Monday, December 13, 2021

Robert Swan 1624 and Elizabeth Acie 1632

-H-
9th G Grandfather
Robert Swan
Parents: Richard Swan and Anna Spofford
Birth 1624 England
Military:  Massachusetts militia. Soldier in Great Swamp fight (Rhode Island) in King Philip's War, Lieutenant Benjamin Sweet's Company, 
Married 1) Elizabeth Acie 1 April 1652  Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
2) Hannah Ross (widow of Mr. Ross) 1 April 1690
Immigration: Robert came to Boston with his father 1634, thence to Rowley, MA. Robert lived a short time in Andover, but by 1650 had settled in Haverhill. He lived in that part of Haverhill which later became Methuen.
Died 11 February 1697
Robert's headstone
Inscription:
Robert Swan died February Ye 11, 1697
 in Ye 74 Year of his age
"Yong & old doth pass away;
It minds us of our later day"

Buried Pentucket Cemetery Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
Sources
U.S. Sons of American Revolution Application made by Francis Maurice Ricks 30 June 1958 
Massachusetts Compiled Birth, Death, and Marriage records 1700-1850
Essex County Massachusetts depositions 
Ancestors of  Alden Smith Swan and his wife Mary Althea Farwell page 3
AGBI Vol 172 page 360
American Marriages before 1699
Immigration: U.S. Canada Passenger and Immigration Lists
Family Search
ancestry.com
Elizabeth's headstone
Inscription:
Elizabeth wife of
Robert Swan Sinor [sic]
Died August ye 11
1689 in ye 57 year
of har [sic] age
 (2 lines unreadable).
This body gave submission
for God in mercy
promised a blessed
resurrection."
Elizabeth Acie
Parents William Acie and Margaret Haiton
Born 24 October 1632 East Riding, York, England
Died 11 Aug 1689 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
Buried Pentucket Cemetery Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
Sources
U.S. Sons of American Revolution Application made by Francis Maurice Ricks 30 June 1958
Massachusetts Compiled Birth, Death, and Marriage records 1700-1850
Family Search
ancestry.com
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18006187/elizabeth-swan


CHILDREN
H- 8 great grand uncles and aunts
except Elizabeth, his 8GGM


 Ruth Swan
Birth 10 March 1652 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
Possible marriage note: in a book: Goodman, a Family History written by Alfred Edwin Goodman published 1916, it mentions on page 81 that "Thus it would appear that Ruth first married John Cross and after the two boys, John and William, were born John Cross died and she married John Hartshorn under her maiden name which was sometimes done in those days after short marriages." The words "...it would APPEAR..." bothers me. Appearances are not always right and in 1916, perhaps they considered getting married and having two children constitutes and "short" marriage. In any case, as you can see below, in the ORIGINAL marriage record, Ruth is not listed as a widow. In all the years I have done genealogy, I have not seen a widow listed with her maiden name - especially when she had children. So, hopefully, I can find proof that she really was married to John Cross prior to her marriage to Mr. Hartshorne. The only thing I have found, so far, is findagrave which claims her parents are totally different people - John and Rebecca Palfryman Swan. 

By the way, on Robert (her father's) findagrave memorial (See link above) there is this note with Ruth's information: 

Ruth Swan, who married John Hartshorne, her birth is not recorded in the Massachusetts records, but her heirs are mentioned in her father's estate records. John Hartshorne calls Robert (Jr) brother and speaks of Mother and Father Swan. She died 12 Dec 1690 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts. She is not linked to her parents on Findagrave due to the misinformation the manager of her memorial uses despite repeated resources given to him. Her memorial is #136755686. Sources: Early Settlers of Rowley, MA., Ancestors of Allen Swan, American Genealogist V. 24, p.15 and History of Haverhill, Massachusetts.

I created another findagrave memorial - with the right information. I put her in the same cemetery as her son, John Jr. There is a problem with this in that it creates duplicate information, but because the manager of her current memorial doesn't want to cooperate, I see no other recourse. Her husband was a stone carver and created many gravestones. On Family Search, in the Life Sketch section, I corrected some spelling/punctuation and added some information I considered important to point out because I do not think that Ruth was buried in the same place as her husband as he had been married once before and again, after, her death. It says: 

John was the son of Thomas Hartshorn & Susanna Buck. On September 22, 1709, in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, he married Mary Leighton.

He served in King Phillip's War; Capt Sills company, 1675 AND 1676. He was one of the last surviving veterans of King Phillips War. He also survived a French and Indian raid on Haverhill, Massachusetts, in 1708, in which his third wife, his son, and three grandsons were killed. 

He became a lieutenant in the militia and was active in the Indian Wars, serving under Capt. Sill, from 1675-76. He served in Queen Anne's War in the Massachusetts Militia.

John Hartshorn was a weaver from Haverhill, MA, a town about ten miles up on the Merrimack River. Boston's slate gravestones did not make it into Haverhill. This left the town and its neighbor, the town of Bradford across the river, without gravestones. 

Circa 1700 Mr. Hartshorn, at age fifty, (Ruth had already died) decided to take on a second career. He started carving gravestones. He developed his own image, a mask-like face. Emanating out from the face were lines of many configurations. Later on, he added large circles with geometric designs inside. What he created is called the Merrimac Valley Style. Hartshorn borrowed ideas from designs he found on Boston's gravestones. Those ideas he reworked into his own creations. He obviously had the ability to carve skull and wing designs but did not. Through various circumstances, he moved a couple of times and ended up living in Connecticut where he continued to carve gravestones into his eighties. Many of his gravestones can be seen in MA. & CT. to this day.

 Married Lieutenant John Hartshorne 19 Sep 1672 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts

Ruth and John's marriage record
Transcription: John Hartshorne and Ruth Swan were married September 19th 1672

 Children: John, Ruth, John, Sarah, Susannah, Elizabeth, Abigail, Hannah
Note: she and her heirs received portion #10 in her father's estate
Died 12 Dec 1690 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
COD: Smallpox
Buried Pentucket Cemetery, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
Note: her husband survived her and remarried. He is buried in a different cemetery
 Sources 
Marriage: Massachusetts Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records
Book: Early Settlers of Rowley, MA., Ancestors of Allen Swan, American Genealogist V. 24, p.15 and History of Haverhill, Massachusetts
New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol 75 Page 6, 217
-H -
8th Great grandmother
Elizabeth Swan
Born 30 Sep 1653 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
Elizabeth's birth record
the second line reads: Elizabeth of Robert Swan Septr 30 1653

 Married Matthew Harriman 22 Dec 1673 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
Elizabeth and Matthew's marriage record
Transcription: Mathew Heriman and Elizabeth Swan
December 22 1673
Children: Matthew, Elizabeth, Hannah, Mary, Margaret, Abigail, Mehetable, John, Leonard, Nathaniel, Richard, Abner
Died 12 Dec 1699 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
Buried Pentucket Cemetery Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
Note: photo of stone has been requested
Sources
North American Family Histories (because of son, Abner)
Massachusetts Compiled Birth, Death, and Marriage records 1700-1850
Birth: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records
AGBI Vol 172 page 330
New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol 150 Page 44
Marriage: U.S. Marriages prior to 1700 AND US and International Marriage Records
Family Search
ancestry.com
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40612510/elizabeth-harriman
Sarah Swan
Born 10 Aug 1655 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts

Sarah's birth record
Transcription: Sarah of Robert Swan August 10 1655

Married Thomas Hartshorn 21 Oct 1674 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts

Sarah and Thomas's marriage record
Transcription: Thomas Hartshorn was married to Sarah Swan, October 21th 1674

 Children: James, Sarah, Hannah, Thomas, Tabitha, Ebenezer, Joseph
Died 1729 Windham, Connecticut
Buried
Sources
Birth: Massachusetts U.S. Town and Vital Records
AGBI Vol 172 page 364
Marriage: U.S. Marriages prior to 1700Family Search
ancestry.com

John and Robert Swan
were the brothers of Timothy Swan
 and filed a complaint
against Mary Clarke
 of Haverhill in August of 1692
 for afflicting their brother.
Robert Swan Jr.
Born 30 May 1657 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
Robert's birth record
Transcription: Robert son of Robert Swan
May 30 1657


Military: King Phillips War (for more information on the war click on this link:  https://historyofmassachusetts.org/what-was-king-philips-war/
Upon his father's death, he received land parcels 1 & 2 as the oldest son.
Married Elizabeth Story 20 July 1678 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts

Robert and Elizabeth Story's marriage record

Children: Sarah, Ruth, Robert, Asa, Richard
Died 24 December 1747 Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts
Buried
Sources
Birth: Massachusetts Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records
Marriage: U.S. New England Marriages prior to 1700
Family Search
ancestry.com

From ancestry.com (mominajar) sources for Robert: 

“History of Essex County Massachusetts with biographical sketches of Many of It’s Pioneers and Prominent Men”, by D. Hamilton Hurd, Vol 1, published by J. W. Lewis and Co., Philadelphia, 1880

"History of Haverhill, Massachusett From its First Settlement in 1640, to the Year 1860", by George Wingate Chase, published by the author, Haverhill, MA, 1861

'Soldier of King Phillips War 1675 - 1676', by George Madison Bodge, A>B>; published by the author, Leominster, MA, 1896

"Soldier in the Expedition to Canada in 1690: and grantees of the Canada Townships", by Walter Kendall Watkins,, printed by the author, Boston, MA, 1898

"A Modern History of New London County, Connecticut, edited by Benjamin Tinkham Marshall, A.M. D.D., by Lewis Historical Publishing Co. New York, 1922 

Ann Swan
Born 3 Mar 1659 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts

Ann's birth record
Transcript: Ann of Robt. Swan March 3 1658-9


Married Nathaniel Ayer 31 August 1683 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts

Ann and Nathaniel marriage record
Transcription: Nath: Ayer Jun, s of John and Ann Swan
both of Haverhill August 31, 1683

 Children: Joseph, Sarah, Peter, Elizabeth, Hepzibah, Priscilla, Martha, Nathan, Anna
Died 3 October 1703 was listed on Family Search, but without sources
Buried
Sources
Birth: Massachusetts Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records
Marriage: Massachusetts U.S. Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records AND U.S. Marriages prior to 1700
AGBI Vol 172 page 321
Family Search
ancestry.com
LOST AT SEA
Richard Swan
Born 24 Feb 1661 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts 
Richards birth record
Note: the year in the record is given as 1660, however, years began in March way back then, therefore, it was in 1661 going by our current calendars.
Received parcel #7 in his father's estate, which, since he was lost at sea previously, is a curious thing. Perhaps it went to his widow/children?
Military: Canadian Expedition 1690 (died in service)
Married Hannah Story 3 Dec 1683 Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts 
 
Richard and Hannah marriage record


Children: Ebeneezer, Hannah
Died 1691 
Note: 22 April 1691 Administration granted to his widow  who remarried to a man by the name of Thomas Jewett and had children with him as well)
Buried: Body Lost at Sea
Sources
Birth: Massachusetts Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records
Marriage: U.S. New England Marriages prior to 1700
Death: Essex, Massachusetts Probate Records 304:375
North America Family Histories
AGBI Vol 72 page 359
Family Search
ancestry.com
Timothy Swan was a 29-year-old man
 from Andover who was ill
 when the Salem Witch Trials began
 and in July of the year
 began to accuse the
 following people of afflicting him:
 Hannah Bromage, Mary Bridges,
 Mary Bradbury, Mary Clarke,
 Richard Carrier, Rebecca Eames,
 Mary Green, Francis Hutchins,
 Mary Post, Mary Lacey,
 Ruth Wilford, Mercy Wardwell.
Timothy Swan
Born 12 Mar 1663 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts 
Tim's birth record

Not Married 
Child: Dorothy - the result of his supposed rape of  Elizabeth Emerson. I say supposed because the woman was also found guilty of having illicit relationships with other men and she murdered two of her illegitimate children.
Died 2 Feb 1692 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts 
Will was written 4 Jan 1692 
Timothy's headstone
TIMOTHY SWAN
DIED FEBRUARY
YE 2 1692 IN
YE 30 YEAR OF
HIS AGE


Buried Old North Parish Burying Ground, North Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
Timothy Swan's will
Transcription: 
In the name of God Amen, I Timothy Swan of Haverhill in the county of Essex in New England, being apprehensive of my upcoming death, but having yet my understanding and memory, do and make this my last will and testament. I commend my soul into the hand of God who gave it, and my body to the earth to be decently interred and my worthy goods and (?) I dispose of as following after my just debts and funeral expenses defrayed. (?) I bequeath unto my brother Samuel Swan my house and 40 acres of land which the house stands on which I had of my... (continued on page 2)


Second page of Timothy's will
Transcription: (continued from first page)
...my father and twenty-five acres of timberland which I also had of my father and the one half of all my meadow.
Item: I give to my brother Joshua Swan fifty (?) acres of land that I had of my father that was bought off Swett John Johnson and also one equal portion of meadow with his brother Samuel Swan and half the produce of the  (broke?) upland for four years. Samuel and Joseph carry (?) on the work together. 
Item: I give to my brother Robert Swan my best horse and all my best clothes my best (?) and furniture. I give my brother Robert's son, Robert, my gun (?) and belt and five pounds to be paid to him (?) even or (?) by my brother, Samuel Swan, when he is twenty years of age.
Item: I give to my brother Caleb, a mare colt, and (unreadable) two years old
I give to my brother John, forty shillings in money, will and require my brothers Samuel and Joshua to pay him.
I give and bequeath my landlady, (her name - unreadable) to be paid three pounds to be paid her this year and the next (ensuen? perhaps meaning ensuing) 5 to be hereof paid by my (?)
Item: I give to my brother Nathaniel, (unreadable) a sow, a barrow, my hatt (unreadable) jacket, britches, stockings, and shoes.
I (cons...?) and appoint my dear and well-beloved brothers Samuel and Joshua Swan my (?) of this my last will and I'm empowering them to receive all debts due unto me and to pay all my just debts.
In confirmation hereof I have (?) my hand and placed my seal this 24th January 1692/3
He signed it and it was witnessed by three people - John Ashebee, Andrew P....and Sarah Osgood.

 Sources
Birth: Massachusetts Vital Records online
His will
Family Search
ancestry.com
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23158750/timothy-swan
 Dorothie Swan
Born 8 Nov 1666 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts

Dorothie birth record


 Married Samuel Dalton 23 Nov 1683 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts

Dorothie and Samuel's marriage record
Transcription: Samuel Dalton and Dorothie Swan, both of Haverhill, November 23, 1683

Children: Hannah, Mary, Abiah, Elizabeth, Samuel, John, Caleb, Isaac
Died 21 October 1700 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts

Marriage: U.S. New England Marriages prior to 1700
AGBI Vol 172 page 327
Family Search
ancestry.com 
John and Robert Swan
were the brothers
of Timothy Swan
 and filed a complaint
against Mary Clarke
 of Haverhill in August of 1692
 for afflicting their brother.
Captain John Swan
Born 1 Aug 1668 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts

John's birth record

Received parcel #8 from his father's estate.
Married 1 August 1699 Susanna Eastman in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts
John and Susanna's marriage Note: she was the widow of Thomas Wood, who had been killed by Indians along with their daughter, Susanna, which explains why she was so determined not to be killed by Indians when they came to kill her and John, and their children. 

Children:  John, Ruth, William, Nathaniel, Ann, Asa, Elizabeth, Caleb
Here is a brief story about the bravery of he and his wife in the History of Haverhill, Massachusetts.: During the Indian war, when so many of the inhabitants of Haverhill were killed, the Indians attacked their house, which stood in the field called White's lot, nearly opposite to the house of Capt. Emerson. Mr. Swan and his wife saw them approaching, and determined, if possible, to save their own lives and the lives of their children from the knives of the ruthless butchers. They immediately placed themselves against the door, which was so narrow that two could scarcely enter abreast. The Indians rushed against it, but finding that it could not be easily opened, they commenced their operations more systematically. One of them placed his back to the door so that he could make his who strength bear upon it, while others pushed against him. 

The strength of the besiegers was greater than that of the besieged, and Mr. Swan, being rather a timid man, almost despaired of saving himself and family and told his wife that he thought it would be better to let them in, but this resolute and courageous woman had no such idea. The Indians had now succeeded in partly opening the door, and one of them was crowding himself in, while the other was pushing lustily after. The heroic wife saw that there was no time for parleying; she seized her bake spit, which was nearly three feet in length, and a deadly weapon in the hands of the woman, as it proved, and collecting all the strength she possessed, drove it through the body of the foremost. 

This was too warm a reception for the besiegers; it was resistance from a source and with a weapon they little expected, and surely, who else could ever think of spitting a man? The two Indians thus repulsed, immediately retreated and did not molest them again. Thus, by the fortitude and heroic courage of a wife and mother, this family was probably saved from a bloody grave.
 Died 1 May 1743 Stonington, New London, Connecticut

John's death record
Transcription: Captain John Swan departed this life the 1st of May
in the year 1743, who was in the 75th year of his age.


Will dated 14 April 1790
John's headstone
Inscription: In memory
of Cap John Swan
Died May ye 1 1743
in ye 75 year of his age

 Buried Great Plain Cemetery, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
Sources
Birth and Marriage: Massachusetts Vital Records online
Death: Connecticut Deaths and Burials
U.S. Will and Probate records
Book: "The History of Stonington, Connecticut", pg. 610
Family Search
ancestry.com
Samuel Swan
Born 11 Apr 1670 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
Samuel's birth record


Samuel's death record
Died 11 June 1671 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
Sources
Birth: Massachusetts Vital Records online
AGBI Vol 172 Page 363
Family Search
ancestry.com
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230869131/samuel-swan
 Samuel Swan (2nd)
Born 24 Oct 1672 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts 

Samuel (the second one) birth record


Received parcel #3 in his father's estate. When his brother, Timothy died, he received a lot more.
Married Dorothy Ames 6 March 1693 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts 

Samuel and Dorothy's marriage record


 Children: Timothy, Caleb
Died 28 Nov 1751 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts 

Samuel Swan2 death record


 Buried
Sources
Birth and death: Massachusetts Vital Records online
Book: History of Haverhill Massachusetts page 65-66
Family Search
ancestry.com
I put the following information about Samuel and Joshua cutting
down apple trees in Simon Wainwright's orchard here
because it concerns both boys and their father.  The boys
were guilty of this offense. There was no reason given for 
their actions.

From History of Haverhill page 65

Joshua Swan
Born 13 Sep 1674 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts 

Joshua's birth record
Transcript: Joshua son of Robert and Elizabeth Swan

Occupation: mariner (according to marriage record)
Life Note: Received parcel #11 in his father's estate and more from his brother Timothy, who died in 1692.
Married: Sarah Ingalls 6 Jan 1701 Andover, Essex, Massachusetts 

Joshua and Sarah's marriage record


 Children: Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary, Joshua, Francis, Timothy, Abiah, Joshua, Caleb, James, Samuel
Died 2 Sep 1757 Essex, Massachusetts
Buried 
Sources
Book: History of Haverhill Massachusetts page 65-66
Marriage: Massachusetts Vital Records online
U.S. Sons of American Revolution Application made by Francis Maurice Ricks 30 June 1958 which shows that Joshua's grandson, Francis, was in the Revolutionary War.
Family Search
ancestry.com
From Family Search: 
1. Descendants of Richard Swan- Harriet Cadle, NY Genealogical and Biographical Record- Vol. 29, p. 213 (Oct. 1898)
2. My Children’s Ancestors: Data Concerning About Four Hundred New England Ancestors of the Children of Roselle Theodore Cross and His Wife Emma Asenath (Bridgman) Cross- Rev. Roselle Theodore Cross, Champlin Press, Twinsburg, OH, 1913- p. 42
3. George Brainard Blodgette and Amos Everett Jewett. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts. 1933. Reprinted by the New England History Press, Somersworth, New Hampshire. 1981. Pages 371 - 372.
4. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (NYGBR), Volumes 29 - 30. [1]
5. Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume II – Marriages & Deaths. Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Historical Society, 1911. Page ??
6. Essex County, Massachusetts: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. Online images from records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.
7. S231. Record ID Number MH:S231 User ID 5183169C854374DEF9CB70DDE71C54AD. Sally Ramirez. Ramirez Web Site. MyHeritage.com Family tree: export-Forest Media 195205291-1. Record ID Number MH:SC1272. Robert Swan. Smart Matching Role 1008018. May 2, 2013.
Born: 18 June 1676 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts

Caleb birth record


Received some inheritance from his brother Timothy when Tim died.
Not Married 
No Children
Died after 1692 (his brother Tim left him a few things in his will) 
Buried
Sources
Birth: Massachusetts Vital Records online
AGBI Vol 172 p 324
Family Search
ancestry.com
Nathaniel Swan (the only place I've found him is his brother Tim's will)
Born: abt 1678 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
Received some inheritance (clothes) from his brother Timothy when Tim died.
Married ?
Children ?
Died
Buried
Sources
His brother Tim's will
Added him to Family Search
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