HISTORY: Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia, Chapter 7, Lazarus Stewart, Dauphin County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Bookwalter Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/dauphin/ http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/dauphin/runk/runk-bios.htm _______________________________________________________________ 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, pages 146-149. _______________________________________________________________ THE STEWARTS OF HANOVER. I. LAZARUS STEWART, a native of the north of Ireland, came to America in 1729, the same year locating on a tract of land "situate on Swahatawro creek," in then Lancaster county. This tract of three hundred acres was directed to be surveyed for him by the Proprietaries on the 6th of March, 1739. With the aid of two Redemptioners, whose passages were paid by him, he built within that and the two years following a house and barn, cleared twenty odd acres of arable land and planted an orchard. He died about 1744. His farm was a long time in dispute owing to the fact that the warrant never having been issued his son Lazarus took out a warrant for the same land. After the death of the first Lazarus' wife a suit was brought by William Stewart, eldest son of John Stewart, for the recovery of his share in his grandfather's estate. A distribution was made in 1785, from the record of which DAUPHIN COUNTY. 147 in the Orphans' court proceedings we have the foundation of the genealogy herewith given. There is no information as to the name or the date of death of the first Lazarus Stewart's wife. They may have had other children, but the following are the names of all who reached mature years: 2. i. John, b. 1712; m. Frances _____. 3. ii. Margaret, b. 1714; m. James Stewart. 4. iii. Margery, b. 1716; m. John Young. iv. Lazarus, b. 1718. v. Peter, b. in 1720; took up one hundred acres of land adjoining Andrew Lykens and William Campbell, in Hanover township, surveyed to him on the 17th of September, 1743. Prior to 1760 he removed to North Carolina; m., and left issue. vi. James, b. 1722; took up one hundred and fifty acres of land "adjoining Lazarus Stewart and James Murray on Swahawtawro creek, in Hanover township," surveyed to him on the 2d of December, 1738. He married and removed to North Carolina with his brother. vii. David, b. 1724; m., and removed with his brothers to North Carolina. II. JOHN STEWART (Lazarus), b. about 1712, in Ireland; d. April 8, 1777, in Hanover township, Lancaster, now Dauphin county, Pa., and is buried in the "New-Side" graveyard in Lower Paxtang township. On the 26th of May, 1744, one hundred and fifty acres of land "adjoining James and Lazarus Stewart in Hanover township" were surveyed to him. Married, in 1736, Frances _____, of Donegal, b. in 1716; d. November 16, 1790, and is buried in old Hanover churchyard. They had issue: i. William, b. 1738; d. July 14, 1803; m., first, Mary _____, b. 1736; d. February 22, 1780; m., secondly, Mary Stewart, b. 1743; d. August 9, 1796. ii. Lazarus, b. 1740; m. Dorcas Hopkins. iii. George, b. 1743; m. Rebecca Fleming. iv. James, b. 1745; m. Margaret _____. v. John, b. 1747; m. Margaret Stewart. vi. Mary, b. 1749; m. George Espy. vii. Jane, b. 1751; m. _____ Armstrong. III. MARGARET STEWART (Lazarus), b. in 1714, in the north of Ireland; d. in Hanover township, Lancaster county, Pa. She m. James Stewart, b. 1708, in the north of Ireland, and d. in Hanover, Lancaster county, Pa. He had surveyed unto him, December 2, 1738, one hundred and fifty acres of land "adjoining Lazarus Stewart and James Murray, on Swahatawro creek, in Hanover township." They had issue: i. Charles, b. 1731; m., and had issue, James, Lazarus, John, Margaret, Charles, and George. 5. ii. Lazarus, b. May 16, 1733; m. Martha Espy. iii. James, b. 1737; m. Priscilla Espy, and had Lazarus. Subsequently, when a widow, she married Capt. Andrew Lee, of the Revolution. 6. iv. Jean, b. 1739; m. John Campbell. IV. MARGERY STEWART (Lazarus), b. 1716, in Ireland; d. in Hanover township, Dauphin county, Pa.; m. John Young, b. in Ireland; d. in June, 1775, in Hanover township. They had issue (surname Young): i. David. ii. Mary. iii. Margaret, m. Samuel Ainsworth, and left issue. iv. John. v. Margery. vi. George. vii. James. 6.viii. William. V. LAZARUS STEWART (Margaret, Lazarus), b. May 16, 1733, in Hanover township, Lancaster county, Pa.; fell in the massacre of Wyoming, July 3, 1778. He was the noted Capt. Lazarus Stewart, an officer in the Provincial service, and the captain of the Paxtang Boys, who so completely settled the question of the rights of Indian tramp marauders south of the Blue mountains. Captain Stewart m. Martha Espy, b. about 1740, in Hanover; d. in the Wyoming Valley. They had issue: 7. i. James, b. 1757; m. Hannah Jameson. 8. ii. Elizabeth, b. 1759; m. Alexander Jameson. iii. Josiah, b. 1761; m. Nancy Chapman; removed to the State of New York at an early day. 9. iv. Mary, b. 1763; m. Rev. Andrew Gray. v. Priscilla, b. 1766; m. Joseph Avery Rathburn, who settled in Western New York. Their children were John, Lazarus, and Joseph, all married and left descendants. 10. vi. Margaret, b. 1767; m. James Campbell. 148 HISTORICAL REVIEW vii. Martha, b. 1769; d. unm. VI. JANE STEWART (Margaret, Lazarus), b. 1739, in Hanover township, Lancaster county, where she died shortly after the war of the Revolution. She m. John Campbell, b. 1732; d. June 1, 1781. They had issue (surname Campbell): i. William, d. July 3, 1804; left a wife Margaret and a son James, b. September 14, 1789, and Martha, bap. November 9, 1791. VII. JAMES STEWART (Lazarus, Margaret, Lazarus), b. in 1757, in Hanover, Lancaster county, Pa; d. in 1823 in Hanover, Luzerne county, Pa. He m. Hannah Jameson; and they had issue: i. Martha, m. Abraham Tolles; and they had issue (surname Tolles): James, who m. and had Linda. ii. Frances, m. Benjamin A. Bidlack; and they had issue (surname Bidlack): Frances-Stewart. 11.iii. Abigail, m. Abraham Thomas. iv. Caroline, m. Rev. Morgan Sherman; and they had issue (surname Sherman): Mary, m. and left issue, and Caroline, m. James Morrison, who had Stewart and Irene. v. Lazarus, d. unm. vi. Mary, d. unm. James Stewart's widow, Hannah Jameson, subsequently married Rev. Marmaduke Pearce and had three children, Stewart, Cromwell, and John Pearce. Stewart Pearce was the author of the "Annals of Luzerne County," a prominent man in his day. Cromwell Pearce was distinguished as a military officer. VIII. ELIZABETH STEWART (Lazarus, Margaret, Lazarus), lived and died in Luzerne county, Pa. She m. Alexander Jameson. They had issue (surname Jameson): i. William, m. Margaret Henry; and they had issue: John, d. inf., and Mary, who m. and left descendants. ii. Robert, d. unm. iii. Minerva, m. Dr. A. B. Wilson; and they had issue (surname Wilson): Edward, Mary, m. Frank Stewart, and Minerva, m. F. A. Macartney, and they had Frank Macartney. iv. Elizabeth, m. Rev. Francis Macartney; and they had issue (surname Macartney): Francis-A., m. his cousin Minerva Wilson, Mary, d. unm., and Elizabeth, m. Dr. James Wilson. v. Martha, d. in 1880, unm. IX. MARY STEWART (Lazarus, Margaret, Lazarus), m. Rev. Andrew Gray. Mr. Gray was born in county Down, Ireland, January 1, 1757; d. August 13, 1837. He resided in Paxtang, but went to Wyoming, settling in Hanover, where he preached. He was a Presbyterian, and subsequently removed to Western New York, where he missionated several years among the Seneca Indians, finally locating at Dansville, Livingston county, in that State. They had issue (surname Gray): i. James, m. Rebecca Roberts. ii. Margaret, m. Richard Gillespie. iii. Jane, m. Daniel Gallatin. iv. William, d. unm. v. Andrew, left home early in life, and was never heard from. vi. Maria, m. James Jack. vii. Martha, d. unm. viii. Elizabeth, m. Robert Perine. X. MARGARET STEWART (Lazarus, Margaret, Lazarus), d. in Hanover township, Luzerne county, Pa.; m. James Campbell, who lived and died in the same township. They had issue (surname Campbell): i. James-Stewart, d. unm. ii. Martha, m. James S. Lee, and they had issue (surname Lee): Andrew, m. Sarah Buchhout, Priscilla, m. Hon. Siba Bennett, Washington, m. Emily Thomas, Margaret, m. Dr. James Doolittle, Mary, m. Lewis C. Payne, and William, d. unm. iii. Mary, m. James Harvey, and they had issue (surname Harvey): Margaret, m. Robert C. Pieman, Mary, William-J., m. Jessie Wright, and Harrison, m. Amanda Merritt. iv. Margaret, m. James Dilley, and they had issue, among others (surname Dilley): Mary, Margaret, and Harriet. XI. ABIGAIL STEWART (James, Lazarus, Margaret, Lazarus), b. in Hanover, Luzerne county, Pa.; d. there about 1830. She m. Abraham Thomas, and they had issue (surname Thomas): i. Emily, m. Col. Washington Lee, and they had issue (surname Lee): Bessie-Campbell, m. Dr. William Morton, James-Francis, m. Madge Swetland, Mary-Josephine, m. Bruce Price, Ella-Headley, d. inf., Emma- DAUPHIN COUNTY 149 Thomas, m. Benjamin Barroll, and Charles-William, m. Lilly Doolittle. ii. Martha, m. Joseph Rhodes, and they had issue (surname Rhodes): Clubine-Lee, Clementine-Thomas, and Helen-Headley, m. Walter Meek. iii. Clementine, d. unm. iv. Frances, d. unm. v. Helen, m. John Boyd Headley, and they had issue (surname Headley): Annie-Latona, d. in inf., William-Thomas, m. Kate P. Freese, John-Boyd, and Nellie-Boyd. vi. Latona, d. unm.