Ancestry of
John Swain

(1664–1738)

John Swain

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • John Swain 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Weare   
  • Birth Date:
  • 1 Sep 1664 
  • Birth Location:
  • Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 29 Nov 1738 
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  • John Swain is said to have been the first male white child born on the island of Nantucket.

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• Sources for John Swain

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1862, Vol. 16, p. 272.
  • ² The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Philadelphia: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1899, Vol. 23, No. 1, p. 19.
  • ³ Gardner, Frank Augustine, Thomas Gardner, Planter, (Cape Ann, 1623-1626; Salem, 1626-1674) and Some of His Descendants, Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute (1907), 72, gives wife's name as Catherine.
  • ⁴ Nantucket Historical Society, The Barney Genealogical Record, (accessed 10/28/2018).