2-764: Swasey (also spelled Swayze , Swayzee, Sweezey, Swazee, Swezey, Swazey, Swaiesy, Swayse, Sweazey, Sweazy, and Swasse) is an English surname that arrived in America with John Swasey ( ca. 1584 - 1686) around 1630 at the Massachusetts Bay Colony . The name is found on both sides of the Atlantic, such as between 1576 and 1744 in Bridport in Dorset, where someone of the name founded a charity. In other cases, Swasey surname origin represents an Anglicized form of
4-624: The German-language surname Schweiz, Schweize, or Schweizer ("Swiss"). Though it has been reported that those of this surname live or have lived in Portsmouth , London and Beverly Hills , an enumeration of descendants of John Swasey would be fairly large, including some descendants of the Salem planter Thomas Gardner . People with this surname or variants include: Swayze Swayze ( / ˈ s w eɪ z i / SWAY -zee )
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