User:KAVEBEAR/Henry Sebastien Swinton

Henry Sebastien Swinton (June 1, 1802 – July 26, 1883) was a Scottish settler in the Kingdom of Hawaii. Arriving in 1832, he served successive Hawaiian kings as Sheriff of Maui, Sheriff of Oahu and as a governmental clerk of waterworks.

In an 1844 issue of The Polynesian, Swinton was listed as the Prefect of Police and Superintendant of Public Houses in Lahaina.[1]

He died on July 26, 1883.[2]

Swinton was buried next to his wife Napae at the Honolulu Catholic Cemetery.[3]

Marriage and descendants

Swinton obituary in the Evening Bulletin noted, "He was married four times and leaves a widow, 4 children, and 7 grandchildren surviving. One son went to China in years back but has not been heard of for a long while."

Married Malia Kahilo on October 8, 1864

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One of his marriage was to Napae, a Hawaiian women of the kahuna (priestly) class.[4] She died on April 21, 1870, at the age of 47.[5]

They had many children including Henry "Harry" Stuart Swinton (1841–1916), who became a whaler and ship captain. He is credited with composing the Hawaiian whaler song Latitū.[6] He also served as manager of the Lunalilo Home and was a founding member of the Hui Aloha ʻĀina (Hawaiian Patriotic League), which actively opposed the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893.[7][8]

His three daughters Jane Swinton, Martha Swinton[9] and Harriet Swinton became notable court ladies during the reigns of King Kamehameha IV and Kamehameha V.[10][4][11] Jane and Martha attended the Royal School under Rev. Edward Griffin Beckwith and were classmates to Princess Victoria Kamāmalu, the future Queen Liliuokalani, Nancy Sumner and other members of the Hawaiian nobility.[12]

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  • Henry Stuart Swinton (1841–1916)
    Henry Stuart Swinton (1841–1916)
  • Jane Steele Swinton Brown (1836–1881)
    Jane Steele Swinton Brown (1836–1881)
  • Daughter Martha C. Swinton (died 1891)
    Daughter Martha C. Swinton (died 1891)

References

  1. ^ "Executive Officers of the Kingdom". The Polynesian. Vol. 1, no. 9. Honolulu. July 20, 1844. p. 1.
  2. ^ "Obituary". The Daily Bulletin. Honolulu. July 30, 1883. p. 2.
  3. ^ Grave Marker of H. S. Swinton and Napae M. Swinton. Honolulu, HI: Honolulu Catholic Cemetery.
  4. ^ a b Taylor, Albert Pierce (June 12, 1910). "Court Beauties of Fifty Years Ago". The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. Vol. VII, no. 388. Honolulu. p. 13. Archived from the original on January 9, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  5. ^ "Died". The Friend. Vol. 27, no. 4. Honolulu: Samuel C. Damon. April 1, 1870. p. 32. {{cite news}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)
  6. ^ Carr 2014, pp. 89–91.
  7. ^ "Died". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu. December 20, 1916. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help); "Died". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Honolulu. December 22, 1916. p. 23. Retrieved July 4, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ Blount 1895, p. 448; "Representative Committee of Delegates of the Hawaiian People to present a memorial to Hon. James H. Blount, praying for the restoration of the monarchy under Queen Liliuokalani". Library of Congress. c. 1970. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  9. ^ Aldrich v. Hassinger. Vol. 11. Honolulu: Hawaiian Gazette Company Print. 1899. pp. 272–274. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help); Aldrich v. Hassingerwork=Hawaii Reports: Cases determined in the Supreme Court of the Territory of Hawaii. Vol. 13. Honolulu: Hawaiian Gazette Company Print. 1902. pp. 138–159.
  10. ^ Taylor 1922, p. 20.
  11. ^ Taylor, Emma Ahuena (February 9, 1935). "Princess Ruth Keelikolani Haughty But Kind, Was A Beloved Alii Of Old Hawaii's Days". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Honolulu. p. 5. Retrieved July 4, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ Topolinski 1981, pp. 51–52.

Bibliography

  • Blount, James Henderson (1895). The Executive Documents of the House of Representatives for the Second Session of the Fifty-Third Congress, 1893–'94 in Thirty-One Volumes. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. OCLC 191710879.
  • Carr, James Revell (2014). Hawaiian Music in Motion: Mariners, Missionaries, and Minstrels. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-09652-5. OCLC 1004351438.
  • Taylor, Albert Pierce (1922). Under Hawaiian Skies: A Narrative of the Romance, Adventure and History of the Hawaiian Islands. Honolulu: Advertiser Publishing Company, Ltd. OCLC 479709.
  • Topolinski, John Renken Kahaʻi (1981). "Nancy Sumner, Hawaiian Courtlady". Hawaiian Journal of History. 15. Honolulu: Hawaiian Historical Society: 50–58. hdl:10524/285.

Greer, Richard A. Grog Shops and Hotels: Bending the Elbow in Old Honolulu Hawaiian Journal of History, volume 28, 1994 35-67 hdl=10524/489

28:44,48,60

Greer, Richard A. Sketch of Ke-Kua-Nohu, 1845-1850, with Notes of Other Times Before and After, Volume 2, 1968 3-41 hdl=10524/226

2:41; According to Parke, Oral R. Wood served until 1853, being replaced by H. S. Swinton, who held office until 1858 (Parke to Hutchison, Nov. 3, 1869)


Greer, Richard A. Honolulu in 1838, 3-38 Hawaiian Journal of History, volume 11, 1977 3-38 hdl=10524/176

ll:13; Signers of the fruitless petition were R. Lawrence, Henry Sebastian Swinton, James Vowels, William Mowle, John Cretendon, John Hobbs, Thomas Aylett, Henry Zupplien, Joseph Booth, and John Mitchener
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