Abiah Stuart m. Nathaniel Cahoon, Kent, CT
Silas Stuart shows up in the 1790 Census in Kent, Litchfield Co., CT. How does Abiah Stewart (m. Nathaniel Cahoon of Kent, CT) connect to this family? None of the descendants of Robert Stewart and Bethia Rumble are known to have a daughter of Abiah Stewart (m. Nathaniel Cahoon) according to any of the Stewart Clan Magazine’s that were published on the descendants of Robert Stewart and Bethia Rumble.Was George Thomas Edson aware of Abiah Stuart (Cahoon)?
The Confusion on the origin of Abiah Stewart (m. Nathaniel Cahoon)
STEWART CLAN MAGAZINE
Editor: George Thomas Edson
Monthly Associate Editor: Horace W. Dickerman, 685 Forest Road, New Haven, Conn. $2 a year
MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. JAN UARY. 1927 VOL. V NO. 7
Robert Stewart of Norwalk, Conn. p 6 14
From many sources
Robert' Stewart of Milford, Conn., bought on Mar 8, 1659-60, the home lot of Samuel Hale, in Norwalk. (7) No earlier record of him has been found. He married in Norwalk June n, 1661, Bethia Rumble, (2) daughter of Thomas and Rose (Sherwood) Rumball of Stratford, Conn. He bought land May 30, 1663, of Thomas Adgate, and bought other property Jan. 11, 1674, for $2oo, which had been granted to Richard Bushnell. (7) He sold land Mar. n. 1663-4, to John Raymond. He was a man of high standing in Norwalk, and was the founder of an influential family. Ke possessed land on Ely Neck, Stewart's Meadow and Stewart's Landing. The valuation of his estate was placed at $225 on Jan. 3, 1687. He made his will cm Mar. n, 1678-9, but no record of his death can be found. The inventory was filed Dec. 5, 1688, by Mark St. John, Thomas Seymore and James Olmstead, and administration on the estate was granted to the widow Bethia and eldest son James. On, Mar. 13, 1693-4, Samuel Hayes, with the two sons James and John, was appointed to distribute the estate [Fairfield county probate, iii:26o]. The date of Bethia's death is unknown. Children: (2) (5)
1 James, Mar. 19, 1661-3; = Experience
2 Abigail, Aug. 15, 1664; =[before 1688] Richard Cozier: five children
3 John, Mar. 18, 1666-7; = Abiah
4 Deborah, May —, 1669 [living in 1688, aged 19]
5 Elizabeth, Sep. 30, 1671 [living in 1688, aged 17]
6 Phebe, Feb. 14, 1671-3 [living in 1688, aged 15]
7 Sarah 1675 [living in 1688, aged 13]
8 Samuel. May —, 1677; = Hannah Bennett: +June 5, 1753, in Wilton
9 Rachel 1685;= Daniel Raymond: three children Ensign James- Stewart (Robert1), born Mar. 19, 1661-3, in Norwalk, Conn., married
about 1694 Experience.
John2 Stewart (Robert1), born Mar. 18, 1666-7, in Norwalk, Conn., received a deed from his father in 1687 [1:155], He acquired land at Drum hill. Chestnut hill. Skunk's Hole and other localities, and was a selectman in 1711. He married Abiah. He lived in the parish of Wilton, and his name is seventh on the list of 31 men who signed a petition on Dec. 7, 1715, to have a separate parish made of Kent, Belden's hill and Chestnut hill. He had a pew in the Congregational church in Wilton Jan. 17, 1717. Abiah died July 30, 1748, aged about 60, and John died June 17, 1749, aged 83, in Wilton (2) [town 1801]. The births of his children were recorded in the Congregational church of Wilton and their names are found in a list Feb, 14, 1731, of the children of settlers in Wilton:
1 Abigail, Feb: 14, 1709-10
2 John 2nd, Oct. 10, 1711; =
3 Jemima, June 9, 1714
4 Silas, Mar. 6, 1716: +May 14, 1735
5 Reuben, Feb. 13, 1718-9
6 Benjamin, May 5, 1711; =Feb. 7, 1749-50, Eleanor Sherwood of Fairfield: +Feb. 11, 1805
7 Sarah, Oct. n, 1714
8 Abigail; =Jan. 10, 1746-7, Samuel Fountain (born Mar. 7, 1715-6 (14)
9 Ezra, Feb. 15, 1718-9; =Nov. —, 1756, Sarah Brownson, New Milford: +Aug. 17, 1773
Samuel2 Stewart (Robert1), born May —, 1677, in Norwalk, Conn., married Hannah Bennett, as was learned in a belated settlement of the estate of her father, Thomas Bennett of Fairfield on July 18, 1769 [Probate, xvii:129]. A parcel of land near Five Mile river was laid out to Samuel Stewart on Jan. 13, 1706: he deeded to Benjamin Hickox in 1710, and on Feb. 10, 1747-8, he deeded land on Chestnut hill, Norwalk, "to Samuel Stewart, jr., my son." His will was made Sep. 6, 1748, and was witnessed by William Taylor, John Stuart 3rd and Isaac Chase: in it he refers to his wife Hannah and to his son Samuel 3rd. The inventory was taken by Nathaniel Darrow and John Stuart, jr. [xi:117]. He died June 5, 1753, aged 76, in Wilton. (2) Hannah died before July 18, 1769. (5) They were members of the Congregational church in Wilton and held a seat in 1719. Children, named in his will:
1 Samuel; =Elizabeth Smith
2 Ruth; =Jonathan Atherton, 3 children: +before 1748
3 John; =
4 Simeon 1718; i=Nov. 15, 1739, Abigail Smith, (2) Mary (Gregory) Whelpley
5 Nathan;=Thankful: to Lanesborough, Mass.
6 Dorothy;==Aug. 18, 1742, Daniel Burchard of Courtland Manor, N. Y.
7 daughter (5);=St. John, 3 children: +before 1748
John" Stewart 2nd (John,2 Robert1), born Oct. 10, 1711, in Norwalk, Conn., married_________. Little is known of this man. It is difficult to distinguish the family from that of his cousin John (son of Samuel), both of whom had children recorded in the church in Wilton. Probable children of this John:
1 Anne, Feb. —, 1739
2 Justus, Dec. 5, 1740: soldier in Revolution
3 Lois, Jan. 10, 1744-5
4 Dinah, bp. Dec. 23, 1747: =Apr. 8, 1779, James Small Olmstead, Wilton, as 2nd wife
5 John, bp. Jan. 3, 1750-1; i=Jan. 15, 1776, Hannah Taylor, (2) 1 1779 Sarah Hurlbutt
6 Sarah, bp. Mar. 16, 1753
7 Albert, bp. Mar. 24, 1756; =Apr. i, 1783, Rowena Waterbury, Wilton (9) 165 1816
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STEWART CLAN MAGAZINE
Editor: George Thomas Edson
Monthly Associate Editor: Horace W. Dickerman, 685 Forest Road, New Haven, Conn. $2 a year
DESMOINES, IA. FEBRUARY. 1927 VOL. V NO. 8
Robert Stewart of Norwalk, Conn. Page 222
John Stewart (Samuel,2 Robert1), born about 1710 in Norwalk, Conn., married about 1735 . Little is known of this man. It is difficult to distinguish his family from that of his cousin John (son of John), both of them having children recorded in the church in Wilton, as John ind, John, jr., John jrd and John, no name of a wife being mentioned. Probable children of this John:
1 Silas, July i, 1739; = Abigail: +Mar. 19, 1812, aged 71, Kent (4)
2 Anne; =Oct. 13, 1766, James Bull, Sharon
3 Stephen, Nov. 13, 1744
4 Jerusha, bp. Sep. 6, 1747
5 Abiah, bp. Aug. 5, 1750 [Abigail married Apr. 6, 1774, Ichabod Davis, Sharon]