updated repost from 2019
Sarah Hellon Swasey.
birth: 23 FEB 1757, Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts Colony
DEATH: 25 DECEMBER 1836, Somerset, Bristol County, MA.
She was my 4 times great grandmother
Sarah Hellon was the daughter of Ratcliff (Radcliff) Hellon (1729–1770)
BIRTH 14 DEC 1729 • Whitehaven, Cumberland, England DEATH AFT 1770 • At Sea ?
Her mother was Parthenia (Berthany?) Palmer Hellon BIRTH 1732 • Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, DEATH Unknown
Grandmom Sarah Hellon married Lt. Jerathmel Swasey in 1775. He was born May 10, 1752 in Somerset, Bristol Ma, the son of Joseph and Mary Bowers Swasey.
Lt. Jarathmel Swasey (1752-1829) served as 1st lieutenant in Capt. Job Slead's 8th company, Col. Thomas Carpenter's 1st Bristol County Massachusetts regiment.
(Source: North American Family Histories, 1500-2000, Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books, page 257, Mrs. Lewelyn S. James Nickerson, descendant.)
Their children incuded my great times 3 grandfather Capt. Alexander G. Swasey (1784-1861) and 3 other children, Sarah (Sally) Swasey Walker, Parthenia Swasey Palmer, and Capt. Jerathmel D. Swasey.
I admit today was the first time I found the daughter, Sally Swasey Walker listed (at Find-A-Grave). That explains why a cousin was so excited about the Walker dolls, which are apparently famous as being early beauties by a Miss Walker. And the Swasey home is also known to have been the home of the Walker doll creator in Newport.
Grandmom Sarah lived to be 79 and Grampa Jerathmel lived to his 73 year. I wish there was more known about Grandmom Sarah Swasey. All those years of her life were lived in such different circumstances to mine...cooking, cleaning, making clothing, obtaining food, probably growing food, saving food for wintertime, having children, teaching children, caring for sickness and injuries, just being a woman with all that entails!
Ada Swasey Rogers Family Tree.
The photo shows her mother,
my great grandmother,
Zulieka Granger Swasey as a young woman.
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