Origin Displayed: Scottish-Alt
Origins Available: English, Scottish-Alt, Scottish
Spelling variations of this family name include: Stewart, Steward, Stuart, Stewart of Appin and others.First found in Scotland, where records of Stewarts as a surname, and not just an occupation began to be found from the 13th century.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Charles Stewart, a Scottish prisoner sent to Boston in 1651; Alexander Stewart, a Jacobite captured at Preston, banished to the plantations, transported from Liverpool to South Carolina aboard the "Susannah" in 1716.
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