Re: Swayze tombstone, Hope, New Jersey
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In reply to:
Re: Swayze tombstone insciption
1/29/00
Thank you Laurie for your reply. Given name, Israel, is correct. "Israel Swayze, farmer, (Samuel4, Joseph3,John2,John1) bapt in Southhold, Long Island, New York Oct 11, 1720, d. Hope, New Jersey. m1? m2Elisabeth Seward. He is buried in the Swayze Cemetery at Hope..inscription "In memory of Israel Swayze, who was born on Long Island and moved with his father to Roxbury in Morris County, and from thence to Hope, Sussex Co. Died August 27, 1774, aged 53 years. 1 month."
Any information on first wife? Thank you.