Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for Capt. John SWAN | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SWAN, John, (widow) Susanna Wood 1 August 1699 Haverhill, Mass. [ref 15] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - John, son of Robert Swan, was born August 1, 1668. He married, August 1, 1699, Mrs. Susanna Wood, daughter of Philip Eastman. She married (first) Thomas Wood, May 16, 1693, who was killed with a child, Susanna, by the Indians, March 15, 1697. John Swan and his family lived in Haverhill until 1707. The history of Haverhill gives an account of an attack made on their home by the Indians, during the Indian war, and of the heroism and resistance made by Mrs. Swan, which resulted in saving the family. In 1707 they removed to Stonington and located on what is now known as Swan Town Hill, North Stonington. He died May 1, 1743, and his wife December 20, 1772, in the hundredth year of her age. [ref 29:1520] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - John Swan, s. Robt and Elizabeth (Acie), Aug. 1, 1668. [ref 51] John Swan, and wid. Susana Wood, Aug. 1, 1699. [ref 51] (children: John, William, Nathaniel, Timothy) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - John Swan, Capt., died May 1, 1743 Stonington, age 75y [ref 12] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - John, born Aug. 1, 1668, married widow Susannah Eastman Wood, Aug. 1, 1699. He was a Captain in the Indian Wars; and tradition says when he was off to the wars, Susannah would hang balls of carpet rags in the upper windows of her home, and have the children move them about with the yard stick, when the Indians were in sight, while she beat upon an old drum below stairs. The Indians would think Capt. John was at home, and would pass them unmolested. Susannah Swan was twice captured by the Indians. Her first husband, Thomas Wood, and child, were killed by them when Haverhill was attacked in 1693. [source: "Lamb-Savoy-Harriman Family Records" by Fred W. Lamb] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Notes for Susanna EASTMAN | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - daughter of Philip EASTMAN and Susanna PUSEY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SUSANNA,3 b. ab. 1673; m. 1st, May 19, 1693[Hv], Thomas Wood, who was killed by Indians, March 15, 1696-7; 2d, Aug. 1, 1699, Capt. John Swan; rem. to Stonington, Ct., ab. 1708. She was twice captured by Indians, but d. Dec. 20, 1772, "in her 100th year." [ref 36:143] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - During the Indian War, when so many of the Haverhill inhabitants were killed, the Indians attacked their house, which stood in the field now called White's lot, nearly opposite to the house of Capt. Emerson. Mr. Swan and his wife saw them approaching, and, determined, if possible, to save their own lives and the lives of their children from the knives of the ruthless butchers. They immediately placed themselves against the door, which was so narrow that two could scarcely enter abreast. The Indians rushed against it, but finding that it could not be easily opened, they commenced their operations more systematically. One of them placed his back to the door so that he could make his whole strength bear upon it, while others pushed against him. The strength of the besiegers was greater than that of the besieged, and Mr. Swan, being rather a timid man, almost despaired of saving himself and family and told his wife that he thought it would be better to let them in, but this resolute and courageous woman had no such idea. The Indians had now succeeded in partly opening the door, and one of them was crowding himself in, while the other was pushing lustily after. The heroic wife saw that there was no time for parleying; she seized her bake spit, which was nearly three feet in length, and a deadly weapon in the hands of the woman, as it proved, and collecting all the strength she possessed, drove it through the body of the foremost. This was too warm a reception for the besiegers; it was resistance from a source , and with a weapon they little expected, and, surely, who else could ever think of spitting a man? The two Indians thus repulsed immediately retreated and did not molest them again. Thus, by fortitude and heroic courage of a wife and mother, this family was probably saved from a bloody grave. [source: "History of Haverhill"] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Last Modified 8 Sep 2004 | Created 4 Jan 2005 |