Person:Benjamin Stuart (1)
Benjamin Stuart
b.Abt 1737 Chester County, Pennsylvania
d.12 Dec 1808 Augusta County, Virginia
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1720
  1. Thomas Stuart, I1722 - Bef 1789
  2. Eleanor StuartEst 1726 - 1802
  3. Maj. Alexander StuartAbt 1735 - 1822
  4. Benjamin StuartAbt 1737 - 1808
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Benjamin StuartAbt 1737 - 1808
  • W.  Eleanor Tate1747 - 1801
m. Abt 1769
  1. Mary "Polly" Stuart1769 - 1842
  2. Bettie StuartEst 1770 -
  3. James StuartEst 1772 -
  4. Benjamin StuartEst 1774 -
  5. Maj. Archibald Stuart1777 - 1849
  6. Elizabeth StuartEst 1780 -
  7. Sarah StuartEst 1782 -
  8. John StuartAbt 1784 -
  9. Nancy StuartAbt 1787 -
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Facts and Events
Name Benjamin Stuart
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1737 Chester County, Pennsylvania
Other[3] 5 Sep 1759 Augusta County, Virginianamed in Will of Archibald Stuart, father
Marriage Abt 1769 prob. Augusta County, Virginiato Eleanor Tate
Will[3] 3 Dec 1808 Augusta, Virginia, United States
Death[1] 12 Dec 1808 Augusta County, Virginia
Burial[5] Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Augusta, Virginia, United States
Probate[3] 26 Dec 1808 Augusta, Virginia, United States

Benjamin Stuart was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Early Settlers
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Borden's Grant
Register
Data
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Library
History
Index

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Research Notes

  • Note: Different abstracts of Benjamin Stuart's will show different information. Need to get a verified copy of his will4, if possible, to check for errors.
References
  1. ↑ Wilson, Howard McKnight. The Tinkling Spring, headwater of freedom: a study of the church and her people, 1732-1952. (Fishersville, Virginia: Tinkling Spring and Hermitage Presbyterian Churches, 1954)
    467.
  2.   Waddell, Joseph A. (Joseph Addison). Annals of Augusta County, Virginia: with reminiscences illustrative of the vicissitudes of its pioneer settlers biographical sketches of citizens locally prominent, and of those who have founded families in the southern and western states : a diary of the war, 1861-'5, and a chapter on reconstruction by Joseph Addison Waddell. (Staunton, Virginia: C.R. Caldwell, 1902)
    462.

    III. Benjamin Stuart, whose children were — ...
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    [cos1776 Note: Many researchers cite this source as if it contains a lot of information on Benjamin Stuart, but this is all there is!]

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Will Abstract of Benjamin Stuart, in Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish settlement in Virginia: Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800. (Rosslyn, Virginia: The Commonwealth Printing Company, 1912-1913 in Three Volumes)
    3:233.

    [Augusta County Will Book 10]
    Page 222 - - 3rd December, 1808. Benjamin Stuart's will - - To son, Archibald; son, John (lot in Waynesboro); son-in-law, George Hutcheson; son, Benjamin (infant); to daughter Nancy (land in Tazewell County on head of Loral Fork of Wolf Creek); to daughters, Polly, Betsy, Sally, Nancy; to three married daughters, Polly McClung, Betsy Hutcheson, Sally Diddle. Executors, Robert Stuart, Andrew Fulton, son Archibald Stuart, son-in-law Geo. Hutcheson. Teste: Alex. Hall, James Diddle, James McCord, Jno. Alexander. Proved, 26th December, 1808. Executors qualify (except George).

  4.   Will Transcript of Benjamin Stuart, in Augusta County, Virginia Will Book
    10:222.

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  5. ↑ 24835673, in Find A Grave.

    [No headstone photo as of Dec 2015.]

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