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Benjamin Swett



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Other Names: None

Assumed Gender: Male

Birth Date: 1739

Birth Place: New Castle

Death Date: 1819

Death Place: Haddonfield

Affiliations: London Yearly meeting , Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends. Indian Committee , Philadelphia Friends meeting , Society of Friends

Notes: Son of John Swett, probably born in Delaware. Granted a certificate by Philadelphia Meeting to London (1759). Married Mary Howell at Phila. meeting in 1762. To Burlington, N.J.; to Haddonfield, N.J. In 1778 accompanied John Hunt in a visit to the Indians living near Edgepelick, NJ; in 1797-1801 with his wife visited Friends in Europe. Member, Phila. Yearly Meeting's Indian Committee; left money to Soc. of Friends for care of the insane.

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