Asa Swan (1687 - 1766)

Born 27 Nov 1687 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Phebe Frye — married 29 Jan 1713 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Deborah Osgood — married 29 Jan 1717 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Province

Husband of Lucy (Austin) Swan — married 6 Feb 1735 in Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 14 Jan 1766 at age 78 in Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Asa Swan was born to Robert Swan (1657-1747) and Elizabeth (Story) Swan at Haverhill, Massachusetts Bay Colony on 27 Nov 1687 ^[1].

Asa Swan married first, Deborah Osgood of Andover in Charlestown on 29 January 1716-7. The record reads: "These may inform [w]home it may concern that Asie Swan of Haverhill and Mrs Debora Osgood of Andover wear maryed in Charlstown the 29 day of January 1716/17 by me Joseph Lynds Justes of peace in the province of Massachusets."^[2] They had declared their intentions in Andover on 5 Dec 1716.^[3][4] Asa and Deborah settled in the part of Haverhill that became Methuen in 1725. Deborah Osgood Swan died in Methuen 30 Jan 1724-5,^[5] the day after the birth of their daughter Elizabeth.

Asa married second, Lucy Austen of Andover, in Methuen on 6 Feb 1734-5 ^[6] Lucy Austen Swan Died the 10 day of june in the year 1764 and in the 59 year of her age.^[7] Asa Swan died in Methuen on 14 Jan 1766 in his 78th year, about a year and a half after Luce's death. ^[8] It is ironic that Asa, who had been the Methuen Town Clerk for almost thirty years, died intestate on 14 Jan 1766. Probate was filed on 6 May 1766.^[9].

Children

Asa/Asie and his first wife Deborah (Osgood) Swan had the following children, in Haverhill ^[10]:

• Debora Swan the daughter of Asie Swan and Debora his wife was born January the 29 day in the year 1717/18.^[11]
• Phebe Swan the daughter of Asie Swan and Deborah his wife was born in June the 19 day in the year 1721.^[12]
• Asie Swan the soon of Asie Swan and Deborah his wife was born December the 9 day in the year 1723, Died March 5th 1800
• Elizabeth Swan the daughter of Asie Swan and Debora Swan his wife was born January the 29 day in the year 1724(/25)^[13]

Asa and his second wife Lucy (Austin) Swan had the following children, in Methuen ^[14]:

• Susanna . . . Born on thursday october the 10 day in the year____. (presumably 1735, therefore 8 1/2 months after their marriage. Married Abiel Messer in 1753.
• Luce Swan . . . Born on thursday the 15 day of December in the year 1737
• Daniell . . . Born the 13 day of febuary on wensday in the year 1739 [unreadable, but 1740 new style,) Died on fryday the 23 day of january in the year 1756 and in the 16 year of the age
• John . . . Born on monday the 11 day of october in the year 1742
• Mary . . . Born on fryday the 4 day of Aprill in the year 1746, Died the 22 day of may in the year 1746
• Mary . . . Born on tusday the 4 day of august in the year 1747, Died the 12 day of September on wensday in the 7 year of her age. In the year: 1753
• Sarah Swan [?] of Richard Swan late of Methuen Deceased Died July 26 1800

Asa Swan died in Haverhill, Massachusetts, on 14 Jan 1766, in his 78th year, having "Served the Town of Methuen 28 or 9 years in the office of Town Clerk." His grave is represented to be in Old North Parish Burying Ground, North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ^[15]. No grave marker is depicted.

His will was probated in 1766 at Methuen ^[16].

Notes

• Mother listed as Elizabeth Storie on birth record.

• Notwithstanding errors in some genealogies, he has no known connection to the Sears family and that was not his last name at birth.

• His father Robert Swan,Jr. was born May 30, 1657, to his grandparents Robert Swan and Elizabeth Acy/Acie. His mother was Eliza Storie or Stone. His parents married July 20, 1685 in Haverhill, MA)

• His second wife Lucy had died 10 June 1764, in her 56th year.^[17]

• A list of marriages performed by Rev. Christopher Sargent in Methuen, Massachusetts, from 1730-1788 Statement of Responsibility:transcribed by John M. Austin. Authors:

• Sargent, Christopher, -1790 (Main Author) • Austin, John M. (John Michael), 1956- (Added Author) Index of Haverhill MA. birth record for Asie Swan 1687, Courtesy of Family Search

Sources

1. ↑ Essex, Vital Records of Haverhill Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, vol. 1, p. 290: "Acie", one of many inventive spellings of his first name
2. ↑ Austin, John M., transcriber, A list of marriages performed by Rev. Christopher Sargent in Methuen, Massachusetts, from 1730-1788:
3. ↑ Essex, Vital Records of Andover Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Vol. II, p. 322: "Assa, of Haverhill"
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQW-KXB : 4 May 2021), Assa Swan, 1716.
5. ↑ Essex, Vital Records of Methuen Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 Vol. 2, p. 339: "Deborah Swan the wife of Asie Swan Died the 30 day of January in the year 1724": (that is, 1725, new-style)
6. ↑ Essex, Vital Records of Methuen Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 Vol. 2, p. 275: "These line may inform any Person [w]hom it may concern that Asie Swan of Methuen and Miss Luce Austin of An[dover] was Lawfully married by the Rev Mr Christopher Sargent, pastor of the Church in Methuen, febuary the 6 day 1734"
7. ↑ Essex, Vital Records of Methuen Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 Vol. 2, p. 339
8. ↑ Essex, Vital Records of Methuen Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 Vol. 2, p. 339: "Asa, h. Lucy, who Served the Town of Methuen 28 or 9 years in the office of Town Clerk,"
9. ↑ Ancestry.com. Essex, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1648-1840. (database online). Ancestry.com Operations, 1997. Accessed 24 Aug 2019.
10. ↑ http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Haverhill/Images/Haverhill_B290.shtml Essex, Vital Records of Haverhill Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849], vol. 1, pp. 290-291, Vol. 2, p. 339-340: wording from the holograph records
11. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKS-RLM : 15 January 2020), Asa Swan in entry for Deborah Swan, 1719.
12. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZK3-Y28 : 15 January 2020), Asa Swan in entry for Phebe Swan, 1721.
13. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6S-VPY : 5 January 2021), Asie Swan in entry for Elezebath Swan, 1724.
14. ↑ Essex, Vital Records of Methuen Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 Vol. 1, pp. 120-122; Vol. 2, 339-340
15. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #209398732
16. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881 Court, Land and Probate Records. PROBATE RECORD : 1766. LOCATION : Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts, United States: page 1 of 16. CASE TYPE : intestate.CASE NUMBER : 26877. VOLUME : Essex Cases 26000-27999. PAGE : 26877:1
17. ↑ Essex, Vital Records of Methuen Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, pp39-. 340.

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