TWELFTH GENERATION
3140. Richard Swan
(26765)(26766)
(26767) was born about 1606 in England.
(26768) He took the oath of freeman on 13 May 1640 in Rowley, Essex
Co., Massachusetts.(26769)
(26770) He died in 1678.(26771)
He signed a will on 12 Apr 1678.(26772)
(Essex No. 26893) Last will & Testament of Richard Swan of Rowley In the
County of Essex in New England.
I Richard Swan, being weak of body but of perfect memory & understanding
doe make & appoynt this my last will as followeth: . . . As to my outward
estate that God of his goodness hath graciously Lent & bestowed upon mee,
I leave Give & bestow it as Followeth: Impr. To my dearly beloved wife Ann
Swan I Give and freely Bestow vpon her during her Natural Life: what I contracted
wth her to have vpon our agreement before mariage viz: my now dwelling house,
orchard Barne & out houses & yards wth the pviledges thereof vpon the
Comon: & plow ground behind the Barne: and the English pasture Ground Joyneing
vpon the house Lott, and the pasture Ground lying betweene the English pasture
& pollipod Lotts: & three Acers of salt marsh Joyneing vpon the ox pasture
at the East end of the Towne:
Further not exprest in our Contract before mariage I bestow vpon her dureing
her naturall Life, provided she live in the house the reest of my meadow joyneing
to that which is before exprest & the prvileges of keeping two Cows yearly
in the East end ox pasture: Further I acknowledg the Twenty five pounds to be
her due according to our Contract before mariage & hereby her estate except
Lands. Further I Give my wife Ten Bushl of Indian & English Corne that may
be for her use, till she Can provide Corne for herself after my decease and a
third part of what provision I Leave vist: pork, Beef & Bacon &c.
Item. I give to my son Robert Swan as followeth: Impr. I hereby Confirm to him
my Village Lands which is about Two hundred Acers; & my Right in an Acer
& half Lott that was Thomas Lilford's Joyneing vpon my owne Land in Rowley
& the pviledges that belonged to my Right in that Lott: also I give him my
now dwelling house Barne Orchard, Yards, & house Lott, & pasture ground
Joyneing thereto all but two Acers: which I have added after in my will to what
I have given Joseph Boynton my son in Law already from of yt pasture Land: This
with all the pviledges thereto belonging I give him the sd Robert to be at his
dispose, & for his use after the decease of Ann my wife, provided he pay
or Cause to be payd vnto the Three children of my son in Law & daughter Stickney
namely, Elizabeth, Samuell, & Sarah Each five pounds, when they shal come
to be of the age of Twenty one years: & fifteene pounds to my granchild Richard
Sutton at the age of Twenty one years.
Item. I Give vnto my Grand child son of Robert Swan, Richard Swan, Three Acers
of meadow after my wives decease, & the pviledg of Two Cow Gates in the East
end ox pasture after her decease which she hath given for the Tearme of her life
if she dwell her life time in the House: also I give to my said Grand child a
sorrel mare Colt one year old: and if my son Robert doe bestow vpon the sd Richard
my Gran child (as sometime he told me he would) what estate I give to him my
son Robert in Rowley Towne which will fall to him after my wives decease then
the legacies before given of Thirty pounds to my four Grand children, Samuel,
Elizabeth, Sarah, Richard, and to be by him paid out of what I gave him is thereby
& hereby remitted, which then shall be paid by my executor if they live to
ye age aforesaid: and then I Give Richard more Two Acers, & half of Land
that lies (of my land) next the ox pasture Land at gate.
Item. I Give vnto my Four Daughters vizt. Jane Wilson, Franciss Quilter, Dorothy
Chapman & Mercy Warner each Ten pounds.
Item. I Give vnto my son in Law Joseph Boynton & Sarah his wife with what
children of theirs that shall live to the Age of Twenty one years, Two Acers
of from that part of pasture Land given to my wife for her life; which shall
be payd out Joyneing to her owne fformerly gave him, & pollipod Lotts, &
David Bennetts, also I give him & them my Land in the Feild caled Symon's
feild: & the Remaynder of that my Land not given to Richard Swan in the Littl
feild by the ox pasture Gate in the East End of Rowley: also my salt marsh in
the marsh farme Joyneing vpon the pond & casway: also my Lands in the Ry
plaine (soe Cald), ten Acers more or Less, also my meadow comonly caled Crane
meadow, also a Comonage in the Towne of Rowley that belongs not to my House I
live in but fell to mee by Gates wth what Division or Divisions may hereafter
bee upon Rowley Comon that belongs to Gate Land & Rate Land:
Item I give vnto all the Rest of my Lands & moveables, & estate what
ever not mentioned before to the parties. And give the Lands mentioned to them
& theirs: to him & his wife During their naturall life wth out they or
either of them that survive the other before their death dispose of it to them
before.
Item I appoynt & Constitute my son in Law Joseph Boynton my executor to this
my last will: who I appoynt hereby to pay all my debts and legacies and disburstments
whatever may be for my Burial: which Debts Legacies & Disburstments I apoynt
be paid out of what moveable Estate I have left him which said estate if it reach
not to ye value to pay debts &c. I hereby give him leave to sell any part
of what is before given him & his wife, & children for to pay with all,
and hee is hereby empowered to Give deed or deeds of Conveyanc of the same.
Further my will is that if any person or persons that I have given legacie or
legacies vnto (vpon the Sight of my will) will not promiss my executor (whom
he shall after his decease appoynt in his stead, upon their demand of what I
have given them) to Give him &c. before sufficient wittnesses a full discharg
from any further demand or any further claime to any part more of my estate then
what I have in this my will given them, Then my executor or any he shall Leave
in his Roome after decease shal be at liberty whether he or they will pay any
such Legacy or Legacies as I have given in my will to any:
My desir is & I Intreat my Respected Teacher Mr. Samuell Phillips, &
my Loveing Friend Nehemiah Jewet to be overseers of this my Last will.
For full confirmation of the promises I have hereunto set my hand & seal
this Twenty Fifth of Aprill Anno. Dom. one Thousand six hundred & seventy
& eight: the peice of cloth I leave for cloathes for my wife & Richard
& Mary.
Signed Sealed & Del. In psence of Wittnesses
Richard Swan.
Abell Langlay, Nehemiah Jewett:
He was buried on 14 May 1678 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
(26773) He was married to Ann before 1625.
(26774)(26775)
(26776)(26777)
3141. Ann(26778)
(26779) was born about 1610. She was buried
on 4 Apr 1658 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
(26780) She had estate inventory taken by Nehemiah Jewett and Joseph
Boynton on 3 Aug 1678 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
(26781) Children were:
1570 i.
Robert Swan.
ii.
Richard Swan(26782)
(26783)(26784) was born
about 1629 in England.(26785) He
died before 1678.(26786)
iii.
Jonathan Swan(26787)
(26788)(26789) was born
about 1631 in England.(26790) He
died before 1678.(26791)
iv.
Frances Swan(26792)
(26793)(26794) was born
about 1633 in England.(26795) She
died in Jul 1694 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
(26796)
v.
Julian Swan(26797)
(26798) was born about 1634 in England.
(26799) She died between 1670 and 1673 in Bradford, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
(26800)
vi.
Jane Swan(26801) was born about
1635 in England.(26802)
vii.
Dorothy Swan(26803) was born
about 1636 in England.(26804) She
died on 21 Oct 1710 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
(26805)(26806)
viii.
John Swan(26807)
(26808) was born about 1638.(26809)
He was baptized on 13 Feb 1638 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.
(26810) He died before 1678.
(26811)
ix.
Mercy Swan(26812)
(26813) was born on 4 Jul 1640 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
(26814)
(26815) She died on 3 Apr 1683 in Dunstable, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
(26816)
x.
Faith Swan(26817)
(26818) was born on 30 Mar 1644 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
(26819)
(26820) She died before 1678.(26821)