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William "of Wilmont" Stewart

Born 17 Feb 1733 in Lisburn, Co Antrim, Ireland

Ancestors

Son of John Stewart and Jane (Legge) Stewart

Brother of Elinor Stewart, Alexander George Stewart and Robert Stewart

Husband of Ellizabeth (Harvey) Stewart — married about 1766 (to 2 Jun 1767) in Malin Hall, Co Donegal,

Husband of Ann (Garner) Stewart — married about 1769 [location unknown]

Descendants

Father of John Stewart, Anna (Stewart) Mathias, Wilhelmina (Stewart) Hanna, Maria Louisa (Stewart) Reid, Thomas Alexander Stewart and Elizabeth Jane (Stewart) Bellingham

Died 10 Mar 1808 at age 75 in Drumbeg, Co Down, Ireland

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1 Biography
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- 1.2 Children
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Biography

William Stewart is a member of Clan Stewart.

William Stewart (of Wilmont) was born in 1733 in Lisburn, Co Antrim, Ireland. He was the son of John Stewart and his wife Jean Legge. ^[1]

William became a merchant of some standing, with numerous interests including a partnership in the Newry Flour Mill Company and shares in the Belfast Discount Company. The Belfast News-Letter of 4 March 1766 records him selling Bristol Crown glass, Welsh slates, lignum-vitae6 and various kinds of forest trees from premises at Drumbridge (possibly from the bleach house he had there) .

He passed away in 1808.

Marriage

William Stewart was married first to Elizabeth Harvey who died in 1767.

He was married for the second time to Anne Garner.

Children

William Stewart and his second wife Anne Garner had thirteen children together including;

1. John Stewart. The eldest son and heir to Williams Estate.

2. Maria Louisa Stewart. b. 16 June 1781 - d. 15th February 1861. in Canada

3. Thomas Alexander Stewart. b. 10 June 1786.

4. Elizabeth Jane Stewart. b. 1789. - d. 1820

Sources

↑ A source for this information is needed.

Geni. https://www.geni.com/people/William-of-Wilmont/6000000012976197078
http://www.lisburn.com/books/historical_society/volume7/volume7-2.html
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=x-4_Hkor4BgC&pg=PA829&lpg=PA829&dq=John+Stewart+of+Wilmont&source=bl&ots=G0hrzWFDCm&sig=bqiDL2-34c4YBjFLaushoX2pHr0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiL1YbVrt3SAhVoCcAKHXApBXgQ6AEIPTAJ#v=onepage&q=John%20Stewart%20of%20Wilmont&f=false
Second hand Source: Book, Page 159 Chart 117.
"A Sense of Continuity" "The Stewarts of Douro" Elizabeth Shearman Hall and Jean Shearman, Published by Pro Familia Publishing, 1993

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:

Basil Stewart : AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued) 47 markers, haplogroup R1b, Ancestry member BasilStewart, MitoYDNA ID A10718 [compare]
Robert Stewart : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-FT26747, FTDNA kit #635158, MitoYDNA ID T10731 [compare]
Angus Stewart : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-FT371927, FTDNA kit #IN46351, MitoYDNA ID T10758 [compare]
Randee Stewart : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-Z43064, FTDNA kit #B356623
Christian Boyd : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-JFS0056, FTDNA kit #9204
Robbin Stewart : Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup R-L21