Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Daniel Swain
1767 - 1. Daniel Swain was born on 24 Apr 1767 in Port LaTour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia (son of Chapman Swain and Sarah Meader). Family/Spouse: Ann Taylor. Ann (daughter of (Unknown) Taylor and Susanna Whitham) died on 19 Feb 1818. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
2. Chapman Swain was born on 13 Jul 1708 in Nantucket, Massachusetts (son of John Swain and Patience Skiff). Chapman married Sarah Meader on 19 Jul 1739 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Joseph Meader and Charity Nason) was born on 30 Aug 1722 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Sarah Meader was born on 30 Aug 1722 in Nantucket, Massachusetts (daughter of Joseph Meader and Charity Nason). Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: 30 Jun 1722
Children:
- 1. Daniel Swain was born on 24 Apr 1767 in Port LaTour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia.
Generation: 3
4. John Swain was born in England; died in 1749 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Notes:
Called "England," presumably because he was born there, and to distinguish him from the other, more prominent Swain family of Nantucket.
John married Patience Skiff. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Patience Skiff (daughter of James Skiffe, Jr. and Sarah Barnard). Children:
- 2. Chapman Swain was born on 13 Jul 1708 in Nantucket, Massachusetts.
6. Joseph Meader was born on 10 Apr 1681 in Oyster River, now Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire (son of John Meader and Sarah Follett); died in 1759 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Joseph married Charity Nason on 29 Dec 1704 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Charity (daughter of Joseph Nason and Mary Swain) was born on 17 Sep 1682 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Charity Nason was born on 17 Sep 1682 in Nantucket, Massachusetts (daughter of Joseph Nason and Mary Swain). Children:
- 3. Sarah Meader was born on 30 Aug 1722 in Nantucket, Massachusetts.
Generation: 4
10. James Skiffe, Jr. was born on 12 Sep 1638 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts (son of James Skiffe and Mary); died on 7 Jun 1724 in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
- Alternate death: Aft 1719
Notes:
One of the four original proprietors of Tisbury on Martha's Vineyard, but he appears to have lived there only briefly. He was one of those involved in the short-lived 1673 "Dutch Rebellion" against the overlordship of Thomas Mayhew. Writes Charles Edward Banks (citation details below): "He does not appear to have been punished for it directly, but the ruling family found opportunity to reach him in other ways. Thomas Dagget entered complaint against him in 1674 for slander, in calling him 'a theif, a lyer and knave and other opprobrious words,' and thenceforth his usefulness and personal safety were ended. He remained several years, the last record of his residence here being in 1677, and then removed to Nantucket. He had contracted a second marriage with Sarah, daughter of Robert Barnard of that island, in March 1676-7, and thenceforth became a townsman there."
James married Sarah Barnard in Mar 1677. Sarah (daughter of Robert Barnard and Joanna Harvey) died on 24 Aug 1732 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Sarah Barnard (daughter of Robert Barnard and Joanna Harvey); died on 24 Aug 1732 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Children:
12. John Meader was born about 1655 (son of John Meader); died between 2 Nov 1736 and 17 Dec 1736. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: Abt 1660, Oyster River, now Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire
- Alternate death: Aft 2 Nov 1736
John married Sarah Follett before 1680. Sarah (daughter of Nicholas Follett and Abigail) was born about 1654; died after 1713. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Sarah Follett was born about 1654 (daughter of Nicholas Follett and Abigail); died after 1713. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: Bef 1725
Children:
- 6. Joseph Meader was born on 10 Apr 1681 in Oyster River, now Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire; died in 1759 in Nantucket, Massachusetts.
14. Joseph Nason was born in of Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire (son of Richard Nason and Sarah). Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: of Nantucket, Massachusetts
Joseph married Mary Swain. Mary (daughter of John Swain and Mary Weare) was born on 11 Sep 1661 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died on 27 Sep 1714 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Mary Swain was born on 11 Sep 1661 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire (daughter of John Swain and Mary Weare); died on 27 Sep 1714 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Children:
- 7. Charity Nason was born on 17 Sep 1682 in Nantucket, Massachusetts.