Anna (Holgate) Stewart (1765 - 1843)

Ancestors

Wife of Uriel Stewart — married before 1790 in NY

Descendants

Died 2 Jan 1843 at age 77 in Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont, United States

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Biography

"... Uriel(4) Stewart (James3, James2, Alexander1) born Nov 23, 1765, married Anna Holgate. Anna Holgate was the daughter of Asa Holgate and Martha McKathan. Uriel and Anna married February 20, 1789 in Shoreham, CT. He was the "Rial" Stewart living in Granville, Washington, NY, in the first census, 1790, with two boys under 16, and five females. They removed to Westford, Chittenden county, Vt. he died there Oct 24, 1833, aged 67, and the widow Anna died 2 Jan 1843, aged 78. Children:

1. Alvan(5) b 1790 Granville, NY; ... Utica. His son Alvan(6) had Alvan(7) and Douglas(7).
2. Lucy
3. Rhoda b 1794; ... July 2, 1811, aged 17, at Westford, VT.
4. Sylvia
5. Eunice b 1799 ... May 18, 1802, age 3, at Duxbury, VT.
6. Anna b Oct 1, 1801; ... Mary 25, 1812, aged 10 y, 5m, 24d at Westford.
7. Asenath mar -- Larkin and lived in Montgomery, VT.
8. Martha (Patty) mar Elder Peter Chase of Berkshire, VT.
9. Sarah mar May 15, 1831, Plumy Fassett, Montgomery, VT.
10. Elvira mar Rev. Bryant; ... Madison, WI."

• Alvan(5) was the great anti-slavery advocate of New York. he devised and put into operation the so-called railway scheme for aiding runaway slaves to reach Canada; he was associated with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Charles Sumner, John Brown, and other leaders. Candidate for governor of New York in 1844." from Stewart Clan Magazine

Anna Holgate was the daughter of Asa Holgate and Martha McKathan. They married February 20, 1789 in Shoreham, Connecticut.

No source confirming place of birth (given as either Dummerston, Vermont or Granville, NY)

No confirmation of marriage location (Granville, New York?)

Sources

• Stewart Clan Magazine, Jan 1923, vol 1, no 7, page 25.

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V89S-V8W : 14 April 2020), Anna Stewart in entry for Eunice Stewart, 1802.

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V89S-KWR : 14 April 2020), Anna Stewart in entry for Rhoda Stewart, 1811.

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V89S-TMM : 14 April 2020), Anna Stewart in entry for Anna Stewart, 1812.

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V89S-R15 : 14 April 2020), Anna Stewart, 1843.

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFJB-VH4 : 14 April 2020), Anna in entry for Sally Fassett, 1861.

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFSV-WZV : 14 April 2020), Anna in entry for Alvira Stewart Bryant, 1889.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 July 2020), memorial page for Anna Holgate Stewart (unknown–2 Jan 1843), Find A Grave: Memorial #15061140, citing Brookside Cemetery, Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by Barb Destromp (contributor 46785064) .

• Ancestry Family Tree https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/49268907/family