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Robert SWYFT Swift 1549–1625 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 September 1549

Birth Location: Bocking, Essex, England

Death Date: 14 Mar 1625

Death Location: Bocking, Essex, England

Father: William Rotherham

Mother: Margaret WYRALL

Spouse(s): Ursula (Swyft)

Children(s): Penelope (Crichton)

In 1549, Robert SWYFT Swift entered the world in Bocking, Essex, England, born to William Swyft Of Rotherham And Margaret Wyrall. Robert SWYFT Swift married Ursula Barnham Boughton Swyft, and had children including Penelope Swift Crichton. Robert SWYFT Swift passed away in 1625 in Bocking, Essex, England.

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Biography

  • In 1549, Robert SWYFT Swift entered the world in Bocking, Essex, England, born to William Swyft Of Rotherham And Margaret Wyrall.
  • Robert SWYFT Swift married Ursula Barnham Boughton Swyft, and had children including Penelope Swift Crichton.
  • Robert SWYFT Swift passed away in 1625 in Bocking, Essex, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Rotherham
1520–1568
Birth Location: Rotherham, Yorkshire, England
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Margaret WYRALL
1522–1569
Birth Location: Loversall, Yorkshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Ursula (Swyft)
1582–1632
Birth Location: St Clement Eastcheap, London, England
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Children(s)

Penelope (Crichton)
1600–
Birth Location: –
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Robert Swift's Ancestors

Self
Robert Swift
1549–1625
Birth Place: Bocking, Essex, England
Parents
William SWYFT of Rotherham
1520–1568
Rotherham, Yorkshire, England
Margaret WYRALL
1522–1569
Loversall, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Robert (SWYFT of) Rotherham
1477–1561
Agnes (Anne TAYLOR of) Rotherham
1476–1539
Hugh WYRALL
1495–1558
Yorkshire, England
Ann KNOTSFORTH
1500–1560
Bram, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Jean Willock
1460–
William Sheffield
1450–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Swift's Descendants

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Robert (SWYFT) Swift (9 September 1549–14 Mar 1625) m. Ursula (BARNHAM Boughton) (Swyft) (4 Oct 1582–28 May 1632)
  1. 1. Penelope (SWIFT) (Crichton) 1600– m. William (CRICHTON, 2nd Earl of) Dumfries 1598–1691
    1. 1. Elizabeth (CRICHTON, Baroness of) Dumfries 1638–1675 m. Alexander (Montgomerie Montgomery, 8th Earl of) Eglington 1634–1701
      1. 1. John (William) Montgomery 1668–1741 m. Margaret (DUNBAR) (Montgomery) 1685–1722
        1. 1. Alexander Montgomery 1705–1747 m. Mary (Ann McCullough) (Montgomery) 1694–1746
        2. 2. Thomas (William) Montgomery 1713–1794
        3. 3. Robert Montgomery 1710–1779
        4. 4. John Montgomery 1711–1802
        5. 5. Alexander (Hugh Montgomery) Montgomerie 1703–1768 m. Anna (Mary Sutherland) (Montgomery) 1705–1791
      2. 2. Alexander (MONTGOMERIE 9th Earl of) Eglinton 1660–1729 m. Margaret COCHRANE 1661–1690 m. Anne GORDON 1675–1708 m. Susanna KENNEDY 1690–1780
        1. 1. Elizabeth MONTGOMERIE 1684–
        2. 2. Helen (Eleonora) MONTGOMERIE 1712–1747 m. Francis (STUART of Pittendreich) Sr 1704–1760
        3. 3. Elisabeth MONTGOMERIE 1710–1800 m. John (Baronet) CUNNINGHAM 1697–1777
        4. 4. Alexander (MONTGOMERIE 10th Earl of) Eglinton 1723–1769
        5. 5. Archibald (MONTGOMERIE Earl of) Eglinton 1726–1796 m. Frances Twysden 1762–1798 m. Jean Lindsy-Crawford 1756–1778
        6. 6. Hugh MONTGOMERIE –1696
        7. 7. Alexande MONTGOMERIE 1678–
        8. 8. Elizabeth MONTGOMERIE 1684–1710
        9. 9. Euphemia MONTGOMERIE 1681–1738 m. George (LOCKHART Lord of) Carnwath 1680–1730
        10. 10. Grace MONTGOMERIE 1722–1751

Robert Swift's Timeline

2 Records

1549
9 September 1549
Birth of Robert SWYFT Swift in Bocking, Essex, England
Bocking, Essex, England
1625
14 Mar 1625
Age 76
Death of Robert SWYFT Swift in Bocking, Essex, England
Bocking, Essex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 September 1549
    Event Place: Bocking, Essex, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Mar 1625
    Event Place: Bocking, Essex, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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