Ancestry of
Tammy Duckworth

U.S. Senator from Illinois

Asa Swan

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Tammy Duckworth — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 82 
  • Father:
  • Jabez Swan 
  • Mother:
  • Mehitable Wheeler   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1791 
  • Birth Location:
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  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 2 Sep 1839 
  • Death Location:
  • East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Millington Cemetery, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Sophia Ely
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 2 Dec 1812 
  • Marriage Location:
  • New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut 
  • Children:
  
  

  Sophia E. Swan

  Rispah E. Swan

  Electa Arnold Swan (Ahnentafel No:41 )

  • Notes: 

  • The probate file for Asa Swan's father Jabez identifies Asa in the account papers as "the fourth son."

    The marriage of Asa Swan to Sophia Ely appears to have occurred shortly before 02 DEC 1812. The marriage was announced in various Connecticut newspapers between 02 DEC 1812 and 09 DEC 1812. The earliest occurrance appears to have been in the Connecticut Gazette in New London stating the marriage took place at East Haddam. Since the marriage took place in another town, it probably didn't occur on 02 DEC as is occasionally cited by other researchers.

• Sources for Asa Swan

  • ¹ Connecticut Gazette (New London, Connecticut), 02 DEC 1812, p. 3, Wedding notice for Asa Swan and Sophia Ely.
  • ² Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997, Marriage record for Asa Swan and Sophia Ely.
  • ³ Connecticut Observer (Hartford, Connecticut), 14 SEP 1839, p. 3, Obituary for Asa Swan.
  • ⁴ Connecticut, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934, Death record for spouse Sophia Swan.
  • ⁵ Connecticut, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934, Death record for daughter Rispah E Swan.
  • ⁶ Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, Connecticut Observer, 14 SEP 1839, Death notice for Asa Swan.
  • ⁷ Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999, Probate file for father Jabez Swan, account papers identify Asa (image 427 of 746).
  • ⁸ U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930, Christian Secretary, 07 APR 1832, Marriage notice for Erastus Peck and daughter Sophia Swan.
  • ⁹ Beach, Moses S. and Rev. William Ely, The Ely Ancestry: Lineage of Richard Ely of Plymouth, England, Who Came to Boston, Mass., About 1655 . . ., New York: The Calumet Press (1902), 267, 392.