William Swain was born about 1619 in Hampton, London, England. He was the son of Richard Swain, a founder of Nantucket, and Basselle Saunders Swain.[1]
He came to America in 1635 aboard the ship Rebecca when he was 16 years of age..[2]
William married Prudence Marston about 1644.[3]
"Wm. [William] was lost on a vessel that left Hampt[on, NH] for Boston 20 Oct., 1657."[4]
From Dow:
In the autumn of 1657, an event occurred, which brought mourning and sorrow into several families in the town and cast a gloom over the whole community. A vessel sailed from our river, October 20, bound to Boston, having on board four men, two women and two children — eight persons in all — belonging to Hampton. From some cause not now known, the vessel, soon after leaving the harbor, either foundered, or was capsized, and all on board perished. The persons lost were these : Robert Reed, Serg'. William -Swaine, Emanuel Hilliard, John Philbrick, his wife Ann, and their daughter Sarah, Alice, the wife of Moses Cox, and John Cox their son, and as is supposed, their only child.[3]
William was born about 1619.
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"History of the town of Hampton, New Hampshire, from its settlement in 1638 to the autumn of 1892" by Joseph Dow ; edited and published by his daughter.
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