Genealogy Data Page 301 (Notes Pages)

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Pettingill, William Ripley (b. 22 JUN 1808, d. ?)

Census: Date: 1850
Place: Stowe, Lamoille Co., Vermont

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Stewart, William Lt. (b. 21 AUG 1738, d. 8 JUL 1811)

Note: William Stewart (1738-1831) served as lieutenant in Col. Moses Hazen's regiment, ?;Congress' Own.? He received a grant of land, which remained in the family nearly a century. He was born in Donegal County, lreland; died in Mercer County, Pa.

Will: In the Name of God amen, this Second day of April in the year o our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred, and five I william Steewart of Nashanick Township Messer County and State of Pennsylvania being of very weak in body thoug of perfect Mind and good Memory thaks be to God for his Mercies to me therefore Calling to mind the mortality of Body and knowing it is appointed for all men once to die do make and Ordain this my Last Will and testament that is to Say principally and first of all I do Give and Recomend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it and my Body I Recommend to the Dust to be Buried in Decent Christian burial at the descretion of my Exrs Nothing Doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall Receive the Same Again by the mighty power of God that made it and as touchin such worldly Estate as it has satisfied God to Endow me with in this life I do demise and despose of in the following Manner and form viz
(First) I do give and bequeth to my Well beloved Wife Mary Stewart a good Sufficient Living or Support off or out of the place I live on during her Widowhood
(Secondly) I do give and bequeath to me Son Benjamin and Jus and full Sum of Eight Shilings and Sixpence
(thirdly) I do give and bequeth to my Daughter prudance th just and full Sum of Eight Shilings and Sixpence
(fourthly) I do give and bequeath to my Son Galbreath Stewart the Just and full Sum of Eight Shillings ans Six pence
(Fifthly) I do give and bequeath to my Son John the Just Sum of Eight Shilings and Sixpence (Sixthly) I do give and bequeath to my Daughter Rebacah forbes the Just and Full sum of Eight Shilings and Sixpence
(Seventhly) I do give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Anderson the Just and full Sum of Eight Shilings and Sixpence
(Eightly) I do give and Bequeath to my Daughter Elizebeth Bealy the Just and full sum of Eight Shilings and Sipence
(Ninthly) I do give and Bequeath to my Son William Stewart the Just and full Sum of Eight Shilings and Sipence
(Tenthly) I do give and bequeath to My two Sons Robert and George all me Real Estate nd Each of them A Good feather bed and Beding
(and to My Son George I do Give and bequeth a yung Sorel horse also to My Loving Wife Mary Stewart the Remainder of My personal property for he use While She remains in Widowhood Except my wagon and Smith tools which I do give and bequeth to my two Sons Robert and George
(Lastly) I do Constitute and ordain my Wife Mary Stewart and my Son Robert Stewart to be the Whole and Sole Executers of this my Last Will and Testament and I do herby utterly disalow Revoke and disanull every other former Will or Testament Legacies bequeaths or Exrs. By me in any Wise Made or Confirmed Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to bemy last will and testament in witness Whereof I have hereunto Set hand and Seal the Day and year Within Mentioned
Signed Sealed and pronounced by me the Within Named William Stewart to be my Last will & testament in the presence of William Stewart (Seal) probated 1811

Note: Colonial Officer in the American Revolution.
(REF. letter from Ada McKean Oliphant to George E. Lyon, Jan 29, 1946)
Additional sources for family of William: FTM Ancestors of John Edward Peters, Ancestry.com file g881 (rgates@@innet.com), WFT vol. 3, #5749 and vol. 5, #1327, and the LDS Ancestral File.

"William Stewart, who as a lieutenant in Col. Moses Hazen's regiment, “Congress Own” in the Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Militia during the revolutionary war, was the youngest son of Alexander Stewart and Rebeccas Galbraith of Fort Stewart, Carnemauga, County Donegal, Ireland. William was born about 1738 at Greenhill near Letterkenny, County Donegal." (Source "Notes and Queries" by William Henry Engle.) As per Archibald McKean's bible, William was a Lieutenant in Col. Moser Mazen's Regiment. As a result of this service he was granted land in Mercer Co., Pennsyvlania, where the family settled in 1783.

(REF. letter from Ada McKean Oliphant to George E. Lyon, Jan 29, 1946)Additional sources for family of William: FTM Ancestors of John Edward Peters, Ancestry.com file g881 (rgates@@innet.com), WFT vol. 3, #5749 and vol. 5, #1327, the LDS Ancestral File,. Kenneth C. Webb's genealogy webpage, and "A Family of Millers and Stewarts" by Robert Finney Miller, MD. published in St. Louis, MO. 1909.From "A Family of Millers and Stewarts" pg 24-30: "

Lt William Steart was born about 1738 at the family home on the estates of the Stewarts of Fort Stewart at Green Hill, near Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland. The present (1909) Baron of Fort Stewart, Sir Harry Stewart, who lives on the Fort Stewart estates, which included the ivy covered ruins of the old Fort Stewart, came home from India 15 years ago to inherit the estate from an older brother, and an uncle Sir Abraham Augustus James Stewart, both of whom died unmarried very close together.

The Estate has passed many times from cousin to cousin and uncle to nephew. About the time Lt. Wm. Stewart came to America (in 1758), his cousin Annesley was selected to succeed his childless third cousin, the Earl of Blessington, to the estates, In the meanwhile, Lt. William's brother, Alexander, inherited the possessions of his father, Alexander, at Carnemauga, and Lt William had left Ulster rebelling against the British law of primogeniture. He came to America determined to carve out his fortune. He probably never communicated with his family in Ireland, married here, raised 11 children, entered the first 10 of them in the family Bible as "Stuart", as shown by the half-town herewith. Softened, the 11th was born and entered his name as "Stewart". Since this day we find the family using both spellings.

The ancestors of Lt. William Sewart had emigrated to Ireland during the Plantation of Ulster, were Presbyterians, and so the majority of the family are to this day. They came from Wigtownshire, Scotland, near the land of Burns. Lt. William Stewart's brother, Alexander Stewart of Carnemauga also remained at Green Hill. His son, Samuel, married Elizabeth, and had 4 children. "William Stewart, who as a Lieutenant in the Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Militia during the revolutionary war, was the youngest son of Alexander Stewart and Rebecca Galbraith of Fort Stewart, Carnemauga, County Donegal, Ireland. William was born about 1738 at Greenhill near Letterkenny, County Donegal." (Source "Notes and Queries" by William Henry Engle.)

As per Archibald McKean's bible, William was a Lieutenant in Col. Moser Hazen's Regiment. As a result of this service he was granted land (200 acres) in Mercer Co., Pennsyvlania, where the family settled in 1783. (The 2nd Canadian Regiment, also known as Congress' Own or Hazen's Regiment, was raised on January 20, 1776 at Montreal, Quebec for service with the Continental Army under the command of Colonel Moses Hazen. They would see action at the Battle of Trois-Rivières, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown and the Battle of Yorktown. During the winter of 1778-1779 the men were in winter quarters in Redding, CT at Putnam Memorial state park. The regiment was disbanded November 15, 1783 at West Point, New York. This regiment of the Continental Line, under the command of Colonel Moses Hazen, was recruited at large during 1776, and was known as "Congress's Own," because it was not attached to the quota of any one of the states. It was composed of men from all the states and from Canada, but most were from Pennsylvania and Canada. Throughout the war, it was known as a splendid command.)

Left Ireland rebelling against British law of "Primogeniture" "Primogeniture is the common tradition of inheritance by the first-born of the entirety of a parent's wealth, estate or office; or in the absence of children, by collateral relatives, in order of seniority of the collateral line.

As a mechanism of succession in hereditary monarchies, some sort of primogeniture has for long been the most used, but it is not the only tradition; nor is it likely the oldest method.

Primogeniture became the most common method of succession in hereditary monarchies as a slow development, correlating with the development of the average life-span in wealthier classes (particularly with the wealth of a monarch's family) increasing to a level where the eldest children of a parent were, on average, more or less adult at the time of the death of the parent. This correlated with the wealthier and healthier conditions and more and better food; and with less personal participation in violent activities, such as warring, marauding, robber expeditions and duels."