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- H. Richard Swan1607 - 1678
- W. Ann _____Bef 1622 - 1678
m. 1 Mar 1658/59
Facts and Events
| Name[4] |
Richard Swan |
| Gender |
Male |
| Christening[3] |
23 Dec 1607 |
Gilberdike, Yorkshire, England |
| Marriage |
Bef 1626 |
Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child (Robert).
to Ann Spofford |
| Marriage |
1 Mar 1658/59 |
Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Ann _____ |
| Will[1] |
25 Apr 1678 |
Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Burial[2] |
14 May 1678 |
Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts |
He gave his age as 68 in a March 1675 deposition and 70 in a May 1677 deposition.
He was admitted to the First Church of Boston in Jan 1638/9. Later that year, he was dismissed to the Church at Rowley.
References
- ↑ Upham, William P, and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Essex County, Massachusetts: Probate index, 1638-1840. (Boston, Massachusetts: M.L. Sanborn, c1987).
WILL:
Dated April 25, 1678. Names wife Ann; son Robert; Joseph Boynton my son-in-law & Sarah his wife; 3 children of my son-in-law & daughter Stickney; grandchild Richard Sutton; grandchild Richard Swan, son of son Robert; 4 daughters: Jane Wilson, Frances Quilter, Dorothy Chapman & Mercy Warner. [Essex Probate 4Ips:173-5] {Early Settlers of Rowley, MA by Amos Jewett, 1933 p. 371}
Essex County, Massachusetts, Probate Index, 1638-1840:
-File #: 26893
Name: Richard Swan; Swann
File Date: 23 May 1678
Residence: Rowley
Type: will extant but not proved
- ↑ Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1928-1931).
- ↑ RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project.
From email pasted into notes that indicates writer viewed parish register.
- ↑ Abbott, Lemuel Abijah. Descendants of George Abbott, of Rowley, Mass., of his joint descendants with George Abbot, Sr., of Andover, Mass: of the descendants of Daniel Abbott, of Providence, R.I.; of some of the descendants of Capt. Thomas Abbott, of Andover, Mass.; of George Abbott, of Norwalk, Ct.; of Robert Abbott, of Branford, Ct.; with brief notes of many others of the name, original settlers in the United States. (Boston: T. R. Marvin & Sons, 1906)
Vol 1, pg 9.
Richard Swan, husb., was admitted to the ch. in Boston, "6-11 mo. 1638" and was dismissed to "ye gathering" of a ch. at Rowley, "24-9 mo. 1639." He was made a freeman May 13, 1640. He had a two acre house-lot assigned him in 1643. His wife, Anna, accompanied him to rowley, and was bur. there Apr. 4, 1658. He m. (2d), at Rowley, mar. 1, 1658/9, Ann, wid. of John Trumbull. She d. ---. He was bur. 14 May 1678. His will is dated Apr. 25, 1678, and was proved May 23, 1678. He had 8 chil. He was one of the most prominent of the early settlers of Rowley, and is repeatedly mentioned in the town recs. in an official capacity in connection with its affairs as long as he lived.
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