Merritt SWENY

- 1752

• Name	Merritt SWENY
  Gender	Male
  Will	28 Dec 1751	Elizabeth City Co, VA   [1]
  Death	c. 1752
  Will Recorded	3 Oct 1752	Elizabeth City Co, VA   [1]
  admin of estate	2 May 1758	Elizabeth City Co, VA   [2]
  	On 12 May 1758, Augustine Moore, petitioned the Elizabeth City County Court for Letters of Administration on the Estate of Merritt Sweny. Sweny's Executrix and widow, Jane, had died a few months earlier and had left her husband's Estate unadministered. Roscow Sweny, George Walker, Sr, John Parsons and James Westwood posted bonds sufficient to insure the estate.
  Person ID	I42586	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family	Jane WILSON   d. c 1757
  Marriage	Before 5 Feb 1733/4  [3]
  	The couple was married prior to 5 February 1733/4, when Jane was named as "Mrs. Jane Sweny" in Susanna Allkin's will of that date.
  Children	1. Roscow SWENY,   b. Before May 1737   2. Priscilla SWENY   d. c. 1756   3. Martha SWENY   d. 1757   4. Ann SWENY   d. 1801   5. Sarah SWENY   6. Mary SWENY
  Family ID	F2004	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Burgess p. 76.

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Blanche Adams Chapman, Chapman, Wills and Administrations of Elizabeth City County, Virginia 1688-1800, ((Berryville, VA: Virginia Book Company, 1980)), ISBN 0-8063-0909-1. p. 89: Merritt Sweny will. [S5014] Merrit Sweny, Elizabeth City Co, VA estate administration (1758). [S324] Susanna Allkin, Elizabeth City Co, VA will (1744).