Captain James Stuart was killed in the Dinwiddie Massacre in 1757. He was burned at the stake by indians in front of his son.
James was born c 1719 in Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland, (or in Tyrone County in Ulster, Ireland,) where his family certainly moved before travelling to America. He was the fourth child of John Stuart, born circa 1680 in Dunblane.
James Stewart married Mary Ann Lafferty around 1738 in Ireland, and they came to Shenandoah Valley, Virginia about 1740, settling at Cowpasture in Augusta County. James' older sister Elizabeth (born circa 1718 in Dunblane) married Ralph Lafferty. (They also lived in Augusta County.)
James Stewart served as a Captain in the French and Indian War in the 2nd column of the Augusta County Militia under John Dickenson in 1755, and was killed by Indians (burned at the stake) in Staunton, Virginia in September 1757.
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Captain James Stuart, Sr. is my 7th great grandfather.
You
→ Pop
your father → Rufus S. Nichols
his father → James "Jim" Ira Nichols
his father → Harriet Isabelle Maywood Nichols
his mother → Clarissa "Betty" (Richards) Williams
her mother → Christopher Richards, Sr.
her father → Waitman F. Richards
his father → Elizabeth Richards
his mother → Captain James Stuart, Sr.
her father
LINKS:
http://radiowood.com/family/james.html
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~richmond/ancestors/stewa001.htm
http://genforum.genealogy.com/stuart/messages/2188.html
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=90995078
http://www.geni.com/people/Captain-James-Stuart-Sr/6000000003615770513
*as usual, there are discrepancies in the source documents available, and so I have taken some liberties and made an educated guess. proof of errors is always welcome.
James was born c 1719 in Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland, (or in Tyrone County in Ulster, Ireland,) where his family certainly moved before travelling to America. He was the fourth child of John Stuart, born circa 1680 in Dunblane.
James Stewart married Mary Ann Lafferty around 1738 in Ireland, and they came to Shenandoah Valley, Virginia about 1740, settling at Cowpasture in Augusta County. James' older sister Elizabeth (born circa 1718 in Dunblane) married Ralph Lafferty. (They also lived in Augusta County.)
James Stewart served as a Captain in the French and Indian War in the 2nd column of the Augusta County Militia under John Dickenson in 1755, and was killed by Indians (burned at the stake) in Staunton, Virginia in September 1757.
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Captain James Stuart, Sr. is my 7th great grandfather.
You
→ Pop
your father → Rufus S. Nichols
his father → James "Jim" Ira Nichols
his father → Harriet Isabelle Maywood Nichols
his mother → Clarissa "Betty" (Richards) Williams
her mother → Christopher Richards, Sr.
her father → Waitman F. Richards
his father → Elizabeth Richards
his mother → Captain James Stuart, Sr.
her father
LINKS:
http://radiowood.com/family/james.html
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~richmond/ancestors/stewa001.htm
http://genforum.genealogy.com/stuart/messages/2188.html
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=90995078
http://www.geni.com/people/Captain-James-Stuart-Sr/6000000003615770513
*as usual, there are discrepancies in the source documents available, and so I have taken some liberties and made an educated guess. proof of errors is always welcome.
Capt. James Stuart/Stewart Sr. is my 6th great grandfather.
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