Mehitable (Barrows) Swift (1746 - 1809)

Born 7 Jan 1746 in Mansfield, Windham (later Tolland), Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Swift — married 11 Oct 1770 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut

Died 3 Sep 1809 at age 63 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States

Biography

Birth

Mehitable Barrows was born on 7 January 1746 in Mansfield, Windham (later Tolland), Connecticut to Thomas Barrows (1716-1802) and Abigail Crane (1714-1750).

Marriage

She married Thomas Swift (1747-1815 ) on 11 October 1770 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut.^[1]

Death and Burial

Mehitable died on 3 September 1809 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States at the age of 63. She was buried in the Mount Hope Cemetery, Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut. Find A Grave: Memorial #60659395

Sources

• The Charles R. Hale Collection. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library.
• Connecticut Deaths and Burials
• Bailey, Frederic W. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.
• Find A Grave Index.

Footnotes

1. ↑ This may be the day the bans were posted as there is another date of 31 October 1770.