewart, W. Stuart Stuart Stweart, ----------------- Roughan Castle, a striking plantation castle, can be found south-west of Roughan Lough on the Dungannon to Stewartstown road near the village of Newmills, County Tyrone. Roughan Castle was built in c. 1618 by Andrew Stewart, eldest son of Andrew Stewart the third Lord Ochiltree, Lord Castlestewart who came from Scotland during the plantation and established the nearby town of Stewartstown. Thus, Stewart junior acquired the land of Ballokevan from Robert Stewart between 1610 and 1619 and here he built his castle overlooking the lough Castle - The site of the castle consists of a sub-rectangular platform, 35m N-S x 60m -------------------- Family History The petition which the 1st Earl Castle Stewart, then Andrew Thomas Stuart, addressed to the Irish House of Lords in 1768, in substantiation of his claim to the barony of Castle Stewart (D/1618/14/2), gives a useful summary of family history from 1619 to 1768. 'James I, by his letter [of 1619] to the [Lord] Deputy and Chancellor of Ireland, authorised them to create Andrew Stewart, Lord Stewart, Baron of Castlestewart in the county of Tyrone, to hold the said honour to him and the heirs male of his body. Andrew, the 1st Lord, left issue Andrew, John, and Robert. No Parliament having sat from the year 1615 to the year 1634, Andrew, the 1st Lord, never voted in Parliament, but constantly enjoyed the title. He was succeeded by Sir Andrew, his eldest son and heir, and many entries in the Journals of the Lords in the year 1634 prove his enjoyment of the dignity, in consequence of letters patent issued agreeable to the letter of King James ... . This Lord died in or about the year 1639, leaving issue Andrew, Robert and Josias, and was succeeded by Andrew, his eldest son and heir. This Lord married one of the daughters of Sir Arthur Blundell, by whom he had issue one child only, a daughter named Mary, who married Henry Howard, afterwards [5th] Earl of Suffolk, and this lady carried away almost the whole family estate. Andrew, the 3rd Lord, died without issue male [in c.1650], and Robert his brother being dead without issue, he was succeeded in the honour by Josias, his youngest brother. ... Josias died in or about the year 1662, without issue, and was succeeded in the honour by John, his uncle. Irish Flax Growers List, 1796 Record Given Name: Andrew Surname: Stewart ID: 48429 County: Tyrone -------------------------- Roughan Castle A small square castle, Roughan stands three storeys high encompassing a central tower 20 feet square, flanked by thick rounded towers at each corner measuring 8 feet in diameter and which convert to square rooms in the upper floors. This castle incorporates aspects of Scottish corbelling and on the south side above the second floor an arch with moulded corbels connects the corner tower. The exterior walls have a moulding string course which divide each floor. The windows of Roughan Castle are rectangular, slightly arched inside in the thickness of the wall, and the cut stone frames which were partially damaged have now been restored. Entrance to the castle was gained by a door in the north-west tower which was initially round headed. Immediately inside a spiral staircase ascended above the door, and the main floor was of timber floorboards. Constructed with defensive objectives playing an important factor, an underground passage ran below the castle and the ground floor of each of the towers have several gun loops. There are open fireplaces in the first and second floors on the north wall, and as the fireplace on the first floor is larger, and the inner walls of the ground floor are less carefully finished than higher, we may assume that the main living quarters for the family were on the first floor. There is a small head carved in very flat relief on a stone under the second floor doorway leading into the south-eastern tower. Roughan Castle A crannog - an artificial island - is located on the nearby lough, which Roughan Castle overlooks. A number of plantation castles have been built near to crannogs, suggesting that areas such as the region around Roughan Castle were already areas of established settlement. Crannogs were utilised during the early Christian Period - 6th to 8th century - and were distinguished as a site of high status. Thus, a degree of continuity may be suggested at Roughan with one lord merely being replaced with another. Hence, while Andrew Stewart may have commissioned the building of Roughan Castle, it is feasible that an estate with a number of tenants had already existed here prior to the plantation. Upon the death of Andrew Stewart, Roughan Castle and estate was acquired by his brother John, and later transferred to the youngest of the brothers, Robert Stewart. When the 1641 Rising took place Robert Stewart became entangled. Hence, it appears that having had close connections to the O’Neills - it is believed that Stewart’s first wife was Catherine O’Neill, granddaughter to Hugh, last Earl of Tyrone - Stewart was appointed an officer in the rebel forces, by Phelim O’Neill leader of the rebellion. However, Robert Stewart was not questioned about his part in the rebellion until twelve years later, and by such times he had become a loyal servant of parliament and was exonerated from having played any part in the rebellion. Later the castle also belonged to Sir Phelim O’Neill, executed for his rebellion of 1653. Bibliography Ancient Monument of Northern Ireland. Volume II: Not in State Care. 1969. Belfast: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. A Preliminary Survey of the Ancient Monuments of Northern Ireland. 1940. Belfast: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. Fee, Aidan. "The Stewarts of Castlestewart - a Family and a Place". The Bell: The Journal of Stewartstown and District Local Historical Society. Volume 1 1985-1986, pp 48-61. Fee, Aidan. "The Stewarts of Castlestewart - a Family and a Place". The Bell: The Journal of Stewartstown and District Local Historical Society. Volume 3 pp15-22. Harbison, Peter. 1992. Guide to National and Historic Monuments of Ireland. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. Mallory, J. P. & McNeill, T. E. 1995. The Archaeology of Ulster. Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast. Rowan, Alistair. 1979. The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster. Penguin Books. * Karen Anderson. * Historic Ireland. * Queens University at Armagh ----------------- (Stewarts of Galloway appear to be the oldest cadets of the Royal Stewarts. Mary Queen of Scots changed the spelling to Steward which is the same family) 1548 - Andrew Stewart became 2'd Lord Ochiltree upon the death of his father. He married Agnes Cunningham, daughter of John Cunningham of Caprington. They had 7 children. A. Andrew Stewart, Jr. never became Lord Ochiltree because his father outlived him. He married Margaret Stewart, daughter of Henry Stewart, Lord Methven but had no children. He 2'd married Margaret Keith and they had 8 children. 1. Andrew Stewart, 3'd Lord Ochiltree married Margaret Kennedy, daughter of Sir John Kennedy of Blairquhan. He was a gentleman of the bedchamber to King James VI, General of the ordnance and Govenor of the Edinburgh Castle. In 1615 he sold the Lordship of Ochiltree to Sir James Stewrt, son of Earl of Arran. In 1619 he moved to Ireland when made peer of Ireland under the title of Lord Stewart, Baron of Castlestewart in County Tyrone. He died in 1632. 2. Josias Stewart of Bonnyhtoun 3. Anne Stewart married Lord Jedburgh 4. Margaret Stewart married John Stewart of Traquair 5. Marjory Stewart married Sir Roger Aston, gentleman of bedchamber to James VI 6. Martha Stewart married Nicol Rutherford of Hundeley 7. Mary Stewart marred Sir George Crawford of Lifnorris 8. Isabel Stewart married Gilbert Kennedy of Bargenny B. James Stewart of Bothwellmuir was created Earl of Arran and became High Chancellor of Scotland. 1749 - Jean McAdam married James Stewart in Wigtown 28 July -------------------- COUNTY OF TYRONE: PRECINCT OF MOUNTJOY--95OO ACRES1.3000 acres to Andrew Stewart, Lord Ochiltree, Galloway.2.1000 acres to Robert Stewart, gent.,of Hilton, Edinburgh. Transferred to Andrew Stewart, Jr., before 1620.3.1500 acres to Sir Robert Hepburne, Knt., of Alderston, Haddington-shire.4.1000 acres to George Crayford [or Crawford], Laird of Lochnories,Ayrshire. Transferred to Alexander Sanderson before 1620. 5.1000 acres to Bernard Lindsey of Lough-hill, Haddingtonshire.Trans- ferred to Alexander Richardson before 1620.6.1000 acres to Robert Lindsey of Leith, Edinburghshire. 7.1000 acres to Robert Stewart of Robertown, Ayrshire. Transferred to Andrew Stewart, Jr. COUNTY OF TYRONE: PRECINCT OF STRABANE--I3,5OO ACRES1.3000 acres to James Hamilton, Earl of Abercorn, Renfrewshire.2.2000 acres to Sir Claude Hamilton, Knt., of Lerleprevicke (brother ofJames), Renfrewshire. [p.507]3. 2000 acres to James Clapen [or Claphame], gent. Transferred to Sir Robert Newcomen, Knt., before 1620. 4. 1500 acres to Sir Thomas Boyd, Knt., of Bedlay [or Bonehawe], Ren-frewshire. Transferred to James Hamilton before 1620. 5. 1500 acres to Sir George Hamilton, Knt. (brother of James), Renfrew-shire. 6. l000 acres to Sir John Dromond [or Drummond], Knt., of Mentieth, Perth. 1500 acres to James Haig, gent. Transferred to Sir William Stewart in 1613. 8.1000 acres to Sir George Hamilton, Bynning, Renfrewshire. COUNTY OF DONEGAL: PRECINCT OF PORTLOUGH (PART OF THE BARONY OF RAPHOE)---- 12,O00 ACRES 1. 3000 acres to the Duke of Lennox (Ludovic Stuart), Dumbartonshire. 2. l000 acres to Sir Walter Stewart, Knt., Laird of Minto, Roxburghshire. Transferred before 1620 to Sir John Colquhoun, Laird of Luss, Dumbartonshire. 3. 1000 acres to Alexander McAula of Durlin, gent., Dumbartonshire. 4. 1000 acres to John Cuningham of Crafield [or Crawfield], Ayrshire. 5. 1000 acres to William Stewart, Laird of Dunduff, Maybole, Ayrshire. 6. 2000 acres to James Cuningham, Laird of Glangarnocke, Ayrshire. 7. 1000 acres to Cuthbert Cuningham of Glangarnocke, Ayrshire. 8. 1000 acres to James Cuningham, Esq., of Glangarnocke, Ayrshire. Source Information: Hanna, Charles A. The Scotch-Irish: The Scot in North Britain, North Ireland, and North America Vol.1 New York, NY: G. P. Putnam, 1902. ------------------- Irish Flax Growers List, 1796: Given Name: Andrew Surname: Stewart ID: 48429 County: Tyrone ------------------ Andrew STEWART Religion: Catholic Parish: Drumglass Diocese: Armagh County: Tyrone Townland: Lurganboy