Katherine Wentworth

Duncan Stewart was an early settler in the Colony of Maine and recorded the birth of a daughter, Kathren, at Ipswich on June 8th, 1658.

Online Source: History of the Stewart or Stuart family, (including some) WV Ancestry
Added to Geni by Janet Milburn (Stewart researcher) 5/26/22
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Children of Duncan and Ann (Winchurst) Stewart:

2. i. KATHERINE² STEWART, b. at Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts on 8 Jun 1658; m. PAUL WENTWORTH.

Disputed Identity

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stewart-4250

Noyes, Sybil, Charles T. Libby, and Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Portland, Me.: Anthoensen Press, 1928–29, reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Company, 1972) p. 661 says that Mr. Stewart, a descendant of Duncan Stewart, "thought she probably married Paul Wentworth(7)" but offers no proof other than the assumption of a descendant.

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Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Dec 5 2016, 3:37:32 UTC

http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Ipswich/cBirthsS.shtml "(Stuartt) Kathren, d. Duncan, June 8, 1658"

https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&p=catherine&n=stewart&oc=2 (Dowling)

Website

• Rust, Teresa, Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust, and Cathi L. Stuart. 2019. “Battle of Dunbar Prisoner Profiles: Duncan Stewart.” Scottish Prisoners of War. 24 May 2019. Profile Available at: SPOWS.org:—
  • "Duncan Stewart, #101 on George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar List
  • "Important Update! (Jul 2018)
  • "According to, Christopher Gerrard, Pam Graves, Andrew Millard, Richard Annis, and Anwen Caffell, in, Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650, (England: Oxbow Books, 2018), on page 252, Duncan is categorized as: Probable [that he was a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity] Stewart, Duncan. Residences: Bradford, MA; Ipswich, MA; Newbury, MA; and Rowley, MA. Appears: 1654. D.1717. Servant to George Hadley. [Exiles; DR; SPOWS; Ch.8]
  • For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices.

"First Generation in the New World

• "1. DUNCAN¹ STEWART was born, presumably in Scotland about 1617 and died at Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts on 30 Aug 1717*. He married in Essex County*, Massachusetts in Apr 1654*, ANN WINCHURST*.
  • Children of Duncan and Ann (Winchurst) Stewart:
  • 2. i. KATHERINE² STEWART, b. at Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts on 8 Jun 1658; m. PAUL WENTWORTH.
  • 2. ii. MARTHA² STEWART, b. at Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts on 4 Apr 1659; m. JOHN WENTWORTH and COLIN FRAZER.
  • 2. iii. CHARLES² STEWART, b. at Newbury on 5 Jun 1661
  • 2. iv. ELIZABETH² STEWART, b. at Newbury on 2 Nov 1662; m. SYLVANUS WENTWORTH.
  • 2. v. JAMES² STEWART,+ b. at Newbury on 8 Oct 1664; d. at Rowley
  • 2. vi. HENRY² STEWART, b. at Newbury on 1 May 1669
  • 2. vii. EBENEZER² STUART,+ b. at Rowley in 1673; d. at Rowley bef. 23 Feb 1746; m.23 May 1698, ELIZABETH JOHNSON.
  • 2. viii. SAMUEL² STEWART, b. at Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts
  • 2. ix. JOHN² STEWART, born at Newbury Feb. or Mar 1666; died at Rowley

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Source and Passage

Edson, George Thomas, and Horace W. Dickerman, eds. 1923. “Duncan Stewart of Newbury, Mass.” Stewart Clan Magazine, 1923. Available at: Archive.org:—

“DUNCAN¹ STEWART appears first in Ipswich, Mass., where he married early in 1654 Anne Winchurst. Both were in the service of George Hadley [Essex court files, 2:130]. They moved to Newbury in 1659, and for 30 years occupied a farm on that part of the Dummer estate now a portion of the Caldwell farm in the By field parish and near the Rowley line. No evidence has been found that he or any of his sons engaged in ship-building or ever owned a ship-yard as stated in Gage-s History of Rowley. His name is on the Newbury tax-list of August 1688; and in the Rowley list of 1691, when he was assessed £2.

“He deposed in 1698 that he was about 75 years old.⓺ By deed dated Feb. 20, 1698-9, “Dunckin Steward of Rowley, planter,” sold to Capt. Stephen Greenleaf of Newbury the rate lot and right in undivided lands of Newbury belonging to “my 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 Mar. 16, 1702-3, whose minister's rates were abated. He was admitted Sep. 26, 1703, to full communion in the Rowley church,⓶ and his widow was admitted to full communion Sep. 17, 1721, “thought to be nearer 100 than 90 years.” James,² John,² Samuel² and Ebenezer² Stewart signed an agreement Mar. 17, 1713-4, for the maintenance of “our aged and honoured parents, Duncan and Ann Stewart,” who since 1707 had resided with their son John [Suffolk court files, no. 19,265]. By deed dated Apr. 16, 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, deceased,” confirm to Capt. Stephen Greenleaf the land and rights in Newbury of said Charles which 'our honᵈ father, Dunkin Stewart, late of Rowley, deceased, was pleased in his lifetime to sell.”⓻

“Duncan Stewart died in Rowley Aug. 30, 1717, “aged ‘tis thought about 100 years.”⓶ Anne died July 9, 1729.⓶ They had at least 12 children, of whom the two eldest were born in Ipswich; the others, in Newbury:

“1 Jane = June 2 1682, Joseph Esty of Topsfield
“2 Catherine, June 8 1658
“3 Martha, Apr. 4, 1659
“4 Charles, June 5, 1661; † May 8, 1689, unm.; soldier 1688 against Indians
“5 Elizabeth, Nov. 2, 1662 = Nov. 7, 1685, Sylvanus² Wentworth (William¹)
“8 1664; = (1) Elizabeth ——, (2) June 25, 1733 Elizabeth Prime
“7 John, 1666 = (1) Elizabeth ——, (2) Elizabeth Dresser, (3) Sarah Bailey, (4) Margaet Gage, (5) Mary Somerby
“8 Anna = Nov. 10, 1685, Colin Frazer, Newbury
“9 Henry, May 1 1668; probably died young
“10 Solomon † Dec. —, 1690, of starvation on Brigantine Adventure
“11 Samuel = Jan. 30 1700-1, Dorcas Baston, Wells, Me.
“12 Ebenezer = May 22 1698, Elizabeth Johnson, Rowley

“This genealogy was prepared in 1909 by Mr. Stewart and is contributed to the Stewart Clan Magazine by his widow, Mrs. Alice Heckman Stewart of Watertown. Mass. It represents the sum total of investigation and research on this branch and constitutes in full a remarkable work.”

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