William Swift^[1]

Abt 1627 - Abt 1706  (~ 79 years)

• Name	William Swift
  Born	Abt 1627	Bermondsey, Surrey, United Kingdom   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	1627  [3]
  Baptism	25 Apr 1627	Bermondsey, Surrey, United Kingdom   [2]
  	Address: St. Mary Magdalene
  Birth	United Kingdom   [4]
  Note	Savage. Genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England. v. 4, p. 241-2: SWIFT. WILLIIAM, Sandwich, s. of the preced. b. in Eng. had d. Hannah, b. 11 Mar. 1651, among other ch. as in the will of his mo. designat. but not nam. His own will of 15 Dec. 1705, pro. 29 of next mo. names w. Ruth, and s. William, 28 Aug. 1654; and Ephraim, 6 June 1656. He is by Baylies mark. as rep. 1673, 4, and 8. Other ch. were Mary, 7 Apr. 1659; Samuel, 10 Aug. 1662; Josiah; Jirah; Temperance; Esther; and Dinah. Torrey, C.A. New England marriages prior to 1700. [CDROM] SWIFT, William2 (1706) & 1/wf _____; by 1651/[2?]; Sandwich Johnson, A.P. Franklin D. Roosevelt's Colonial ancestors. c1933. p. 136: William Swift, son of the first William Swift, lived in Sandwich, where he died in 1706. Jirah Swift, born 1665, son of the second William Swift, married, in 1697, Abigail Gibbs. They moved to that part of Rochester which is now Wareham, where he died in 1749, aged 84. ... "Abstract of the earliest wills in the Probate Office, Plymouth," communicated by Justin Winsor. In NEHGR, v. 6, January 1852. p. 96: Joan Swift. (Sandwich.) Will dated 12 8mo 1662. ... to son William (executor) and his children. ... Burke's American families with British ancestry. 1983. p. 2932: SWIFT FORMERLY OF ROTHERHAM ... William Swift, Jnr., b. in England; m. Ruth, and d. 1705 (will pr. 29 Jan. 1706), having had issue ... Sanborn, M.L. Third Supplement to Torrey's New England marriages prior to 1700. c2003. p. 250: SWIFT, William 2 (bp 1627-17-5/6) & Ruth ----- ; Sandwich "William 1 Swift, Citizen and Leatherseller of London, and planter of Sandwich, Massachusetts," by Jane Fletcher Fiske. In TAG, v. 77, July 2002, no. 3, pp. 161-172. pp. 171-172: William Swift, bp. 25 April 1627, d. Sandwich, Mass., 7 Jan. 1705/6; m. Ruth -----. In his will of 15 Dec. 1705, proved 29 Jan. 1705/6, he named wife Ruth, daughters Hannah Tobie, Temperance Bourn, Hester Givvs, and Dina Perry, sons Josiah and Jirah, the sons of his deceased son William, and son-in-law Timothy Bourn. Children of William and Ruth (-----) Swift: 1. Hannah Swift, b. 11 March 1651. 2. William Swift, b. 28 Aug. 1654. 3. Ephraim Swift, b. 7 June 1656. 4. Maria Swift, b. 7 April 1659. 5. Samuel Swift, b. 10 Aug. 1662. 6. Josiah Swift, b. ca. 1664 or after 1672. 7. Temperance Swift, b. ca. 1666. 8. Hester Swift, b. ca. 1668 9. Jirah Swift, b. ca. 1670. 10. Dinah Swift, b. ca. 1672.
  Will	15 Dec 1705	Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States   [5]
  	probated 29 January 1705
  Died	Abt 1706	Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States   [6]
  Person ID	I852	Master Tree | Merritt Bartlett East McLellan
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2015

  
  

  Father	William Swift,   b. Abt 1590, Bocking, Essex, United Kingdom ,   d. Abt 1643, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Mother	Joan,   b. Abt 1600, United Kingdom ,   d. 26 Nov 1663, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Married	Bef 1618  [7]
  Married	3 Jan 1626/7	Bermondsey, Surrey, United Kingdom   [8]
  	Address: St Mary Magdalene
  	spouse-death; Johnson, A.P. Franklin D. Roosevelt's Colonial ancestors. c1933. p. 136: William Swift came from England probably in 1630 or 1631 and was at Watertown in 1634. ... William Swift, son of the first William Swift, lived in Sandwich, where he died in 1706.... "Abstract of the earliest wills in the Probate Office, Plymouth," communicated by Justin Winsor. In NEHGR, v. 4, April 1850. p. 173: William Swyft. (Sandwich.) 1643. Administration by Joane his wife... Cornell, J. Genealogy of the Cornell family. 1902. p. 394: ... Ester Swift, daughter of William and Joan Swift of Bocking, England.... "William 1 Swift, Citizen and Leatherseller of London, and planter of Sandwich, Massachusetts," by Jane Fletcher Fiske. In TAG, v. 77, July 2002, no. 3, pp. 161-172. p. 161: What I learned was that almost everything published about William 1 Swift of Sandwich and his wife Joan, beginning with Savage, includes the claim that the family was from Bocking, Essex, although a Yorkshire origin has also been suggested; some undocumented internet sources give Joan's maiden name as Sisson. C.E. Banks noted that the name William Swift appeared on the Surrey Subsidy Rolls for 1627 in Bermondsey, but he did not carry the matter further. The marriage does not appear in the Bocking registers, and baptisms there are missing for the period when the children were born, so I decided to pursue the Bermondsey p. 162: lead. I wrote to someone in London who had quick access to an index for that parish, and he sent me a list of Swift christenings from 1610 onwards, but the only child consistent with the Sandwich family was a son William, hardly conclusive evidence; known daughters Hannah and Esther were missing. Not quite willing to give up yet, on a more recent visit to the Society of Genealogists in London I went through Challen's typescript of the parish records of St. Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, page by page, heeding someone's frustrated annotation on the title page that there were many omissions in the index. The effort was worth it: an entry for the baptism of "Ester," daughter of William Swift, in 1629 provided the necessary link, and information from other sources has fallen easily into place. It is now clear that wherever he may have been born, William was a citizen and leatherseller of London, admitted to freedom in 1620. He was living in the parish of St. Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, at least by 1622, and he was a widower in 1625 when he married Joan, the widow of Roger Dimbleby, whose will proclaims that he too was a citizen and leatherseller of London. The picture that emerges from the records of St. Mary Magdalene, sketchy as it is, provides a poignant backdrop for the family's immigration to New England. Both William and Joan lost previous spouses in the plague-ridden summer before their marriage; William lost some of his children, and Joan evidently lost the last of hers. After the death of the youngest of three children born to them, in 1631, the family disappears from records of Bermondsey, appearing a few years later in Watertown, Massachusetts. ... p. 166: The following records for Swift and Dimbleby were found [in the parish records of St. Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey]: ... 1625 3 Jan. William Swift m. Joane Dimbleby ... p. 169: William married, second, in the same parish on 3 January 1625/6, Joane (-----) Dimbleby, widow of Roger Dimbleby, who had been buried there on 15 September 1625, "householder," also a citizen and leatherseller of London. The marriage record of Roger and Joan Dimbleby has not been found, but they were in the parish of St. Mary Magdalene by 1622 when their son Andrew was baptized there. ...
  Family ID	F311	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Abt 1627 - Bermondsey, Surrey, United Kingdom Baptism - Address: St. Mary Magdalene - 25 Apr 1627 - Bermondsey, Surrey, United Kingdom Birth - - United Kingdom Will - 15 Dec 1705 - Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Died - Abt 1706 - Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S169] Ancestors of American Presidents, p. 300. William Swift, Jr. [married] Ruth ----- [this line goes to Franklin Delano Roosevelt] [S233] William Swift, citizen and leatherseller of London, p. 166. The following entries for Swift and Dinbleby wee found [in the parish records of St. Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey]: ... 1627 25 April William son of William Swift bp. ... [S180] Third Supplement to Torrey's New England marriages, p. 250. SWIFT, William 2 (bp 1627-1705/6) ... [S235] Genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of N, v. 4, p. 241-2. born in England [S183] Complete Mayflower Descendant, vols. 1-46, & other, v. 30, p. 113. The Will of William Swift, Sr. {Barnstable Co. Prob. Rcds., 2:217} On 15 December, 1705, "I William Swift Senior of the town of Sandwich ... " [S234] Franklin D. Roosevelt's Colonial ancestors, p. 136. William Swift, son of the first William Swift, lived in Sandwich, where he died in 1706. [S187] New England marriages prior to 1700 [CD]. SWIFT, William1 (-1644) & Jane/Joan _____ (-1663); by 1618; Watertown/ Sudbury/Sandwich {MD 4:168, 16:21; Reg. 4:173, 6:96; TAG 35:40; Watertown 596, 956; Swift; Hamlin 150; Leonard Anc. 334; Sinnott 225; Putnam's Mag. 1:289; Gen. Adv. 3:35; Roosevelt Anc. 136; Cape Cod Lib. 15:18; Swift (1955) 1} [S180] Third Supplement to Torrey's New England marriages, p. 250. SWIFT, William 1 (by 1596-by 1642/3) & 2/wf Joane (-----) DIMBLEBY ( -1663); m St Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, Surrey 3 Jan 1625/6 Sandwich {TAG 77:169}