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William Sylvester Swezey, ^^[1]
1847 - 1918

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  Birth	4 Oct 1847	Suffolk Co., NY   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1860	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [3]
  Census	1860	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [4]
  	He was living with his parents.
  Census	1870	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [5]
  	He was living with his parents.
  Census	1880	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [6]
  	He was living with his parents.
  Occupation	1880  [6]
  	farmer
  Misc	1883	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [7]
  	He was a charter member of the Union Dime Club, a community social club
  Census	1900	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [8]
  	In his household was Fannie E. Swezey, his sister. He was single and a farmer. He was listed adjacent to the William Nesbitt family, and perhaps living at the easterly end of Beaver Dam Road.
  Elected	6 Jul 1907	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [9]
  	as a trustee of the Brookhaven Improvement Association
  	This was the first election of officers for what was to become the modern Brookhaven Village Association. The first meetings of the BVA occurred a year earlier in 1906.
  Census	1910	{Brookhaven}, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [10]
  	Address: Brookhaven avenue (now Beaver Dam road)
  	In his household was his sister Fanny. He was single, aged 55, and a general farmer.
  Name	William Sylvester Sweezey
  Died	18 Nov 1918	Yaphank, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  Notes	Robert Sweezey comments: 1880 Census - Living in Brookhaven with his parents. No wife. It says he was born in 1852. As does the 1870 and 1865 census. Actually the census says he was born between July 1851 and June 1852. 1900 Census of Brookhaven shows a Wm S. Sweezey born Oct 1856 living with a sister named Hannie E. born June 1860. I believe this is that William Sweezey, and the sister that is listed is the same as "Fannie F." that is listed as this William's sister. I believe that the birth date is not correct. I found the soundex of this census, and it shows a Fannie E. Sweezey, born June 1860 as the sister of William S. Sweezey, born Oct 1856. 1910 Census - Living in Brookhaven with his sister Fannie. It says he was born in 1855. Both William and his sister are listed as single. Maybe William is getting senile as he gets older. The 1850, 1860, 1865, 1870 and 1880 census all show he was born in 1852. I found William's last will and testament. His only remaining heirs in 1918 were his sister Fannie, his nephews Edmund and Frank Badette, and his nieces Emily and Madaline Badette (his sister Elizabeth's children). It appears that he never married, or if he did his wife and any children had died before 1918. It also appears that Fannie also never married since there is no mention of children or husband. There is a possibility that Fannie was married to a Badette also and that these nephew's and niece's are from her marriage, but since all the legal documents refer to her as 'Fannie Sweezey' and I know that Elizabeth married Hurbert Badette, I am quite sure I have this right. William's last will gives everything he owns to his executor Jesse E. Johnson "... to have and to hold in trust to collect the rents and profits thereof and to apply to the use and benefit of my sister Fannie Swezey, so long as she shall live." It would also appear that his sister Elizabeth is also no longer alive at this time, or her husband Hubert. I am not sure what to make of Jesse Johnson, there is a reference in the legal documents as to his relationship with William that I cannot make out, but it did mention the word "resident" in it. Since I do not believe that William ever married, I am assuming that Jesse might be his live-in friend. According to his head stone, William was born in 1853. William is buried in the Yaphank Cemetery with his parents and sister Fannie.
  Person ID	I1246	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2015

  
  

  Father	Charles Swezey, ^,   b. Abt 1818, NY ,   d. 9 Apr 1894, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Mother	Mary Eliza Platt Rose, ^,   b. 5 Feb 1829, NY ,   d. 1885, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Married	1842	Suffolk Co., NY
  Documents		The William Rose - Charles Swezey House .. originally situated on the northeast corner of Fire Place Neck and Beaver Dam roads. In addition to being a residence, it housed on of the early post offices. The original structure is no longer extant.
  Headstones		#022.Swezey: Charles Swezey Family gravestone .. Charles Swezey, his wife Mary, and children William and Fannie. Plot: Charles Swezey
  Family ID	F349	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos

  Brookhaven Boys .. at the Brook Store, Brookhaven, NY, 1898. From left, Forrest P. Reeve (store partner with Jake Valentine), William Nesbitt, Edward Ketcham, William Sweezey, Jake L. Valentine (store partner), Nathaniel Clinton Miller, Sidney Hawkins, and George Miller.

  
  

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  Union Dime Club .. the Union Dime Club was a social organization active in Brookhaven Hamlet from about 1883-1888. This article from the Patchogue Advance provides an interesting picture of the social life in the community during the late 19th century.

  
  

• Sources

  [S70] Sweezey.net, http://sweezey.net/genealogy/software/getperson.php?personID=I00936. [S156] NYGBS Record, Vol 122, No. 1 (Jan 1991), p. 28. Family Record of John Rose of Long Island: This family record was found in by Bernice Weir of Huntington, Long Island, when she was helping Sister Eileen Cleater, former head of Trocair, a Catholic organization. They had been willed the contents of an old home (that of Marie M. Baddetty who died at 105). While dusting a new Bible, photocopies from an old Bible fell out, and are here presented. John Rose, descendant of Robert Rose of Southampton and East Hampton, Long Island, married Elisabeth Rose, daughter of the Rev. David Rose ... of the Branford and Wethersfield, Connecticut, family. Thus, this marriage joined these two Rose families.... This Bible / Is the Property of / John Rose. [S61] 1860 Census, p. 212. [S61] 1860 Census, Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll: M653_865; Page: 0; Image: 338.. [S62] 1870 Census, Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll: M593_1100; Page: 374; Image: 130.. [S42] 1880 Census, Census Place: Brookhave, Suffolk, New York; Roll: T9_935; Family History Film: 1254935; Page: 146.4000; Enumeration District: 315; Image: 0021.. [S577] http://brookhavensouthhaven.org/history/UnionDimeClub/UnionDimeClub1883-88.htm. [S191] 1900 Census, Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll T623_1165; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 748.. [S543] BVA Minutes, 6 Jul 1907. [S817] 1910 Census (Heritage), 11-DIST BROOKHAVEN; Series: T624 Roll: 1081 Page: 214.