Reverend David Stuart

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Reverend David Stuart is our fifth cousin 10 times removed.
He came to Virginia.
Janet Milburn
6/2/23
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Not the same as David Stewart

He was not a son of Charles Stuart the Earl of Moray.

Rev David Stuart, born late in the 17th century (about 1691) at Inverness, Scotland, was a descendant of the royal house of Stuart, according to the Colonial Families of the Southern States of America. His mother was Lucy Erskine, daughter of David Erskine, Lord Dunn.

He served under his kinsman, James Stuart VIII, the "old pretender", in the uprising of 1715, and in consequence fled from Scotland to Virginia

He married Jane Gibbons, daughter of Sir John Gibbons, governor of Barbados. He went to England for holy orders, returning to Virginia and settling on the banks of the Potomac. Soon after he was chosen rector of St. Paul's parish, Stafford (later King George] county. He was one of the most noted divines of the colonial church, serving as rector of St. Paul's until his death in 1749.

He was succeeded by his son, Rev. William Stuart. Rev. William Stuart was sent to England by his father, Rev. David Stuart, to be educated. He studied theology in London and was ordained an Episcopal minister by Bishop Edmonds in 1745. On his return to the colony he acted as his father's assistant for some years, and finally succeeded him as rector. The present St. Paul's church was built for him on the site of the old frame church.

Children:

• William, b. Dec. 13, 1723; m. Nov. 16, 1750, Sarah Foote
• Mary, b. Feb 24, 1725/6; m.(1) Sigismund Massie, (2) Horatio Dade
• John, b. May 10, 1728; m. Feb. 16, 1749 Frances Alexander Grigsby
• Sarsh, b. Feb. 21, 1730/1; m. Thomas Fitzhugh of K. George co.
• Charles, b. Apr. 16, 1733; m (1) Feb. 23, 1749, Frances Washington, (2) Susanna Frances, b. Nov. 1, 1735—

Stewart Clan Magazine, Volumes 1-10; G.T. Edson, 1922—St. Paul's Parish Register: Stafford-King George Counties, Virginia, 1715-1798; Genealogical Publishing Com, 2009. -Anonymous

Added: Feb. 14, 2

• Marriage to Harriett Jane Gibbons: (1720 — Age: 33) King George, King George, Virginia, United States* Updated from Ancestry Genealogy via son James William Stewart by SmartCopy: Sep 3 2015, 20:02:27 UTC

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GEDCOM Note

<p>[g675.ftw]</p><p><p></p></p><p><p>Born in Scotland, son of the Earl of Murrey and his wife Lucy Erskine, he came to Virginia in 1716 as a refugee. He had espoused the cause of his relative James Edward Stuart, the pretender to the Scottish Throne in 1715.</p><p><p></p></p><p>He took refuge in the home of Rev. Alexander Scott, who was minister to a large territory adjacent to the Potomac River,comprising the present counties of Prince William, Stafford and King George. Here he soon began religious studies and later went to England, completed his course and was ordained an Episcopal Minister and assigned to St. Paul's Parish, then in Stafford County. Later, boundries were changed placing it in King George County.
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Reverend David Stuart is our fifth cousin 10 times removed.
Janet Milburn 11/6/22 (looking for parents of Ephraim Stewart born 1818, western Virginia)