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From: Mary Rawlinson <>
Subject: Re: Boardman Stewart
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 21:09:01 -0400

Laura,

Rev. Clark Berry Stewart's son, Henry Boardman Stewart, was indeed named
after the famous Presbyterian preacher, as you suggest. It's not an old
Stewart family name. Sorry I can't be any help to you with your George
Stewart!

Best,
Mary Rawlinson

> > mary stewart kyritsis wrote: Rev. Clark Berry Stewart is written up in the
> > Stewart Clan magazine, on pages C119, 260 (a mention only) and E216 (an
> > obituary for his son Henry Boardman Stewart)

Laura wrote:

> Seeing the names Boardman and Stewart next to each other caught my eye.
> The name Boardman is used as a first and middle name of several of the
> descendants of my ancestor, George Stewart. I don't know his year of birth,
> but his son was born in the 1790s.
>
> 1. Mary Boardman CABLE, George Stewart's gr gr grandaughter
> 2. George Boardman CABLE, Mary's brother, George Stewart's gr gr grandson
> 3. Boardman WRIGHT, married George and Mary's sister, Isobel Stewart CABEL
> 4. Boardman WRIGHT, Boardman and Isobel WRIGHT's son, George Stewart's gr gr gr grandson
> 5. Charles Boardman HOWES, married George, Mary and Isobel's sister, Dorothea CABLE
>
> What is the connection between the names Boardman and Stewart? Was Boardman
> a surname from an earlier generation or was it the name of a famous preacher
> or what?
>
> > The first reference says he [Rev. Clark Berry STEWART, father of Henry
> >Boardman STEWART] was the son of Walter Stewart from Co. Antrim and Lucinda
> >Bobbs, his second wife; he was born 1813 and marr. Catherine C. Hitch. The
> >article came from information given to George Edson by Dr. Henry Boardman Stewart.
>
> Is any information about earlier generations of this family available? Any sons
> in the mid to late 1700s named George and Samuel?
>
> Thank-you,
>
> - Laura

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