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Descendants of Gideon Wright
13.DAVID9 STEWART (LYDIA8HARRISON, ELIZABETH7WRIGHT, GIDEON6, PETER5, NICHOLAS4, NICHOLAS3, NICHOLAS2, JOHN1) was born 1725 in Kentucky, and died in Stokes County, North Carolina.He married ABIGAIL HARRISON Unknown in ?.She was born 1725 in ?, and died Unknown in ?.
Notes for DAVID STEWART:
The Flemings and Stewarts of Scotland
" Let the deed draw " - " bratach Bhan Nan Stiubhartach "
from the Internet : www.ounceofprevention.ca/history/fleming/1.htm
In projecting a lone figure against the back drop of history, we are come to a realization of the generations. In other words, in each individual are met certain traits peculiar to his race, to his particular line of descent, and to his family. Christopher Alexander Fleming had a lively appreciation of the significance of this fact, and pride in the virtues and examples of his forbears. This he demonstrated in research into the history of the Flemish race to which he belonged, and the Scottish clans from which he has descended. He himself was Canadian born, and he created his own destiny in this land in the rugged days when it was new, and bequethed to his descendants a proud and positive Canadian heritage, yet, he revered the past, and put time and energy into reconstucting the ancestral pattern.
The love for Scotland and things Scottish reached fulfillment in the summer of 1924, when, with a party of Canadian newspaper men, Mr. Fleming made a tour of Belgium, France, and the British Isles, and,while in Scotland, visited his kin. In tender words, he told in his letters of " taking the winding road trodden many times by mother "; visiting the chirch, where mother's seat was located at the side of the pulpit, corresponding to the place she occupied in the church at Kilsyth; and crossing the bridge at the site of the tiny ferry, where his father, as a 12 year-old lad in Highland plaid, crossed the Tummel River to herd cows for two pence a day.
To trace the origin of the people whose name he bore, Mr. Fleming had only to turn to the Fleming race, native of Flanders, part of the present country of Belgium, and a part of the Low Countries, bordering on the North Sea, between France and Germany. That the Scottish family of Fleming, which emigrated to Canada in 1843, and soon after, to Grey County, descended from these vigorous and aggressive Teutonic people is questionable.
the fleming people entered Europe shortly after the kindred branch, the Aryans, arrived at Greece and Italy. The race had a long struggle against warring enemies on one band, and against the encroaching sea on the other. The advent of the Flemings to Great Britain dates from the time of William the Conqueror, whose queen was Matilda of Flanders. Several of her kinsmen, the Flemings, fought in the Battle of hastings. The first flemings to 90 to Scotland landed in the days of King David ( I 124 ). Fifeshire became the stronghold of the family.
The Flemings brought with them to Britain high skills in many of the arts and sciences, and these had a marked influence on the industry and life of the British people. The Flemings set up the weaving looms of Britain, developed many crafts requiring artistry and skill of hand. Under the fuedal system of the early Norman kings of England, the Flemings@1, rere the chief accountants, tax collectors, and penman. They compiled the great Doomsday Books with the holdings of all the British estates recorded, while they are referred to by Chaucer in the Canterbury Tales.
Different coats of arms were used by the more prominant Fleming families in Scotland, but the older and better known one is that of the Lords of Slave with the inscription, ' Let the deed shaw. "the origin of this phrase lies in the killinu of Red Comyn at the Grey Friars' Church, Dumfries, February 4th, 1306. After Robert the Bruce had wounded his enemy, the Comyn, Bruce's two companions, Sir Roger Kirkpatrick and Robert le Fleming, completed the killing. As Fleming emerged from the church,he held up the severed heas of their victim, exclaiming, " Let the deed shaw ".
The ancestry of C.A.Fleming on his grandmother's side was no less fraught with colour and drama. Her name was Jean Stewart, and in her veins flowed the blood of the Royal Stewarts of Scotland. The stewarts can be traced from Brittainy to England in the Norman Period, and from there to Scotland in Kind David First's reign. The name is a derivant of the word " steward " ( or treasurer ), and Alan, son of Flabald, the first hereditary High " Steward " of Scotland, was a noble of the Norman race of the surname of Fitzalan, their first holdings being in Renfrewshire. Walter, the sixth High " Steward " or Stewart, commanded the left wing of the Scottish army at the Battle of Bannockburn, 1314, and, for his valor on that historic occasion, was knighted by King Bruce, who, in the following year, gave him his daughter, Marjory, in marriage. In 1318, the parliament enacted that, in the event of Bruce's son having no issue, the succession of the crown should pass to the son of Walter the Stewart and Princess Marjory. Thus it was, that this Stewart son was crowned at Scone in 1371 as Robert II, establishing a dynasty that existed for nearly four stormy centuries in Scotland, and still has a branch in the present reigning family of the United Kingdom.
Besides the direct royal lines of Stewarts, there were other Stewarts in Scotland descended from the parent stock. the larger body of these was the Athole Stewart clan, living chiefly in Athole, Strathdon, Strathspey, and Garth, whose progenator was Alexander Stewart, son of Robert II, known as the Wolf of Badenocb.
Although belonging to the Athole clan, definite tradition of the Fleming-Stewart family establishes the fact that their direct forbear was not Alexander the Wolf of Badenocb, but his brother, Robert, Duke of Albany, best known as Robert the Regent. The Regent is described in history as the statesman of the family, and was first known as the Earl of Fife. Though never a king, he was virtually ruler of Scotland during most of his adult life. During the late years of his father's life, and during the minority of the young King James I, albany held the reigns of government; while, during the lenghthy captivity of James in England, he was by decree of Parliament,Regent of Scotland.
The Stewarts of Scotland had six different tartans and most of them had red as the predominant color. This red of the Stewart dress is mentioned in sond and story. One author, in describing the Stewart division of Prince Charles Edward's army coming over the hillside, said: " It looked as if the hill were on fire. " ppThe coat of arms of the Royal Stewarts was a shield with a chequered band across the center, representing the exchequer table, and bearing the Gaelic inscription, " Bratach Bhan Nan Stiubhartach " ( Banner White of the Stewarts ).
Rockingham County, North Carolina - Will Book - page 58
January 11, 1799
No Probate Date
wife : Elizabeth
daughter : Elizabeth Stewart
All my children
EXRS: Friends - James Hodge, William Hodge
witness: Joseph Payne, Mary Payne, Joseph Clark
I do believe this may have been an earlier will for John Stewart. And yet it could have been for David, and/ or one of his children.
The fact that it was never probated, leads me to believe the family was on the move or there was another will made after this in another county or state.
I found a book at the McClung Library, Knoxville,TN
" Scotch-Irish Settlements in VA "
Section for County of Augusta
David Stewart vs. William Harrison
Attachment, 2d September, 1747.
Defendant" is privately removing his effects out of the country/county. "
David would have been 22 yrs. old and this very well could have been the removing to North Carolina.
Generation No. 5
5.DAVID STEWART (SAMUEL4, SAMUEL3, DAVID2, JOHN1) was born 1722 in Virginia, and died 1807.He married ABIGAIL HARRISON.
Notes
About 1748, David Stewart obtained from John, Earl of Granville,a grant of 138 acres of land on the Yadkin River in Anson (later Rowan, then Surry, then Yadkin) County, N.C.The tract was surveyed Jan 10 1748-49 and the chain carriers were Anthony Heavely and Abrahan Potter.David settled on Swan Creek,in old Rowan County, probably before his parents came.He had a constable's beat on the north side of the Yadkin River from Muddy Creek upward.In 1753 Edward Hughes was appointed commissioner in David Stewart's district.On May 9, 1757, DavId obtained a grant of 380 acres on the east side of the Yadkin River, and he sold this land on Feb 2, 1779 to John Lynch. David and Samuel Stewart were sureties June 30, 1762 on the marriage bond of Joseph Harrison and Ann Ball, in Rowan County.On June 5, 1781, David bought of John Lynch 2OO acres on one south fork of Stewart's Creek.David's land in Stokes County when that couty formed. He was surety on the marriage of Thomas Stewart and Prudence Busey on May 4, 1791.He made his will on Nov. 24, 1807. He appointed his sons, John an Rueben Stewart as executors.
He gave 20 shillings each to Jemima Harrison, Keziah Rankin, Lydia Potter, and Abigail Curd, and left to John, David, Rueben, Samuel, and Thomas Stewart, "all my estate, land, negroes, and stock all kinds & household goods & plantation tools to be equally divided. My five sons are to have no division until the death of my wife Abigail whom they are to maintain."John Stewart, one of the executors, moved to Knox County, Ky., where he gave power-of-attorney on July 19, 1819, to John Conrad of Stokes County and to attend his interest in his father's estate.Rueben Stewart, the remaining executor, sold on Mar 14, 1825 to Frederick Miller, for $450 ,138 acres of land.
(Copied frorn the Stewart Clan Magazine, Vol XXIV, No. 11, May 1947)
Children of David Stewart and Abigail Harrison are:
1. JOHN STEWART, b. Abt 1762, Stokes County, North Carolina; d. Aft 1827, Knox County KY.
2. LYDIA STEWART.
3. DAVID STEWART.
4.JEMIMA STEWART.
5.KEZIAN STEWART.
6. ABIGAIL STEWART.
7. RUEBEN STEWART.
8. SAMUEL STEWART.
9. THOMAS STEWART.
NEW FINDING - STEWART CLANMARCH 2003Researcher-Joyce Lindstrom
David STEWART
ABT 1734 - ABT 1801
BIRTH: ABT 1734, ,Augusta,Virginia
DEATH: ABT 1801, ,Stokes,North Carolina
Father: Samuel STEWART
Mother: Lydia HARRISON
Family 1 : Abigail STEWART
# Lydia STEWART
Family 2 : Elizabeth MCQUEEN
# Lydia STEWART
_David STEWART ______+
_Samuel STEWART _|
||_Mrs. David STEWART _
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|--David STEWART
|
|_Isaiah HARRISON ____+
|_Lydia HARRISON _|
|_Elizabeth WRIGHT ___+
NOTES: David Stewart left a will dated 24 Nov 1801 in Stokes County, North Carolina. Researcher: Joyce Lindstrom.
BIRTH: The 1759, 1761, and 1768 tax lists of Rowan Co., North Carolina are use to determine the birth order of the children. The 1759 tax list records Samuel with his two adult sons,
David and John Stewart. The 1761 tax list records Samuel with his sons; David, John, Samuel, Joseph and Isaiah. The 1768 tax list records Samuel with David, John, Joseph, Isaiah and
Benjamin, the baby in the family. Researcher: Joyce Lindstrom.
WILL: In the same year that Samuel made out his will, he passed away. On 11 January 1771, just three years later, Lydia made a will and as the records show she undoubtedly died almost
immediately after making the will, because the death date and will date are shown on the record as the same day. This probably isn't the case, but certainly she didn't live long after she
made the will. Samuel had willed the specific property to his four older sons and so in Lydia's will she willed specifically to the other children, however, she did mention all the different
ones in the will which is as follows:
"In the name of God, Amen. I, Lydia Stewart of Rowan County in North Carolina, being weak of body, but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given unto God, do dispose of my
worldly estate as follows: I will that out of my estate, a list to be obtained for a certain tract of land on the south side of the Yadkin River, adjoining Benjamin and James Herson's land,
and if such title can be obtained, to be sold and the sales thereof to be equally divided unto my beloved sons, David, Samuel, John, Joseph, and Isaiah Stewart.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my granddaughter, Lydia, the daughter of my son David, my bed and furniture there unto belonging.
Item: I give unto my son DAVID, my bed and furniture thereunto belonging. Item: I give unto my son Benjamin an iron pot now in his possession.
Item: I give unto my son Joseph's daughter, Lydia, a heifer or a young cow.
Item: I bequeath unto my beloved sons, David, Samuel, Isaiah and John Stewart, all the rest of my estate to be equally divided amongst them, and their heirs. I do nominate and appoint
my sons David Stewart and Samuel Stewart executors of this, my last will and testament, Ratifying, allowing, and confirming this to be my Last Will and Testament and do utterly
disannul all former wills by me made in testimony whereof I set my hand and seal. January 11, 1771." (Please note that Lydia Stewart made out her will stating she lived in Rowan
County, North Carolina. Actually Surry Co, North Carolina was created from Rowan Co. in 1770.)
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Children of DAVID STEWART and ABIGAIL HARRISON are:
| i. | JOHN10 STEWART, b. 1750, Stokes County,NC; d. 1827, Knox Co.,KY; m. (1) ELIZABETH BEGLEY; m. (2) MARY BEGLEY, Unknown, ?; b. 1750, North Carolina; d. Unknown, ?. |
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