Person:William Swain (2)
William Swaine
b.Est 1619
d.22 Apr 1658
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1619
  1. William SwaineEst 1619 - 1658
  2. Francis Swain1620/21 - Bef 1665
  3. Nicholas Swain1623/24 - 1650
  4. Grace Swan1627 - 1693
  5. Richard Swain1630/31 - 1633
  6. John Swain1634 - Bef 1717/18
  7. Elizabeth Swain1638 - 1742
Spouse and Children
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m. Est 1642
  1. Hannah Swain - 1699/00
  2. Hezekiah Swain
  3. William Swain - Bef 1694
  4. Elizabeth Swaine1650 -
  5. Bethia Swaine1652 -
  6. Noah Swaine1654 - 1658
  7. Prudence Swaine1654 - Abt 1717
  8. Elizabeth Swaine1657/58 - 1658
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Facts and Events
Name[1] William Swaine
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1619
Immigration[2] 8 Jun 1635 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States"Rebecca" from London to Boston,
Marriage Est 1642 Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United Statesto Prudence Marston
Military? Sergeant
Occupation? Selectman, Jurist
Alt Death[3] 20 Oct 1657 Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
Death[1] 22 Apr 1658 At sea.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Stott, Clifford L. The English Origin of Richard(1) Swaine of Hampton, New Hampshire, and Nantucket. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Oct 1999)
    74:248.

    William Swaine, b. ca. 1619. He arrived in Boston on the Rebecca in 1635, age 16. William is identified as a son of Richard1 Swaine in a deed from Richard Swaine of Hampton to Hezekiah Swaine, "my grandchilde my sone Williams eldest sonne," on 22 April 1658. William d. at sea: "The sad hand of God upon Eight p[er]sons goeing in a vessell by sea from Hampton to boston who were all swallowed up in the ocian sone after ther ware out of the Harbour. … He m. ca. 1649, Prudence Marston, daughter of William1 Marston of Hampton. She m. (2) Hampton, 16 June 1658, Moses1 Cox.

  2. ↑ Noyes, Sybil; Charles Thornton Libby; and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939).
  3. ↑ William Swaine, in Dow, Joseph. History of the town of Hampton, New Hampshire: from its settlement in 1638, to the autumn of 1892. (Salem, Massachusetts: L.E. Dow, the Salem Publishing and Printing Co. , 1893)
    2:985, 986.

    William Swaine, sou of Richard (1), married Prudence, daughter of William Marston (1); lived on apart of his father's home lot (nearly opposite Mrs. Dorothy Ward's). He was one of the eight, lost at sea, in 1657.
    [p. 985] Their [Richard and Basselle's] sons, William and Francis, preceded the parents in coming to America. "Entered as passengers in the Rebecca, John Hedges, master [6 Apr., 1635], William Swayne, 16, and Francis Swayne, 14 years of age.
    William (2), b. ab. 1619; m. Prudence Marston; d. Oct. 20, 1657.

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