Ancestry of
Bonny Jean Godfrey

(1930–2008)

Swain T. Godfrey

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Bonny Jean Godfrey — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 20 
  • Father:
  • Jesse C. Godfrey 
  • Mother:
  • Rachel Townsend   
  • Birth Date:
  • 14 Nov 1823 
  • Birth Location:
  • Seaville, Cape May, New Jersey 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 1 Oct 1877 
  • Death Location:
  • at sea 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, Ocean View, Cape May, New Jersey 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Townsend
  • Marriage Date:
  • 18 Aug 1848 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  Reuben S. Godfrey (Ahnentafel No:10 )

• Sources for Swain T. Godfrey

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A115632.
  • ² Federal Census, NJ, Cape May County, 1860, Dennis, p. 2, Image 2 of 40.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 11/08/2022).
  • ⁴ New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Records, 1670-1965, Marriage record for son Reuben S Godfrey and Ladora T Layton.
  • ⁵ New Jersey, U.S., United Methodist Church Records, 1800-1970, Marriage record for son Reuben S Godfrey and Ladora T Layton.
  • ⁶ Corson, Orville, Three Hundred Years with the Corson Families in America: Including the Staten Island-Pennsylvania Corsons . . ., Vol. 2, Burlington, Vermont: Free Press Interstate Printing Corporation (1939), 132.