link to PDF John2 Swett, bp. New Buckenham 19 June 1608; d. Charlestown, Mass., 18 May 1693, age “near 80.” The Sarah[?] Swett who d. 11 Dec. 1650 in Newbury was possibly his first wife.[39] He m. (perhaps 2nd) after 9 Dec. 1643 and before 1657, Mercy Rouse, daughter of Faithful and Suretrust (Starr) Rouse.[Register 92 (1938):368–369. On 9 December 1643, “Mercie Rous” was admitted as a member of the First Church of Charlestown (Register 23 [1869]:280). The will of her uncle Jehoshaphat Starr (Consistory Court of Canterbury, 53:32), dated 2 February 1659[/60] (Register 95 [1941]:253–258, especially 253–254): “ . . . [u]nto my cosen Mercy Swett, wife of John Swett of London the sum of tenn Shillings . . . ”, accompanied by (in a footnote) “John Swett appears to have returned from London to New England, for the house in Charlestown . . . was sold by John Swett, as son-in-law of Faithful Rouse . . .] She d. Charlestown 13 Feb. 1685/6.[41] John2 Swett m. (2nd or 3rd) between then and 1688 Jane ____ (probably the widow of ____ Hodges), named as John’s wife in his will; Jane d. after 26 May 1693, when she testified to the inventory of John Swett’s estate.
