BIO: Hugh STEWART, Dauphin County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, 
Containing Sketches of Representative Citizens, and Many of the 
Early Scotch-Irish and German Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: 
J. M. Runk & Company, 1896, page 171.
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  STEWART, HUGH, son of Robert Stewart, was born near Glasgow, 
Scotland, June 11, 1719; died October 8, 1798; buried in the graveyard 
of the old Covenanter church, three miles east of Harrisburg, Pa., of 
which church he was the main supporter.  At the age of sixteen years he 
accompanied his elder brother, Samuel, and family, in their migration 
to the Province of Pennsylvania in 1735.  He landed with a capital in 
coin equivalent to one dollar and twenty-five cents, and having learned 
the trade of weaving followed it for many years; settled finally in 
Paxtang township, about six miles from Harris' Ferry, where he acquired 
a large estate, for the times.  His name first appears on the tax list 
of 1750. In 1780 he was assessed for four hundred and five acres.  He 
was considered a very handsome man, of more than ordinary height, and 
retained through life his Scotch accent.  Hugh Stewart was twice 
married; married, first, in 1750-1, Hannah Dallas, born 1727, in 
Ireland; died 1760, and buried with her husband.  He married, secondly, 
in 1764, Nancy Moore, born 1735; died March 22, 1790.