John was brought from Windham, Mass. to Shelburne on horseback in his mother's arms when he was five months old. He resided on the home farm in Shelburne, one half of which was deeded to him in 1796, the other half to be after the decease of his parents. Previous to 1818 changes and improvements in the highway made removel necessary, and an additional acre was bought just east of the old home and buildings erected. Reverses came and the old farm went out of the hands of the Stewarts ( (Severance, B. Frank. Genealogy and biography of the descendants of Walter Stewart of Scotland and of John Stewart who came to America in 1718 and settled in Londonderry, N.H. Greenfield, Mass. : T. Morey & Son, 1905, pg. 69, 106-107).
www.findagrave.com claims he died in Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts. Severance claims he died in Colrain.