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Joan,
d. 26 NOV 1663 Sandwich, MA
Family:
Spouse: Swyft, William [aka: , Lieutenant]
d. 1 JAN 1644 Sandwich, MA
Family History:
In 1636, William Swift mortgaged his house and lands in Watertown to John Haines, Att'y of Andrew Coleman, in England, to whom Swift had given his name as joint security in a matter where Roger Spring was the principal debtor. The following town records are included in their entirety to give perspective on relative property allocations.

                  1636. July 25 
A Grant of the Great Dividents lotted out by the Freemen to all the Townfmen then inhabiting being 120 in number, the Land being divided into foure Divifions(*), every Divifion being 160 rods in breadth, Beginning next to the fmall Lots and bounded with Cambridge Line on the Northfide, & the Plowland on the South, to be laid out fucceffively one after another (all the Meddowes & cartwaies only being excepted) for them to inclofe, or feed in common.

The Firft Divifion.


 Lott 1 John Coolige Thirty Acres.
 2 Edmund Sherman Fifty Acres.
 3 John Tucker Twenty & Five Acres.
 4 Ifaac Mixer Thirty Acres
 5 Robert Veazy Twenty Acres
 6 Hugh Mafon Thirty Acres
 7 John Stowers Thirty Acres
 8 Robert Jennifon Twenty Acres
 9 John Vahan Twenty Acres
 10 Richard Beers Twenty & Five Acres
 11 William Paine Seventy Acres
 12 Thomas Haftings Twenty & Five Acres
 13 John Simfon Thirty Acres
 14 Robert Betts Twenty Acres
 15 Henry Dengaine Twenty Acres
 16 John Rofe Twenty Acres
 17 John Kingfbery Forty Acres
 18 Gregory Stone Forty Acres
 19 Brian Pembleton Seventy Acres
 20 John Browne Thirty Acres
 21 John Dwight Thirty Acres
 22 John Bernard Sixty Acres
 23 William Knop Thirty Acres
 24 Daniel Perfe Twenty & Five Acres
 25 John Hayward Fifty Acres
 26 Edmund Lewis Thirty Acres
 27 George Richardfon Twenty & Five Acres
 28 James Cutler Twenty & Five Acres
 29 John Grigs Twenty & Five Acres
 30 Henry Goldftone Sixty Acres
 31 John Cutting Sixty Acres

                     

The Second Divifion.


 Lott: 1 John Eaton Forty Acres
 2 Edward Garfield Thirty Acres
 3 John Smith Thirty & Five Acres
 4 Robert Daniel Thirty & Five Acres
 5 Edward Goffe Sixty Acres
 6 Thomas Mafon Twenty Acres
 7 Simon Stone Seventy Acres
 8 Ephraim Child Sixty Acres
 9 Charles Chadwick Thirty & Five Acres
 10 Robert Feke Eighty Acres
 11 Abraham Shaw Seventy Acres
 12 Samuel Hofier Thirty & Five Acres
 13 Robert Lockwood Thirty & Five Acres
 14 Henry Cuttris Twenty Acres
 15 Samuel Swaine Sixty Acres
 16 John Firmin Sixty Acres
 17 Nicholas Knap Thirty Acres
 18 William Baffum Thirty Acres
 19 Robert Tuck Thirty Acres
 20 John Batchelor Thirty & Five Acres
 21 John Smith Thirty Acres
 22 Abram Browne Fifty Acres
 23 William Bridges Thirty & Five Acres
 24 Richard Browne Fifty Acres
 25 Gregory Taylor Thirty & Five Acres
 26 Thomas Brookes Twenty Acres
 27 John Gay Thirty & Five Acres
 28 George Phillips Eighty Acres
 29 Matthew Hichcock Twenty Acres
 30 George Munnings Thirty Acres

       
                  The Third Divifion. 


 Lott. 1 Thomas Arnold Thirty Acres
 2 Thomas Smith Twenty Acres
 3 Henry Kemball Thirty & Five Acres
 4 Edward Dikes Thirty Acres
 5 Nathaneel Bowman Thirty & Five Acres
 6 Edward Lambe Twenty & Five Acres
 7 Thomas Rogers Thirty Acres
 8 Beniamin Crifpe Twenty Acres
 9 Martin Vnderwood Twenty & Five Acres
 10 Lawrence Waters Twenty & Five Acres
 11 Emanuel White Twenty & Five Acres
 12 Thomas Maihew Eighty Acres
 13 John Springe Thirty & Five Acres
 14 william Swift Forty Acres
 15 Edward How Seventy Acres
 16 John Whitney Fifty Acres
 17 John Ellett Twenty & Five Acres
 18 Thomas Bartlet Thirty Acres
 19 Daniel Moffe Twenty Acres
 20 Richard Woodward Thirty & Five Acres
 21 John Loveran Eighty Acres
 22 Thomas Parifh Twenty Acres
 23 Miles Nutt Twenty & Five Acres
 24 John Winter Twenty & Five Acres
 25 William Jennifon Sixty Acres
 26 Joseph Moffe twenty & Five Acres
 27 John Finch Thirty Acres
 28 William Palmer Twenty Acres
 29 Efther Pickram Thirty & Five Acres

                  1636. February 28. 
A Grant of the Plowlands at Beverbroke Planes, Devided & Lotted out by the Freemen to all the Townefmen then Inhabiting being 106 in number. Allowing one Acre for a perfon, & likewife for cattle valued at 20lb ye head, beginning next to the fmall Lotts beyond the ware, & bounded with the great Lotts on the north fide, & Charles River on the South, devided by a Cartway in the middest, the firft Lott to begin next the River, the fecond on the north fide of the Cartway, & fo to be laid out fucceffively vntill all the Lotts be ended.

Granted firft to George Phillips Paftor Forty Acres


 1 John Whitney Ten Acres
 2 Thomas Haftings Two Acres
 3 Richard Wodward Six Acres
 4 Robert Betts One Acre
 5 John Grigs One Acre
 6 John Simfon Foure Acres
 7 Charles Chadwick Three Acres
 8 Robert Ueazy One Acre
 9 Henry Goldftone Seven Acres
 10 John Smith fen Foure Acres
 11 John Tomfon Two Acres
 12 John Eddy Nine Acres
 13 William Baffum Three Acres
 14 Beniamin Crifpe Three Acres
 15 Edmund Sherman Six Acres
 16 William Bridges Five Acres
 17 Gregory Taylor Five Acres
 18 John Coolige Five Acres
 19 Daniel Pattrick Fourteene Acres
 20 Jofeph Moffe Two Acres
 21 Ephraim Child Sixteene Acres
 22 Robert Lockwood Six Acres
 23 Francis Onge Six Acres
 24 John Gay Five Acres
 25 Simon Eire Eighteene Acres
 26 Sr Richard Saltefton Thirty Acres
 27 Nathaneel Baker Five Acres
 28 John Richardfon Three Acres
 29 George Munnings Foure Acres
 30 Henry Bright Three Acres
 31 Nicholas Knap Six Acres
 32 Richard Sawtle One Acre
 33 John Ellett Foure Acres
 34 Francis Smith Eigbt Acres
 35 John Eaton Six Acres
 36 John Loveran Twenty Acres
 37 William Jennifon Ten Acres
 38 John Page Thirteene Acres
 39 Samuel Hofier Five Acres
 40 John Winkoll Three Acres
 41 John Goffe Foure Acres
 42 Nathanel Bowman Seven Acres
 43 Brian Pembleton Twelve Acres
 44 Richard Browne Nine Acres
 45 John Lawrence Three Acres
 46 John Tucker Three Acres
 47 Thomas Cakebred Eight Acres
 48 Robert Tuck Five Acres
 49 Henry Cuttris One Acre
 50 Richard Kemball Twelve Acres
 51 John Bernard Ten Acres
 52 Edward Dikes Three Acres
 52 Thomas Brookes Foure Acres
 53 Timothy Hawkins Two Acres
 54 Gregory Stone Ten Acres
 55 James Cutler Three Acres
 56 John Cutting Ten Acres
 57 Daniel Perfe One Acre
 58 Barnaby Windes Six Acres
 59 John Kingfbury Six Acres
 60 Robert Feke Twenty & Foure Acres
 61 Ifaac Sterne Eleven Acres
 62 Thomas Smith Two Acres
 63 John Rofe Three Acres
 64 Miles Nutt Three Acres
 65 John Hayward Seven Acres
 66 Thomas Filbrick Nine Acres
 67 Simon Stone Fourteene Acres.
 68 Robert Daniel Eight Acres
 69 Ifaac Mixer Foure Acres
 70 Eduard How Twenty & Foure Acres
 71 Henry Dengayne One Acre
 72 Thomas Maihew Thirty Acres
 73 John Stowars Two Acres
 74 Richard Beers Two Acres
 75 Edmund James Five Acres
 76 John Firmin Nine Acres
 77 John Warrin Thirteene Acres
 78 John Batchelor Six Acres
 79 William Knop Seven Acres
 80 Henry Kemball Six Acres
 81 William Palmer One Acre
 82 Edmund Lewis Five Acres
 83 John Finch Foure Acres
 84 William Swift Five Acres
 85 John Winter Three Acres
 86 Edward Lam Three Acres
 87 John Smith iun One Acre
 88 Roger Willington Two Acres
 89 Chriftofer Grant Three Acres
 90 John Nichols Foure Acres
 91 John Dwight Seven Acres

In 1637 he sold his house and land in Watertown to Thomas White, of Sudbury, who sold it Mar. 31, 1640, to John Knight. In 1638 he was involved in a Lawsuit at Salem. On "1641, 28, 4th mo." he sold a house and land at Sudbury, removing about this time or perhaps earlier to Sandwich. An inventory of all the goods and cattells of William Swyft, of Sandwich, was exhibited the XXIXth of January Anno Dm. 1642/43. Wife Joanne, Administer, and Daniel Wing gave bonds with her; a house at Sudbury was mortaged to Mr. Burton. his inventory was shown at Court and valued at £72 pounds, 11 shillings. On March 7, 1643 "Letters of Administration are graunted to Joane Swyft of Sandwich to administer upon her husbandes estate and to pay the debts as far as the estate will amount unto, by equal proporcons, and is bound to the Gov. and Assistantes to do it, & Daniell Wing with her." On March 11, 1642-3, Memo regarding payment made by "Joane Swyft" administratrix of Wm. Swyft deceased. On August 20, 1644, a warrant to be sent forth to bring in the bodies of Joane Swyft, widdow, to give evedence in John Ellis and his wife case. On March 6, 1648-9, Mr. Thomas Dexter, Senir, complaineth against Mis Joane Swifte, in an action upon the case, to the damag of forty shillings. "The jury find for the plaintife thirty shillings damage, and the cost of sute" judgement granted. This was one of seven suits brought by Dexter against various parties. On August 20, 1651, Joane Swift, paid 4 pounds for certain lands in Sandwich. In 1656, "Johana Swift" signed, a call to a minister; there were 19 signers including her son William, but she was the only woman among them. On October 2, 1660, "Jone Swift" was one of a group of Sandwich people fined at the Plymouth General Court for "being att Quakers meetings". Joan Swift's Will: (wife of William Swyft) “The 12th day of the 8th month, 1662. I Jone Swift of Sandwich, being sicke of body, but of perfect memory, do mak my last Will. I do give unto Daniel Winges, his sons Samuel and John, a mare foal of a year old. I do give unto my grandchild Hannah Swift, the old mare, if she be alive, if not, the next to her. Item, I give unto my grandchild Experience Allen, a chest with drawers and my Bible. Item, I give unto my two grandchildren Hannah Swift and Experience Allen, all my linen and my pewter, to be equally divided between them. Item, I give unto Mry Darbet my wearing clothes. Item, I give unto Hannah Winge the Elder my best hat and forty shillings to her daughters, to be divided amongst them. Item, I give unto Jedediah Allen and Experience Allen the third part of my Estate, this house and garden being part of the third; I give unto my son William's children, each of them a mare foal; my debts being discharged, and my funeral being paid, I give the rest of my Estate to my son William, whom I make my Executor. I make John Dincent and Benjamin Hammond my overseers of this my will and give to them twenty shillings apiece. Witness, John Dincent and Benjamin Hammond. On March 1, 1663-4, Mr. Hinckley is authorized by the Court to administer an oath to the witnesses of the last will and testament of mistris Jone Swift, deceased. Jedediah Allen, son of Ralph and Esther Allen, writes in the family Bible as follows: "Jone Swift, my grandmother, deceased ye 26 day -----", the rest is torn off the leaf. Her will was written on October 12, 1662 and the inventory of her estate was taken December 25, 1663, making her probable death date Nov. 26, 1663. Her inventory was 105 lbs, 5 shillings. In the inventory of her property made 25th day of the 10th mo. 1663, she is spoken of as "Mistress Joane Swift." valued at £105-6-0. Her will was proved Apr. 7, 1664.

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