The TOCKET Family Tree

Notes for Robert Ewing

Robert Ewing was born between 1646 to 1655 estimation based on him being between the age of 22 and 31 years old when his first child was born. We do not really know if there were more children than what are listed below. Some sources have indicated that he was born in Scotland. However, we do not have anything to support where he was born. Based on some research done in Ireland, we have learned that the Ewing and Porter families were related before the dates Margaret, Elizabeth, and Alexander were born. Robert apparently died in Ireland since no record has been found that would put him in America. The name of his wife has never been found.
Known children of Robert are:
Elizabeth Ewing 77, christened 17 Nov 1678 in Ulster, Ireland.
Alexander Ewing 66, christened 18 Jan 1779/80, born about 1676/7.
Very little information is known about the family of Robert Ewing 74. Marguerite and Vernon Brown in their book, Ewing - McCulloch - Buchanan Genealogy present this family and they indicate that Robert is a brother to William Ewing 78, who is discussed in Chapter 5 of this book, and they are both sons of a William Ewing of Stirling who was born in the early 1600's in Scotland. However, the Browns did not give any references or sources for their indication that Robert was a son of William Ewing of Stirling, or for him being a brother to William.
It is possible that these two men, Robert and William Ewing, were combined as a family based on a statement made on page 164 in Clan Ewing of Scotland Nathaniel married Rachel Porter, a cousin, sister to James Porter who came to America with his cousin Ewings.

If they were indeed cousins, it could have been on the Porter side of the family as well as the Ewing side. Or, it could be through another family name for the mothers or grandmothers. However, research for a William Ewing family in Scotland in 1991 by a professional researcher for Clan Ewing in America, a family organization, does not support the claim made by the Browns. The researcher could not find any William Ewing that was a father of a William, Robert, and James Ewing. The researcher was given the names of what was believed at that time to be three brothers. More discussion about William Ewing is in a later chapter.
Good source documents were found in Ireland before 1922 by J. W. Kernohan who had been contacted by Elbert William R. Ewing the author of Clan Ewing in Scotland . A short time after Elbert Ewing received the information some of the original records in Ireland were destroyed by a fire. The Church records that were obtained by Elbert W. R. Ewing for births, deaths, baptisms, and marriages allow us to put the family of Robert Ewing together and that is possibly the same source that the Browns used. As given earlier in this book, the baptism records for Burt Congregation, near Londonderry, gives us the following information:Baptisms 1678, March 26, Margaret daughter to Robert Ewing 1678, November 17, Elizabeth daughter to Robert Ewing (Elaught Begg) that is Elagh Beg
1679/80 January 18, Alexander son to Robert Ewing (Elaught Beg) In some correspondence received about this family, the writer indicated that Margaret and Elizabeth were twins. Looking at the dates of their baptisms it just does not appear to be reasonable to think that Margaret and Elizabeth are twins. In another letter, the person was asking about Irish twins. The writer indicated that Irish twins is the identification of two children born to the same mother in less than a year's time. That is certainly a possibility based on the baptism records above. With that thought in mind, Margaret and Elizabeth may be closer in age than what we would normally think since the most common period between the birth of two children is two years give or take a month or two.
Based on the baptism records, we believe Margaret and Elizabeth are older than Alexander. From the Bible record presented in Chapter 6, Alexander's birth is calculated to be in the year 1676/77. He could have been born in 1676 and most likely was. It was recorded he was 61 years old when he died on 7 May 1738 based on the Bible record presented in a later chapter. May 7 is just over a month after the new year began based on the old calendar. The percentages would favor Alexander being 62 during the remainder of the year, 1738.

With Alexander being christened in Jan 1779/80, he must have been at least three years old. If we apply the same three years to Margaret, we could suggest she was born in 1674. If Robert was twenty-six years old when she was born, he would have been born about 1648. He could have been thirty years old or older or he could have been younger than twenty-six years.

 

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