Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Samuel Stewart and Mary McClay




Husband Samuel Stewart 1 2 3

           Born: 1698 - near Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1770 - Dauphin Co, PA 2 3
         Buried: 


         Father: Robert Stewart (1665-1730) 2 3
         Mother: 


       Marriage: 



Wife Mary McClay 2 3

           Born: 
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           Died: 
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Children
1 M John Stewart 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Apr 1777 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Janet [Unk] (      -1797) 3


2 M Samuel Stewart 1 2

           Born:  - County Down, Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Sep 1803 2 4
         Buried:  - Hanover Church Cemetery
         Spouse: Nancy Templeton (      -1788) 2 4
         Spouse: Agnes Nancy Calhoun (1763-1823) 2 4
           Marr: 1789 2 4


3 M Hugh Stewart 5

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Samuel Stewart


He emigrated to the North of Ireland with his father in 1720. In 1735, accompanied by his brother Hugh, he crossed the ocean, landing in Philadelphia, and settling in Drumore township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, near Chestnut Level, a Scotch-Irish Presbyterian settlement ministered to by Rev. John Thompson, of Donegal Presbytery.

He was a man of large stature, six feet tall, Roman nose, gray eyes, brown hair, and ruddy complexion.


General Notes: Wife - Mary McClay


She was noted for her dark complexion and large person.

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Sources


1 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 165.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 190.

3 J. S. Burns, Biographical and Chronological History of the Stewart Family of Western Pennsylvania 1754-1912 (No publication data available), Pg 1.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 166.

5 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 707.


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