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Capt. William Swetland & his wife Agnes Sweetland
His parents are seen as Son of John Sweetland and Susanna (Unknown) Sweetland
Source for family
Title: William Swetland (and family), Ancestry and Descendants of Sylvanus Eaton (1900) Web page: http://archive.org/stream/ancestrydescenda00wigh#page/34/mode/2up Citation: Jane A Wight, _Ancestry and Descendants of Sylvanus Eaton, Jacob Swetland and Christopher Reynolds (1900) The Eddy Family Reunion at Providence (Two Hundred & Fiftieth Anniversary . . . _, 2d ed. (Boston: [J. S. Cushing], 1884); digital images _Internet Archive_ (accessed 2013), pp. 34-51, "Swetland or Sweatland Genealogy." Notes: Bibliographic note: This source was cited by Torrey for the William Swetland-Agnes marriage entry.
This authored work generally does not provide references. Introduction to the article cites "record furnished by Eli Swetland of Springfield, Mass."
The first generation of the article reports that William and Agnes Swetland "were probably born prior to 1650 and came from England or Sweden." Reports "they resided in Salem, Mass., in 1676 and in Salem, New London County, Conn. in 1703. Child list reports four children as (quoting below):
- 1. Peter^2 born July 1, 1676 No Family. [GJ note: July is struck through and Sept. Entered]
- 2. Grace^2 born March 8, 1679 [annotated to read 1679-80]
- 3. John^2 born July 1, 1681 [GJ note: July is struck through and Sept. entered]
- 4. Joseph^2 born November 5, 1683 [GJ note: November is struck through and Jan. is entered; year annotated to read 1683-4.]
Footnote entry about William Swetland, without further reference. Transcript follows.
“William Swetland, born about 1646, married Agnes
; she married, secondly, Simon Lovitt of Beverly, Oct 10, 1676: children 1. Peter, born Sept. 1, 1676, 2. Grace, born March 8, 1679-80, John, born Sept. 1, 1681; fisherman, lived in Marblehead in 1705; 34. Joseph, born Jan. 5, 1683-4. "
However, In this 2003 version, the wife of Simon Lovett is shown as the eldest child of William and Agnes (____) Swetland--Agnes, b. 1672 at Beverly, based on "…[convincing] data from Judith Leone Young-Thayer" (see para 4 p. xix").