Person:Cynthia Swift (1)

Watchers
  • HHiram Chase1786 - 1866
  • WCynthia SwiftCal 1787 - 1887
m. 25 Dec 1808
  1. Alfred Chase1809 -
  2. Salome Chase1811 -
Facts and Events
Name Cynthia Swift
Gender Female
Birth[1] Cal 15 Jul 1787 Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 25 Dec 1808 Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United Statesto Hiram Chase
Death[1] 18 May 1887 Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
    [1].

    Deaths Registered in the Town of Tisbury for the Year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.
    No.: 13
    Date of Death: May 18. [1887]
    Date of Record: Aug. 24
    Name: Cynthia Chase
    Sex: Fe.
    Condition: Widow
    Age: 99 y. 10 m. 3 d. [birth calculates to about 15 Jul 1787]
    Cause: Old Age
    Place of Death: [blank]
    Occupation: [blank]
    Place of Birth: Waquoit [village in Falmouth]
    Parents: Hiram and Cynthia Swift
    Birthplaces of Parents: Yarmouth & Waquoit
    [Note: no birth record found, or any record of Hiram Swift in Falmouth records. Unless further evidence comes to light, it is possible the informant was confused because Cynthia outlived her husband so long, mixing up the names of the parents with the names of herself and her own husband?]