Joseph Swain was born on 17 July 1673 at Nantucket to John Swain and Mary Weare.[1][2]
Joseph died at age 92 on 1 June 1766 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. He is buried in the Founders Burial Ground in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts.[3]
↑Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123017170/joseph-swain : accessed 04 March 2022), memorial page for Joseph Swain (17 Jul 1673–1 Jun 1766), Find A Grave: Memorial #123017170, citing Founders Burial Ground, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Rick Valentine (contributor 47475621).
Barney Genealogical Record, Nantucket Historical Association Research Library. Personal page - 678.
Swains of Nantucket: Tales and Trails, Richard Henry Swain, 1990
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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