Jabez Swan

Family

Sources

1. R. A. Wheeler, History of the Town of Stonington (1900), Avery Family pp. 199-201: "2. Capt. James Avery, the only child of Christopher, was born in 1620 ... He m. 1st, Nov. 10, 1643, Joanna Greenslade, b. about 1622 ... He m. 2nd, Mrs. Abigail (Ingraham) Chesebrough, widow of Joshua Holmes, July 4, 1698 ... CHILDREN: 3 HANNAH, b. at Gloucester, Oct. 11, 1644, m. Ephraim Miner, June 20, 1666, (No. 15) that family." Matches hannah-avery-miner-bsb.

   R. A. Wheeler, "History of the Town of Stonington" (1900), Swan Family pp. 611-612: "Asa Swan (No. 25) and his brother John lived on adjoining farms in North Stonington ... He m. Marvin Holmes, sister of his brother William's wife, Nov. 19, 1740 (No. 27), that family. CHILDREN: 53 ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 8, 1741 ... 55 ASA, b. Sept. 12, 1747. 56 JABEZ, b. May 21, 1751, m. Mehitable Wheeler; he m. 2d, widow Lucy Wheeler." Matches jabez-swan-bsb: birth day 21 May 1751; 1st wife Mehitable Wheeler; 2nd wife Lucy Wheeler.

2. Beers, Commemorative Biographical Record of Middlesex County, Connecticut (1903), p. 543, Ralph B. Swan sketch: "(V) Jabez Swan, son of Asa, was born May 21, 1751. On June 17, 1772, he married (first) Mehitable Wheeler, and for his second wife he wedded Lucy Wheeler. In 1777 he sold his property in Stonington... invested in a farm near Millington green, in East Haddam, and on May 22, 1777, moved there. Jabez and Mehitable (Wheeler) Swan had the following named children: Hurlburt, Mehitable, Jabez, Jr., ... By the second wife, Lucy (Wheeler), there were two children... (VI) Hurlburt and Hannah (Esterbrook) Swan, the paternal grandparents of Ralph B., were farming people of East Haddam". Independently, Davis, The New England States (1897) p. 332: "Jabez Swan, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Stonington, Conn., in 1750, and removed to East Haddam, Conn., in 1776... Hurlbert Swan, son of Jabez". Matches hurlbert-swan: wife Hannah Estabrook (both sources); East Haddam (both); father of Diodate L. Swan Sr.

   Beers, Commemorative Biographical Record of Middlesex County CT (1903) p. 543: "(IV) Asa Swan, son of John, was born in Stonington, April 13, 1709, and on November 19, 1740, married Marvine Holmes. He lived in North Stonington, Connecticut. (V) Jabez Swan, son of Asa, was born May 21, 1751. On June 17, 1772, he married (first) Mehitable Wheeler, and for his second wife he wedded Lucy Wheeler." (Independent 2nd source; Asa birth date conflicts with Wheeler, which gives 13 Apr 1709 to brother Nathaniel and 4 Jun 1712 to Asa.)

3. Beers, Commemorative Biographical Record of Middlesex County, Connecticut (1903), p. 543, Ralph B. Swan sketch: "(V) Jabez Swan, son of Asa, was born May 21, 1751. On June 17, 1772, he married (first) Mehitable Wheeler, and for his second wife he wedded Lucy Wheeler. In 1777 he sold his property in Stonington... invested in a farm near Millington green, in East Haddam, and on May 22, 1777, moved there. Jabez and Mehitable (Wheeler) Swan had the following named children: Hurlburt, Mehitable, Jabez, Jr., ... By the second wife, Lucy (Wheeler), there were two children... (VI) Hurlburt and Hannah (Esterbrook) Swan, the paternal grandparents of Ralph B., were farming people of East Haddam". Independently, Davis, The New England States (1897) p. 332: "Jabez Swan, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Stonington, Conn., in 1750, and removed to East Haddam, Conn., in 1776... Hurlbert Swan, son of Jabez". Matches hurlbert-swan: wife Hannah Estabrook (both sources); East Haddam (both); father of Diodate L. Swan Sr.

   Beers, Commemorative Biographical Record of Middlesex County, Connecticut (1903), p. 543, Ralph B. Swan sketch: "(V) Jabez Swan, son of Asa, was born May 21, 1751. On June 17, 1772, he married (first) Mehitable Wheeler, and for his second wife he wedded Lucy Wheeler. In 1777 he sold his property in Stonington... invested in a farm near Millington green, in East Haddam, and on May 22, 1777, moved there. Jabez and Mehitable (Wheeler) Swan had the following named children: Hurlburt, Mehitable, Jabez, Jr., ... By the second wife, Lucy (Wheeler), there were two children... (VI) Hurlburt and Hannah (Esterbrook) Swan, the paternal grandparents of Ralph B., were farming people of East Haddam". Independently, Davis, The New England States (1897) p. 332: "Jabez Swan, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Stonington, Conn., in 1750, and removed to East Haddam, Conn., in 1776... Hurlbert Swan, son of Jabez". Matches hurlbert-swan: wife Hannah Estabrook (both sources); East Haddam (both); father of Diodate L. Swan Sr.

4. Beers, Commemorative Biographical Record of Middlesex County, Connecticut (1903), p. 543, Ralph B. Swan sketch: "(V) Jabez Swan, son of Asa, was born May 21, 1751. On June 17, 1772, he married (first) Mehitable Wheeler, and for his second wife he wedded Lucy Wheeler. In 1777 he sold his property in Stonington... invested in a farm near Millington green, in East Haddam, and on May 22, 1777, moved there. Jabez and Mehitable (Wheeler) Swan had the following named children: Hurlburt, Mehitable, Jabez, Jr., ... By the second wife, Lucy (Wheeler), there were two children... (VI) Hurlburt and Hannah (Esterbrook) Swan, the paternal grandparents of Ralph B., were farming people of East Haddam". Independently, Davis, The New England States (1897) p. 332: "Jabez Swan, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Stonington, Conn., in 1750, and removed to East Haddam, Conn., in 1776... Hurlbert Swan, son of Jabez". Matches hurlbert-swan: wife Hannah Estabrook (both sources); East Haddam (both); father of Diodate L. Swan Sr.

   Beers, Commemorative Biographical Record of Middlesex County, Connecticut (1903), p. 543, Ralph B. Swan sketch: "(V) Jabez Swan, son of Asa, was born May 21, 1751. On June 17, 1772, he married (first) Mehitable Wheeler, and for his second wife he wedded Lucy Wheeler. In 1777 he sold his property in Stonington... invested in a farm near Millington green, in East Haddam, and on May 22, 1777, moved there. Jabez and Mehitable (Wheeler) Swan had the following named children: Hurlburt, Mehitable, Jabez, Jr., ... By the second wife, Lucy (Wheeler), there were two children... (VI) Hurlburt and Hannah (Esterbrook) Swan, the paternal grandparents of Ralph B., were farming people of East Haddam". Independently, Davis, The New England States (1897) p. 332: "Jabez Swan, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Stonington, Conn., in 1750, and removed to East Haddam, Conn., in 1776... Hurlbert Swan, son of Jabez". Matches hurlbert-swan: wife Hannah Estabrook (both sources); East Haddam (both); father of Diodate L. Swan Sr.

5. R. A. Wheeler, History of the Town of Stonington (1900), Avery Family pp. 199-201: "2. Capt. James Avery, the only child of Christopher, was born in 1620 ... He m. 1st, Nov. 10, 1643, Joanna Greenslade, b. about 1622 ... He m. 2nd, Mrs. Abigail (Ingraham) Chesebrough, widow of Joshua Holmes, July 4, 1698 ... CHILDREN: 3 HANNAH, b. at Gloucester, Oct. 11, 1644, m. Ephraim Miner, June 20, 1666, (No. 15) that family." Matches hannah-avery-miner-bsb.

   R. A. Wheeler, "History of the Town of Stonington" (1900), Swan Family pp. 611-612: "Asa Swan (No. 25) and his brother John lived on adjoining farms in North Stonington ... He m. Marvin Holmes, sister of his brother William's wife, Nov. 19, 1740 (No. 27), that family. CHILDREN: 53 ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 8, 1741 ... 55 ASA, b. Sept. 12, 1747. 56 JABEZ, b. May 21, 1751, m. Mehitable Wheeler; he m. 2d, widow Lucy Wheeler." Matches jabez-swan-bsb: birth day 21 May 1751; 1st wife Mehitable Wheeler; 2nd wife Lucy Wheeler.