Stewart, William

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Battle:Battle of Worcester in Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Ship/Arrival:John & Sara, May 1652
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Published: 11 Sep 2018
Updated: 16 Mar 2020
Researchers: Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust
Editor: Teresa Rust

Stewart, William.* NEHGR, Incorrectly listed on George S. Stewart’s list:
Stewart, William. #104 on George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar list

IMPORTANT UPDATE! (July 2018)
According to Christopher Gerrard, Pam Graves, Andrew Millard, Richard Annis, and Anwen Caffell, in, Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650, (England: Oxbow Books, 2018), on page 256, William is categorized as: Doubtful [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity] Stewart/Stuart, William. Residences: Essex County MA. Appears: 1664. D.1664. Appears on John & Sara list. [Exiles; DR; SPOWS] For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices.

First Generation in the New World

1. A, WILLIAM STEWART, was born presumably in Scotland in 1629 1 and died at Lynn on 18 Mar 1663. 2 He married at Lynn, Massachusetts, SARAH (_____). 3

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No children found yet.

Stewart Clan Magazine, Volumes 1-10.

SOURCES and NOTES:

Augustine Walker of the Unity, John Crague [John Crag, age 20, of John and Sara?] and William Stewart, aged 24. Middlesex County, MA: Abstracts of Court Files, 1649–1675. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), (Unpublished abstracts by Thomas Bellows Wyman, “Abstract of Middlesex court files from 1649,” n.d.)
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB432/i/12380/17/138347395
  1. Aged about 24 on 04 Mar 1653, Middlesex County, MA: Abstracts of Court Files, 1649–1675.(Unpublished abstracts by Thomas Bellows Wyman, “Abstract of Middlesex court files from 1649,” n.d.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB432/i/12380/17/138347359 [↩]
  2. Stuart, William, Mar 18, 1663. Lynn Deaths, MA Vital Records https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Lynn/Images/Lynn_D598.shtml [↩]
  3. New England Marriages to 1700. Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/rd/21175/1451/426905502 [↩]