Amanda Smith Stewart is my 3rd great mother. Amanda married Ira Stewart, my 3rd great father in 1811. Her father Hubbard Smith married Ira's sister Seviah Stewart and lived in Harpersfield,Delaware,NY.
Amanda mentions that she wrote this from memory and for Hiram Stewart, her grandson and son of John Wilcox Stewart, to correct some of her mistakes. Amanda was 75 at the time of the letter and had an excellent memory. She only made a couple of name mistakes. Mary Hubbard's father is Jeremiah Hubbard not Asa Hubbard. David Smith was Lt. David Smith in the French and Indian war. Daniel Stewart's grandfather was Alexander Stewart not Charles and Daniel's first wife was Phebe Lee Chapman. Phebe Stewart moved to New Hampshire and not Vermont. Her husband's name is Perley Buck not Parley. This letter is amazing for the fact that Amanda didn't have benefits of the Internet to fact check. This letter is also posted on my Ancestry account along with the transcribed version.
