"6646. Jeremiah Child. The first known of Jeremiah Child is what is gathered from the town records of Swansea, Mass., that he was born in 1645. Who his parents were we are not informed. … He was a man of considerable prominence; became a 'freeman' in 1680; a selectman in 1682; is possessed of real estate drawn by lot in 1686; conveys to his son John a tract of land in Warren, R. I., costing £8 16s., as recorded in the town records of Taunton, Mass."