Davis Uriah I | Born 1707

SWAIN, John

Male 1633 - 1716  (82 years)


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  • Name SWAIN, John  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Born 5 Oct 1633  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Died 1716  Nantucket Island, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I14609  Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2018 

    Father SWAIN, Richard,   b. 1600, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 1682  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother BASSELLE, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1598, England (Probably) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jul 1657, Hampton, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Married Bef 1621  [1
    Family ID F4476  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family WYER, Mary,   b. Abt 1633, Newbury, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1714, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Married 15 Nov 1660  Hampton Falls, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. SWAIN, Mary,   b. 11 Sep 1661, Hampton, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 1714, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     2. SWAIN, John Jr.,   b. 1 Sep 1664, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29/29 Jan 1738/1739  (Age 74 years)
     3. SWAIN, Stephen,   b. 21 Nov 1666, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 24/24 Jan 1711/1712, Chowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
     4. SWAIN, Sarah,   b. 13 Jul 1670, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. SWAIN, Joseph,   b. 17 Jul 1673, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1766, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     6. SWAIN, Elizabeth,   b. 17 May 1676, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jul 1760  (Age 84 years)
     7. SWAIN, Hannah,   b. 5 Jul 1679, Nantucket Island, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Sep 1765, Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     8. SWAIN, Benjamin,   b. 5 Jul 1679, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1757, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     9. SWAIN, Patience,   b. Abt 1685, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Oct 1747, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 62 years)
    Last Modified 24 Jun 2018 
    Family ID F4475  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 


    • From the book, "One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families", by John Osborne Austin:

      "Nantucket, Mass.
      He and his sons John, Joseph and Benjamin, and son-in-law Joshua Sevolle, lived on farms in that section of Nantucket, called Polpis. There also lived with him another John Swain, who came from England when young, and who to avoid confusion of names, was always called "John England."
      1714, 2, 9. Will, proved 1717, 1, 27. Executors, sons John, Joseph and Benjamin. Witnesses, William Worth, John Folger, Robert Long, Moses Giles. To sons John, Joseph and Benjamin, and daughter Elizabeth Sevolle, his stock of cattle and sheep, equally; according to their two portions of land given each of them by me. To son Benjamin, a barn. To daughter Mary Nason, 5s., and to daughters Sarah, Hannah, Patience, and son Stephen, each 5s. Dwelling house and household goods to rest of the children, with all money and plate to be divided equally between them, viz., all my children, "I mean to give it to John Swain, Joseph Swain, Benjamin Swain, and Elizabeth Sevolle."
      1718, 7, 9. Inventory, oe309, 11s. 6d., less charges oe16, 10s. 10d., of which the funeral was oe1, 16s. 4d."

      Notes for John Swain:
      John Swain is the progenitor of all the Nantucket Swains of this line. He was one of the ten original purchasers of the Island.

      The John Swain house was known as the oldest house on the Island. It was struck by lightning in 1905 and partly burned so it was eventually torn down. There were three houses in the Polpis area at one time. John Swain, Sr. built a house after he moved from the Hummock Pond area where he first lived near his father. The original dwelling was on land later owned by Donald Craig, and once the Chadwick Farm. John Swain, Jr. built a house near his father, north of the site of the old Polpis schoolhouse. Then John Swain, Sr. erected another house almost opposite the site of the land he gave to daughter Elizabeth, wife of Joshua Sevolle. Most of the authorities consider the date of the SWAIN house as being built around 1771. The last to live there was Mrs. Love (Swain) Smith, who moved into town in her later years.

      In 1641 Lord Sterling, a representative of Charles II, deeded the island to Thomas Mayhew and his son, whose family had first settled on Martha’s Vineyard and grazed sheep out on Nantucket. By 1659, the Mayhews sold shares to nine proprietors and by 1700, the island population consisted of approximately 800 Native Americans and 300 European settlers
      Christopher Hussey was one of the nine purchasers of Nantucket in 1659, and in 1671 sold his land to his sons John and Stephen. The Starbuck and Macy (from Salisbury) families and John Coleman also spent the first winter on Nantucket in1659. John Gardner came to Nantucket in the 1660s and found himself limited by the existing population to one-half a vote. He appealed to the Island's governor in New York and the area was renamed Sherburne after Gardiner's English homestead. This name was used until after the Revolutionary War when the name Nantucket was restored in 1795. In 1641 Lord Sterling, a representative of Charles II, deeded the island to Thomas Mayhew and his son, whose family had first settled on Martha’s Vineyard and grazed sheep out on Nantucket. After about 15 years, the Mayhews sold shares to nine settlers; by 1700, the island population consisted of approximately 800 Native Americans and 300 European settlers. Tristram Coffin is considered the patriarch of the island

      Surnames of Nantucket
      Tristram and Dionis Stevens COFFIN - settled in 1659
      John GARDNER - settler in 1660s
      Thomas MAYHEW -
      Richard SWAIN - proprietor of the 1600s
      John SMITH - partner of Thomas Mayhew
      Richard SMITH - an artisan circa 1661
      Richard SWAIN - proprietor of the 1600s
      John TROTT - settler in 1665
      Nathaniel WYER - early settler

      [Folger genealogy by Lucy Folger - 2537872_GM.GED]

      One of nine persons who purchased the Island of Nantucket in 1659.

  • Sources 
    1. [S463] Descendants of Jeremiah Tallman (3).GED.
      Date of Import: Dec 24, 2003

    2. [S476] Birch genealogy by Terry Birch - 680559_GM.GED.
      Date of Import: Feb 25, 2004

    3. [S477] One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families.

    4. [S491] Terry Lytle BIRCH.
      453 Glendon Road, P.O. Box 850, Cave Junction, OR 97523-0850, 541-592-6575

    5. [S492] Lucy Folger.
      lucyfol@aol.com, http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GED&db=:2537872. Folger genealogy by Lucy Folger. GEDCOM imported on 25 February 2004.

    6. [S493] Folger genealogy by Lucy Folger - 2537872_GM.GED.
      Date of Import: Feb 27, 2004

    7. [S496] Alexander Starbuck, The History of Nantucket (Charles E. Tuttle Co.: Publishers, Rutland, Vermont, 1983), p. 813.