Stewart, John 1758

Stewart, John "Hellfire Jack"
B: Abt 1758, Kintyre, Argyllshire, SCO, UK
D: 22 Jun 1834, Lot 37, Mount Stewart, PE, CAN. Buried in Charlottetown, PEI, CAN. Old Protestant Burying Ground.
M: (1) 24 Apr 1780, Hannah Turner, in Charlottetown, PE, CAN d. 1816 in Antigonish, NS, CAN. They were married by Rev. Theophilus DesBrisay. She was lost in a shipwreck in the Northumberland Strait.

M: (2) 29 May 1817, Mary Ann James, in St. John's, NF, CAN. Mary Ann was b about 1786 d. 10 May 1832. Buried in Charlottetown, PEI

M: (3) 17 Jun 1832, Mary Rain, in Charlestown, PEI b. abt 1814.. They were married in St. Paul's Anglican Church by Rev. L. C. Jenkins.

FN: Peter Stewart
MN:

From "Miscellany of PEI newspapers", TW Stewart collection on The Island Register:

Died on the 22nd of June at his residence Mount Stewart in Prince Edward's Island, John Stewart Esq., late Deputy Paymaster General of His Majesty's Forces and Marshall of the Court of Vice Admiralty in the Island of Newfoundland, and for many years Speaker of the House of Assembly, and Receiver General of His Majesty's Quit Rents in the former Island.

This Gentleman was the legal claimant to the ancient Title of the Earls of Orkney; he was closely allied to the Highland Chieftain George Ranald McDonald of the ancient and legitimate race of Clanranald, and was grandson of the late Highland Chieftain Mackinnon of Mackinnon who rallied and fought under the banners of Prince Charles Stewart on the plains of Preston Pans and Culloden in 1745.

Children of John "Hellfire Jack" Stewart and Hannah Turner:

1. Magdalen Stewart
B: Abt 1788
D: 21 Aug 1865, Buried in Charlottetown, PEI, Old Protestant Burying Ground
M: George Birnie b. 1786 d. 30 Oct 1863, buried Charlottetown, PEI. He was the London Agent for Magdalen's father, John.

2. Henry Stewart, Captain
B:
D: Before 1834
M: Unknown

Children of John "Hellfire Jack" Stewart and Mary Ann James:

John Stewart
B: 1803
D: 07 Jul 1845, Indian River, PEI

Children of John "Hellfire Jack" Stewart and Mary Rain:

1. Marguerite Stewart
B: 20 Oct 1833, Mount Stewart, PEI
D:
M: John Stephens


Contributors:

Stewart Families, Terry Spear, Thomas Woodman Stewart, Waldron Haslam Leard, Donna Collings, Al McNutt, Owen Gray, Patricia Alnes and Anna Lee Hogan.