Ancestry of
Brandon Routh

TV and Movie Actor

Samuel Swift

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• • 7th Great-grandfather of Brandon Routh — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 930 
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  • from 26 Jan 1797 to 5 Apr 1797 
  • Death Location:
  • Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Chloe Aldrich
  • Marriage Date:
  • 19 May 1765 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island 
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  Rose Swift (Ahnentafel No:465 )

  • Notes: 

  • Samuel Swift is said by some to be the son of the same name of Zebulon and Rebecca (Wing) Swift who was born 12 SEP 1743. Evidence is needed to support this claim.

• Sources for Samuel Swift

  • ¹ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, FHL No. 7011111, Image 57, Marriage intention for Samuel Swift and Chloe Aldrich.
  • ² New Hampshire, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982, Probate file for Samuel Swift.
  • ³ Rhode Island Roots: Journal of the Rhode Island Genealogical Society, 1983, Vol. 9, p. 51.
  • ⁴ Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850, Providence County, Vol. 3, p. 5-5, Marriage record for Samuel Swift and Chloe Aldrich.
  • ⁵ Ballou, Adin, An Elaborate History and Genealogy of the Ballous in America, Providence, R.I.: Press of E. L. Freeman & Son, State Printers (1888), 244.

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