George Stewart

GEORGE STEWART OF DONEGAL TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER CO., PENNSYLVANIA

• Parents: Sir Charles Stewart of Tonderghie and Barclye and Margaret Harris
• Married Jean Chambers
• Children: George Stewart II 1701, Francis Davies 1704, John Stewart 1705, Elizabeth Fulton 1706, James Stewart 1708, Mary Chambers Patterson 1710, Martha Houston 1720(not in SCM)

According to records found, Lazarus Stewart married Margaret Steuart, sister of George Steuart of Donegal township, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, (B89 -SCM), as indicated by an entry in a minute book of the Pennsylvania board of property: "Feb 28, 1728/29: George Stewart requests the grant of about 500 acres or land below the fork of Sawatara creek, 200 acres for himself and 300 acres for his brother-in-law, Lazerus Stewart." (G245-SCM) 3 This newly found record of the wife of Lazarus is a good indication of where in N. Ireland that was the home place of Margaret Steuart, his wife, and George Steuart her brother. It was no doubt Donegal County in N. Ireland because their township in Lancaster, PA was then named Donegal TWP. That is where we should find the ancestry for Margaret in Ireland.

Sourced evidence now shows that this George Stewart and his father Charles Stewart of Tonderghie did descend from the royal Stewarts of Scotland. As of 2024 Geni has them coming from The 3rd Steward of Scotland and his son called of Bonkyl. FTdna.com (General) Stewart project has possible descendants of George Stewart of Donegal, Lancaster, PA tested all the way to the BigY700 with haplogroup R-Z43064 which goes back to the royal Stewart haplo R-Z38845 followed by R-A8343, and BY145773. This is from line 497-501. This proposes at least the descent to John Stewart born 1825-28 from his grandfather Col.George Stewart IV and George's son James. So we have evidence as we have it listed in Geni.com.that George descended from Bonkyl or possibly from King of Scots Robert II and his son Alexander Stewart the Wolf of Badenoch.

The previously attached brothers named Samuel and Hugh have well known descendant families which have tested their YDNA and it has been found to be not Royal Stewart ancestry unlike the YDNA R-FTT46>Y14197>Y14198>FT74278 snp pathway of Lazarus which comes from Robert II and his son the Sheriff Stewart of Bute. Access to the reader for the Stewart Clan Magazines showing George Steuart of Donegal, Ireland and Lancaster, PA died 1733 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania is at https://archive.org/stream/stewartclanmaga00incgoog#page/n294/mode/...

download the reader version and go to page 89 dated December 1928 issue of the Stewart Magazine(shows page 89 on the top). The 1733 probated will of George I is missing here now, but is publicly available and is posted on one of these family profile "Abouts".

The information starting from page 89 shows that George did have a brother named James bc1681 who came with him to Lancaster, Donegal Twp., Pennsylvania in the 1710s. George also named one of his sons James born 1708 who is featured in George's will proved 1733. The son of George, James, married Margaret Stewart, daughter of Lazarus Stewart and one of their prominent sons was Capt. Lazarus Stewart of the Paxtang Boys Militia which joined the British in fighting the French and Indian Wars and then joined the American Revolutionary Army/Militias to fight the British for independence. Capt. Lazarus moved to Wyoming Twp, Luzerne Co. up near Scranton, PA and with his company of over 100 soldiers were confronted in 1777-8 with a force of British and Iroqois opponents. The irregular order of the Iroqois confused Capt. Lazarus and they lost the battle and those captured were all massacred by the Iroqois. It is called the Wyoming Massacre in the history books. Several cousins of Capt. Lazarus also lost their lives in the same battle. One was Lt. Lazarus Stewart. All these descendants of Lazarus Stewart the immigrant and his brother-in-law George Stewart the immigrant carried on these ancestors' example of being proponents of independence from England and freedom from persecution from the established church of England. Lazarus Stewart and his descendants all worked hard to found Presbyterian churches in Pennsylvania. These Presbyterian churches were also connected with Andrew Stewart, Master of Ochiltree, Scotland whose sister Margaret at age 18 married an elderly John Knox and yet they still had 3 daughters before Knox died. These daughters all married and had children whose lineages carry on down to today. Descendants of these 3 daughters and John Knox, the founder of the Scottish Presbyterian Church, are the only direct descendants today of John Knox. One of these descendant families is named Welch. These Stewart families then were staunch Scottish Presbyterians.

STEWART, GEORGE died Donegal Twp. Between December 26, 1732 January 30, 1732

• Wife: Jean Stewart.
• Children: Francis, Elizabeth wife of Samuel Fulton, John and Mary.

Notes

• John STUART's father was George Stuart. He was one of the early settlers of Lancaster Co, PA.
• From A Brief History of Lancaster Co. by Israel Clare, we find that:
• George Stuart was elected as one of the first Commissioners of Lancaster Co. at its formation in 1729.
• He was on the first Grand Jury Aug 1729.
• George Stuart was elected to the Provincial Assembly in 1732 but died shortly thereafter

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