Susannah (Swift) Perry (1734 - 1806)

Born 2 Feb 1734 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Perry M.D. — married 14 Apr 1754 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 8 Jun 1806 at age 72 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Susannah (Swift) Perry was a Massachusettsan.

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Susannah Swift (32)

Birth: 21 Feb 1734 • Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts^[1]

Death: 8 Jun 1806 • New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA^[2]

Father: Jireh (Josiah?) Swift Jr, Deacon (1709–1782)

Mother: Deborah Hathaway (1713–1794)

Marriage & Family

Spouse: Samuel Perry MD (32) (1731–1805)

Marriage: 14 Apr 1754, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts

Children:

1. Deborah Perry (32) (m. Joseph Church (1754–1838)
2. Ebenezer Perry (1756– )
3. Jireh Perry (died age 23) (1758–1781)
4. Susannah Perry (m. Thaddeus Mayhew) (1760– )
5. Lois Perry (1762– )
6. Samuel Perry (1763–1820)
7. Abigail Perry (m. William Hathaway) (1766–1850)

Susannah was the daughter of Jirah and Deborah Hathaway Swift; she was born at Dartmouth on 31 Feb 1724.^[3][4]

Sources

• Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850: Name: Susanah Swift; Event Type: Marriage; Marriage Date: 14 Apr 1754; Marriage Place: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; Father: Jirah Swift; Spouse: Samuel Perry

• Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850: Name: Susanah Swift; Event Type: Marriage; Marriage Date: 14 Apr 1754; Marriage Place: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; Spouse: Samuel Perry

• Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850: Name: Susanna Perry; Death Age: 72; Event Type: Death; Birth Date: 1734; Death Date: 8 Jun 1806; Death Place: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; Spouse: Samuel

• Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850: Name: Susanah Swift; Gender: Female; Event Type: Birth; Birth Date: 21 Feb 1734; Birth Place: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; Father: Jireh Swift; Mother: Deborah Swift

• Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850: Name: Susanna Perry; Gender: Female; Death Age: 72; Event Type: Death; Birth Date: 1734; Death Date: 8 Jun 1806; Death Place: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; Spouse: Samuel

• Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850: Name: Susanna Perry; Spouse: Samuel Perry; Child: Jireh Perry

• Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850: Name: Susannah Perry; Gender: Female; Spouse: Samuel Perry; Child: Ebenezer Perry

• Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850: Name: Susannah Perry; Gender: Female; Spouse: Samuel Perry; Child: Deborah Perry

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Name: Susannah Swift; Event Type: Marriage; Marriage Date: 14 Apr 1754; Marriage Place: Dartmouth, Massachusetts; Spouse Name: Samuel Perry

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Name: Susanna Swift; Event Type: Marriage; Marriage Date: 16 Mar 1754; Marriage Place: Dartmouth, Massachusetts; Spouse Name: Samuel Perry

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Name: Susanna Swift; Event Type: Marriage; Marriage Date: 16 Mar 1754; Marriage Place: Dartmouth, Massachusetts; Spouse Name: Samuel Perry

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Name: Susanah (sic) Swift; Event Type: Marriage (Marriage Registration); Marriage Date: 14 Apr 1754; Marriage Place: Dartmouth, Massachusetts; Spouse Name: Samuel Perry

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Name: Susanna Swift; Event Type: Marriage; Marriage Date: 16 Mar 1754; Marriage Place: Dartmouth, Massachusetts; Father Name: Isiah Swift; Spouse Name: Samuel Perry

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Name: Susanah Swift; Event Type: Marriage; Marriage Date: 14 Apr 1754; Marriage Place: Dartmouth, Massachusetts; Spouse Name: Samuel Perry

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Name: Susannah Swift; Event Type: Birth; Birth Date: 21 Feb 1734; Birth Place: Dartmouth, Massachusetts; Father Name: Jireh Swift; Mother Name: Deborah Swift

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Name: Susannah Swift; Event Type: Birth; Birth Date: 21 Feb 1734; Birth Place: Dartmouth, Massachusetts; Father Name: Jueh (sic) Swift; Mother Name: Deborah Swift

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Name: Susannah Swift; Event Type: Birth; Birth Date: 21 Feb 1734; Birth Place: Dartmouth, Massachusetts; Father Name: Jirah Swift; Mother Name: Deborah

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Name: Susanna Perry; Event Type: Death; Birth Date: 1734; Death Date: 8 Jun 1806; Death Place: Dartmouth, Massachusetts; Death Age: 72; Spouse Name: Samuel

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Name: Susanah Swift; Event Type: Marriage; Marriage Date: 14 Apr 1754; Marriage Place: Dartmouth, Massachusetts; Spouse Name: Samuel Perry

• Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850: Name: Susanna Perry; Death Date: June 8, 1806; Burial Place: Dartmouth; Source: Dartmouth

• Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2: Vol. II, page 443

• The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011: Name: Susannah Swift; Event Type: Marriage; Father's Name: Jireh; Mother's Name: Deborah Hathaway Swift; Marriage Date: 14 Apr 1754; Marriage Place: USA; Spouse Name: Samuel Perry; Page number: 30; Volume Number: 116

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: Name: Susannah Swift; Gender: Female; Birth Year: 1734; Spouse Name: Samuel Perry; Spouse Birth Place: MA; Spouse Birth Year: 1731; Marriage Year: 1754; Marriage State: MA; Number Pages: 1

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: Name: Susannah Swift; Gender: Female; Birth Place: MA; Birth Year: 1734; Spouse Name: Samuel Perry; Spouse Birth Place: MA; Spouse Birth Year: 1731; Marriage Year: 1754; Marriage State: MA; Number Pages: 1

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: Name: Susannah Swift; Gender: Female; Birth Year: 1734; Spouse Name: Samuel Perry; Spouse Birth Place: MA; Spouse Birth Year: 1731; Marriage Year: 1754; Marriage State: MA; Number Pages: 1

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: Name: Susannah Swift; Gender: Female; Spouse Name: Samuel Perry; Spouse Birth Year: 1731; Marriage Year: 1754; Marriage State: MA; Number Pages: 1

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: Name: Susannah Swift; Gender: Female; Birth Year: 1734; Spouse Name: Samuel Perry; Spouse Birth Year: 1731; Marriage Year: 1754; Number Pages: 1

• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current: Name: Susanna Perry; Birth Date: 21 Feb 1734; Birth Place: Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America; Death Date: 8 Jun 1806; Death Place: New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America; Cemetery: Acushnet Cemetery; Burial or Cremation Place: Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America; Has Bio?: N; Father: Jireh Swift; Mother: Deborah Swift; Spouse: Samuel Perry; Children: Abigail Hathaway; Samuel Perry; Jireh Perry; Deborah Church

1. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
2. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
3. ↑ NOTE: There is a conflict with the birth date. Other documents read 21 Feb 1734
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-TLN8 : 18 February 2020), Jireh Swift in entry for Susannah Swift, 21 Feb 1734; citing Birth, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010711.

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Sources for Susannah Swift

1. Find A Grave: Memorial #37231706 Headstone photo by Linking Ancestors

2. Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Datebase), New England Historic Genealogical Society (2001-2008), Dartmouth Marriages, Vol. 2, Page 356.

3. Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Datebase), New England Historic Genealogical Society (2001-2008), New Bedford Deaths, Vol. 3, Page 127.

4. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1961, Vol. 116, Pages 30-31, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).

5. New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1942, Vol. 73, No. 3, Pages 159-166 and accompanying chart, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.

6. Johnson, Alvin Page, Franklin D. Roosevelt's Colonial Ancestors: Their Part in the Making of American History, Boston: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard (1933), 131, Heritage Quest (Digital Library).

7. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 7-8.

8. Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 437, 506, 558.

9. Wood, Ralph V., Jr., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 12, Francis Cooke, Revised Edition, Rockland, Maine: Picton Press (2011, revised edition 3rd printing), 322.