Written by the Family

Oct. 8, 2014:  Courtenay Biehl Swasey, daughter of Patricia Swasey of Greenwich, Connecticut, and J. Loring Swasey, Jr. of New York City, married Peter Murray Crawford, son of Mary Niblock Crawford of Darien, Connecticut, and Murray C. Crawford of Stuart, Florida. She is the step-daughter of Sharon Sager Swasey.

The September 27 wedding was performed by the Rev. Dr. James B. Lemler of Christ Church Greenwich and the Rev. Dr. James C. Zwernemann, pastor emeritus of Village Lutheran Church in Bronxville. The ceremony took place at Christ Church Greenwich. A reception immediately followed at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club.

The maid of honor was Ashley Prymas of New Canaan. Bridesmaids were Christina Childs of Darien, Tara Ann Franceschini of New York City, Dianna Lamarca of New York City, Kate Marinos of Rosedale, Katharine Mastellone of Rye, Christy Pandekakes of Bronxville, and Margaret Sevin of Bronxville. Flower girls were Grace Elizabeth Crawford of Highland Ranch, niece of the groom, Mary Evelyn Crawford of Highland Ranch, niece of the groom, Campbell Young Crawford of Norwalk, niece of the groom, and Julianna Karmilowicz of Rye, goddaughter of the bride. The ring bearer was William Joseph Crawford of Norwalk, nephew of the groom.

The best man was Jonathan Crawford of Darien, brother of the groom. Groomsmen were Gregory Crawford of Highlands Ranch, brother of the groom, William Crawford of Darien, brother of the groom, and Zebadiah Clarke of Norwalk.

The bride is a graduate of Miss Halls School in Pittsfield, MA. She earned a bachelor of arts degree from Roanoke College. She is an associate director of investments at the advertising agency OMD in New York City.

The groom graduated from New England Culinary Institute and received an associates of occupational studies degree in the culinary arts. He is the chef of cuisine at the New York Hospitality Group in White Plains.

The couple resides in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Pictured here: Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Crawford, new bride and groom.

Photo courtesy Pat Swasey, mother of the bride

Sep. 3, 2014:  Katherine Mary Gibson, a daughter of Nancy Quick Gibson and Craig B. Gibson of Winchester, MA, was married on July 12 to Hugh Leo Carey II, a son of Pamela Pearce Williams of Palm Beach, FL, and Donald C. Carey of Bedford, NY. The Rev. Richard C. Messina, a Roman Catholic priest, performed the ceremony at St. Patrick's Church in Falmouth, MA.

Mrs. Carey, 26, is an associate advertising account manager for the physician portal of WebMD, a New York company that provides consumers with medical information. She graduated from Trinity College in Hartford. The bride's father is a Catholic chaplain at Lawrence General Hospital in Lawrence, MA. Her mother is a trustee of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and of Newton Country Day School in Newton, MA, from which the bride graduated.

Mr. Carey, 28, works in New York as a public-sector restructuring and bankruptcy consultant for Alvarez & Marsal, a consulting firm that specializes in advising financially troubled companies, and is a director of the corporation that operates the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York. He graduated from Bronxville High School, Class of 1997, and from Union College in Schenectady, NY.

The groom's mother retired as the owner of Serving Thyme, a catering company that was in Bronxville. His father is a senior vice president for sales and business development at Fidelity National Financial, a title insurance company, in New York. The groom is a stepson of Mary Anne Schmitt-Carey and of R. Richard Williams. The groom's paternal grandfather and namesake was the Democratic governor of New York from 1975 to 1982 and was a United States representative from 1961 to 1974.