From The Maiden family of Virginia and allied families, 1623-1991 : Aker, Alburtis, Butt, Carter, Fadely, Fulkerson, Grubb, Hagy, King, Landis, Lee, Scudder, Stewart, Underwood, Williamson, and others / by Sarah Finch Maiden Rollins. Henington Pub. Co. ; Houston, Tex. : Order from S.F.M. Rollins, c1991.
"DAVID STEWART, the second son of Dr. John Stewart and Elizabeth Alburtis Stewart, was born ca. 1689 or 1690 in Newtown, Queens County, Long Island, New York. After living on Long Island until he was about seven years old, he lived with his family in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, East Jersey, about four years. By 1701, when David was about eleven years old, the family had moved to Lewes-and Reheboth Hundred in Sussex County, (Delaware), one of the Three Lower Counties of Penn's province of Pennsylvania."
"David Stewart was about fourteen when his father died. Dr. John Stewart stated in his will he had six children, and these children appear to have ranged from about sixteen years down to two. David soon had a stepfather, Thomas Davock, and the family continued to live in Sussex County, Delaware. In accordance with his father's will, after his mother remarried, David and the other children shared equally in two-thirds of Dr. John Stewart's property. David was named second in his father's will, and an older brother Samuel claimed he was oldest heir."
"About 1709, when David was about nineteen, he married, but nothing is known about his wife or their ten years of married life."
"Thomas Davock of Sussex County made his will on 27 January 1718, and it was proved 25 February 1718. Elizabeth had been married seventeen years to John Stewart and thirteen years to Thomas Davock. Thomas named Elizabeth as executrix of his will."
"Though only a supposition, inasmuch as shipbuilding was then an industry of considerable importance around Lewes, it is possible that David and his brother were ship carpenters. Nearby Lewes Creek afforded a good channel for the navigation of sloops and schooners. A large number of pilots on the Delaware River resided at Lewes and ships coming in and out for repair were common. Also, good timber grew in the contiguous country. The pine forests of Sussex County for many years supplied large quantities of timber for piling, masts, spars, and for construction."
"It appears that David Stewart and his stepfather, Thomas Davock, died about the same time. Thomas Davock wrote his will 27 January 1718 and it was proven 25 February 1718. In the will Thomas mentions his [step] son David Stuart (sic), so David was alive 27 January 1718. On the same day Thomas Davock's will was probated, 25 February 1718, David's brother John was appointed administrator of the estate of David, deceased. This indicates David died between 27 January and 25 February 1718 when he was about 29."
"The cause of David's death is not known, and there is no record concerning his widow or children. Orphan Court records which have survived for Sussex County do not begin until later, in 1727. Although names of David's children are not shown in extant records, by presumptive evidence it has been accepted for a long time that David's three children were Samuel, John, and a daughter who married William Mark, all of whom were born in Sussex County, Delaware, and in adulthood moved to Augusta (now Rockingham) County, Virginia."
Samuel Stewart, son of David