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The information in this book about John Stewart, a SPOW from Dunbar is worth reading. He apparently did not leave any descendants but his story is interesting. He had fought in FIVE battles under Montrose in Scotland (and England?). He was sent to MA and at first was a servant in Gifford's household UNTIL it was recognized that he was a blacksmith which was much needed in Springfield, MA. He went there and served the town as their smith and in 1658 he was given the smith shop by the town. Check out this free book on Google. SEARCH "John Stewart"
The First Century of the History of Springfield: The Official Records from 1636 to 1736, with an Historical Review and Biographical Mention of the Founders, Volume I by Henry Martyn Burt, 1898. books.google.com https://books.google.com/books?id=pzF5AAAAMAAJ&q=Stewart#v=snippet&q=Stewart&f=false -- Teresa (Hamilton/Pepper) Rust
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Andrew Millard
That looks interesting. For those outside the US who can’t access this on Google books due to copyright restrictions, here is an alternative https://archive.org/details/firstcenturyofhi01spri/page/n6/mode/2up/search/stewart
Best wishes Andrew -- Dr. Andrew Millard Associate Professor of Archaeology, Durham University, UK e: A.R.Millard@... | t: +44 191 334 1147 Personal page: https://www.dur.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/?id=160 Scottish Soldiers Project: https://www.dur.ac.uk/scottishsoldiers Dunbar 1650 MOOC: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/battle-of-dunbar-1650 Scottish Soldiers book: UK sales: https://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/lost-lives-new-voices.html US sales: https://www.oxbowbooks.com/dbbc/lost-lives-new-voices.html
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The information in this book about John Stewart, a SPOW from Dunbar is worth reading. He apparently did not leave any descendants but his story is interesting. He had fought in
FIVE battles under Montrose in Scotland (and England?). He was sent to MA and at first was a servant in Gifford's household UNTIL it was recognized that he was a blacksmith which was much needed in Springfield, MA. He went there and served the town as their
smith and in 1658 he was given the smith shop by the town. Check out this free book on Google. SEARCH "John Stewart" Teresa (Hamilton/Pepper) Rust Executive Director Scottish Prisoners of War Society |
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