Mary (Betts) Swayze (abt. 1654 - 1734)

Born about 14 May 1654 in Long Island, New York

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Swayze — married 1676 in Newtown, Queens, New York [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 14 May 1734 at about age 80 in Mattituck, Suffolk, Long Island, NY

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Biography

This profile is part of the Betts Name Study.

Mary and Joseph were the grandparents of Reverend Samuel Swayze and his brother Richard Swayze who led their families and a number of the members of the Congregational Church in New Jersey to settle near Natchez, Mississippi in British West Florida in 1773. They became known as the Jersey Settlers.

Mary was born in 1650 ^[1] or 1654. She passed away in 1734. Parents Richard Betts, Joanna Chamberlain

Spouse: Joseph Swazey 1653 – 1717

Children:

Joanna Swazey 1678 – 1724

Mary Swazey 1680 – 1721

Samuel Swasey 1682 – 1739

Bethia Swazey 1684 – 1724

Joseph Swazey 1686 – 1732

John Swazey 1688 – 1759

Judge Samuel Swazey 1689 – 1750

Richard Swazey 1692 – 1782

Mary Swazey 1694 – 1782

Stephen Swazey 1694 – 1777

Death Date: 1734 Death Place: Mattituck, Suffolk, New York, USA

Sources

1. ↑ American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI): American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)

• She was named as Mary Swazy in her father, Richard Betts', will, proved November 26, 1713.
• She is shown in The Annals of Newtown, in Queens County, New York., by Riker, James, published 1852, page 374, as the daughter of Richard and wife of Joseph Swezey Archive.org
• She is shown in The Early Germans of New Jersey: Their history, churches, and genealogies. by Chambers, Theodore Frelinghuysen, published 1895, as Richard's daughter, and Joseph Swazey's spouse: Page 519, Archive.org