Stewards of England
GENEALOGY OF THE STEWARD FAMILY OF ENGLAND
In the genealogy prepared by E. S. Stewart in the 1930s and published in the STEWART CLAN MAGAZINE is found information concerning some of the Stewards who came to America from England. He stated that the Stewards of New Jersey were descended from the Stewards of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, England, where they were quite numerous in the 16th century. The following is an account of this genealogy.
WALTER(1) STEWARD, third hereditary high steward of Scotland, was the first to assume the surname. He was the son of Alan, who died in 1204, son of Walter, who died in 1177, first high steward. This Walter, known as Walter Fitzalan, went to Scotland as one of the military aides of King David I: he was the second son of Alan Fitzflaad, a Norman chieftain who came into England with William, the conqueror, in 1066 and was given land in Shropshire. Walter(1) died in 1246, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Alexander.
ALEXANDER(2) STEWARD, fourth high steward of Scotland, died in 1283. He had three sons—James, fifth high steward and progenitor of the royal line of Stewarts; John, ancestor of many noble families of Stewarts, including the earls of Lennox , and Andrew.
ANDREW(3) STEWARD, third son of the fourth high steward, had a son Alexander. {The position of this Andrew in the pedigree was formerly a matter of dispute among historians, but his place is now generally accepted.}
ALEXANDER(4) STEWARD, called "the fierce," is said to have killed a lion with a club, and on that account he received an addition to his arms. He had a son, Sir John.
JOHN(5) STEWARD, son of Alexander, the fierce, was a second cousin to King Robert(5) II, and was one of the attendants of James(7) Stewart, prince of Scotland, when the boy was to be sent to France in 1402 for safety. The ship carrying the prince was taken by the English, and James was kept a prisoner for many years. John Steward remained in England, and in 1408 he was knighted by King Henry IV. He was called the Scot-Angle. He fought in the English army in France and is believed to have perished in the battle of Agincourt, 1415.
JOHN(6) STEWARD, son of the first Sir John, was knighted in 1420 by King Henry V, and was given a gilt cup by Queen Catherine at her coronation.
THOMAS(7) STEWARD, son of the second Sir John, settled at Swaffham Market, Norfolk, and became a famous mariner. He died in 1470.
RICHARD(8) STEWARD, son of Thomas, married a daughter of John Boreley.
NICHOLAS(9) STEWARD, son of Richard, married Cecilia, daughter of John Baskerville, and died in 1520. He is referred to variously as Nicholas Steward of Well, of Outwell, and of Upwell. His third son, Robert, became a monk at Ely; he was a graduate of Cambridge, 1520, and was made prior of Ely about 1522: he surrendered the monastery of King Henry VIII and was granted a pension of 120 Pounds; in 1541, when the see of Ely was refounded, he was made its first dean, and he is said to have obtained a confirmation of the Steward pedigree: he died in 1557 and was buried in Ely cathedral. Nicholas's(9) second son, Nicholas(10), received in 1548 a lease of the rectory of Ely from his brother, the dean: his son William(11) had the lease renewed to him in 1665; he was also buried in Ely cathedral. William(11) Steward, son of Nicholas(10), was the father of Sir Thomas(12) of Cambridge, who married Bridget, daughter of John Poole of Cheshire, and was knighted by King James VI in 1604; Elizabeth(12) Steward, sister of Sir Thomas, was the mother of Oliver Cromwell.
SIMON(10) STEWARD, fourth son of the first Nicholas, lived at Stuntney, Cambridge, which he received for Knight's service from King Edward VI, and died in 1568. His third son, Mark, was knighted in 1603, when 79 years old, by King James VI: he died the following November and was buried in Ely cathedral. Sir Mark(11) Steward was the father of Sir Simon (or Simeon), who wrote a graceful poem called THE FAEREY KING, and was knighted with his father in 1603.
THOMAS (11) STEWARD, fifth son of the first Simon, settled at Mildenhall, Suffolk. He was the father of Thomas Steward of Barton Mills, Suffolk, and Simon.
SIMON(12) STEWARD, son of Thomas of Mildenhall, settled at Mobberley, Cheshire. He was a second cousin of Oliver Cromwell's mother. He died in 1651 at Mobberley, leaving a widow Margery and children Simon, James, John, Henry, Margaret, and Elizabeth and Mary. Simon, the younger, died at Mobberley in 1664; James went to London and became an educator; John remained at Mobberley, and Henry died at that place in 1682.
JOHN(13) STEWARD, third son of Simon, the elder, became a Quaker. He died at Mobberley in 1695, and Ellen, his widow, died at Macclesfield, Cheshire, in 1710, at the age of 74 years. The births of their nine children were given on page 105, tome A of the STEWART CLAN MAGAZINE..
JOSEPH(14) STEWARD, fourth son of John and Ellen, came to America at the age of 18 in 1682, sailing from Liverpool in the ship SUBMISSION with James Harrison, agent of William Penn. . . (Edson, STEWART CLAN MAGAZINE, January, 1936, Tome C, pp. 161-2)
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