Heman Swift

John's 2nd cousin, 9 times removed. They share William Swift II, John's 10th great-grandfather.

How we’re connected
  1. Heman Swift
  2. ↓ Jabez Swift
  3. ↓ Deacon Jirah Swift
  4. ↓ William Swift II
  5. ↓ William Swift III
  6. ↓ William Swift IV
  7. ↓ William Swift V
  8. ↓ Solomon Swift
  9. ↓ Capt. Nathaniel Swift
  10. ↓ Solomon Swift
  11. ↓ Leroy E. Swift
  12. ↓ Le Roy Warren Swift
  13. ↓ Rachel Winter Swift
  14. ↓ Francis Swift Perry
  15. ↓ Carol Perry Long
  16. ↓ John

b. 14 Oct 1733 · d. 12 Nov 1814

2nd cousin, 9 times removed of John, Perry and Patrick Long. A cousin line, not a direct ancestor.

Connection to John

Heman Swift is not a direct ancestor. He belongs to a cousin line: his family and John’s descend from the same man, William Swift II (b. 1627), and then run down through different sons. The two lines meet 12 generations back from John, Perry and Patrick Long, at their 10th great-grandfather. That makes Heman Swift their 2nd cousin, 9 times removed.

Heman Swift’s line

  1. William Swift II (b. 1627) common ancestor
  2. Deacon Jirah Swift (b. c. 1665)
  3. Jabez Swift (b. 16 Mar 1699/1700)
  4. BG Heman Swift (b. 1733)

John’s line

  1. William Swift II (b. 1627) common ancestor
  2. William Swift III (b. 1654)
  3. William Swift IV (b. 1679)
  4. William Swift V (b. 1719)
  5. Solomon Swift (b. 1745)
  6. Capt. Nathaniel Swift (b. 1776)
  7. Solomon Swift (b. 1804)
  8. Leroy E. Swift (b. 1836)
  9. Le Roy Warren Swift (b. 1869)
  10. Rachel Winter Swift (b. 1896)
  11. Francis Swift Perry (b. 1923)
  12. [living]
  13. John, Perry & Patrick Long

What We Know

Heman Swift was born at Sandwich, Massachusetts, on 14 October 1733, the second son of Jabez Swift and Abigail Pope. [1] In 1743 the family moved to Kent, in Litchfield County, Connecticut, where his father died in 1767. The Swift genealogy says Heman married four times. [1]

In the Revolutionary War he was colonel of a Connecticut State regiment from July to December 1776, and colonel of the 7th Connecticut Regiment of the Continental Army from 1 January 1777. On 1 January 1781 he transferred to the 2nd Connecticut, and in June 1783 he was kept on as colonel of the consolidated Connecticut regiment. He was made a brevet brigadier general on 30 September 1783 and served to December 1783. [2]

He died at Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, on 12 November 1814, and is buried there. [3] [4]

Notes

  1. George Henry Swift, William Swyft of Sandwich and Some of His Descendants, 1637–1899 (1900), 23, the entry for Heman's father Jabez Swift, as quoted in Jabez Swift (KG34-QKD), FamilySearch Family Tree.
  2. Francis B. Heitman, Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution, April, 1775, to December, 1783, new, revised and enlarged edition (Washington, D.C., 1914), 530.
  3. “Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772–1934,” database, FamilySearch, Col. Heman Swift, 12 Nov 1814, Cornwall.
  4. “Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch, Heman Swift, b. 14 Oct 1733, d. 12 Nov 1814, buried Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut.

Life

Migration:
In 1743 his family moved to Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut.[1]
Military service:
Colonel of a Connecticut State regiment, July–December 1776; colonel of the 7th Connecticut, Continental Army, from 1 January 1777, and of the 2nd Connecticut from 1 January 1781; colonel of the consolidated Connecticut regiment from June 1783; brevet brigadier general, 30 September 1783.[2]
  1. George Henry Swift, William Swyft of Sandwich and Some of His Descendants, 1637–1899 (1900), 23, the entry for Heman's father Jabez Swift, as quoted in Jabez Swift (KG34-QKD), FamilySearch Family Tree.
  2. Francis B. Heitman, Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution, April, 1775, to December, 1783, new, revised and enlarged edition (Washington, D.C., 1914), 530.

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