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Lemuel Stewart

Lemuel Stewart

Male 1759 - 1829  (69 years)


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  • Name Lemuel Stewart  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth 6 Apr 1759  Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 8 Mar 1829  Grafton, Rensselaer Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I85043  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Eliphalet Steward,   b. 10 Nov 1729, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1816, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Church,   b. 5 Mar 1731, West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage UNKNOWN 
    Family ID F21205  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Unknown Indian Unknown 
    Children 
     1. John Stewart,   b. 15 Jul 1780, Petersburg, Rensselaer, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1865, Petersburg, Rensselaer, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F28552  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Family 2 Rebecca Rose,   b. 26 Jan 1763, Preston City, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1842, Grafton, Rensselaer, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 18 Aug 1782  Preston, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Lemuel Gates Steward,   b. 25 Oct 1783, Elk Creek, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1842, Elk Creek, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Josiah Steward,   b. 13 Nov 1786, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Apr 1872, Erie Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Rebecca Stewart,   b. 16 Jul 1789, Petersburg, Rensselaer, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Mar 1882, Grafton, Rensselaer, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Sarah Stewart,   b. 13 Apr 1791, Grafton, Rensselaer Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1865, Elk Creek, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Deborah Stewart,   b. 24 Dec 1793, Petersburg, Rensselaer, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1888, Grafton, Rensselaer, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Elizabeth Steward,   b. 30 May 1796, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1845 (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Polly Ann Steward,   b. 4 May 1799, Petersburg, Rensselaer, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jul 1848, Elk Creek Twp., Erie Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. Eliphalet Steward,   b. 21 Jan 1803, Grafton, Rensselaer Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 1893, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F28553  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Lemuel was in a regiment stationed at Howland's Ferry, Tiverton RI, 1778-79, one year, and was in Sullivans expedition. He moved to the state of New York during the war and also served at times in that state.

      Biography
      Lemuel Steward[1][2] was born 6 April 1759, in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.[3][4] Lemuel Stewart of Little Hoosick, NY, married Rebecca Rose of Preston [5] on August 18, 1782[6], and they had six children together.[7] He died at the age of 69, on 8th March, 1829, in Grafton, Rensselaer, New York, USA[8][9]

      "Lemuel was in a regiment stationed at Howland's Ferry, Tiverton RI, 1778-79, one year, and was in Sullivan's expedition. He moved to the state of New York during the war and also served at times in that state."[10]

      From Genealogy Chart for Descendants of Lieut. William Steward: "Moved to NY with his parents' family and the John Church family about 1780 and settled at Hoosick (likely Petersburgh area), and removed to Grafton in 1796." "Buried near his home just across the present road at Shaver Pond, now know as Lake Elizabeth."

      From Grafton Historical Society newsletter dated, Dec. 2014. Posted by pvella92 on Ancestry. Not sure if it's copyrighted material. Posted here by Margaret Sheldon Kleimola

      "But upon fulfilling his contract Owen decided to move on and he sold his property including this house to Lemuel Stewart of Petersburg on July 2, 1796 according to Rensselaer County Records Book. (p 106) In Families of Petersburg, Hilda Allen Moon writes Lemuel Stewart first came to Petersburg with his cousins the Church brothers from Stonington, CT following his service in the Revolutionary War. Lemuel supposedly first married an Indian wife by whom he had one son John. His second marriage was to Rebecca Rose with whom he had eight more children. When Grafton became a town in 1807 Lemuel Stewart was a justice of the peace for many years and Grafton town clerk for the year 1814-1815. He recorded his sheep's ear marks in the town's minutes book on March 29, 1809.

      In 1820 a new road was proposed. The Troy- Petersburg Turnpike was incorporated and a new, improved toll road was built. The new road by-passed this house so Lemuel Stewart had it moved over 800 feet from a location south of its present location to the present location. 16 yoke of oxen were harnessed to complete the task. How they must have struggled to drag this huge building uphill all that way! That was about 1830 and it has stood on the present site ever since. Legend says the third story was removed prior to relocation. I guess that explains the mysterious stairway to the stars- a door to nowhere at the top of the second floor.

      The property included 220 acre farm. At least ten sugar maples were planted by Stewart somewhere across the front area of the house. Lemuel Stewart and his descendants lived in this house and farmed the land. Lemuel's daughter Deborah became the owner of the house along with her husband Benajah Allen sometime after 1834. Several of Lemuel's Sr. children had moved to Pennsylvania, leaving his son Eliphalet II, daughters Deborah Stewart Allen and Rebecca Stewart Church still in the area. Benajah Allen, a widower with 11 children, married Deborah Stewart in 1834 following the death of his first wife. Benajah and Deborah had one child, a son named Stewart Allen the following year. In 1850 the agricultural census lists the property valued at $5000, $200 worth of farming equipment with 5 horses, 6 milch cows, 8 oxen, 16 other cattle, 9 sheep, a swine for a total value livestock value of $760. It also had more than 20 bushels of oats but no wheat, rye or tobacco. With 168 acres of improved land and 50 unimproved it seems that much was being used for pasture rather than crops. When Benajah Allen died in 1856 the will of his mother-in-law was finally probated, fourteen years after her death in 1842. Her personal property was distributed between son Eliphalet, and two daughters Deborah and Rebecca. Some her children were not mentioned at all including those who moved to Pennsylvania about 1834."

  • Sources 
    1. [S167] Ancestry.com, Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;).

    2. [S5] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree.

    3. [S38] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;;), Volume: 278; SAR Membership Number: 55560.