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From: "Don and Sally Nichols" <>
Subject: Re: James Stewart
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 16:07:02 -0500



-Hi; Great to see your query on this site. I too am supposed to descend from Mary, Queen of Scots. My gt. grandfather was Thomas Coke Stuart, from Seneca Co., Ohio who migrated to Indiana. His father however went by the name of Rev. Philip Start, who was born in Virginia according to the census. Philip married Sarah Jane Meyers and both are buried in Bucyrus, Ohio but not in the same cemetery as Sarah Jane remarried after Philip's death. Notice the u had been dropped from the Stuart name. It has been oral history that we descended from the Stuart clan but I have not been able to prove this as I am stuck on Philip Start. The story goes that when this Stuart family came to America they thought they would be hunted down and beheaded so they changed their name to Start. Good story don't you think. Their are Start's in Toledo, Ohio who descend from this same family but they did not change their name to Stuart. Can anyone help. Would appreciate any or all information on the Philip Start name. Thanks for your time in reading this message.

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From: "Nick Stewart" <>
Reply-To: <>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 10:29:05 -0500

>Seeking the Irish roots of James Stewart (1718-1783). James landed in
>Newport News Virginia sometime before 1740 from Ireland. James married at
>least 3 times and resided in Halifax Co, VA and Caswell Co, NC.
>
>Tradition says that James (aka Bald Jimmy) was “…a descendant of Mary Queen
>of Scots and a cousin to Queen Elizabeth I. The Stewarts had a sizable
>inheritance in Ireland, but since they were unable to prove lineage, the
>inheritance remains unclaimed…”.
>
>I have not found any likely suspects on passenger lists on line but would
>love to know the “port of departure and date? We are planning a trip to
>Ireland in September…any advice?
>
>Diane and Nick Stewart
>Texas
>
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Don and Sally Nichols
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