Margaret Swett

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Margaret Swett (Cornish)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Africa
Death: between 1642 and 1722 (18-128)
Tidewater, Richmond County, VA
Place of Burial: Surry County, Virginia, United States of America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Fnu Lnu
Wife of John Gowen; Robert "The Elder" Sweatt, The Immigrant Elder and John Goin, of the White Lion
Mother of Mahill Goins; John Gowen; Robert Cornish Sweat MP; Anthony Cornish Sweat; Jane Sweat Gussal Harman and 3 others

Occupation: Negro woman servant belonging to Lieutenant Sheppard
Managed by: Christine Peltonen
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About Margaret Swett

Biography

Margaret (Cornish) Swett / 20 and Odd, 1619 Project was born between 1594 and circa 1619 in Africa. Her father was Fnu Lnu. She was a Negro woman servant belonging to Lieutenant Sheppard.

Margaret married John Goin, of the White Lion. Together they had the following children: Mahill Goins; Fnu (Goins) Cumbo.

Margaret married Robert "The Elder" Sweatt, The Immigrant Elder in 1635 in Virginia, United States. Together they had the following children: Robert Cornish Sweat, of Norfolk VA Colony; William "of Southwarke" Sweat; Anthony Cornish; Jane Sweat Gussal Harman.

She died between 1642 and 1722 in Tidewater, Richmond County, VA.



https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205061608/margaret-cornish


Margaret Cornish was born in 1610, in Luanda, Luanda, Angola as the daughter of Fnu Lnu. She married Robert Sweat in 1639, in James City, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died in 1677, in Hog Island, Fairfax, Virginia, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Surry, Virginia, United States.

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Margaret Swett's Timeline

1594
1594
Africa
1635
1635
Rappahannock, VA, British American Colony
1640
October 17, 1640
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
1642
1642
James City, Craven County, NC, United States
1642
Age 48
Tidewater, Richmond County, VA
1644
1644
Northampton County, Virginia, USA
1645
1645
Jamestown, Isle of Wight, VA
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Virginia, United States