Bridget Walton (May 23, 1746-Jan 22, 1831) of Reading, MA married Thaddeus Taylor in 1767. They moved to New Ipswich, NH by 1776 and there raised nine children.
The children are:
Thaddeus (Oct 25-1768-Feb 11, 1864) (moved to Grafton VT, and raised a family there);
Rachel (Nov 8, 1770-?) (married Stephen Brooks June 7, 1791);
John (Feb 26, 1773-?) (married Sally Jones Dec 5, 1798);
Catherine (Feb 16, 1775-Jan 6, 1831) (Sept 19, 1799, married Edmund Jones);
Mary (June 12, 1777-?) (married Aaron Brooks).
Susannah (June 5, 1779-?) (married Jonas Barrett Jr, April 30, 1801)
Samuel (Oct 12, 1781-?)
The eighth child, Oliver Swayne Taylor (1784-1885), was the third great grandfather of this contributor, through his son Charles Taylor (1819-1987) and Charles wife, Charlotte Gamewell (18280-1910).
Hepzybeth (Sept 8, 1789-Dec 8, 1839) (June 16, 1814, married Benjamin Williams)
Bridget Walton Taylor's parents were John Walton (12 Feb 1709-14 Apr 1785) of Marblehead, MA, and Mary Swayne (Williams) (?-1781). Mary's last name has been recorded as either Williams or Swayne. The confusion is cleared up by observing that Mary was a widow when she married John Walton about 1738; her last name was "Williams" because her deceased first husband was John Williams, whom she married in 1734. Mary Walton's maiden name was Swayne, variously spelled as "Swain" or "Swaine," which became Oliver's middle name, spelled by him, Swayne. [. . .]
Bridget Walton, through her father John Walton, is descended from prominent early Puritans and Pilgrims. John Walton was the son of the first John Walton (1684-1774) also from Marblehead. His wife was Mary _________ (?-?). The first John Walton was the son of Sara Maverick (1640-1714) and Samuel Walton (1639-1717), an early settler of Reading, MA. Samuel's parents were Elizabeth L. Cooke (?-abt 1682) and "the Reverend" William Walton (1605-1668). Elizabeth's parents were William Cooke (?-?) and Martha White (?-?).
The mother of Bridget Walton Taylor was (as stated) Mary Swayne (Williams) (?-1781). Mary's parents were Thomas Swayne (1705-1759) and Hannah ________ (?-?). Thomas was a physician in Reading, MA. In addition to Mary, the many children of Thomas and Hannah included Oliver Swayne (1740-1773), a physician, like his father and his great nephew, Oliver Swayne Taylor, son of Thaddeus and Bridget Walton Taylor. (It is clear that Oliver Swayne Taylor – triple great grandfather of this contributor was named for his mother's uncle, Oliver, who died at 33, nine years before Oliver Swayne Taylor was born.
Thomas Swayne's parents were Benjamin Swayne (Swaine) (1669-1741) and Margaret Pierpont (1672-1713) of Reading. Margaret's parents were English immigrant Robert Pierpont (1639-1694) and Sara Lynde, 1639-1724. Benjamin's parents were Mary Smith (1648-aft 1714) and Jeremy/ Jeremiah Swayne (1643-1710). They were married in Reading, MA in 1664 when Mary was fifteen. [. . .]
One wonders if young Mary Smith, in 1664, willingly made herself into a wife to Jeremy Swayne at age 16. Her mother Catherine had died two years earlier. A year later (1663) her father had re-married. Did John Smith simply want his adolescent daughter out of his house? John's second wife was Mary Bill (abt 1645-1693/4). The young bride was only three years older than Mary, her stepdaughter. This circumstance suggests but certainly does not prove that the mother-orphaned Mary Smith was not entirely welcome any longer in the home of her father. In Puritan America there was a strong preference for young people to marry; suspicions and sanctions were directed against the unmarried. Jeremy Swayne, 21, would have gotten himself married with an eye on colonial laws. These laws imposed higher taxes on unmarried young men and opened the door to the prosecution of those young men who lived alone. [. . .]
Mary Smith Swayne's parents were Catherine Morrill (1635-1662) and John Smith (1621-1706). John Smith was a member of the militia, with the rank of Lieutenant in the 1660s and Captain in the 1690s. His wife Catherine died in 1662 at the age of 27. She was buried in the cemetery in North Chelsea (Revere), Suffolk County MA. John was buried there 44 years later.
John Smith was the son of Francis Smith (?-1649/50) and _____. Francis, early immigrant, was in Watertown, MA by 1628. In 1647, he was living in Reading, MA. John Smith had a son named for his own father. This son was "Deacon" Francis Smith, who married Ruth Maverick, a daughter of Elias Maverick and Anna Harris. As mentioned, another of Elias and Anna's daughters, Sara, was the wife of Samuel Walton. [. . .]
Sarah and Isaac Morrill are said to have come to America on the Lion, arriving on Sept 16, 1632, and settling in Roxbury, MA on Dorchester Road, between Warren and Washington Streets. His lands were later called the Auchmuty estate (fourteen acres). Isaac also owned a tract called the "fox holes" (26 acres). A colonial "freeman" (voting privileges) in 1633, by 1638, Isaac was a member of the artillery company of the militia. Isaac, like his brother Abraham, was a blacksmith. His forges survived usefully well into the eighteenth century, and were employed by descendents who followed his trade. [. . .]
Sara and Isaac's Morrill‘s three sons died without issue, but their daughters all married and produced numerous Smith, Brewer and Davis progeny. No doubt, these descendents number in the multiple thousands, today. Isaac Morrill died on Dec 21, 1662; Sarah Morrill died on Nov 6, 1672. They were buried in an ancient cemetery, the "Old First Burial Ground," Roxbury (annexed to Boston in 1868), at the corner of Eustis and Washington streets. Many decades ago, a refurbished marker was installed by descendent (of Abraham Morrill), Annie Morrill Smith. [. . .]
Jeremy/Jeremiah Swayne (1643-1710) was a physician, selectman, justice of the peace and military officer. He has been recorded in the histories of King Philip's War (1675-77) as having served from the town of Reading. ("King Philip" was the English name given by the settlers to the Wampanoag leader, Metacomb.) Jeremy Swayne is listed as a Lieutenant under Capt. Samuel Appleton and as having been wounded in the destruction of the Narraganset Fort in December, 1675.
In this same battle, others of this contributor's ancestors were engaged. One was Captain William Hathorn II (1606/07-1681), son of the first American representatives of the Hathorn-Putnam-Mayo-Moore-Taylor line. His parents, Anna (c 1612-aft 1681) and the first William Hathorn (?-?), had come to Plymouth Colony in 1630. In the war with the Wampanoag, the second William Hathorn, great, great grandfather of the iconic Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), was given command of the hundred-member force from Salem, after the death of their highly regarded commander, William Gardiner, who was shot in the head after entering the Narragansett fortress. In his memoir, Benjamin Church, one of the "brisk blades" present during the battle, said that Captain Gardiner was shot from the direction of the attacking colonists. Church reported to the commander, Governor Winslow, that "the best and forwardest of his army [. . .] were shot in their backs and killed by them that lay behind." (This may be the earliest American military report of death by "friendly fire.")
Other ancient relatives of this contributor were mobilized, wounded and killed in this war. A Samuel Taylor of Ipswich was killed at Narragansett. Isaac Johnson (1610-1675) of Roxbury and Henry Bowen (1633-1723), both of them ancestors of the Mayo line, fought the Narragansett; Henry (probable son of Welch Immigrant Griffith and Margaret Bowen) assumed command of his company after Isaac Johnson was killed. [. . .]
After hostilities had ended in overwhelming victory for the English settlements, Jeremiah Swayne joined with other soldiers to petition the General Court of the Colony that they be given lands as promised by the governor. In December 1675, the governor had announced to the soldiers assembled on Dedham Plain, if they "played the man, took the fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett country, which is their great seat, they should have a gratuity of land, besides their wages."
Jeremiah Swayne and the other soldiers "valiantly performed the service, and the war long past, the soldiers were not forgetful of their claim, nor the colony unmindful of its obligations." Unfortunately, the land offered was too remote to be of much value for a generation or more. [. . .]
Bridget Walton Taylor, descendent of the Swaynes of New England and progenitor of the Taylors of New Hampshire, New York and . . . Kentucky . . . is buried in the second New Ipswich cemetery to be established, that is, the South Smithville Cemetery. (See the memorial to her husband, Thaddeus Taylor for cemetery details.)
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This brief biography has been taken from Volume I of a book of family history entitled ALL OF THE ABOVE I, by Richard Baldwin Cook. For additional information, visit the contributor profile, #47181028.
The children are:
Thaddeus (Oct 25-1768-Feb 11, 1864) (moved to Grafton VT, and raised a family there);
Rachel (Nov 8, 1770-?) (married Stephen Brooks June 7, 1791);
John (Feb 26, 1773-?) (married Sally Jones Dec 5, 1798);
Catherine (Feb 16, 1775-Jan 6, 1831) (Sept 19, 1799, married Edmund Jones);
Mary (June 12, 1777-?) (married Aaron Brooks).
Susannah (June 5, 1779-?) (married Jonas Barrett Jr, April 30, 1801)
Samuel (Oct 12, 1781-?)
The eighth child, Oliver Swayne Taylor (1784-1885), was the third great grandfather of this contributor, through his son Charles Taylor (1819-1987) and Charles wife, Charlotte Gamewell (18280-1910).
Hepzybeth (Sept 8, 1789-Dec 8, 1839) (June 16, 1814, married Benjamin Williams)
Bridget Walton Taylor's parents were John Walton (12 Feb 1709-14 Apr 1785) of Marblehead, MA, and Mary Swayne (Williams) (?-1781). Mary's last name has been recorded as either Williams or Swayne. The confusion is cleared up by observing that Mary was a widow when she married John Walton about 1738; her last name was "Williams" because her deceased first husband was John Williams, whom she married in 1734. Mary Walton's maiden name was Swayne, variously spelled as "Swain" or "Swaine," which became Oliver's middle name, spelled by him, Swayne. [. . .]
Bridget Walton, through her father John Walton, is descended from prominent early Puritans and Pilgrims. John Walton was the son of the first John Walton (1684-1774) also from Marblehead. His wife was Mary _________ (?-?). The first John Walton was the son of Sara Maverick (1640-1714) and Samuel Walton (1639-1717), an early settler of Reading, MA. Samuel's parents were Elizabeth L. Cooke (?-abt 1682) and "the Reverend" William Walton (1605-1668). Elizabeth's parents were William Cooke (?-?) and Martha White (?-?).
The mother of Bridget Walton Taylor was (as stated) Mary Swayne (Williams) (?-1781). Mary's parents were Thomas Swayne (1705-1759) and Hannah ________ (?-?). Thomas was a physician in Reading, MA. In addition to Mary, the many children of Thomas and Hannah included Oliver Swayne (1740-1773), a physician, like his father and his great nephew, Oliver Swayne Taylor, son of Thaddeus and Bridget Walton Taylor. (It is clear that Oliver Swayne Taylor – triple great grandfather of this contributor was named for his mother's uncle, Oliver, who died at 33, nine years before Oliver Swayne Taylor was born.
Thomas Swayne's parents were Benjamin Swayne (Swaine) (1669-1741) and Margaret Pierpont (1672-1713) of Reading. Margaret's parents were English immigrant Robert Pierpont (1639-1694) and Sara Lynde, 1639-1724. Benjamin's parents were Mary Smith (1648-aft 1714) and Jeremy/ Jeremiah Swayne (1643-1710). They were married in Reading, MA in 1664 when Mary was fifteen. [. . .]
One wonders if young Mary Smith, in 1664, willingly made herself into a wife to Jeremy Swayne at age 16. Her mother Catherine had died two years earlier. A year later (1663) her father had re-married. Did John Smith simply want his adolescent daughter out of his house? John's second wife was Mary Bill (abt 1645-1693/4). The young bride was only three years older than Mary, her stepdaughter. This circumstance suggests but certainly does not prove that the mother-orphaned Mary Smith was not entirely welcome any longer in the home of her father. In Puritan America there was a strong preference for young people to marry; suspicions and sanctions were directed against the unmarried. Jeremy Swayne, 21, would have gotten himself married with an eye on colonial laws. These laws imposed higher taxes on unmarried young men and opened the door to the prosecution of those young men who lived alone. [. . .]
Mary Smith Swayne's parents were Catherine Morrill (1635-1662) and John Smith (1621-1706). John Smith was a member of the militia, with the rank of Lieutenant in the 1660s and Captain in the 1690s. His wife Catherine died in 1662 at the age of 27. She was buried in the cemetery in North Chelsea (Revere), Suffolk County MA. John was buried there 44 years later.
John Smith was the son of Francis Smith (?-1649/50) and _____. Francis, early immigrant, was in Watertown, MA by 1628. In 1647, he was living in Reading, MA. John Smith had a son named for his own father. This son was "Deacon" Francis Smith, who married Ruth Maverick, a daughter of Elias Maverick and Anna Harris. As mentioned, another of Elias and Anna's daughters, Sara, was the wife of Samuel Walton. [. . .]
Sarah and Isaac Morrill are said to have come to America on the Lion, arriving on Sept 16, 1632, and settling in Roxbury, MA on Dorchester Road, between Warren and Washington Streets. His lands were later called the Auchmuty estate (fourteen acres). Isaac also owned a tract called the "fox holes" (26 acres). A colonial "freeman" (voting privileges) in 1633, by 1638, Isaac was a member of the artillery company of the militia. Isaac, like his brother Abraham, was a blacksmith. His forges survived usefully well into the eighteenth century, and were employed by descendents who followed his trade. [. . .]
Sara and Isaac's Morrill‘s three sons died without issue, but their daughters all married and produced numerous Smith, Brewer and Davis progeny. No doubt, these descendents number in the multiple thousands, today. Isaac Morrill died on Dec 21, 1662; Sarah Morrill died on Nov 6, 1672. They were buried in an ancient cemetery, the "Old First Burial Ground," Roxbury (annexed to Boston in 1868), at the corner of Eustis and Washington streets. Many decades ago, a refurbished marker was installed by descendent (of Abraham Morrill), Annie Morrill Smith. [. . .]
Jeremy/Jeremiah Swayne (1643-1710) was a physician, selectman, justice of the peace and military officer. He has been recorded in the histories of King Philip's War (1675-77) as having served from the town of Reading. ("King Philip" was the English name given by the settlers to the Wampanoag leader, Metacomb.) Jeremy Swayne is listed as a Lieutenant under Capt. Samuel Appleton and as having been wounded in the destruction of the Narraganset Fort in December, 1675.
In this same battle, others of this contributor's ancestors were engaged. One was Captain William Hathorn II (1606/07-1681), son of the first American representatives of the Hathorn-Putnam-Mayo-Moore-Taylor line. His parents, Anna (c 1612-aft 1681) and the first William Hathorn (?-?), had come to Plymouth Colony in 1630. In the war with the Wampanoag, the second William Hathorn, great, great grandfather of the iconic Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), was given command of the hundred-member force from Salem, after the death of their highly regarded commander, William Gardiner, who was shot in the head after entering the Narragansett fortress. In his memoir, Benjamin Church, one of the "brisk blades" present during the battle, said that Captain Gardiner was shot from the direction of the attacking colonists. Church reported to the commander, Governor Winslow, that "the best and forwardest of his army [. . .] were shot in their backs and killed by them that lay behind." (This may be the earliest American military report of death by "friendly fire.")
Other ancient relatives of this contributor were mobilized, wounded and killed in this war. A Samuel Taylor of Ipswich was killed at Narragansett. Isaac Johnson (1610-1675) of Roxbury and Henry Bowen (1633-1723), both of them ancestors of the Mayo line, fought the Narragansett; Henry (probable son of Welch Immigrant Griffith and Margaret Bowen) assumed command of his company after Isaac Johnson was killed. [. . .]
After hostilities had ended in overwhelming victory for the English settlements, Jeremiah Swayne joined with other soldiers to petition the General Court of the Colony that they be given lands as promised by the governor. In December 1675, the governor had announced to the soldiers assembled on Dedham Plain, if they "played the man, took the fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett country, which is their great seat, they should have a gratuity of land, besides their wages."
Jeremiah Swayne and the other soldiers "valiantly performed the service, and the war long past, the soldiers were not forgetful of their claim, nor the colony unmindful of its obligations." Unfortunately, the land offered was too remote to be of much value for a generation or more. [. . .]
Bridget Walton Taylor, descendent of the Swaynes of New England and progenitor of the Taylors of New Hampshire, New York and . . . Kentucky . . . is buried in the second New Ipswich cemetery to be established, that is, the South Smithville Cemetery. (See the memorial to her husband, Thaddeus Taylor for cemetery details.)
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This brief biography has been taken from Volume I of a book of family history entitled ALL OF THE ABOVE I, by Richard Baldwin Cook. For additional information, visit the contributor profile, #47181028.
Bridget Walton (May 23, 1746-Jan 22, 1831) of Reading, MA married Thaddeus Taylor in 1767. They moved to New Ipswich, NH by 1776 and there raised nine children.
The children are:
Thaddeus (Oct 25-1768-Feb 11, 1864) (moved to Grafton VT, and raised a family there);
Rachel (Nov 8, 1770-?) (married Stephen Brooks June 7, 1791);
John (Feb 26, 1773-?) (married Sally Jones Dec 5, 1798);
Catherine (Feb 16, 1775-Jan 6, 1831) (Sept 19, 1799, married Edmund Jones);
Mary (June 12, 1777-?) (married Aaron Brooks).
Susannah (June 5, 1779-?) (married Jonas Barrett Jr, April 30, 1801)
Samuel (Oct 12, 1781-?)
The eighth child, Oliver Swayne Taylor (1784-1885), was the third great grandfather of this contributor, through his son Charles Taylor (1819-1987) and Charles wife, Charlotte Gamewell (18280-1910).
Hepzybeth (Sept 8, 1789-Dec 8, 1839) (June 16, 1814, married Benjamin Williams)
Bridget Walton Taylor's parents were John Walton (12 Feb 1709-14 Apr 1785) of Marblehead, MA, and Mary Swayne (Williams) (?-1781). Mary's last name has been recorded as either Williams or Swayne. The confusion is cleared up by observing that Mary was a widow when she married John Walton about 1738; her last name was "Williams" because her deceased first husband was John Williams, whom she married in 1734. Mary Walton's maiden name was Swayne, variously spelled as "Swain" or "Swaine," which became Oliver's middle name, spelled by him, Swayne. [. . .]
Bridget Walton, through her father John Walton, is descended from prominent early Puritans and Pilgrims. John Walton was the son of the first John Walton (1684-1774) also from Marblehead. His wife was Mary _________ (?-?). The first John Walton was the son of Sara Maverick (1640-1714) and Samuel Walton (1639-1717), an early settler of Reading, MA. Samuel's parents were Elizabeth L. Cooke (?-abt 1682) and "the Reverend" William Walton (1605-1668). Elizabeth's parents were William Cooke (?-?) and Martha White (?-?).
The mother of Bridget Walton Taylor was (as stated) Mary Swayne (Williams) (?-1781). Mary's parents were Thomas Swayne (1705-1759) and Hannah ________ (?-?). Thomas was a physician in Reading, MA. In addition to Mary, the many children of Thomas and Hannah included Oliver Swayne (1740-1773), a physician, like his father and his great nephew, Oliver Swayne Taylor, son of Thaddeus and Bridget Walton Taylor. (It is clear that Oliver Swayne Taylor – triple great grandfather of this contributor was named for his mother's uncle, Oliver, who died at 33, nine years before Oliver Swayne Taylor was born.
Thomas Swayne's parents were Benjamin Swayne (Swaine) (1669-1741) and Margaret Pierpont (1672-1713) of Reading. Margaret's parents were English immigrant Robert Pierpont (1639-1694) and Sara Lynde, 1639-1724. Benjamin's parents were Mary Smith (1648-aft 1714) and Jeremy/ Jeremiah Swayne (1643-1710). They were married in Reading, MA in 1664 when Mary was fifteen. [. . .]
One wonders if young Mary Smith, in 1664, willingly made herself into a wife to Jeremy Swayne at age 16. Her mother Catherine had died two years earlier. A year later (1663) her father had re-married. Did John Smith simply want his adolescent daughter out of his house? John's second wife was Mary Bill (abt 1645-1693/4). The young bride was only three years older than Mary, her stepdaughter. This circumstance suggests but certainly does not prove that the mother-orphaned Mary Smith was not entirely welcome any longer in the home of her father. In Puritan America there was a strong preference for young people to marry; suspicions and sanctions were directed against the unmarried. Jeremy Swayne, 21, would have gotten himself married with an eye on colonial laws. These laws imposed higher taxes on unmarried young men and opened the door to the prosecution of those young men who lived alone. [. . .]
Mary Smith Swayne's parents were Catherine Morrill (1635-1662) and John Smith (1621-1706). John Smith was a member of the militia, with the rank of Lieutenant in the 1660s and Captain in the 1690s. His wife Catherine died in 1662 at the age of 27. She was buried in the cemetery in North Chelsea (Revere), Suffolk County MA. John was buried there 44 years later.
John Smith was the son of Francis Smith (?-1649/50) and _____. Francis, early immigrant, was in Watertown, MA by 1628. In 1647, he was living in Reading, MA. John Smith had a son named for his own father. This son was "Deacon" Francis Smith, who married Ruth Maverick, a daughter of Elias Maverick and Anna Harris. As mentioned, another of Elias and Anna's daughters, Sara, was the wife of Samuel Walton. [. . .]
Sarah and Isaac Morrill are said to have come to America on the Lion, arriving on Sept 16, 1632, and settling in Roxbury, MA on Dorchester Road, between Warren and Washington Streets. His lands were later called the Auchmuty estate (fourteen acres). Isaac also owned a tract called the "fox holes" (26 acres). A colonial "freeman" (voting privileges) in 1633, by 1638, Isaac was a member of the artillery company of the militia. Isaac, like his brother Abraham, was a blacksmith. His forges survived usefully well into the eighteenth century, and were employed by descendents who followed his trade. [. . .]
Sara and Isaac's Morrill‘s three sons died without issue, but their daughters all married and produced numerous Smith, Brewer and Davis progeny. No doubt, these descendents number in the multiple thousands, today. Isaac Morrill died on Dec 21, 1662; Sarah Morrill died on Nov 6, 1672. They were buried in an ancient cemetery, the "Old First Burial Ground," Roxbury (annexed to Boston in 1868), at the corner of Eustis and Washington streets. Many decades ago, a refurbished marker was installed by descendent (of Abraham Morrill), Annie Morrill Smith. [. . .]
Jeremy/Jeremiah Swayne (1643-1710) was a physician, selectman, justice of the peace and military officer. He has been recorded in the histories of King Philip's War (1675-77) as having served from the town of Reading. ("King Philip" was the English name given by the settlers to the Wampanoag leader, Metacomb.) Jeremy Swayne is listed as a Lieutenant under Capt. Samuel Appleton and as having been wounded in the destruction of the Narraganset Fort in December, 1675.
In this same battle, others of this contributor's ancestors were engaged. One was Captain William Hathorn II (1606/07-1681), son of the first American representatives of the Hathorn-Putnam-Mayo-Moore-Taylor line. His parents, Anna (c 1612-aft 1681) and the first William Hathorn (?-?), had come to Plymouth Colony in 1630. In the war with the Wampanoag, the second William Hathorn, great, great grandfather of the iconic Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), was given command of the hundred-member force from Salem, after the death of their highly regarded commander, William Gardiner, who was shot in the head after entering the Narragansett fortress. In his memoir, Benjamin Church, one of the "brisk blades" present during the battle, said that Captain Gardiner was shot from the direction of the attacking colonists. Church reported to the commander, Governor Winslow, that "the best and forwardest of his army [. . .] were shot in their backs and killed by them that lay behind." (This may be the earliest American military report of death by "friendly fire.")
Other ancient relatives of this contributor were mobilized, wounded and killed in this war. A Samuel Taylor of Ipswich was killed at Narragansett. Isaac Johnson (1610-1675) of Roxbury and Henry Bowen (1633-1723), both of them ancestors of the Mayo line, fought the Narragansett; Henry (probable son of Welch Immigrant Griffith and Margaret Bowen) assumed command of his company after Isaac Johnson was killed. [. . .]
After hostilities had ended in overwhelming victory for the English settlements, Jeremiah Swayne joined with other soldiers to petition the General Court of the Colony that they be given lands as promised by the governor. In December 1675, the governor had announced to the soldiers assembled on Dedham Plain, if they "played the man, took the fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett country, which is their great seat, they should have a gratuity of land, besides their wages."
Jeremiah Swayne and the other soldiers "valiantly performed the service, and the war long past, the soldiers were not forgetful of their claim, nor the colony unmindful of its obligations." Unfortunately, the land offered was too remote to be of much value for a generation or more. [. . .]
Bridget Walton Taylor, descendent of the Swaynes of New England and progenitor of the Taylors of New Hampshire, New York and . . . Kentucky . . . is buried in the second New Ipswich cemetery to be established, that is, the South Smithville Cemetery. (See the memorial to her husband, Thaddeus Taylor for cemetery details.)
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This brief biography has been taken from Volume I of a book of family history entitled ALL OF THE ABOVE I, by Richard Baldwin Cook. For additional information, visit the contributor profile, #47181028.
The children are:
Thaddeus (Oct 25-1768-Feb 11, 1864) (moved to Grafton VT, and raised a family there);
Rachel (Nov 8, 1770-?) (married Stephen Brooks June 7, 1791);
John (Feb 26, 1773-?) (married Sally Jones Dec 5, 1798);
Catherine (Feb 16, 1775-Jan 6, 1831) (Sept 19, 1799, married Edmund Jones);
Mary (June 12, 1777-?) (married Aaron Brooks).
Susannah (June 5, 1779-?) (married Jonas Barrett Jr, April 30, 1801)
Samuel (Oct 12, 1781-?)
The eighth child, Oliver Swayne Taylor (1784-1885), was the third great grandfather of this contributor, through his son Charles Taylor (1819-1987) and Charles wife, Charlotte Gamewell (18280-1910).
Hepzybeth (Sept 8, 1789-Dec 8, 1839) (June 16, 1814, married Benjamin Williams)
Bridget Walton Taylor's parents were John Walton (12 Feb 1709-14 Apr 1785) of Marblehead, MA, and Mary Swayne (Williams) (?-1781). Mary's last name has been recorded as either Williams or Swayne. The confusion is cleared up by observing that Mary was a widow when she married John Walton about 1738; her last name was "Williams" because her deceased first husband was John Williams, whom she married in 1734. Mary Walton's maiden name was Swayne, variously spelled as "Swain" or "Swaine," which became Oliver's middle name, spelled by him, Swayne. [. . .]
Bridget Walton, through her father John Walton, is descended from prominent early Puritans and Pilgrims. John Walton was the son of the first John Walton (1684-1774) also from Marblehead. His wife was Mary _________ (?-?). The first John Walton was the son of Sara Maverick (1640-1714) and Samuel Walton (1639-1717), an early settler of Reading, MA. Samuel's parents were Elizabeth L. Cooke (?-abt 1682) and "the Reverend" William Walton (1605-1668). Elizabeth's parents were William Cooke (?-?) and Martha White (?-?).
The mother of Bridget Walton Taylor was (as stated) Mary Swayne (Williams) (?-1781). Mary's parents were Thomas Swayne (1705-1759) and Hannah ________ (?-?). Thomas was a physician in Reading, MA. In addition to Mary, the many children of Thomas and Hannah included Oliver Swayne (1740-1773), a physician, like his father and his great nephew, Oliver Swayne Taylor, son of Thaddeus and Bridget Walton Taylor. (It is clear that Oliver Swayne Taylor – triple great grandfather of this contributor was named for his mother's uncle, Oliver, who died at 33, nine years before Oliver Swayne Taylor was born.
Thomas Swayne's parents were Benjamin Swayne (Swaine) (1669-1741) and Margaret Pierpont (1672-1713) of Reading. Margaret's parents were English immigrant Robert Pierpont (1639-1694) and Sara Lynde, 1639-1724. Benjamin's parents were Mary Smith (1648-aft 1714) and Jeremy/ Jeremiah Swayne (1643-1710). They were married in Reading, MA in 1664 when Mary was fifteen. [. . .]
One wonders if young Mary Smith, in 1664, willingly made herself into a wife to Jeremy Swayne at age 16. Her mother Catherine had died two years earlier. A year later (1663) her father had re-married. Did John Smith simply want his adolescent daughter out of his house? John's second wife was Mary Bill (abt 1645-1693/4). The young bride was only three years older than Mary, her stepdaughter. This circumstance suggests but certainly does not prove that the mother-orphaned Mary Smith was not entirely welcome any longer in the home of her father. In Puritan America there was a strong preference for young people to marry; suspicions and sanctions were directed against the unmarried. Jeremy Swayne, 21, would have gotten himself married with an eye on colonial laws. These laws imposed higher taxes on unmarried young men and opened the door to the prosecution of those young men who lived alone. [. . .]
Mary Smith Swayne's parents were Catherine Morrill (1635-1662) and John Smith (1621-1706). John Smith was a member of the militia, with the rank of Lieutenant in the 1660s and Captain in the 1690s. His wife Catherine died in 1662 at the age of 27. She was buried in the cemetery in North Chelsea (Revere), Suffolk County MA. John was buried there 44 years later.
John Smith was the son of Francis Smith (?-1649/50) and _____. Francis, early immigrant, was in Watertown, MA by 1628. In 1647, he was living in Reading, MA. John Smith had a son named for his own father. This son was "Deacon" Francis Smith, who married Ruth Maverick, a daughter of Elias Maverick and Anna Harris. As mentioned, another of Elias and Anna's daughters, Sara, was the wife of Samuel Walton. [. . .]
Sarah and Isaac Morrill are said to have come to America on the Lion, arriving on Sept 16, 1632, and settling in Roxbury, MA on Dorchester Road, between Warren and Washington Streets. His lands were later called the Auchmuty estate (fourteen acres). Isaac also owned a tract called the "fox holes" (26 acres). A colonial "freeman" (voting privileges) in 1633, by 1638, Isaac was a member of the artillery company of the militia. Isaac, like his brother Abraham, was a blacksmith. His forges survived usefully well into the eighteenth century, and were employed by descendents who followed his trade. [. . .]
Sara and Isaac's Morrill‘s three sons died without issue, but their daughters all married and produced numerous Smith, Brewer and Davis progeny. No doubt, these descendents number in the multiple thousands, today. Isaac Morrill died on Dec 21, 1662; Sarah Morrill died on Nov 6, 1672. They were buried in an ancient cemetery, the "Old First Burial Ground," Roxbury (annexed to Boston in 1868), at the corner of Eustis and Washington streets. Many decades ago, a refurbished marker was installed by descendent (of Abraham Morrill), Annie Morrill Smith. [. . .]
Jeremy/Jeremiah Swayne (1643-1710) was a physician, selectman, justice of the peace and military officer. He has been recorded in the histories of King Philip's War (1675-77) as having served from the town of Reading. ("King Philip" was the English name given by the settlers to the Wampanoag leader, Metacomb.) Jeremy Swayne is listed as a Lieutenant under Capt. Samuel Appleton and as having been wounded in the destruction of the Narraganset Fort in December, 1675.
In this same battle, others of this contributor's ancestors were engaged. One was Captain William Hathorn II (1606/07-1681), son of the first American representatives of the Hathorn-Putnam-Mayo-Moore-Taylor line. His parents, Anna (c 1612-aft 1681) and the first William Hathorn (?-?), had come to Plymouth Colony in 1630. In the war with the Wampanoag, the second William Hathorn, great, great grandfather of the iconic Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), was given command of the hundred-member force from Salem, after the death of their highly regarded commander, William Gardiner, who was shot in the head after entering the Narragansett fortress. In his memoir, Benjamin Church, one of the "brisk blades" present during the battle, said that Captain Gardiner was shot from the direction of the attacking colonists. Church reported to the commander, Governor Winslow, that "the best and forwardest of his army [. . .] were shot in their backs and killed by them that lay behind." (This may be the earliest American military report of death by "friendly fire.")
Other ancient relatives of this contributor were mobilized, wounded and killed in this war. A Samuel Taylor of Ipswich was killed at Narragansett. Isaac Johnson (1610-1675) of Roxbury and Henry Bowen (1633-1723), both of them ancestors of the Mayo line, fought the Narragansett; Henry (probable son of Welch Immigrant Griffith and Margaret Bowen) assumed command of his company after Isaac Johnson was killed. [. . .]
After hostilities had ended in overwhelming victory for the English settlements, Jeremiah Swayne joined with other soldiers to petition the General Court of the Colony that they be given lands as promised by the governor. In December 1675, the governor had announced to the soldiers assembled on Dedham Plain, if they "played the man, took the fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett country, which is their great seat, they should have a gratuity of land, besides their wages."
Jeremiah Swayne and the other soldiers "valiantly performed the service, and the war long past, the soldiers were not forgetful of their claim, nor the colony unmindful of its obligations." Unfortunately, the land offered was too remote to be of much value for a generation or more. [. . .]
Bridget Walton Taylor, descendent of the Swaynes of New England and progenitor of the Taylors of New Hampshire, New York and . . . Kentucky . . . is buried in the second New Ipswich cemetery to be established, that is, the South Smithville Cemetery. (See the memorial to her husband, Thaddeus Taylor for cemetery details.)
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This brief biography has been taken from Volume I of a book of family history entitled ALL OF THE ABOVE I, by Richard Baldwin Cook. For additional information, visit the contributor profile, #47181028.
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