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Samuel SWAYZE (Judge)

[NI00805]

20 Mar 1688 - 11 May 1759

Father: Joseph SWASEY
Mother: Mary BETTS

Family 1 : Penelope HORTON
  1. +Barnabus SWAYZE , Sr.
                                             _John SWASEY ________
                                            | (1584 - 1686)       
                       _John SWAYZE ________|
                      | (1619 - 1706) m 1650|
                      |                     |_Margaret (SWASEY) __
                      |                       (.... - 1622)       
 _Joseph SWASEY ______|
| (1653 - 1717) m 1677|
|                     |                      _William KING _______+
|                     |                     | (1595 - 1652) m 1616
|                     |_Katherine KING _____|
|                       (1625 - 1692) m 1650|
|                                           |_Dorothy HAYNE ______
|                                             (1601 - 1684) m 1616
|
|--Samuel SWAYZE 
|  (1688 - 1759)
|                                            _Richard BETTS ______+
|                                           | (1573 - 1612)       
|                      _Richard BETTS ______|
|                     | (1613 - 1713)       |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Mary BETTS _________|
  (1654 - 1734) m 1677|
                      |                      _Henry CHAMBERLAIN __+
                      |                     | (1618 - 1623)       
                      |_Joanna CHAMBERLAIN _|
                        (1633 - 1710)       |
                                            |_Sarah JONES ________
                                              (1590 - ....)

[Note] Maybe 1950.
History of Sussex Co. indicates that his family was of Welsh origin
From Genealogy of the Swasey Family: He moved with his family from
Southold to the German Valley in NJ in 1737 and settled in Roxbury,
now Chester NJ which became known as the Swayze Settlement where
the spelling of the name as above was then universally adopted. He
was one of the first justices of the Peace of Roxbury Township,
holding the office as early as 1747. He was one of the first County
Judges as per the Court record, viz.: "On the 25th of March 174O
(one year after the act was passed constituting the County), the Court
met at Morristown, called New Haven. The names of the judges present
were Messrs John Budd, Jacob Ford, Abraham Kitchell, John Lindley
Jr., Timothy Tuttle and Samuel Swayze." It is quite probable that
Judge Samuel Swayze was more pronounced in his views of the Quaker
doctrine than the rest of his father's family. and this may have been
the incentive that decided him to migrate with his family from
Southold to the Colony of New Jersey. His ancestors of the Quaker
faith were driven out of Salem Mass. and hoping to find a refuge on
the eastern end of Long island, in New York, they went thither- But
here they found themselves in an English colony 2nd were ostracized
and persecuted both by the Puritans and the Church of England
adherents. What is now the State of New Jersey was granted by King
Charles II in [664 to his brother, the Duke of York, and he in turn
granted it to Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Cartaret. They
divided the territory into East and West Jersey. Lord Berkeley sold
West Jersey IL) 2 syndicate of Quakers who colonized it and
established their first settlement at Salem, N. J. in 1675, and
another shortly after at Burlington, N. J. Soon after Sir George
Cartaret's death a society of Quakers under the lead of William Penn
encouraged by their success in West Jersey purchased from his heirs
East Jersey. Prior to the settlement of Judge Swayze there, the
population consisted of Quakers Presbyterians and Anabaptists. There
were only two Church of England ministers in the province and their
followers were too few. and too poor to provide churches. Liberty
of conscience was permitted to all except Roman Catholics. Quakers
were eligible to office. Loyalty to the Sovereign King of England
prevailed here as in all the province But during the years
immediately preceding the Revolution, New Jersey was the third Colony
in order to declare for Independence. hut most of the family of Judge
Swayze remained loyalists and suffered all the privations incident
thereto, as will be seen in the subsequent history of their lives.
Much of the land of the original Swayze settlement still remains In
the possession of his descendants. In I743 he bought for his sons
Barnabas and Israel, 800 acres of land in the town of Hope, New
Jersey, the land to be equally divided between them This is also
known as the ''Swayze Settlement,'' and some of their descendants now
live there. To his sons Rev Samuel and Richard he set off a part
of his own land. As the Revolution was approaching they sold their
land and went to Western Florida, now Mississippi, in 1773. To his
son Caleb he gave another portion of his own farm but during the
stormy days of the Revolution he emigrated to Canada.

[From Harriet's Letter, July 1998]
He moved with his family from Southold to the German Valley in NJ, in 1727, and settle in Roxbury, now Chester, NJ. This became known as the "Swayze Settlement". In 1743 he bought 800 acres of land in the town of Hope, NJ. The land to be equally divided between his sons Barnabas and Israel. This land became known as the second Swayze Settlement in New Jersey. The Swayze Cemetery was established upon Israel's share of the land.

[Source 2059] Mary Ellen Swayze Payne

[Source 2060] Genealogy of the Swasey Family

[Source 2061] History of Sussex County, New Jersey with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches

[Source 2062] History of Sussex County, New Jersey with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches

[Source 2063] Harriets Letters

[Source 2064] History of Sussex County, New Jersey with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches

[Source 2065] Harriets Letters

[Source 2066] Genealogy of the Swasey Family

[Source 19279] Annals of the Forty No. 5

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