William Swift I - Sr. ²²³⁶

   Find a Grave ID: 103553014.

  General Notes:

William Swift was listed in the 1643 Sandwich section of men able to bear arms.* His inventory included two swords and two muskets in the year of his death. His wife evidently became a Quaker at least by 1660 when she was among 25 men and women fined for attending Quaker meetings.
GMB cites PCR 8:103
Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England, ed. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff and David
Pulsifer, 12 volumes in 10 (Boston 1855-1861)
*Early Quakerism did not necessarily mean pacifism. They were Puritans first and, in the case of William, became Quaker at a later date.

  Research Notes:

Great Migration 1634-1635, R-S. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.

https://www.americanancestors.org/DB397/i/12124/627/23901707

  Events

• Immigration: to Watertown, MA, 1634. ²²⁵⁶

• Removal: to Sandwich, MA, 1639. ²²⁵⁷

• Occupation: Leatherseller: England. ²²⁵⁷

• Religion: Quaker. ²²⁵⁸

• Probate: Inventory exhibited at court, 29 Jan 1642/43, Sandwich, Plymouth Colony. ^2259,2260 Totalled £82 11s 1d against which was about £250 in debts.
Administration granted to Joan Swyft of Sandwich on 7 March 1642/3
Memorandum that on the 11th of March she paid John Barnes and agreed to pay others - the language almost indecipherable.

William married Sarah est 1618. (Sarah died in 1625 and was buried in Bermondsey, Southwark, London, England ²²⁶¹.)

William next married Joan widow Dimbleby 3 Jan 1625/26 in Bermondsey, Southwark, London, England. (Joan widow Dimbleby was born est 1600 in England and died 26 Nov 1663 in Sandwich, Plymouth Colony.)