Hi listers, Many of us are faced with the question of where are Stewart`s first landed and lived. I can tell you one thing, if they did not live on the coast line, they did not land off a great ship in that area. Let`s look at the major port of call during the 1600`s to 1700`s. That would be Boston MA, PA, NJ, DE, MD, NY, VA, NC and SC. A lot of Stewart`s landed in PA, lived there a few years or as much as 20 to 30 years and went to areas where the land was cheaper. Or perhaps, they were dissenters and unhappy with the Religous rights in the area they lived in and decided to move on with a group of people. Most did not travel alone, they went with groups of people or in laws. Chances are, they may have levft family in the area that they originally settled in. There were 2 major things these people looked for an wanted: LAND and free religion. Mozst of the lands in all the castal areas was already taken or to costly, so they moved on to "frontier land". Frontier land was where they cheap land was and the GovT was selling it cheap. Why? Because they wnated to control the Indians, and improve and cultivate that land. The Coastal people did not usually want any part of that. So they got a lot of Scots and Scot Irish or were tough people to began with to do this work. Almost all the the men who fought in Dunsmore War and the French and Indian Wars were from Frontier land. Ditto for the ones who first settled places like TN and OH. These were people who were not usally gentry, did not need ribbons and lace for their hair and clothes. They wore buckskins, and moccasins. Anyone have a story to tell about their Stewart`s arrival in the USA? Teresa Stuart de Rios __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com