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Margaret (Sinclair) Stewart (abt. 1783 - 1851)

Margaret Stewart formerly Sinclair
Born about in Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotlandmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 2 Feb 1804 in Johnstown, Montgomery, New York, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , , , , and
Died at about age 68 in Pewaukee, Waukesha, Wisconsin, USAmap
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Contents

Biography

Margaret Sinclair was born 1783 in Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland.[1]

Marriage

Margaret Sinclair, aged 21, married Alexander Stewart, aged 25, on 2 Feb 1804 at the Presbyterian Church of Johnstown, Montgomery County, New York.[2]

Alexander Stewart was born on 1 Jan 1779 in Foss, Parish of Dull, Perthshire, Scotland,[3] a few miles from Aberfeldy, where Margaret was born. He was the son of Robert Stewart and Jane Wilson, [4] who immigrated in 1886[5] to Johnstown when Alexander was 7 years old. [6]

Children

Margaret Sinclair and her husband Alexander Stewart had the following 11 children:[7]

  1. Jane Stewart (1816-1889), married George Stewart[8]
  2. Margaret Stewart (1806-aft. 1870), married Henry Gilbert[7]
  3. Robert A. Stewart (1808-1881), married Ann Janet Hibbard[9]
  4. John Stewart (1810-1890), married Julia A. Stanton, Electa Maria Bronson Sheldon[10]
  5. William D. Stewart (1813-1886), married Charlotte Sprague[11]
  6. Catherine Stewart (1817-1905), married Alvin Parsons[12]
  7. Jeanette Stewart (1818-1892)[7]
  8. Joseph Alexander Stewart (1820-1908), married Hannah Olin[13]
  9. Rev. Archibald Sinclair Stewart (1823-1876), married Anna W. Tallman[14]
  10. Charles Nelson Stewart (1826-1917), married Olive Josephine Hull[15]
  11. James T. Stewart (abt. 1828-aft. 1910)[7]

It is a mystery what happened to the youngest son, James, but records show he did exist. A 1910 biography of their son, Charles Nelson Stewart, named an 11th son as "James T. of Waukesha, Wis."[7] A youngest son James also fits the spot of an additional son aged under 5 on the 1830 census (Smithfield, Madison County, NY)[16] and aged 10-14 on the 1840 census (Manlius, Onondaga, NY).[17]

At first, the family of Alexander and Margaret lived in Johnstown, New York, where there are baptism records of most of their children in the Presbyterian Church of Johnstown.[2] By 1830, they were living 90 miles west in Smithfield (part of which became Fenner), Madison County, the same village where Alexander's sister Catherine lived.[3]

By 1837, the family was living in Manlius Four Corners (now Fayetteville), Onondago County, New York,Stewart, Bruce. Fulton County NY GenWeb. Robert Stewart Probate Transcription of the 1837 probate records of Robert Stewart of Johnstown, New York. Surrogate Court, Montgomery County, Fonda, New York. Book #6, Pages 135-6. October 30, 1837. Includes petition by probate lawyer, John Hillebrant, from File #4, to the will of Robert Stewart, Surrogate Court Records, Montgomery County, stating his children included "Alexander Stewart residing in Manlius, Onondaga Co., N.Y." where Alexander's brother James lived. They became members of the Fayetteville Presbyterian Church in April 1836 and left the church September 1840,[18] about the time they traveled 800 miles west to settle in Pewaukee, Waukesha, Wisconsin.

Death

Margaret (Sinclair) Stewart, aged 68, died in 1851 in Pewaukee, Waukesha County, Wisconsin and was buried there in Prairie Home Cemetery.[1] At her side was buried her husband Alexander, who died 14 years later on 31 Dec 1865, aged 86, also in Wisconsin.[19]

Census

1810 U.S. Federal
Johnstown, Montgomery County, New York, United States.[20]
1820 U.S. Federal
Johnstown, Montgomery, New York, United States. [21]
1830 U.S. Federal
Smithfield, Madison, New York, United States. [16]
1840 U.S. Federal
Manlius, Onondaga, New York, United States.[17]
1850 U.S. Federal
Pewaukee, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States. [22]

Excerpt from son's biography

Biography of Charles N. Stewart from History of Rice and Steele counties, Minnesota, 1910[7]

"... The parents of Charles N. Stewart were Alexander and Margaret (Sinclair) Stewart, both natives of Scotland, married in Johnstown, Montgomery county, New York. Alexander Stewart moved to Waukesha county, Wisconsin, in 1840 and there followed the occupation of farmer. He and his wife are both dead. They were the parents of eleven children as follows: Mrs. George Stewart, of Oneida, Madison county, New York; Mrs. Henry Gilbert, of Monmouth, Ill.; Robert A. of Pewauke, Waukesha county, Wisconsin; John, of Jackson, Mich.; William D., of Rice county, Minnesota; Mrs. A. B. Parsons, of Delaware, Wis.; Janett Stewart, of Delaware, Wis.; Joseph A., of Northfield, Minn.; Archibald S., of Nyack, New York; Charles N., of Northfield, and James T., of Waukesha, Wis."

[The above names an 11th son as James T. Stewart of Waukesha, Wisconsin, but there is no record of him.[7]]

Research Notes

Some sources, inluding their findagrave memorials, record Alexander and his wife Margaret as having the same birthday, Jan 1, and the same death day, Dec 31, with different years. Although it's possible they did, we may want to write those dates in pencil.

Research notes by (Joan Stewart Smith), GGG grandniece of Margaret Sinclair's spouse, Alexander Stewart

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84495062/margaret-s-stewart: accessed 27 January 2024), memorial page for Margaret S Sinclair Stewart (1 Jan 1783–31 Dec 1851), Find a Grave Memorial ID 84495062, citing Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by KJS (contributor 47179008).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vosburgh, Royden Woodward. Records of the Presbyterian Church of Johnstown in Fulton County, N.Y., 1785-1869, transcribed by the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1916
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Stewart, Bruce Maddox. Stewart: Heather Lost, The Story of a Family Displaced. Arizona: Moore Graphics. 2009 (http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/stoz/stewart_heather.htm)
  4. ↑ Stewart, Albert Montieth.“Stewarts of Johnstown, N.Y.” Stewart Clan Magazine. Compiled by Edson, George Thomas. Clan Stewart Society in America, Inc. Tome A, Vol. 1, No. 1, July 1922, p. 4. Alexander Stewart of Perthshire, his son Robert Stewart from parish of Dull, Perthshire, of Johnstown, New York, and his 12 children, including the oldest Alexander, born in Scotland.
  5. ↑ Dobson, David. Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825. Baltimore, Md. 1984-1993. V. 2, p. 192, citing Robert Stewart, wife Jane, children Alexander, Catherine and John Robert left Glen Lyon, Perthshire, Scotland to Johnstown, New York in 1786.
  6. ↑ Edson, George Thomas. Stewart Clan Magazine. “Some Stewarts From Perthshire.” Clan Stewart Society in America, Inc. Tome F, Vol. 28, No. 12, June 1951, p. 149-15. Mentions Alexander Stewart of parish of Dull, sons John (m. Ann) of Johnstown, New York, Robert (m. Jane Wilson) of Johnstown, New York, and Joseph. Mentions other Stewarts that settled in this part of New York.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Jewett, Stephen and Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn. History of Rice and Steele counties, Minnesota. 2 vols. Chicago, H. C. Cooper, Jr. 1910. Biography of Charles N. Stewart. "The parents of Charles N. Stewart were Alexander and Margaret (Sinclair) Stewart, both natives of Scotland, married in Johnstown, Montgomery county, New York. Alexander Stewart moved to Waukesha county, Wisconsin, in 1840 and there followed the occupation of farmer. He and his wife are both dead. They were the parents of eleven children as follows: Mrs. George Stewart, of Oneida, Madison county, New York; Mrs. Henry Gilbert, of Monmouth, Ill.; Robert A. of Pewauke, Waukesha county, Wisconsin; John, of Jackson, Mich.; William D., of Rice county, Minnesota; Mrs. A. B. Parsons, of Delaware, Wis.; Janett Stewart, of Delaware, Wis.; Joseph A., of Northfield, Minn.; Archibald S., of Nyack, New York; Charles N., of Northfield, and James T., of Waukesha, Wis."
  8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #16195387
  9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #84495064
  10. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #18740356
  11. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #173457022for William D. Stewart (1813–9 Sep 1886), Riverside Cemetery, Denver, City and County of Denver, Colorado, USA; Maintained by bob toelle (contributor 47047332).
  12. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #138209577
  13. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #89099073
  14. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #129579553
  15. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #89099077
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP8-356 : 15 July 2022), Smithfield, Madison, New York, United States, household of Alexander Steward, Total 11 people includes: 2 males under 5 [CHARLES, JAMES], 2 males 5-9 [SONS JOSEPH, ARCHIBALD], 2 males 15-19 [SONS JOHN, WILLIAM], 1 male 20-29 [SON ROBERT], 1 male 50-59 [HEAD ALEXANDER], 2 females 10-14 [DAUGHTERS, CATHERINE, JEANETTE], 1 female 40-49 [WIFE MARGARET] [Note: Daughters Jane, Margaret no longer in household.]
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTW-VSQ : 8 December 2020), Manlius, Onondaga, New York, United States, Alexander Steward household, Total 7: 2 males 10-14 [CHARLES, JAMES], 1 male 15-19 [ARCHIBALD], 1 male 60-69 [HEAD ALEX], 2 females 20-29 [CATHERINE, JEANETTE], 1 female 50-59 [WIFE MARGARET] No longer in household: Jane, Margaret Jr, Robert, John, William, Joseph
  18. ↑ Town of Manlius Church Records, Fayetteville Presbyterian, Vol. 4, pp. 329-356, 1960, Church Records File
  19. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #84495054
  20. ↑ "United States Census, 1810", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2C-N81 : 28 Jan 2024), Johnstown, Montgomery County, New York, United States, Alexander Steward household, enumeration 6 Aug 1810, Total 6 includes: 2 males under 10 [SONS ROBERT, JOHN], 1 male 26-44 [HEAD ALEX], 2 females under 10 [DAUGHTERS JANE, MARGARET], 1 female 16-25 [WIFE MARGARET].
  21. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGZ-Q3Z : accessed 22 September 2022), Johnstown, Montgomery, New York, United States, enumeration date 7 Aug 1820, household of Alexander Steward, Total 9 people include: 2 males under 10 [SONS JOHN, WILLIAM], 1 male 10-15 [SON ROBERT], 1 male 26-44 [HEAD ALEXANDER], 2 females under 10 [DAUGHTERS CATHERINE, JEANETTE], 2 females 10-15 [DAUGHTERS JANE, MARGARET], 2 females 26-44 [WIFE MARGARET AND _?]
  22. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DR-NV8 : 23 December 2020), Margt Stewart in Alexr Stewart household, Pewaukee, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States




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