Elizabeth Wallingford

ELIZABETH SWETT b. 15 Sept. 1718; m. (I) 12 April 1735, Dr. Mark Prime, (2) Capt. Thomas Wallingford of Somersworth, N. H. She d. 3 Dec. 1810.

family

Elizabeth SWETT (Joseph SWETT4, Joseph SWETT3, Benjamin SWETT2, John SWETT1) was born 15 SEP 1718 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire, and died 3 DEC 1810 in Berwick, York, Maine.

She married

1. Mark PRIME 2 JUN 1735 in York, York, Maine. He was born 26 Feb 1712/13 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, and died BEF 1750.
2. Thomas WALLINGFORD ABT 1754. He was born 28 JUL 1697 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, and died 4 AUG 1771 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire.

Children of Elizabeth SWETT and Mark PRIME are:

1. Joseph PRIME born 1739 died 1789
2. Olive PRIME d.y. ?

Children of Elizabeth SWETT and Thomas WALLINGFORD are:

1. Samuel WALLINGFORD was born 4 FEB 1755 in York, York, Maine, and died 24 APR 1778 in Carrickferus, Ireland, in battle.
2. Olive WALLINGFORD was born 29 MAY 1758 in Somersworth, New Hampshire, and died 20 MAR 1853 in South Berwick, York, Maine. She married John CUSHING 5 APR 1773 in Somersworth, New Hampshire. He was born 23 Jan 1742/43 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, and died 19 FEB 1822 in South Berwick, York, Maine.

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biographical notes

The Cushing House (website) from a paper written and read by Charles Cushing Hobbs, Esq., before a meeting of the local history department of the Berwick Woman's Club, held at the home of Miss Mary R. Jewett, January 14, 1902:

The land on which my house stands and the adjoining field were conveyed to Elizabeth Wallingford by John Haggans, administrator of Daniel Haggans, by deed dated May 29, 1793. The house was completed and first occupied in the winter of 1795. For the benefit of those persons who think our New England climate is changing, I will say that the winter of 1795 is said to have been so mild that the windows of the house were frequently opened to admit fresh air.

Elizabeth Wallingford, my maternal great-grandmother, was the third wife and widow of Col. Thomas Wallingford, a wealthy merchant of Somersworth, N.H. residing in that part of the town now included in Rollinsford, in the region called Sligo.

Mrs. Wallingford was born in York. Her maiden name was Swett, and at the time of her marriage with Col. Wallingford, she was the widow of Dr. Mark Prime [Prince], and had one or two children. By her marriage with Col. Wallingford she had two children, Samuel, born February 4, 1755, and Olive, my grandmother, born May 29, 1758. Samuel was killed in a naval battle during the Revolutionary War, while acting as Lieutenant of Marines on the Ranger commanded by John Paul Jones. He married Lydia Baker of Dover, N.H., and left one son, George W. Wallingford, who became a prominent lawyer in Kennebunk, Maine, some of whose descendents reside in that town. Olive married John Cushing, April 5, 1773, and died in South Berwick, March 20, 1853.

family notes

Thomas Wallingford married third, Elizabeth Swett, about 1754.(431) This date is based on the date of birth of their first child in early 1755.

Elizabeth was born 15 September 1718, in Hampton, New Hampshire.(432) Her parents were from Hampton Falls, N.H. before moving to York, Maine around the time Elizabeth was born.(433) Elizabeth was the daughter of Joseph Swett and Hannah Sayward.

Elizabeth died 3 December 1810, in Berwick, York County, Maine.(434) Elizabeth Wallingford, "relict of Hon. Thomas", is buried in the Salmon Falls old town cemetery in Rollinsford, N.H.(435)

Joseph Swett, tanner. An army lieutenant during the Indian Wars. Married Hannah Sayward. Children: Mary, Susanna, Elizabeth, John, Joseph, Esther and Samuel Swett.

Extended Notes on Characters in The Tory Lover by Sarah Orne Jewett link

Madam Elizabeth and Judge Thomas Wallingford:

     The Wallingford family website says "Elizabeth was born 15 September 1718, in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Her parents were from Hampton Falls, N.H. before moving to York, Maine around the time Elizabeth was born. Elizabeth was the daughter of Joseph Swett and Hannah Sayward.
     "Elizabeth died 3 December 1810, in Berwick, York County, Maine, at 92 years of age. Elizabeth Wallingford, 'relict of Hon. Thomas', is buried in the Salmon Falls old town cemetery in Rollinsford, NH."      Elizabeth married twice. Her first husband was Dr. Mark Prime. Stackpole's "Sligo" says: "Joseph Prime was the son of her [Dorcas Wallingford's Stacpole's] step-mother, Elizabeth Wallingford, and he married, Molly, daughter of Andrew and Betsey (Abbot) Stacpole" (42).      Elizabeth had two children with Thomas: Samuel Wallingford, born 4 February 1755, and Olive Wallingford, born 29 May 1758 and died 1853. Olive married John Cushing of Boston on Tuesday 6 April 1773 ("The Diary of Master Joseph Tate"), and her son eventually inherited Madam Wallingford's homestead farm. In "From a Mournful Villager," Jewett tells of childhood visits to the elderly Widow Cushing, who then lived not far from the Jewett home, at the site where South Berwick's Central School now stands. The Widow Cushing would be a likely source for Jewett's knowledge of the Wallingford family history, being a near neighbor and friend of the Jewett family.  See also the Charles Cushing Hobbs Talk.

Elizabeth Wallingford's gravestone in the Salmon Falls Old Town Cemetery in Rollinsford, NH reads:

In Chapter 10, we learn that Madam Wallingford has at least one patriot brother, in Boston. In Chapter 8 Nancy Haggins says she has young cousins there, too. Whether these are a factual assertions has not been determined. Stackpole below identifies Wallingford's brothers; two possibly surviving blood brothers are John and Samuel Swett.

image From DESCENDANTS OF John Swett of Newbury, Mass., by Everett S. Stackpole, no date, published by The Journal Printshop, Lewiston, ME. Copied by Elaine Merrell.

LT. JOSEPH SWETT (Joseph 3, Benjamin 2, John 1), born in Hampton, N. H., married Hannah, dau. of John and Mary (Rishworth) Sayward of York, Me. She was born 21 June 1688 and died 15 Nov. 1761. He lived a few years at Hampton Falls and removed thence to York, Me. The church record at Hampton Falls says, "Hannah Swett wife of J. S. Jr. Dism. York (gone this region)." Three children recorded at Hampton, the rest in York. He married (2) 26 June 1762, Patience, widow of Ebenezer Nowell of York. Tate's Journal says that he died 2 Aug. 1776.

Children

• MARY b. 5 March 1715; m. 22 Nov. 1730, Dr. Alexander Bulman of York.
• SUSANNA b. 7 May 1716; m. 12 June 1736, John Hovey.
• ELIZABETH b. 15 Sept. 1718; m. (I) 12 April 1735, Dr. Mark Prime, (2) Capt. Thomas Wallingford of Somersworth, N. H. She d. 3 Dec. 1810.
• 43. JOHN b. 31 March 1719; m. Sarah Plaisted.
• JOSEPH b. 3 Feb. 1723; drowned 12 June 1750.
• ESTHER b. 3 Aug. 1725; m. James Arbuckle. Pub. 18 Jan. 1755.
• 44. SAMUEL b. 8 March 1728-9; m. Lydia Moulton.
• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nhmerrim/families/swettfamily.htm

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• page 80 of American Colonial Women and Their Art: A Chronological Encyclopedia By Mary Ellen Snodgrass
• The New England Historical & Genealogical Register and Antiquarian Journal, Volume 20 (Google eBook) S.G. Drake, 1866 - Genealogy. Page 335-336. "Wallingford"
• Wallingfords of New England
• [http://www.oldberwick.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article...]
• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nhmerrim/families/swettfamily.htm
• Roland Baker's Ancestry tree
• FindAGrave
• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Elizabeth_Swett_%287%29
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bswett&id...