Individual Details

John SWETT

(Say 1579 - 13 Jan 1651/52)

Should not be confused with John Sweet of Boston. p. 7
No connection with Swetts of Cape Cod. p. 6, Foreword

Events

Birth	Say 1579	probably - England
Marriage	1602	Phebe BENTON
Marriage	24 Apr 1604	New Buckenham, Norfolk, England - Phebe BENTON
Residence (family)	Bet 1642 and 1651	on the the first lot east of the old landing on the north side of Parker's River - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Phebe BENTON
Arrival	By May 1642	Massachusetts Bay, British America
Miscellaneous	18 May 1642	was admitted as freeman - Newbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America
Miscellaneous	Abt 7 Dec 1642	was one of the 91 original grantees - Newbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America
Death	13 Jan 1651/52	Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America
Occupation		"leather searcher" (inspector) and possibly a shoemaker
Burial		at an unknown place
Miscellaneous		"The monument erected on the lower green at Newbury, to the memory of the first settlers, does not bear the name of John Swett, but of Stephen, his son, it being then supposed that Stephen Swett was the first one of the family to settle in Newbury."

Families

Spouse	Phebe BENTON (1582 - 1665)
Child	Phebe SWETT (1604 - )
Child	Mary SWETT (1606 - )
Child	John SWETT (1603 - 1693)
Child	Sarah SWETT (1605 - 1681)
Child	Dorcas SWETT (1618 - )
Child	Stephen SWETT (1620 - 1693)
Child	Joseph SWETT (1621 - 1687)
Child	Capt. Benjamin SWETT (1624 - 1677)

Notes

Endnotes

12. Randy A. /West/, Robert Battle and Robert Charles Anderson, "The English Connection of Robert Keyes of Watertown and Newbury, Massachusetts, and John Swett of Newbury," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 176:1 (Winter 2022):pp. 5-17, specifically pp. 10-17, Genealogical Summary; online archives, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/nehgr-2022-1-winter-v2.pdf : accessed 11 May 2024).

13. " U.S., New England Marriages prior to 1700," database index with page images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3824/: accessed 11 May 2024), p. 723, "Swett, John (-1651/2) & Phoebe/?Sarah _?_ (-1655); in Eng, b 1603?; Newbury" ( https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3824/images/gpc_newenglandmarriages-0739 ).

14. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database index of page images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495/: accessed 11 May 2024) > Newburyport > Births, Marriages and Death, image 3053 of 4542, "1652 // John Swett, January 13th 1651/2"; ( https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2495/images/40143_270414__0001-00004 ); citing Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records; Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

15. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database index with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-CGVP: accessed 18 May 2024), "Deaths...1652 John Swett dyed January 13th 1651/2".

16. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database index with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-772K: accessed 18 May 2024), "Deaths...Anno 1651...John Swett dyed Jan: 13" [old style; 1652 new style].

17. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database index with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG12-3W6Y: accessed 18 May 2024), "Anno 1651...John Swett dyed Jan : 13" [old style date].

18. "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850," database index with page images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, AmericanAncestors (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7769/732/141738411: accessed 19 May 2024), Newbury V2, p. 732, "Newbury Deaths...Swett...John, 'old,' Jan. 13, 1651" [old style date; new style is 1652]; citing Vital records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1911..