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Where did the English Stewart family come from? What is the English Stewart family crest and coat of arms? When did the Stewart family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Stewart family history?
The Stewart surname is derived from the Old English words "stigweard" or "stiweard," which meant a "guardian of the house." Thus this surname is derived from the occupation of steward. As every great house, Earl and Bishop in medieval England and Scotland had its stewards, this office has given rise to many lines of this hereditary surname.
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A multitude of spelling variations characterize Norman surnames. Many variations occurred because Old and Middle English lacked any definite spelling rules. The introduction of Norman French to England also had a pronounced effect, as did the court languages of Latin and French. Therefore, one person was often referred to by several different spellings in a single lifetime. The various spellings include Steward, Stewart, Stuart, Steuart and others.First found in Devon, where the first on record appears to be Rogere de Stiwerd, who lived there some time between 1100 and 1130. Other early records include an Alwinus Stiward, listed in the Domesday Book in 1148 in Winton, Hampshire; Reginald le Stiward, recorded in the Rotuli Chartarum as being in Dorset in 1205; and Martin Stewhard who is documented in the "Rotuli Hundredorum" as living in Norfolk in 1275. Ancestors of this family name first held the office of steward under the lords of Dol in Brittany in the 11th century. As a surname, Stewart was first taken on in 13th century Scotland, where Walter FitzAlan (d. 1177,) a Norman noble, was created the "Great Steward of Scotland," by King David I of Scotland. This line of Stuarts became the ruling family of Scotland with King Robert II of Scotland in 1315, and the ruling family of Britain in 1603, when James VI of Scotland came to the English throne as James I of England. Not all bearers of this name can assume royal descent however; as in both England and Scotland in the early Middle ages, most every Bishop, Earl and manor had a steward, who may have taken on the name.
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Many English families left England, to avoid the chaos of their homeland and migrated to the many British colonies abroad. Although the conditions on the ships were extremely cramped, and some travelers arrived diseased, starving, and destitute, once in the colonies, many of the families prospered and made valuable contributions to the cultures of what would become the United States and Canada. Research into the origins of individual families in North America has revealed records of the immigration of a number of people bearing the name Stewart or a variant listed above:
Stewart Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Austin Stewart, who came to Boston Mass in 1651
- Austin Stewart in Boston in 1651
- Charles Stewart, a Royalist soldier captured at Worcester, sent to Boston aboard the "John and Sara" in 1652
- Austin Stewart, who landed in America in 1652
- Cha Stewart, who landed in America in 1652
Stewart Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Margt Stewart, who landed in Virginia in 1705
- Malcom Stewart, who arrived in Virginia in 1716
- Alexander Stewart, a Jacobite captured at Preston, was among those banished to the plantations, transported from Liverpool to South Carolina aboard the "Susannah" in 1716
- Jamaica Stewart, who arrived in America in 1724
- Don Stewart, who arrived in Georgia in 1738
Stewart Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Griselda Stewart, who arrived in New York in 1801
- Peter Stewart, who arrived in New York in 1802
- Thomas Stewart, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1803
- Agness Stewart, aged 20, landed in Philadelphia, Pa in 1803
- Alexr Stewart, aged 20, landed in Philadelphia, Pa in 1803
Stewart Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
- Alexander McIntosh Stewart, who arrived in Mississippi in 1906
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- Hanks, Hodges, Mills and Room. The Oxford Names Companion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Print. (ISBN 0-19-860561-7).
- Bede, The Venerable. Historia Ecclesiatica Gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History Of the English People). Available through Internet Medieval Sourcebook the Fordham University Centre for Medieval Studies. Print.
- Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- Marcharn, Frederick George. A Constitutional History of Modern England 1485 to the Present. London: Harper and Brothers, 1960. Print.
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