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Alexander Stewart (1635 - 1731)

Alexander Stewart aka Steward [uncertain]
Born in Perthshire, Scotlandmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 15 Oct 1662 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Baymap
Husband of — married 23 May 1688 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Baymap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 96 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

Alexander Stewart was in Charlestown, Mass., as early as 1658, for on Dec 28 of that year he was fined 6 shillings and 8 pence for affronting the constable of that town- Middlesex county court files.[1]

He was a tailor, as stated in the record of his marriage. He married (1) in Charlestown Oct. 15, 1662, Hannah Templar. She was born Jan. 5, 1642-3, Yarmouth, Mass., daughter of Richard and Ann (Prichard) Templar. She died Aug. 21, 1674. The children, John, Samuel, Hannah and Margaret. "ye children of Alexander Steward and of Hannah his deceased wife, " were baptized May 9, 1675, in the First church of Charlestown. James, the eldest child, is said to have been taken to Yarmouth to live with his grandmother, Ann (Prichard) Templar, then the wife of Nathaniel Morton [A: 145, B: 55]. [1]

Alexander served as a soldier, it is believed, in the war against the Indians in 1676. He married (2) Rebecca -: she died May 3, 1677, in Cambridge.[1]

On 3 April 1678, Alexander signed a receipt for his sons' (James and John) legacies from their grandfather, Richard Pritchard.[2]

May 18, 1682, Alexander Stewart sold to Peter Tufts 11 acres on the Mystic side which he had received from Richard Prichard.[1]

June 10, 1685, John Bennett sued Alexander Steward, tailor, of Charlestown for pay for food and lodging for Samuel, son of Alexander, whom Bennett, a cordwainer, had taken some six months to be his apprentice.[1]

Alexander moved to Marlborough. He married (3) in Marlborough May 23, 1688, Deborah (Rediat) Forbes, widow of Daniel Forbes. She was born in Sudbury in 1652, daughter of John and Ann (Dolt) Rediat, and had married in Cordcord May 23, 1679. Daniel Forbes, who died in Marlborough in October, 1687.[1]

Alexander Steward of Boston [probably in reference to Charlestown] was a member of the west regiment of Middlesex county, garrisoned in Marlborough, Mar. 18, 1691-2 : he was also a soldier in 1704 in the Indian war. [1]

It is possible that this Alexander Stewart fought at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650.

He became a prisoner of the establishment and was deported to the colonies in Massachusetts Bay sailing aboard the Unity.[1]

He died on 6 Apr 1731 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America.[1]

Marriage

Alexander Stewart was married to Hannah Templar on 15 October 1662 in Charleston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America.

He was then married to his 2nd wife Deborah Rediat 23 May 1688 in Marlborough, Massachusetts. [1]

It has been said he married four times. [1]

Children

Children of Alexander Stewart and his wife Hannah Templar;

  • 1. James Stewart. b. 8 May 1665 in Charleston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America.
  • 2. John Stewart. b. 24 Nov 1667 in Charleston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America.
  • 3. Samuel Stewart. b. 19 Dec 1669 in Charleston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America.
  • 4. Hannah Stewart. b. 24 Jan 1671 in Charleston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America.
  • 5. Margarett Stewart. 11 Aug 1674 in Charleston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America.

Children of Alexander Stewart and his 2nd wife Deborah Rediat:

  • 1. Mary Stewart. b. 13 Feb 1689 at Marlborough, Massachusetts, British Colonial America..
  • 2. Daniel Stewart. b. 6 Feb 1691at Marlborough, Massachusetts, British Colonial America.
  • 3. Alexander Stewart. b. 15 Jan 1695-96 at Marlborough, Massachusetts, British Colonial America.

Sources

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Stewart Clan Magazine, September 1932'
  2. "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-V3VS : 14 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 486 of 616; State Archives, Boston.

Edson, G. T. (George Thomas)., Clan Stewart Society in America, I. (19221970). Stewart clan magazine. [Filley, Neb.: G.T. Edson]. October 1922. Vol I, No. 4. Page 18.

Edson, G. T. (George Thomas)., Clan Stewart Society in America, I. (19221970). Stewart clan magazine. [Filley, Neb.: G.T. Edson]. July 1928. Vol VII, No. 1. Page 55.

Edson, G. T. (George Thomas)., Clan Stewart Society in America, I. (19221970). Stewart clan magazine. [Filley, Neb.: G.T. Edson]. September 1932. Vol X, No. 3. Page 257.

Scottish Prisoners of War Society. Website. Accessed November 20, 2019 at https://scottishprisonersofwar.com/1588-2

Hudson, C., Allen, J., T.R. Marvin and Son,, Charles Knight & Co.,, & Bufford's Lith.,. (1862). History of the town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from its first settlement in 1657 to 1861: With a brief sketch of the town of Northborough, a genealogy of the families in Marlborough to 1800, and an account of the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the town. Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin & Son, 42 Congress Street. Page 450.

See Also:

Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012. Name: Alexander Stewart Arrival year: 1651-1652 Arrival Place: Massachusetts Primary Immigrant: Stewart, Alexander Source Publication Code: 9760

Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Name: Alexander Stewart Event Type: Death Death Date: 6 Apr 1731 Death Place: Marlborough, Massachusetts

U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Name: Alexander Stewart Gender: M (Male) Birth Date: 8 maj 1634 (8 May 1634) Birth Place: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland Death Date: 6 apr 1731 Death Place: Marlborough Junction, Middlesex County (Middlesex), Massachusetts, United States of America Has Bio?: Y Spouse: Hannah Stewart Children: John Stewart

  • Marriage. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH4C-FJZ : 6 November 2017), Elixsander Steward and Hanath Templer, 15 Oct 1662; citing Marriage, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 740,995.
  • Birth of child 1. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46P-M65 : 6 November 2017), Alexander Stewart in entry for James Stewart, 08 May 1665; citing Birth, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 740,995.
  • Birth of Child 2. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46P-9RS : 6 November 2017), Alexander Stewart in entry for John Stewart, 24 Nov 1667; citing Birth, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 740,995.
  • Birth of child 3. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCM1-35M : 3 November 2017), Alexander Stewart in entry for Samuel Stewart, 19 Dec 1669; citing Birth, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 892,249.
  • Birth of child 4. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46P-QL1 : 6 November 2017), Alexander Stewart in entry for Hannah Stewart, 24 Jan 1671; citing Birth, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 740,995.
  • Birth of child 5. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46P-W5Y : 6 November 2017), Alexander Stewart in entry for Margarett Stewart, 11 Aug 1674; citing Birth, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 740,995.




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John Stewart of Granville had a brother Michael of Chatham. The Stewart Clan Magazine states, ‘There are indications that Michael and John were of a Cape Cod Stuard family. Either Alexander of Charlestown [page13] or Hugh of Chatham, Mass.[page18], could have been their grandfather.’ This is going to be hard to prove. We need more yDNA testers to come forward.

All my Ardgowan/Blackhall matches are in FTDNA’s Stewart and Stewart (Royal) projects. John of Granville’s Descendants are kit no’s. B66563 and 129498. My own kit #164047. My line never crossed the Atlantic. I have found a few other Ardgowan/Blackhall lines in the Stewart Clan Magazine. Seems they were in the Colonies very early.

posted by Donald Stewart
I have a positive yDNA identification for John Stewart (1703-1787) who died at Granville, MA. The Stewart Clan Magazine suggest that this John was the grandson of Alexander Stewart (1635-1731) of Marlborough, MS. I have two yDNA testers who can trace their ancestry back to John at Granville. These testers have the Sir John Stewart of Ardgowan/Blackhall markers, ZZ52_1 (FT223221) and FT83882.
posted by Donald Stewart
Thank you for this information, Donald! I have been researching this line over the past year or so and the Ardowan/Blackhall ancestry is a distinct possibility. I would like to learn more about these testers and their connection to Alexander.

Also, if you aren’t comfortable creating Wikitree profiles, I will be happy to do this for you, if you want to post the information as a comment here or send me an email and we can communicate that way.

I’m excited at this prospect because many of my yDNA cousins have their trees going back to Alexander, I believe in error. We are attached to him on Wikitree because of this and to try to find yDNA cousins to test and confirm. So, your information is welcome news.

Our yDNA Stewart line came through Maryland and New Jersey, and eventually became attached to the Quaker movement in Pennsylvania before moving into North Carolina sometime around 1720. We definitely have Alexander Stewarts in our line of Stewart but I don’t think they originate with this Alexander Stewart, nor do I think this Alexander Stewart is a close cousin to our line. If your information is correct, it would make this Alexander an ancient cousin of ours where our yDNA path split at R-Z39589 in 2480BCE. The Royal Stewart paternal line descends from R-Z39589 through R-DF41 in 2160BCE. My Stewart line descends from R-Z39589 through R-DF49 in 2410BCE. My Stewart line has yDNA ties to the both the ancient kings of Ireland (Conn of a Hundred Battles) and Scotland (Kenneth McAlpin). We are literally sandwiched between them in history and our yDNA was in Wales when the Romans invaded. Our Stewart line has no signatures (after the Iron Age) in Britain until the medieval era where we have a signature around Perth, Scotland. This suggests we were in Wales until the Romans arrived and we fled to Brittany before returning with William the Conqueror. Our Roman era signatures are likely in Brittany, France, which explains their absence in Britain for a “short time” of a 300-500 years.

Feel free to post more information and edit Alexander’s profile as you see fit. Alternatively, post a comment here and I will edit the information for you.

Thanks again! I will pass on your information to my Stewart yDNA cousins.

posted by Joshua Stewart
edited by Joshua Stewart
Stewart-8363 and Stewart-3827 do not represent the same person because: birth and death dates and places do not match
posted by Carolyn Cross
Alexander Stewart and Duncan Stewart are definitely not brothers.

Dr. John Stewart is definitely not the son of Alexander Stewart of MA. d. 1731, therefore Dr. John’s son Samuel Stewart does not descend from Alexander Stewart either.

It is a disservice to Alexander to use the speculations plural. By serious standards of genealogical proof, no proof of parents, birthplace or birthdate is provable from Alexander's records. If all the parents and birthdates that had been attached had been left, he could have had at least 10 different sets of parents and birthdates—based on whoever's speculations. NO American record proves his parents. NO Scotland record proves his parents and lots of people had his name. Let's use high standards of genealogical proof rather than all the speculation. Thee University of Durham is doing a scholarly DNA study of Stewarts in Scotland and Scottish prisoners of war because there is no proof of parents for most of the Scottish prisoners of war who ended up in Massachusetts. There going to a lot of unnecessary effort if all this stuff online had been proven which it has not. The sources posted here were making a 3 different person "Scottish" identity based on similar names but not based on historical fact which shows the differences. Until proof is realized by scholarly research, let's let him be who he was, Alexander Stewart, tailor of Charlestown and Marlborough and use only his proven sources.

See DNA results on Family Search-

https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/161951305?p=51969989&returnLabel=Alexander%20Stewart%20(93JG-VPV)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Ftree%2Fperson%2Fmemories%2F93JG-VPV

posted by Nancy Yeager
I have profiles attached to Duncan and Alexander because some of our cousins are tied to them through DNA.

Our paper trail is currently in the era of 1740 in the local of North Carolina (Orange, Cumberland and Bladen Counties, specifically).

I don’t think anyone is disrespecting Alexander by trying to find their ancestors.

There are also issues with the social or cultural context of Alexander descending from the Royal Stewarts as well as John Stewart, husband of Hannah Boone.

The John Stewart that married Hannah Boone was in the region of my Stewarts described above (NC). My Stewarts (along with a couple of other Stewart families that relate) raised cattle and horses in North Carolina and while we don’t have documented proof that John Stewart belongs to our Stewart line, his place of origin and occupation matches my Stewarts. I also have a Big Y that demonstrates a “rare connection” to Daniel Boone, as do my male cousins. All this supports valid reasons as to why my Stewarts should be pursuing any and all research into John Stewart and his supposed ties.

I have 4 Stewart branches in my tree I descend from and two are proven Royal lines. Given what I know about my Royal lines, and what I know about my yDNA line of Stewart (which doesn’t descend from Stewart Royalty), I find it very hard to believe that Alexander Stewart b. 1635 is a direct descendant of the Royals yet arrived as an indentured servant and became a tailor’s apprentice. That doesn’t add up for a direct descendant of Stewart Royalty, compared to other known Royal lines at arrived to the colonies. It’s likely that Alexander Stewart doesn’t match the Royals in his YDNA (like my yDNA Stewarts) which means my Royal Stewart cousins who are attaching themselves to Alexander Stewart b. 1635 are doing so incorrectly and missing their true line that arrived to the colonies, who would have likely arrived with more wealth, resources and connections than what this Alexander demonstrates in the historical record.

It’s likely that Alexander doesn’t descend from a Stewart Royal line, and it’s likely that Duncan Stewart was his “brother-in-arms” moreso than his biological brother.

Generally, folks researching their ancestry tend to misidentify their ancestors and attach to Royal lines (mainly because they are better documented in history), so people attach to them thinking they must be their ancestors.

In this case, I think the reverse has happened. I think a Royal Stewart line is attaching itself to an ancestor that doesn’t descend from the Royal Stewarts, therefore any Stewart Royal descendant that attaches themselves to either Duncan or Alexander, is doing so in error.

posted by Joshua Stewart
Thanks , I am working on it lots more merges to come.
posted by Allan Stuart
now there 4 sons John ! Allan Stuart ?
posted by Jackie Stoddard
Stewart-53117 and Stewart-3827 appear to represent the same person because: Obvious Duplicate
posted by Allan Stuart
If there are any male descendants believed to be from this Alexander, please contact me. I’m looking for YDNA matches to confirm research.

Thanks!

posted by Joshua Stewart
Try Stewart-52317 Mathew Stewart
posted by Allan Stuart
I have a source for a son to this profile, Samuel b. 1669 d. 1720 and would like to add him. Thanks!
posted by Joshua Stewart
I have created an unmerged match for this profile and Alexander Stewart Jr. They have similar birth and death dates and locations. The biography of Stewart-26704 mentions wife as Hannah Templar who is spouse on Stewart-26704 along with one child mentioned in both profiles.

Parents are different, but sources are not certain in either profile. Possibly profiles should be merged with Research Notes about uncertain parents.

Thank you Linda. That sounds good to me.
posted by William James
Stewart-3827 and Stewart-32193 appear to represent the same person because: Will you please review these two profiles. I believe they are for the same individual and should be merged. William Foster James
posted on Stewart-32193 (merged) by William James

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