Harry Brooks Swett
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 6 Jun 1885 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 1
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Parents
Father: Horace B Swett (1855-1887)
Mother: Nellie R Baker (1856-1896) 2
Henrietta B Swett
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1872
Baptism:
Death: 1953
Burial: Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Benjamin Higgins Swett (1843-1915) 3 4 5
Mother: Hattie S Snow (1846-1906) 6
Horace B Swett
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 18 Jan 1855 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 7
Baptism:
Death: 4 Jan 1887 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain John Swett (1819-1901) 8
Mother: Clarissa Abigail Baker (1824-1898) 3 9
Spouses and Children
1. *Nellie R Baker (17 Apr 1856 - 4 Mar 1896) 2
Marriage:
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Children:
1. Harry Brooks Swett (1885- ) 1
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1885 merchant, WellfleetMarriage Notes (Nellie R Baker)
1880 Wellfleet census:
Horace B Swett, self, 25, laborer, all b Mass.
Nellie R Swett, wife, 24, keeping house, all b Mass.
James Swett
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 22 Jul 1783 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 10
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Death: 18 Sep 1804 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 10
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Parents
Father: Benjamin Swett (1739-1784) 3
Mother: Mercy Atwood (1744-1830)
James Swett
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1835 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: Est 1835 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
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Parents
Father: Joseph Swett (1805-1891) 8
Mother: Susanna Rich (1808-1889)
James Swett
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 19 Jan 1837 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 10 May 1905 - South Boston, Massachusetts 12
Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joseph Swett (1805-1891) 8
Mother: Susanna Rich (1808-1889)
Spouses and Children
1. *Julia Ann Ryder (10 Aug 1839 - 15 Jan 1910) 13
Marriage: 4 Dec 1862 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
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Notes
General:
1880 Census for Boston:Marriage Notes (Julia Ann Ryder)
James Sweet, self, 43, Provision Dealer
Julia A. Sweet, wife, 40
Benjamin A. Freeman, nephew, 19, clerk
obit Barnstable Patriot, 22 May 1905, p4
James & Julia are not in Wellfleet death records.
Captain James Swett
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 13 Nov 1816 - Truro, Massachusetts 15
Baptism:
Death: 8 May 1897 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 16
Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death: cerebral hemorrhage 16
Parents
Father: Captain Joseph Swett (1781-1828) 3 17
Mother: Bethiah Higgins (1785-1876) 17
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah Doane Stone (20 Aug 1820 - 6 Oct 1880) 14 18
Marriage: 1841 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
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Children:
1. Nancie D. Swett (1842-1855) 14 19
2. Eleanor W. Swett (1844-1865) 14 19
3. Sarah Doane Swett (1847-1927) 19 20
4. James Allen Swett (1849-1920) 21 22 23
5. Anna Eliza Swett (1854-1918) 19 24 25
6. Willie S. Swett (1856-1865) 14 15
7. Nancie D. Swett (1861-1889) 19
8. Frank H Swett (1858- ) 19 26
2. Susan F. Crockett (1846 - ) 19
Marriage: 17 Jul 1883 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 15
Status:
Notes
General:
"James Swett was born November 13, 1816, near the Wellfleet line, in Truro, and at the early age of seven went to sea. The loss of his father when he was ten years old taught him that he must sustain life's battles without a father's assistance, and this tended to give him the self-reliant characteristics which made him so successful in after life. At nineteen he was master of a vessel, which position he filled over a quarter of a century with marked success, retiring with a competency in the year 1861. He continued to deal in mackerel and shipping for years, and his firm, keen judgment rendered his ventures in business very remunerative\emdash much to the envy of his contemporaries. His word was equal to a bond in all transactions. He was a director in the Provincetown Bank several years; also is now one of the directors of the Wellfleet Savings Bank. On the 17th of January, 1849, he was made a life member of the Boston Seaman's Friend Society, by the Congregational church of Wellfleet. He is also a life member of the Wellfleet Seamen's Benevolent Society. In 1864 he was the prime mover in the organization of the Wellfleet Marine Insurance Company, of which he was president over twenty years, with the most eminent success. The history of this society is given in that of the village of Wellfleet." DeyoMarriage Notes (Sarah Doane Stone)
occupation
1847 fisherman, Wellfleet
1849 farmer, Wellfleet
1853 master mariner, Wellfleet
1855, 1858, 1861 mariner/seaman, Wellfleet
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[James Swett] married Sarah D., daughter of Dr. William Stone and sister of the late Thomas N. Stone, M. D. She died October 6, 1880, much lamented by the church in which she had been a shining light for thirty-seven years, and mourned by a large circle of friends. By this marriage eight children were born: Nancie D., born May 3,1842, died at the age of thirteen; Eleanor W., born August 8, 1844, who died at twenty; Sarah D., born April 11, 1847, married Edwin Collins and has two children-Charles A. and Nellie; James A.; Anna E., born July 27,1854, married Captain Anthony Freeman; Willie S., born July 31, 1856, who died at the age of nine; Frank H., born September 31,1859, now in business at Chicago; and Nancie D., born August 21, 1861, who married L. W. Hathaway and died at the age of twenty-eight. Mr. Swett married for his second wife Susan F. Small, daughter of L. B. Crockett of Deer Island, Me., on the 17th of July, 1883. He has always taken a deep interest in the affairs of the body politic; but preferred his social and business relations to those of official trusts. He has been foremost in the enterprises of his town, and a liberal donor in the cause of religion. To worthy suffering humanity he has ever been a charitable friend, not allowing one hand to know the gifts of the other. He is cautious and conservative in the formation of friendships as well as business plans; but when once established he is firm and reliant to the end. He and his wife reside in their pleasant home on the Truro road, in the outskirts of Wellfleet village, and in the evening of his days he enjoys the confidence of all who know him.
[Their] son, James A., born February 28, 1849, has been station agent at Wellfleet since 1872 and express agent since 1873. He married Mary L., daughter of S. L. Lyman of Chatham. They have one son, George R.
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James Allen Swett
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 24 Feb 1849 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 22 23
Baptism:
Death: 11 May 1920 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 28
Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death: interstitial nephritis
Parents
Father: Captain James Swett (1816-1897) 8 14
Mother: Sarah Doane Stone (1820-1880) 14 18
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Lee Lyman (1849 - 20 Jan 1939) 19 21
Marriage: 30 Nov 1871 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
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Children:
1. George Lee Swett (1873-1942) 21 29
Notes
General:
James A. Swett, born February 28, 1849, has been station agent at Wellfleet since 1872 and express agent since 1873. He married Mary L., daughter of S. L. Lyman of Chatham. They have one son, George R. [sic]Medical:
1871, 1873 laborer, Wellfleet 22
age 71-2-13 28
Jane Cole Swett
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 6 Jan 1839 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 4
Baptism:
Death: 22 May 1888 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 30
Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death: erysipelas 30
Events
• Alt Birth 30, 6 Jan 1840 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Captain Benjamin Higgins Swett (1806-1844) 8
Mother: Jane Lewis Cole (1812-1872) 31 32
Spouses and Children
1. *Captain Alonzo Hatch (25 Aug 1834 - 9 Dec 1894)
Marriage: 19 May 1867 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
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Children:
1. Alonzo Hatch (1868-1868)
2. Mary Frances Hatch (1870-1872) 31 33
3. Edna Warren Hatch (1875-1955) 34
Notes
Medical:
age 49-4-16Marriage Notes (Captain Alonzo Hatch)
married
b Wellfleet
parents Benjamin H & Jane L
bur Wellfleet 35
1880 Wellfleet census:
Alonzo Hatch, self, 47, sailor, all b Mass.
Jane C Hatch, wife, 40, keeping house, all b Mass.
Edna W Hatch, 4, all b Mass.
Jason A Swett
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1880
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Spouses and Children
1. *Lillian M Farrell (Est 1880 - )
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Children:
1. Aurelia M Swett (1906-2007)