When Peggy Stuart was born on 1 January 1726, in Augusta, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, Thomas Stuart, was 26 and her mother, Ursea Iroquoian Cherokee, was 26. She married Charles Sexton Jr. in 1745, in Loudoun, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She died in 1761, in Virginia, British Colonial America, at the age of 35.
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 ).
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