Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Stuart was born in 1700, in Donegal, County Donegal, Ireland, her father, Archibald Stewart, was 22 and her mother, Elizabeth Stewart, was 21. She married Francis Ellis in 1765, in Pennsylvania, United States. She died on 29 July 1756, in Abbeville, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 56.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Stuart - birth: about 1705; Ireland
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Stuart - death: about 1751; Scotland, Devonshire, England
- Mary Baskin (born Stuart), 'Geni World Family Tree' on MyHeritage
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Catholics hold just 7% of land in Ireland.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Aberdeenshire and Banffshire): variant of Stewart . This French form of the name, there being no W in the French language, was adopted by Mary, Queen of Scots, on her return to Scotland in 1561 and has since come to be more popular among royalists than the earlier spellings.
History: Stuart or Stewart is the surname of one of the great families of Scotland (see note at Stewart ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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