John Stewart (1680 - 1762)

Born 1680 in Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Bridget (Pocklington) Stewart — married 1721 in Ireland

Descendants

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Biography

Colonel John Stewart was born around 1680. His great grand-daughter Henrietta Maria Hickey claimed that her ancestor, John Stewart, was the Honourable Brig-Gen. John Stewart M.P., however he appears to have been Colonel John Stewart, the son of Captain James Stewart. Colonel John Stewart of Dublin inherited 'Stewart Lodge', at Leighlinbridge, in County Carlow, from his uncle, General Sir William Stewart M.P. (1643 – 4 June 1726).

Research Notes

"My father, John Steuart, was the proprietor of a small estate which had been in his family for only two generations. His grandfather, the Honourable John Steuart, was a younger son of the third Earl of Galloway. He left Scotland to serve as Colonel of a British Regiment, and was in 1707 Brigadier General at the Battle of Almanza in Spain during the War of succession. He was left for dead on the battlefield of Almanza, but was rescued by the servants of a Spanish lady who resided near the field of battle, and who dispatched her servants to help the wounded. Upon his recovery he was received by Queen Anne, who, as a mark of her favour, bestowed upon him a magnificent diamond ring, and also it is said gave him the white satin quilt and pillow case all now in my possession. He sold his Army commission and bought an estate and house in County Carlow. He moved to Carlow and at the age of 60 married Bridget, sister to Admiral Pocklington. They had two children, a daughter, Henrietta, who married Anthony Weldon, Esquire, of Kilmarony, and a son, William who married twice, first to Anne Eliza Butler, daughter of Sir Richard Butler, of Ballintemple, Carlow and secondly Miss Swift." -- Henrietta Maria Hickey (1862)

Other biographical information, from The History of Parliament website states, that the Honourable Brig-Gen. John Stewart M.P. "died on 22 Apr 1748, apparently unmarried, though an Irish family of Steuart’s Lodge claim to have descended legitimately from a marriage contracted by him in old age."

There are also other claims of descent, in the United States, from the marriage of John Stewart and Bridget Pocklington, who suggest that it was Colonel John Stewart, son of Archibald Stewart of Dunblane, in Perthshire, who married Bridget Pocklington, however this connection to the American family has not been corroborated.

Sources

• Purcell, Michael (ed.), 'Family Chronicle' (1862), by Henrietta Maria Hickey, Pat Purcell Papers, London, 2012. A six-part online series of edited extracts from a 52 page letter of personal reminiscences produced by Henrietta Maria Hickey for her family in 1862 (IrishGenealogicalProjects.com). (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5) (Part 6).

• McKinley, Michael, McKinley Family Tree, Ancestry.com, (https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/person/tree/115243252/person/242070356259/facts), Colonel John Stewart.

• Ireland, Indexes to Wills, Probate Administration, Marriage Bonds and Licences, 1591-1866, Ancestry.com, (https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/45346946:62077?tid=&pid=&queryId=c328cea1f58c28185f25d6228f3cb233&_phsrc=hNm699&_phstart=successSource), John Stewart & Brigid Pocklington, 1721.

• STEWART, Hon. John (aft.1670-1748), of Sorbie, Wigtown, Member Biographies, The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715, ed. D. Hayton, E. Cruickshanks, S. Handley, 2002, (https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/stewart-hon-john-1670-1748).

• General Sir William Stewart (1643 – 4 June 1726) in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Steuart_(British_Army_officer), brother of Captain James Stewart.

• Will of William Steuart, The National Archives, PROB 11/608/365.