Charles Swezey, ^

Abt 1818 - 1894  (76 years)

• Name	Charles Swezey  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	^
  Birth	Abt 1818	NY   [4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Charles Sweezey
  Death	9 Apr 1894	Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  	[Robert Sweezey records the place of death as being Yaphank. However, Charles Swezey is known to have lived in Brookhaven Hamlet.]
  Burial	Yaphank (Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [6]
  Person ID	I149	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	William Sweezey,   b. 1786, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 30 May 1851, Middle Island, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Rose, ^,   b. 31 Aug 1791, Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1808  [7]
  Family ID	F603	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Eliza Platt Rose, ^,   b. 5 Feb 1829, NY d. 1885, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	1842	Suffolk Co., NY   [8, 9]
  Children	1. William Sylvester Swezey, ^,   b. 4 Oct 1847, Suffolk Co., NY d. 18 Nov 1918, Yaphank, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 71 years)   2. Elizabeth Rose Swezey, ^,   b. Abt 1849, NY d. 17 Apr 1915, Huntington, Huntington, Suffolk, NY (Age 66 years)   3. Fannie E. Swezey, ^,   b. 10 Jun 1855, Suffolk Co., NY d. 21 Sep 1927, Yaphank, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F69	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  According to Morse, he was known as a "copperhead" during the Civil War. Copperhead was a derogatory term used to describe Northern Democrats who advocated making peace with the Confederacy during the Civil War, comparing them to the poisonous copperhead snakes that hide in the grass. Family Note: [There are uncertainties about the Charles and Mary Sweezey family which are described in detail in Robert's Sweezy's notes. The information presented here should be used with caution.]

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D., p. 115. Age 32. [S21] Robert H. Sweezey, Sweezey.com and Sweezey.net, http://www.sweezey.net/genealogy/software/getperson.php?personID=I0282 0. [S105] Compiled by Richard A. Thomas. Post Offices in Brookhaven and South Haven. Based on a letter from Osborn Shaw to Thomas F. Lyons, dated 05 Sep 1956, with Appendix. https://brookhavensouthaven.org/historical-sketches/post-offices/. [S8] Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D., p. 115. [S21] Robert H. Sweezey, Sweezey.com and Sweezey.net. http://www.sweezey.net/genealogy/software/getperson.php?personID=I0282 0 Birth 1815 [S5] Yaphank Village Cemetery. [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. [S3] Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National, p. 212. [S21] Robert H. Sweezey, Sweezey.com and Sweezey.net, http://sweezey.net/genealogy/software/getperson.php?personID=I02821.