Anna Higgins Swett
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 30 Dec 1803 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 1
Baptism:
Death: 13 Dec 1835 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 2
Burial: in Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Swett (1776- ) 3
Mother: Mary Collins (Est 1778- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Elijah Jones Dill (31 Oct 1803 - 27 Sep 1874) 4
Marriage: 11 May 1834 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 5
Status:
Children:
1. Martha Ann Dill (1835- ) 6
2. Peter Rich (25 Jun 1797 - Feb 1826) 7
Marriage: 11 Nov 1823 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 8
Status:
Children:
1. Peter Rich (1826-1897) 9
Notes
General:
stone:
Mrs Anna H., wife of Elijah J. Dill, who died Dec. 15, 1835, aged 32 years.
If spotless virtue or enduring charms
The love of friends or true affection's aims
Or aught besides could stay the mourner's sigh
Then sure such loveliness would never die. 10
Atkins R Swett
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 9 Dec 1856 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 11
Baptism:
Death: 2 Mar 1859 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death: throat distemper 12
Parents
Father: Joseph Swett (1831-1874)
Mother: Betsey R Smith (1833-1916)
Notes
Medical:
age 2-2
parents Joseph & Betsey
Aurelia M Swett
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 9 Apr 1906 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 17 May 2007 - Gloucester, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jason A Swett (Est 1880- )
Mother: Lillian M Farrell (Est 1880- )
Spouses and Children
1. *John A Veara (22 Oct 1901 - May 1975)
Marriage:
Status:
Notes
General:
Provincetown Banner obit:
Aurelia M. Veara, 101
Former buyer for W.G. Brown’s
Aurelia M. "Orie" Veara, of Gloucester, died at home on May 17. She was the widow of the late John A. Veara.
Mrs. Veara was born in Provincetown on April 9, 1906, to Jason A. and Lillian M. (Farrell) Swett.
She graduated from Provincetown High School in 1924. In 1929 she married her husband, also a Provincetown native, who died in 1975. Between 1925 and 1949 she worked as personal assistant to Mrs. Mabel Elliot Day of Provincetown, Back Bay and Annisquam. She and her husband moved to Gloucester in 1940 where he began working as an engineer for Gorton-Pew Fisheries. She began to work at the former W.G. Brown's department store and became buyer and head of the ladies lingerie department. During this time she enjoyed many trips to New York City to choose new merchandise. She enjoyed traveling, doing crossword puzzles, and was an avid reader.
She is survived by her sister-in-law, Cecelia Veara of Webster; her niece, Paula Smith and her husband, George, of Orlando, Fla. and Hyannis; several grand nieces and nephews; her goddaughter, Millie Ball; her special friends, Terry Palmisano, Paula Passanisi, Jennie Ruggiero, Leah McEachern and her guardians in later years, Vito Loiacono and R. David Porper.
Besides her parents and husband, she was predeceased by her sister and only sibling, Ruth J. Melnik and her husband, George; her nephew, Robert Veara and her good friends and neighbors, Lillian Marshall and Leonora Porper.
Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Our Lady of Good Voyage Church in Danvers at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 30.
Burial will take place the following week at St. Peter's Cemetery in Provincetown after cremation.
There will be no visiting hours.
Donations in her memory may be made to Our Lady of Good Voyage Church or to Hospice of the North Shore, 10 Elm St., Danvers, MA 01923.
Funeral arrangements are being conducted by the James C. Greely Funeral Home, 2l2 Washington St., Gloucester.
Barnabas Swett
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Apr 1760 - Eastham, Massachusetts 13
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Swett (1730-1813) 14
Mother: Zibiah Young (1729-1807)
Notes
General:
Revolutionary War: Barnabas Sweat was a Private in Capt. Joseph Smith's detachment of militia from the town of Wellfleet, Col. Freeman's Regiment; service, 2 days; detachment marched to Falmouth 10 September 1778 by order of Brig. Joseph Otis on an alarm. [Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Vol. 15: 285]
Barnabus Swett
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 17 Nov 1791 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 15
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Joseph Swett (1757-1796)
Mother: Jerusha Cole (1759-After 1806) 16
Barnabus Swett
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 9 Aug 1786 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 15
Baptism:
Death: 21 Apr 1787 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 15
Burial: in Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Joseph Swett (1757-1796)
Mother: Jerusha Cole (1759-After 1806) 16
Notes
General:
"In memory of Barnabus Sweat, son of Joseph & Jerusha Sweat, died Apr. 21, 1787, aged 8 mos." 17
Barnabus Cole Swett
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 5 Sep 1835 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 18
Baptism:
Death: 3 Mar 1841 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Benjamin Higgins Swett (1806-1844) 19
Mother: Jane Lewis Cole (1812-1872) 20 21
Benjamin Swett
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 2 Aug 1771 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 22
Baptism:
Death: 26 May 1849 - Orrington, Maine
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Benjamin Swett (1739-1784) 14
Mother: Mercy Atwood (1744-1830)
Spouses and Children
1. *Abigail Dyer (10 Aug 1767 - 29 Aug 1850)
Marriage: 13 Feb 1794 - Truro, Massachusetts 23
Status:
Benjamin Swett
Sex: M
AKA: Benjamin Sweat
Individual Information
Birth: 28 Dec 1769 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 3
Baptism:
Death: 13 Oct 1854 - Hampden, Maine 24
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Noah Sweat (1746-1784) 14 25
Mother: Thankful Pierce (1748-1842)
Spouses and Children
1. *Joanna Atwood (5 Apr 1775 - 16 May 1801)
Marriage: 28 Nov 1793 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 26
Status:
Children:
1. Delia D Sweat (1796-Abt 1884) 14
2. Mehitable Atwood (9 Jul 1774 - 17 Jan 1839) 14
Marriage: 28 Feb 1802 - Orrington, Maine
Status:
Children:
1. Mary E Swett (1810-1899)
Notes
General:
Benjamin Swett removed from Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, to Hampden, Penobscot, Maine, about 1795. [Little, and Stackpole]Marriage Notes (Joanna Atwood)
The 1850 Census for Hampden, Penobscot, Maine, has:
Benjamin Sweat, 82, farmer
Jane Sweat, 72
John H. Beal, 37, farmer
Mary E. Beal, 37
Darius Aozall, 24, farmer
Burial: Locust Grove Cemetery, Hampden, Penobscot, Maine
14
Marriage 1 Joanna ATWOOD b: 1774Marriage Notes (Mehitable Atwood)
Married: 28 Nov 1793 in Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts 1
Children
Delia D. SWETT b: 4 Jan 1796 in Hampden, Penobscot, Maine
Sources:
Wellfleet VR, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Stackpole's Swett Genealogy, Appendix
Letter from their son Benjamin Swett to his cousin James Swett dated 1888 14
Marriage 2 Mehitable ATWOOD b: 9 Jul 1774 in Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Married: 28 Feb 1802 in Orrington, Penobscot, Maine 3
Children
Joanna Atwood SWETT b: 3 Oct 1802 in Hampden, Penobscot, Maine
Emily H. SWETT b: 21 Feb 1804 in Hampden, Penobscot, Maine
Noah SWETT b: 29 Jul 1805 in Hampden, Penobscot, Maine
Benjamin SWETT b: 6 Sep 1806 in Hampden, Penobscot, Maine
James Atwood SWETT b: 16 Jan 1808 in Hampden, Penobscot, Maine
John SWETT b: 4 Mar 1809 in Hampden, Penobscot, Maine
Mary E. SWETT b: 30 May 1810 in Hampden, Penobscot, Maine
Sarah C. SWETT b: 2 Sep 1811 in Hampden, Penobscot, Maine
Mehitable Atwood SWETT b: 8 Mar 1813 in Hampden, Penobscot, Maine
Charles M. SWETT b: 30 Aug 1814 in Hampden, Penobscot, Maine
William Atwood SWETT b: 10 Jul 1816 in Hampden, Penobscot, Maine
David Wiswell SWETT b: 17 May 1818 in Hampden, Penobscot, Maine
Sources:
Wellfleet VR, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Stackpole's Swett Genealogy, Appendix
Letter from their son Benjamin Swett to his cousin James Swett dated 1888
14
Benjamin Swett
Sex: M
AKA: Benjamin Sweat 22
Individual Information
Birth: 4 Apr 1739 - Eastham, Massachusetts 27
Baptism:
Death: 23 Jan 1784 - Hispaniola 28 29
Burial: in Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death: small pox 28
Parents
Father: Benjamin Sweat (Abt 1699-1748) 14 30
Mother: Sarah Eldridge (1704-1781) 31
Spouses and Children
1. *Mercy Atwood (16 Jul 1744 - 7 Jul 1830)
Marriage: 8 Sep 1762 - Eastham, Massachusetts 32
Status:
Children:
1. Deborah Swett (1763-1855) 22
2. Mercy Sweat (1766-1849)
3. Delilah Swett (1769-1771) 22
4. Benjamin Swett (1771-1849) 22
5. Delilah Swett (1774- ) 22
6. Sarah Swett (1776- ) 22
7. Hannah Swett (1779-1850) 22
8. Mary Swett (1781-1797) 22
9. James Swett (1783-1804) 22
Notes
General:
"Revolutionary War: Benjamin Sweat was listed among men drafted to serve in the Continental Army to the credit of the town of Wellfleet but who paid fines in lieu of service, as returned by Winslow Lewis, Chairman of Selectmen and Committee of Wellfleet, to Joseph Otis, Brigadier of Barnstable County, 8 September 1777. Also: he was a Private in Capt. Joseph Smith's detachment of militia from the town of Wellfleet, Col. Freeman's Regiment; service, 2 days; detachment marched to Falmouth 10 September 1778 by order of Brig. Joseph Otis on an alarm. [Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Vol. 15, page 285]"Marriage Notes (Mercy Atwood)
Noah Swett, Benjamin's brother died en route home from the same voyage to Hipaniola.
"May 27 : 1762 Benjamin Sweet Signified his purpose to marry with mercy Atwood Both of Eastham and was published by me Edward Knowles Town Clerk"
"In memory of Mrs. Mercy Swett who died July 7, 1830, aet. 86.
Her husband, Capt. Benjamin Swett, died at the West Indies Jan. 23. 1784, aet. 40."
33 34
Benjamin Higgins Swett
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 6 Nov 1837 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 28 Feb 1841 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Benjamin Higgins Swett (1806-1844) 19
Mother: Jane Lewis Cole (1812-1872) 20 21
Notes
General:
The birth date is not in the Wellfleet records. The death date is seen as 5 Mar, year illegible. 18
Benjamin Higgins Swett
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 9 Jun 1843 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 18 35
Baptism:
Death: 23 Sep 1915 - Charlestown, Massachusetts
Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Benjamin Higgins Swett (1806-1844) 19
Mother: Jane Lewis Cole (1812-1872) 20 21
Spouses and Children
1. *Hattie S Snow (1846 - 1906) 36
Marriage: 1867 - Truro, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Minnie Carlton Swett (1867-1881)
2. David Snow Swett (1871-1942) 36
3. Henrietta B Swett (1872-1953)
4. Alice Higgins Swett (1875-1888)
Notes
General:
He was living at 194 Brook Street, East Boston, Massachusetts, in 1888.
Listed in 1888 Boston Directory as a teamster working at the fish pier in Boston, possibly working for his brother-in-law Stephen B. Wiley.
1871 mariner, Wellfleet
1875 teamster, Wellfleet 14
Captain Benjamin Higgins Swett
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 16 Dec 1806 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 19
Baptism:
Death: 24 Nov 1844 - Havana, Cuba 25
Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death: yellow fever 25
Events
• Alt Death 25, 1842 in Havana, Cuba
Parents
Father: Captain Joseph Swett (1781-1828) 14 37
Mother: Bethiah Higgins (1785-1876) 37
Spouses and Children
1. *Jane Lewis Cole (25 Oct 1812 - 1 Jul 1872) 20 21
Marriage: 2 Dec 1830 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 38
Status:
Children:
1. Malvina Ellen Swett (1833-1895) 14 18
2. Barnabus Cole Swett (1835-1841) 14
3. Benjamin Higgins Swett (1837-1841) 14
4. Jane Cole Swett (1839-1888) 14 39
5. Benjamin Higgins Swett (1843-1915) 14 18 35
Notes
General:
In 1830 Benjamin H. Swett bought land in Wellfleet from Thankful Swett, Thomas and Martha Higgins, Hezekiah and Susannah Newcomb, all of Wellfleet, Charles and Anna Rich of Truro, Benjamin Swett of Hampden, Maine, and Clement and Mary Meserve of Scarborough, Maine. The list of sellers indicates that he probably bought jointly-owned land from the other heirs of his grandfather, Noah Swett, after the death of his father, Capt. Joseph Swett, in 1828.
occupation
1843 mariner 14 35
Bethiah Swett
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 20 Mar 1776 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 40
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Shebnah Swett (1741-1817)
Mother: Dorothy Collins (1739-1822)
Notes
General:
Married Josiah Simpson of Middleboro, Ohio.
Bethiah Swett
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Aug 1808 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 19
Baptism:
Death: 27 Jul 1869 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 14
Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Joseph Swett (1781-1828) 14 37
Mother: Bethiah Higgins (1785-1876) 37
Spouses and Children
1. *Israel R Pierce (17 Aug 1807 - 20 Nov 1888) 39 41 42
Marriage: 6 Dec 1827 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 41
Status:
Children:
1. Israel Pierce (1828-1859)
2. James Ford Pierce (1831-Bef 1895) 43
3. Captain Benjamin Higgins Swett Pierce (1832-1910) 43 44
4. Captain Warren Emerson Pierce (1834-1898) 14 43 45
5. Alonzo Lewis Pierce (1836- ) 43
6. John Swett Pierce (1837-1883) 43 46
7. Bethia Swett Pierce (1839-1844) 47
8. Deborah Rich Pierce (1841-1878) 43 48
9. William Todd Pierce (1843- ) 43
10. Bethiah Swett Pierce (1844-1855) 43
11. George Allen Pierce (1846-1866) 43
12. Edward Winslow Pierce (1848- ) 43
13. Melzar Green Pierce (1850-1927) 43 49
14. Sylvanus Rich Pierce (1853-1936) 43
Betsey Swett
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 13 Apr 1802 - Orrington, Maine
Baptism:
Death: 20 Nov 1825 - Orrington, Maine
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jeremiah Swett (1773-1850)
Mother: Betsey Gould (1776-1836)
Betsey Horton Swett
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 22 Feb 1829 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 19
Baptism:
Death: 24 Aug 1876 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet 50
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Joseph Swett (1781-1828) 14 37
Mother: Bethiah Higgins (1785-1876) 37
Spouses and Children
1. *Jesse Smith Newcomb (31 Jan 1826 - 12 Jan 1899) 51
Marriage: 30 Nov 1848 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 52
Status:
Children:
1. Sarah Newcomb (Abt 1850- )
2. Ida Maria Newcomb (1853-1882) 53
3. Mary Higgins Newcomb (1861-After 1890)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Jesse Smith Newcomb)
1850 Census for Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, has:
Jessee Newcomb, 24, Mariner
Betsey Newcomb, 21
1860 Census for Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, has:
Jessee Newcomb, 34, Master Mariner
Betsey Newcomb, 30
Ida Newcomb, 6
1870 Census for Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, has:
Jesse S. Newcomb, 44, Bundical [?] Agent
Betsey H. Newcomb, 42
Ida M. Newcomb, 17
Mary H. Newcomb, 8
Bethiah Swett, 85 [mother-in-law]
(bjswett)
Betty Swett
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 24 Jun 1766 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 40
Baptism:
Death: 1848 - Hampden, Maine
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Shebnah Swett (1741-1817)
Mother: Dorothy Collins (1739-1822)
Notes
General:
Nathaniel Ward is found in Hampden in the 1800 census, but in the 1810 census Betsy Ward is the head of a household, so he had probably died by then. That census shows 1 male under 10 (Enoch), 1 male 10-15 (John), 1 male 16-25 (Prince Collins), 1 female 10-15 (Sally), and 1 female 26-45 (Betsy). She is found in later censuses living with her son John in Hampden. She probably died between 1840 and 1850, as she is in the 1840 census, but not the 1850. [Research by Ruth Leathers]
Marriage 1 Nathaniel WARD b: 29 Jan 1762 in Worcester, Massachusetts
Married: 7 May 1788 in Orrington, Penobscot, Maine
Children, in Hampden
Prince Collins WARD b: 25 Mar 1790
John WARD b: 3 Jun 1793
Enoch Mudge WARD b: 16 Nov 1796
Sally WARD b: 11 Sep 1798 14
Charles Webster Swett
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 5 Sep 1852 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 54
Baptism:
Death: 29 Mar 1913
Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain John Swett (1819-1901) 19
Mother: Clarissa Abigail Baker (1824-1898) 14 55
Spouses and Children
1. *Elma Ellsworth Freeman (10 May 1861 - 16 Aug 1902)
Marriage: 17 Dec 1884 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Jesse Freeman Swett (1892-1965)
Notes
General:
1884 clerk, Wellfleet
Charlotte Swett
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 3 Nov 1803 - Orrington, Maine
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jeremiah Swett (1773-1850)
Mother: Betsey Gould (1776-1836)
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 William PATTON b: in of Hermon, Penobscot Co., Maine
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