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Male John Swain Click to view John Swain in the family tree

John was born about 1633 in Berkshire?, England.1   John's father was Richard Swain and his mother was Elizabeth Basselle.  His paternal grandfather was William Swain. He had two brothers and two sisters, named Francis, William, Dorothy and Elizabeth. He had a half-brother named Richard.  He died in Nantucket,Massachusetts.2 


John's family with Mary Weare

‌John and Mary were married in a religious ceremony in 1656 in Hampton, Nh.3   They had four sons and five daughters, named John, Stephen, Joseph, Benjamin, Mary, Sarah, Patience, Elizabeth and Patience.

1 Eliza Starbuck Barney Genealogical Record @ (1633)
2 Eliza Starbuck Barney Genealogical Record
3 Eliza Starbuck Barney Genealogical Record @ (1656)
4 Vital Records of Nantucket Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume II (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, @ p. 548 (O.S.)
5 The History of Nantucket @ p. 814 (bef Mar 2 1739)
6 Vital Records of Nantucket Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume II (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, @ p. 570 (O.S.)
7 Vital Records of Nantucket Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume II (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, @ p. 567 (O.S.)
8 Vital Records of Nantucket Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume II (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, @ p. 549 (O.S.)
9 Vital Records of Nantucket Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume II (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, @ p. 528 (O.S.)
10 The History of Nantucket @ p. 814
Further source/citation:
The History of Nantucket @ p. 813

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