Updated 21 January 2005

• William's Letter back to the Old Country in 1867

• William's brother Abel's letter to him from Canada, 1867

  See Abel's gravesite photos.

• Margaret's letter home to the "Old Country"

• Isaac Swansbury's letter @ 1936

• Contributed by John Swansbury, England:

  At the end of his [Lewis Swansbury] life he was a pauper and had to ask for aid from the Parish. Some of these old records have survived and are kept in the Somerset County Archives. Some years ago I transcribed about 30 entries for him, including the following:

  1817 Mar 15: Pd Lew Swonbury 0/ 8/0

  1817 Apr 15: Pd Lew Swansbury 0/ 8/0

  1818 Dec 23: Lue Swanbrey in distrefs 0/ 0/6

  1819 Jan 10: Paid Lew Swansbery in distrefs 0/ 5/0

  1819 Jan 25: Paid Lew Swansbury in distrefs 0/ 3/6

  1822 Apr 15: Lew Swainsbury house rent 1/10/0

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