Archibald Stuart

Not a known son of Andrew Stewart of Irry, 7th Baron Castle Stewart. Brother of Rebecca McClung and Andrew Stuart

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Augusta County, Virginia
The Stuart Family
The Stuarts are of Scotch origin. During the reign of James I, they removed to Ireland, where Archibald Stuart married Janet Brown, a sister of Rev. Jno. Brown, the ancestor of the Browns of Rockbridge and Louisiana. In 1727, A. Stuart emigrated to Pennsylvania, after the birth of two children, Thomas and Eleanor. In 1738, he removed to Augusta, and settled on Pratt's farm, near Waynesboro, where he died 1761. He left issue: 1. Thomas; 2. Eleanor; 3. Alexander; 4. Benjamin; all of whom left large families. Archibald Stuart was joined in Augusta some years after 1738 by two brothers, John and David, who came from Ireland, and both of whom married in Augusta and left descendants, the descendants of the one being the Stuarts of Ohio and Illinois, and of the other, the Stuarts of S. C.

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A Short history of the Stuart family : Archibald Stuart, Sr., and descendants
Summary:Archibald Stuart was born in Londonderry about the latter part of the 17th century. He married Jane (or Janet) Brown. After a son and a daughter had been born, about 1726, he became involved in some rebellious movement growing of of religious persecutions and was compelled to flee from his native land, leaving his family behind him. He found refuge in western Pennsylvania where he remained for about seven years until an act of amnesty made it possible for his to send for his family. Two more sons were born in Pennsylvania. In 1737 of 1738, the family moved to Augusta County, Virginia, where he lived until his death in 1761. Descendants lived in Virginia, Tennessee and elsewhere.
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The Stewart Clan Magazine, Volumes 1-10 (A small periodical pamphlet devoted to Stewart genealogy from July 1922-1957) states the following: "Archibald Stuart, who married Janet Brown; Andrew Stuart, who married Mary Dinwiddie; John Stuart, who married Elizabeth Archer, and David Stuart, who married Margaret Jane Lynn, widow of John Paul (or Pall), were brothers and came to Pennsylvania from the north of Ireland."
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Archibald Stuart was the first born son of Andrew Stewart (abt 1672 - 1715 in County Tyrone), the 7th Lord of Castle Stewart, of County Tyrone and Eleanor Dailway or Dalloway of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He was born ABOUT 1696 in County Derry or Londonderry, Northern Ireland (Per W.H. Egle's N&Q). He was "christened in 1697 Londonderry, Ireland."

Archibald married Janet Brown, (she may or may not be the "sister of Rev. John Brown.")* Their first two children were born in "Londonderry," AKA County Derry, in beautiful Northern Ireland. Eleanor, about 1726 and Thomas, about 1727. After arriving in the new land, they had two more known children: Alexander, 27 Aug 1734 and Benjamin, about 1736.

According to Emma Siggins White, J. Lewis Peyton and the Stewart Clan Magazine, Archibald is believed to have taken part in an armed revolt in defense of his religious rights, or lack of. He left Ireland without his wife and two children, fleeing to the American colony. He arrived in Pennsylvania, remaining in seclusion using a bogus name for about seven years.* Following some kind of amnesty, his family was able to come to America to be with him. Sons Alexander and Benjamin were born in Pennsylvania. In 1738 they settled in Augusta County, at Walnut Grove. Archibald was considered an early settler of the area. He purchased about 500 acres there. The existing home was built in about 1820, by his family, likely over the older home.

• I note other Stewarts in Paxtang Twp., Dauphin Co., PA, including Andrew, died 1774, buried at the Paxtang Presbyterian Churchyard in Harrisburg and Capt. Lazarus Stewart, died 1778. See FaG #87968720. Prior to 1785, this area was previously in Lancaster Co. See the Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin Co., PA, 1896 by J.M. Runk & Co., Chambersburg, PA , p 145-49.

Archibald Stuart surveyed 250 acres in Paxtang, Lancaster Co., PA on 17 Nov 1737 on warrant #156, but it was not patented (paid & recorded), page 192 of the S index. Land was frequently squatted on for years before a warrant was applied for to survey and purchase it. Note his brother Andrew Stewart, 1699 - 1774, plus 4 others, are buried at Paxtang Cemetery (FaG #87968720).

In 1751, Archibald Stuart purchased 500 acres in the Beverley Patent in Augusta Co., VA and appears on J.R. Hildebrands' 1954 map of all the early original grantees.

Archibald died between 5 Sep 1759 when he made his will and prior to 17 Nov 1761 when it was recorded in probate. All four of his children are listed in it. He died near Waynesboro, Augusta County, Virginia at his home Walnut Grove, in South River Township. It is sometimes referred to as "Pratt's farm." In 1868, Walnut Grove was sold to architect William Abbot Pratt. Pratt was also the superintendent for the University of Virginia. In 1900, it went to his son G. Julian Pratt, a Civil War Soldier.

Page 260.--21st June, 1763. Archibald Stewart's appraisement (by James Galespy, Saml. Steel, Wm. Finley, John Finley), approved and recorded. Lyman Chalkley's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement, Vol. 3, p 79.

Page 87.--5th September, 1759. Archibald Stewart's will--Wife, Janet; son, Thomas, his Great Bible; daughter, Eleanor, 5 shillings; son, Alexander, tract adjoining Andw. McClure's land; grandson, Archibald Stewart, £10 when aged 10 years; son, Benj. Stewart. Executors, Thos. Stewart,
Edward Hall. Teste: Jno. and Andw. Campbell, Jno. Finley. Proved, 17th November, 1761, by Jno. and Andrew Campbell. Executors qualified, with Jno. Campbell. Andrew Campbell. Chalkley's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement, Vol. 3, page 66.

• Many sources say Janet is the sister of Rev. John Brown however one says she is not his sister: See John White Stuart, III's dissertation called The Rev. John Brown of Virginia (1728 - 1803): His Life and Selected Sermons, dissertation, University of MA, 1988.

LEAD, no dates listed. The Public Records Office in N. Ireland (PRONI) lists in privately deposited papers: Stuart, Archibald (depositor) papers, #D1675. Suspect this needs to be done in person.

The 8 Jul 1873 issue of the Staunton Spectator had frequent genealogical articles on locals, including one titled The Great Valley of Virginia, Old Augusta, Archibald Stuart, Sr. and his Descendants, by an unlisted writer/compiler. It covers 4 large columns on the front page and a small amount on the last page, #4. The author includes a blip about the name Stewart. It was changed to Stuart after Mary Stewart married the Dauphin of France. The French alphabet does not included a W so they altered it. (Also many alterations of the local Scots-Irish surnames, were changed, after they arrived in the colonies.)

I've heard many different versions of why Archibald left the UK, and came alone to the colonies, but this 1873 paper describes the full circle. In about 1726-27, Archibald was part of a rebellious movement against religious prosecution by the English and was forced to leave Britain, leaving his wife and young children behind. "He found refuge in the western part of Pennsylvania, where he remained in seclusion for near seven years, when an act of amnesty was passed." His family joined him in PA after a couple of years. In approximately 1737-1738, Archibald settled in Augusta Co., VA, on a farm about 2 miles south west of Waynesboro, on the Greenville Road, where he lived out his days.
Bio researched and written by LSP
Contributed By: nancyjordan · 6 April 2017 ·
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Note: After living in Pennsylvania for some time, Archibald Stuart was relieved by a general amnesty, and sending for his family about 1735, came with them to Augusta in 1738. http://www.adkins.ws/individual.php?pid=I7910

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Egles Notes and Queries

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From < link > Note: Egle's Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, 1700s-1800 was originally published between 1879 and 1895 as a series of newspaper columns in the Harrisburg Daily Telegraph, It was based on Egle's published book: An Illustrated History of the Commonweath of Pennsylvania, Civil, Political, and Military, from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Including Historictal Descriptions of Each County in the State, Their Towns, and Industrial Resources by William H. Egle, M.D., Member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: De Witt C. Goodrich & Co., 1876. The newspaper excerpts were then carried forward and published in five annual volumes between 1896 and 1900. The columns (and offprints of the columns which appeared in pamphlet form) were reprinted in seven volumes between the years 1894 and 1896; thus, with the five annual volumes for 1896-1900, the complete set of Notes and Queries comprises twelve volumes. In 2005, the University of Michigan put the entire history online at Egle's Illustrated History of Pennsylvania. < search screen >.

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References

• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Archibald_Stuart_%281%29 *http://johnmcclungandrebeccastuart.webstarts.com/contact.html
• https://archive.org/details/historyofstewart00leeh/page/79
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stuart-1256 The great great grandfather of Gen. J.E.B Stuart C.S.A
• https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/stewart/about/background
• http://genealogytrails.com/vir/augusta/bio_s.html