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Pegue “Peggy” Stewart

Birth
Death
1791 (aged 16–17)
Burial
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B: at Tahiti
d/o TePau (1760- ) & ?
D: 1791 at Tahiti

m. 1789 to George Stewart at Tahiti

Children:

Maria Antonia de la Ascencion Stewart (1790- )

The daughter of TiPau, whose land bordered Matavai Bay in Tahiti, and the granddaughter of Teri'l Vaetau and Te Vahine Airoro. Upon the capture and imprisonment of her husband (George Stewart) aboard the HMS Pandora, she brought their daughter to Captain Edwards, imploring the Captain to let them see Stewart. When he refused, she and her family and friends demonstrated by cutting themselves with knives and mourning. Finally, she was allowed to see him, and became so distressed that the crew had to pull her away and remove her forcibly from the ship. After his departure, she lived only a few months, and died of her grief.
B: at Tahiti
d/o TePau (1760- ) & ?
D: 1791 at Tahiti

m. 1789 to George Stewart at Tahiti

Children:

Maria Antonia de la Ascencion Stewart (1790- )

The daughter of TiPau, whose land bordered Matavai Bay in Tahiti, and the granddaughter of Teri'l Vaetau and Te Vahine Airoro. Upon the capture and imprisonment of her husband (George Stewart) aboard the HMS Pandora, she brought their daughter to Captain Edwards, imploring the Captain to let them see Stewart. When he refused, she and her family and friends demonstrated by cutting themselves with knives and mourning. Finally, she was allowed to see him, and became so distressed that the crew had to pull her away and remove her forcibly from the ship. After his departure, she lived only a few months, and died of her grief.


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