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Scotch Exiles in New England

By Everett Stackpole (Unpublished Manuscript), 1922

Transcribed by Dr. Andrew Millard, Assoc. Prof. of Archaeology, Durham U., UK

ROBERT STUART, Stewart, came in the John and Sara. He married (1) 12 June 1661, Bethia, daughter of Thomas and Rose (Sherwood) Rumble of Stratford, Conn. And settled in Norwalk, Conn., where he bought land, 6 March 1660. He died in 1689. Among his descendants were Prof. Moses Stuart of Andover Theological Seminary and his equally well-known daughter, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. Children:

  1. James, b. 19 Mar 1662/3 m. Experience _____ ;

  2. Abigail, b. Aug 1666 m. Richard Corsair ?

  3. John, b. 18 Mar 1668/9

  4. Deborah, b. 1 May 1669

  5. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 1671

  6. Phoebe, b. Feb 1673

  7. Sarah, b. 1675

  8. Samuel, b. May 1677; m. Hannah Bennett

  9. Rachel, b. 1685, m. David Raymond

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