Swayze, Isaac

• DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN BIOGRAPHY ARTICLE: Bruce G. Wilson, “SWAYZE (Swayzie, Sweezey), ISAAC,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 6, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003. https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/swayze_isaac_6E.html#citations
• DCB profile notes:
  • Politician, jp,office holder, and militia officer; b. 1751 in Morris County, N.J., son of Caleb Swayze and Miriam Drake; m. first Bethia Luce; m. secondly Sarah Secord; m. thirdly 18 Sept. 1806 Lena Ferris, a widow; d. 11 Feb. 1828 near Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Upper Canada.
  • The Swayze family emigrated from Germany in the early 17th century and settled in Salem, Mass. Isaac Swayze’s forebears moved to Long Island, N.Y., and then to Morris County where he was living at the outbreak of the American revolution. He claimed early participation by his family in the royal cause and he himself was employed on secret service, twice made prisoner, and badly wounded during the course of the conflict.
  • In 1784 Swayze removed to the Niagara peninsula, where he eventually settled at St Davids. His fellow settlers there had doubts about his allegiance during the revolution; it was not until he had produced proof of misrepresentation of character that he was allowed his loyalist grant of land.
• United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=8272
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