Thank you for the warning, Stan. That name does cause a reaction in me that is fierce. I feel pretty comfortable now that my ggg grfa Robert is the son of Ralph and Mary. However, in my whirl around the Caribbean, I would hate to come upon the name suddenly in an unprepared state. You all take care. Rick Stewart Connie Browing wrote: > > Rick, > > While chasing around the Caribbean, don't be surprised if you meet some of your > Stewart relatives also. But beware of being drawn back into your insatiable quest > for those with given name Robert. On Jan. 25, 1769, Robert Stewart wrote George > Washington from Jamaica, where he was serving as Comptroller of Customs. I > understand, however, that this frustrated ancestor of ours (presumably our gg? > uncle) never married. > > STAN BROWNING > > Richard Carlyle Stewart wrote: > > > I've recently learned that Burgesses and Berrys settled in Barbados in the > Caribbean Sea possibly as early as the 1500s. Burgess is still a surname common > there. People assume that their ancestors came directly to the colonies from > Europe - Va and NC in most of our cases. Some went to island nations and South > America before coming to Va and NC. My Burgess line dead ends at William and > Susannah (Unknown) Burgess in Albemarle Co., Va in the 1740s. I intend to > attempt a search of Barbados in particular (British colony) as well as other > nations in the Carribean and South America. > > Rick Stewart > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237