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the parish records of England are found other births which might
provide clues to the origins of English Stewards into America.
In Cambridgeshire in 1600 another William Steward was born to
yet another Augustine Steward. An Augustine Steward was born about
1650 in London. A Charles, son of Charles, was born in Suffolk
in 1616, and a Charles was born in Oxfordshire in 1620, son of
Richard Stewart.
One of the first of the STEWART names in America was JAMES
STEWART OR STEWARD (often STUART), London, who came in the ship
FORTUNE to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1621. James died before
1627, without progeny.
Some of the other early-day Stewarts includes Charles Steward
or Stewart of Henrico County, VA, 1635-1638, who was affiliated
with Edward Osborne and Christopher Branch (IMMIGRANTS TO VIRGINIA);
John Steward of Upper Norfolk County, VA, in 1639; William Steward
in Barbados in 1635; Charles Stuart, who was living in Maryland
in 1642; James Stuard who was in Lower New Norfolk County, VA
in 1651; David Steward of Northampton County, VA in 1652; Robert
Stuart of Gloucester Co, VA, and Oneale Stuart of Isle of Wight
County, VA, in 1652; Walter and Henry Stuart in Northumberland
Co, VA in 1653; Roger, Neal, and Patrick Steward, who came to
Virginia in 1655, the first settling in Nansemond County and the
last in Lancaster County; and Andrew Steward of Surry County,
Va in 1656.
In the genealogy prepared
by E. S. Stewart in the 1930s and published in the STEWART CLAN
MAGAZINE is found information concerning some of the Stewards
who came to America from England.
He stated that the Stewards
of New Jersey were descended from the Stewards of Norfolk, Suffolk
and Cambridgeshire, England, where they were quite numerous in
the 16th century. The following is an account of this genealogy.
WALTER STEWARD, third hereditary
high steward of Scotland, was the first to assume the surname.
He was the son of Alan, who died in 1204, son of Walter, who died
in 1177, first high steward. This Walter, known as Walter Fitzalan,
went to Scotland as one of the military aides of King David I:
he was the second son of Alan Fitzflaad, a Norman chieftain who
came into England with William, the conqueror, in 1066 and was
given land in Shropshire. Walter died in 1246, and was succeeded
by his eldest son, Alexander.
ALEXANDER STEWARD, fourth
high steward of Scotland, died in 1283. He had three sons James,
fifth high steward and progenitor of the royal line of Stewarts;
John, ancestor of many noble families of Stewarts, including the
earls of Lennox, and Andrew.
ANDREW STEWARD, third son
of the fourth high steward, had a son Alexander. The position
of this Andrew in the pedigree was formerly a matter of dispute
among historians, but his place is now generally accepted.
ALEXANDER STEWARD, called
"the fierce," is said to have killed a lion with a club,
and on that account he received an addition to his arms. He had
a son, Sir John.
JOHN STEWARD, son of Alexander, the fierce, was a second cousin
to King Robert II, and was one of the attendants of James Stewart,
prince of Scotland, when the boy was to be sent to France in 1402
for safety. The ship carrying the prince was taken by the English,
and James was kept a prisoner for many years. John Steward remained
in England, and in 1408 he was knighted by King Henry IV.
He was called the Scot-Angle.
He fought in the English army in France and is believed to have
perished in the battle of Agincourt, 1415.
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