Wayne, Can you prove that Alexander was the father of Dr John Stewart of Oyster Bay NY, through documentation? I`d like to see that. Thanks, Teresa Stuart de Rios --- Wayne Atchley <watch7606@cox.net> wrote: > I am from the family of Alexander Stewart and his > first wife Hannah > Templer. This is through son Dr. John S. and wife > Eliz Alburtis. Alexander's > 2nd wife was Deborah Rediat. > > Wayne A. TX > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <ladyhawke1214@hotmail.com> > To: <STEWART-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 12:16 PM > Subject: Possible Ancestry of John Stewart, > Edgefield, SC, 1826 > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to > this mailing list. > > > > Surnames: Stewart, Barron > > Classification: Query > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AmJBAIB/7288 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > I found a possible ancestry for John Stewart, w/p > 1826, Edgefield, SC. It’ > s a biography in an old book called “Biographical > Souvenir of the States of > Georgia and Florida”, published in 1889. An > article in this book is called > “Rev. J.L. Stewart”. These Stewarts are said to > be descended from the House > of Stuart. Archibald Stewart left Scotland in the > 1700’s and emigrated to > Northern Ireland due to religious persecution. He > settled in Londonderry. He > married twice (no wives’ names were given) and had > 6 sons: John, Samuel, > Joseph, William, Archibald, and Alexander. These > boys came to Lancaster, PA, > then moved to York, SC. Later, they settled in > Morgan County, GA, and in AL. > Alexander married Elizabeth Barron. His son > Alexander was the father of Rev. > J.L. Stewart. On Ancestry.com’s pedigree charts, I > found a Rev. J.L. Stewart > who was John Lewis Stewart, b. Sept. 10, 1810 York > District, SC, d. April > 30, 1886 Conyers,! > > GA. > > > > I noticed in the will of John Stewart (of > Edgefield) that all the boys’ > names are the same as all the sons of Archibald > Stewart (John had a son > named Archibald, too). If anyone out there is > descended from John Stewart, > this may be worth looking into. > > > > ______________________________ > > > ==== STEWART Mailing List ==== > Explore and learn how to use the indices for the > Stewart Clan Magazine: > http://users.hol.gr/~mkyritsi/ > Thanks to Mary Kyritsis, Kifissia, Greece, Member of > Clan Stewart Society in America, Genealogical > Committee > for all her hard work in creating the index. > > __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL – Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com