The second set of my great-grandparents which I have found out quite a lot of information about are named Eliphalet Stewart and Lucy Tilley. (Ohmygosh is “Eliphalet” a unique name or what? Another aside….there are quite a few men from New England with that name and they all seem to be related!)

Anyway, my GG Grandfather Eliphalet Stewart was born in New York state sometime in the early 1800s. His wife, Lucy Tilley, was also born in New York State, and they were married in the town of Grafton, New York on June 5, 1830. According to one biography which I found on the Internet, Eliphalet died in Oklahoma and was reported to be 97 years old when he died. Eliphalet and Lucy had nine children, one of whom was my great-grandfather named Mansir Stewart. They left the state of New York and moved to Kansas sometime before 1850. Lucy passed away in Kansas in 1850.

This is the branch of my family that I can trace back the farthest. Lucy Tilley is also related to the Cutler family, and there were lots of people in that family in the early colonial days.