'Swift01'
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Families covered: Swyfte of Allergill, Swift (Swyft) of Rotherham (Rotheram)
| Bryan Swyfte of Allergill, co. Durham (a c1330) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Humphrey Swyfte of Allergill | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Alexander (dau of _ Alexander of Beddick) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Swyfte of Allergill | ||||||||||||||
| m. Marie Hedworth (dau of John Hedworth) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Edmond Swyfte of Allergill | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Trollope (dau of Thomas Trollope of Thornley | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Anthony Swyfte of Allergill | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Surtees (dau of Sir Richard Surtees of Dinsdale) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Robert Swyfte of Allergill & Rotherham (Yorkshire) | ||||||||||||||
| Robert is the first mentioned by BE1883 but only as the father of Robert by Agnes Anne. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. _ Hansarde (dau of William Hansarde of Walworth) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Swifte of Allergill | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Henry Swifte of Sheffield | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Agnes Anne (dau of Martin (sb Thomas?) Anne of Frickley) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Robert Swift of Rotheram (Rotherham) (b 1478, d 08.08.1561) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Anne Taylor (b c1473, d 1539, dau of William Taylor of Sheffield) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Robert Swift of Rotheram (dvp c1558) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ellinor Wickersley (dau/heir of Nicholas Wickersley of Wickersley & Broomhall, widow of _ Wentworth) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Anne Swift (b c1531, a 1558) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Jessop of Broomhall | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Mary Swift (b c1534, d 1581) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.01.1558) Francis Wortley of Wortley | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Frances Swift (b c1537, a 1558) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Francis Lake or Leake of Sutton (d 1626) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | William Swift of Rotheram (d 10.05.1569) | ||||||||||||||
| BIFR1976 shows William as brother rather than son of the Robert who m. Anne Taylor. Provisionally we follow BE1883, supported by Foster & Hunter (in the book mentioned below), in showing him as of this generation. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Worral (dau of Hugh Worral or Wyrrall of Lovershall, widow of George Frankish then Thomas Riccard, m4. ?? Sapcotes) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir Robert Swift of Rotheram & Doncaster, Sheriff of Yorkshire (bpt 05.12.1568, d 14.03.1625) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Bridget Hastings (dau of Sir Francis Hastings of Fenwick) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir Edward Swift of Rotheram (dvpsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Sheffield (dau of Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Mary Swift (d before 22.09.1632) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (div) Robert Ryther of Harewood Castle | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Margaret Swift mentioned by Foster | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Woode of Nabs | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Ursula Barnham (d 28.05.1632, dau of Stephen Barnham of Lewes) | |||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Barnham Swift, Viscount Carlingford (b c1605, d 28.01.1634) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.1618) Mary Crichton (d 24.08.1674, dau of William Crichton, 1st Earl of Dumfries) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Mary Swift (bpt 21.07.1634, dsp 1682) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Feilding | |||||||||||||||
| ((5)) | Penelope Swift | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.08.1618) William Crichton, 2nd Earl of Dumfries (d 1691) | |||||||||||||||
| ((6)) | Rosamund Swift (b after 1612) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Radclyfffe | |||||||||||||||
| ((7)) | Mary Swift | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.04.1617) Sir Robert Anstruther of Wheatley (Ambassador) | |||||||||||||||
| ((8)) | Rosamund Swift mentioned by Hunter (book identified below) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Danby of North Cave | |||||||||||||||
| ((9))+ | other issue - Darcy (d unm before 31.12.162, Captain), Ursula, Anne (a 1626), Elizabeth (bpt 11.03.1615-6) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Anne Swift (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ralph Beeston of Beeston | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Barbara Swift | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Gemby or Gunby | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Jane Swift | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Anne Swift | ||||||||||||||
| m. Lionel Reresby of Thribergh | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Margaret Swift | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Waterton, younger of Walton (son of Sir Thomas) | |||||||||||||||
| Thanks to a contributor (CV, 14.04.10) for providing us with a copy of 'Pedigree of the Noble Family of Swyft of Rotherham, Doncaster, and Streethorpe' from "South Yorkshire" by Rev. Joseph Hunter (1828-31) which provides the following and some support (including dates) for the above. | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Agnes | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Henry Swyft of Sheffield (youngest son?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | issue including Thomas, Frances | ||||||||||||||
| (D) | other issue - John, Alexander | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BIFR1976 (Swifte), BE1883 (Swift of Carlingford) with some support from Visitation (Foster, Yorkshire, 1612, Swift of Rotherham) and support/input as reported above
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