Judge Samuel Swayze

1689 - 1759  (70 years)

• Name	Samuel Swayze  [1]
  Prefix	Judge
  Birth	20 Mar 1689	Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 May 1759	Roxbury Township, Morris, New Jersey, British Colonial America   [1]
  Burial	11 May 1759	Chester Congregational Cemetery, Chester, Morris, New Jersey, British Colonial America
  Person ID	I1171	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Joseph Swazey, Sr.,   b. 12 Sep 1653, Southold, Suffolk, Colony of New York, British Colonial America d. 2 Apr 1717, Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Mary Betts, >,   b. 14 May 1654, British Colonial America d. 14 May 1734, Aquebogue, Southold, Suffolk, NY (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	Sep 1677	Southold, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  Family ID	F621	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Penelope Horton,   b. 14 Feb 1689, Cutchogue, Suffolk, Long Island, New York, British Colonial America d. 1 Dec 1746, Chester, Morris, New Jersey, British Colonial America (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	10 Feb 1710	1st Presbyterian Church, Morristown, Morris, New Jersey
  Children	1. Barnabus Swayze, Sr.,   b. 12 Jan 1715, Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 9 Dec 1796, Hope Township, Warren, New Jersey, United States (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F25130	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 May 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Susannah Huntington,   b. 1696, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, British Colonial America d. 5 Nov 1776, Roxbury Township, Morris, New Jersey, United States (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	20 Apr 1747	Roxbury Township, Morris, New Jersey, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F25131	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 May 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Robert Sweezey comments: Moved his family to New Jersey in 1737 and settled Roxbury, now Chester, which became known as the Swayze settlement. He was the progenitor of numerous descendents always spelling their name Swayze. Many still live in New Jersey. Judge Samuel Swayze became the first Co., Judge in West Jersey. One of his sons, Reverend Samuel Swayze was a Congregational minister. Judge Swayze's daughter, Mary, married Col. John Seward and Samuel Swayze Seward, their eighth child, was the father of Honorable William Henry Seward, born 1801, died 1872, who was twice Governor of New York State and was Secretary of State under President Lincoln. I have one source that lists DOB as 31 July 1689.

  
  

• Sources

  [S21] http://sweezey.net/genealogy/software/getperson.php?personID=I00145. [S21] http://sweezey.net/genealogy/software/getperson.php?personID=I00160.