When Mary Seward was born on 11 January 1735, in Durham, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Noahdiah Seward, was 37 and her mother, Mary Seward, was 35. She married Elisha Johnson on 13 July 1760, in Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
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English: from the Middle English personal name Seward (Old English Sǣweard, from sǣ ‘sea’ + weard ‘guard’).
English: from the Middle English personal name Siward, Seward (Old English Sigeweard, from sige ‘victory’ + weard ‘guard’, or the equivalent Old Norse Sigwarth).
Irish (Cork): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Suaird, Ó Suairt, usually Anglicized as Sword .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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