Ancestry of
Jon Meacham

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William Swift

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• • 10th Great-grandfather of Jon Meacham — 13th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4924 
  • Father:
  • William Swift 
  • Mother:
  • Joan -----   
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  • Christening Date:
  • 25 Apr 1627 
  • Christening Location:
  • St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, England 
  • Death Date:
  • Jan 1705/1706 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Ruth -----
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 1651 
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  William Swift (Ahnentafel No:2462 )

  Jireh Swift

• Sources for William Swift

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1951, Vol. 105, p. 145.
  • ² Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. VI, R-S, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 630.
  • ³ Hanaford, Mary Elisabeth Neal, Family Records of Branches of the Hanaford, Thompson, Huckins, Prescott, Smith, Neal, Haley, Lock, Swift, . . ., Rockford, Illinois: Unknown (1915), 285.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 558.
  • ⁵ Smith, Leonard H., Cape Cod Library of Local History and Genealogy: A Facsimile . . ., Vol. 1, Baltimore, Maryland: Reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Publishing Co. (2004), 236-241.
  • ⁶ Swift, George H., comp., William Swyft of Sandwich and Some of His Descendants 1637-1899, Millbrook, New York: Round Table Press (1900), 2-3.
  • ⁷ Wakefield, Robert S. and Judith H. Swan, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 18, Part 1, Richard Warren, 174.

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