Swift Woodworth (1759 - 1838)

Born 16 Oct 1759 in Lebanon, Windham, Connecticut

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Died 5 Mar 1838 at age 78 in Jackson, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Swift Woodworth served with 3rd Connecticut Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Birth: Barbour Collection, Connecticut Vital Records, Lebanon; Births-Marriages-Deaths 1700-1854: Vol. 1 page 341; "Woodworth, Swift, son of Benjamin Jr. and Mercy b. Oct 16, 1759."

Military Record: REVOLUTIONARY WAR: Pension File #S.29.560 Putnam's 3rd Regiment, Continental Reserves State of New York { County of Genessee { SS on this 15th day of October A.D. 1832 personly appeared in open court before the Judges of Common Pleas of Said County the Court of Record----Swift Woodworth a resident of the Town of Elba in the County of Genessee and State of Newyork aged Seventy three years of age who being first duly sworn according to Law oath on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, that he entered the Servis of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated that he enlisted into the United States Servis in the month of May one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Five under Ensign Thomas Bill and under Captain James Clark of the Town of Lebanon in the State of Connecticut and marched directly to old Cambridge in State of Massachussets in the neighborhood of Boston was in the battle of Bunker hill on the 17th day June the Same year and that he served as a Soldier Seven months and was discharged by General Israel Putnam had a written discharge had Lost his discharge-That he enlisted again in the month of June A.D. 1776 into the United States servis under ensign Simon House of the Town of Andover in the State of Connecticut and marched directly to Skensburra at the head of Lake Champlain in the State of N. York under Capt. eligah Sharp of the Town of woodstock in the State of Connecticut and from thence he marched to Ticonderoga and served as a Sildier Six months under General Gates in Colonel Mots regiment and that he was taken Sick had a furlow from General Gates to Leave the army to recuit and continued Sick untill the next Spring and did not join the army again had lost the furlow-That in the year A.D. 1778 he was drafted and marched to Provedince in Rhode Island State under Capt. Daniel Dewes of the Town of Lebanon County of Windham State of Connecticut and Served in the united States Servis at that time two months under General Spencer in Colonel Johnsons regiment. That he was drafted again and went to New london under Capt. Andrew Waterman of the Town of Lebanon State of Connecticut and Served as a Soldier two months at that time under Colonel Ledgerd and then returned home-That he entered the servis of the United States again in the year A.D. 1780 with a team Sent by the State of Connecticut into the servis for the term of Six months under Captain Solomon Phelps of Hebron State of Connecticut and under Theadus Root waggon master and Served Six months carrying provisions and Continental Stores for the army at different places discharged at Tonowanda NY (very hard to read could be some other name and NJ) that he has since moved from Connecticut to the Town of Elba in the County of Genesee and State of Newyork and has resided for the term of one year and upwards he hereby relenquishes every claim Whatsoever to a Pension eaccept the present and declairs that his name is not on the pension Rool of the agency of any State that he is acquainted with Samuel Parker and Asa Badcock who are his neighbors-- Suscribed & Sworn to the day and year aforesaid in open court Swift Woodworth Timothy Fitch Clerk" "1 "Wheare and in what year was you born" "in the Town of Lebanon County of Windham and State of Connecticut on the Sixteenth day of October A.D. 1759" 2 "have you any record of your age and if so wheare is it on the Town record" "in the Town of Lebanon in County of Windham in the State of Connecticut 3 " Where were you living when called into Servis Where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you live now" "I have lived in the Town of Lebanon and Columbia until a year ago Last June in the State of Connecticut and have lived in the Town of Elba County of Genessee and State of New york Since" 4 "how were you called into Servis were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a Substitute and Substitute for whoom" "I was twice inlisted and twice drafted and one time drove for Six months for the United States army" 5 "State the names of Some of your regular officers" "General Israel Putnam Colonel Stors Capt James Clark General Gates Colonel Samuel Mott Capt Elijah Sharp General Spencer Colonel Johnson Captain Daniel Dewey Colonel Ledgere Capt Andrew Waterman" "We Samuel Parker and Asa Badcock Residing in the Town of Elba and ----- do hereby Certify that We are well acquainted with Swift Woodworth who has subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy three years of age that he is reputed and believed to in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion. Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid Samuel Parker Asa Badcock Subscribed and Sworn to the day and year aforesaid in open court Timothy Fitch Clerk" "And the Said Court do hearby declare there opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the investigation proscribed by the war department that the above named Aplicant was a revolutionary Soldier Served as he States and the court further Certify that it appears to them that Asa Badcock and Samuel parker who have Signed the preceeding Certificate are residents of the County of Genessee and are Credatable persons and that Statement is entitled to Credit. Isaac Wilson, William Mitchell, Robert Claree Jr" "I Timothy Fitch Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Genessee do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of the application of Swift Woodworth for a pension in testimony Wheareof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal of office this 15th day of October 1832 Timothy Fitch Clerk" "APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER State of Michigan } On the Thirteenth Day of May A.D. 1837 appearing County of Jackson} appearing before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the Said county of Jackson personally appeared Swift Woodworth of Said County who on his Oath declared that he is the same person Who formerly belonged to the Company Commanded by Captain Samu Clark in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel John Johnson in the Service Of the united States; That his name was placed on the pension Roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed: That he now resides in the State of Michigan where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the County of Genesee and State of NewYorke to the State of Michigan aforesaid. Viz. for the purpose of residing with Charles Woodworth his Son, with Whom he expects to live through life. Swift Woodworth Sworn and Subscribed to before me the Day and Year aforesaid Isaac Vanderpol Justice of the Peace" "State of Michigan } I Charles Woodworth Of the Said County of Jackson being County of Jackson} duly Sworn Do Dispose and say that I am well acquainted with Swift Woodworth the person named in the foregoing application and that he is the identical Swift Woodworth therein mentioned and further thatI have been personally acquainted with the said Swift Woodworth and have known him for the Space of a term of Forty five Years last March(?), and that the facts and Statements by him made in the foregoing application as to his residence are true according to the best of my Knowledge and belief. Sworn and subscribed before me this Charles Woodworth Thirteenth Day of May A.D. 1837 Isaac Vanderpol Justice of the Peace"

Woodworth_Swift Tombstone

Burial: Notes concerning burial submitted by Joyce Begalke, 2419 45th St., Two Rivers. WI 54241 (undated; transcribed 04 Feb 1993, shared by another Woodworth descendant, Dana Neindorf). "My Aunt believed that Swift was buried in Jackson, Co. Mich. We had no proof, but the fact that Charles, his son, had this land set aside for a burying place when he sold the land, and the fact that Charles' wife Desire was buried there two years earlier led us to believe that Swift is buried there also. So my Aunt had papers filled out and sent them to the government, and a stone was put there on the site we figured was where he was buried. So that is why there is a stone on the grave, thanks to my Aunt, Lottie E. Nokes, the great grandaughter of Swift Woodworth."

Find A Grave: Memorial #9258412 A note implies the family assumed he was buried here based on the history of the cemetery and the year of his death.

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See Also: Cemetery Roster done in year 2000 noting Swift's Service in War Photo of Memorial to Swift at Cemetery

Online Pension File at National Archives