Hi Teresa, I have a little on a Cane Creek line of Stuarts, not much. The Cane Creek line I have starts with Alexander Stuart, born Pennsylvania, died Cane Creek, NC, married Elizabeth Pike. Their daughter Abigail married Thomas Dixon, my GGGG Grandfather. Thomas Dixon was son of Simon Dixon, seems to have been the founder of the Cane Creek settlement. I know a lot more about the Dixon line than I do about the Stuarts, but that is what I subscribed to this list for. I would be glad to share anything I have on this, love to have more info. Tom Ely X-Message: #5 Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 20:27:09 -0800 (PST) From: teresa stuart <lilliebelle3@yahoo.com> To: STEWART-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20051120042710.67926.qmail@web30909.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Subject: Robert, Stuart, Cane Ceek, NC lines Hi Stuart`s/Stewart`s, Anyone working on the Cane Creek, NC Stuart line? Best, Teresa Stuart de Rios
Hi Tom, Yes, this is the line. I am trying to trace back Robert Stuart who married Martha Richardson in PA (Kennett Square, Chester CO). Robert was the son of Alexander Stuart and Mary Bailey. Alexander was probably born abt 1680 in Scotland and came as an indentured servant to PA. He was not a Quaker, but married the Quaker girl Mary Bailey, dau of Joel Bailey. After this marriage the Stuart`s became Quaker`s. Alexander died in PA ca 1713-1714. His wife remarried and moved with Robert Stuart to Orange CO NC. Some of this line also ended up in GA as well. Your Alexander was the son of Robert Stuart and Martha Richardson. Teresa Stuart de Rios --- Tom and Sarah Ely <tomandsarahely@alltel.net> wrote: > > > Hi Teresa, > > I have a little on a Cane Creek line of Stuarts, not > much. The Cane Creek > line I have starts with Alexander Stuart, born > Pennsylvania, died Cane > Creek, NC, married Elizabeth Pike. __________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
HI Teresa, and all, You may recall I sent you a copy of the 1992 letter I received from NC after I had tried to find my Solomon STUART / STEWART (when I was living in Marlyland). Since the letter's got some educational info in it, I'm enclosing in in this email : (if anyone has any historices on Quaker migration / NC Quakers / STUART/STEWART / Cane Creek / the other [two?] NC Quaker settlements , now is a good time to chime in...): === = = = = = = = = = = = NORTH CAROLINA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Post Office Box 1492 RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27602 May 2, 1992 Dick Stewart Box 8721 Baltimore, MD 27602 Dear Mr. Stewart: Please forgive the delay, but I was trying to find something for you and having a notable lack of success. This is possibly where your aunt got stopped. We have no vital records in NC prior to 1913 which makes father son relationships most difficult to prove. Add to the fact the census does not name members of the household before 1850. We have to rely mostly on wills, estates and land records for this information. We are volunteers and do not do this deep a research leaving this to professionals. Nevertheless I do have a faint idea that your Stewart, the 16th most common name in the U.S. was a Quaker. You are correct that there is no marriage record for Solomon Stewart in NC. However the name Solomon is most unusual for the purely Scottish clansmen, I could find only three listed in any record available to me. Two are too far out of the area. Using the rule that naming patÂterns run in families I find the third listed as a Quaker in the Cane Creek Meeting, located then in Orange County which was fairly full of Stewart / Stuarts. It is possible this Solomon was an uncle or cousin to yours. The stewarts were dismissed from the meeting in 1797. A Solomon Stewart was still in NC in 1813 when he married a Rachel Underwood, however a Solomon Stewart was dismissed for marrying out of the church. Marriage records, incidentally are not complete. Marriage was by two methods, bann as in the Catholic Church - no bond or license, or by bond which cost 20 shillings and required bondsmen to agree to a 250 pound fine if there proved to be an impediment to the marriage. Most were by bann. I would suggest a professional researcher and am enclosing a list of same. You might also try The Quaker Collection, Guilford College Library, Greensboro, NC 27410. The quakers kept very good records, I had only abstracts to work with. Sincerely, Elizabeth Dees