Alexander Steward of Charlestown

Not the son of Alexander Stewart, 4th of Invernahyle & Daughter Stewart

Alexander Stewart

• Born: Abt. 1633 - Scotland
• Died: April 6, 1731 - Marlboro, Massachusetts

From < Scottish Prisoners of War Society > Alexander Stewart

Published: 23 Dec 2014
Updated: 05 Apr 2020

Alexander Stewart, #99 on George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar list1
Surname Variations: Stewart, Steward, Stuart, Stwart

IMPORTANT UPDATE! (Jul 2018)

According to, Christopher Gerrard, Pam Graves, Andrew Millard, Richard Annis, and Anwen Caffell, Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650, (England: Oxbow Books, 2018),2 on page 254, Alexander is categorized as: Possible [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity] Stewart, Alexander. Residences: Charlestown MA. Appears: 1662. D.1686. An Austin Stewart is listed on the John & Sara but it is not clear if this is the same man. [Exiles; DR; SPOWS; Ch.7]3456 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. ALEXANDER¹ STEWART, tailor, was born in Scotland and died at Marlborough, Massachusetts on 06 Apr 1731.7 He married, first, at Charlestown, Massachusetts on 12 Oct 1662, HANNAH TEMPLAR, she died at Charlestown, 21 Aug 1674.8910 He married, second, at Cambridge on 03 May 1677, REBECCA (_____). He married, third, at Sudbury, Massachusetts on 23 May 1688, DEBORAH (REDIAT) FORBUSH/FARROWBUSH/FORBES, the widow of Daniel Forbes, by whom she had several children. Daniel Forbes died in Oct 1687.1112 Deborah died at Marlborough on 23 Apr 1721.13 He possibly married, fourth, at Marlborough on 07 Feb 1721/2, (_____) WHEELER.14

Children of Alexander and Hannah (Templar) Stewart:

• 2. i. JAMES² STEWART, born at Charlestown, 8 May 1665
• 2. ii. JOHN² STEWART+, born at Charlestown, 24 Nov 1667
• 2. iii. SAMUEL² STEWART, born at Charlestown, 19 Dec 1669
• 2. iv. HANNAH² STEWART, born at Charlestown, 24 Jan 1671
• 2. v. MARGARETT² STEWART, born at Charlestown, 11 Aug 1674

Children of Alexander and Deborah (Rediat) Stewart:

• 2. vi. MARY² STEWART, born at Marlborough, 13 Feb 1689
• 2. vii. DANIEL² STEWART+, born at Marlborough, 6 Feb 1691
• 2. viii. ALEXANDER² STEWART, born at Marlborough on 15 Jan 1695-96

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Married: October 15, 1662 in Charlestown:

Hannah Templer d. of Richard Templer and Ann Prichard

• Born: January 5, 1643 in Barnstable, Massachusetts
• Died: August 21, 1674 in Suffolk, Massachusetts

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Timeline of early history:

1651-1652--Arrival to Mass. A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the USA. Vol. 1, Baltimore: Magna Carta Book Co., 1972. 504p. 2nd pr., 1981

1656-1665--Land granted to Alexander Stewart First Records of Marlsborough, Mass. From 1656-1665, pg. 47

1662-Married Hannah Templar. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Charlestown, Mass.

Source: http://stewartsofalexanderandhannah.weebly.com/stewart.html

Biographical Notes:

Daniel’s widow, “Mrs. Deborah Farrowbush” married on 22 May 1688, ALEXANDER STUART. They moved to North Brookfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts and you can read about them at: https://books.google.com/books?id=rHmAAAAAIAAJ&vq=Forbush&source=gb... History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts] by Josiah Howard Temple, page 588-591.

Alexander Stewart Born: Abt. 1630 Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland Died: April 6, 1731 Marlboro, Massachusetts

Married: October 15, 1662 in Charlestown:

Hannah Templer d. of Richard Templer and Ann Prichard Born: January 5, 1643 in Barnstable, Massachusetts Died: August 21, 1674 in Suffolk, Massachusetts Timeline of early history:

1651-1652--Arrival to Mass. A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the USA. Vol. 1, Baltimore: Magna Carta Book Co., 1972. 504p. 2nd pr., 1981

1656-1665--Land granted to Alexander Stewart First Records of Marlsborough, Mass. From 1656-1665, pg. 47

1662-Married Hannah Templar. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Charlestown, Mass.

Source: http://stewartsofalexanderandhannah.weebly.com/stewart.html

It is possible that this Alexander Stewart fought at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650.

He became a prisoner of the establishment and was deported to the colonies in Massachusetts Bay sailing aboard the Unity.

Disproved origins

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:93JG-VPV

NOT FROM THE STEWART FAMILY OF APPIN and INVERNHAYLE.

See in Memories THE "STEWART/STUART Y DNA STUDY" at FamilyTreeDNA that genetically and biologically refutes that Alexander Stewart of Charlestown and Marlborough has any relationship to the Stewarts of Appin or to Duncan Stewart of MA.

And it shows that in spite of all the errors online, biologically and genetically Dr. John Stewart is no relation to Alexander and is not the same person as Alexander's son John that people are mixing up their data.

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/memories/93JG-VPV.

These above mentioned errors being perpetuated on websites never had any basis in fact so far as each of these different, unrelated individuals' historical records are concerned.

It is a disservice to Alexander to use the speculations plural. By serious standards of genealogical proof, no proof of parents, birthplace or birthdate is provable from Alexander's records. If all the parents and birthdates that had been attached had been left, he could have had at least 10 different sets of parents and birthdates—based on whoever's speculations. NO American record proves his parents. NO Scotland record proves his parents and lots of people had his name. Let's use high standards of genealogical proof rather than all the speculation. Thee University of Durham is doing a scholarly DNA study of Stewarts in Scotland and Scottish prisoners of war because there is no proof of parents for most of the Scottish prisoners of war who ended up in Massachusetts. There going to a lot of unnecessary effort if all this stuff online had been proven which it has not. The sources posted here were making a 3 different person "Scottish" identity based on similar names but not based on historical fact which shows the differences. Until proof is realized by scholarly research, let's let him be who he was, Alexander Stewart, tailor of Charlestown and Marlborough and use only his proven sources.

References

• https://spows.org/battle-of-dunbar/battle-of-dunbar-prisoners-of-wa...
• Daniel’s widow, “Mrs. Deborah Farrowbush” married on 22 May 1688, ALEXANDER STUART. They moved to North Brookfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts and you can read about them at: History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts by Josiah Howard Temple, page 588-591.
• A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the USA. Vol. 1, Baltimore: Magna Carta Book Co., 1972. 504p. 2nd pr., 1981
• First Records of Marlsborough, Mass. From 1656-1665, pg. 47
• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Charlestown, Mass.
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stewart-3827
• https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:93JG-VPV
• http://scottishprisonersofwar.com/daniel-forbush/
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ryk_brown...
• http://stewartsofalexanderandhannah.weebly.com/stewart.html
• https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Stewart?iframe=yresults
  • R1b Group Type 20: R-L746>FGC34909>Z38845>Z17581. From James, 5th High Steward, Robert II and Alexander the Wolf of Badenoch
• First entry for Alexander Stewart of Massachusetts in Stewart Clan Magazine, v. 1, p. 13. NO mention of nobility. < link >
• Scottish Prisoners of War - Battle of Dunbar 1 Taken from the archives of the New England Historic Genealogical Society - Special Collections Dept. 101 Newbury Street Boston, MA 02116 List 1 < AncestryImage >
• Scottish Prisoners of War - List 2 Taken from the archives of the New England Historic Genealogical Society - Special Collections Dept. 101 Newbury Street Boston, MA 02116 < AncestryImage >
• Scottish Prisoners of War - List 1 & 2 Taken from the archives of the New England Historic Genealogical Society - *Marked with the Seal of the City of Boston from the Special Collections Dept. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections Department New England Historical Society 101 Newbury Street Boston, MA 02116 < AncestryImage > This list includes: Alexander Stewart James Stewart Duncan Stewart Daniel Stewart High Stewart William Stewart
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stewart-3827 (shows unsourced parents - Duncan Stewart and Helen Margaret (Campbell)
• https://spows.org/