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- REV. THOMAS SWIFT, of Goodrich and Bridstow, co. Hereford, distinguished for his active devotion in the cause of CHARLES I., and to the person of his son, Prince Charles (afterwards CHARLES II.), during the latter’s protracted wanderings. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Dryden, sister of Sir Erasmus Dryden, 1st bart. of Canons Ashby, and grand-aunt of John Dryden, the poet, by which lady he had (with four daus., 1, Emily; 2, Elizabeth; 3, Sarah; 4, Katherine) ten sons, of whom,
1. GODWIN, s. him.
2. Dryden, d.s.p.
3. Thomas, m. the dau. of Sir William Davenant, Knt., and had a son,
Thomas (Rev.), Rector of Puttenham, Surrey b. 1665, d. 1752, aged 87.
4. William, who had lands in cos. Carlow, Kilkenny, Leitrim, and Roscommon. His will, dated 19 May, 1703, was proved 11 March, 1705. He m. 1st, Frances, dau. of Rev. Ralph King, D.D., by whom he had a son, Thomas, d.s.p., and a dau., Elizabeth, m. her cousin, Godwin Swift, of Dunbrow. He m. 2ndly, Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Ralph Arrom, by whom (who d. 1716) he had a son,
William, of Dublin, m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Longfield, and d. 1769, leaving (with a son and a dau. who d. young) a son, William.
5. Jonathan, of Dublin, Solicitor, d. May, 1667; m. Abigail Erick, of co. Leicester, by whom (who d. 27 April 1700) he left (with a dau. Jane) a posthumous son,
JONATHAN SWIFT (Very Rev.), D.D., the celebrated Dean of St. Patrick's, b. in Hoeys Court, Dublin, 30 Nov. 1667, who has related many anecdotes of his grandfather's loyalty in his account of The Family of Swift, the original M.S. of which is still preserved in the library of Trinity College, Dublin: appointed Dean of the Cathedral Church of St. Patrick, Dublin, by patent, 6 May, 1713: d. 19 Oct. 1745.
6. Adam, of Green Castle, co. Down, whose will was proved 26 May, 1704, m. Miss Cotterell, and had (with two daus., 1. Anne, m. James Perry, of Perrymount, co. Down; 2. Martha, m. 1st, 4 April, 1707, Rev. Theophilus Harrison, and 2ndly, Edward Whiteway, of Dublin) one son,
William, m. May, 1685, Mrs. Elizabeth Naylor, widow.
Rev. Thomas Swift d. 1658.
source: Burke, Bernard and Arthur Charles Fox-Davies. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, New Edition. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1912, p. 677.
- Jonathan Swift's royalist grandfather, Thomas Swift, of a Yorkshire family, was vicar of Goodrich, and married Elizabeth Dryden, niece of Sir Erasmus Dryden, the poet's grandfather.
source: Ward, Adolphus William and Alfred Rayney Waller. The Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume 9. London, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1920, pp. 91-92.
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