Stewart Genealogy, Co Antrim & Return of Chapman from U.S.A.

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Document ID 8910003
Date 01-01-1900
Document Type Family Papers
Archive Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Citation Stewart Genealogy, Co Antrim & Return of Chapman from U.S.A.; PRONI T 2753/1; CMSIED 8910003
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Charles Stewart 1st died
Ballyclug near Ballylesson
his first wife was
[?] stewart his second
wife was Sarah Carson;
Charles Stewart 2nd of [Bilirventry?] died
in Glasgow at Gleb st
3rd October 1864 his wife
Jane Chapman died
the same month and
same year same place are buried in the
High Kirk Grave yard
near the Royal Infirmary
Charles Stewart 1st by
his first wife had four
sons William who died at
the age of 14 years, Samuel
and James and Charles
one daughter Jane; by the
second wife there was 3
sons Hugh Robert Jack
one Daughter Mary
Samuel maried [married?]
Mary Carson and had
3 sons William; Thomas
& Charles one Daughter
Mary, James was
Married but I dont know if
he had a family.  Jane Married
William Carson of Ballee near
Ballymena they had six children
Samuel; & John; & William and
Charles Nancy & Jane
second family
Robert went america dont know
if he was married.  Jack died unmarried
at home Mary married a Mr
Williamson and went to america
with some of a family I dont
know how many: Hugh married
a - Lamont they had one Child
a [A T?] they went to N.Y. about
1840
Mr. Chapman, a Miller, after his wife's death in
Charlestown in U.S.A., chartered a ship, loaded
it with a cargo of flour and set sail with his
three daughters and returned to Ireland. I believe
to County Antrim, possibly the Ballymena area.
   He died while his children were still minors
and Charles Sproule, their uncle, who was land-stewart [land-steward?]
of the carte estate near Dunluce became
their guardian.  It is believed that he was a
member of Carrickfergus Grand Jury on occasion.
     One of the Chapman daughters, Janet, married
Charles Stewart.  Their daughter, Agnes, married
James Arthur Speers.  He was a brother of Robert
Speers who was it is believed, manager of Taylor's
mill Carrickfergus, also known as the Barn mill.
              Beardiville
               Monday
Dear Mr Ball,
Not that I imagine
you are thirsting for the
in[form?]ation I must tell
you I found - accidentally
the answer to my query
re - the 8 Miss Cuppage's
John Creer in 1762 - the
daughter of John Cuppage
of Garden Hill - now I
knew Leslie Hill - I suppose
the Cuppages [t?]old me in


My Mother, Mary Ball, used to tell me of an occasion
when the then Lord Lieutenant had past [paid?] a visit to north
Co. Antrim, and her grandfather James Stewart-Moore (high
sheriff) was the person to receive and entertain him.  His
Lordship was brought to see the Causeway and all the
notable places of the locality.  But at the end of all
the sightseeing he said that he "thought it far more wonderful
to have met the seven most beautiful sisters he had ever
seen".  The daughters of his host.  According to my
mother they were known as "The Stars of the North"
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Another thing that my mother used to speak of was that some
previous members of the Stewart Moore family had gone
to [?] to see the place that their ancestors had come
from (the Stewarts) and that the people of the district
had been very much struck by their resemblance to
Stewarts who had remained behind.  I did not think
of asking her exactly where this place was.  But [Rose?]
when I said something about Appin, she said that her people
were not from Appin, but Ard Sheil in Argyle.
                                          Maude Ball.