Liet. William & Sarah (Church) Steward
Lieut. William Steward was from Stonington,
Connecticut. He was born in 1690, and was baptized as an adult on February 13, 1710 in the Congregational
Church at Stonington. William was married May 5, 1713 to Sarah Church. On December 27, 1722 he and his
wife Sarah Deeded to "Ye Reverend Mr. Craighead," Clerk in
Stonington, Connecticut; land they had bought five days previously of Saxton Palmer.
He bought April 4, 1726 of
Aaron Stark land in Voluntown, and on November
5, 1728, he bought land of Richard Stevens and Henry Stevens, in
north Stonington, Connecticut.
On March 2, 1729 William Steward, yeoman of North Stonington deeded to
Jonathan Dean the land in Voluntown which he had bought of Aaron Stark, He
acquired the title of 'Lieutenant' and was a man of prominence. It is said he
knew the line of his ancestry back to Kings, and a set of dishes bearing a coat
of arms was later in possession of his descendants. His wife Sarah died March 2, 1745. He married the second
time on March l6, 1747 to Mary Bellows. William died on December 26, 1754. 'As to the
William Steward family it is believed he may have belonged to what is
called the Stewards of Elly, in England
from whom came the Mother of Oliver Cromwell.
It is believed William Steward's father came to Rhode
Island and was buried there according to the will of
Lieut. William. In his will drawn Oct. 20, 1753, probated Dec. 26, 1754 he provided for gravestones for my
father and former wife Sarah and child and myself. He made bequests to his two
grandsons both having the name William Steward, and mentioned the following
children, who are the children of his first wife, Sarah and whose births were
recorded in Stonington, Connecticut.
William Steward. Born Dec.26, 1714. Married Elizabeth Stevens
Nathan Steward.
B-Jan. 8, 1717.
Oliver Steward.
B-Feb.12, 1719. M-Rebecca
Pendleton, Aug. 30,
Phineas Steward.
B-May l6, 1721. M-Remember
Babcock, 1st. M-Hannah Barnaby, 2nd.
Lemuel Steward.
B-May 3, 1723. Died Feb. 1727, age 4 years.
Sarah Steward.
B-Jan.10, 1725. M-Nathan Newbery Apr. 11 '43.
Content Steward. B-Dec. 24, 1727. M-Robert Parke
Eliphalet Steward.
B-Nov. 10, 1729- M-Elizabeth 7,
Mar.1, 1755.
Lemuel Steward.
B-Jan.30, 1732. M-Eunice (last
name unknown.)
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