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John Steward (abt. 1634 - 1706)

John Steward aka Stewart, Stuart
Born about in Pattishall, Northamptonshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married 2 Oct 1686 in Henrico, Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 72 in Bristol Parish, Henrico County, Virginiamap
Profile last modified | Created 9 Aug 2011
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Biography

Flag of Northamptonshire (adopted 2014)
John Steward was born in Northamptonshire, England.

He was baptized on 08 Jan 1634/5 at Holy Cross, Pattishall=Pateshull, Northamptonshire, England [1] and his parents were Ann (Clarke, 1601-1638) and George Steward (1591-1641).

Surname spelling variations have included Steward, Stewart, Stuart.

He owned property at Ashen Swamp in Henrico County, Virginia. [2]

John Steward first married about 1663 at St.Johns Church in Henrico County, Virginia to Dorothy Waters (1645-1714).

John Steward married secondly on 02 Oct 1686 in Henrico County, Virginia to Susannah Burton [3] (c1640-aft.1699).

In 1694 he was headright of Thomas Taylor for 7 persons including Francis Taylor, Dorothy Taylor, Jno. Young, Jno. Bell, Jno. Steward, Symon Balms=Balono and Will. Stanaway.

He passed away on 30 June 1706 in Bristol Parish, Henrico County, Virginia. [citation needed]

Children

  1. John Steward, Jr., m: 1700 Michelle Ballou
  2. Sarah (Steward) Frazier, b: 1661
  3. Daniel Steward, b: c1670; d: 1767; m: Dec 1698 Elizabeth Farley
  4. Elizabeth Steward (c1665-1703) m: 1680 Robert Thompson [4]

Research Notes

Notes

Profile protected to preserve Steward spelling. When researching a newly adopted profile (Stuart-377), it appeared the correct spelling would be Steward (born in England, not Virginia, and earlier than the birth year given in the profile when adopted). The profile had death in 1703 in Henrico. Bristol Parish, Virginia, served Henrico County. A contemporary record exists showing a John Steward Jr. in Henrico County in 1697 (whether this John or a son is not clear, but probably a son).

There is a date conflict for the 2 marriages of this John Steward, Sr. ...

- m1: Dorothy presented as his "relict" in his 1706 estate papers
- m2: 02 Oct 1686 Susannah Burton.
John Steward, Jr. was guardian to "orphans" of Thomas Burton (came of age in 1699)
John Steward, Jr. died c1714 and his last Will mentioned ...
- mother Dorothy, still living
- 3 children ...
- John Steward, III (no profile yet) m: Michal=Michelle Ballow=Ballou
- Daniel Steward, m: Elizabeth Farloe
- Sarah Steward, m: William Frasier.

If this Will info is correct, then it seems that currently on 2023/06/01 ...

- Unknown-598446 Burton is attached to the wrong John Steward.
- Ballou-237 is attached to the wrong John Steward.

No known Gaulding connection

Mary Anne (Stuart) Gaulding was removed as a child ...

"I am working the Hatcher, Burton, Stovall families ... we have finally got Susannah, the mother on this profile, cleaned up. Bottom line, it made us realize that this person is attached to incorrect parents. The marriage license date of Susannah to marry John Stewart, glover of Henrico is 02 Oct 1686 in Henrico. There is no record I know of which relates to a Mary Anne in Henrico. This person was part of a family from "new Kent" ... suggest we remove the parents." from Robin Lee on 06 April 2022 & Gaulden-7 parents were removed same day

Interesting note there is a "Gaulding" named "Walthall". Wm. Walthall owned land adjacent to John Stewarts' acreage. Gayle Blankenship's research - she is a Gaulding researcher [5] and it is possible conjecture that she connected Walthall Gaulding to Wm. Walthall who owned lands adjacent to this family.

Gayle mentioned a "chart" sent to her showing the Pateshall lineage for John Stewart, Sr., though does not indicate if she had vetted the information; "Parents: A chart sent recently ... gave the birth date for John Stewart as 08 Jan 1634 in Pateshall ..."

No known Hatcher connection

Susannah Hatcher [6] was NOT the wife of this profile for John Steward.

In one record, John, Jr, refers to Dorothy as his father's wife
In another record of November 1677, Dorothy @32yrs and John @45yrs, gave Depositions. [7] See more below.
On 01 Dec 1699 Susannah renounced dower on 100 acres sold by John Steward to Michael Turpin.

There is a discrepancy in the order or her marriages ...

- Susannah Hatcher (daughter William Hatcher & Mariam Newporte); m1: 1662 Virginia to John Stuart; m2: 1685 Thomas Christian Burton. Per http://www.archive.com
- "John Stewart, b: c1630 m: after Feb 1685" per Hatcher Family Association database for Susannah Hatcher, m1: Thomas Burton; m2: John Steward with no children

From available information, it seems more likely that John Steward, Sr. was Susannah's first husband. And that the John who was racing horses in 1697 was their son John Steward, Jr., [8] and the profiles attached as daughters to duplicates are theirs also ... Elizabeth (b: 1665) & Mary (b: 1680).

The above notes seem to be confused. The Susannah who married John Stewart (whatever spelling) did so on a license granted 2 Oct 1686. Per the research of the Hatcher Family Assn., she had been married twice before. First, to William Hatcher, Jr. about 1660. Second to Thomas Burton, Sr. about 1670. Burton researchers identified his wife as Susannah Hatcher, but that was her married name, not her maiden name. There was no other Susannah Hatcher. Susannah's third marriage was to John Stewart, as licensed. Depositions given by John Stewart in 1677 and 1681 do not indicate that Susannah is not his wife since they predate his marriage to Susannah.

Frankly, it makes more sense that Susannah (born circa 1640) married John, Sr. (born circa 1632) than John, Jr. (born circa 1658), although a 1686 marriage makes either man a possibility. There are numerous references to "John Stewart, Glover" in the records. One is dated 17 Apr 1693 where Abraham Burton (and his wife Anne) sell to "John Stewart, Glover" the 100 acres of land given to Abraham by his father, Thomas Burton, Sr. In 1699, "John Stewart, Glover" exchanged that same tract of land with Michael Turpin with Susannah (Abraham's mother) giving up her dower rights.

Presuming that (as stated in the bio, above) this is the John Stewart who "owned property at Ashen Swamp in Henrico County, Virginia," that property is very close to the Cobbs plantation and to the original land grant of William Hatcher. Hatcher later acquired property near Ashen Swamp. Hatcher, Burton, and Stewart were all near neighbors on the north side of the Appomattox River near where it flows into the James.

Sources

  1. https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58188face93790eca35c8b79?search_id=5c053c714325a6ea10f3a473&ucf=false
  2. Henrico County, Virginia Wills & Deed Book 1688-97:581; patent 6:446; 600-670 acres NS Appomattox at Ashen Swamp in Henrico County, Virginia
  3. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records 1700-1850; m: Henrico, Virginia for John Steward & Susanna Burton
  4. U.S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900 compiled by Yates Publishing on ancestry.com citing Family group sheet; for Elizabeth Stewart (father: John Stewart) including ...
    - APID 1,7836::545605; b: 1646 VA; m: 1663 VA;
    - APID 1,7836::545604; b: 1646; m: 1663
    - APID 1,7836::545603; code: REG; b: 1646; m: 1663
    - APID 1,7836::545602; code: MLC; b: 1646; m: 1662
    - APID 1,7836::545607; code: MLC; b: 1646, VA; m: 1686.
  5. "Blankenship Ancestors, Agee, Dunn, Johnston, Jones, Ligon, Moseley, Perdue, White" by Gayle King Blankenship; self-published in 1995
  6. Hatcher Family Association for Susannah Hatcher
  7. Henrico Wills and Deeds 1677-92:29
  8. "Racing in Colonial Virginia" published in "Virginia Magazine of History and Biography" by Virginia Historical Society; v2 #3 (Jan 1895) p293-305

See also - other family trees:

Acknowledgements

  • Steward-695 created 9 Aug 2011 by Michael McCook through the import of Michael John McCook Family Tre.ged.




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Stewart-53779 and Steward-695 appear to represent the same person because: I've removed Susannah Hatcher as his wife because she does not exist and I need to clean out her profile before merging it with the correct Unknown profile. See here for this family: https://hatcherfamilyassn.com/getperson.php?personID=I40980&tree=WmTheIm

= Bill

posted by Bill Schultz
Deed here dated 22 oct 1694 from John Steward, Sen'r to "sone-in-law William Frazier and Sarah my daughter" Henrico Co Record Book No. 5, p. 581. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TC-6ZYJ?i=589&cat=365008
posted by Honi Kleine
Stewart-5866 and Steward-695 appear to represent the same person because: Stewart-5866 has the same dates and locations exactly. But no sources at all. Needs to be merged and then parents removed as there are no sources or pieces of evidence at all to support the parents of this Virginia Colony person.
posted by Joe Farler
Stewart-5866 and Steward-695 do not represent the same person because: They are of 2 defferent families one living in the Southern Colonies and the other living in the north as well as the children names do not match
posted by Billie Adams
Have some information to add to the Research Notes Section. This Profile may be the victim of a bad merge?

Mags

posted by Mags Gaulden
edited by Mags Gaulden
Added research notes from Robin Lee regarding the Gaulding family not being connected with a child Mary Anne. Gayle Blankenship's research - she is a Gaulding researcher and it is possible conjecture that she connected Walthall Gaulding to Wm Walthall who owned on lands adjacent to this family.
posted by Mags Gaulden
Stewart-5866 and Steward-695 appear to represent the same person because: Appear to be the same profile.
posted by Stevenson Browne
There is still no record of John Steward of Pattishall being the same John Steward of Henrico, also there doesn't seem to be a source for his wife being Dorothy Waters. All the research that I have found refer to her maiden name not being known.
posted by Malcolm Hoare
Sound good Sue! Thanks :D
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
I live in Northamptonshire, England and would like to add the Category of Pattishall, Northamptonshire and also the county flag to this profile. I don't have any info about the move to the US but I have record of his baptism on freereg along with his brothers and sisters (surname spelling of Steward)
posted by Sue (Gambie) Boutle
Malcolm - Good point. The parents are attached because both the merged profiles had them attached as parents. I was researching whether the name should be spelled Steward or Stuart. Totally missed that there wasn't any proof to connect that they were the same person (the one born in England & the one married in Virginia).
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Am I missing something here, how do we know that John Steward pf Pattishall, bap. 8 Jan 1634 is the same John Stewart who got married in Henrico, VA in 1663.
posted by Malcolm Hoare
Spelling of last name at birth needs to be resolved with source(s) before the merge can proceed between Stewart-5866 and Steward-695.
Steward-695 and Stewart-5866 appear to represent the same person because: same person? same dates, spouse, etc.
posted on Stewart-5866 (merged) by Cheryl (Crooke) Bostrom
update: merge completed, birth year changed for son.

Stewart-6583 and Steward-695 appear to represent the same person because: see text in Steward-695 about "Steward" as LNAB. Based on birth year of Stewart-6583's daughter, I believe it is a duplicate of the father, not the son (also, I think Susannah is bettr suited to be the wife of the father/mother of John Jr., but that would push his [unsourced] 1654 birth to after 1662. I think that works. For now, please merge these profiles. Thanks!

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Steward-923 and Steward-695 appear to represent the same person because: same parents; birth/death dates close. His parents died in England, so unlikely he was born in Virginia. Bristol Parish served Henrico County, Virginia. Please merge. Thanks!
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett