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Martha Margaret (Richardson) Stewart (1719 - 1791)

Martha Margaret Stewart formerly Richardson aka Stuart
Born in Chester, Pennsylvaniamap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 1732 in Chester, Pennsylvania, British American Coloniesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 72 in Wilkes, Georgia, United Statesmap
Profile last modified | Created 3 Jan 2011
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Biography

Martha was a Friend (Quaker)

Martha Margaret (Richardson) Stuart was born on 25 May 1719 in Chester, Pennsylvania. Her parents were Isaac Richardson (1681 - 1726) and Catherine (Grandy) Richardson (~1681 - 1746).[1]

Her siblings were as listed below.

  1. Mary (Richardson) House (~1709 - )
  2. Isaac Richardson (1709 - 1794)
  3. Elizabeth (Richardson) Pugh (1710 - 1794)
  4. Jehu Richardson (1713 - )
  5. Joseph Richardson (1713 - )
  6. Elinor (Richardson) Parker (1714 - 1791)
  7. Jehu Richardson (1721 - )
  8. John Richardson (1721 - )

Martha married Robert Stuart (1710 - 1783) in 1732 in Chester. Their children were as listed below.

  1. John Stuart ( - 1827)
  2. Henry Stuart ( - )
  3. Catherine (Stuart) Ballinger (~1735 - ~1780)
  4. John Stewart (~1736 - 1830)
  5. Elizabeth (Stewart) Pugh (~1736 - 1804)
  6. Alexander Stuart (1737 - 1767)
  7. Mary (Stuart) Taylor (1738 - ~1806)
  8. Jehu Stuart Sr. (1740 - 1827)
  9. John Stuart (1740 - 1827)
  10. Catherine Stuart (1742 - 1743)
  11. Isaac Stuart (1746 - 1819)
  12. Robert Stewart (1748 - )
  13. Gravenor Stewart (1756 - 1831)
  14. Rachel (Stuart) Harris (1757 - 1838)
  15. Amos Stuart (1759 - 1837)
  16. Henry Stuart (1760 - )
  17. Hannah (Stewart) Brooks (1761 - 1793).

Martha died on 20 Sep 1791 in Wilkes, Georgia, United States aged 72.

Research Notes

The Robert Stewart, chr 13 Nov 1743 in Peebles, was the son of John Stewart and Helen Grieve, previously had been attached as the son of Robert Stewart and Martha Grieve/Richardson


Sources

  1. Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Record of Births 1705-1805; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph 197. Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line].
    Name: Martha Richardson
    Birth Date: 25 May 1719
    Birth Date on Image: 25 Third 1719
    Birth Place: Chester, Pennsylvania
    Father: Isaac Richardson
    Mother: Catherine Richardson
    Event Type: Birth
    Monthly Meeting: Goshen Monthly Meeting
    Yearly Meeting: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
    Meeting State: Pennsylvania
    Meeting County: Chester
    https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2189/31906_283912-00012
  • Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992
  • Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825
  • Millennium File
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  • U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
  • Heritage Consulting. Millennium File. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Publications.
  • West, Edmund, comp. Family Data Collection - Births [database online]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2001.
  • West, Edmund, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database online]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2001.
  • Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2004.
  • Burial. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVN-NRJQ : 11 July 2016), Martha Richardson Stewart, 1793; Burial, , , ,, ; citing record ID 23056033, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.




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We need to correct the last name at birth to be correct before we can merge these profiles. She was born with last name as Richardson not Grieve.

Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Record of Births 1705-1805; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph 197. Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line].

Name: Martha Richardson Birth Date: 25 May 1719 Birth Date on Image: 25 Third 1719 Birth Place: Chester, Pennsylvania Father: Isaac Richardson Mother: Catherine Richardson

posted by Caryl (Short) Ruckert
Grieve-532 and Richardson-597 appear to represent the same person because: All biographical data is correct. The former name Grieve is incorrect and was put there erroneously by someone who shouldn't be doing this.
posted by Gerd Naydock
Grieve is not correct. Name is Martha Margaret Richardson
posted by Gerd Naydock

Rejected matches › Mary Richardson (abt.1719-abt.1767)

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