Stewart moved to New London and established his “Compting house” on Main Street. ![]() The connection was sealed in the marriage of the 34-year-old Stewart to Elizabeth Coles at New London in 1798. Probably through his West Indies trading connections, John Coles made contact with James Stewart, a personable Scotch/Irish merchant on the British island of Grenada. The family hosted memorably elaborate dinner parties, and Elizabeth grew up in the American version of English society. ![]() He purchased the large, old Winthrop mansion north of town next to the town millpond and quickly became one of New London’s prominent merchants and social trendsetters. They were living in Boston when he decided to move on to New London in 1794. Her father, John Coles, a British merchant of mixed success, took his family to America after the Revolutionary War. Who was the woman who so influenced the Battle of Stonington?Įlizabeth Coles Stewart was born in England about 1778. Stewart the wife of the British vice consul late resident at New London, with her family, shall be permitted to embark on board this Ship tomorrow morning, I am induced to wave the attempt of the total destruction of your town.Ĭaptain Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy to the magistrates of Stonington, August 10, 1814
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