Person Sheet


Name William* SWIFT, 9G Grandfather
Birth 15 Apr 1589, Darrington, Yorkshire, England627
Death 1 Jan 1643/1644, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA Age: 53
Immigration 1630, Watertown, MA Age: 40
Removed 1639, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA Age: 49
Will 1643648, v4p173 Age: 53
Will Memo inventory £72.11.1 Admin by wife Joane
Father Robert* SWYFT
Mother B.* HASTINGS
Misc. Notes
William came from England about 1630; a proprietor of Watertown, Mass., 1636; Removed to Sandwich about 1639. Lawsuit at Salem in 1638; served in Lt. John Blackner's company, 1643. His son Edward was apprenticed to George Andrews, Butcher, in Eastclepe, London. He sold a house and land at Sud. 28-4-1641{Suff. De. and Col. Rec. vol.1}
He died at Sandwich, Inventory taken 29 Jan 1642. Wife Joanne, Administer, and Daniel Wing gave bonds with her; a house at Sudbury was mortaged to Mr. Burton. The widow's will was Probated 8-12-1662. Bequest to Daniel Wing's two sons, Samuel and John; Grandchildren Hannah Swift and Experience Allen; to Mary Darby; To Hannah Wing the Elder, and her Duughters; to Zebadiah Allin; son William Exec.[POM].209
Spouses
1 Joan* SISSON627, 9G Grandmother
Birth ca 1586, Bocking, Essex, England209
Death 20 Nov 1663, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA Age: 77
Will 12 Oct 1662197, v4p241,648, v6p96 Age: 76
Will Memo inventory 25 Dec 1663
Misc. Notes
SISSON(S) - Sisterson ' son of Ciss or Sissot, pet-forms of Cecily: Cecilia 'blind', the Martyred patron saint of musicians; French personal-name-Cisseson [OES].
(She was called Joanne Sisson in the Owl, p.1389, but there is no proof offered).209
Marriage ca 1618, England627
Children Hannah* (ca1620-1665)
William (ca1620-<1705)
Esther (<1630-ca1691)
Last Modified 11 Apr 2001 Created 26 Jun 2001 by Reunion for Macintosh

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