James McEwen and Isabelle Stuart

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Husband James McEwen ¹

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       Marriage:  - Scotland

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• Document. When he emigrated with his family from Ireland, he brought with him a letter of recommendation from his pastor, which reads as follows:
Gillicorbit, May ye 19, 1736.
The bearer, James McKeun, with his wife Isabelle and their children William, Joan, Henry, and Margaret McKeun, have been orderly members of this congregation, he from his infancy and she from her marriage: still free from all public scandal or Church censure and in good repute: and now designing to transport themselves (with Divine concurrence) unto some of the Protestant colonies in America I do heartily recommend them to the care and Christian fellowship of any religious societies where God in His Providence shall order their lot.
certified by H. Thompson , min.

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Wife Isabelle Stuart ¹

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Children

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1 M William McEwen ¹

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2 F Joan McEwen ¹

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3 M Henry McEwen ²

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           Born: 1 May 1732 - County Monaghan, Ireland 1
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Caldwell (      -      ) 1

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4 F Margaret McEwen ¹

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General Notes: Husband - James McEwen

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The founder of the family in America, he emigrated with his family from Ireland in 1736, and landed at Newcastle, New Jersey, having been eleven weeks and three days on the voyage. He brought with him a letter of recommendation from his pastor, which reads as follows:
Gillicorbit, May ye 19, 1736.
The bearer, James McKeun, with his wife Isabelle and their children William, Joan, Henry, and Margaret McKeun, have been orderly members of this congregation, he from his infancy and she from her marriage: still free from all public scandal or Church censure and in good repute: and now designing to transport themselves (with Divine concurrence) unto some of the Protestant colonies in America I do heartily recommend them to the care and Christian fellowship of any religious societies where God in His Providence shall order their lot.
certified by H. Thompson , min.

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General Notes: Wife - Isabelle Stuart

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She is said to have been a descendant of the royal family of Stuarts of England and Scotland.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 522.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 521.