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Sunday, April 24, 2016
The Lockett family of Adair County,KY and Carroll County,IL
Philo Penfield Stewart
Philo Penfield Stewart is our 2nd cousin, of course 4x removed. His parents are Philo Stewart and Sarah Penfield. The senior Philo died at an early age in 1812. Philo Jr, then went to live with grandfather John Penfield in Pittsford,VT. Philo Jr's mother Sarah remarried Thomas Hammond. Thomas Hammond is mentioned in an article attached to John Penfield from our site.
Philo Penefield Stewart is the second Indian missionary in our family. David Brainerd is the first on the Smith side of family. Be sure and take a look at David Brainerd on our site. I was able to find a painted picture of him and his grave.
PHILO PENFIELD STEWART (1798-1868), STOVE DESIGNER AND RELIGIOUS REFORMER - From the History of Rensselaer County NY- Just a century ago, in 1868, there died in a house on Fifth Avenue in Troy a man who occupies an unusual place, not only - in Troy's, but also in our national history. The man was Philo Penfield Stewart, and he exemplified, as did many others of his time, the various types of men who lived and labored in Troy during that period of great activity and growth in the city's history. Like many others at the time, Emma Willard, General John Wool, Amos Eaton, and William Marcy, to name only a few, Philo Stewart was not a Trojan by birth. Born in Connecticut, like others of Troy's early leaders, Philo Stewart grew up in Vermont, at Pittsford, where he lived with his grandfather and was apprenticed to his uncle, a harness maker at Pawlet, Vermont. He showed early talent for mechanical inventiveness and he expressed it in a wide variety of whittling devices.
Young Philo also developed strong religious interests, although he was never ordained to the ministry. He was converted to many of the reform movements of his time, among them temperance, anti-tobacco, abolition, and the like. At the age of 23, he enrolled with the American Missionary Board and departed on a long horseback ride for Mississippi, where he engaged in missionary work among the Choctaw Indians, teaching school, preaching, and performing many other useful labors.
Here, in Mississippi, young Stewart married a fellow-missionary, also from Vermont, and the couple, remaining childless, jointly dedicated their lives to many good causes. They made their way to Elyria, Ohio, where they found Philo's schoolmate, the Reverend John Jay Shipherd, serving as a minister there. The two men now embarked on an ambitious venture, no less than the foundation of a college and colony. It was to be no' ordinary college, but a novel and radical experiment in education. This was "Oberlin Collegiate Institute," now Oberlin College, established in 1833, in Ohio's Western Reserve. It was the first school to adopt a system of full co-education for both sexes, and it accepted Negro students in a program of complete integration. Stewart also sponsored the idea of combining education with labor for the support of the students. For several years Stewart and his wife headed the boarding and labor department of the new college, like the
students, working only for their keep.
At this time, too, in connection with his work in Ohio, Stewart applied his mechanical ingenuity to practical purposes. He developed a planning machine, and he particularly began. work on an improved stove, which was at first called the "Oberlin Stove." In 1837, Stewart left Oberlin College and came east again, somewhat disappointed with Oberlin's lack of what he considered proper zeal and dedication. It was a year of great depression, and the Stewart couple experienced poverty and deprivation. Stewart, however, became the more determined to improve his earlier stove design and to make it most economical for the poor to use, He succeeded with what was now called the "P.P. Stewart Summer and Winter Cooking Stove." Then arose the problem of its manufacture and distribution, for which Stewart lacked the means and facilities.
It was in 1838 that Stewart "fixed on Troy as the place for making his stoves." Troy was already then a stove-manufacturing center of some importance, and it was, indeed, developing a reputation as a growing industrial city, especially in the metal field. Stewart, too, knew Troy, since he had visited it previously on his trips to and from Vermont. Here he settled in 1838 and remained for the remainder of his life, until his death in 1868. He entered into an agreement with Fuller, Warren and Company for the manufacture and distribution of the stove. It was a successful arrangement, and both parties prospered. Over the thirty years of Stewart's business career,
The firm made more than ninety- thousand stoves in its Clinton Foundry, still standing south on River Street and now occupied by several small industries. The Stewart stove became nationally known, and President Eliphalet Nott of Union College, himself a stove designer, praised it highly: "All that is of value in other stoves is taken from the Stewart." After Stewart's death, his stove continued to be the basis of Fuller, Warren's prosperity.
For Stewart, however, the successful manufacture of his stove was not the end hut a means toward a higher purpose. His object, as he put it was "not to make money for himself, but to provide a boon that cannot be reached by dollars and cents." He lived simply and sparingly in a house on Fifth Avenue, recently razed in connection with urban renewal. His profits from the stove were largely distributed among many good causes, including in particular the continued support of Oberlin College. He was concerned with right living as well as right doing, and he espoused many reform movements. His house in Troy was "open wide to care for all visiting missionaries, Christian agents, ... and to God's poor and sick of whatever race or creed, though I divide my last loaf." He maintained there a school for the education of illiterate servant girls. His religious zeal extended to embrace such aspects of "right living" as "proper diet, modes of dress, and all habits and
practices of body, soul, and spirit."
Although, or perhaps because both Stewarts were sickly, they developed great interest in "diet, rest, and exercise. " Stewart even established for a time in Troy a "hygienic institute" which relied on a "water cure" as a "depurator or cleanser" of the body's ills. He developed an unusual system and philosophy of gymnastics, which anticipated modern theories of exercise in some -respects. Altogether this was an unusual couple living in Troy a century ago, combining business with religion and reform.
His death, on December 13, 1868, was mourned by many.
This article is from the Good Time Stove Company.(http://www.goodtimestove.com/)
Link to Oberlin College:
http://new.oberlin.edu/about/history.dot
Philo Penefield Stewart is the second Indian missionary in our family. David Brainerd is the first on the Smith side of family. Be sure and take a look at David Brainerd on our site. I was able to find a painted picture of him and his grave.
PHILO PENFIELD STEWART (1798-1868), STOVE DESIGNER AND RELIGIOUS REFORMER - From the History of Rensselaer County NY- Just a century ago, in 1868, there died in a house on Fifth Avenue in Troy a man who occupies an unusual place, not only - in Troy's, but also in our national history. The man was Philo Penfield Stewart, and he exemplified, as did many others of his time, the various types of men who lived and labored in Troy during that period of great activity and growth in the city's history. Like many others at the time, Emma Willard, General John Wool, Amos Eaton, and William Marcy, to name only a few, Philo Stewart was not a Trojan by birth. Born in Connecticut, like others of Troy's early leaders, Philo Stewart grew up in Vermont, at Pittsford, where he lived with his grandfather and was apprenticed to his uncle, a harness maker at Pawlet, Vermont. He showed early talent for mechanical inventiveness and he expressed it in a wide variety of whittling devices.
Young Philo also developed strong religious interests, although he was never ordained to the ministry. He was converted to many of the reform movements of his time, among them temperance, anti-tobacco, abolition, and the like. At the age of 23, he enrolled with the American Missionary Board and departed on a long horseback ride for Mississippi, where he engaged in missionary work among the Choctaw Indians, teaching school, preaching, and performing many other useful labors.
Here, in Mississippi, young Stewart married a fellow-missionary, also from Vermont, and the couple, remaining childless, jointly dedicated their lives to many good causes. They made their way to Elyria, Ohio, where they found Philo's schoolmate, the Reverend John Jay Shipherd, serving as a minister there. The two men now embarked on an ambitious venture, no less than the foundation of a college and colony. It was to be no' ordinary college, but a novel and radical experiment in education. This was "Oberlin Collegiate Institute," now Oberlin College, established in 1833, in Ohio's Western Reserve. It was the first school to adopt a system of full co-education for both sexes, and it accepted Negro students in a program of complete integration. Stewart also sponsored the idea of combining education with labor for the support of the students. For several years Stewart and his wife headed the boarding and labor department of the new college, like the
students, working only for their keep.
At this time, too, in connection with his work in Ohio, Stewart applied his mechanical ingenuity to practical purposes. He developed a planning machine, and he particularly began. work on an improved stove, which was at first called the "Oberlin Stove." In 1837, Stewart left Oberlin College and came east again, somewhat disappointed with Oberlin's lack of what he considered proper zeal and dedication. It was a year of great depression, and the Stewart couple experienced poverty and deprivation. Stewart, however, became the more determined to improve his earlier stove design and to make it most economical for the poor to use, He succeeded with what was now called the "P.P. Stewart Summer and Winter Cooking Stove." Then arose the problem of its manufacture and distribution, for which Stewart lacked the means and facilities.
It was in 1838 that Stewart "fixed on Troy as the place for making his stoves." Troy was already then a stove-manufacturing center of some importance, and it was, indeed, developing a reputation as a growing industrial city, especially in the metal field. Stewart, too, knew Troy, since he had visited it previously on his trips to and from Vermont. Here he settled in 1838 and remained for the remainder of his life, until his death in 1868. He entered into an agreement with Fuller, Warren and Company for the manufacture and distribution of the stove. It was a successful arrangement, and both parties prospered. Over the thirty years of Stewart's business career,
The firm made more than ninety- thousand stoves in its Clinton Foundry, still standing south on River Street and now occupied by several small industries. The Stewart stove became nationally known, and President Eliphalet Nott of Union College, himself a stove designer, praised it highly: "All that is of value in other stoves is taken from the Stewart." After Stewart's death, his stove continued to be the basis of Fuller, Warren's prosperity.
For Stewart, however, the successful manufacture of his stove was not the end hut a means toward a higher purpose. His object, as he put it was "not to make money for himself, but to provide a boon that cannot be reached by dollars and cents." He lived simply and sparingly in a house on Fifth Avenue, recently razed in connection with urban renewal. His profits from the stove were largely distributed among many good causes, including in particular the continued support of Oberlin College. He was concerned with right living as well as right doing, and he espoused many reform movements. His house in Troy was "open wide to care for all visiting missionaries, Christian agents, ... and to God's poor and sick of whatever race or creed, though I divide my last loaf." He maintained there a school for the education of illiterate servant girls. His religious zeal extended to embrace such aspects of "right living" as "proper diet, modes of dress, and all habits and
practices of body, soul, and spirit."
Although, or perhaps because both Stewarts were sickly, they developed great interest in "diet, rest, and exercise. " Stewart even established for a time in Troy a "hygienic institute" which relied on a "water cure" as a "depurator or cleanser" of the body's ills. He developed an unusual system and philosophy of gymnastics, which anticipated modern theories of exercise in some -respects. Altogether this was an unusual couple living in Troy a century ago, combining business with religion and reform.
His death, on December 13, 1868, was mourned by many.
This article is from the Good Time Stove Company.(http://www.goodtimestove.com/)
Link to Oberlin College:
http://new.oberlin.edu/about/history.dot
Philo Penfield Stewart
Phebe May Stewart
Phebe May Stewart is the daughter of our 3rd great grandmother Amanda Smith Stewart. This is our gg grandmother Maria Stewart McNamer sister. And Phebe is a twin with her sister Anna L Stewart who marries Benjamin Smith,son of Fredrick Smith, our 5th great uncle. In 1835, when our 3rd great grandfather Ira Stewart dies, Amanda moves most of her 11 children and spouses to the Carroll/Ogle County area between 1845-1846. Anna L Stewart and Benjamin Smith remain in Jefferson, Schoharie,NY. Prior to the move, the family was living in Rome, Genesee County, NY. The city of Rome doesn't seem to exist now and I have no idea where Ira Stewart might have been buried. This bothers me because I would like to find his final resting place.
Phebe May marries Thomas C (Clark) Ellis in 1834 probably in Genesee County, NY. Their children are Amanda, Hannah, Albacinda, Hammon, Cornelia, Joseph, Mary, Elizabeth and Emily. If you look at our tree on Ancestry, you can see their children and spouses. Thomas Ellis dies in 1860 while living in Ogle County,IL and Phebe then moves the family with the exception of Amanda to Appanoose County, IA. Sometime after the 1870 Census, Phebe moves again to York County,NB. Phebe is mentioned in the York County Genealogy Site as being one of the pioneers of the county. Phebe dies in 1878 and is buried in Lushton Cemetery, York County, NB. I thought I needed to give you some background so you can follow the next part of my story.....
Phebe purchased property through the Homested Act, 80 acres in York County,NB Section 34 Township 9, Range 3 West. Certificate 7032. The witness was Joseph Ellis (son) and years later her grandson James Bellows (Amanda Ellis Bellows son) home. There is an X on the homestead records for Phebe's signature. Some people speculate that Phebe could not write. *
Phebe and her children also carry the Stewart names into the next generations. Phebe names her first daughter Amanda Ellis in honor of her mother Amanda Smith Stewart. She has has a grandson Ira Flock names for Ira Stewart and Marilla Larkin named for Marilla Stewart.
*There is a footnote in the Stewart Clan Magazine that addresses this very situation. "The X was originally used as a symbol that the signer pledged himself by the Christian faith to the truth of the matter to which he affixed it." page 53
But the story doesn't end here.... Now we move on to two of her children. Amanda Ellis marries Charles Wesley Bellows in Polo in 1852. One of their children is Laura Bellows. Two months ago, another Ancestry member contacted me asking if I would be be interested in a photo of Laura Bellows Glandon that she found in an Oregon State antique store. She had contacted two other members who would be cousins. Laura never had any children, so cousin would be the closest relationship. I thought I might lose the chance to retrieve the family photo when the woman mentioned that in the same group were some Sweet family photos. I told her that my aunt Jessie McNamer married William Sweet and that sealed the deal. The photos are also on our site. Laura is living in Dixon in the 1900 Census and Denver in the 1920 Census. Laura died in Denver in 1952.
The Sweet family helps me segway into the next Ellis child, Albacinda. I located an 1860 Appanoose County Census record for Albacinda Sweet with her husband Dayton and Dayton's either brother or cousin Valentine Sweet. BTW, Valentine, is a male :) In the 1870 Census the family is living in Jordan,Whiteside County, IL. In the 1880 Census they are living in York County along with Joseph Ellis, Miles Bellows, Miles Osterhoudt(another Dayton Sweet, yes there are two in the Sweet family marries an Osterhoudt), James & Luther Bellows, Hammon Ellis and Milton Ellis.
I located this obituary for Nelson Sweet in the Ogle County site that will help explain the family:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilogle/nelsonsweetbio.htm
The last discovery happened last night when I was looking on Find A Grave for the Ellis family in Nebraska. I started with David Ward Ellis and then was able to hopscotch back several generations and states to my "Oh My" moment. So follow the links with me:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23021707
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21795356
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26908547&
The parents of Margery Hubbard ( Daniel Hubbard & Eunice Clark) was the connection I was looking for. Amanda Smith Stewart's father is Hubbard Smith. His mother is Mary Hubbard. Daniel Hubbard is our 1st cousin! So the Ellis family is not only related to us through the Stewart family but the Smith family too.
1. Homestead Act for Nebraska can be located on Fold3
Amanda Ellis Bellows
Charles Wesley Bellows
Laura Bellows
Saturday, April 23, 2016
Luther Rawson Marsh/Jeannie E. Stewart
Since I first sent the email in 2011 about the Alvan Stewart family, I've been able to find more information on Alvan Stewart's children. Jane "Jeannie" is the oldest daughter of Alvan Stewart and Keziah Holt Stewart. It's through her influential father, that Jeannie meets her future husband Luther Rawson Marsh.
Luther Rawson Marsh met the Stewart family while they were living in Utica. This was the point in Alvan's life where the the anti-slavery movement had become his passion and generated his writings on the subject. Both Alvan and Luther were lawyers by profession and used their contacts to promote the anti-slavery movement.
Our cousin Jeannie Stewart Marsh had a poem written about her by Mrs. Fanny Osgood:
Jeannie Marsh of Cherry Valley,
In whose name muses rally,
Of all the nine, none so divine,
As Jeannie Marsh of Cherry Valley.
A sylvan nymph of queenly grace,
A goddess she in form and feature,
The sweet expression of the place,
A dimple in the smile of nature.
In 1845, the Alvan Stewart family and the Marsh family move to New York City. The two families live together on 15th street. Jeannie Stewart and Luther Marsh have no children. Our cousin Jeannie passes away in 1887 and her husband Luther then moves to Orange County,NY. The Stewart and Marsh families are all buried in the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn,NY. While looking through the cemetery records, I located Jeannie's brother Alvan Stewart Jr who died in 1856. The Stewart Clan Magazine provided information that Alvan Stewart Jr. has two sons, Alvan III and Douglas.
I haven't been bale to locate either son.
Luther Rawson Marsh met the Stewart family while they were living in Utica. This was the point in Alvan's life where the the anti-slavery movement had become his passion and generated his writings on the subject. Both Alvan and Luther were lawyers by profession and used their contacts to promote the anti-slavery movement.
Our cousin Jeannie Stewart Marsh had a poem written about her by Mrs. Fanny Osgood:
Jeannie Marsh of Cherry Valley,
In whose name muses rally,
Of all the nine, none so divine,
As Jeannie Marsh of Cherry Valley.
A sylvan nymph of queenly grace,
A goddess she in form and feature,
The sweet expression of the place,
A dimple in the smile of nature.
In 1845, the Alvan Stewart family and the Marsh family move to New York City. The two families live together on 15th street. Jeannie Stewart and Luther Marsh have no children. Our cousin Jeannie passes away in 1887 and her husband Luther then moves to Orange County,NY. The Stewart and Marsh families are all buried in the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn,NY. While looking through the cemetery records, I located Jeannie's brother Alvan Stewart Jr who died in 1856. The Stewart Clan Magazine provided information that Alvan Stewart Jr. has two sons, Alvan III and Douglas.
I haven't been bale to locate either son.
Friday, April 22, 2016
Is there a Vintner in the House part 2
Our cousin Mary Stewart Dean, and her three sons move after the death of Gilbert Dean to Poughkeepsie,NY. In 1877, Mary moves the family to Portland, Chautauqua County, NY and settles on a farm not far from Brocton, NY. The three sons, Luther Rawson Dean "Ross", Stewart and Clyde start the grape growing business in the region. This is the Lake Erie Wine region in the western part of New York State bordering Pennsylvania. And not far from the Stewart family counties of Wyoming and Genesee NY.
Ross Dean was not just a grape grower, he also studied the chemistry of the soil and the climatic effects of grape production. He was one of the largest grape growers in the country, shipping over one hundred cars of grapes to the outside markets in a given year. The three brother increased their initial 100 acres to over 400 hundred acres of grape production.
In 1897, Ross built the house pictured in this e-mail where his wife Emma Frances Corell and mother Mary Stewart Dean lived. Mary died in 1904 and is buried in the Portland Evergreen Cemetery along side her husband Gilbert Dean. Most of the family are interred at the Portland Evergreen Cemetery and with the exception of Gilbert Dean, I manage their memorials on Find A Grave.
Mrs.Emma Dean is a lover of flowers and gardens and most of the current gardening members in our family can relate to her hobby. The family also seems to follow the Stewart family affiliation with the Methodist Episcopal church.
The three brothers own the farm until 1935 when the last brother Clyde dies. Ross dies in 1918 and Stewart in 1929.
Ross Dean was not just a grape grower, he also studied the chemistry of the soil and the climatic effects of grape production. He was one of the largest grape growers in the country, shipping over one hundred cars of grapes to the outside markets in a given year. The three brother increased their initial 100 acres to over 400 hundred acres of grape production.
In 1897, Ross built the house pictured in this e-mail where his wife Emma Frances Corell and mother Mary Stewart Dean lived. Mary died in 1904 and is buried in the Portland Evergreen Cemetery along side her husband Gilbert Dean. Most of the family are interred at the Portland Evergreen Cemetery and with the exception of Gilbert Dean, I manage their memorials on Find A Grave.
Mrs.Emma Dean is a lover of flowers and gardens and most of the current gardening members in our family can relate to her hobby. The family also seems to follow the Stewart family affiliation with the Methodist Episcopal church.
The three brothers own the farm until 1935 when the last brother Clyde dies. Ross dies in 1918 and Stewart in 1929.
Dean Home
Emma Corell Dean
Ross Dean
Mary Stewart/Gilbert Dean
Alvan Stewart had three know children, Jane "Jeannie" , Alvan Jr and Mary. I'm having a hard time trying to trace Alvan Jr. but Jane and Mary Stewart, our cousins, has proved to be easier :)
Mary marries Gilbert Dean in 1855 after the death of his first wife in 1850. Mary is Gilbert Dean's second wife. His first wife is Amelia Smith, yes the Smith family follows us everywhere. :) Amelia Smith is the daughter of Seabury Smith and Harriett Lockwood of Sharon,Litchfield,CT. This family is the the direct descendant of Rev. Cotton Mather Smith. Does this Smith family intertwine with our Smith family in CT... only time will tell.
Gilbert Dean has a certain noterarity of his own. A Democrat, he represented New York's 8th and 12th Districts in the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses, serving from 1851 to 1854.
Dean graduated from Yale College in 1841, studied law, and set up practice in Poughkeepsie, New York. He had no political experience prior to his election to the US House in 1850. In July 1854 he resigned from Congress to accept appointment as a justice of the New York Supreme Court, filling the vacancy caused by the death of Seward Barculo. Leaving the bench at the end of 1855, he resumed private law practice in New York City while maintaining a summer residence in Poughkeepsie.
As an attorney Dean's most notorious client was Captain Nathaniel Gordon, the only man ever put to death in the United States for international slave-trading. He unsuccessfully appealed the verdict to President Lincoln, arguing that a city prison (The Tombs in New York) could not be used to execute someone convicted of a federal crime; Gordon was hanged in February 1862.
The Gordon case was tried twice. The first case resulted in a hung jury. In doing some research on the case, I discovered that Gordon was a pirate by trade. Most of his activity prior to the slave trading was confined off the coast of the United States. What brought this case to the attention of the public was the fact that of the 897 Africans loaded on the ship Erie, most were children. The Erie was captured 50 miles from the African port by the USS Mohican on August 7, 1860.
Dean died in Poughkeepsie in 1870. Originally buried at the Presbyterian Cemetery in his native Pleasant Valley, he was later reinterred at Portland Evergreen Cemetery in Portland, New York.
But is really our cousin Mary and her three sons that are important to us.....
Mary marries Gilbert Dean in 1855 after the death of his first wife in 1850. Mary is Gilbert Dean's second wife. His first wife is Amelia Smith, yes the Smith family follows us everywhere. :) Amelia Smith is the daughter of Seabury Smith and Harriett Lockwood of Sharon,Litchfield,CT. This family is the the direct descendant of Rev. Cotton Mather Smith. Does this Smith family intertwine with our Smith family in CT... only time will tell.
Gilbert Dean has a certain noterarity of his own. A Democrat, he represented New York's 8th and 12th Districts in the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses, serving from 1851 to 1854.
Dean graduated from Yale College in 1841, studied law, and set up practice in Poughkeepsie, New York. He had no political experience prior to his election to the US House in 1850. In July 1854 he resigned from Congress to accept appointment as a justice of the New York Supreme Court, filling the vacancy caused by the death of Seward Barculo. Leaving the bench at the end of 1855, he resumed private law practice in New York City while maintaining a summer residence in Poughkeepsie.
As an attorney Dean's most notorious client was Captain Nathaniel Gordon, the only man ever put to death in the United States for international slave-trading. He unsuccessfully appealed the verdict to President Lincoln, arguing that a city prison (The Tombs in New York) could not be used to execute someone convicted of a federal crime; Gordon was hanged in February 1862.
The Gordon case was tried twice. The first case resulted in a hung jury. In doing some research on the case, I discovered that Gordon was a pirate by trade. Most of his activity prior to the slave trading was confined off the coast of the United States. What brought this case to the attention of the public was the fact that of the 897 Africans loaded on the ship Erie, most were children. The Erie was captured 50 miles from the African port by the USS Mohican on August 7, 1860.
Dean died in Poughkeepsie in 1870. Originally buried at the Presbyterian Cemetery in his native Pleasant Valley, he was later reinterred at Portland Evergreen Cemetery in Portland, New York.
But is really our cousin Mary and her three sons that are important to us.....
Gilbert Dean
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Alvan Stewart
This is our cousin Alvan Stewart. His great grandfather is James Stewart our 5th great grand uncle. Alvan was born in 1790 in Washington County,NY and died in 1849 in New York City. A very short period of time for a Stewart. It is his time period and location that play an important role in history. In the History of Chautauqua, Alvan is mentioned as a son of Uriel Stewart and was a descendant of an ancestor who was in the Siege of Londonderry, Ireland in 1689.
Shortly after Alvan is born, his parents Uriel and Anna Holgate, move the family to Westford,VT. From the age of five he lived on a farm in Westford, Vermont, and attended district schools in the county. He entered the University of Vermont in 1809, leaving in 1812 to take a teaching position in Canada. He was arrested in Canada as a spy after the outbreak of war and was for a time held as a prisoner. Upon his release he returned to the United States, continuing to teach and beginning the study of law in Cherry Valley, New York. After a few years in Kentucky, Alvan returned to Cherry Valley where he acquired the reputation as a brilliant lawyer. About 1819, Alvan married Keziah Holt, daughter of Major Lester Holt and Catherine Clyde. Alvan and Keziah are the parents of five children. So far I've been able to locate Jeannie E.Stewart, Alvan Stewart Jr. and Mary Stewart. The children deserve their own post.
Our cousin is credited for devising and putting into operation the Underground Railroad. He was associated with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Charles Sumner, John Brown and other leaders who strongly believed in the Anti-Slavery movement. These beliefs are a constant theme that keep appearing from one generation to another and from one branch of our Stewart family to another.It helps gives us some insight into the minds of our ancestors.
In 1831, Alvan decides to travel through Europe and chronicle his journey through a journal. If any of you have a Nook, or Nook app on tablet, Barnes & Noble offers a free download of several of Alvan's writings, speeches and legal arguments against slavery. Also, the University of Miami Libraries have The Alvan Stewart Papers. Here is a link to their site so you can view Alvan's Diary.
http://scholar.library.miami.edu/stewart/diary1.html
In 1832, after travels abroad which are detailed in these diary pages, Alvan moved with his family to Utica,NY, where he continued to practice law, but devoted a great deal of time to temperance and anti-slavery causes. In 1835 he formed and became president of the New York Anti-Slavery Society where he raised money, organized meetings, and held public debates. Several times his planned affairs were broken up by angry mobs. Alvan argued that slavery was in violation with the Constitution and should be abolished. After a brief attempt at a political career, receiving only a few hundred votes for New York governor, Stewart retired to a more private life, though remaining a member of the New York Anti-Slavery Society.
Shortly after Alvan is born, his parents Uriel and Anna Holgate, move the family to Westford,VT. From the age of five he lived on a farm in Westford, Vermont, and attended district schools in the county. He entered the University of Vermont in 1809, leaving in 1812 to take a teaching position in Canada. He was arrested in Canada as a spy after the outbreak of war and was for a time held as a prisoner. Upon his release he returned to the United States, continuing to teach and beginning the study of law in Cherry Valley, New York. After a few years in Kentucky, Alvan returned to Cherry Valley where he acquired the reputation as a brilliant lawyer. About 1819, Alvan married Keziah Holt, daughter of Major Lester Holt and Catherine Clyde. Alvan and Keziah are the parents of five children. So far I've been able to locate Jeannie E.Stewart, Alvan Stewart Jr. and Mary Stewart. The children deserve their own post.
Our cousin is credited for devising and putting into operation the Underground Railroad. He was associated with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Charles Sumner, John Brown and other leaders who strongly believed in the Anti-Slavery movement. These beliefs are a constant theme that keep appearing from one generation to another and from one branch of our Stewart family to another.It helps gives us some insight into the minds of our ancestors.
In 1831, Alvan decides to travel through Europe and chronicle his journey through a journal. If any of you have a Nook, or Nook app on tablet, Barnes & Noble offers a free download of several of Alvan's writings, speeches and legal arguments against slavery. Also, the University of Miami Libraries have The Alvan Stewart Papers. Here is a link to their site so you can view Alvan's Diary.
http://scholar.library.miami.edu/stewart/diary1.html
In 1832, after travels abroad which are detailed in these diary pages, Alvan moved with his family to Utica,NY, where he continued to practice law, but devoted a great deal of time to temperance and anti-slavery causes. In 1835 he formed and became president of the New York Anti-Slavery Society where he raised money, organized meetings, and held public debates. Several times his planned affairs were broken up by angry mobs. Alvan argued that slavery was in violation with the Constitution and should be abolished. After a brief attempt at a political career, receiving only a few hundred votes for New York governor, Stewart retired to a more private life, though remaining a member of the New York Anti-Slavery Society.
Hotel Stewart - San Francisco,CA
In the early 1900's, there was a Hotel Stewart run by the Stewart family. The address of the hotel is 353 Geary in Union Square. The hotel is still standing but run by another firm. The article was written in 1925 and mentions a fire "about 20 years ago". This must be the earthquake and fire of 1905. Below are the two entries in the Stewart Clan Magazine.
"The armorial emblem of the Hotel Stewart in San Francisco, Calif., is reproduced here because of its showing a portion of a Stewart coat-of arms. One of the proprietors of this hotel
is Charles A. Stewart (the other is Margaret Stewart) and he was born in Scotland, a member of the old noble family of Stewarts of Appin. He came to the United States when he was about 6 years old. He has long been a member of the Stewart Society, which has its headquarters in Edinburgh. The emblem here shown is not the complete coat-of-arms, as the wreath surrounding the escutcheon and the figure at each side have been eliminated. The full coat-of-arms is displayed, however, over the entrance to the hotel.
Charles A Stewart of San Francisco states that his father's papers, together with an old Andre Farrera rapier, given him at the death of his father in Waterloo, Ia., in 1895, were destroyed in the San Francisco fire about 20 years ago. The sword, made in Italy, was taken in the Battle of Culloden in 1746, from an English officer whom he had killed, by one of Mr. Stewart's ancestors who was fighting for Price Charlie (Bonnie Prince), and had been handed down from one generation to another. Mr. Stewart's father brought the sword to America from his old home at Lassingtoloch, near Loch Rannoch,Perthshire, one of the seats of the Stewarts of Appin."
"The armorial emblem of the Hotel Stewart in San Francisco, Calif., is reproduced here because of its showing a portion of a Stewart coat-of arms. One of the proprietors of this hotel
is Charles A. Stewart (the other is Margaret Stewart) and he was born in Scotland, a member of the old noble family of Stewarts of Appin. He came to the United States when he was about 6 years old. He has long been a member of the Stewart Society, which has its headquarters in Edinburgh. The emblem here shown is not the complete coat-of-arms, as the wreath surrounding the escutcheon and the figure at each side have been eliminated. The full coat-of-arms is displayed, however, over the entrance to the hotel.
Charles A Stewart of San Francisco states that his father's papers, together with an old Andre Farrera rapier, given him at the death of his father in Waterloo, Ia., in 1895, were destroyed in the San Francisco fire about 20 years ago. The sword, made in Italy, was taken in the Battle of Culloden in 1746, from an English officer whom he had killed, by one of Mr. Stewart's ancestors who was fighting for Price Charlie (Bonnie Prince), and had been handed down from one generation to another. Mr. Stewart's father brought the sword to America from his old home at Lassingtoloch, near Loch Rannoch,Perthshire, one of the seats of the Stewarts of Appin."
Monday, April 18, 2016
Is there a Vintner in the house?
In the last e-mail, I talked about our 5th great grand uncle William Stewart and his children. One of his children Joseph Stewart, moves to Pultney,Steuben County,NY. If you look at the photos of Joseph and his family on our site, the photo indicates that they are buried on someone's vineyard. Through census records, I've discovered that several of his children,grandchildren and even son-in-laws are grape growers in Steuben County,NY. Joseph's wife Lydia has a Stuart maiden name. Part of our uncle William's family started using the Stuart name instead of Stewart. I have yet to locate Lydia's parents but since one of their son's name is Selden Stewart, I'm thinking there is a connecttion.
Some links to Steuben County sites:
http://trailmaps.pbworks.com/w/page/22412508/New%20York%20-%20Steuben%20County%20-%20Penny%20Gaudino%20CET%204583
http://www.fingerlakes.org/about-the-region/county-information/steuben-county
And a final link to a cemetery where some of the Stewarts are buried. The family in the picture honoring Phineas Parker, would be distant relatives of ours. Phineas's daughter Polly, is the wife of Selden Stewart, our second cousin.
http://www.paintedhills.org/STEUBEN/PulteneyOldPresybyterialcem.htm
Some links to Steuben County sites:
http://trailmaps.pbworks.com/w/page/22412508/New%20York%20-%20Steuben%20County%20-%20Penny%20Gaudino%20CET%204583
http://www.fingerlakes.org/about-the-region/county-information/steuben-county
And a final link to a cemetery where some of the Stewarts are buried. The family in the picture honoring Phineas Parker, would be distant relatives of ours. Phineas's daughter Polly, is the wife of Selden Stewart, our second cousin.
http://www.paintedhills.org/STEUBEN/PulteneyOldPresybyterialcem.htm
Jospeh Stewart and family
William Stewart
This family history e-mail explores our 5th great grand uncle William Stewart(1706-1800). William is the guardian of our 4th great grandfather Daniel Stewart after the early death of Daniel's father Alexander. William is notable for having four wives and also introducing us to another Scottish Clan, the Campbells. Hannah Campbell is William's first wife. Hannah is the mother of five children and dies when her youngest is only two in 1743. Four of his children with Hannah all die within a few weeks in August 1749. This leads me to believe that some disease hit Haddam,CT during that summer. His remaining son Nathan provides us with some interesting information through one of his children.
Nathan marries Martha Shaw, another Scottish Clan, in 1760. Their first child is Jared Stewart. Jared Stewart at age 15 enlists in the Continental Army under Captain Bezaleel Beebe. As a side note, the Beebe family is also in our tree. Jared fights in the Battle of Fort Washington located in Harlem Heights, NY. The two generals in the battle are Washington and Howe. Jared Stewart was among the captured Americans after the fort fell. Jared was taken prisoner and died in a British prison ship in the harbor January 1777. I think about Jared Stewart and the sacrifice he made for our family each morning when I put out our American Flag.
Link to the Battle of Fort Washington:
http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/battledetail.aspx?battle=13
William's second wife is Sarah Buck. The Buck family has caused my hours of fruitless searching. The Buck family makes several appearances in our tree. If you remember Amanda Stewart's letter, she mentioned that Daniel's daughter Phebe marries Parsley Buck and moves to Vermont. At that point the family lost contact with them. The early years of the state of Vermont don't provide great genealogy information. Sarah has one child, Sarah, before she dies in 1745. Sarah, the daughter, marries Justus Seeley and part of the family moves to Canada. There is a division in this family between Americans and Loyalists. Sarah,Justus and three of their children move to Canada. One son Guy settles in St Louis at the time when it was still part of the Louisiana Territory and dies in the early 1818. I thought I'd hit a dead end with this branch when I started looking for their other son Justus Azel Seeley. And then a discovery happened.... Justus Azel Seeley was one of
the original Utah Mormon Pioneer families. One of his sons, David Seely, settled in San Bernardino, CA.
At one time the Mormons had a settlement in Nauvoo,IL which is located on the Mississippi River in Hancock County. Hancock County is not far from Cass County. In 1846, Nauvoo had a greater population than Chicago. That year is also important for the Reynolds side of the family. In 1846 William Pearn and Mary Elizabeth Mutton Pearn immigrated from England and settled in Beardstown.
The Nauvoo area is beautiful and they had a winery and blue cheese factory.
Here is a link to the history:
http://www.cofchrist.org/history/nauvoo.asp
And a link to modern day Nauvoo:
http://www.beautifulnauvoo.com/index.html
In the history portion, you'll see that the Mormons reorganized in 1860 in Amboy,IL. Amboy is in Lee County not far from Steward and Dixon.
William's third wife is Thankfull Graves. Thankfull married William in 1745 and dies the following year. There were no children from this marriage.
William's fourth and final wife is Mary McWilliams. Mary has four sons, William, Samuel, Joseph and Benjamin and a daughter Hannah. William, Samuel and Joseph all served in the American Revolution. The brothers moved first to Vermont after the War but then eventually settled in New York. William and his fourth wife Mary McWilliams are buried in Milton Cemetery and in the same row our 4th great grandfather Daniel Stewart's 1st wife Phebe Chapman Stewart is buried. And it makes me wonder if Daniel Stewart is buried there too.
The Stewart family is starting to move further west in western parts of New York. We'll begin to see the counties of Steuben, Otsego and Herkimer as places of residence.
There is also another settlement in central Illinois. Jane Stewart marries Elon Eldred around 1827 and moves to Greene County which is south of Cass County.
Almost thirty years later, her cousins Mary Jane Stewart, Rosamond Stewart and Charles Stewart settle in Greene County. Mary Jane marries William Marshall Potts, a Civil War Veteran. After Mary Jane dies in 1885, Rosamond marries William Marshall Potts. William's brother James Franklin Potts also serves in the Civil War and later becomes a surgeon. Mary Jane's son Herbert Potts also becomes a surgeon and in the early 1900's lives in Evanston,IL.
Mary Jane and Rosamond's sister Alice Ann bring our family it's first supreme court justice. Charles H Brown served on the Eighth Judicial District in New York State. This side of our Stewart family provides the information about our family in the Stewart Clan Magazine.
Nathan marries Martha Shaw, another Scottish Clan, in 1760. Their first child is Jared Stewart. Jared Stewart at age 15 enlists in the Continental Army under Captain Bezaleel Beebe. As a side note, the Beebe family is also in our tree. Jared fights in the Battle of Fort Washington located in Harlem Heights, NY. The two generals in the battle are Washington and Howe. Jared Stewart was among the captured Americans after the fort fell. Jared was taken prisoner and died in a British prison ship in the harbor January 1777. I think about Jared Stewart and the sacrifice he made for our family each morning when I put out our American Flag.
Link to the Battle of Fort Washington:
http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/battledetail.aspx?battle=13
William's second wife is Sarah Buck. The Buck family has caused my hours of fruitless searching. The Buck family makes several appearances in our tree. If you remember Amanda Stewart's letter, she mentioned that Daniel's daughter Phebe marries Parsley Buck and moves to Vermont. At that point the family lost contact with them. The early years of the state of Vermont don't provide great genealogy information. Sarah has one child, Sarah, before she dies in 1745. Sarah, the daughter, marries Justus Seeley and part of the family moves to Canada. There is a division in this family between Americans and Loyalists. Sarah,Justus and three of their children move to Canada. One son Guy settles in St Louis at the time when it was still part of the Louisiana Territory and dies in the early 1818. I thought I'd hit a dead end with this branch when I started looking for their other son Justus Azel Seeley. And then a discovery happened.... Justus Azel Seeley was one of
the original Utah Mormon Pioneer families. One of his sons, David Seely, settled in San Bernardino, CA.
At one time the Mormons had a settlement in Nauvoo,IL which is located on the Mississippi River in Hancock County. Hancock County is not far from Cass County. In 1846, Nauvoo had a greater population than Chicago. That year is also important for the Reynolds side of the family. In 1846 William Pearn and Mary Elizabeth Mutton Pearn immigrated from England and settled in Beardstown.
The Nauvoo area is beautiful and they had a winery and blue cheese factory.
Here is a link to the history:
http://www.cofchrist.org/history/nauvoo.asp
And a link to modern day Nauvoo:
http://www.beautifulnauvoo.com/index.html
In the history portion, you'll see that the Mormons reorganized in 1860 in Amboy,IL. Amboy is in Lee County not far from Steward and Dixon.
William's third wife is Thankfull Graves. Thankfull married William in 1745 and dies the following year. There were no children from this marriage.
William's fourth and final wife is Mary McWilliams. Mary has four sons, William, Samuel, Joseph and Benjamin and a daughter Hannah. William, Samuel and Joseph all served in the American Revolution. The brothers moved first to Vermont after the War but then eventually settled in New York. William and his fourth wife Mary McWilliams are buried in Milton Cemetery and in the same row our 4th great grandfather Daniel Stewart's 1st wife Phebe Chapman Stewart is buried. And it makes me wonder if Daniel Stewart is buried there too.
The Stewart family is starting to move further west in western parts of New York. We'll begin to see the counties of Steuben, Otsego and Herkimer as places of residence.
There is also another settlement in central Illinois. Jane Stewart marries Elon Eldred around 1827 and moves to Greene County which is south of Cass County.
Almost thirty years later, her cousins Mary Jane Stewart, Rosamond Stewart and Charles Stewart settle in Greene County. Mary Jane marries William Marshall Potts, a Civil War Veteran. After Mary Jane dies in 1885, Rosamond marries William Marshall Potts. William's brother James Franklin Potts also serves in the Civil War and later becomes a surgeon. Mary Jane's son Herbert Potts also becomes a surgeon and in the early 1900's lives in Evanston,IL.
Mary Jane and Rosamond's sister Alice Ann bring our family it's first supreme court justice. Charles H Brown served on the Eighth Judicial District in New York State. This side of our Stewart family provides the information about our family in the Stewart Clan Magazine.
James Franklin Potts
William Marshal Potts
Stewart/Hungerford Family
It's time again to discover another member of our Stewart Clan. We're still exploring the children of Alexander Stewart(1675-1742), our 6th great grandfather from Antrim, Ireland. This time we'll be centering on our aunt Margaret Stewart and uncle John Stewart.
Through our 5th great grand aunt,Margaret Stewart (1704-1784), and our 5th great grand uncle,John Stewart (1702-1791), we have a new family branch, the Hungerfords. Margaret marries Thomas Hungerford and two of John Stewart's daughters, Elizabeth and Sarah marry brothers Green and Lemuel Hungerford. The Hungferford family has a very colorful history in England. One member of the family is beheaded with Cromwell. I'm actually surprised no one has thought to make a movie about the family. The attached narrative explains the different family members. The narrative comes from the "Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20". Robert Hungerford caught my attention because he is "awarded very largely to the landed property of his family in Cornwall". If you ever have the chance to read either The White Queen or The Red Queen, you'll be able to have a better understanding of the time period and this family. These books cover the period during the
War of Roses or better known as the Cousins' War. I also highly recommend renting Robin Hood with Russell Crowe.
The reason I'm talking about this family is that they not only marry our Stewart ancestors, but other branches of our family. We've going to be seeing more Hungerfords as time goes on. This family will travel with our family members to Vermont and Ohio. Even through the Hungerford family had strong tied to the British Crown while in England, the family quickly become Americans and fight against the British. Through Find A grave, I've been able to locate some of the Hungerfords graves in England, Fairleigh Hungerford Castle and the Salisbury Cathedral. You can view these in our Media gallery in Ancestry starting on page eight. The headstones will remind you of the Knights Templar from the movie "The Da Vinci Code".
The Stewart Family also marries into another of our family branches, the Spencer's. During this time period and location ( Haddam, Cornwall and Fairfield County, CT), we're going to find a lot of cross over from one family branch to another. We'll discuss the Spencer family at length shortly.
Through our 5th great grand aunt,Margaret Stewart (1704-1784), and our 5th great grand uncle,John Stewart (1702-1791), we have a new family branch, the Hungerfords. Margaret marries Thomas Hungerford and two of John Stewart's daughters, Elizabeth and Sarah marry brothers Green and Lemuel Hungerford. The Hungferford family has a very colorful history in England. One member of the family is beheaded with Cromwell. I'm actually surprised no one has thought to make a movie about the family. The attached narrative explains the different family members. The narrative comes from the "Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20". Robert Hungerford caught my attention because he is "awarded very largely to the landed property of his family in Cornwall". If you ever have the chance to read either The White Queen or The Red Queen, you'll be able to have a better understanding of the time period and this family. These books cover the period during the
War of Roses or better known as the Cousins' War. I also highly recommend renting Robin Hood with Russell Crowe.
The reason I'm talking about this family is that they not only marry our Stewart ancestors, but other branches of our family. We've going to be seeing more Hungerfords as time goes on. This family will travel with our family members to Vermont and Ohio. Even through the Hungerford family had strong tied to the British Crown while in England, the family quickly become Americans and fight against the British. Through Find A grave, I've been able to locate some of the Hungerfords graves in England, Fairleigh Hungerford Castle and the Salisbury Cathedral. You can view these in our Media gallery in Ancestry starting on page eight. The headstones will remind you of the Knights Templar from the movie "The Da Vinci Code".
The Stewart Family also marries into another of our family branches, the Spencer's. During this time period and location ( Haddam, Cornwall and Fairfield County, CT), we're going to find a lot of cross over from one family branch to another. We'll discuss the Spencer family at length shortly.
Sir Anthony Hungerford
Sir Anthony & Lady Margaret Hungerford
Sir Thomas Hungerford
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