Person:William Swift (3)

William Swift
d.Bef 29 Jan 1642/43 Massachusetts
  • HWilliam SwiftBef 1593 - Bef 1642/43
  • WSarah _____Bef 1598 - 1625
m. Bef 1618
  1. Edward SwiftEst 1618 -
  2. Hannah SwiftEst 1620 - 1664/65
  3. John Swift1622 - 1622
  4. Mary Swift1625 - 1625
  • HWilliam SwiftBef 1593 - Bef 1642/43
  • WJoan UnknownAbt 1586 - 1663
m. 3 Jan 1625/26
  1. William Swift1627 - 1704/05
  2. Esther Swift1629 - 1676
  3. Sarah Swift1631 - 1631
Facts and Events
Name[1] William Swift
Gender Male
Birth[1][3] Bef 1593 Bermondsey, Surrey, EnglandSt. Mary Magdalene Parish Citation needed
Marriage Bef 1618 Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child (Edward).
to Sarah _____
Marriage 3 Jan 1625/26 Bermondsey, Surrey, EnglandSt. Mary Magdalen
to Joan Unknown
Emigration[1] 1634
Residence[1] 1634 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Residence[1] 1639 Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Death[1] Bef 29 Jan 1642/43 MassachusettsDate of exhibition of probate inventory at court.
Probate[1] 29 Jan 1643/44 Inventory of estate exhibited at court (apparently died intestate).

"The inventory of the estate of 'Will[ia]m Swyft, "exhibited at court on 29 January 1642[/3], totalled £82 11s. 1d. (against which was about £250 in debts), of which £10 was real estate: 'the house, and & meadow ground,' £10. Not included in the total value was 'a house & land at Sudbury in Massachusetts Bay mortgaged to one Mr. Burton to secure a debt of £20 10s.' [MD 4:168-71, transcribing PCPR 1:44-45; see also Lechford 438]."[1]

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 William Swift, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
    VI:626-632.

    ORIGIN: Bermondsey, Surrey [TAG 77:161-72].
    MIGRATION: 1634 (based on appearance in Massachusetts Bay court on 7 April 1635 [MBCR 1:144]).
    RETURN TRIPS: In England by midsummer 1637 [Lechford 308-10; MBCR 1:200] and back in New England by 27 March 1638 [EQC 1:7].
    OCCUPATION: Leatherseller (in England) [TAG 77:165].

  2.   Kathryn Newkirk Graham. Kathryn Newkirk Graham Research Files, Second Title: Kathryn Newkirk Graham Files, Second Publisher: Wingfamily Yahoo group, Second Address:
    The Swift Genealogy.
  3. Based on estimated date of first marriage.