DR. JOHN STEWART
from "Something about the Stewarts"
Dr. John lived and owned a large amount of property on Long Island. On the other side of the island from Dr. John lived a family of Harrison's. We do not know to what extent they were acquainted with each other, if at all, but sinceboth families moved at approximately the same time, and settled near each other, this seems a fair assumption that they knew each other.
(The first record found of Dr. Stewart after he became an adult was in Hempstead Township, Long Island, New York. On 7-11-1691, he petitioned the freeholders of Hempstead, Nassau Co., New York for a right of 18 or 20 acres of land a little east of The "Pine Point", near the Plain Edge", stating that he was a cooper and also a surgeon. A cooper is a person who makes bowls, barrels & water tanks from wooden boards. He needed to be highly skilled in woodworking for this trade.)
