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William Steward
1705–1771
era: colonialsupport: sourcedresearch: incompletepublication: public
which grandparent's branch?
Through Grandma Donna Ruth Lawton
the parent-to-child line from Donna Ruth Lawton (7 hops)
- Donna Ruth Lawton · 1925–1988 — the branch head
- ↑ father — Rollin Eugene Lawton · 1894–1974 walked provider link
- ↑ father — Rufus Elijah Lawton · 1872–1954 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Harriet Phylena Fuller · 1844–1899 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Eunice L. Maxson · 1812–1873 walked provider link
- ↑ father — Jared Maxson · 1764–1850 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Martha Steward · 1736–1792 walked provider link
- ↑ father — William Steward · 1705–1771 walked provider link
check all four grandparent branches
- Jack Benedum Sutphen — no direct path recorded here
- Donna Ruth Lawton — ancestor on this branch
- Don Ray Remington — no direct path recorded here
- Marilyn Lowry — no direct path recorded here
This identifies the family-tree route, not an inherited DNA segment.
parents, marriages and children
- father William Steward · 1680–1715 — walked provider link
- mother Margaret Reynolds · 1680–1753 — walked provider link
children (1)
- child Martha Steward · 1736–1792
Children listed here may not be the complete family — this edition follows the founder's blood line; siblings, other marriages and descendants largely live beyond the published record (coverage, not contradiction).
sources and research notes
era ≠ support: “colonial” dates the evidence; “sourced” assesses it — one never derives the other. Attribution distinguishes, never ranks.
- documentary record — FamilySearch LB1P-B3Z (retrieved 2026-09-16) · open the provider record — opens a new tab
- spiritual reflection (founder (reserved — his own words) · reserved: personal spiritual reflections (Seiðr-related experiences) will be preserved here in the founder's own words, dated and attributed. Personal importance without biological-descent verification — the lens never upgrades evidence.)
- research status: incomplete — 5 attached FamilySearch sources (harvested 2026-09-18)
- publication: public
identity + address
- internal id: p6ab19de9fd (provider ids are references, not identity)
- ref: familysearch LB1P-B3Z
- bnr://skaists.dev/blood/p6ab19de9fd