James Stewart Sr. (1715 - 1772)

Born 26 Dec 1715 in Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Keziah (Scoville) Scovill — married 26 Jul 1737 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut

Descendants

Died Mar 1772 at age 56 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut

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Biography

James Stewart Sr. is a member of Clan Stewart.

This profile is part of the Stewart Name Study.

• JAMES STEWART was born on Dec 26 1715, in Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland, to Alexander Stewart and Margaret Dixon. He married Keziah Scoville, daughter of Benjamin Scoville and Amy maiden name, on Jul 26 1737 in E. Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut. He died Mar 1772, in New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut. He was buried at Old Kinne Cemetery, in Voluntown, New London County, Connecticut. ^[1]

James and Keziah, Married July 16, 1741, were the parents of eight children.

Birthplace: Ballymena, Antrim Ireland

Birth: Dec. 26, 1715, Ireland

Death: Mar., 1772

New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA

James Stewart was probably born in Scotland about 1715; he married Keziah Scoville, daughter of Benjamin Scoville of East Haddam. James was granted a cattle-mark in Voluntown Dec. 5, 1789, "a crop of ye left ear and a halfpenny on underside of ye same ear." He deeded his land in Voluntown to his father Sep. 25, 1740, and settled in East Haddam, where most of his children were born: Mary James Lemuel Nathaniel Elizabeth Samuel Lydia"

James Stewart was born in Ireland about 1715; he married Keziah, daughter of Benjamin Scoville of East Haddam: she had brothers Lemule and Nathan. James was granted a cattle-mark in Voluntown Dec. 5, 1789, "a crop of ye left ear and a halfpenny on underside of ye same ear." He deeded his land in Voluntown to his father in September 25, 1740, and settled in East Haddam, where most of his children were born. Stewart Clan Magazine No. 6

FILLEY, NEBRASKA DECEMBER, 1922 VOL Stewart Clan Magazine THE ELLIOTT STEWART MANUSCRIPT AND A STEWART GENEALOGY*

• JAMES STEWART, born 1715 in Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland;

baptized 9-Sep-1716 in County Antrim, Ireland; son of Alexander STEWART born 1680 & Margaret DIXON born 1677; died Mar-1772 in New Milford, Litchfield County, CT.

Birth

Name: James Stewart

Father: Alexander Stewart

Mother: Margaret Dixon

Birth Date: 1710

City: Ballymena

County: Antrim

Country: Ireland

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Christening

Date: 9 Sep 1716

Place: Ballymena, Antrim, Ireland. Birth estimated before this.

Marriage

Name: James Stewart

Gender: Male

Birth Place: Ir

Birth Year: 1715

Spouse Name: Keziah Scoville

Spouse Birth Place: CT

Spouse Birth Year: 1716

Marriage Year: 1737

Marriage State: CT

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Parents and Siblings

Husband: Alexander Stewart

Wife: Margaret Dixon

Marriage Date: Abt 1699

Marriage Place: Antrim, Ireland^[4]

Child: Alexander Stewart

Child: John Stewart

Child: Margaret Stewart

Child: William Stewart

Child: Thomas Stewart

Child: James Stewart

Child: Samuel Stewart

Child: Nathaniel Stewart

Millennium File

Name: James Stewart

Gender: Male

Christening Date: 9 Sep 1716

Christening Place: Ballymena, Antrim, Ireland

Death Date: Mar 1782

Death Place: New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

Marriage Date: 26 Jul 1737

Marriage Place: E. Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut

Spouse: Keziah Scoville

Children: Samuel Stewart

Spouse Father: Benjamin Scoville

Spouse Mother: Amy

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U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

Name: James Stewart Sr

Birth Date: 26 Dec 1715

Birth Place: Ireland

Death Date: Mar 1772

Death Place: New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America

Cemetery: Old Kinne Cemetery

Burial or Cremation Place: Voluntown, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America

Has Bio?: Y

Father: Alexander Stewart

Mother: Margaret Dixon

Spouse: Keziah Scoville

URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136185283

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Sources

1. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136185283
2. ↑ Family Data Collection - Births, Publisher Date: 2001, Ancestry.com
3. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Publisher Date: 2004, Detail: Source number: 70.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: GHS. Ancestry.com
4. ↑ Title: FamilySearch Internet - Online Ordinance Index v5.0 Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2001 Repository: #R501
5. ↑ Millennium File, Publisher Date: 2003, Ancestry.com
6. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136185283

• http://www.cs.utah.edu/~bruefena/genealogy/revre009.htm
• Janet Jenson, Benjamin Franklin Stewart, Lifetime Pioneer.
• Heritage Consulting. Millennium File [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003., Original data: Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting.
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
• Family Data Collection - Deaths
• Stewart Clan Magazine Pg. 325, Filley Neb. Dec. 1924 Vol. 3 No. 6, https://archive.org/stream/stewartclanmaga00incgoog#page/n28/mode/2up/search/Early+New+England+Stewarts