Aged 70
Chief Justice - Peter's biography is in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography.
*date of birth is calculated based on the age / year of death as inscribed on the headstone
Peter's first wife was Helen MacKinnon. Helen died about 1770 in Scotland, before Peter, his second wife Sarah Hamilton and his children came to the Island. Helen's grandfather was John Dubh MacKinnon, 29th Chief of MacKinnon. Her parents were John MacKinnon and Margaret MacLeod. John predeceased his father so never became Chief of MacKinnon. Helen was the mother of John, Charles, Margaret, Annabella, Penelope, Flora and Robert. Sarah was the mother of James, Ralph, Mary Dundas Bishop, and Peter Jr.
Chief Justice - Peter's biography is in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography.
*date of birth is calculated based on the age / year of death as inscribed on the headstone
Peter's first wife was Helen MacKinnon. Helen died about 1770 in Scotland, before Peter, his second wife Sarah Hamilton and his children came to the Island. Helen's grandfather was John Dubh MacKinnon, 29th Chief of MacKinnon. Her parents were John MacKinnon and Margaret MacLeod. John predeceased his father so never became Chief of MacKinnon. Helen was the mother of John, Charles, Margaret, Annabella, Penelope, Flora and Robert. Sarah was the mother of James, Ralph, Mary Dundas Bishop, and Peter Jr.
Aged 70
Chief Justice - Peter's biography is in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography.
*date of birth is calculated based on the age / year of death as inscribed on the headstone
Peter's first wife was Helen MacKinnon. Helen died about 1770 in Scotland, before Peter, his second wife Sarah Hamilton and his children came to the Island. Helen's grandfather was John Dubh MacKinnon, 29th Chief of MacKinnon. Her parents were John MacKinnon and Margaret MacLeod. John predeceased his father so never became Chief of MacKinnon. Helen was the mother of John, Charles, Margaret, Annabella, Penelope, Flora and Robert. Sarah was the mother of James, Ralph, Mary Dundas Bishop, and Peter Jr.
Chief Justice - Peter's biography is in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography.
*date of birth is calculated based on the age / year of death as inscribed on the headstone
Peter's first wife was Helen MacKinnon. Helen died about 1770 in Scotland, before Peter, his second wife Sarah Hamilton and his children came to the Island. Helen's grandfather was John Dubh MacKinnon, 29th Chief of MacKinnon. Her parents were John MacKinnon and Margaret MacLeod. John predeceased his father so never became Chief of MacKinnon. Helen was the mother of John, Charles, Margaret, Annabella, Penelope, Flora and Robert. Sarah was the mother of James, Ralph, Mary Dundas Bishop, and Peter Jr.
Inscription
Sacred To
The Memory Of
PETER STEWART ESQ.
Who after a Faithful
Discharge of His High Duty
As Chief Justice of This Island
For the Space of Twenty-five
Years Departed This Life The
Xth Day of Nov. MDCCCV
Aged LXXX Years.
To Perpetuate the Memory
Of a Beloved and
Affectionate Parent
This Monument is Erected
By Robert
His Youngest Son.
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Family Members
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