John Stewart

1618 - 1649

Birth	Abt 1618
Gender	Male
Died	Oct 1649	Put to death after trying to escape from the defenders of Londonderry, Ireland
Person ID	I1985	McKinney and Stewart of Clarion County, Pennsylvania
Last Modified	16 Aug 2007 15:18:29

Father	Sir William Stewart, b. Abt 1582, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Mother	Frances Newcomen
Family ID	F0125	Group Sheet

Notes	William Stewart, born about 1618, was devised the Rathmelton and Fawnet estates in County Donegal by his father's will. He was a soldier with his brother Alexander in 1649 when the latter had Sir Charles Coote cooped up in the city of Londonderry. He was captured in April, 1649, by the defenders in a sortie from the city, and when he tried to escape from captivity in October, that year, he was put to death. As his elder brother Alexander was then living it seems that John's share in the Stewart estate reverted to him as holder of the baronetcy. This would not preclude John's having a wife and children in County Donegal. (Source - Stewart Clan Magazine, Tome H, Volume 57, Number 6, December 1959)