William Weeks Jr.

The Long brothers' 9th great-grandfather.

How they’re connected
  1. William Weeks Jr.
  2. ↓ Lydia Weeks
  3. ↓ William Swift V
  4. ↓ Solomon Swift
  5. ↓ Capt. Nathaniel Swift
  6. ↓ Solomon Swift
  7. ↓ Leroy E. Swift
  8. ↓ Le Roy Warren Swift
  9. ↓ Rachel Winter Swift
  10. ↓ Francis Swift Perry
  11. ↓ Carol Perry Long
  12. ↓ John, Perry and Patrick Long

b. 1645 · d. 1716

9th great-grandfather of John, Perry and Patrick Long (generation 11)

Descent to the Long Brothers

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  1. 9th great-grandfatherWilliam Weeks Jr.1645 – 1716LZ9C-MDB●Verified
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  2. 8th great-grandmotherLydia Weeks1687 – 1732LZGK-8PL●Verified
    link●VerifiedLydia Weeks m. William Swift IV, 1707[1][2][3]
  3. 7th great-grandfatherWilliam Swift V1719 – 1809LWJP-78R●Verified
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  4. 6th great-grandfatherSolomon Swift1745 – 1807KH2D-K3J●Verified
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  5. 5th great-grandfatherCapt. Nathaniel Swift1776 – 1849MF8H-YW2●Verified
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  6. 4th great-grandfatherSolomon Swift1804 – 1885MYBT-VP3●Verified
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  7. 3rd great-grandfatherLeroy E. Swift1836 – after 1874L1VB-5P9●Verified
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  8. 2nd great-grandfatherLe Roy Warren Swift1869 – 1919LW29-V4G●Verified
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  9. great-grandmotherRachel Winter Swiftb. 18969JGN-43B●Verified
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  10. grandfatherFrancis Swift Perry1923 – 2011L1V1-8D2●Verified
  11. Carol Perry Long
  12. John, Perry and Patrick Long

Sources for the marriages

  1. Oliver B. Brown, comp., Vital Records of Falmouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 ([Warwick, RI]: Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island, 1976), 128–29. archive.org On the reading of “Mary” as Mercy, see Anderson, Great Migration Begins, 3:1593; for a contrary view, Amos Otis, Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, rev. C. F. Swift, vol. 1 (Barnstable, MA: F. B. & F. P. Goss, 1888), 467.
  2. Oliver B. Brown, comp., Vital Records of Falmouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 ([Warwick, RI]: Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island, 1976), 212, 217. archive.org
  3. George H. Swift, comp., William Swyft of Sandwitch and Some of His Descendants, 1637–1899 (Millbrook, NY: Round Table Press, 1900), 5, 8. archive.org

Life

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Family

Parents:
Mrs. William Weeks (1620-1658) G27Y-LMT; William Weeks (1620-1689) G494-PDY
Spouse:
Mercy 'Mary' Robinson (1647-1688) LH8F-MG8
Child on the line to the brothers:
Lydia Weeks (1687-1732) LZGK-8PL

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