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Rest (Atherton) Swift (bef. 1639 - 1708)

Rest Swift formerly Atherton
Born before in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusettsmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , , , , , , and
Wife of — married about 15 Mar 1660 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , , , and
Died after age 69 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusettsmap
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Contents

Biography

Name

  • Rest Atherton [1]
  • Rest Atherton Swift [2]

Birth

She was born 1637 in Dorchester. She was baptized at Dorchester on 26 May 1639; a later annotation to the baptismal record stated that she was "married to O. Swift." [2]

Parents

Rest Atherton was the daughter of Humphrey Atherton (1608-1661).[2]

Her mother was Mary Kennion Atherton (1613–1672)[2]

Siblings

  1. Jonathan Atherton (1627–1673)[2]
  2. Elizabeth Atherton Mather (1628–1678)<ref[2] name="grave"/>
  3. Mary Atherton Weeks (1636–1692)[2]
  4. Margaret Atherton Trowbridge (1638–1672)[2]
  5. Increase Atherton (1641–1671)[2]
  6. Thankful Atherton Bird (1644–1719)[2]
  7. Hope Atherton (1646–1677)[2]
  8. Patience Atherton Chaffee (1682–1732) [2]-- Dates don't seem right.

Marriage

On March 15, 1660/61, in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, Rest Atherton married Obediah Swift

She married at Dorchester 15 March 1660/1 Obadiah, son of Thomas & Elizabeth (Capen) Swift.[2]

In 1660 she married Obadiah Swift, born in 1638[2]

Death

Rest Atherton died November 3, 1708 in Dorchester, Mass. [1]

Date of death and place of burial is not known. [2]

Children

  1. Obadiah Swift born Jan 28,1670, Dorchester; (1670–1747)[2]
  2. Abigail Swift born Jan 4, 1676, Dorchester, Suffolk, married Appley.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Data: Text: Date of Import: 2 Jul 2007 Renew West Ancestry by Dawn Findley.ged
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 Find A Grave Memorial # 80696794 [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80696794/rest-swift Rest Atherton Swift. Created by: Linda Mac. Added: 19 Nov 2011. Accessed July 20, 2018. jhd
  • "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ5-D7VG : 31 October 2019), Obadiah Swift and Rose (Rest) Atherton, 15 Jan 1660; citing Marriage, Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009469.

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Acknowledgement

  • WikiTree profile Atherton-134 created through the import of BDM7-7-11.ged on Jul 8, 2011 by Brian McCullough.




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Patricia (Long) Kent
Please change birth date to 1637 - 26 May 1639 was her baptismal date, not her birthday - thanks
posted by Patricia (Long) Kent
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posted by Stephen Norman Craig McCallum

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