For what it's worth, your Joseph sounds a bit like the Joseph Stewart from what I call the Samuel/Hugh Stewart line. This seems to be a huge line of Stewarts that I've been pondering for years. Here's a few of the key players: Samuel Stewart - b. about 1698 'Near Glasgow' Scotland died about 1770 in Lancaster co, PA -- had a brother named Hugh; lots of kids m. Mary McClay (in Ireland?) Children: John Stewart Samuel Stewart - b. abt 1735 (in Ireland?) Mary B. Stewart b. in PA Joseph Stewart - b. in PA Anthony Stewart (5 other children) In the 1790-1810 era, a number of members of this line moved into IN and KY. I've never found confirmed details of the above Joseph, not even his wife's name, but it does not appear that he died in PA. Since Joseph seems to be a far less common name among the Stewarts I've researched, I think there's a fair chance that he is your guy. Don't worry about the geography -- I've seen a lot of misleading information that was simply guesswork, and some location data that only reflects a temporary situation. In the line I've described above, they are Scottish Stewarts some of whom lived in Ireland for about 20 years for political reasons. Well, I hope this helps. Please let me know what you have about your Joseph Stewart. I've long suspected that my Stewarts are connected to the Samuel/Hugh line; still hoping one of the living male Stewarts (there should be at least 80) from this line will participate in the DNA project, but that's another story. Hope to hear from you soon. Mike Stewart > > From: NSBrown835@aol.com > Date: 2005/12/21 Wed AM 07:35:21 PST > To: STEWART-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [STEWART] James Stewart > > > Does anyone know if this line relates to a Joseph Stewart (b: ca 1750, > d:1823) and Levinah Unkown (b: ca 1755) who emigrated from Pennsylvania to Mason > County, Ky ( 1790) and soon after to Adams County, Ohio? I have suspected that > Joseph's father was named James. > > Family tradition maintains this Stewart line arrived in America in 1730 from > Glasgow... and settled in "Passaic, VA". I believe this may be a case of > muddled oral tradition. My hypothesis currently is that these Stewarts > originally settle in the Passaic River Valley of New Jersey and then later moved to > Virginia/Pennsylvania. But the other possibility is that these Stewarts did > settle in Virginia, but on a river with a name that would evolve into a family > memory as "Passaic". > > I may have located this Joseph Stewart in Morgan Township, Washington > County, PA by 1784. But this Joseph Stewart and family are indicated in the 1790 > census of Washington County, and this conflicts with the tradition that Joseph > Stewart (among a party of five families) arrived at Limestone, KY via > keelboat and moved a few miles south of the Ohio River to Washington, KY. > > Ringing anyone's bell? > > ps: to _park@digital_ (mailto:park@digital) There is a Park Stewart in this > line of Stewarts. Park was born about the time of the Civil War to Alexander > Stewart and Matilda Grimes in Brown County, Ohio > > > > ==== STEWART Mailing List ==== > Visit the Archives for this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/STEWART/ >