Welcome and List of Sources

This blog was created to share information about the ancestors and descendants of Lieut. William STEWART or STEWARD of North Stonington, Connecticut.

There are several sources of information for vital records, wills, probate records and genealogical listings for this family. This will be the posting for those sources, so check this list frequently for information, updates and corrections.

The first words in this list will appear in the blog entries and will refer to this posting.

[Wheeler: History of Stonington]

Richard Anson Wheeler's book is titled, "History of the Town of Stonington, county of New London, Connecticut, from its First Settlement in 1649 to 1900 with a genealogical Register of Stonington Families." It is currently published by the Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. Baltimore, MD. 1977 and was originally published in New London, CT in 1900. This book is not in the public domain and is still copyrighted. I purchased my copy through Alibris.

[North Stonington Historical Society]
[A. Morgan and Dorothy Stewart, compilers]

North Stonington Historical Society is located at 1 Wyssaup Road, North Stonington, CT. This houses the work of A. Morgan Stewart and his wife Dorothy Kellogg Stewart who compiled a genealogy of family group sheets on this family taken from vital records, land records and family lore. We are lucky to have this resource. A. Morgan Stewart and his wife Dorothy Stewart are deceased.

[Stewart Clan Magazine]

The Stewart Clan Magazine was a publication [editor; Thomas, Edson [of Filley, Nebraska] in the 1900s for all Stewart families. There is an index online. I have a few pages for my direct line. Contact the North Stonington Historical Society for more information.

[Barbour Index]

This is an index of the vital records of Connecticut. As the Stonington/Mystic/Groton area is near Pawcatuck, CT and Westerly, RI there are marriages listed there for Stewarts. (This is available in print format but I access it with my subscription to Ancestry.com)

[North Stonington Cemeteries]

There are 99 cemeteries in North Stonington and probably scattered graves and unmarked burials too! Some graves are just fieldstones with no markings on them at all.

[Stevens-Stephens Genealogy]

Stephens-Stevens Genealogy Lineage from Henry Stephens or Stevens of Stonington, Connecticut by Plowden Stevens, New York, 1909, Frank Allababen Genealogical Co. [Repository: Ancestry.com]


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