Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameSergeant Peter Stewart United Empire Loyalist - Ddirect Ancestor 
Birth1728, Perthshire, Scotland
Death1794, Northumbelrand County, New Brunswick, Canada
Notes for Sergeant Peter Stewart United Empire Loyalist - Ddirect Ancestor
Served with e 42nd Highland Regiment, he arrived in New Brunswick in 1783; they first settled at Nashwaak in Saint Mary’s Parish, York County but later moved to Miramichi, Northumbelrand County, only one child was mentioned, Peter junior who married Margaret MacKenie; they moved to Miramichi before 1829 and had three children. 285
Peter Stewart Senior is included in the Land Grant (38829), dated 2 January 1785, prepared by John Parr, Esquire Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over His Majesty’s Province of Nova Scotia and its dependencies, Vice Admiral of the same.
John Parr was appointed the Governor of Nova Scotia in 1782. He had the enormous task of trying to accommodate thousands of loyalists and their families who arrived in1782 and 1783 in Nova Scotia. His initial efforts were not that well received and many loyalists left the Saint John area for other pastures. This included Daphne’s great-great-great grandfather John Foy who left for Prince Edward Island. In 1794 New Brunswick was separated from Nova Scotia.
Both Peter Stewart and Alexander MacKenzie are included in the 1787 land grant (38205) where Peter Stewart received lots 52, 122 and 123 and Alexander received lot 2 in Nashwaak. This grant was registered on 16 June 1787.
Peter Stewart made petitions for land in Northumberland County in 1791. A Peter Stewart also made petitions for land in Northumberland County in 1799 and in 1804. I am unsure when Peter Stewart Senior, (previously Junior), and his son moved there, however they did receive a grant (38298) of 400 acres of land in the County of Northumberland County in Newcastle Parish on the south side of the Miramichi River in 1808. Peter Stewart Junior received lot 1 containing 200 acres and Peter Stewart Senior received lot 2 containing 200 acres. The grant was registered on 3 August 1808 and signed by John Odell.
We also know that members of the 42nd Highland Regiment started moving to Miramichi in 1791. It is reported[1] that 19 members to Miramichi in this early period. In 1792 Patrick Campbell visited Miramichi, and noted:
‘Here I was told that the highlanders settled up the river were in many respects not a whit better than real Indians, that they would set out in the dead of winter with their guns and dogs, travel into the deep recesses of distant forests; continue there two or three weeks at a time, sleeping at night in the snow, and in the open air; and return with sleds loaded with venison, yet withal were acknowledged to be the most prudent and industrious farmers in all this province of New Brunswick, and lived most easily and independent’
[1] Dr. Esther Clark Wright; The Loyalists of New Brunswick; page .
Peter Stewart Senior is included in the Land Grant (38829), dated 2 January 1785, prepared by John Parr, Esquire Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over His Majesty’s Province of Nova Scotia and its dependencies, Vice Admiral of the same.
John Parr was appointed the Governor of Nova Scotia in 1782. He had the enormous task of trying to accommodate thousands of loyalists and their families who arrived in1782 and 1783 in Nova Scotia. His initial efforts were not that well received and many loyalists left the Saint John area for other pastures. This included Daphne’s great-great-great grandfather John Foy who left for Prince Edward Island. In 1794 New Brunswick was separated from Nova Scotia.
Both Peter Stewart and Alexander MacKenzie are included in the 1787 land grant (38205) where Peter Stewart received lots 52, 122 and 123 and Alexander received lot 2 in Nashwaak. This grant was registered on 16 June 1787.
Peter Stewart made petitions for land in Northumberland County in 1791. A Peter Stewart also made petitions for land in Northumberland County in 1799 and in 1804. I am unsure when Peter Stewart Senior, (previously Junior), and his son moved there, however they did receive a grant (38298) of 400 acres of land in the County of Northumberland County in Newcastle Parish on the south side of the Miramichi River in 1808. Peter Stewart Junior received lot 1 containing 200 acres and Peter Stewart Senior received lot 2 containing 200 acres. The grant was registered on 3 August 1808 and signed by John Odell.
We also know that members of the 42nd Highland Regiment started moving to Miramichi in 1791. It is reported[1] that 19 members to Miramichi in this early period. In 1792 Patrick Campbell visited Miramichi, and noted:
‘Here I was told that the highlanders settled up the river were in many respects not a whit better than real Indians, that they would set out in the dead of winter with their guns and dogs, travel into the deep recesses of distant forests; continue there two or three weeks at a time, sleeping at night in the snow, and in the open air; and return with sleds loaded with venison, yet withal were acknowledged to be the most prudent and industrious farmers in all this province of New Brunswick, and lived most easily and independent’
[1] Dr. Esther Clark Wright; The Loyalists of New Brunswick; page .