Weymouth New England Genealogy

Events

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes	Sources
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Birth	about 1607	Gilberdyke, Eastrington, East Yorkshire, England			2
Emigration	1635-09-17	London, England		General On the Truelove
	1640-05-13				3a
Death	1678-05-00	Rowley, Essex, MA			2 4a
Burial	1678-05-14	Rowley, Essex, MA			2 5 3a

Families

Family of Swan, Richard and Spofford, Anna

Unknown

Partner

Spofford, Anna ( * + before 1658-04-04 )

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
Swan, Jonathan
Swan, Richard		before 1692
Swan, Robert	about 1626	1697/8-02-11 (Julian)
Swan, William	before 1627-11-25	before 1627-12-08
Swan, Jane	about 1628
Swan, Frances	about 1630	1630-11-07
Swan, Juliana	1633-02-15
Swan, Dorothy	1635-05-16	1710-10-21
Swan, Anna	about 1636
Swan, John	before 1638-11-13
Swan, Mercy	1640-07-04	1683-04-03
Swan, Faith	1644-01-30
Swan, Sarah	about 1647	1719-02-27

Family of Swan, Richard and , Ann

Married

Wife

, Ann ( * + ... )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes	Sources
Marriage	1658/9-03-01 (Julian)				3a

Narrative

"Richard, husbandman, Boston, adm. chh. 6 (11) 1638, frm. May13, 1640. He was dismissed to the gathering of a ch. at Rowley24 (9) 1639. His first wife Ann was bur. April 4, 1658; and hem. March 1, 1658-9, Ann, widow of John Trumble. She deposed 30March, 1675, ae. about 60 years. Ch. John bapt. at Bo. 13 (11)1638, Robert, (deposed in 1662, ae. 36 years,) Mercy b. 4 (5)1640, Faith b. 30 (1) 1644, Sarah, (name written and crossedout in 1647.)He was bur. May 14, 1678. Will dated 25 April, prob. 23 May,1678, beq. to wife Ann, as by mar. contract; to son Robert andhis son Richard; to son-in-law Joseph Boynton, his wife Sarahand ch. Elizabeth, Samuel and Sarah B.; to daus. FrancesQuilter, Jane Wilson, Dorothy Chapman and Mercy Warener. Thewidow Ann made will 4 July, prob. 24 Sept. 1678; beq. to daus.Abigail Bayley and Mary Kilborne; to son Caleb Hopkinson a chestthat father Gott made; to sons John and Jonathan Hopkinson; onebook to John Tre."umblRichard, set sail at London in the Truelove, Sept 17, 1635 atage 34, already having sent perhaps his wife Elizabeth in thePlanter in April, 1635; sons William and Francis, sailed in theRebecca; and dau. Elizabeth sailed in the Susan and Ellen in thecompany of friends. He and others were free to plant atHampton. He was given authority to settle small causes. He tookFreeman's Oath 13 Mar 1639. Rowley in 1639. At Newbury,Elizabeth was bapt. Oct 9, 1638; m. 1658/9, Jane, widow ofGeorge Bunker. Jane may be the mother of Richard, In 1633,they settled at Nantucket, d. 14 Apr 1682. His daughter Dorothym. Thomas Abbot, and later Edward Chapman; and Elizabeth m.Nathaniel Weare."RICHARD, Rowley 1639, came in the Truelove, 1635 aged 34, orrather more, emb. at London, 17 Sept. hav. in Apr. sent, perhapshis w. Eliz. in the Planter, s. William, and Francis, in theRebecca; and d. Eliz. in the Susan and Ellen, under care ofvarious friends, freem. 13 Mar. 1639, had liberty the yr. bef.to plant, with others, at Hampton, ..." "He was made a freeman of the latter town [Rowley], 13 May 1640.He served on the trial jury, 1651, 1659, 1664, and on th grandjury in 1653, 1654, 1655, and 1662. He was presented in court,18 Oct. 1650, for breach of the peace in striking "EzekielNorthn" in the face with a Staff or goad, being fined threeshillings. From the smallness of the fine the court must havethought he had some provocation....In 1668, Richard Swan suedJohn Morgan for taking away John Hudson, servant of said Swan.He won the case, the boy to be returned to him. Morgan wascommander of the Bristow [Bristol?] ship. lying in Marbleheadharbor and Hudson was his cousin. Morgan took the boy from Swanand gave him to Oliver Purchase."

Pedigree

1. Swan, Richard
  1. Spofford, Anna
  2. , Ann

Source References

Swan, Frank H.: No title - ID S1393
Linzee, John William: No title - ID S1235
Pope, Charles Henry: No title - ID S1038
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Savage, James: No title - ID S0227
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Blodgette, George Brainard & Amost Everett Jewett: No title - ID S1210

Birth Name	Swan, Richard 1
Gender	male
Age at Death	about 71 years, 4 months