Ancestry of
Emily Swift Spalding

(1824–1852)

Jireh Swift

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Emily Swift Spalding — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 24 
  • Father:
  • William Swift 
  • Mother:
  • Ruth -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1673 
  • Birth Location:
  • Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 17 Apr 1749 
  • Death Location:
  • Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Abigail Gibbs
  • Marriage Date:
  • 24 Nov 1697 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Alice Swift

  Susanna Swift

  Jabez Swift

  Zephaniah Swift

  William Swift

  Nathaniel Swift

  Jireh Swift

  Job Swift

  Silas Swift

  Abigail Swift

  Isaac Swift

  Rowland Swift (Ahnentafel No:12 )

• Additional marriages for Jireh Swift

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  • Spouse:
  • Mary Besse
  • Marriage Date:
  • 9 Nov 1741
  • Marriage Location:
  • Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts

• Sources for Jireh Swift

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1969, Vol. 123, p. 59.
  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1951, Vol. 105, p. 145.
  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1945, Vol. 99, p.64.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#78 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: Ten Further Hollywood Figures (or Groups Thereof)", (accessed 11/18/2014).
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 7, 74, 289, 377, 387, 419, 445, 785.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 558.
  • ⁷ 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), 243-244.
  • ⁸ Swift, George H., comp., William Swyft of Sandwich and Some of His Descendants 1637-1899, Millbrook, New York: Round Table Press (1900), 3, 6.
  • ⁹ Tupper, Eleanor, Ph.D., Tupper Genealogy 1578-1971, North Conway, New Hampshire: The Reporter Press (1972), 11.
  • ¹⁰ Wakefield, Robert S. and Judith H. Swan, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 18, Part 1, Richard Warren, 174-175.
  • ¹¹ White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 2, Camden, Maine: Picton Press (1993, 4th printing 2008), 86.
  • ¹² Wood, Ralph V., Jr., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 12, Francis Cooke, Revised Edition, Rockland, Maine: Picton Press (2011, revised edition 3rd printing), 322.