eath date from Torrey, New England
Marriages Prior to 1700. Town meeting of Sandwich, Massachusetts.,
10 Mar 1676 (1677?): "A town meeting warned by Benjamin
Hammond by virtue of a warrant from the Governor for the choice
of officers to serve the present year. And the town hath made the
choice of William Swift, Sr., and Steven Skiffe, Deputies; Henry
Dillingham, Constable; John Bourne and Elisha Bourne, Grand
Jurymen; William Swift, Steven Skiffe, Thomas Tupper, Selectmen;
Michael Blackwell, Daniel Wing, Surveyors." From Cape Cod
Library of Local History and Genealogy, Vol. II, p. 1644. Crocker
has 7 Jan 1705/06 for death. A William Swift, 21, to be
transported to Virginia on the Primrose, 27 Jul 1635. [NEHGR, iv,
189] On 1643 list of men able to bear arms in Sandwich [NEHGR, iv,
258] Burke’s Landed Gentry, 2932. Says he died in 1705; will
proved 29 Jan 1706. [BINGHAM.GED]
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