Person:Benjamin Swett (14)

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Benjamin Swett
 
m. 4 Aug 1663
  1. Benjamin Swett1664 -
  2. Rebecca Swett1665 - 1667
  3. Rebecca Swett1669 - 1760
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Name Benjamin Swett
Gender Male
Birth[1] 20 May 1664 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    vol. 4 [Swett] "STEPHEN, Newbury, s. prob. of the first John, b. a 1620 in Eng. m. 24 May 1647, Hannah, d. of the first John Merrill, had John, b. 20 Oct. 1648, d. at 4 yrs.; Stephen, 20 Aug. 1650, d. in few days; Hannah, 7 Oct. 1651; Stephen, again, 28 Jan. 1654; Elizabeth 16 Jan. 1656; Joseph, 28 Nov. 1657; and Mary, 17 Mar. 1662. His w. d. 4 Apr. foll. and he m. 4 Aug. 1663, Rebecca, d. of Thomas Smith, had Benjamin, 20 May 1664; Rebecca, 4 Dec. 1665, d. within 6 mos.; and Rebecca, again, 27 Feb. 1670; and his w. d. 2 days aft. In old rec. the name is oft. Sweet. Six had in 1828 been gr. at Harv. as Farmer MS. notes. So oft. is the interchange of Sweet and Swett in old rec. that we must not depend on spell.".