Richard Swan
M, b. 23 December 1607
| Father | Robert Swan1 b. 19 Nov 1564, d. Jun 1613 |
| Relationship | 9th great-grandfather of Pamela Joyce Wood |
Richard Swan was baptized on 23 December 1607 at Gilberdyke, Eastrington, East Yorks, England.1 He was the son of Robert Swan.1 Richard Swan married Anna Spofford on 24 February 1622 at Parish of South Cave, East Yorks, England.2 Richard Swan married Ann Gott on 1 March 1658/59 at Rowley, Essex Co, Massachusetts.1 Richard Swan was buried on 14 May 1678 at Rowley, Essex Co, Massachusetts.1
He left a will on 25 April 1678 at Essex Co, Massachusetts; Estate of Richard Swan of Rowley
The Last will & Testament of Richard Swan of Rowley In the County of Essex
in New England I Richard Swan being weak of body, but of perfect Memory &
understanding doe make & appoynt this my Last will as followeth: Imprs. my
Soul I Comitt Into the hands of the Almighty God my Maker in & through the
Lord Jesus Christ whome I trust hath redeemed it, & my body to decent
Burial in hope of a comfortable Resurection, through the death &
Resurection of the Lord Jeses Christ. As to my outward Estate that God of
his goodness hath graciously Lent, & bestowed upon mee, I leaue Give &
bestow it as Followeth: Imprs. To my dearly Beloved wife Ann Swan I give,
and freely Bestow upon her dureing her Natural Life: what I Contracted wth
her to have upon our agreement before mariage vizt. my now dwelling house,
orchard, Barne, & out houses & yards wth the pviledges thereof upon the
Comon: & plow ground behind the Barne; and the English pasture Ground
Joyneing upon the house Lott, and the pasture Ground lying betweene the
English Grass pasture, & pollipod Lotts: & Three Acers of Salt Marsh,
Joyneing upon the Ox pasture at the East end of the Towne: Further not
exprest in our contract before mariage, I bestow upon her dureing her
naturall Life, prouided she live in the house: The Rest of my Meadow
joyneing to that which is before exprest: & the pviledg of keeping two cows
yearly in the East end Ox pasture. Further I acknowledg the Twenty five
pounds to be her due according to our Contract before mariage, & hereby
confirme it to her, to be paid in in houshold stuff, & in what she shal
desire of my other estate except lands. Further I Give my wife Ten Bushl of
Indian & English corne that may be for her use, till she Can provide Corne
for her self after my decease & a Third part of what other provission I
Leave, vizt, pork, Beff, & Bacon, &c.
Item. I give to my Son Robert Swan as Followeth: Imprs. I hereby Confirme
to him my Village Lands which is about Two hundred Acers: and my Right in
an Acer & half Lott that was Thomas Lilfords Joyneing upon my owne Land in
Rowley, & the pviledges that belonged to my Right in that Lott: also I give
him my now dwelling house Barne Orchard, yards, & house Lott. & pasture
ground Joyneing thereto all but Two Acers: which I have added after in my
will to what I have given Joseph Boynton my Son in Law already from of yt
pasture Land: This will all the pviledges thereto belonging I give him the
sd Robert, to be at his dispose, & for his vse after the decease of Ann my
wife, provided he pay or cause to be payed, vnto the Three Children of my
Son in Law & daughter Stickney namely, Elizabeth, Samuell, & Sarah Each
five pounds when they shall come to be of the age of Twenty one years: and
Fifteene pounds to my Grandchild Richard Sutton at the Age of Twenty one
yeares: Item. I Give vnto my Grandchild Son of Robert swan. Richard Swan.
Three Acers of meadow after my wives decease, and the pviledg of two Cow
Gates in the East end ox pasture after her decease which she hath given for
the Tearme of her Life If she dwell her life time in the House: also I
five to my sd Grad child, a sorrel mare colt one year old: & If my son
Robert doe bestow upon the sd Richard my Gradchild (as sometime he told me
he would) what Estate I give to him my son Robert in Rowley Towne which
will fall to him after my wives decease then the legacies before given of
Thirty pounds to my four Grand children. Samuell, Elizabeth, Sarah &
Richard, & to be by him paid out of what I Gave him in thereby & hereby
remitted, which then shall be paid by my Executor. If they live to ye age
aforesaid: & then I give Richard More Twon Acers; & half of land that lies
(of my Land) next the ox pasture Land at Gate. Item. I Give vnto my four
daughter. vizt Jane Wilson, Francis Quilter, Doprothy Chapman & Mercy
Warner Each Ten pounds. Item. I Give unto my Son in Law Joseph Boynton &
Sarah his wife with what children of theirs that shall live to the Age of
Twenty One years. Two Acers of from that part of pasture Land given to my
wife for her life; which shall be layd out Joyneing to his owne I formerly
gave him, & pollipod Lotts, & David Ben[net] also I give him & them my Land
in the Leild Cled Symons feild: & the Remaynder of that my Land not given
to Richard swan in the Littlefeild by the ox pasture Gate in the East end
of Rowley: also my salt marsh in the marsh farme Joyneing upon the pond &
Cassway: also my Lnads in the Ry plaine (soe cald0 ten acers more or Less.
also my meadow Comonly Caled Crane Meadow, also a Comonage in Towne of
Rowley that belongs not to my House I live in but fell to mee by Gates wth
what devission or devissions may hereafter bee upon Rowley Comon that
belongs to Fate Land & Rate Land.
Item. I Give vnto Joseph Boynton all the Rest of my Lands & moveables, &
estate what ever not mentioned before to the parties. And give the Lands
mentioned to them & theirs: to him & his wife dureing heir naturall life,
wthout they or either of them, that survive the other before their death
dispose of it to them before. Item I apount & Constitute my Son in Law
Joseph Boynton my Executor ot this my Last will: who I appoynt hereby to
pay all my debts, & legacies & disburstments whatever may be for my Burial;
which debts Legacies, & disburstments I apoynt be paid out of what moveable
Estate, I have left him, or I shall leave, which sd estate It it reach not
to ye value to pay debts &c: I hereby Give him leave to sell any part of
what is before given him, & his wife, & children, for to pay withall and
hee is hereby Empoowred to Give deed or deeds of Conveyance of the same.
Further my will is that I any person or persons that I have given Legacies
or Legacies vnto (upon the Sight of my will:) will not promise by Executor
(or whome he shall after his decease appoynt in his stead) upon theri
demaund of what I have given them, to Give him &c. before sufficient
wittnesses a full dischardg from any further demaund or any further claime
to any part more of my estate, then what I have in this my will given them,
then my Executor or any he shall leave in his Roome after decease, shal be
at liberty whether he or they will pay any such :egacy or Legacies as I
have given in my will to any: My desire is & I Intreat my Respected Teacher
mr Samuell Phulleps, and my loveing freind Nehemiah Jewet to be Overseers
of this my Last Will For full confirmation of the premises, I have hereunto
set my hand & Seal this Twenty Fifth of Aprill Anno. Dom. one Thousand Sis
hundred & Seaventy & eight: the peice of coloth I leave for cloathes for my
wife, & Richard & mary
Richard Swan (SEAL)
Witness: Abell langlay, Nehemiah Hewett
Roved in Ipswich court May 23 1678 by the witnesses, before Samuell
Symonds, Esq., dep Gov., and Maj. Gen. Dennison, Esq.
Inventory taken 22 May 1678, by John Johnson, John Pearson, Sr. and
Nehemiah Jewett:
cloathes for himself & Linnen 11£ 2s; Mony & Books, 2£ 3s; Corne, Wheat, Ry
& Indian, 6£ 5s; Armes & Coslet, 3£; Barrels in ye Cellar & meat & Tubs in
ye chamber & a chest with corne in it 1£ 7s; Meat, hops, oyle, Runlet,
measure & 1 Ridle, 19s; 3 old Baggs, a Peak pease, 2 wheels & 1 Runlet,
10s; 1 pr sheep sheers, 4 sithes, peuter & Tim ware, Tramil, &C.1£;
Bedding, 9£ 10s; peuter, Brass & Tubs, 1£ 5s 6d; warmeing pan, Forme,
Tramil, Andirons, Tongs, 16s; pott & hooks, ketle, skillet, frying pan &
Brass ketle, 1£; kneading trow, 2 sives & 3 cheirs, 8s 6d; wood and Earthen
ware & 1 Glass, 12s 3d; 1 spitt, morter of Brass & pestle, 1 glass &
earthen ware, 6s; 5 chairs, 2 Tables, an old Cubboard, ol Cushins, 18s 6d;
Hemp, unpilld & pill?d & Calf skin, 2s; 3 Axes, 4 wedges, betle, frow, 2
hoes, plow & plow sled, 1£ 5s; 2 Augers, drawing knife, saw & old Iron, 6s;
Hoops & Boxes, pins, bolt & shackls, 1£ 10s; yoaks with Irons & Bows, 8s; 1
sled & some 5 Holed posts, 9s; 1 draught cheine & hors Tacklin, 10s; Spade,
shovel, forks, Hay Hooks & drag, 6s; an old Sadle & Bridle, 10s; yarne,
Basket, old beadstead, old box & Lumber, 10s; Houshold stuff, total 46£ 19s
9d; 3 pr oxen, 6 cows, Three 3 yr olds, 1 2 yr old, 2 year olds, 1 Calf,
64£10s; 2 Hourses, 2 mares, 1 Colt, 17 sheep, 10 lambs, 18£; swine, 5£ 10s;
Cattle, total 88£. House & pviledges on Comon belonging to it, yards,
Orchard, Lnds, pasture & plow ground Joyneing to he Homestead, 120£;
Willage land 200 Acers, 40£; his right in Acer & half Lott that was
Lilfords wth pviledges that belonged to it, 50£; Six acers Meadow in Ox
pasture & 7 Acer upland by ye ox pasture gate, 61£; 3 ox gates in East end
Ox pasture, 2 acer meadow at Crane meadow, 24£; 8 acer at Symonds feild & 8
acer at Ry plaine, 20£; 3 Acers marsh at Casway, 4 Cow Gates, 27£; A
Frehold belonging to Gates & pvildeges on Comon to Rates & Gates, 10£;
Lands, total, 352£; Total estate, 486£ 19s 9d
Attested 23 May 1678 by Joseph Boynton, executor
Debt and legacies due from the estate to person following: to his widdow,
25£ & Corne & provision, 2£ 6s; Land to his son Robert Swan, 210£; to his
grandchild Richard, son of Robert 25£ 6s, 8d; his grandchild Richard a
conditional Legacie, 40£; his four daughters, 40£; merchant Wainewright,
10£; Doctor Bennet, 2£ 2s; Mr Dole, Doctor ------; Mr Jno. Rogers, per
phisick, -----; Nehemiah Jewett 5s; Jno Pearson, Senr. 8s; Ed Herd,
shoemaker, _____; Richard Leighton, 14s 8d; Sugar & wine at Funeral, 1£;
Joseph Kilburne & Caleb Hopkinson, 5 s; the Hatter for Richard?s hat, 7s.
Essex County Probate Files, Docket 26,893
Acquittance of Robert Swan of Haverhill only son of Richard Swan of Rowley,
to his brother in law Joseph Boynton, executor of the estate of his father
Swan, he having received full satisfaction by a deed of lands, to all his
right in the estate of the said Richard Swan, except what is expressed in
the agreement. Signed and sealed 20 May 1678. Witness: Daniell Wicom, John
Pickard, Sr. Acknowledged 20 June 1678 by Robert Swan.
Robert Swan,sr. of Haverhill, acknowledged the receipt of what was given
him by his father, Richard Swan of Rowley, in his last will, namely his
dwelling house, barn, orchard, pasture lands and priviledges thereunto
belonging, and release Joseph Boynton of Rowley executor to the4 will, of
all further demands upon the estate. Signed 31 July 1678. Witness: Samuell
Phillips, Isaac Coulby.
Acknowledged in Ipswich court 1 April 1679 by Isaac Coulby and 31:1m:1681
by Mr Samuell Phillips, before Nath. Sltonstall and Barthol. Gedney.
Ipswich Deeds, 4:176,383.
He left a will on 25 April 1678 at Essex Co, Massachusetts; Estate of Richard Swan of Rowley
The Last will & Testament of Richard Swan of Rowley In the County of Essex
in New England I Richard Swan being weak of body, but of perfect Memory &
understanding doe make & appoynt this my Last will as followeth: Imprs. my
Soul I Comitt Into the hands of the Almighty God my Maker in & through the
Lord Jesus Christ whome I trust hath redeemed it, & my body to decent
Burial in hope of a comfortable Resurection, through the death &
Resurection of the Lord Jeses Christ. As to my outward Estate that God of
his goodness hath graciously Lent, & bestowed upon mee, I leaue Give &
bestow it as Followeth: Imprs. To my dearly Beloved wife Ann Swan I give,
and freely Bestow upon her dureing her Natural Life: what I Contracted wth
her to have upon our agreement before mariage vizt. my now dwelling house,
orchard, Barne, & out houses & yards wth the pviledges thereof upon the
Comon: & plow ground behind the Barne; and the English pasture Ground
Joyneing upon the house Lott, and the pasture Ground lying betweene the
English Grass pasture, & pollipod Lotts: & Three Acers of Salt Marsh,
Joyneing upon the Ox pasture at the East end of the Towne: Further not
exprest in our contract before mariage, I bestow upon her dureing her
naturall Life, prouided she live in the house: The Rest of my Meadow
joyneing to that which is before exprest: & the pviledg of keeping two cows
yearly in the East end Ox pasture. Further I acknowledg the Twenty five
pounds to be her due according to our Contract before mariage, & hereby
confirme it to her, to be paid in in houshold stuff, & in what she shal
desire of my other estate except lands. Further I Give my wife Ten Bushl of
Indian & English corne that may be for her use, till she Can provide Corne
for her self after my decease & a Third part of what other provission I
Leave, vizt, pork, Beff, & Bacon, &c.
Item. I give to my Son Robert Swan as Followeth: Imprs. I hereby Confirme
to him my Village Lands which is about Two hundred Acers: and my Right in
an Acer & half Lott that was Thomas Lilfords Joyneing upon my owne Land in
Rowley, & the pviledges that belonged to my Right in that Lott: also I give
him my now dwelling house Barne Orchard, yards, & house Lott. & pasture
ground Joyneing thereto all but Two Acers: which I have added after in my
will to what I have given Joseph Boynton my Son in Law already from of yt
pasture Land: This will all the pviledges thereto belonging I give him the
sd Robert, to be at his dispose, & for his vse after the decease of Ann my
wife, provided he pay or cause to be payed, vnto the Three Children of my
Son in Law & daughter Stickney namely, Elizabeth, Samuell, & Sarah Each
five pounds when they shall come to be of the age of Twenty one years: and
Fifteene pounds to my Grandchild Richard Sutton at the Age of Twenty one
yeares: Item. I Give vnto my Grandchild Son of Robert swan. Richard Swan.
Three Acers of meadow after my wives decease, and the pviledg of two Cow
Gates in the East end ox pasture after her decease which she hath given for
the Tearme of her Life If she dwell her life time in the House: also I
five to my sd Grad child, a sorrel mare colt one year old: & If my son
Robert doe bestow upon the sd Richard my Gradchild (as sometime he told me
he would) what Estate I give to him my son Robert in Rowley Towne which
will fall to him after my wives decease then the legacies before given of
Thirty pounds to my four Grand children. Samuell, Elizabeth, Sarah &
Richard, & to be by him paid out of what I Gave him in thereby & hereby
remitted, which then shall be paid by my Executor. If they live to ye age
aforesaid: & then I give Richard More Twon Acers; & half of land that lies
(of my Land) next the ox pasture Land at Gate. Item. I Give vnto my four
daughter. vizt Jane Wilson, Francis Quilter, Doprothy Chapman & Mercy
Warner Each Ten pounds. Item. I Give unto my Son in Law Joseph Boynton &
Sarah his wife with what children of theirs that shall live to the Age of
Twenty One years. Two Acers of from that part of pasture Land given to my
wife for her life; which shall be layd out Joyneing to his owne I formerly
gave him, & pollipod Lotts, & David Ben[net] also I give him & them my Land
in the Leild Cled Symons feild: & the Remaynder of that my Land not given
to Richard swan in the Littlefeild by the ox pasture Gate in the East end
of Rowley: also my salt marsh in the marsh farme Joyneing upon the pond &
Cassway: also my Lnads in the Ry plaine (soe cald0 ten acers more or Less.
also my meadow Comonly Caled Crane Meadow, also a Comonage in Towne of
Rowley that belongs not to my House I live in but fell to mee by Gates wth
what devission or devissions may hereafter bee upon Rowley Comon that
belongs to Fate Land & Rate Land.
Item. I Give vnto Joseph Boynton all the Rest of my Lands & moveables, &
estate what ever not mentioned before to the parties. And give the Lands
mentioned to them & theirs: to him & his wife dureing heir naturall life,
wthout they or either of them, that survive the other before their death
dispose of it to them before. Item I apount & Constitute my Son in Law
Joseph Boynton my Executor ot this my Last will: who I appoynt hereby to
pay all my debts, & legacies & disburstments whatever may be for my Burial;
which debts Legacies, & disburstments I apoynt be paid out of what moveable
Estate, I have left him, or I shall leave, which sd estate It it reach not
to ye value to pay debts &c: I hereby Give him leave to sell any part of
what is before given him, & his wife, & children, for to pay withall and
hee is hereby Empoowred to Give deed or deeds of Conveyance of the same.
Further my will is that I any person or persons that I have given Legacies
or Legacies vnto (upon the Sight of my will:) will not promise by Executor
(or whome he shall after his decease appoynt in his stead) upon theri
demaund of what I have given them, to Give him &c. before sufficient
wittnesses a full dischardg from any further demaund or any further claime
to any part more of my estate, then what I have in this my will given them,
then my Executor or any he shall leave in his Roome after decease, shal be
at liberty whether he or they will pay any such :egacy or Legacies as I
have given in my will to any: My desire is & I Intreat my Respected Teacher
mr Samuell Phulleps, and my loveing freind Nehemiah Jewet to be Overseers
of this my Last Will For full confirmation of the premises, I have hereunto
set my hand & Seal this Twenty Fifth of Aprill Anno. Dom. one Thousand Sis
hundred & Seaventy & eight: the peice of coloth I leave for cloathes for my
wife, & Richard & mary
Richard Swan (SEAL)
Witness: Abell langlay, Nehemiah Hewett
Roved in Ipswich court May 23 1678 by the witnesses, before Samuell
Symonds, Esq., dep Gov., and Maj. Gen. Dennison, Esq.
Inventory taken 22 May 1678, by John Johnson, John Pearson, Sr. and
Nehemiah Jewett:
cloathes for himself & Linnen 11£ 2s; Mony & Books, 2£ 3s; Corne, Wheat, Ry
& Indian, 6£ 5s; Armes & Coslet, 3£; Barrels in ye Cellar & meat & Tubs in
ye chamber & a chest with corne in it 1£ 7s; Meat, hops, oyle, Runlet,
measure & 1 Ridle, 19s; 3 old Baggs, a Peak pease, 2 wheels & 1 Runlet,
10s; 1 pr sheep sheers, 4 sithes, peuter & Tim ware, Tramil, &C.1£;
Bedding, 9£ 10s; peuter, Brass & Tubs, 1£ 5s 6d; warmeing pan, Forme,
Tramil, Andirons, Tongs, 16s; pott & hooks, ketle, skillet, frying pan &
Brass ketle, 1£; kneading trow, 2 sives & 3 cheirs, 8s 6d; wood and Earthen
ware & 1 Glass, 12s 3d; 1 spitt, morter of Brass & pestle, 1 glass &
earthen ware, 6s; 5 chairs, 2 Tables, an old Cubboard, ol Cushins, 18s 6d;
Hemp, unpilld & pill?d & Calf skin, 2s; 3 Axes, 4 wedges, betle, frow, 2
hoes, plow & plow sled, 1£ 5s; 2 Augers, drawing knife, saw & old Iron, 6s;
Hoops & Boxes, pins, bolt & shackls, 1£ 10s; yoaks with Irons & Bows, 8s; 1
sled & some 5 Holed posts, 9s; 1 draught cheine & hors Tacklin, 10s; Spade,
shovel, forks, Hay Hooks & drag, 6s; an old Sadle & Bridle, 10s; yarne,
Basket, old beadstead, old box & Lumber, 10s; Houshold stuff, total 46£ 19s
9d; 3 pr oxen, 6 cows, Three 3 yr olds, 1 2 yr old, 2 year olds, 1 Calf,
64£10s; 2 Hourses, 2 mares, 1 Colt, 17 sheep, 10 lambs, 18£; swine, 5£ 10s;
Cattle, total 88£. House & pviledges on Comon belonging to it, yards,
Orchard, Lnds, pasture & plow ground Joyneing to he Homestead, 120£;
Willage land 200 Acers, 40£; his right in Acer & half Lott that was
Lilfords wth pviledges that belonged to it, 50£; Six acers Meadow in Ox
pasture & 7 Acer upland by ye ox pasture gate, 61£; 3 ox gates in East end
Ox pasture, 2 acer meadow at Crane meadow, 24£; 8 acer at Symonds feild & 8
acer at Ry plaine, 20£; 3 Acers marsh at Casway, 4 Cow Gates, 27£; A
Frehold belonging to Gates & pvildeges on Comon to Rates & Gates, 10£;
Lands, total, 352£; Total estate, 486£ 19s 9d
Attested 23 May 1678 by Joseph Boynton, executor
Debt and legacies due from the estate to person following: to his widdow,
25£ & Corne & provision, 2£ 6s; Land to his son Robert Swan, 210£; to his
grandchild Richard, son of Robert 25£ 6s, 8d; his grandchild Richard a
conditional Legacie, 40£; his four daughters, 40£; merchant Wainewright,
10£; Doctor Bennet, 2£ 2s; Mr Dole, Doctor ------; Mr Jno. Rogers, per
phisick, -----; Nehemiah Jewett 5s; Jno Pearson, Senr. 8s; Ed Herd,
shoemaker, _____; Richard Leighton, 14s 8d; Sugar & wine at Funeral, 1£;
Joseph Kilburne & Caleb Hopkinson, 5 s; the Hatter for Richard?s hat, 7s.
Essex County Probate Files, Docket 26,893
Acquittance of Robert Swan of Haverhill only son of Richard Swan of Rowley,
to his brother in law Joseph Boynton, executor of the estate of his father
Swan, he having received full satisfaction by a deed of lands, to all his
right in the estate of the said Richard Swan, except what is expressed in
the agreement. Signed and sealed 20 May 1678. Witness: Daniell Wicom, John
Pickard, Sr. Acknowledged 20 June 1678 by Robert Swan.
Robert Swan,sr. of Haverhill, acknowledged the receipt of what was given
him by his father, Richard Swan of Rowley, in his last will, namely his
dwelling house, barn, orchard, pasture lands and priviledges thereunto
belonging, and release Joseph Boynton of Rowley executor to the4 will, of
all further demands upon the estate. Signed 31 July 1678. Witness: Samuell
Phillips, Isaac Coulby.
Acknowledged in Ipswich court 1 April 1679 by Isaac Coulby and 31:1m:1681
by Mr Samuell Phillips, before Nath. Sltonstall and Barthol. Gedney.
Ipswich Deeds, 4:176,383.
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Family 2 | Anna Spofford |
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Family 3 | Ann Gott b. c 1615 |
| Last Edited | 21 Apr 2015 |