on March 15, 1672 600 acres for transporting 12 people on north side of Appomatox River at Ashen Swamp where Swift Creek flows into the river (Port Walthall). Name spelt "Sturd", Henrico Co., The Colony of Virginia (now United States).Source 1
on April 20, 1685 Second Patent of Land for 70 acres to John Steward, Sr. for transporting two people to Va. Original Stewart Plantation; eastern part of what is now Chesterfield County, Virginia (Another John Stewart lives on the north side of the James River, Ashen Swamp Plantation, Henrico Co., The Colony of Virginia (now United States).Source 1
on October 22, 1694 Transfers parcel to daughter Sarah Steward and husband William Frazier, Henrico Co., The Colony of Virginia (now United States).Source 1
on September 30, 1697 Deeded Ashen Swamp Plantation to John Jr. and Daniel with life estate for himself., Henrico County, The Colony of Virginia (now United States).Source 1
(The Coat of Arms) in the year 1634: Steward Clan.
(The Colony of Virginia) in the year 1661: The Colony of Virginia became the state of Virginia on 25 Jun. 1788..
He died on June 30, 1706 in Bristol Parish, Henrico Co., The British Province of Virginia (13 Colonies), he was 72 years old.Source 1
July 4 » The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France (now Quebec, Canada).
August 18 » Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
September 6 » Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen, the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces.
September 12 » A gunpowder factory explodes in Valletta, Malta, killing 22 people and damaging several buildings.
October 11 » The Burchardi flood kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
November 11 » Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton, the Irish House of Commons passes An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery.
February 3 » During the Battle of Fraustadt Swedish forces defeat a superior Saxon-Polish-Russian force by deploying a double envelopment.
May 23 » John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy at the Battle of Ramillies.
July 22 » The Acts of Union 1707 are agreed upon by commissioners from the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which, when passed by each countries' Parliaments, led to the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
September 7 » War of the Spanish Succession: Siege of Turin ends, leading to the withdrawal of French forces from North Italy.
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