Isaac Swinton

Abt 1653 - 1687  (34 years)

• Name	Isaac Swinton
  Birth	Abt 1653	Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	Aft 1674	New Jersey, USA
  Witness - business	14 Jul 1681
  	Witness to the receipt by William Penn of £100 from Philip Ford for 5,000 acres in Pennsylvania
  Religion	1682	New Jersey, USA
  	Quaker
  Residence	10 Dec 1682	New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Witness to the will of Philipp Carteret of Elizabethtown
  Occupation	1684	New York, New York, USA
  	Clerk to the Court of Chancery, succeeding James Graham
  Legal	May 1685	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Acted as lawyer for Thomas Pearson accused by Thomas Dyre, the collector of customs, of contravening the Navigation Acts in bringing prohibited cargo aboard the Thomas and Benjamin. Dyre later dropped his case, expecting to lose.
  Property	1686	Elmhurst, Queens, New York, USA
  	A patentee applying for land in Newtown (the local name at the time)
  Occupation	Jul 1686	Albany, Albany, New York, USA   [3]
  	Recorder (deputy mayor) of Albany; role including acting as a judge
  Occupation	11 Nov 1686	New York, New York, USA   [4]
  	Clerk to the Council of New York; appointment for 12 months while the incumbent, John Spragge was on leave
  Will	1687
  	Principal creditor, William Nicoll, was appointed administrator of his estate
  Legal	Abt Feb 1686/87	New York, USA   [5]
  	Assigned to search and seize the books of Luke Santen, found guilty of fraud and misconduct
  	'Charges of fraud and misconduct are made against Luke Santen, 2 the collector of customs. These developed on Sept. 23, Nov, 22, and Dec, 9. On Jan, 10, 1687, an examination was ordered by the governour and council. The assembly was dissolved, Santen suspended, and Peter Delaney appointed collector pro tem. Santen, when arrested, was ordered to deliver his books to Stephen van Cortlandt; he refused, and Isaac Swinton was ordered to search and seize them with the help of the sheriff,-Ca/, Coun. Min., 50, 52,' Source: Stokes, I. N. Phelps et al, 'The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909', volume 4 (Robert H. Dodd, 1915), <http://archive.org/details/iconographyofman_a04stok>
  Death	3 Jul 1687	Albany, New York, USA   [6]
  	having been "violently seized with three fitts of apoplexie" (Attonrey-General James Graham to Mr Spragg, 16 Jul 1687
  Person ID	I45418	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	John Swinton   d. 1679, Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Stewart,   b. Scotland d. Dec 1662, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1645
  Family ID	F31372	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1653 - Scotland Arrival - Aft 1674 - New Jersey, USA Religion - Quaker - 1682 - New Jersey, USA Residence - Witness to the will of Philipp Carteret of Elizabethtown - 10 Dec 1682 - New Jersey, USA Occupation - Clerk to the Court of Chancery, succeeding James Graham - 1684 - New York, New York, USA Legal - Acted as lawyer for Thomas Pearson accused by Thomas Dyre, the collector of customs, of contravening the Navigation Acts in bringing prohibited cargo aboard the Thomas and Benjamin. Dyre later dropped his case, expecting to lose. - May 1685 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - A patentee applying for land in Newtown (the local name at the time) - 1686 - Elmhurst, Queens, New York, USA Occupation - Recorder (deputy mayor) of Albany; role including acting as a judge - Jul 1686 - Albany, Albany, New York, USA Occupation - Clerk to the Council of New York; appointment for 12 months while the incumbent, John Spragge was on leave - 11 Nov 1686 - New York, New York, USA Legal - Assigned to search and seize the books of Luke Santen, found guilty of fraud and misconduct - Abt Feb 1686/87 - New York, USA Death - 3 Jul 1687 - Albany, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p52. [S3544] Pomfret, John E., The Province of East New Jersey, 1609-1702, p258. [S3784] Chester, Alden, Courts and Lawyers of New York, p418. [S3656] J.W. Fortescue, Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series, America and West Indies, (Name: His Majesty's Public Record Office; Location: London;), Volume 12, 1685-86, November 1686, pp1-15. [S3787] New York State Library, Calendar of Council Minutes 1668-1783, p52. [S3786] Brodhead, John Romeyn, Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York: Procured in Holland, England, and France - 3.