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• Birth	1742	Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Female
  Died	Aft 1804
  Person ID	I0011	McKinney and Stewart of Clarion County, Pennsylvania
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2007 15:18:29
  Father	Benjamin Gass, b. Abt 1712
  Mother	Eleanor Galbraith
  Family ID	F0011	Group Sheet
  Family	Lieutenant William Stewart, b. 1738, Green Hill, Carnemauga, County Donegal, Ireland
  Married	1760	Chambersburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
  Children	1. John Stewart, b. 17 Jul 1761, West Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania > 2. Benjamin Stewart, b. 9 Aug 1762, West Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania > 3. Prudence Stewart, b. 8 Sep 1764, Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania > 4. Galbraith Stewart, I, b. 26 Dec 1767, West Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania > 5. John Stewart, II, b. 3 Feb 1769, West Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania > 6. Rebecca Stewart, b. 7 Jul 1771, Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania > 7. Mary Stewart, b. 3 Nov 1774, Hamilton Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania > 8. Elizabeth Stewart, b. 18 Feb 1777, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania > 9. William Stewart, II, b. 21 Aug 1779, Meeting House Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania > 10. Robert Stewart, b. 17 Sep 1781, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania > 11. George Stewart, b. 12 Jan 1785, Washington County, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F0009	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Galbraith and Robert Stewart told their grandchildren many times the story that Mary Gass who was a very fair and beautiful girl like her Holland ancestors, had been stolen by the Indians and that William Stewart was one of the rescuing party. She stayed in the wigwams for several years until taken to Canada. The rescuing party was headed by then governor of the Colony of Pennsylvania. (Source - A Family of Millers and Stewart by Dr. Robert F. Miller, 1909)