Biography

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ALEXANDER STUART was born in 1672 in Kelso, Roxburgh, Scotland. Like most Scots who immigrated to Ulster, Northern Ireland, Kelso is a town located in the Scottish Lowlands and is also known as the Scottish Border area, It is quite likely that Alexander's ancestors migrated from the Scottish Highlands to the Lowlands during difficult economic times. Alexander died 1714 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. He married CATHERINE MONTGOMERY 1705 in Ireland, daughter of HUGH MONTGOMERY and JANE HAMILTON.
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Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
Page: www.myheritage.com/alexander-stuart-in-scotland-births-baptisms
Confidence: Direct and primary evidence
Citation text: Alexander Stuart
Birth: Nov 17 1672
Christening: Nov 23 1672 - Kelso, Roxburgh, Scotland
Parents: Robert Stuart, Bessie Neilsone

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Northern Ireland, Wills and Administrations
Confidence: Direct and primary evidence
Citation text: Alexander Stewart
Will: 1714 - Belfast, Antrim, Ireland
Source: Connor Diocesan Wills

Born in Scotland, Alexander emigrated to Londonderry, North Ireland in ca 1700 and married in 1705 to Catherine Montgomery b 1684 near Convoy House, County Donegal, Ireland d 2/1/1760, near Long Canes Creek, Abbeville, Abbeville Co., South Carolina, daughter of Captain Hugh Montgomery and Jane Hamilton. Catherine along with members of her family were killed in an Indian Massacre there.

Following the death of Alexander Catherine remarried in 1713, County Donegal, Ireland to James Patrick Calhoun (1688 Crosh House, Newtown-Stewart, County Tyrone, Ireland- 1741 Chestnut Level, Lancaster Co,. PA.), son of Rev. Alexander Calhoun and Lady Judith Hamilton.

References

1. Collins, Sue Frances Hames. The Saga of the Stewarts: About the Family of John Franklin Stewart (ca 1800-1863) and wife, Martha Frances Davis (ca 1813-aft 1880) (1998) < PDF > Book pages 7-9, PDF pages 15-17 of 111. Chart on page 8 (16).
2. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=156650619