Ancestry of
Ben Jealous

President and CEO of NAACP

Richard Swain

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• • 10th Great-grandfather of Ben Jealous — 13th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 5518 
  • Father:
  • William Swain 
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  • Christening Date:
  • 26 Sep 1595 
  • Christening Location:
  • Binfield, Berkshire, England 
  • Death Date:
  • 14 Apr 1682 
  • Death Location:
  • Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Basil -----
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1619 
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  • Children:
  
  

  John Swain

  Elizabeth Swain (Ahnentafel No:2759 )

• Additional marriages for Richard Swain

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  • Spouse:
  • Jane Godfrey
  • Marriage Date:
  • 15 Sep 1658
  • Marriage Location:
  • Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire

• Sources for Richard Swain

  • ¹ Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Vol. 2, p. 879.
  • ² Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640, A Concise Compendium, Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2015), 325.
  • ³ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. VI, R-S, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 609-617.
  • ⁴ Moran, Edward C., Jr., Bunker Genealogy: Vol. 2, Charlestown, Mass. and Nantucket, Mass. Branches and Some Unconnected Groups, Rockland, Maine: Bunker Family Association of America (1965), 25.
  • ⁵ Nantucket Historical Society, The Barney Genealogical Record, (accessed 10/28/2018).
  • ⁶ Sumner, Edit Bartlett, Descendants of Thomas Farr of Harpswell, Maine, and Ninety Allied Families, Los Angeles, California: American Offset Printers (1959), 311.

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