Person:Finley Stewart (1)

Will Extract

Will of Finley Stewart (page 59): written 12 June 1807, probated Feb 1809, with mention of wife Prudence, sons John, Robert, and James - with Robert's son Finley Stewart and James' son Finley G. Stewart, daughter Susanna, daughter Jennet, grandson Finley Shaw Forbis, daughter Eapharus?, granddaughter Sarah Hannah, alias McAdoo. The will of his wife Prudence (page 84), written 15 May 1819, probated May 1821, mentions sons John and Robert; daughters Susan Cloud and Uphane Gorrell; unnamed heirs of son James (deceased); granddaughter Sarah Hanner; unnamed grandchildren who were children of daughter Judith McAdow; grandsons Finley Washington Gorrell and Finley A. Stewart Cloro?; grandsons Robert Shaw Stewart (son of Robert), Robert Shaw Stewart (son of James), and James Addison Stewart (son of John); daughter Jane Forbis. Son-in-law David Gorrell was one of executors.

Source: http://genforum.genealogy.com/nc/guilford/messages/79.html].

Notes

There are 2 Finley Stewarts listed in the 1790 Guilford County, North Carolina Census. One as as Findly Stuart. In the household are 4 "free white males of 16 years & upwards," 4 "free white females including heads of families," and 3 slaves. The other is listed as Findley Stuart, and in the household are 4 free white males 16 & up, 4 females, and 2 slaves. Not sure which one is ours.

Listed in the 1800 Guilford County, North Carolina Census, Salisbury Township as Finley Stewart. In the household are: 1 male age 26-44, 1 male age 45 & over, 1 female age 16-25, 1 female age 45 & over, and 6 slaves. Living next to a Robert Stewart, and next to Hugh Shaw Sr. and Jr.

Information is from johnwweaver@@comcast.net. There is more ancestry information.

Came to America with his wife, Prudence, soon after his marriage in 1763, as they were in Guilford County, N.C. in 1764. Furnished supplies to the American Army during the American Revolution. (Account of United States from North carolina, War of Revolution, Book A, page 65. Ref.- North Carolina Revolutionary Account- Vol.5, page 39. folio 22)

Records on the internet show that they were married in North Carolina.

A conflicting Internet report shows that they were married in Killyleagh County Down N. Ireland... but since your information is more complete, I:m more likely to believe it -Guy

From bearpie514@@sbcglobal.net on the internet: "Gerry Large Amos, a descendant; gerry0816@@juno.com (1998). Also Robert Isaac, a descendant, 7650 N. Village Ave, Tucson, AZ 85704;Leutze481@@aol.com A book, "FINLEY STEWART-Our Immigrant Progenitor and Some of His Progeny"was written by Mark Stewart & Virgil Spencer (1992): "Finley Stewart was born at Ardigon House, County Down, Northern Irelandin 1730. The Stewarts moved to Ballymore House, Killinchy County Down,Ireland in 1720, after relocating from Dumfries, Ireland. Many of theStewarts are buried at Killyleaugh Parish Church, Killyleaugh CountyDown. It is believed that in 1763, they year of his marriage to Prudence,Finley left Northern Ireland with his bride and his nephew, SampsonStewart, son of his brother John, and came to America. We Have not yetdetermined where they first settled in America. It is said that Finley and Sampson were charter members of AlamancePresbyterian Church, Guilford Co., NC. That in being so, they were inNorth Carolina about 1764, the year the church was organized. From theHistory of Alamance Church, page 8, 2nd paragraph, it states, "The lossof church records previous to 1820 leaves us in doubt as to who were theoriginal congreafation besides Mrs. Mary Mebane, and the families of hersons-in-law, William Cusack and Thomas Wiley, and of Andrew Finley andAdam Lecky (sic). It is very probable that there were some of theAlexanders, Allisons, Hanners, Neeleys, Paisleys, Rankins, and Stewarts." Finley Stewart died in Guilford Co., NC in 1809, and is buried in theAlamance Presbyterian Church burial grounds along with his wife, PrudenceShaw." Their ancestral home was located about 30 miles south of Belfast andnorth of Downpatrick. The above mentioned book is available from Virgil Spencer 5644DStrawberry Dr., Charlotte, NC 28211 for $41.00. I have purchased one ofthe final copies, which is unbound. JNT Page 451 of "Finley Stewart" quotes from a letter written about 1895:"Finley Stewart and his wife, Prudence, whose surname was Shaw, (she wasa very small woman) lived on what is now known as the James (Jim) StewartPlace, southeast of Greensboro, NC. (This James Stewart married Susan,daughter of Capt. Robert and Anna Gilmer.) Judit McAdoo was a daughterof Finley Stewart, his second child. Great Grandmother Judith McAdoo(our mother Judith Theresa Coble's grandmother) was said to be a handsomewoman, was born and raised on that place known as the James StewartPlace, in the Alamance Church neighborhood."[v115t0125.ftw]"

Many trees on the internet show his birth date as December 17, 1730, with alternate records claiming May 13, 1730. His tombstone, a double stone with his wife, says, "Finley Stewart, d. 13 February 1809, 78 years and 9 months," which would make the May birthdate accurate.

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Came to America with his wife, Prudence, soon after his marriage in 1763 as they were in Guilford County, N.C. in 1764. Furnished supplies to the American Army during the American Revolution. (Account of United States from North carolina, War of Revolution, Book A, page 65. Ref.- North Carolina Revolutionary Account- Vol.5, page 39. folio 22)

1. ↑ .

   Tombstone, Alamance Presbyterian Church cemetery, Guilford County, North Carolina. age 78 years, 9 months

2. ↑ .

   Letter to Gordan West from Mark Stewart, dated 8 April, 1942