John was born in 1695. He died in 1782.
There has been much speculation about the origin of John Stewart, said to have been born in Berwickshire, Scotland about 1695. Pat M. Stevens had made a summary of all the issues in her User Home Page Book: Four Centuries in the New World: Volume One Part A: The Stewarts - Descendants of John Stewart : generation no:1 [1] Speaking of a son of the John Stewart discussed here, the author begins "I have found no comfort in John Stewart's Stewart antecedents. Indeed, we are not certain that our John is the one born in October 1734 in Bristol Parish, Prince George's County. There were many Stewarts in early Virginia. The discussion below ..... explores several opportunities for his background."
Possible & disputed father - James Fitzjames STEWART, Duke of Berwick (1670-1734).
From Nathaniel Floyd - "Beyond a reasonable doubt the first Col. John Stewart who came to Virginia from Scotland, Mourning Floyd's husband's great-grandfather - was a younger son of the Duke of Berwick, born in Berwick Castle, and cousin of Henry Stewart, Earl of Lennox, whose son, Henry Stewart, married his cousin, Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots. They were all reared in Berwickshire and were all descendants of Walter (Fitzalan) Stewart, the sixth "Grand Steward of Scotland." pp74 Bio-Genealogies of the VA- Ky Floyd Families. see here [2] for a discussion of this proposition in Rootsweb
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There is a kind of consensus on other sites that daughter Sarah Stewart (abt.1733-) Is the wife of Samuel Leiper Taylor (abt.1742-1786) which would make her the same person as Sarah (Stewart) Taylor (1744-1800). As I’m writing this I am not aware of any sources that justify that connection either.
If there is no objection after a reasonable time I will add the Fitzjames link myself.
Please don't add them again.
Thank you John
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