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184-111. BENJAMIN5 SPOFFORD (Lieut. Abel 184-43; Jonathan 184-13; John 184-2; John 184), born 14 July, 1751; married (int. 23 Sept., 1786) Polly Adams. She died 21 Dec., 1790. He married (2) in Boxford, 14 Nov., 1792, Widow Lydia Wood. For a long time he resided in Boxford. He died 19 or 20 Feb., 1836. His widow, Lydia, died 6 Sept., 1839, aged 95 years (G. S. Harmony Cemetery, East Boxford).
Children born in Rowley :
184-192. SALLY,6 b. 31 Dec., 1786; m. in Boxford, 22 Dec., 1807, Phineas Barnes; residence, Boxford.
184-193. MARY (POLLY) ADAMS, b. 4 Jan., 1789; m. Nathaniel Nelson (130- 150).
184-151. DR. MOSES DOLE6 SPOFFORD (Dr. Amos 184-80; Col. Daniel 184-35; Capt. John 184-10; John 184-2; John 184), born 19 Dec., 1773; married 6 Dec., 1798, Irene, daughter of David Mighill (127-40). He was a physician in Rowley, Second Parish, now George- town. He died 30 Nov., 1832.
Children born in Rowley :
184-194. LAVINIA,7 b. 12 Dec., 1799.
184-195. MARIETTA MIGHILL, b. 17 Jan., 1803.
184-196. HARRISON B., b. 22 Oct., 1806.
184-197. LEVERETT WINSLOW, b. 11 Nov., 1809.
STANTON
185. MARGARET STANTON had a house lot of one acre, on Bradford Street, registered in 1643, it being the only one laid out of less than an acre and half. We find no further mention of her save this entry in the town record: "Anno 1646 Margaret Stanton buryed the second moneth the fifteenth day."
STARLING STERLING
186. WILLIAM1 STARLING (Sterling). His name appears on the Rowley tax list for 1662, among the men living at Merrimack, later Bradford. He had a wife, Elizabeth.
By deed, dated 22 Oct., 1662, John Remington, then of Roxbury, conveys four score acres of land in Rowley, on Merrimack River, to William Sterling of Rowley (Essex Deeds, 2 Ips .: 169). He moved to Haverhill, before May 1669, and had children born there. His wife, Elizabeth, died in Haverhill, 6 Feb., 1675. He married (2) in Haver- hill, 19 Dec., 1676, Mary Stowers. She died in Haverhill, 29 May, 1681. He married (3) 24 Apr., 1683, Widow Ann Neale of Salem (Ct. R.). He moved to Lyme (Savage).
Children (births from Court Record and Bradford Vital Records) :
186-1. ELIZABETH,2 b. 6 Aug., 1662.
186-2. RICHARD, b. 5 Aug., 1663.
186-3. MARY, b. 14 Sept., 1664.
186-4. JOHN, b. 7 May, 1666.
186-5. HANNAH, b. 14 Feb., 1667-8.
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STEVENS
187. WILLIAM, STEVENS was admitted to Rowley Church, 21 Mar.,
1696-7. His wife was Elizabeth.
Child of record in Rowley :
187-1. WILLIAM, b. 27 Sept., 1695.
STEWARD STEWART STUART
Contributed by George S. Stewart, Newton Highlands, Mass.
188. DUNCAN1 STEWART came to Rowley from Newbury, not earlier than 1689, in which year his name first appears on Rowley Record. He married, early in 1654, Anne Winchurst, both then of Ipswich, and both in service of George Hadley (Essex Ct. Files, 2: 130). They moved to Newbury in 1659, and for thirty years occupied a farm on that part of the Dummer estate now a portion of the Caldwell farm in the Byfield Parish and near the Rowley line. His name is on the New- bury tax-list of Aug., 1688 (Reg. 32: 157) and in the Rowley list of 1691, when he was assessed £2.
By deed, dated 20 Feb., 1698-9, "Dunckin Steward of Rowley planter" sells Capt. Stephen Greenleaf of Newbury, the rate lot and right in undivided lands of Newbury belonging to "his son Charles Steward, late of Newbury, deceased" (Essex Deeds, 16: 17). He was among those "inhabitants of Rowley living northwest of Rye Plain bridge and Long Hill," 16 Mar., 1702-3, whose minister's rates were abated. James, John, Samuel, and Ebenezer Stewart signed an agreement, 17 Mar., 1713-4, for the maintenance of "their aged and honoured parents, Dun- can and Ann Stewart" who, since 1707, had resided with their son John Stewart (Suffolk Ct. Files, 19265).
Duncan Stewart died in Rowley, 30 Aug., 1717, "aged 'tis tho't abot 100 yrs" (Ch. R.). He deposed, in 1698, that he was about 75 years old (Suffolk Ct. Files). His widow, Ann, was admitted, 17 Sept., 1721, to Rowley Church, "tho't to be nearer a 100 y" 90 years" (Ch. R.). She died 9 July, 1729 (Ch. R.).
By deed, dated 16 Apr., 1718, James Stewart of Boxford, John Stewart of Rowley, Samuel Stewart of Wells, and Ebenezer Stewart of Rowley, "being ye only surviving brothers of Charles Stewart, late of Newbury, dec'd" confirm to Capt. Stephen Greenleaf the land and rights of said Charles, in Newbury, which "our Hond Father Dunkin Stewart, late of Rowley, dec'd was pleased in his lifetime to sell," &c. (Essex Deeds, 37: 230).
No evidence whatever has been found to show that Duncan Stewart or any of his sons ever engaged in shipbuilding or owned a shipyard as stated in Gage's History of Rowley, p. 318.
Children born in Ipswich :
188-1. JANE,2 m. 2 June, 1682, Joseph Esty of Topsfield (Ct. R.).
188 - 2. "KATHREN" (Catherine), b. in Ipswich, 8 June, 1658 (Ct. R.) ; prob. m. Paul Wentworth (211).
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Born in Newbury :
188 - 3. MARTHA, b. 4 Apr., 1659; perhaps m. John Wentworth.
188 - 4. CHARLES, b. 5 June, 1661; in Nov., 1688, he was "impressed" to serve in a winter's campaign against the Eastern Indians (Cof- fin's Hist. Newbury, p. 151). He d. 8 May, 1689 (Rowley R.) ; unm.
188 - 5. ELIZABETH, m. 2 Nov., 1662; m. Sylvanus Wentworth (212).
188 - 6. JAMES, b. 8 Oct., 1664; m. Elizabeth
188 - 7. JOHN, b. (1666) ; m. Elizabeth
188 - 8. ANNA, m. Colin Frazer (67).
188 - 9.
HENRY, b. 1 May, 1669 ; prob. d. young.
188-10. SOLOMON, was a member of Capt. Philip Nelson's Co. in the Canada Expedition of 1690, and d. of starvation on board the brigantine "Adventure," Wm. Bedlow, master, in Dec., 1690 (Mass. Arch. 37 :48).
188-11. SAMUEL, m. Dorcas Boston. Lived at Wells, Me.
188-12. EBENEZER, b. about 1676 ; m. Elizabeth Johnson.
188-6. JAMES2 STEWART (Duncan 188), born in Newbury, 8 Oct., 1664; married, about 1687, Elizabeth She died in that part of Rowley now Georgetown, and was "buried in Bradford" 28 Oct., 1732 (Rowley Sec. Ch. R.).
His name appears on the Newbury tax-list of 1688, and he served in the Canada Expedition, 1690, from that town. He is first mentioned on Rowley Records in 1693. His wife was admitted to Rowley Church, 20 Oct., 1695, and he was admitted 12 Feb., 1698-9. From 1709 to 1723, he lived on the "John Pickard Farm" in Boxford (Essex Deeds, 69 : 192), attending church in Bradford. On his return to Rowley, about 1723, he located in that part of Rowley now Georgetown. He married (2), 25 June, 1733, Sarah, daughter of Samuel Prime (153-1). She died 29 Dec., 1747. He was a carpenter and planter; died in Row- ley, 17 Sept., 1750 (Ch. R.).
Children :
188-13. JAMES,3 b. in Newbury, 19 July, 1688 (Ct. R.) ; his later history is unknown .*
188-14. CHARLES, b. in Newbury, 16 Jan., 1689-90; m. Mehitable Dennett.
188-15. EDWARD, b. in Rowley, 20 Sept., 1693 ; m. Hannah Green.
188-16. ABIGAIL, b. in Rowley, 26 Nov., 1695; m. 29 Nov., 1736, John Yell of Ipswich. He d. in Rowley, 24 Apr., 1755. She survived him.
188-17. SOLOMON, b. in Rowley, 24 July, 1698; m. Martha Farrington.
188-18. BENJAMIN, b. in Rowley, 3 Mar., 1700-1; d. 20 Mar., 1701-2.
188-19. DAVID, b. in Rowley, 9 Jan., 1702-3; "choked with a croquier ( ?) Jan. 10, 1706-7" (Ch. R.).
188-20. HANNAH, bp. in Rowley, 22 Apr., 1705; m. 28 Dec., 1730, Samuel Trask of Salem. They lived in Salem and Rowley and later moved to Edgecomb, Me., where she d. - May, 1790. See Hist. Industry, Me., p. 831, footnote, as to her claims of the distin- guished ancestry of her grandfather Duncan.
* 1 Nov., 1713, James Stewart and Mary Wills married in Portsmouth, N. H. The identity of this James has not been established.
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188-21. ELIZABETH, bp. in Rowley, 10 Nov., 1706 ; m. 28 Mar., 1728, Ebenezer Gove of Hampton Falls, N. H. They lived at Hampton Falls until 1735, then at Kensington, N. H., and prob. later at Edgecomb, Me. 188-22. MEHITABLE, m. (int. 3 Jan., 1728) Benjamin Foster of Salem. They settled in Lunenburg, where she d. 1 Feb., 1761.
188-23. MOSES, b. in Boxford, 9 July, 1712 ; m. in Salem, 7 Nov., 1734, Lydia, dau. of Capt. Eleazer Lindsay; d. in Lynn before 22 Apr., 1754 (Essex Deeds, 100: 145). She was living in Danvers, 1765.
188-7. JOHN2 STEWART (Duncan 188), born in Newbury in 1666. His first wife was Elizabeth She died in Newbury, 20 Dec., 1689. He served in the Canada Expedition, 1690, and on his return settled in Rowley. His name is on the Rowley tax-list of 1691, and he was admitted to Rowley Church, 12 Feb., 1698-9. He married (2) before June, 1695, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Dresser (58-3). She was admitted to Rowley Church, 23 June, 1695, and died 29 Sept., 1726 (Mary on Ch. R.). He married (3) 8 Mar., 1726-7, Sarah, widow of Nathaniel Bailey (10-11). She died 7 Feb., 1748-9. He married (4) 5 Sept., 1749, Widow Margaret (Boynton 22-15) Gage. She died 16 Oct., 1752. He married (5) 12 Dec., 1753, Mrs. Mary Somerby* of Newbury.
His homestead was on the site of the original lots of John Trumble (204) and John Haseltine (84). The old house was taken down in 1850. He died 23 Dec., 1756, "aged 90 years, 8 or 9 months" (Ch. R.). His will, dated 1 June, 1756, mentions "my now wife," and "the bond to Summersby"; daughter Elizabeth, wife of Amos Pillsbury; daughter Mary Hunt, a widow; daughter Sarah, wife of Ephraim Boynton; grandson Stewart Hunt, to be executor (Essex Probate, 334: 228). The seal upon this will of John Stewart bears an heraldic emblem.
Children :
188-24. ELIZABETH,3 b. in Newbury, 11 Dec., 1689 (Ct. R.) ; m. (int. 23 Feb., 1705-6) Amos Pillsbury of Newbury. He d. in Rowley, 9 Nov., 1761, aged 79 years. She d. in Rowley, 24 Feb., 1764.
188-25. MARY, b. in Rowley, 3 Oct., 1699; m. 12 Aug., 1731, Jeremiah Hunt of Billerica, as his third wife. After his death in 1737, she returned to Rowley with her three children, Sarah, Stewart, and Joseph Hunt. Stewart Hunt moved, before 1775, to Pownalboro, now Alna, Me., where he was living in 1810. His mother lived in Tewksbury in 1778, and prob. d. there.
188-26. SARAH, b. in Rowley, 25 Apr., 1712 ; m. Ephraim Boynton (22-48).
188-11. SAMUEL2 STEWART (Duncan 188), born in Newbury be- tween 1670 and 1675. In 1699 he was granted 100 acres of land at Wells, Me. He married in Wells, 30 Jan., 1700-1, Dorcas, daughter of Thomas Boston (or Baston) of Wells. He was a carpenter and mill- wright, and in later years, an innholder. June 14, 1727, Col. Johnson Harmon, Capt. James Grant and Mr. Samuel Stewart were appointed commissioners for the County of York, "to examine and regulate the several lists and valuations made by the assessors of each town" (Mass. Acts and Resolves, 2 : 419-420).
* Did she die in Newburyport 1779, aged 95 years? See record of Newburyport Unitarian Church.
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He died in Wells, before 11 Mar., 1752, on which date "Samuel Stewart of Wells, house-carpenter, John Stewart of Scarboro', husband- man, and Zebulon Stewart of Wells, cordwainer," convey to "Jeremiah Stewart of Wells, the northerly half of the house in which our Hon'd Father, Samuel Stewart, late of Wells dec'd last dwelt, including all the rights we may have on the decease of our Hon'd Mother, Dorcas Stewart of Wells, Schoolmistress" (York Deeds, 33: 23).
Children born in Wells:
188-27. SAMUEL,3 b. 4 June, 1704; m. (int. in Wells, 22 Apr., 1726) Dorothy Allen of York. He m. (2) (int. in Wells, 2 May, 1752) Widow Elizabeth (Littlefield) Goodale of Wells. Descendants at Wells, Me., and Alton, N. H.
188-28. JOSEPH, b. 28 Nov., 1706; m. (int. in Wells, 29 Nov., 1729) Mary Lord of Berwick; d. 1734. His widow m. (2) Lieut. Peter Grant of Berwick. Descendants at Gorham, Harrison and Standish, Me. 188-29. JOHN, b. 5 Aug., 1709 ; m. (int. 16 July, 1732) Mary Preble of York. He m. (2) in Scarboro', 13 Nov., 1735, Mary Bragg of Scarboro'. She was bur. 18 Mar., 1750 (Scarboro' Ch. R.). He m. (3) in Scarboro', 6 June, 1751, Mary Holmes of Scarboro'. He m. (4) in Scarboro', 2 Oct., 1777, Widow Jane (Roberts) Anderson of Scarboro'. He was for several years representative for Scarboro'. Descendants in Scarboro' and Saco, Me., and Effingham, N. H.
188-30. ZEBULON, b. 20 May, 1713 ; m. (int. 12 July, 1735) Penninah Getchell of Wells. He was in the military service, 1748, and continu- ously from 1757 to 1766. Descendants in Guildhall, Vt.
188-31. JEREMIAH, b. 27 May, 1716; m. 20 May, 1744, Sarah Paul of Salem (Salem R.). He m. (2) in Wells, 21 July, 1763, Abigail Jones of Wells. Descendants in Sudbury, Shirley and Lunenburg, Mass.
188-32. DORCAS, b. 26 Aug., 1718.
188-33. AMos, bp. 28 Oct., 1722; d. soon.
188-34. AMOS, bp. 4 Oct., 1724; was a soldier in the Louisburg Expedition, 1745 (Reg. 25: 266) ; no after mention of him found.
188-12. EBENEZER2 STEWART (Duncan 188), born in Newbury about 1676; married in Rowley, 23 May, 1698, Elizabeth Johnson, parentage unknown. She died 12 Apr., 1749, "aged abt 72 years" (By- field Ch. R.). He was a soldier in the Canada Expedition, 1690 (Mass. Arch., 114: 178). His homestead in Rowley was "northwest of Rye Plain bridge and Long Hill" (T. R.). The farm now is in Byfield Parish, Georgetown, on Warren Street. He was a husbandman and inn- holder ; was one of the selectmen of Rowley, 1726.
He died 30 Apr., 1749, "Aged abt. 73 years" (Byfield Ch. R.). Ad- ministration granted 8 May, 1749, to his eldest son, Robert (Essex Probate, 328: 511). The heirs-at-law were sons Robert, Richard, John and Charles; daughter Sarah Stewart, alias Webster; heirs of daughter Elizabeth Webster, deceased; daughter Ann Stewart, alias Lowell; daughter Mercy Stewart, alias Clough; and daughter Jane Stewart (Essex Probate, 329 : 54-55).
Children born in Rowley :
188-35. SARAH,3 b. 19 May, 1699; m. (int. 1 Dec., 1719) John Webster of Kingston, N. H.
188-36. ROBERT, b. 26 Nov., 1701; m. Ann Adams.
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188-37.
RICHARD, b. 15 Oct., 1704; m. Judith Poore.
188-38. ELIZABETH, m. 17 Feb., 1725-6, Benjamin Webster of Kingston, N. H .; d. in Kingston, before 1 Dec., 1737.
188-39. JOHN, b. 20 Oct., 1709; m. Hannah Bailey (10-30).
188-40. ANN, b. 27 Mar., 1712; m. in Newbury, 13 June, 1737, Nathaniel Brown of Newbury ; m. (2) 5 Feb., 1745-6, Samuel Lowell of Rowley.
188-41. MARY (Mercy), b. 26 Oct., 1715; m. 26 Dec., 1734, Ezra Clough, then of Kingston, N. H .; d. 10 Mar., 1756 (Byfield Ch. R.).
188-42. CHARLES, b. 31 May, 1718; m. in Newbury,, 31 Dec., 1741, Sarah, dau. of Samuel and Sarah (Redington) Fisk of Boxford ; moved in 1746 to Lancaster, He d. 31 July, 1750. She d. in Sterling, - June, 1786. Five children of record in Lancaster.
188-43. JANE, b. 7 Aug., 1720; m. 24 Dec., 1751, William Davis of Newton, N. H. (Kingston, N. H. R.).
188-14. CHARLES3 STEWART (James 188-6; Duncan 188), born in Newbury, 16 Jan., 1689-90; married about 1712, Mehitable, daughter of Alexander and Mehitable (Tetherly) Dennett of Portsmouth, N. H. He located at Hampton Falls, N. H., the same year, and died there in 1748. He was a smith by trade and in the N. H. military service in 1712 (N. H. State Papers, 14: 12). His widow was living 26 Feb., 1752.
Children of record in Hampton Falls :
188-44. DAVID,4 bp. 5 Sept., 1714.
188-45. MEHITABLE, bp. 15 Sept., 1717; m. 10 Nov., 1731, Abner Philbrick of Hampton Falls; d. 1770.
188-46. "DENNICK" (Dennett), bp. 13 Oct., 1717.
188-47. JONATHAN, b. 19 Jan., 1718-9; m. 13 Nov., 1740, Anna Carey of Hampton Falls.
188-48. SUSANNA, bp. 12 July, 1721; d. young.
188-49. SUSANNA, bp. 21 Oct., 1722; m. 13 Dec., 1739, Jacob Satterly of Hampton Falls; m. (2) 17 Oct., 1754, Aaron Morrill of Salis- bury, Mass.
188-50. SARAH, bp. 15 Oct., 1727; adm. to church 5 July, 1742 (Hampton Falls Ch. R.).
188-51. MosEs, bp. 12 Apr., 1728.
188-15. EDWARD3 STEWART (James 188-6; Duncan 188), born in Rowley, 20 Sept., 1693; married in Bradford, 5 June, 1718, Hannah Green of Bradford, who was born 10 Oct., 1701, and died 1 Mar., 1723-4 (Bradford R.). After her death he moved to Wells (Essex Deeds, 73: 197) and married (2) in York, Me., 12 Mar., 1730, Bethiah, daughter of Abraham and Mary (Young) Batten of York (York R. 111). He was a smith by occupation, and served in the Louisburg Expedition, 1745 (Reg. 25: 250 .; Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 6th Ser., 10: 527), and is not further reported. "Apr. 28, 1748 the Widow Stewart's house burnt in Wells and she and her child carried off by the Indians" (Hist. Wells).
Children of record in Bradford :
188-52. "MARAH,"4 b. 28 Sept., 1719; m. Nathaniel Boynton (22-57).
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188-53. THOMAS, b. - Jan., 1722-3. 1 Possibly one person by name of
188-54. GREEN, bp. 1 Mar., 1723-4. S Thomas Green Stewart.
Of record in Wells, Me .:
188-55. ABRAHAM, bp. 30 Mar., 1734-5.
188-56. ISAAC, bp. 5 Oct., 1735; served in the French War, from Arundel, and in the Revolution, from Bowdoinham, Me.
188-57. HANNAH, bp. 19 June, 1737.
188-58. THOMAS, bp. 24 Aug., 1740; served in the French War, from Arundel.
188-59. "BETTEY," bp. 3 Jan., 1741-2.
188-17. SERGT. SOLOMON3 STEWART (James 188-6; Duncan 188), born in Rowley, 24 July, 1698. He entered the military service, 5 May, 1721, under Capt. John Wainwright, rank, sergeant; served till 24 Aug., 1721 (Mass. Arch., 91: 26) ; 28 Feb. to 20 Nov., 1722, he was in Capt. Johnson Harmon's Company, fighting the Indians in Maine (Mass. Arch., 91: 53) (Mass. Resolves, etc., 10, Apdx., 5: 350) ; 24 June to 23 July, 1725, he acted as "pilot" for Capt. Richard Kimball's Troop of Horse (Mass. Arch., 91: 142).
He married in Andover, 28 June, 1727, Martha, daughter of Edward and Martha (Brown) Farrington. They were admitted to Bradford Church, 31 Dec., 1727. He lived on a farm in Rowley, adjoining his father's homestead ; he moved to Salem, before 1734, and to Lunenburg in 1738. He was a grantee of Rindge, N. H., 16 June, 1749, and served on the committee that "laid out" that town (Hist. of Rindge).
He died in Lunenburg, 28 Feb., 1758 (G. S.), and his widow, Martha, died there 6 Nov., 1777 (G. S.).
Children :
188-60. BENJAMIN,4 b. in Rowley, 26 Jan., 1728; m. 9 Jan., 1751-2, Rebecca Taylor of Lunenburg; d. in Lunenburg, 25 Feb., 1815. Rev. soldier.
188-61. SOLOMON, b. in Rowley, 14 Jan., 1730; m. 28 May, 1755, Elizabeth Taylor of Lunenburg. He moved to Canaan, Me., about 1777, and d. there 22 June, 1802.
188-62. PHINEAS, b. in Rowley, 27 Mar., 1732 ; m. 22 Apr., 1756, Anne Ireland of Lunenburg. He was one of the carpenters employed in build- ing Ft. Halifax on the Kennebec, in 1754 (Mass. Arch. 93 : 149), and took part in the Crown Point Expedition in 1755 (Mass. Arch. 93 : 209-10) ; he moved, during the Revolution, to Canaan, Me.
188-63. DANIEL, b. 21 Nov., 1734 (Salem R.) ; m. 14 Mar., 1757, Mary Ire- land of Lunenburg ; d. in Fitchburg, 2 June, 1802.
188-64. WILLIAM, b. 14 Mar., 1736-7 (Salem R.) ; m. 25 July, 1758, Abigail Ireland of Lunenburg. He served in the Crown Point Expedition in 1755 (Mass. Arch. 93 : 209-10) ; moved to Canaan, Me., in 1780. JAMES, bp. in Lunenburg, 19 Aug., 1739; prob. d. young.
188-65.
188-66. MARY, b. in Lunenburg, 7 Sept., 1740; m. 19 Mar., 1761, Samuel Peirce of Lunenburg; residence, Fitchburg.
188-67. JACOB, b. in Lunenburg, 22 Apr., 1743; m. 18 Nov., 1766, Elizabeth Peirce of Lunenburg. He served in the French War and in the Revolution, attained the rank of ensign in Col. Rufus Putnam's Continentals. Located in Claremont, N. H .; d. in Campbell, Steuben Co., N. Y., 14 May, 1813.
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188-36. ROBERT3 STUART (Ebenezer 188-12; Duncan 188), born in Rowley, 26 Nov., 1701; married in Newbury, 11 Dec., 1727, Ann, daughter of Capt. Abraham and Ann (Longfellow) Adams. She was born in Newbury, 29 Apr., 1705. Robert Stuart and wife, "from By- field," were admitted to the church in Kingston, N. H., 11 Oct., 1730 (Kingston Ch. R.). He was "of Amesbury" in 1745, and thence removed to Newton, N. H., where in 1755, he was one of the organizers of the first Baptist Church in N. H., and built their first meeting house. He died in Newton, at the age of 80 years. His will, dated 31 Aug., 1781, was probated 4 Apr., 1782 (Rockingham Co. Probate, 26: 374). His widow, Ann, died at Newton, in 1787.
Children (births from Family Record) :
188-68. SAMUEL,4 b. 3 Nov., 1728; m. 12 July, 1758, Grace Hubbard of Kingston, N. H. Adm. granted to his father, 2 Dec., 1767 (N. H. Probate R. 25 : 45). His widow m. (2) John Scribner of Poplin (now Fremont), N. H., and d. 21 Aug., 1784, aged 47 (G. S.).
188-69. ANNA, bp. in Kingston, 27 Sept., 1730; d. young.
188-70. SARAH, b. 16 Oct., 1732; m. in Kingston, 24 Dec., 1751, Samuel Chase of Newbury, Mass. He d. 31 Oct., 1769. She m. (2) 9 Dec., 1798, Maj. Thomas Noyes, and d. 15 Jan., 1813 (Newbury R.).
188-71. A daughter, bp. 28 Nov., 1736; d. 30 Nov., 1736 (Kingston Ch. R.).
188-72. ANNE, b. 31 Oct., 1736; m. 3 Nov., 1757, Maj. Barnard Hoyt of Amesbury (Kingston R.) ; residence, Sanbornton, N. H., where she d. - Dec., 1832.
188-73. MARY, b. 11 Mar., 1739; m. - Nov., 1760, Col. Samuel Chase of Litchfield, N. H .; d. 27 Apr., 1816.
188-74. ELIZABETH, b. 10 Mar., 1741; m. 4 June, 1767, Reuben Currier (So. Hampton, N. H. R.).
188-75. , ROBERT, b. 30 Sept., 1743; m. 1 Mar., 1770, Ruth Currier (So. Hamp- ton, N. H. R.) ; d. 27 June, 1819; residence, Newton, N. H. Rev. soldier, rank of Capt.
188-76. STEPHEN, b. 25 Dec., 1745 ; m. 5 Apr., 1775, Sarah Peaslee (Kingston R.). Adm. granted 18 Aug., 1817, to his son, Moses Stuart (Rock- ingham Co. Probate, 44: 151).
188-77. "AB," b. 1748; d. young.
188-37. RICHARD3 STUART (Ebenezer 188-12; Duncan 188), born in Rowley, 15 Oct., 1704; married 4 Apr., 1728, Judith, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Wallingford) Poor, of Newbury. She was born 8 July, 1708; died 25 Apr., 1748. He married (2) in Newbury, 14 July, 1748, Mary, widow of Jonathan Stickney and daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Redington) Fisk of Boxford.
He was in the military service in Maine, from 25 Dec., 1724, to 24 Apr., 1725 (Reg. 46: 364). He lived in the house, in later years known as the "Fletcher-Pike place," on Warren Street, Georgetown. He sold this property, 13 Feb., 1753, to John Pike of Newbury (Essex Deeds, 104: 145) and moved to Leominster, Mass., where he died, aged 73 years. His will, dated 23 June, 1773, was filed 4 Nov., 1777. The will of his widow, Mary Stuart, dated 19 Aug., 1779, was filed 4 Apr., 1780.
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Children born in Rowley (Byfield Church Record) :
188-78. EBENEZER, 4 b. 3 Jan., 1728-9; d. 3 Oct., 1749 (Byfield Ch. R.).
188-79. JOSEPH, b. 5 Aug., 1731 ; m. in Lancaster, 28 Aug., 1755, Mary Snow of Lancaster. He served in the French and Indian War, 1757-60, and was drowned in Lake Champlain, 14 Aug., 1760, while on his way home from the capture of Montreal (Mass. Arch. 98: 287). His widow m. (2) 4 July, 1771, Jonathan Buss of Leominster; (3) 1794, Ralph Rice of Barre; d. 5 Aug., 1802, aged 73 (Leo- minster R.).
188-80. ELIZABETH, bp. 14 Apr., 1734; m. 5 Dec., 1757, James Smith, 3d, of Newbury.
188-81. JUDITH, bp. 14 Mar., 1735-6 ; m. 11 Apr., 1754, Moses Lull of Rowley ; d. 19 Sept., 1754 (Byfield Ch. R.).
188-82. BENJAMIN, bp. 12 Mar., 1737-8. He enlisted from Leominster in Col. John Whitcomb's Regt., 18 Aug., 1755, and on muster roll, dated 26 Feb., 1756, he is reported dead (Mass. Arch., 94 : 52).
188-83. RICHARD, b. about 1740; m. 11 Oct., 1764, Eunice Stuart of Temple- ton. He was in the military service, 1759-1761, during the French War, and also served in the Revolution. He d. in Leominster, 17 Jan., 1832, aged 91 years.
188-84. JEREMIAH, bp. 29 May, 1743. He was in the military service from Leominster, 1759-60, and during the Revolution enlisted from Winchendon. He m. 4 Feb., 1762, Hannah Stuart of Lancaster, and settled in Winchendon, Mass. His will, dated 2 Jan., 1798, was allowed 17th May, 1798.
188-85. MARY, bp. 30 Nov., 1746; m. in Leominster, 19 Sept., 1764, Thomas Mears of Lancaster.
188-86. JONATHAN, b. 1 June, 1749; d. 6 Mar., 1750 (Byfield Ch. R.).
188-87. HANNAH, d. 30 Oct., 1753, aged about 2 years (Byfield Ch. R.).
EBENEZER, b. about 1753; m. in Leominster, 10 June, 1777, Mary
188-88. Smith. He was a "minute man" in 1775. He d. in Leominster, 25 Aug., 1778, in his 25th year. His widow m. (2) 5 May, 1782, John Simonds of Leominster.
188-39. JOHN3 STUART (Ebenezer 188-12; Duncan 188), born in Rowley, 20 Oct., 1709; married (int. 10 Nov., 1732) Hannah, daughter of Capt. Jonathan Bailey (10-9). She died, a widow, in Leominster, 26 Oct., 1793.
He was "of Newbury" in 1743; moved to Lancaster, Mass., in 1746; was in the military service in 1757 (Mass. Arch., 95: 497). He located in Templeton before 1763, but the date and place of his death is not found. It is probable that he died in Leominster, at the home of his son John, about 1792.
Children (Byfield Church Record) :
188-89. JOHNSON,4 bp. 1 July, 1733.
188-90. ENOCH, bp. 16 Feb., 1734-5.
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