Stewart Herbert, Judge ^2,47

   General Notes:

Ref: James McCurley letter, 7 Feb, 1963.

B&D: Tombstone Inscriptions from Lancaster County Graveyards, vol. XII, p. 38 (Old Leacock Presbyterian Churchyard, Leacock Township, Lancaster County, Paradise,Pa.) d. Oct 10, 1778, age 57 years. (Tombstone at Leacock Presbyterian Church Cemetery.)

Probate: Will dated 27 Sep 1778, Probated 4 Nov 1778. Will-C-1-545. Listed sister Margaret, wife of Peter Dello. Children: Stewart (b.1754) Capt.- Washington co.,Md.; Daniel(b.1760); Elizabeth(b.1762) m. Wm. Whitehill abt 1780-1783; Moses(B.1765) Alleg. Co. 1790; Jane(B.1767).

Probate: Ref: Leacock Presbyterian Church, p.14. Stewart Herbert had land in Leacock Twp. in the Mill Creek Valley as early as 1756. He and his wife, Sidney, died in 1778 and are buried here.

Ref: History of Lancaster Co. by Evans says Thomas Herbert, also distinguished in the war, was a son, though he is not mentioned in the will. Jacob Herbert, also not mentioned in the will was probably also a son. The family left the neighbohood during or directly after the revolutionary war. Stewart Jr. lived in Washington County, Maryland, in 1790, and in the same year, Moses was in Allegheny county, Pa.

Land: Ref: History of Lancaster County, Pa. Vol.1 & 2 by Ellis Evans 1883. On Dec.31,1778, ninety-three acres of the Herbert farm, in Mill Creek Valley, was sold to James Clemson, of Salisbry, the same having been patented to Stewart Herbert in 1756.(Philadelphia Patent Book A, Vol.19,p.167.)

Ref: Herbert papers in surname file in Lancaster Historical Library, Lancaster,Pa. Mentions that Stewart Herbert was an immigrant from Wales.

Probate:Ref: Will Book B, Vol.1,p.716, Lancaster Co.,Pa. Will of Jacob McDill. LIsted as son-in-law. .

   Marriage Information:

Stewart married Sidney McDill, daughter of Jacob McDill and Unknown. (Sidney McDill was born in 1721 in Leacock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, died on April 18, 1778 in Leacock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and was buried in Leacock Presbyterian Cemetery, Lancaster County, Paradise, Pennsylvania.)