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Abigail SWAYZE

Female 1789 - 1870  (80 years)


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  1. 1.  Abigail SWAYZE was born on 19 Oct 1789 in Beaverdams, Welland, Ontario (daughter of Israel SWAYZE and Abigail COLEMAN); died on 17 May 1870 in Albany, New York.

    Abigail married George MARLATT on 30 Dec 1806 in Beaverdams, Welland, Ontario. George was born on 15 Jun 1781; died on 16 Oct 1840 in Beaverdams, Welland, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Nathan MARLATT was born on 4 Nov 1807; died on 30 Jan 1848.
    2. Isreal MARLATT was born on 14 Apr 1809; died on 19 May 1857; was buried in Houghton Baptist Cemetery, 3 km west of Houghton Centre, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Maria MARLATT was born on 26 Apr 1811; died on 4 Oct 1837.
    4. Hiram MARLATT was born on 20 May 1814.
    5. John MARLATT was born on 6 Nov 1818; died on 15 Apr 1894 in Manitoba.
    6. Lydia MARLATT was born on 22 Apr 1821.
    7. Joseph Corwin MARLATT was born on 5 Jun 1824; died on 19 Aug 1886.
    8. Benjamin MARLATT was born on 9 Dec 1826; died on 8 Jan 1827.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Israel SWAYZE was born on 18 Jan 1753 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey (son of Israel SWAYZE and Mary PITNEY); died on 16 Feb 1844 in Beaverdams, Welland, Ontario; was buried in Lundy's Lane Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Welland, Ontario.

    Notes:

    Isreal was a Loyalist and, after the Revolutionary War, he and his wife and

    young family were compelled to find a new home. They travelled to Canada

    with other Loyalists. Isreal was granted 550 acres at Beaverdams, Ontario,

    where he was the chief founder of the settlement at Beaverdams.

    Swayze, Israel

    On 10 Aug 1801 The Crown granted a patent to Israel Swayze for all 300 acres in Lots 75, 76 and 77 Thorold Twp.

    On 17 May 1802 The Crown granted a patent to Israel Swayze for all 200 acres in Lots 54 and 55 Thorold Twp.

    On 19 Sep 1808 (Reg 21 Sep 1808) Israel Swayze et ux sold to Frederick Glass 100 acres in Lots 75 and 76 Thorold Twp. (A46 #1473)

    On 9 Mar 1811 (Reg 9 Mar 1811) Israel Swayze sold to Hiram Swayze 100 acres in Lot 35 Thorold Twp. (A53 #1930)

    On 9 Mar 1811 (Reg 9 Mar 1811) Israel Swayze sold to Hiram Swayze the northwest quarter of Lot 53 Thorold Twp. (A53 #1930)

    On 9 Mar 1811 (Reg 9 Mar 1811) Hiram Swayze sold to Israel Swayze 25 acres in the southeast quarter of Lot 53 Thorold Twp. for £50 (A55 #1932)

    On 29 Apr 1819 (Reg 28 Apr 1829) Israel Swayze sold to Samuel Hopkins 123 acres in the south part of Lots 76 and 77 Thorold Twp. for £300 (A255 #7598)

    On 27 May 1825 (Reg 27 Jun 1826) Israel Swayze sold to Hiram Swayze 143 acres in Lots 53, 54, 55 and 75 Thorold Twp. for £400 (A201 #6848)

    On 18 Feb 1830 (Reg 5 May 1830) Israel Swayze sold to Samuel Hopkins 150 acres 2 roods 35 perches in Lots 53, 54, 55, 76 and 77 for £500 (A286 #7927)

    https://sites.google.com/site/niagarasettlers2/thorold-3 viewed July 7, 2015

    Sweezy, Israel

    On 9 Feb 1791 the Land Board read the petition of Israel Sweezy for a grant of two hundred acres of land in Township No. 9 (Thorold) and found him qualified to receive two hundred acres of land. The order was referred to Acting Surveyor General Augustus Jones who assigned to him two hundred acres in Lots 11 and 12 Concession 4 in the Township of No. 9. Marginal note of D. W. Smith: By Major Holland`s plan these Lots are No. 54 and half 53. Further note No. 11 to be divided with John Willson. (Thorold Township Papers 0159)

    On 9 Feb 1791 the Land Board read the petition of Israel Sweezy for a grant of two hundred acres of land in Township No. 9 (Thorold) and found he has received two hundred acres of land in Township No. 9 as a Loyalist and he has settled on and improved the same and that he is entitled to a further assignment of four hundred acres for his wife and seven children. The order was referred to Acting Surveyor General Augustus Jones who assigned to him four hundred acres in Lots 13 Concession 4 and Lots 10, 11 and 12 Concession 5 in the Township of No. 9. Marginal note of D. W. Smith: These are lots No. 68 and 45. D. W. Smith added a note: My Major Hollands Plan these lots are No. 55, 75, 76, 77 (Thorold Township Papers 0168)

    On 21 Oct 1796 Acting Surveyor General D. W. Smith prepared a surveyor’s assignment for Israel Sweezy for 550 acres of land in the west half of Lot 53 and the Lots 54, 55, 75, 76 and 77 Thorold Twp. Added note: with 2 Ld. Bd. Certificates-one of which it is observed that No. 11.4th Conc. that is No. 53, is to be divided with John Wilson. (Thorold Township Papers 0157)

    https://sites.google.com/site/townshippapers/thorold-settlers-1 viewed August 9, 2015

    Israel married Abigail COLEMAN on 4 Feb 1776 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey. Abigail (daughter of Samuel COLEMAN and Abigail CLARK) was born on 5 Aug 1757 in New Jersey; died on 11 Jun 1843 in Beaverdams, Welland, Ontario; was buried in Lundy's Lane Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Welland, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Abigail COLEMAN was born on 5 Aug 1757 in New Jersey (daughter of Samuel COLEMAN and Abigail CLARK); died on 11 Jun 1843 in Beaverdams, Welland, Ontario; was buried in Lundy's Lane Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Welland, Ontario.
    Children:
    1. Penelope SWAYZE was born on 30 Aug 1777 in New Jersey; died on 30 Jul 1844; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Lincoln, Ontario.
    2. Lydia SWAYZE was born on 29 Oct 1778 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey; died on 27 Mar 1863 in Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York; was buried in Lundy's Lane Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Welland, Ontario.
    3. Benjamin SWAYZE was born on 1 Jan 1782; died on 9 Mar 1850 in Kintore, Oxford, Ontario; was buried in Kintore Methodist Cemetery, Kintore, Oxford, Ontario.
    4. Hiram SWAYZE was born on 7 Mar 1784 in New Jersey; died on 13 Feb 1854; was buried in Beaverdams Burying Ground, Beaverdams, Niagara, Ontario.
    5. Obadiah SWAYZE was born on 2 Aug 1786.
    6. 1. Abigail SWAYZE was born on 19 Oct 1789 in Beaverdams, Welland, Ontario; died on 17 May 1870 in Albany, New York.
    7. Mary SWAYZE was born on 15 Sep 1791 in Beaverdams, Welland, Ontario.
    8. Johannah SWAYZE was born on 10 Feb 1796 in Beaverdams, Welland, Ontario; died on 25 Jul 1854 in Michigan.
    9. Millicent SWAYZE was born on 29 Aug 1798 in Beaverdams, Welland, Ontario; died on 16 Jan 1835.
    10. Prudence SWAYZE was born on 19 Oct 1800 in Beaverdams, Welland, Ontario; died on 20 Jun 1879.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Israel SWAYZE was born on 16 Oct 1720 in Southold, Suffolk, New York (son of Samuel SWAYZE and Penelope HORTON); died on 27 Aug 1774 in New Jersey; was buried in Swayze Cemetery, Hope, Warren, New Jersey.

    Israel married Mary PITNEY. Mary was born in 1720 in New Jersey; died in 1754 in New Jersey; was buried in Swayze Cemetery, Hope, Warren, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary PITNEY was born in 1720 in New Jersey; died in 1754 in New Jersey; was buried in Swayze Cemetery, Hope, Warren, New Jersey.
    Children:
    1. Mary SWAYZE was born on 15 Sep 1743; died in Mar 1801; was buried in Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario.
    2. Obediah SWAYZE was born in 1745 in Wantage, New Jersey; died in 1842 in Wantage, New Jersey; was buried in Old Beemerville Cemetery, Beemerville, Sussex, New Jersey.
    3. Susannah SWAYZE was born in 1749 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey; died on 30 Jun 1833 in Sullivan, Madison, New York; was buried in Glen Cove Cemetery, Sullivan County, New York.
    4. Mehitable SWAYZE was born in 1751; died after 1811.
    5. 2. Israel SWAYZE was born on 18 Jan 1753 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey; died on 16 Feb 1844 in Beaverdams, Welland, Ontario; was buried in Lundy's Lane Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Welland, Ontario.
    6. Joshua SWAYZE was born in 1754; died on 7 Oct 1819 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey; was buried in Swayze Cemetery, Hope, Warren, New Jersey.

  3. 6.  Samuel COLEMAN was born in 1727; died in in New Jersey.

    Samuel married Abigail CLARK. Abigail was born in 1727. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Abigail CLARK was born in 1727.
    Children:
    1. 3. Abigail COLEMAN was born on 5 Aug 1757 in New Jersey; died on 11 Jun 1843 in Beaverdams, Welland, Ontario; was buried in Lundy's Lane Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Welland, Ontario.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Samuel SWAYZE was born on 20 Mar 1689 in Southold, Suffolk, New York; died on 11 May 1759 in Roxbury Township, New Jersey; was buried in Chester Congregational Cemetery, Chester, Morris, New Jersey.

    Notes:

    Samuel Swayze moved from Southold, Long Island, New York, to Roxbury Township,
    New Jersey, in 1737. He was one of the first justices of the peace in Roxbury
    Township. He was also a big land owner, leaving nearly 1000 acres of land to
    his children. He is buried in the graveyard of the First Congregational
    Church at Chester, one of the oldest cemeteries in the state of New Jersey.

    Samuel married Penelope HORTON in 1708 in Southold, Suffolk, New York. Penelope was born on 14 Feb 1690 in Southold, Suffolk, New York; died on 1 Dec 1746; was buried in Chester Congregational Cemetery, Chester, Morris, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Penelope HORTON was born on 14 Feb 1690 in Southold, Suffolk, New York; died on 1 Dec 1746; was buried in Chester Congregational Cemetery, Chester, Morris, New Jersey.
    Children:
    1. Penelope SWAYZE was born on 31 Jul 1710 in Southold, Suffolk, New York; died in 1752 in Morris County, New Jersey.
    2. Samuel SWAYZE was born on 4 Jul 1712 in Southold, Suffolk, New York; died in 1785 in Western Florida.
    3. Barnabus SWAYZE was born on 12 Jan 1715 in Southold, Suffolk, New York; died in 1796 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey.
    4. Richard SWAYZE was born on 20 Aug 1717 in Southold, Suffolk, New York; died about 1786 in Mississippi.
    5. a CHILD was born on 16 Aug 1719; died on 11 Sep 1719.
    6. 4. Israel SWAYZE was born on 16 Oct 1720 in Southold, Suffolk, New York; died on 27 Aug 1774 in New Jersey; was buried in Swayze Cemetery, Hope, Warren, New Jersey.
    7. Caleb SWAYZE was born on 22 Mar 1722 in Southold, Suffolk, New York; died on 18 Feb 1794 in Mendham, New Jersey; was buried in Hope, Warren, New Jersey.
    8. Johannah SWAYZE was born on 23 Jun 1725 in Southold, Suffolk, New York; died in in New Providence, Morris Co., NJ.
    9. Mehitable SWAYZE was born on 27 Jul 1728 in Southold, Suffolk, New York.
    10. Lydia SWAYZE was born on 4 Mar 1731 in Southold, Suffolk, New York; died on 18 Mar 1823 in Roxbury, Morris, New Jersey.
    11. Mary SWAYZE was born on 3 Apr 1733 in Southold, Suffolk, New York; died on 29 Feb 1816 in Florida, Orange, New York; was buried in Florida Cemetery, Florida, Orange, New York.