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Anna Swift 1647–1681 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 NOV 1647

Birth Location: Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Death Date: AFT 13 SEP 1681

Death Location: Copp's Hill Burying Ground (Plot: F265), Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States

Father: Thomas Sr

Mother: Elizabeth (Chapen)

Spouse(s): Obadiah Reade

Children(s): Thomas Read, Rebecca Read, Obediah Read, Anna Read, Elizabeth Read, Sarah Read

Anna Swift was born in 1647 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, the child of Thomas Swift Sr And Elizabeth Chapyn Chapen. Anna Swift married Obadiah Reade, and had children including Anna Read, Elizabeth Read, James Read, Obediah Read, Rebecca Read, Sarah Read, Thomas Read. Anna Swift passed away in 1681 in Copp's Hill Burying Ground (Plot: F265), Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • Anna Swift was born in 1647 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, the child of Thomas Swift Sr And Elizabeth Chapyn Chapen.
  • Anna Swift married Obadiah Reade, and had children including Anna Read, Elizabeth Read, James Read, Obediah Read, Rebecca Read, Sarah Read, Thomas Read.
  • Anna Swift passed away in 1681 in Copp's Hill Burying Ground (Plot: F265), Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Anna Swift's Ancestors

Self
Anna Swift
1647–1681
Birth Place: Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Parents
Thomas Swift Sr
1599–1675
Rotherham, Yorkshire, England
Elizabeth (Chapyn) (Chapen)
1609–1677
Dorchester, Dorset, England
Grandparents
Robert (Swift Of) Rotherham
1563–
Rotherham, Yorkshire, England
Elizabeth Blackmore
1578–1641
Rotherham, Yorkshire, England
Barnard Chapyn
1563–1638
England
Joan Purchase
1578–1653
England
Great-Grandparents
Ralph Blackmore
1540–
Elizabeth Weld
1540–
Roger (Chapen)
1534–1590
Oliver Purchase
1552–1633
Tamazine Harris
1556–1633
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Blackmore
1515–
William Blackmore
1515–
Roger Chapyn
1508–1534
Catherine Pymm
1512–1590
Oliver Purchase
1522–1556
Mary Perkins
1528–1557
Thomas Harris
1530–1623
Joan Purchase
1535–1609

Anna Swift's Descendants

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Anna Swift (16 NOV 1647–AFT 13 SEP 1681) m. Obadiah Reade (31 MAY 1640–19 FEB 1721)
  1. 1. Thomas Read 1656–1727
  2. 2. Rebecca Read 1668–
  3. 3. Obediah Read 1677–
  4. 4. Anna Read 1672–
  5. 5. Elizabeth Read 1669–
  6. 6. Sarah Read 1671–

Anna Swift's Timeline

3 Records

1647
16 NOV 1647
Birth of Anna Swift in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
1680
13 SEP 1680
Age 33
Death of Anna Swift in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
1681
AFT 13 SEP 1681
Age 34
Burial of Anna Swift in Copp's Hill Burying Ground (Plot: F265), Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Copp's Hill Burying Ground (Plot: F265), Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 NOV 1647
    Event Place: Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
    Record Source:
    [1] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Memoirs of Gen Joseph Gardner Swift, LL D , U S A : First graduate of the United States Military Ac
    [2] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Memoirs of Gen Joseph Gardner Swift, LL D , U S A : First graduate of the United States Military Ac

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 SEP 1680
    Event Place: Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Memoirs of Gen Joseph Gardner Swift, LL D , U S A : First graduate of the United States Military Ac
    [3] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Memoirs of Gen Joseph Gardner Swift, LL D , U S A : First graduate of the United States Military Ac
    [4] Age:
    32

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: AFT 13 SEP 1681
    Event Place: Copp's Hill Burying Ground (Plot: F265), Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States

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