Age 86 years.
Richard Swain's grave is not marked, their are no existing grave-markers at the Founders Burial Ground, it is an empty meadow.
An engraved boulder and Two memorials at the cemetery entrance are the only markers.
NOTE:
Some Records Show Richard Swain's date of birth as September 15, 1601. This date of birth was reported by Savage "Genealogical Dictionary" and Alexander Starbuck "The History of Nantucket".
The date of birth as September 15, 1595, was reported in "The American Genealogist" by Clifford L. Scott and "The Swayne (Swain) Family, Richard Swain, first generation in America".
By Frederick Anthony Swain, 1935.
Richard Swain, according to Savage* and Reported by Frederick Anthony Swain**, embarked in London on the ship 'Truelove' September 17, 1635, for America. Savage says that in April, perhaps, he had sent his wife Elizabeth in the Planter, his sons William and Francis in the Rebecca, and daughter Elizabeth in the Susan & Ellen, under the care of various friends. He was then 40 years old. He was settled in Rowley in 1639; was made a freeman March 13,1639; had liberty , with others, to plant in Hampton in 1638; and in the following year was authorized to settle small causes in Hampton. The date of the death of his first wife appears to be 1657, in 1658 he married Jane, widow of George Bunker. Soon after he and his wife removed to Nantucket, bringing the Bunker children with them. These were Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas Look; William, who married Mary Macy, daughter of Thomas Sen'r; Mary, who married Stephen Coffin, son of Tristram Sen'r: Ann who married Joseph Coleman, son of Thomas Sen'r; Martha, who married Stephen Hussey, son of Christopher. He had by his first wife a son John, who married Mary, the daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Wyer. He probably came to nantucket at about the same time that his father did.
Richard Swain's second wife Jane died October 31, 1662; he died April 14,1862.
*Genealogical Dictionary.
**The Swayne (Swain) Family, Richard Swain, first generation in America.
By Frederick Anthony Swain, 1935.
**Of Elizabeth "Basselle" or (Bassell) , Richard Swain's first wife, married about 1617 or 1618 in England, we know very little. The only record of her is her coming to America in April, 1635, ahead of her husband about 6 months and when Elizabeth, her daughter, was baaptized at Newberry Mass. On October 9, 1638, her name being recorded as the "Daughter of Richard Swain and Elizabeth "Bassell" Swain". She died at Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire on May 15,1657, after blessing her husband with seven children, 5 boys and 2 girls.
**The Swayne (Swain) Family, Richard Swain, first generation in America.
By Frederick Anthony Swain, 1935.
Elizabeth Ann Basselle
(Elyzabethe Baselye)
in the England & Wales, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
Name: Elizabeth Ann Basselle
(Elyzabethe Baselye)
Gender: Female
Record Type: Christening (Baptism)
Baptism Date: 8 Oct 1598
Baptism Place: Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire, England
Parish: Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish
Father:
John Basselle
(John Baselye)
Register Type: Parish Register
Richard Swain and Elizabeth "Basselle" or (Bassell) had 7 children, 5 boys and 2 girls.
William - 1619-1657 Married: Prudence Marston
Francis - 1621-1665 Married: Martha
Nicholas - 1624-1650 Unmarried
Grace 1627-1692 Married: Nathaniel Boulter
Richard - 1630-1633 Died in Easthamstead, England.
John - 1633-1717 Married: Mary Weare
Elizabeth - 1636-1712 Married: Nathaniel Weare
Of Jane Godfrey Bunker, Richard Swain's second wife, widow of George Bunker, married on September 15, 1658 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Jane Godfrey-Bunker Swain died October 31, 1662, the first recorded death on Nantucket Island.
Of this marriage their was 1 child.
Richard Jr. - 1660-1707 Married: (1) Hannah Story (2) Abigail ?.
Richard Swain and Jane Godfrey-Bunker Swain also raised the 5 children of the marriage of Jane and George Bunker.
Elizabeth - Married: Thomas Look
William - Married: Mary Macy
Mary - Married: Stephen Coffin
Ann - Married: Joseph Coleman
Martha - Married: Stephen Hussey
The following Bio. Information came from a merge with a duplicate Memorial.
∼A planter & husbandman baptized at Binfield, Berkshire, 26 Sep 1592, son of William Swain (deposed on 19 Sep 1662 "aged about sixty-seven years.") He came from Easthamstead, Berkshire to Massachusetts Bay probably in 1635 on the Truelove (on 19 Sep 1635, "Richard Swayne," aged 34, was enrolled at London as a passender for New England on the Truelove. On 9 Apr 1635, his two eldest sons, "W[illia]m Swayne," aged 16, & "Francis Swayne," aged 14, were enrolled at London as passengers for New England on the Rebecca. Richard first settled at Newbury, but moved to Hampton in 1639 & Nantucket in 1661. Died at Nantucket 14 Apr 1682.
Married (1) by about 1619 Elizabeth Baselie (assuming she was the mother of all his pre-immigration children).
Married (2) at Hampton 15 Sep 1658, Jane (Godfrey) Bunker, widow of George Bunker of Topsfield. She died at Nantucket on 31 Oct 1662.
See Anderson's Great Migration Study Project & "The English Origin of Richard Swain of Hampton, New Hampshire, and Nantucket," by Clifford L. Stott,in The American Genealogist (October 1999),
*** The Purchase of Nantucket Island ***
In 1659, Richard Swain, with John Swain, his son and eight others purchased the Island of Nantucket, about 30 thousand acres and settled there. While there were only ten original purchasers, each man took a partner and with the addition of others of necessary trades, their were twenty-seven in the original colony.
The ten original purchasers were...
1. *Thomas Mayhew
2. Tristram Coffin Sr.
3. Thomas Macy
4. Richard Swain
5. *Thomas Barnard
6. Peter Coffin
7. *Stephen Greenleaf
8. John Swain
9. *William Pile
10. Christopher Hussy
The ten partners were...
1. John Smith
2. Nathaniel Starbuck
3. Edward Starbuck
4. Thomas Look
5. Robert Barnard
6. James Coffin
7. *Tristram Coffin Jr.
8. Thomas Coleman
9. (sold his interest to Richard Swain)
10. Robert Pike
* Never moved to Nantucket
Anxious to add to their number and to induce tradesmen to come to the island, the total number of shares were increased to twenty-seven. The original purchasers needed the assistance of tradesmen who were skilled in the arts of weaving, milling, building and other pursuits and selected men who were given half a share provided that they lived on Nantucket and carried on their trade for at least three years.
By 1667, the twenty-seven shares had been divided between 31 owners.
The Half Share men were...
1. John Bishop
2. Nathaniel Wier
3. Joseph Coleman
4. Eleazer Folger
5. Peter Folger
6. John Gardner
7. Joseph Gardner
8. Richard Gardner
9. Nathaniel Holland
10. Thomas Macy
11. Samuel Streeter
12. William Worth
Biographical Information came from 'The History of Nantucket County, Island and Town' by Alexander Starbuck. ISBN 0-8048-0250-5
Inscription information:
The main memorial, with the names of some of the island's first male European settlers, is situated on the plot. The text of this memorial reads:
ERECTED A.D. 1881. BY
A DESCENDANT OF THE FIRST
SETTLERS OF NANTUCKET
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHOSE REMAINS
ARE BURIED ON THIS HALLOWED SPOT
WHERE STOOD THE FIRST CHURCH
GATHERED HERE IN 1711,
SINCE REMOVED TO WHERE IT
NOW STANDS AS THE VESTRY OF THE
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY.
1609 – TRISTAM COFFIN – 1681
1598 – THOMAS MACY – 1682.
1604 – EDWARD STARBUCK – 1690
1617 – PETER FOLGER – 1690.
1624 – JOHN GARDNER – 1706
1664 – JOHN SWAIN. JR. – 1738.
1644 – JOHN COLEMAN – 1715.
1626 – RICHARD GARDNER – 1688.
1598 – CHRISTOPHER HUSSEY – 1686.
1640 – WILLIAM BUNKER – 1712.
Richard Swain's grave is not marked, their are no existing grave-markers at the Founders Burial Ground, it is an empty meadow.
An engraved boulder and Two memorials at the cemetery entrance are the only markers.
NOTE:
Some Records Show Richard Swain's date of birth as September 15, 1601. This date of birth was reported by Savage "Genealogical Dictionary" and Alexander Starbuck "The History of Nantucket".
The date of birth as September 15, 1595, was reported in "The American Genealogist" by Clifford L. Scott and "The Swayne (Swain) Family, Richard Swain, first generation in America".
By Frederick Anthony Swain, 1935.
Richard Swain, according to Savage* and Reported by Frederick Anthony Swain**, embarked in London on the ship 'Truelove' September 17, 1635, for America. Savage says that in April, perhaps, he had sent his wife Elizabeth in the Planter, his sons William and Francis in the Rebecca, and daughter Elizabeth in the Susan & Ellen, under the care of various friends. He was then 40 years old. He was settled in Rowley in 1639; was made a freeman March 13,1639; had liberty , with others, to plant in Hampton in 1638; and in the following year was authorized to settle small causes in Hampton. The date of the death of his first wife appears to be 1657, in 1658 he married Jane, widow of George Bunker. Soon after he and his wife removed to Nantucket, bringing the Bunker children with them. These were Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas Look; William, who married Mary Macy, daughter of Thomas Sen'r; Mary, who married Stephen Coffin, son of Tristram Sen'r: Ann who married Joseph Coleman, son of Thomas Sen'r; Martha, who married Stephen Hussey, son of Christopher. He had by his first wife a son John, who married Mary, the daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Wyer. He probably came to nantucket at about the same time that his father did.
Richard Swain's second wife Jane died October 31, 1662; he died April 14,1862.
*Genealogical Dictionary.
**The Swayne (Swain) Family, Richard Swain, first generation in America.
By Frederick Anthony Swain, 1935.
**Of Elizabeth "Basselle" or (Bassell) , Richard Swain's first wife, married about 1617 or 1618 in England, we know very little. The only record of her is her coming to America in April, 1635, ahead of her husband about 6 months and when Elizabeth, her daughter, was baaptized at Newberry Mass. On October 9, 1638, her name being recorded as the "Daughter of Richard Swain and Elizabeth "Bassell" Swain". She died at Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire on May 15,1657, after blessing her husband with seven children, 5 boys and 2 girls.
**The Swayne (Swain) Family, Richard Swain, first generation in America.
By Frederick Anthony Swain, 1935.
Elizabeth Ann Basselle
(Elyzabethe Baselye)
in the England & Wales, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
Name: Elizabeth Ann Basselle
(Elyzabethe Baselye)
Gender: Female
Record Type: Christening (Baptism)
Baptism Date: 8 Oct 1598
Baptism Place: Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire, England
Parish: Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish
Father:
John Basselle
(John Baselye)
Register Type: Parish Register
Richard Swain and Elizabeth "Basselle" or (Bassell) had 7 children, 5 boys and 2 girls.
William - 1619-1657 Married: Prudence Marston
Francis - 1621-1665 Married: Martha
Nicholas - 1624-1650 Unmarried
Grace 1627-1692 Married: Nathaniel Boulter
Richard - 1630-1633 Died in Easthamstead, England.
John - 1633-1717 Married: Mary Weare
Elizabeth - 1636-1712 Married: Nathaniel Weare
Of Jane Godfrey Bunker, Richard Swain's second wife, widow of George Bunker, married on September 15, 1658 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Jane Godfrey-Bunker Swain died October 31, 1662, the first recorded death on Nantucket Island.
Of this marriage their was 1 child.
Richard Jr. - 1660-1707 Married: (1) Hannah Story (2) Abigail ?.
Richard Swain and Jane Godfrey-Bunker Swain also raised the 5 children of the marriage of Jane and George Bunker.
Elizabeth - Married: Thomas Look
William - Married: Mary Macy
Mary - Married: Stephen Coffin
Ann - Married: Joseph Coleman
Martha - Married: Stephen Hussey
The following Bio. Information came from a merge with a duplicate Memorial.
∼A planter & husbandman baptized at Binfield, Berkshire, 26 Sep 1592, son of William Swain (deposed on 19 Sep 1662 "aged about sixty-seven years.") He came from Easthamstead, Berkshire to Massachusetts Bay probably in 1635 on the Truelove (on 19 Sep 1635, "Richard Swayne," aged 34, was enrolled at London as a passender for New England on the Truelove. On 9 Apr 1635, his two eldest sons, "W[illia]m Swayne," aged 16, & "Francis Swayne," aged 14, were enrolled at London as passengers for New England on the Rebecca. Richard first settled at Newbury, but moved to Hampton in 1639 & Nantucket in 1661. Died at Nantucket 14 Apr 1682.
Married (1) by about 1619 Elizabeth Baselie (assuming she was the mother of all his pre-immigration children).
Married (2) at Hampton 15 Sep 1658, Jane (Godfrey) Bunker, widow of George Bunker of Topsfield. She died at Nantucket on 31 Oct 1662.
See Anderson's Great Migration Study Project & "The English Origin of Richard Swain of Hampton, New Hampshire, and Nantucket," by Clifford L. Stott,in The American Genealogist (October 1999),
*** The Purchase of Nantucket Island ***
In 1659, Richard Swain, with John Swain, his son and eight others purchased the Island of Nantucket, about 30 thousand acres and settled there. While there were only ten original purchasers, each man took a partner and with the addition of others of necessary trades, their were twenty-seven in the original colony.
The ten original purchasers were...
1. *Thomas Mayhew
2. Tristram Coffin Sr.
3. Thomas Macy
4. Richard Swain
5. *Thomas Barnard
6. Peter Coffin
7. *Stephen Greenleaf
8. John Swain
9. *William Pile
10. Christopher Hussy
The ten partners were...
1. John Smith
2. Nathaniel Starbuck
3. Edward Starbuck
4. Thomas Look
5. Robert Barnard
6. James Coffin
7. *Tristram Coffin Jr.
8. Thomas Coleman
9. (sold his interest to Richard Swain)
10. Robert Pike
* Never moved to Nantucket
Anxious to add to their number and to induce tradesmen to come to the island, the total number of shares were increased to twenty-seven. The original purchasers needed the assistance of tradesmen who were skilled in the arts of weaving, milling, building and other pursuits and selected men who were given half a share provided that they lived on Nantucket and carried on their trade for at least three years.
By 1667, the twenty-seven shares had been divided between 31 owners.
The Half Share men were...
1. John Bishop
2. Nathaniel Wier
3. Joseph Coleman
4. Eleazer Folger
5. Peter Folger
6. John Gardner
7. Joseph Gardner
8. Richard Gardner
9. Nathaniel Holland
10. Thomas Macy
11. Samuel Streeter
12. William Worth
Biographical Information came from 'The History of Nantucket County, Island and Town' by Alexander Starbuck. ISBN 0-8048-0250-5
Inscription information:
The main memorial, with the names of some of the island's first male European settlers, is situated on the plot. The text of this memorial reads:
ERECTED A.D. 1881. BY
A DESCENDANT OF THE FIRST
SETTLERS OF NANTUCKET
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHOSE REMAINS
ARE BURIED ON THIS HALLOWED SPOT
WHERE STOOD THE FIRST CHURCH
GATHERED HERE IN 1711,
SINCE REMOVED TO WHERE IT
NOW STANDS AS THE VESTRY OF THE
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY.
1609 – TRISTAM COFFIN – 1681
1598 – THOMAS MACY – 1682.
1604 – EDWARD STARBUCK – 1690
1617 – PETER FOLGER – 1690.
1624 – JOHN GARDNER – 1706
1664 – JOHN SWAIN. JR. – 1738.
1644 – JOHN COLEMAN – 1715.
1626 – RICHARD GARDNER – 1688.
1598 – CHRISTOPHER HUSSEY – 1686.
1640 – WILLIAM BUNKER – 1712.
Age 86 years.
Richard Swain's grave is not marked, their are no existing grave-markers at the Founders Burial Ground, it is an empty meadow.
An engraved boulder and Two memorials at the cemetery entrance are the only markers.
NOTE:
Some Records Show Richard Swain's date of birth as September 15, 1601. This date of birth was reported by Savage "Genealogical Dictionary" and Alexander Starbuck "The History of Nantucket".
The date of birth as September 15, 1595, was reported in "The American Genealogist" by Clifford L. Scott and "The Swayne (Swain) Family, Richard Swain, first generation in America".
By Frederick Anthony Swain, 1935.
Richard Swain, according to Savage* and Reported by Frederick Anthony Swain**, embarked in London on the ship 'Truelove' September 17, 1635, for America. Savage says that in April, perhaps, he had sent his wife Elizabeth in the Planter, his sons William and Francis in the Rebecca, and daughter Elizabeth in the Susan & Ellen, under the care of various friends. He was then 40 years old. He was settled in Rowley in 1639; was made a freeman March 13,1639; had liberty , with others, to plant in Hampton in 1638; and in the following year was authorized to settle small causes in Hampton. The date of the death of his first wife appears to be 1657, in 1658 he married Jane, widow of George Bunker. Soon after he and his wife removed to Nantucket, bringing the Bunker children with them. These were Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas Look; William, who married Mary Macy, daughter of Thomas Sen'r; Mary, who married Stephen Coffin, son of Tristram Sen'r: Ann who married Joseph Coleman, son of Thomas Sen'r; Martha, who married Stephen Hussey, son of Christopher. He had by his first wife a son John, who married Mary, the daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Wyer. He probably came to nantucket at about the same time that his father did.
Richard Swain's second wife Jane died October 31, 1662; he died April 14,1862.
*Genealogical Dictionary.
**The Swayne (Swain) Family, Richard Swain, first generation in America.
By Frederick Anthony Swain, 1935.
**Of Elizabeth "Basselle" or (Bassell) , Richard Swain's first wife, married about 1617 or 1618 in England, we know very little. The only record of her is her coming to America in April, 1635, ahead of her husband about 6 months and when Elizabeth, her daughter, was baaptized at Newberry Mass. On October 9, 1638, her name being recorded as the "Daughter of Richard Swain and Elizabeth "Bassell" Swain". She died at Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire on May 15,1657, after blessing her husband with seven children, 5 boys and 2 girls.
**The Swayne (Swain) Family, Richard Swain, first generation in America.
By Frederick Anthony Swain, 1935.
Elizabeth Ann Basselle
(Elyzabethe Baselye)
in the England & Wales, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
Name: Elizabeth Ann Basselle
(Elyzabethe Baselye)
Gender: Female
Record Type: Christening (Baptism)
Baptism Date: 8 Oct 1598
Baptism Place: Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire, England
Parish: Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish
Father:
John Basselle
(John Baselye)
Register Type: Parish Register
Richard Swain and Elizabeth "Basselle" or (Bassell) had 7 children, 5 boys and 2 girls.
William - 1619-1657 Married: Prudence Marston
Francis - 1621-1665 Married: Martha
Nicholas - 1624-1650 Unmarried
Grace 1627-1692 Married: Nathaniel Boulter
Richard - 1630-1633 Died in Easthamstead, England.
John - 1633-1717 Married: Mary Weare
Elizabeth - 1636-1712 Married: Nathaniel Weare
Of Jane Godfrey Bunker, Richard Swain's second wife, widow of George Bunker, married on September 15, 1658 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Jane Godfrey-Bunker Swain died October 31, 1662, the first recorded death on Nantucket Island.
Of this marriage their was 1 child.
Richard Jr. - 1660-1707 Married: (1) Hannah Story (2) Abigail ?.
Richard Swain and Jane Godfrey-Bunker Swain also raised the 5 children of the marriage of Jane and George Bunker.
Elizabeth - Married: Thomas Look
William - Married: Mary Macy
Mary - Married: Stephen Coffin
Ann - Married: Joseph Coleman
Martha - Married: Stephen Hussey
The following Bio. Information came from a merge with a duplicate Memorial.
∼A planter & husbandman baptized at Binfield, Berkshire, 26 Sep 1592, son of William Swain (deposed on 19 Sep 1662 "aged about sixty-seven years.") He came from Easthamstead, Berkshire to Massachusetts Bay probably in 1635 on the Truelove (on 19 Sep 1635, "Richard Swayne," aged 34, was enrolled at London as a passender for New England on the Truelove. On 9 Apr 1635, his two eldest sons, "W[illia]m Swayne," aged 16, & "Francis Swayne," aged 14, were enrolled at London as passengers for New England on the Rebecca. Richard first settled at Newbury, but moved to Hampton in 1639 & Nantucket in 1661. Died at Nantucket 14 Apr 1682.
Married (1) by about 1619 Elizabeth Baselie (assuming she was the mother of all his pre-immigration children).
Married (2) at Hampton 15 Sep 1658, Jane (Godfrey) Bunker, widow of George Bunker of Topsfield. She died at Nantucket on 31 Oct 1662.
See Anderson's Great Migration Study Project & "The English Origin of Richard Swain of Hampton, New Hampshire, and Nantucket," by Clifford L. Stott,in The American Genealogist (October 1999),
*** The Purchase of Nantucket Island ***
In 1659, Richard Swain, with John Swain, his son and eight others purchased the Island of Nantucket, about 30 thousand acres and settled there. While there were only ten original purchasers, each man took a partner and with the addition of others of necessary trades, their were twenty-seven in the original colony.
The ten original purchasers were...
1. *Thomas Mayhew
2. Tristram Coffin Sr.
3. Thomas Macy
4. Richard Swain
5. *Thomas Barnard
6. Peter Coffin
7. *Stephen Greenleaf
8. John Swain
9. *William Pile
10. Christopher Hussy
The ten partners were...
1. John Smith
2. Nathaniel Starbuck
3. Edward Starbuck
4. Thomas Look
5. Robert Barnard
6. James Coffin
7. *Tristram Coffin Jr.
8. Thomas Coleman
9. (sold his interest to Richard Swain)
10. Robert Pike
* Never moved to Nantucket
Anxious to add to their number and to induce tradesmen to come to the island, the total number of shares were increased to twenty-seven. The original purchasers needed the assistance of tradesmen who were skilled in the arts of weaving, milling, building and other pursuits and selected men who were given half a share provided that they lived on Nantucket and carried on their trade for at least three years.
By 1667, the twenty-seven shares had been divided between 31 owners.
The Half Share men were...
1. John Bishop
2. Nathaniel Wier
3. Joseph Coleman
4. Eleazer Folger
5. Peter Folger
6. John Gardner
7. Joseph Gardner
8. Richard Gardner
9. Nathaniel Holland
10. Thomas Macy
11. Samuel Streeter
12. William Worth
Biographical Information came from 'The History of Nantucket County, Island and Town' by Alexander Starbuck. ISBN 0-8048-0250-5
Inscription information:
The main memorial, with the names of some of the island's first male European settlers, is situated on the plot. The text of this memorial reads:
ERECTED A.D. 1881. BY
A DESCENDANT OF THE FIRST
SETTLERS OF NANTUCKET
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHOSE REMAINS
ARE BURIED ON THIS HALLOWED SPOT
WHERE STOOD THE FIRST CHURCH
GATHERED HERE IN 1711,
SINCE REMOVED TO WHERE IT
NOW STANDS AS THE VESTRY OF THE
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY.
1609 – TRISTAM COFFIN – 1681
1598 – THOMAS MACY – 1682.
1604 – EDWARD STARBUCK – 1690
1617 – PETER FOLGER – 1690.
1624 – JOHN GARDNER – 1706
1664 – JOHN SWAIN. JR. – 1738.
1644 – JOHN COLEMAN – 1715.
1626 – RICHARD GARDNER – 1688.
1598 – CHRISTOPHER HUSSEY – 1686.
1640 – WILLIAM BUNKER – 1712.
Richard Swain's grave is not marked, their are no existing grave-markers at the Founders Burial Ground, it is an empty meadow.
An engraved boulder and Two memorials at the cemetery entrance are the only markers.
NOTE:
Some Records Show Richard Swain's date of birth as September 15, 1601. This date of birth was reported by Savage "Genealogical Dictionary" and Alexander Starbuck "The History of Nantucket".
The date of birth as September 15, 1595, was reported in "The American Genealogist" by Clifford L. Scott and "The Swayne (Swain) Family, Richard Swain, first generation in America".
By Frederick Anthony Swain, 1935.
Richard Swain, according to Savage* and Reported by Frederick Anthony Swain**, embarked in London on the ship 'Truelove' September 17, 1635, for America. Savage says that in April, perhaps, he had sent his wife Elizabeth in the Planter, his sons William and Francis in the Rebecca, and daughter Elizabeth in the Susan & Ellen, under the care of various friends. He was then 40 years old. He was settled in Rowley in 1639; was made a freeman March 13,1639; had liberty , with others, to plant in Hampton in 1638; and in the following year was authorized to settle small causes in Hampton. The date of the death of his first wife appears to be 1657, in 1658 he married Jane, widow of George Bunker. Soon after he and his wife removed to Nantucket, bringing the Bunker children with them. These were Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas Look; William, who married Mary Macy, daughter of Thomas Sen'r; Mary, who married Stephen Coffin, son of Tristram Sen'r: Ann who married Joseph Coleman, son of Thomas Sen'r; Martha, who married Stephen Hussey, son of Christopher. He had by his first wife a son John, who married Mary, the daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Wyer. He probably came to nantucket at about the same time that his father did.
Richard Swain's second wife Jane died October 31, 1662; he died April 14,1862.
*Genealogical Dictionary.
**The Swayne (Swain) Family, Richard Swain, first generation in America.
By Frederick Anthony Swain, 1935.
**Of Elizabeth "Basselle" or (Bassell) , Richard Swain's first wife, married about 1617 or 1618 in England, we know very little. The only record of her is her coming to America in April, 1635, ahead of her husband about 6 months and when Elizabeth, her daughter, was baaptized at Newberry Mass. On October 9, 1638, her name being recorded as the "Daughter of Richard Swain and Elizabeth "Bassell" Swain". She died at Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire on May 15,1657, after blessing her husband with seven children, 5 boys and 2 girls.
**The Swayne (Swain) Family, Richard Swain, first generation in America.
By Frederick Anthony Swain, 1935.
Elizabeth Ann Basselle
(Elyzabethe Baselye)
in the England & Wales, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
Name: Elizabeth Ann Basselle
(Elyzabethe Baselye)
Gender: Female
Record Type: Christening (Baptism)
Baptism Date: 8 Oct 1598
Baptism Place: Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire, England
Parish: Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish
Father:
John Basselle
(John Baselye)
Register Type: Parish Register
Richard Swain and Elizabeth "Basselle" or (Bassell) had 7 children, 5 boys and 2 girls.
William - 1619-1657 Married: Prudence Marston
Francis - 1621-1665 Married: Martha
Nicholas - 1624-1650 Unmarried
Grace 1627-1692 Married: Nathaniel Boulter
Richard - 1630-1633 Died in Easthamstead, England.
John - 1633-1717 Married: Mary Weare
Elizabeth - 1636-1712 Married: Nathaniel Weare
Of Jane Godfrey Bunker, Richard Swain's second wife, widow of George Bunker, married on September 15, 1658 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Jane Godfrey-Bunker Swain died October 31, 1662, the first recorded death on Nantucket Island.
Of this marriage their was 1 child.
Richard Jr. - 1660-1707 Married: (1) Hannah Story (2) Abigail ?.
Richard Swain and Jane Godfrey-Bunker Swain also raised the 5 children of the marriage of Jane and George Bunker.
Elizabeth - Married: Thomas Look
William - Married: Mary Macy
Mary - Married: Stephen Coffin
Ann - Married: Joseph Coleman
Martha - Married: Stephen Hussey
The following Bio. Information came from a merge with a duplicate Memorial.
∼A planter & husbandman baptized at Binfield, Berkshire, 26 Sep 1592, son of William Swain (deposed on 19 Sep 1662 "aged about sixty-seven years.") He came from Easthamstead, Berkshire to Massachusetts Bay probably in 1635 on the Truelove (on 19 Sep 1635, "Richard Swayne," aged 34, was enrolled at London as a passender for New England on the Truelove. On 9 Apr 1635, his two eldest sons, "W[illia]m Swayne," aged 16, & "Francis Swayne," aged 14, were enrolled at London as passengers for New England on the Rebecca. Richard first settled at Newbury, but moved to Hampton in 1639 & Nantucket in 1661. Died at Nantucket 14 Apr 1682.
Married (1) by about 1619 Elizabeth Baselie (assuming she was the mother of all his pre-immigration children).
Married (2) at Hampton 15 Sep 1658, Jane (Godfrey) Bunker, widow of George Bunker of Topsfield. She died at Nantucket on 31 Oct 1662.
See Anderson's Great Migration Study Project & "The English Origin of Richard Swain of Hampton, New Hampshire, and Nantucket," by Clifford L. Stott,in The American Genealogist (October 1999),
*** The Purchase of Nantucket Island ***
In 1659, Richard Swain, with John Swain, his son and eight others purchased the Island of Nantucket, about 30 thousand acres and settled there. While there were only ten original purchasers, each man took a partner and with the addition of others of necessary trades, their were twenty-seven in the original colony.
The ten original purchasers were...
1. *Thomas Mayhew
2. Tristram Coffin Sr.
3. Thomas Macy
4. Richard Swain
5. *Thomas Barnard
6. Peter Coffin
7. *Stephen Greenleaf
8. John Swain
9. *William Pile
10. Christopher Hussy
The ten partners were...
1. John Smith
2. Nathaniel Starbuck
3. Edward Starbuck
4. Thomas Look
5. Robert Barnard
6. James Coffin
7. *Tristram Coffin Jr.
8. Thomas Coleman
9. (sold his interest to Richard Swain)
10. Robert Pike
* Never moved to Nantucket
Anxious to add to their number and to induce tradesmen to come to the island, the total number of shares were increased to twenty-seven. The original purchasers needed the assistance of tradesmen who were skilled in the arts of weaving, milling, building and other pursuits and selected men who were given half a share provided that they lived on Nantucket and carried on their trade for at least three years.
By 1667, the twenty-seven shares had been divided between 31 owners.
The Half Share men were...
1. John Bishop
2. Nathaniel Wier
3. Joseph Coleman
4. Eleazer Folger
5. Peter Folger
6. John Gardner
7. Joseph Gardner
8. Richard Gardner
9. Nathaniel Holland
10. Thomas Macy
11. Samuel Streeter
12. William Worth
Biographical Information came from 'The History of Nantucket County, Island and Town' by Alexander Starbuck. ISBN 0-8048-0250-5
Inscription information:
The main memorial, with the names of some of the island's first male European settlers, is situated on the plot. The text of this memorial reads:
ERECTED A.D. 1881. BY
A DESCENDANT OF THE FIRST
SETTLERS OF NANTUCKET
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHOSE REMAINS
ARE BURIED ON THIS HALLOWED SPOT
WHERE STOOD THE FIRST CHURCH
GATHERED HERE IN 1711,
SINCE REMOVED TO WHERE IT
NOW STANDS AS THE VESTRY OF THE
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY.
1609 – TRISTAM COFFIN – 1681
1598 – THOMAS MACY – 1682.
1604 – EDWARD STARBUCK – 1690
1617 – PETER FOLGER – 1690.
1624 – JOHN GARDNER – 1706
1664 – JOHN SWAIN. JR. – 1738.
1644 – JOHN COLEMAN – 1715.
1626 – RICHARD GARDNER – 1688.
1598 – CHRISTOPHER HUSSEY – 1686.
1640 – WILLIAM BUNKER – 1712.
