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Created: 26 Mar 2020; Updated: 02 Oct 2020 Researcher: Teresa Rust Editor: Teresa Rust
First Generation in the New World
1. JOHN¹ ROSS, was born presumably in Scotland and died in Massachusetts. He married, at Wenham before 09 Apr 1664, MARY HAGGETT, the daughter of HENRY (1594-1678) and ANN (_____) HAGGETT.1 MARY was born about 1646 and died at Windham, Connecticut on 05 Nov 1725 about 79 years of age.
Biographical Notes: 1. The Ross Families of Ipswich, Massachusetts by Kathleen Barber, Janet Ireland Delorey and Alice Bruce Sherman2 2. John, Killicress (Gilchrist), and Fennel Ross are all living in Ipswich around the same time.3 3. Mary (Haggett) Ross died at Windham on 5 Nov 1725 about 79 years probably in the home of one of her sons, Daniel Ross or Joseph Ross.
Children of John and Mary (Haggett) Ross:4 2. i. JOHN² ROSS, (John¹), b. at Ipswich on 09 Apr 1664. 2. ii. MARY² ROSS, (John¹), b. at Ipswich on 16 Apr 1666. m., SOUTHWICK. 2. iii. SARAH² ROSS, (John¹), m., WILLIAM HOAR. 2. iv. HANNAH² ROSS, (John¹), m., JOHN RUSS. 2. v. ABIGAIL² ROSS, (John¹), b. at Ipswich on 14 Oct 1672. 2. vi. SUSANNA² ROSS, (John¹), b. at Ipswich on 14 Dec 1675. m., EBONS? 2. vii. WILLIAM² ROSS, (John¹), b. at Ipswich on 20 Jan 1676/7. 2. viii. DANIEL² ROSS, (John¹), b. at Ipswich on 08 Jan 1678/9 2. JOSEPH² ROSS, (John¹), bap. as “grown” son on 08 Feb 1707/8. 2. ELIZABETH² ROSS, (John¹),
Second and Third Generations
2. i. JOHN² ROSS, (John¹), was born at Ipswich on 09 Apr 16645.
2. ii. MARY² ROSS, (John¹), was born at Ipswich on 16 Apr 1666. She married at Ipswich on 24 Jun 1686, SAMUEL SOUTHWICK5.
Biographical Notes: Called Mary Ross alias Southwick in the distribution of her brother Jonathan’s estate on 13 Nov. 1704. She m. at Ipswich on 24 June 1686, SAMUEL SOUTHWICK, he is the son of JOHN and SARAH (_____) (Tidd) SOUTHWICK. He died by 13 Mar 1709/10.5
Children of Samuel and Mary (Ross) Southwick: 3. i. SAMUEL SOUTHWICK, b. 30 Jan 1688/9
3. ii. EBENEZER SOUTHWICK, b. 9 Nov 1690; d. c 1771; m. 1st, at Salem on 09 Apr 1724, SARAH PROCTOR; m. 2nd, at Salem on 18 Oct 1727, MARY WHITMAN.
Children of Ebenezer and Sarah (Proctor) Southwick:5 4. i. LOIS SOUTHWICK, 4. EBENEZER SOUTHWICK, 4. SARAH SOUTHWICK, m. (_____) STACEY 4. MARY SOUTHWICK, m. (_____) UPTON. 4. HANNAH SOUTHWICK, m. (_____) Lefavor
Children of Ebenezer and Mary (Whitman) Southwick:5 4. SARAH SOUTHWICK, b. at Salem on 24 May 1728. 4. MARY SOUTHWICK, b. at Salem on 22 Dec 1729. 4. EBENEZER SOUTHWICK, b. at Salem on 23 Jan 1734. 4. LOIS SOUTHWICK, b. at Salem on 03 Mar 1735. 4. HANNAH SOUTHWICK, 4. LYDIA SOUTHWICK,?
2. iii. SARAH² ROSS, (John¹), was born at Ipswich on 16 Feb 1667/8. She married at Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts on 03 Jun 1685, WILLIAM HOAR.5
Biographical Notes:
Children of William and Sarah² (Ross) Hoar: 3. i. ABIGAIL³ HOAR, (Sarah Ross², John¹), prob. born 1685, bp. at Beverly on 02 Feb 1695/6.5
3. MARY³ HOAR, (Sarah Ross², John¹), bp. at Beverly on 02 Feb 1695/6. She married at Marblehead on 18 Nov 1708, MOSES PITMAN, JR.5
3. REBECCA³ HOAR, (Sarah Ross², John¹), bp. at Beverly on 02 Feb 1695/6. She married at Marblehead on 22 Dec 1712, BENJAMIN CARDER. ((https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/14304/40/38039025))
3. SARAH³ HOAR, (Sarah Ross², John¹), bp. at Beverly on 02 Feb 1695/6. She married at Beverly on 21 Jun 1720, “prob. as his second wife,” JAMES TAYLOR, SR.5
2. iv. HANNAH ROSS, (John¹), was. born at Ipswich on 01 Feb 1669/70. She married at Andover, Massachusetts on 06 May 1695, JOHN RUSS.
Children of John and Hannah (Ross) Russ: 3. i. HANNAH RUSS, (Hannah Ross², John¹), b. at Andover on 20 Feb 1695/6. “She married Probably, JOHN DUNHAM.”6
2. v. ABIGAIL² ROSS, (John¹), was born at Ipswich on 14 Oct 1672 and died in 1749. No marriage record found.
2. vi. SUSANNA² ROSS, (John¹), was born at Ipswich on 14 Dec 1675. She married a man named EBONS [Hebborn?].7
2. vii, WILLIAM² ROSS, (John¹), b. at Ipswich on 20 Jan 1676/7.7
2. viii. DANIEL² ROSS, (John¹), was born at Ipswich on 08 Jan 1678/9. He died at Windham, Connecticut between 18 Jun 1752 – 14 Mar 1763. He married as “Daniel Raws of Windon”, first, at Lynn, Massachusetts, MARY FARR.7 She died at Windham on 07 Jul 1709. He married, second, in 1716, MARGARET HOVEY.8 He married, third, at Windham on 30 Mar 1741, JUDITH (WARD) WARNER.9
Children of Daniel and Margaret (Hovey) Ross: 3. i. RUTH ROSS, was born at Windham on 07 May 1717. 3. ii. DANIEL ROSS, was born at Windham on 13 Jun 1719. 3. iii. JEMIMA ROSS, was born at Windham on 31 Aug 1721. 3. iv. MARGARET ROSS, was born at Windham on 19 Jun 1724.10
2. ix. JONATHAN² ROSS, mariner, was born at Ipswich on 13 Mar 1682/3 and died on 23 Feb 1703/4.11
2. x. JOSEPH² ROSS, (John¹), was born at Ipswich on 13 Mar 1682/3 and baptised as a “grown” son on 08 Feb 1707/8. He moved to Windham, Connecticut where his brother Daniel Ross had moved.11
Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/14304/40/264788365 [↩]
Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/14304/46/38039028 [↩]
Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/14304/47/38039029 [↩]
Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.)https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/14304/48/38039030 [↩]
Sources and Notes: Contributed by Ray Dusek: Fennel “Finlay” Ross 1621–1683 Birth 1621 • Scotland Death 12 FEB 1683 • Haverhill,Essex,Massachusetts, Spouse: Hannah Bull 1649-1720 Children: Hannah Ross 1665- ? Susanna Ross 1666-1739 Mary Ross 1668-? James Ross 1671-? Abigail Elizabeth Ross 1673-1720 Lydia Ross 1676-1752
Susanna Ross 1666–1739 Birth 2 OCT 1666 • Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Death 15 DEC 1739 • Malden, Essex, Massachusetts, Spouse: Jacob Wilson 1671-1741 Children John Willson 1697-1778 Catherine Wilson 1698-1732 Jacob Willson 1698-1791 Joseph Wilson 1701-1755 Susanna Willson 1705-1729
Abigail Elizabeth Ross, 1673–1720 Birth 28 JAN 1673 • Ipswich, Massachusetts Death 1720 • Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, Spouse: John Hazelton 1678-1715 Children John Hazelton Col.1702-1777 Abner Hazelton 1705-1731 Daniel Hazelton 1708-1748 Mehitabel Hazelton 1710-1754
Lydia Ross 1676–1752 Birth 22 JUN 1676 • Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Death 4 MAY 1752 • Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, Spouse James Ford 1674-1735 Children Mary Ford 1700-1702 Robert Ford 1702-1745 Hannah Ford 1705-1750 Sarah Ford 1707-? Mary Ford 1709-1757
Name: Fenel Ross [Fennel Rosse] [Fenel Roase] [Fenel Rouse] [Fenel Rouce] Probate Date: 25 Mar 1684 Probate Type: inventory Inferred Death Year: 1684 Inferred Death Place: Massachusetts, British America File Number: 24211
Possibly John Ross and Fennel Ross both of Ipswich
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Published: 02 Sep 2018, Updated: 02 Oct 2020 Page contributors: Ray Dusek, Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust Editor: Teresa Rust
First Generation in the New World
1. GILCHRIST¹ ROSS, was born, presumably in Scotland and died at Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1683/4. He married at Ipswich on 09 May 1661, MARY GALLY2 (1640-1720 at age 80).
Biographical Notes: 1. According to, Christopher Gerrard, Pam Graves, Andrew Millard, Richard Annis, and Anwen Caffell, Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650, (England: Oxbow Books, 2018), on page 251, Gilchrist is categorized as: Probable [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity] Ross, Gilchrist. Residences: Ipswich MA. Appears: 1654. D.1683. Servant of Samuel Symonds. [Exiles; DR; SPOWS]For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices. 2. The Ross Families of Ipswich, Massachusetts by Kathleen Canney Barber, Janet Ireland Delorey, and Alan Bruce Sherman.3
Children of Gilchrist and Mary (Gally) Ross: 2. i. JOHN ROSS4, b. at Ipswich, Massachusetts on 09 May 16625; d. 1745. 2. ii. MARY ROSS4, 1664-1739 2. iii. SARAH ROSS4, was born at Ipswich on 22 Jan 16666 and died in 1714. 2. iv. ELIZABETH ROSS4, was born at Ipswich on 27 Jul 1667.7 2. v. MARGARET/MARGRETT ROSS, was born at Ipswich on 13 Dec 16685 and died in 1683. 2. vi. WILLIAM ROSS4, was born at Ipswich on 11 Feb 16706 and died in 1727. 2. vii. SAMUEL ROSS8, was born at Ipswich on 25 May 16736 and died in 1696. 2. viii. JANE ROSS8, was born at Ipswich on 15 May 16757and died in 1736. 2. ix. ABIGAIL ROSS4, was born at Ipswich on 20 Jun 16779 and died in 1720. 2. x. DANIEL ROSS4, was born at Ipswich in Jul 16797 and died in 1750. 2. xi. JONATHAN ROSS4 was born at Ipswich on 14 Jul 16815; and died in 1722.
Second Generation
2. i. JOHN ROSS4, (John1), was born at Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts on 09 May 16625 and died at Ipswich on 21 Aug 1745. He married before 1680, ANN LOWE (1659-).
Children of John and Ann (Lowe) Ross: 3. i. JONATHAN ROSS, (John2, John1), 1680-1704 3. ii. BENJAMIN ROSS, (John2, John1), 1682-1704 3. iii. JOSHUA ROSS, (John2, John1), 1682- ? 3. iv. JABEZ ROSS, (John2, John1), 1705-1801
2. ii. MARY ROSS10, (John1), was born at Ipswich on 31 Mar 1664 and died at Ipswich on 16 Aug 1739. She married before 1690, ABRAHAM FITTS, (1656-).
Children of Abraham and Mary (Ross) Fitts: 3. i. ROBERT FITTS, 1690-1753 3. ii. ANNA FITTS, 1694-? 3. iii. MARY FITTS, 1694-1699 3. iv. MERCY FITTS, 1695-1721 3. v. SARAH FITTS, 1698-1718 3. vi. SAMUEL FITTS, 1699-1727 3. vii. JOHN FITTS, 1701-1774 3. viii. MARY FITTS, 1703-1767 3. ix. EPHRAIM FITTS, 1705-1741 3. x. EBENEZER FITTS, 1708-1724 3. xi. RICHARD FITTS, ?
2. iii. SARAH ROSS4, (John1), was born at Ipswich on 22 JAN 166611 and died at Ipswich on 04 Aug 1714. She married before 1680, GEORGE JEWELL, 1663-1734.
Children of George and Sarah (Ross) Jewell: 3. i. WILLIAM JEWELL, 1680-1749 3. ii. GEORGE JEWELL, 1683-1765 3. iii. ELIZABETH JEWELL, 1688-1788 3. iv. JAMES JEWELL, 1690-1752 3. v. William??? Jewell Jr 1694-1727 3. vi. JENNY JEWELL, 1701-? 3. vii. PATIENCE JEWELL, 1703-? 3. viii. RICHARD JEWELL, 1704-1756
2. iv. ELIZABETH ROSS4, (John1), was born at Ipswich on 27 Jul 16677.
2. v. MARGARET/MARGRETT ROSS, (John1), was born at Ipswich on 13 Dec 16685 and died in 1683.
2. vi. WILLIAM ROSS4, (John1), was born at Ipswich on 11 Feb 167011 and died in 1727.
2. vii. SAMUEL ROSS4, (John1), was born at Ipswich on 25 May 167311 and died in 1696.
2. viii. JANE ROSS4, (John1), was born at Ipswich on 15 May 16757 and died in 1736.
2. ix. ABIGAIL ROSS12, (John1), was born at Ipswich on 20 Jun 167713and died in 1720.
2. x. DANIEL ROSS14, (John1), was born at Ipswich in July 16797 and died in 1750.
2. xi. JONATHAN ROSS4, (John1), was born at Ipswich on 14 Jul 16815; and died in 1722.
((New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21175/1303/426902266 [↩]
Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/14304/40/264788365 [↩]
Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13855/24220-co2/31464555 [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩]
Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13855/24220-co2/31464555 [↩] [↩]
Ipswich Births: Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), page 318. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7724/321/22267003 [↩]
((Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13855/24220-co2/31464555 [↩]
Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13855/24220-co2/31464555 [↩]
Ipswich Births: Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), 318. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7724/321/22267003 [↩]
Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13855/24220-co2/31464555 [↩]
Battle of Dunbar in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Ship/Arrival:
Unity, Dec 1650
Prisoner and List:
Name Variations:
Residences:
Other SPOW Associations:
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Alexander Macxy als. Maxwell. #60 on George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar list 1
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), 2 on page 250, Alexander is categorized as: Probable [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity] Maxey/Macxy/Maxsy/Maxy/Maxie/[Maxwell, one time], Alexander/Allexander. Residences: Ipswich, Wenham MA. Appears: 1656. B.c.1633. D.1684. Servant to Richard Kimball. Closely associated with other Scots in Wenham. [Exiles; DR; SPOWS; Ch.8] 34156
1. ALEXANDER¹ MAXEY, was born, presumably in Scotland about 1633 and died at Wenham, Massachusetts in 1684 and his will probate date was 24 June 1684. He married about 1660, in Wenham, to MARY/MARAH ABBE, b. in Salem Village (now Danvers) in 1642; d. in Wenham 2 May 1721, dau. of John and Mary (Loringe) Abbe. 7891011(SEE IMAGE ON PAGE 2)
Biographical Notes: (Not the same as Alexander Maxwell, #59, of York County, Maine) Alexander Maxey was one of four men sent to Wenham and was indentured for a short time to Richard Kimball. He was deposed March 1656 at an Ipswich court concerning a lawsuit by Henry Kimball, his master, versus Thomas Smith, William Marchent, Richard Shatswell and John Newman for damage to corn caused by cattle. Alexander stated that Kimball’s outside fence was a sufficient fence when the damage had occurred. 12 By 1660 he was married and was living Wenham, “where his wife, Mary, and his children became church members, although Alexander apparently did not join.” Reinforcing this date of his appearance in Wenham is his mention as being a settler of the town in 1659 in the History of Essex County, Massachusetts, With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men. 1314 He was closely associated with other Scots in Wenham, including as a legatee of Alexander Braband, who died 22 Oct 1678 and bequeathed to Alexander Maxey “a Jacket & a paire of Britches, being all prized at 19s.”151614 On 23 October 1668, Alexander Maxey was mentioned at a Wenham Town meeting, “Richard Huttn & John Clarke is Chosen to Joyne with the Select men to make our ministers Rate for this Instant yeere & to proportion to every man his share of wood according to the towns Ingeagment & every person in the towne is to see yt theire due & full proportions be [don] at or before ye last day of the next month upon the forfiture of double the pric or worth of theire said parte: & the said Defect or fines to be added by the Select men to their Rate & John Abey Senir & James Bette & Alexander Maxey is Chosen to see to the wood Caryeing & they are desired to give in an account to the Select men. 17 He was again mentioned at a town meeting 30 March 1669 as being chosen to hold the position of Surveyor, seeing to the repair of all common fences surrounding corn fields. Then, at a Wenham Town meeting on 6 January 1672 or 73, the following is recorded, “Its granted to Goodman Maxey twenty Akres of lands in our Comon to be layd out to him at the Discretion of the Select men Walter Fairefield & Richard Huttn upon the tenr as followeth viz: for his owne use to Dwell upon alwayes provided that when he or his wife & children shall leave it it shall Returne to the towne to be at theire disposeing.” 18 It is worth noting that on 27 May 1673, a summons to appear in Court concerning trouble at Alexander’s home was recorded “… to summons Abraham Martin to answer his presentment for abusing Alexander Maxe at his own house and also his family, and for taking the Lord’s name in vain, with said Maxe and his wife as witnesses.” 19 There are several land disputes between various parties, some of which involved Alexander Maxey. In one, taking place at Salem Court, 5 June 1678 addressed if Daniel Killam had title to land which he had sold to Alexander. “Alexander Maxey, aged about forty-five years, testified / that the pasture or close fenced in on the east side of the country road from Walter Fayerfeld=s house and nearly north from the acre of land that Daniell Killam sold deponent, was fenced in by Capt. Thomas Fisk about eleven or twelve years since, all of which time he had improved it for corn and mowing ground. . . .” 20 Then 24 June 1679 at Salem Quarterly Court, Alexander was deposed concerning a land dispute between executor for Samuel Smith versus Richard Hutten. “Alexander Maxey, aged about forty-five years, deposed that he lived about nineteen years on the farm that Mr. William Browne, sr., of Salem had the disposing of, which is said to be the land that was Mr. Samuell Smith’s, and in that part of it was that formerly James Smith’s. The meadow that lay by the river was part of that meadow or swamp that is called the Beaver Hole meadow, which meadow he had enjoyed with John Killam until about nine years ago. Richard Hutten desired deponent to allow him to mow the meadow and he would pay him, but after he let him have it, deponent said he would mow it himself, whereupon Hutten told him not to meddle with it for he had possession of it. The land is bounded on the east with the river, on the north with a little brook between Walter Fairefeild’s meadow and the land itself, on the south with the upland and on the west with Bever hole.” The verdict was in Hutten’s favor.21 After his death, the inventory of the estate of “Alexander Maxy [Maxey], of Wenham, taken 21st of 4th mo., 1684, by Richard Hutton and Walter Fairfield. Amount £159 10s 00d, and administration of the estate granted unto Mary the relict of the deceased, in court, at Salem, June 24th, 1684.” 22 Alexander Maxey’s widow, Mary (Abbe) Maxey, remarried after his death to Corporal Daniel Kilham about 1695, she becoming his 3rd wife. This may have been the same Daniel Kilham mentioned in a court dispute dated 25 June 1678, above. Mary (Abbe) Maxey Kilham died 7 Sept 1696. 23Worth noting: Mary/Marah Abbe was the sister of Samuel Abbe. Samuel Abbe married Mary Knowlton. Mary Knowlton had a brother, Benjamin Knowlton. He had a daughter, Sarah Knowlton who married Jonathan Taylor, the son of James Taylor, #32 on the “Scots at Lynn 1653. Iron Works Inventory.”
Children of Alexander and Mary (Abbe) Maxey: 2. i. DAVID² MAXEY/MAXY, b. at Wenham, MA on 2 Jan 1662; 24; d. 26; m. SARAH LOOMIS. 2. ii. MARY² MAXEY/MAXIE, b at Wenham on 15 Sept 1664 27. 2. iii. MARGARET² MAXEY, b at Wenham in 1666; (Supposedly mentioned in Alexander’s will.) m. in Topsfield 19 June 1693 to JOHN ATWELL (There is a m. reference to Margaret “Max”.) 28 2. iv. ALEXANDER² MAXEY II, b at Wenham in 1668; d. 20 Sept 1723 in Attleborow, Bristol; 29 m. in Topsfield, Essex 21 Feb 1692, ABIGAIL MILES. 3031 2. v. JOHN² MAXEY/MAXIE, b at Wenham on 1 Feb 1670; 32 2. vi. SAMUEL² MAXEY, b. at Wenham 23 Sept 1673; 33 bapt. 23 Nov 1673 “of Wenham”; 3435 d. possibly in 1673. 2. vii. WILLIAM² MAXEY, b. at Wenham on 9 Nov 1675 36; d. 1748; 37 m. in Wenham 6 Mar 1696, SARAH KNOULTON/KNOWLTON, 38 2. viii. ELIZABETH² MAXEY, b at Wenham abt 1676; d. in Wenham 15 Dec 1737; 39 m. in Wenham 12 Jan 1715, SAMUEL TARBOX. 40 2. ix. SARAH/SARY² MAXEY/MAXCE, b at Wenham in 1678; d. 2 Apr 1768; m. in Topsfield 8 Apr 1712, THOMAS KILLUM. 41 2. x. BENONY/BENONI/BENNONI² MAXEY, b in Wenham abt 1682; m. in Wenham/Beverly 25 Mar 1710, MARY HERRICK.42
Second and Third Generations
2. i. DAVID² MAXEY/MAXWELL, was born at Wenham, MA on 2 Jan 1662 43. He died in Wenham 7 Feb 1754 2537. David married about 1691, SARAH LOOMIS, b. 1 Apr 1660, daughter of Joseph Loomis Jr and Mary (Sherwood) Loomis. 44 (He named his children Maxwell according to Melanie Maxwell York.)
Children of David and Sarah (Loomis) Maxey/Maxwell: 3. i. GERSHOM³ MAXWELL, b at Wenham in 1691; bapt. in Wells, York, 13 Mar 1720; d. abt 1750; m. MARY YOUNG. 3. ii. JOHN³ MAXWELL, b. at Wenham in 1694. (no source) 3. iii. SAMUEL³ MAXEY, b at Wenham on 25 Mar 1696; 45 possibly married Jane (______). 3. iv. MARTHA³ MAXEY, b. at Wenham on 10 May 1699; 46 d. at Wenham 1 Aug 1762; 47 m. in the Wenham area 17 Nov 1736 to a JOHN MAXWELL, 48 line unknown. 3. v. MARY³ MAXEY, b at Wenham on 12 Dec 1702; 49 d. in Gloucester 12 May 1773; 50 m. in Wenham 28 Nov 1723, DAVID PULSIPHER, 51 b. 9 Jan 1701; d. 1791, son of John and Joanna (Kent) Pulsipher. 3. vi. SARAH³ MAXWELL (no source)
2. ii. MARY² MAXEY/MAXIE, b at Wenham on 15 Sept 1664 27.
2. iii. MARGARET² MAXEY, b at Wenham in 1666. (Supposedly mentioned in her father’s will.) May have m. in Topsfield 19 June 1693 to JOHN ATWELL (There is a m. reference to Margaret “Max”.) 28 If this was a valid source referencing their marriage, then the following children are their offspring.
Children of MARGARET² (MAXEY) and JOHN ATWELL: 3. i. JOSEPH³ ATWELL, b. at Lynn 12 Dec 1694; 52 d. in Litchfield, CT 8 Feb 1761; 53 m. in Lynn 03 July 1718 SARAHRHODES, 54 dau. of Henry and Elizabeth (Paul) Rhoads. 3. ii. MARGARET³ ATWELL, b. in Lynn abt 1698. (no sources) 3. iii. NATHAN³ ATWELL, b. in Lynn abt 1700; d. in Lynn Mar 1755; m. in Lynn 1729, ANNA RAMSDELL, 55 dau. of Jonathan and Ann (Chadwell) Ramsdell. 3. iv. JOHN³ ATWELL, b. in Lynn 16 Oct 1702. (no sources) 3. v. ANDREW³ ATWELL, b in Lynn abt 1704. (no sources) 3. vi. MARY³ ATWELL, b. in Lynn abt 1706. (no sources)
2. iv. ALEXANDER/ALLEXSANDER² MAXEY, may have been born at Wenham in 1668. (May have been documented as Alexander Marcy) He died 20 Sept 1723 in Attleborow, Bristol and his will was probated in 1723; 562957 He married 21 Feb 1692 in Topsfield, Essex to ABIGAIL MILES, 3031 b. 16 Mar 1748, dau. of Joseph Miles and Exercise (Felton) Miles. 58
Children of Alexander and Abigail (MILES) Maxey/Maxcey: 3. i. ALEXANDER/ALLEXSANDER³ MAXEY, III, b. at Wenham on 17 Dec 1698; 59 d. by Mar 1746, probate inventory, “late of Holliston”; 60 m. abt 1717, ELIZABETH KIBBE, b. in Sherborn 1699, dau. of Joshua Kibbee Jr and Mary (Comey) Kibbee. 3. ii. ABIGAIL³ MAXEY, b. in Gloucester 1695; d. 10 Apr 1778; m. in Gloucester 31 Dec 1716 DEACON JACOB HASKELL, 616263 b. in Gloucester 15 Jan 1690; d. in Gloucester 6 Aug 1757, son of William Haskell IV and Mary (Brown) Haskell. 3. iii. MARY³ MAXEY, b. at Wenham on 19 Mar 1700; 59 d. Wrentham 2 Mar 1727; m. in Attleboro 4 May 1726, WILLIAM WARE, 64 b. in Wrentham 4 July 1697; d. in Dighton 11 June 1764, son of John Ware Jr and Mehitable (Chaplin) Ware. 3. iv. JOSEPH³ MAXEY, b. at Wenham on 29 Jul 1703; 59 d. 20 Oct 1757; m. in Wenham 8 Feb 1727, REBEKAH STACEY, 65 b. abt 1705, “of Wenham”. 3. v. ESTHER³ MAXEY, b. in Wenham 23 Aug 1706; d. in Dedham 1774; m. in Attleborough 19 Oct 1728, 66NEHEMIAH WARD, b. in Newton 20 July 1704; d. 8 May 1771, son of Jonathan and Abigail (Hall) Ward. 3. vi. JOSIAH³ MAXEY, b. in Wenham 16 June 1709; d. in Attleborough 23 Mar 1772; (Josiah was mentioned in Alexander’s probate record concerning land division in 1732 after father’s death) 56 m. in Dedham 2 Feb 1737, MARY EVERETT, 6756 b. in Dedham 17 Dec 1711, dau. of Richard and Mary (Fuller) Everett. 3. vii. BENJAMIN³MAXEY, b. in Wenham abt Nov 1711; d. 28 Mar 1739; m. in Attleborough 19 Jan 1735, MARTHA FOLLETT, 68 b. in Attleborough 25 May 1709; d. in Attleborough abt 1738, dau. of Abraham and Sarah (Callam) Follett.
2. v. JOHN² MAXEY/MAXIE, b at Wenham on 1 Feb 1670. 32
2. vi. SAMUEL² MAXEY, b. at Wenham 23 Sept 1673; 33 bapt. 23 Nov 1673, of Wenham; 3435 d. 1673.
2. vii. WILLIAM² MAXEY, was born at Wenham on 9 Nov 1675 69; death abt 1748, probate 28 Dec 174837 marriage intention recorded at Wenham on 6 Mar 1696/7, SARAH KNOULTON/KNOWLTON, 38 b. in Ipswich 16 Jan 1671; d. in Manchester 18 Mar 1734, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth (Witt) Knowlton.
Children of William and Sarah (Knowlton) Maxey: 3. i. MARY³ MAXEY, b. at Wenham on 6 Feb 1697; 70 m. 15 Jun 1731 in Ipswich, JONATHAN KNOWLTON. 3. ii. ELIZABETH³ MAXEY, b. at Wenham abt 1698. (no source)
2. viii. ELIZABETH² MAXEY, b at Wenham abt 1676; d. in Wenham 15 Dec 1737; 39 m. in Wenham 12 Jan 1715, SAMUEL TARBOX, 40 b. in Lynn 6 Feb 1692; d. in Newbury 21 Nov 1755, son of Samuel and Experience (Looke) Tarbox.
Children of ELIZABETH² MAXEY and SAMUEL TARBOX: 3. i. MARY³ TARBOX, b. in Wenham 29 May 1717; d. 2 Mar 1722. 71 3. ii. ELISABETH³ TARBOX, b. in Wenham 25 Nov 1718. 72 3. iii. EXPERIENCE³ TARBOX, b. in Wenham 3 Feb 1720. 73 3. iv. MARY³ TARBOX, b. in Wenham 6 Feb 1723; 74 3. v. BENJAMIN³ TARBOX, (no source) 3. vi. HANNAH³ TARBOX, (no source) 3. vii. JOSEPH³ TARBOX, (no source) 3. viii. THOMAS³ TARBOX, (no source)
2. ix. SARAH/SARY² MAXEY/MAXCE, b at Wenham in 1678; d. 2 Apr 1768; m. in Topsfield 8 Apr 1712, THOMAS KILLUM, 41 b. in Topsfield 1678; d. 26 Nov 1742, son of Thomas and Martha (Solart) Killam.
2. x. BENONY/BENONI/BENNONI² MAXEY/MAXCY, was born in Wenham at 1682, “of Salem” one source showed he filed an intention to marry in Wenham on 8 Mar 1706, and married at Salem 25 Mar 1706, 4275 other sources showed the marriage at Salem, Wenham and Beverly on 25 Mar 1710, all to MARY HERRICK. 76
Children of Benony and Mary (_____) Maxey: 3. i. EBENEZER³ MAXEY, b. at Wenham on 27 Jun 1707; 77 d. at Wenham on 21 Jun 1708. 78 3. ii. EBENEZER³ MAXEY, b. at Wenham on 26 Oct 1710. 79
Published: 02 Sep 2018 Updated: 09 May 2019 Page contributors: Rosann Beauvais, Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust, Melanie Maxwell York Editors: Rosann Beauvais and Teresa Rust
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Battle of Dunbar in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Ship/Arrival:
Unity, Dec 1650
Prisoner and List:
Name Variations:
Residences:
Other SPOW Associations:
Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy; please independently verify all data.
Published: 05 Jan 2015, Updated: 24 May 2019 Researchers: Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust, Cathi Lyman’s Stuart Editor: Teresa Rust
Duncan Stewart, #101 on George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar List
IMPORTANT UPDATE! (Jul 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 252, Duncan is categorized as: Probable [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity] Stewart, Duncan. Residences: Bradford, MA; Ipswich, MA; Newbury, MA; and Rowley, MA. Appears: 1654. D.1717. Servant to George Hadley. [Exiles; DR; SPOWS; Ch.8] 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. DUNCAN¹ STEWART was born, presumably in Scotland about 1617 and died at Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts on 30 Aug 1717*. He married in Essex County*, Massachusetts in Apr 1654*, ANN WINCHURST*.
Children ofDuncan and Ann (Winchurst) Stewart: 2. i. KATHERINE² STEWART, b. at Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts on 8 Jun 1658; m. PAUL WENTWORTH. 2.ii.MARTHA² STEWART, b. at Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts on 4 Apr 1659; m. JOHN WENTWORTH and COLIN FRAZER. 2. iii. CHARLES² STEWART, b. at Newbury on 5 Jun 1661 2. iv. ELIZABETH² STEWART, b. at Newbury on 2 Nov 1662; m. SYLVANUS WENTWORTH. 2. v.JAMES² STEWART,+ b. at Newbury on 8 Oct 1664; d. at Rowley 2. vi.HENRY² STEWART, b. at Newbury on 1 May 1669 2. vii.EBENEZER² STUART,+ b. at Rowley in 1673; d. at Rowley bef. 23 Feb 1746; m.23 May 1698, ELIZABETH JOHNSON. 2. viii. SAMUEL² STEWART, b. at Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts 2. ix. JOHN² STEWART, born at Newbury Feb. or Mar 1666; died at Rowley
Second Generation
2.i. KATHERINE² STEWART, (Duncan¹), was born at Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, on 8 Jun 1658. She married, PAUL WENTWORTH.
Biographical Notes: Wentworth, John (1815-1888). The Wentworth Genealogy: English and American, (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1878), page 151-153. Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of California and uploaded to Archive.org.
Children of Paul and Katherine (Stewart) Wentworth: 3. i. WILLIAM WENTWORTH, (Katherine², Duncan¹), b. 25 Dec 1680. 3. ii. SYLVANUS WENTWORTH, (Katherine², Duncan¹), b. 28 Feb 1681. 3. iii. PAUL WENTWORTH, (Katherine², Duncan¹), b. 10 May 1682 3. iv. EBENEZER WENTWORTH, (Katherine², Duncan¹), b. 18 Jun 1683. 3. v. MARTHA WENTWORTH, (Katherine², Duncan¹), b. in Mass. on 9 Feb 1684; m. at Kittery, SAMUEL LORD.
2. ii. MARTHA² STEWART (Duncan¹), was born at Newbury, Massachusetts, on 4 Apr 1659. She married, first, JOHN WENTWORTH. She married, second, COLIN FRAZER.
2. iii. CHARLES² STEWART (Duncan¹), was born at Newbury on 5 Jun 1661.
2. iv. ELIZABETH² STEWART (Duncan¹), was born at Newbury, on 2 Nov 1662. She married, SYLVANUS WENTWORTH.
2. v.JAMES² STUART/STEWART+ (Duncan¹), was born at Newbury, on 8 Oct 1664 and died at Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts.
Children of James² Stewart: 3.i. CHARLES³ STEWART, (James², Duncan¹) 3.ii. EDWARD³ STEWART, (James², Duncan¹) 3. iii. SOLOMON³ STEWART/STEWARD, (James², Duncan¹) 3.iv. ELIZABETH³ STEWART, (James², Duncan¹)
2.vi. HENRY² STUART/STEWART, (Duncan¹), was born at Newbury, on 1 May 1669.
2. vii. EBENEZER² STUART,+ (Duncan¹), was born at Rowley, Essex, Mass, about 1673 and died at Rowley.
Children of Ebenezer² Stuart: 3.i. SARAH³ STUART (Ebenezer², Duncan¹), b. 10 May 1699 m. WEBSTER 3. ii. ROBERT³ STUART+(Ebenezer², Duncan¹), b. 26 Nov 1701 3.iii. RICHARD³ STUART (Ebenezer², Duncan¹), b. 15 Oct 1704 m. JUDITH POOR. 3.iv. JOHN³ STUART (Ebenezer², Duncan¹), 3. v. ELIZABETH³ STUART (Ebenezer², Duncan¹), 3. vi. ANN³ STUART (Ebenezer², Duncan¹), 3. vii. MERCY³ STUART (Ebenezer², Duncan¹), 3. viii. MARY³ STUART (Ebenezer², Duncan¹), 3. ix. CHARLES³ STUART (Ebenezer², Duncan¹), 3. x. JANE³ STUART (Ebenezer², Duncan¹),
2. viii. SAMUEL² STUART/STEWART (Duncan¹) b. Rowley
2. ix. JOHN² STUART/STEWART (Duncan¹), b. Rowley d. Rowley
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SOURCES AND NOTES: I’ve been trying to prove my family connection to Duncan Stewart for a while now. He was never a ship builder. He was a farmer who was a tenant of one of the Dummer Family when he lived in Newbury (the land is now the Caldwell Farm Estates). After he moved to Rowley he was able to buy and sell land in Massachusetts and in the Maine Province. ~ Peg Plummer Genealogical and Family History of the STATE OF MAINE Compiled under the editorial supervision of George Thomas Little, A. M., Litt. D. Librarian of Bowdoin College, Member Maine Historical Society Member American Historical Association, Vice-president Maine Genealogical Society Honorary Member Minnesota Historical Society, Member of Council, American Library Association Author, “Little Genealogy” And including among other local contributors Albert Roscoe Stubbs, Librarian Maine Genealogical Society. LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY New York 1909.
Duncan Stewart is believed to be a Scottish prisoner of war from the Battle of Dunbar on 3 Sep 1650. He would have arrived in Charlestown, Massachusetts in late Dec 1650 on the ship Unity and would have been indentured for about seven years. Many of the SPOWs did not marry until after their indentured period and so the date of Duncan and Ann’s marriage seems quite early considering his circumstances. But then there is this record: “Court held at Ipswich, Mar. 28, 1654: Duncan Stewartt…and An Winchest [both servants to George Hadley] to be whipped for fornication, the man that afternoon and the woman when she should be called out by the magistrates, after she was delivered. Together they were to bring up the child and pay charges.”
Stuart, Joseph Alonzo. Genealogical History of the Duncan Stuart Family in America: Our Branch and Its Connections. Together with a Tracing of the Ancestry and Origin of the Various Branches, (Caxton Press, 1894) page 4. “I obtained the names of the three “Rowley children” from David G# Raskins, Jr.. Esq., of Boston, descendant of Jane, youngest sister of Robert, who married William Davis, beforementioned as settling on her brother’s land in Newtown. Under date of Dee. 10, 1892, he says “I discovered it about year ago at Salem in deed dated April 16, 1718, recorded vol. 37, fol. 230, in which James Stuart, of Boxford, John Stuart, of Rowley, Samuel Stewart, of Wells, Ebenezer Stuart, of Rowley, the ouly surviving brothers of Charles Stuart, of Newbury, deceased, convey to Stephen Greenleaf certain land which had been conveyed by our honored father, Dunkin Stewart.’ This deed -could not have been more satisfactory if it had been drawn on purpose to convey genealogical information to later generations.”
Sources: ¹ “McCutcheon (Cutcheon) fam. Recds. And allied fams. By Flor. (McCutcheon) McKee. Grand Rapids, 1931. (316, 46p.):275” found at: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. ² ³ Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
Ancestry.com Message Boards: “I am a direct descendant of Duncan Stewart and have been researching the family line back to 1066 AD. At this point I have about 100 pages of data, and extensive data on Duncan Stewart of Rowley, MA. I plan to have a website with this data and a forum to help fill in the gaps. I should have it up by 1-15-04. www.GENEALOGYOFDUNCANSTEWART.US [This link isn’t working! I am attempting to contact this person as of today June 3rd]
Here is some of my info: DUNCAN STEWART’s father was: Alexander STEWART, 4th of Invernahyle B. abt. 1590-1600 Scotland D 1692, Scotland
Married: a daughter of Duncan Stewart, 5th Laird, 7th of Appin. Children 1. Alexander Stewart b. 1630 2. Duncan STEWART b.1625/23? 3. Donald -DONALD STEWART, 5th of Invernahyle 4. James 5. John Dhu 6. John More 7. Dugald 8. William 9. Allan Note: Alexander and Duncan Stewart were captured at the Battle of DUNBAR and sent to America about 1650. Note: Alexander Stewart, chief of a highland clan of pipers Note: Dr. Thompson of Appin: “Alexander, the fourth Invernahyle, married______Stewart, only daughter of Duncan Stewart fifth Laird of Appin, and had issue twelve sons, who all came to the age of men , and went all one Sabbath to the church, along with their father, in kilted plaids and armed. Their names, so far as can be recollected , were in the following order: Donald,James, John Dhu, John More, George, Dugald, William, Alexander, Duncan and Allan.” DUNCAN STEWART Birth: ABT. 1625/1623 in Scotland Baptism: 23 Aug 1629 Kilmadock, Perth, ? Scotland CAME TO AMERICA : ABT. 1650 prisoner of War, Battle of Dunbar Death: 30 AUG 1717 in Rowley, Massachusetts Residence: Ipswich, Newbury, Rowley, Mass. [ Source: Gage’s History. of Rowley, Mass. & “50 Great Migrant Col. by Threfall, pg 465] Marriage: Ann Winchester b: ABT. 1630 Name: Ann Winchester / [Winchurst] Death: 9 JUL 1729 in Rowley, Massachusetts ~ Kenneth Stuart-Anderson at
12-2-2014: Correction on the above reference to STEWART, Alexander. This Alexander Stewart, 4th of Invernahyle, was father to sons Duncan and Alexander, who were captured at Dunbar. Alexander, the father, was not captured, and was not sent to America. I can email my extensive research ( I started around 2003) if you would like to compare and fill in the gaps…if anyone is interested.
Regards, Professor Kenneth Stuart-Anderson
Individual Stuart/Stewart Lines:
Cathi Lyman’s Stuart Ancestry… Here is my Stuart line, from my grandmother, Mary Stuart, to Duncan Stuart: Generation 1 1. Mary Stuart: born 20 Mar 1888 in Artesian, Sanborn, South Dakota, United States; died 19 Feb 1950 in Davison County, South Dakota.
Generation 2 2. Wilkes Scollard Stuart: born 20 Nov 1846 in Tyrone Township, Livingston County, Michigan; married 5 Oct 1880 in Marine City, Michigan; died 11 May 1933 in Woonsocket, South Dakota. 3. Laura Melvina Lewis: born 19 Apr 1855 in Osceola Township, Livingston County, Michigan; died 24 Mar 1898 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Generation 3 4. Steven Hopkins Stuart: born 19 Aug 1827 in Michigan; married 25 Feb 1846 in Hartland, Michigan; died 20 Nov 1865 in Hartland, Michigan. 5. Mary Elizabeth Scollard: born Jul 1830 in Wheatland, Monroe County, New York, United States; died 25 May 1905 in Woonsocket, South Dakota.
Generation 4 8. Wilkes Lysander Stuart: born 13 Jul 1803 in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States; married 11 Apr 1826; died 16 Aug 1884 in Newaygo, Newaygo, Michigan. 9. Francis Hopkins: born 1805 in New York, United States; died 29 Nov 1877 in Sherman, Newaygo, Michigan.
Generation 5 16. Ebenezer Stuart: born 30 Jul 1777 in Leominster, Massachusetts, United States; possibly died 26 Jun 1816 in Richmond, Ontario, New York (have seen others say he died as a prisoner of war in Montreal, but I have found no documentation of his death or heirs.) 17. Susan Sukey Hale: born 7 May 1786 in Leominster, Massachusetts, United States; died 26 May 1861 in Ontario County, New York, United States.
Generation 6 32. Richard Stuart: born 1744 in Rowley, Massachusetts; married 11 Oct 1764 in Templeton, Worchester, Massachusetts; died 17 Jan 1832 in Leominster, Massachusetts. 33. Eunice Stuart: born abt 1742 in Rowley, Massachusetts, United States; died 13 Nov 1831 in Leominster, Massachusetts.
Generation 7 64. Richard Stuart: born 15 Oct 1704 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts; married 4 Apr 1728 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts; died 4 Nov 1777 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. 65. Judith Poore: born 8 Jul 1708 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died 25 Apr 1748 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts. 66. John Stuart: born 20 Oct 1709 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; married 10 Nov 1732 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts; died 1792 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. 67. Hannah Bailey: born 30 Jun 1709 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts; died 26 Oct 1792 in Leominster, Massachusetts.
Generation 8 128. Ebenezer Stuart: born 11 Sep 1676 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; married 23 May 1698 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts; died 30 Apr 1749 in Byfield, Massachusetts. (Richard and John in Generation 7 were sons of Richard in Generation 8; Eunice and Richard were first cousins.) 129. Elizabeth Johnson: born 1677 in Rowley, Massachusetts; died 12 Apr 1749 in Byfield, Massachusetts.
Generation 9 256. Duncan Stuart: born 23 Aug 1629 in Kilmadock, Perth, Highlands, Scotland; married Apr 1654 in United States; died 30 Aug 1717 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts. 257. Ann Winchurst: born 10 Dec 1632 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; died 9 Jul 1729 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
I do not have the documentation to prove all of it, but it appears that the documentation does exist. Someday I will actually have copies of said documentation, then I will be able to say that I have proof! I continue to hope that I will find some DNA links between my father and other descendants of Duncan and Anne, or even of closer cousins. I’m thinking he is the only one of Wilkes Lysander Stuart’s descendants who has done autosomal DNA testing!
Hope the ancestor information is what you are looking for. Cathi Lyman