Margaret (Dixon) Stewart (abt. 1677 - 1729)

Born about 1677 in Ballymena, Antrim, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of Alexander Stewart I — married about 1699 in of, , , Antrim, Ireland

Descendants

Died 13 Aug 1729 at about age 52 in Voluntown or East Haddam, New London, Connecticut, Colonial America

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Biography

Margaret was born in 1677. She is the daughter of Robert Dixson and Priscilla Kennedy. She married Alexander Stewart prior to 1701, then immigrating to America, settling in Voluntown, Connecticut. She was the mother of at least 8 children: Alexander II, John, Margaret 1704, William 1705, Thomas, James, Samuel and Nathaniel. Patrick 5th Laird Ledcreich Stewart 1697, She passed away in 1729.

It is believed that Margaret Dixon was either the sister of cousin of John and Robert Dixon, first of New London and then of Voluntown. The Stewarts and the Dixons evidently came from Ireland at the same time and they were situated in the same towns after arriving at Conn. This remains to be proven.

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On September 15, 1728, Alexander Stewart and his wife were received in full communion into the Congregational hurch at Voluntown, Connecticut.^[1]

An entry in the church record abstracts for the Voluntown Congregational Church appears to report her death: "STUART, STEWART, Margaret, ch. mem., Nov. 33, 1729" [sic]^[1]

Birth: 1677, Ireland Death: 1729 Voluntown New London County Connecticut, USA

Margaret Dixon was born about 1677 in Balleymena, Antrim County, Ireland. Her husband Alexander Stewart born in the same place in about 1675. They were married in Ireland about 1698 and immigrated to America in 1719, settling New London, Connecticut. On April 27, 1727 they bought a farm in Voluntown, Connecticut and settled there. They were spiritual minded people and brought a recommend from their church in Ireland and were received into the First Church of Christ (Congregational) in September 18, 1728. Find a Grave Memorial ID 135918755; Maintained by Grave Hunter (contributor 47293805) Burial Details Unknown.

Their children are:

Alexander John Margaret William Thomas

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920,Volume 117, Voluntown, page 79. Accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3032/images/41107_620303988_0410-00083

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch <1/>(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:996Q-WHG : accessed 29 August 2021), entry for Margaret DIXON (2N2G-1C1); submitted by mbmadden371892 [identity withheld for privacy].<2/>
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135918755/margaret-stewart: accessed 25 October 2022), 47293805 <3/>
• ': "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900"
  Source number: 72.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: GHS
  <4/>Ancestry Record 7836 #343362 (accessed 1 June 2022)
  Margaret Dixon marriage to Alexander Stewart in 1700.