'Swire1'
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Families covered: Swire of Dowgill Hall, Swyer of Gargrave, Swire of Halifax, Swire of Kildwick Grange, Swire (Swyer) of Skipton
| BLG1952 reports that "This family, known at various dates as Le Syur, Le Swyer, Swyer and Swire, was seated in Craven and W. Yorks generally from very early times." | |||||||||||||||
| William Swyer of Gargrave, Yorkshire (d before 17.04.1532) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Roger Swyer (d 1566) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Richard Swyer of Gargrave | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Richard Swyer of Gargrave & Skipton (d 1549) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Bulcocke (d 1559, dau of Thomas Bulcocke of Holme House) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Roger Swyer of Gargrave & Skipton (youngest son) the first mentioned by Commoners | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Coates (bur 12.09.1637, dau of Roger Coates of Kildwick Grange) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Roger Swire of Cononley, Yorkshire (youngest son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Ann Lister (bur 1633) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Samuel Swire of Cononley (d 1701) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1666) Elizabeth Coates d 1703, dau of Roger Coates of Kildwick Grange, cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Roger Swire of Cononley (bpt 28.02.1670?, d 1705-6) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1693/04.05.1698) Rosamond Coates (d 1741, dau of Roger Coates of Royd House, cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Samuel Swire of Cononley (bpt 07.04.1701, d 04/5.05.1763) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Swire (dau of John Swire of Skipton) @@ below | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Roger Swire of Cononley & Dowgill Hall (d 1778) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Dowgill (d 18.07.1773, dau/coheir of John Dowgill of Dowgill Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Roger Swire of Cononley, Dowgill Hall & Kildwick Grange (d unm 04.04.1792, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | John Swire of Cononley (d 05.11.1796, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Robinson (d 1847, dau of John Robinson of Kingston-upon-Hull) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Roger Swire of Dowgill Hall & Kildwick Grange, last of Cononley (b 16.01.1797, d 1860, vicar of Manfield) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.03.1819) Anne Robson (dau of William Robson of Richmond) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B))+ | other issue (d unm) - daughter (dvp?), Mary (b 11.11.1793, d 20.10.1816) | ||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Elizabeth Swire | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Hobson of Richmond (brother of Bessie, son of George) | |||||||||||||||
| ((4))+ | other issue - Samuel Dowgill (d infant), Samuel (d infant), Samuel (b 25.12.1771, d 29.08.1799, Rev.), Jane (d unm/infant), Margaret (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | John Swire of Halifax (b 1738, d 01.02.1799) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by BLG1952 (Swire of Hillingdon House). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Smith (d 1769, dau of Christopher Smith of Halifax) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Samuel Swire of Halifax (b 1764) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Butler of Carleton Biggin | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | John Swire of Liverpool had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Maria Roose (dau of Jonathan Roose of Liverpool) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B))+ | other issue - Samuel, George, Roger, Buckle Hobson, Marianne | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Anne Swire (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Samuel Swire (b 25.10.1739. dsp 1816, rector of Melsonby & Barmingham) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Bessie Hobson (d 1857, dau of George Hobson of Middleham) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Anne Swire (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (e) | Rosamond Swire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Alcock of Skipton | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Elizabeth Alcock | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Ramsden Bramley of Leeds | |||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | John Swire of Skipton (bpt 04.03.1672, d 1724) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Wilson (dau of Thomas Wilson of Giggleswick) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Samuel John Swire 'of Swadford' of Skipton (bpt 13.04.1701, dsp 26.03.1735) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Wilson (dau of Matthew Wilson of Eshton) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Elizabeth Swire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Samuel Swire of Cononley @@ above | |||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue - Thomas (d young), Roger (d young), Jane (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Samuel Swire of Seale House, Rylstone (bpt 26.08.1680) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor Jackman (dau/coheir of John Jackman of Skipton) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Swire of Skipton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Garnett (dau/coheir of Robert Garnett of Leathley) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Samuel Swire of Manchester | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Mayor (dau of John Mayor of Portwood) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1))+ | 3 sons (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Martha Taylor (dau of John Taylor of Purlwell Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Elizabeth Swire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. William Wood of Tingley House | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Isabel Bent ('dau/coheir of Richard Bent of Manchester by Isabel, dau/coheir of _ Thorpe of Hopton') | |||||||||||||||
| ((5)) | Richard Swire | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Wetherhead | |||||||||||||||
| ((6)) | Alice Swire | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Cotterell | |||||||||||||||
| ((7)) | Mary Swire | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.10.1799) (William) Bateman of Manchester | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Roger Swire of Halifax | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Jennett Currer (dau of Rev. William Currer of Clapham) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Hannah Mellin (dau of Abram Mellin) | |||||||||||||||
| The following comes from Commoners (vol 2, 'Alterations and additions', pxi). | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Roger Swire in Jamaica | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Lydia Cox | |||||||||||||||
| ((A))+ | issue - John, Henry, Roger, Philip, Hannah Jane, Frances, Anne, Emily Elizabeth, Mary Anne, Christina Octavia | ||||||||||||||
| ((2))+ | other issue - Samuel (d young), Hannah, Frances Jane, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Jane Swire (dsp 1802) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Higginson of Manchester | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Eleanor Swire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isaac Raynor of Gildersome | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Elizabeth Swire (d 1793) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Currer of Halifax | |||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | 2 sons (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (D) | Elizabeth Swire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Buckle of Burton | |||||||||||||||
| (E)+ | other issue - Coates (b 1682, d 1705), Anne 9d 1680) | ||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | 2 daughters (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (1634) Isabella Horrocks | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Swyer or Swire | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1611) John Coates of Royd House | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | 4 sons | ||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | 2 sons | ||||||||||||||
| B.+ | 3 sons and "several daus." | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
BLG1952 (Swire of Orbost formerly of Cononley, Hartwith and Littletorpe), Commoners (vol 2, 'Swire of Cononley', p342+)
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