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Richard Swan

Richard Swan[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]

Male Abt 1606 - 1678  (~ 72 years)


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  • Name Richard Swan 
    Birth Abt 1606  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 11] 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 23 Dec 1607  Gilberdyke, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Migration late 1638  From England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17] 
    To Boston
    aboard John 
    • The ship arrived in Jan 1638/9 in the company of Rev. Ezekiel Rogers.
    • Role: Family2
    Event 6 Jan 1638/9  Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 18, 19] 
    joined the church
    Removed to 1640  Rowley, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7] 
    From: Boston
    Freeman 13 May 1640  Rowley, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 18] 
    Event 23 May 1644  [2] 
    admitted to the Rowley church
    Appointed From 1666 to 1675  [2] 
    representative to the General Court
    Alternate Name Richard Swanne  [18]
    Occupation husbandman  [4, 18]
    Will 25 Apr 1678  [9, 20, 21] 


    • (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:
    Death 14 May 1678  Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 6, 7, 9] 
    Burial 14 May 1678  Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 22] 
    Cemetery:
    Rowley Burial Ground
    Person ID I15527  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 13 Mar 2020 

    Father Robert Swan 
    Family ID F17264  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ann Spofford,   b. Abt 1602/3, England Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 4 Apr 1658, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 55 years)  [8, 10, 21, 23] 
    Marriage 24 Feb 1622  South Cave, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 21, 22] 
    Children 
    +1. Robert Swan,   b. 1625/6, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1697/8, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     2. William Swan,   b. 1627, England Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 8 Dec 1627, Gilberdyke, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 0 years)
     3. Jane Swan,   b. 1628, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Richard Swan,   b. Abt 1629, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1678 (Age ~ 48 years)
     5. Frances Swan,   b. 1630, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1694, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     6. Jonathan Swan,   b. Abt 1631, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1678 (Age ~ 46 years)
     7. Julian Swan,   b. 1632, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1670 and 1673, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
     8. Dorothy Swan,   b. 1634, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 1710, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     9. Anna Swan,   b. 1636, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1678 (Age < 41 years)
     10. John Swan,   b. 13 Nov 1638, Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1678 (Age < 39 years)
     11. Mercy Swan,   b. 4 Jul 1640, Rowley, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Apr 1683, Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)
     12. Faith Swan,   b. 30 Mar 1644, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1678 (Age < 33 years)
     13. Sarah Swan,   b. 30 Mar 1646, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1718/9, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F5402  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

    Family 2 Ann Gott,   b. Abt 1615, England Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 23 Jul 1678, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 63 years)  [6] 
    Marriage 1 Mar 1658/9  Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 11, 24] 
    Family ID F5405  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1606 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 23 Dec 1607 - Gilberdyke, Yorkshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 24 Feb 1622 - South Cave, Yorkshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMigration - To Boston,aboard John  - late 1638 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEvent - joined the church - 6 Jan 1638/9 - Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemoved to - From: Boston - 1640 - Rowley, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFreeman - 13 May 1640 - Rowley, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Mar 1658/9 - Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 14 May 1678 - Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Cemetery:
    Rowley Burial Ground - 14 May 1678 - Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States    		 Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Coats of Arms
    Swan Coat of Arms    		Swan Coat of Arms

  • Notes 
    • There appear to be baptismal records of the Swans in Gilberdyke, Yorkshire, England. I haven't a source for this information, so I haven't included it.

  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S415] The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles, 318, 00523.

    2.  2.  [S416] Lamb-Savory-Harriman Family Records, 13, 00320.

    3.  3.  [S544] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 4., 237, 00193.

    4.  4.  [S661] New England Families Genealogical and Memorial, 1519, 00661.

    5.  5.  [S38] The Standard Genealogical Encyclopedia, Vol. VI, 247, 00547.

    6.  6.  [S1264] History of Stonington, CT, 609, 01107.

    7.  7.  [S1253] NYGBR, 29:213, 01097.

    8.  8.  [S867] TAG, 85:27, 00863.

    9.  9.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 34362326, 00974.

    10.  10.  [S867] TAG, 56:169, 00863.

    11.  11.  [S415] The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles, 310, 00523.

    12.  12.  [S576] TGMSP, Newsletter:18:30, 00516.

    13.  13.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial#: 183779278, 00974.

    14.  14.  [S880] TAG 30-32, 31:26, 00876.

    15.  15.  [S536] Jewetts of America, Vol. 1, 14, 00264.

    16.  16.  [S576] TGMSP, Newsletter:21-25:29-30, 00516.

    17.  17.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 104:81, 00390.

    18.  18.  [S576] TGMSP, Newsletter:18:19, 00516.

    19.  19.  [S576] TGMSP, Newsletter:18:20, 00516.

    20.  20.  [S415] The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles, 315, 00523.

    21.  21.  [S576] TGMSP, Newsletter:18:28, 00516.

    22.  22.  [S412] Vital Records of Rowley, MA, 526, 00603.

    23.  23.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 18014039, 00974.

    24.  24.  [S412] Vital Records of Rowley, MA, 409, 00603.