Thomas Swift (1690 - 1770)

Born Dec 1690 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Thankful (Morey) Swift — married 23 Jan 1717 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 24 Dec 1770 at about age 80 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Thomas was noted as age 79 at death, making his birth year about 1691. Another record shows his birth was Dec 1694.^[1] Presumably, the birth year was ca 1690, making him about age 26 at marriage.^[2]

Thomas' marriage and death dates are of record^[2]. Thomas married Thankful Morey, a Fifth Generation descendant of Mayflower Richard Warren.^[3]

Thomas and Thankful had a son Thomas, to whom land in Rochester was deeded by his father on 18 January 1750. They had a youngest son Phineas to whom land in Plymouth was deeded on 9 Oct 1759^[2]. There were a total of at least nine children born to the couple.^[4]

Children

1. Lydia b Sep 01, 1720
2. Deborah b May 28, 1723; m Jon. Tobey
3. Elizabeth b Jan 11, 1724/5
4. Thomas Jr b May 11, 1727; m Rebekah Clark
5. Jerusha b Feb 25, 1721/2; m John Morey
6. Phineas b Mar 10, 1733/4; m Rebekah Philips
7. Rhoda b 1735; m Benjamin Cornish Jr
8. Thankful b Feb 23, 1737/8; m Nathaniel Wing
9. Lemuel twin; m Rebecca Whitfield

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-RQ49 : 18 February 2020), Thomas Swift, Dec 1694; citing Birth, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934221.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH3L-335 : 24 January 2020), Thomas Swift, 1717.
4. ↑ Smith, Eben. "William Swift and His Descendants to the Sixth Generation." Library of Cape Cod History and Genealogy, No. 15, 1923. Page 29/247. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/48171/images/CapeCodLibraryI-000460-247?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&rc=994%2C1339%2C1169%2C1369%3B494%2C1595%2C662%2C1622%3B662%2C1596%2C784%2C1627&pId=228950&backurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ancestry.com%2F