William Swales Cobblestone Houses

1. Sod-23 Preston house (Gaylord) for his daughter, Elizabeth, wife of John Preston (Buried Sodus Rural Cemetery).
2. Sod-35 Maulendyke house (Dufloo Road) for his son, John, (buried, Swales Cemetery).
3. Sod-20 Gibson - Lake Road, for son, William Jr., buried Sodus Rural Cemetery. Editor's Note: WHO website states house built for son George.
4. (Two) Sodus Fruit Farm, for himself, buried Sodus Rural Cemetery.
5. Sod-19 Monar House, Lake Road (formerly Swales) built for son, George. Editor's Note: Carl Schmidt states house was inherited by son, William Swales Jr.
6. Sod-39 Ternoois-Fletcher house [Miller's House], south of Preston's - not known for whom built. The 1858 map shows a J. Preston owned residence at or near this location.
7. Dearlove House - south side of Halcus Road for daughter Sarah, now in ruins.
8. Three or four houses built on Sodus Fruit Farm, now gone.

This information from his great-granddaughter, Emma Potwine, ca. 1955.

Link to access further information on the Swales family.

Cemetery Records

William Swales ( Sept. 26, 1776, Hutten, Cranswick, Yorkshire, England - Jan. 28, 1855 - Swales Cemetery)
William Swales Jr. (1806-1857 - Sodus Rural Cemetery)
Elizabeth Swales Preston (Born Sept. 18, 1813 - Died Dec. 26, 1903 - Sodus Rural Cemetery)
John Swales (1815-1857 - Swales Cemetery)
William Swales Jr. (1833-1912 - Sodus Rural Cemetery)
Sarah S. Swales Gibson (1839-1927 - Sodus Rural Cemetery)
Maria Swales Nash (1843-1918 - Sodus Rural Cemetery)
Joseph Swales (1843-1907 - Sodus Rural Cemetery)
Elizabeth Swales Weeks (1841 - July 30, 1859 - Swales Cemetery)
Jame Ann Swales (1843- Jan. 2, 1845 - Swales Cemetery)
Ella G. Swales Vosburgh (1879-1976 Sodus Rural Cemetery)

Editor's Note: How the Swales property ownership changed with the passing of William Swales Sr. in 1855, William Swales Jr in 1857, and John Swales in 1857 is shown by comparing the 1853 and 1858 Wayne County, Town of Sodus map excerpts below. Left to right:

Sod-35 - John Swales to Mrs. J Swales
Sod-19 and Sod 20 - Willam Swales Sr. to Mrs William Swales
Sod-XX, A yet to be documented structure north of Sod-35 - George Swales (not listed above in Swales Cemetery)
Sod-37 Swales Manor House - Willam Swales Sr. to George Swales
Sod-23 - Willam Swales Sr. to John and Elizabeth [Swales] Preston. Built in 1846 as the grist miller's residence, ownership or at least occupancy may have occurred earlier than 1853.

IMG_1775.jpg Monument to William Swales in Swales Cemetery on Lake Road, Sodus.

1853 Wayne County Swales Property Excerpt Map.jpg ¹

1858 Wayne County Swales Property Excerpt Map ²

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¹ 1853 Wayne County Excerpt Map courtesy Library of Congress.
² 1858 Wayne County Excerpt Map courtesy Library of Congress.