William Sweezey

1786 - 1851  (65 years)

• Name	William Sweezey  [1]
  Birth	1786	Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Gender	Male
  Birth	1787	Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  Burial	1851	Middle Island, Suffolk, New York, United States of America
  Death	30 May 1851	Middle Island, Suffolk, NY
  Name	William Swezey
  Death	30 May 1851	Middle Island, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  Person ID	I1117	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Stephen Sweezey,   b. 29 Sep 1756, Swezeytown, Middle Island, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 6 May 1833, Swezeytown, Middle Island, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Sophia Jaynes,   b. 14 Jun 1762, Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 15 May 1839, Middle Island, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1780	Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  Family ID	F606	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Stephen Swezey,   b. 29 Sep 1756, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 6 May 1833, Middle Island, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Sophia Jaynes,   b. 14 Jun 1762, Setauket, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 15 May 1839, Middle Island, Suffolk County, New York, USA (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1777
  Family ID	F14928	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Rose, ^,   b. 31 Aug 1791, Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1808  [3]
  Children	1. Deborah Ann Sweezey, <,   b. 1812, Brookhaven, Suffolk, N Y d. 21 Apr 1876, Middle Island, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 64 years)   2. Stephen Sweezey, <,   b. 1812, Setauket, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 5 Jul 1870, Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 58 years)   3. Charles Swezey, ^,   b. Abt 1818, NY d. 9 Apr 1894, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 76 years)   4. John Rose Sweezey, <,   b. 6 Nov 1817, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 18 Jan 1879, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 61 years)   5. William Sylvester Swezey, <,   b. 17 Jun 1825, Suffolk Co., NY d. 23 Jun 1900, Middle Island, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 75 years)   6. Catherine E. Sweezey, ^,   b. 1828, Middle Island, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 1882 (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F603	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Robert Swezey comments: According to his head stone at Union Cemetery, his date of birth was 1786. B.F. Swasey gives his date of birth as 1782. I do not see a spouse buried near him at the cemetery. It is possible that she remarried and was buried with her second husband. Information on his children come from Union Cemetery and William's will. I have a hand-written genealogy that shs date of birth as 1782, and wife Eliza Rose of Fire Place, NY. William died intestate, but the legal documents mention his wife Betsy and children: Deborah Ann Randall, Stephen, Charles, John R., William Sylvester, and Catherine E. Sweezey (not married as of 1851), all of the town of Brookhaven. According to the 1810 census, William had 2 girls born between 1800 and 1810. I only know of one of them. Maybe the other died young, because I do not see her in the 1820 census. According to the 1820 census, there were 3 boys 0-10 years of age. This would be Stephen (age 9), Charles (age 7), and John (age 3), plus Deborah (age 12). In the 1830 census, there are 5 children - I see Deborah and her sister Catherine, and 3 boys: 1 age 0-5 (this would be William b. 1825), 1 age 15-20 (this would be Stephen or Charles), and 1 age 10-15 (this would be John b. 1817). I see no serate listing for either a Stephen or a Charles in 1830 census. I do see what appears to be either Charles or John (based on age) living with William's brother Oscar in 1830. Now, in 1840 there are 2 boys age 15-20 (Charles and John?) and 1 age 10-15 (this would be William). Maybe there is a mistake, and it should have been marked 2 boys age 20-30. Then that would be Charles and John. As for females; there is a 400 (wife Eliza), a 30-40 (Deborah), and a 10-15 (Catherine). 1850 Census - Living in Brookhaven - He is listed as just 'William' (64), with wife Elisa (59), a Deborah A. (40), Wiliam S. (25), a Catherine E. (22). Also living with them is a James Sweezey (52), a brickmaker, and an Elisa A. (16). Elisa isisted a "M", under the catagory 'Color'. William does not have a brother James, and I do not have a James in my database that matches. I wonder if she could be the daughter of James? James is listed as a 'Brickmaker'. I wonder if these last two listed people are not really a 'Sweezey'. Maybe they are just boarders and possibly the census taker just 'dittoed' the last name. I am going to check the actual microfilm. Yes, the census taker just 'dittoed' the last name for all these people. I am still not sure if Catherine (40), is a daughter, or the wife of son William. If I use the 1840 census as a guide, Catherine is a legitamite sister, born between 1825 and 1830. I do see Stephen as a separate head of household with a wife, son and daughter in the 1840 census.

  
  

• Sources

  [S21] Robert H. Sweezey, Sweezey.com and Sweezey.net, http://sweezey.net/genealogy/software/getperson.php?personID=I00765. [S21] Robert H. Sweezey, Sweezey.com and Sweezey.net, http://sweezey.net/genealogy/software/getperson.php?personID=I00518. [S200] Spectator (New York, NY), 9 Jan 1808, p. 3. Married. At Brookhaven, Long Island, on Sabbath evening last, by the Rev. Mr. Robertson, Mr. William Swezey to the amiable Miss Eliz. Rose, daughter of John Rose, Esq., all of Brookhaven.