The family mansion in which he first saw the light was yet standing in 1836, His father, Andrew Stuart, came to America from the town of Omagh in Ireland, about the year 1730; besides the subject of this memoir he had three sons, James, Andrew & Charles. The first died young ; the others--Andrew and Charles--died some years ago, both at an advanced age, in the Western part of Pennsylvania, having been in the worst of times, staunch supporters of the cause of American liberty. They were all men of great physical strength?. At an early age John Stuart evinced a disposition for serious studies, and when he graduated at the College of Philadelphia he had made up his mind to join the communion of the Church of England. This determination exposed him to much difficulty, for his father was a rigid Presbyterian, and expected his children to conform to his religious opinions?. M' Stuart's patience at last overcame his father,s prejudices, and he was allowed to proceed to England, being recommended by the Clergy of Pennsylvania for ordination®. He received holy orders in the year 1770, and was appointed Missionary to the Mohawks at Fort Hunter. Hearrived at the scene of his future labors and preached his first sermon at Canajoharie, on Christ--- mas day of the same year. His routine now was, to preach every Sunday ; first to the Indians, after service had been per--- formed in their own Janguage. Divine service was, next, read in English to a congregation of 200 persons and upwards. In the afternoon, he officiated in the Mohawk Chapel, to the white people, most of whom were Dutch, and who had no stated place of worship*. In 1774, he was able to read the Liturgy and the several offices of baptism, marriage &c. to his flock, and converse tolerably well with them, on common subjects in their own language, but he found great difficulty to convey to them any distinct ideas on divine subjects, for want of a constant interpreter, from which cause, also, he could but seldom preach to them.