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Inverness / Rev. David Stuart (help!)
« on: Tuesday 29 January 13 18:24 GMT (UK) »
I hope this is the right forum to ask this question on. I've recently been trying to trace back the Stuart side of my family. I -think- I've managed to trace it as far back as a Rev. David Stuart.
I'm completely stumped at this point, however, because I keep finding conflicting articles about David's origins.
What is consistent:
- he was born in Scotland sometime between 1687-1690
- he moved to the US around 1715
- he died in King George, Virginia, Colonial America in either 1748 or 1749
- his mother was Lucy Erskine
- his wife was Harriett Jane Gibbons
- he had several children, 'John Gibbons Stuart' being the son that links my family to his
What is inconsistent:
- whether he was born in Iverness or Aberdeenshire
- who his father was. From what I've gathered from bits and pieces, it seems widely believed by distant family members of mine that David was the son of Charles Stuart, 6th Earl of Moray. The problem is that the majority online sources I've found indicate that Charles never had children.
- he may have spent some time in England
- I've come across snippets of unsourced articles (which is the primary problem I keep running into) that note he was either a cousin or at least somehow related to James Francis Stuart, "The Pretender". It was supposedly his support of James Francis Stuart that led to David fleeing to the US.
None of the American records I've found can seem to confirm who his father was. The relatives of mine who seem convinced that he was the son of Charles of Moray are distant and have not replied to my emails. My Grandmother Stuart has no records that go that far back, either. I'm trying to trace the Stuart lineage back to its origins as best I can, but I'm afraid this feels like a dead end.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I'm completely stumped at this point, however, because I keep finding conflicting articles about David's origins.
What is consistent:
- he was born in Scotland sometime between 1687-1690
- he moved to the US around 1715
- he died in King George, Virginia, Colonial America in either 1748 or 1749
- his mother was Lucy Erskine
- his wife was Harriett Jane Gibbons
- he had several children, 'John Gibbons Stuart' being the son that links my family to his
What is inconsistent:
- whether he was born in Iverness or Aberdeenshire
- who his father was. From what I've gathered from bits and pieces, it seems widely believed by distant family members of mine that David was the son of Charles Stuart, 6th Earl of Moray. The problem is that the majority online sources I've found indicate that Charles never had children.
- he may have spent some time in England
- I've come across snippets of unsourced articles (which is the primary problem I keep running into) that note he was either a cousin or at least somehow related to James Francis Stuart, "The Pretender". It was supposedly his support of James Francis Stuart that led to David fleeing to the US.
None of the American records I've found can seem to confirm who his father was. The relatives of mine who seem convinced that he was the son of Charles of Moray are distant and have not replied to my emails. My Grandmother Stuart has no records that go that far back, either. I'm trying to trace the Stuart lineage back to its origins as best I can, but I'm afraid this feels like a dead end.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!