Person:John Stewart (323)

John Stewart
d.Bef 16 Feb 1792 Augusta County, Virginia
m. Abt 1750
  1. Jane 'Jean' StuartAbt 1750 - 1816
  2. William StewartAbt 1752 -
  3. Elizabeth StewartAft 1753 -
  4. John StewartAbt 1754 - Bef 1792
  5. James StewartAft 1756 -
  6. Mary 'Polly' StuartAbt 1760 -
m. Abt 1783
  1. Mary 'Polly' Stuart1783 - 1857
  2. Margaret Summers Stuart1785 - 1856
  3. Jane StuartAbt 1788 -
  4. Samuel Morrison Burnside StuartAbt 1792 -
Facts and Events
Name John Stewart
Alt Name John Stuart
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1754 Augusta County, Virginia
Marriage Abt 1783 Prob. Augusta County, Virginiato Frances Burnside
Death? Bef 16 Feb 1792 Augusta County, Virginia

John Stewart's birthdate is estimated at "abt. 1754", since he is listed as 2nd eldest son.

Page 30.--15th January, 1790. John Stuart's will--To wife, Frances; when youngest child shall come of age of 18 years; to children, Mary Stuart, Margaret Stuart, Samuel Stuart, and child wife is now big with. Executors, wife Frances, David Stephenson, Robt. Kinney. Teste: George Crawford, James Crawford, Mary Stuart. Proved, 16th February, 1792, by Geo. Crawford, Mary Stuart. Executrix Frances qualifies.



From Chalkley's:

Vol. 2 - Baxter vs. Stuart's executors--O. S. 53; N. S. 18--Bill, 18th June, 1805. Orators are, viz: John Baxter and Margaret, his wife, who was daughter of John Stuart, whose will is recorded in Augusta. The widow Frances married Joseph Moore. Margaret was also entitled under the will of John Burnsides and of Martha Burnsides (father and mother of Frances). The wife of James Craig was sister of John Stuart. Frances and John had a daughter Polly, who married Peachy Harrison. Answer sworn to by Frances Moore in Shenandoah County 14th November, 1805. Margaret had a brother Samuel (born after his father's death).

From Rootsweb.com post:

From: InkerBay@@aol.com <InkerBay@@aol.com> To: STEWART-L@@rootsweb.com <STEWART-L@@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 8:47 AM Subject: John Stuart 1790 Augusta/Shenandoah, VA.


>Hi Rooters, > >I need help finding the parents of John Stuart, will written 1/15/1790, >Augusta County, Virginia. John was married to Frances Burnside who was the >daughter of John and Martha Burnside of Augusta County, Virginia. After John >Stuart's death early in the 1790s, Frances Burnside Stuart married 5/11/1802 >Joseph Moore in Augusta County, Virginia. > >John and Frances had three children before his death: Mary "Polly" Stuart b. >9/12/1783 d. 9/12/1857 m. Dr. Peachy Harrison on 2/29/1804 in Rockingham >County, Virginia, Margaret Summers Stuart b. 1785 d. 3/15/1856 m. 2/29/1804 >John Baxter in Rockingham County, and Samuel Morrison Burnside Stuart b. abt. >1791 who m. Anna Sigler 1/11/1813 in Shenandoah, Virginia. > >Any information about this family will be greatly appreciated! Thank you! > >Anne Bays (Richmond, Virginia) >