Jeremiah Swain (1643 - 1710)

Born 1 Jan 1643 in Charlestown, Massachusetts

Husband of Mary (Smith) Swain — married 5 Nov 1664 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 13 Aug 1710 at age 67 in Reading, Massachusetts

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Biography

Jeremiah Swaine was born 1 January 1643 at Charlestown, Massachusetts to parents Jeremiah and Mary Swaine. ^[1] His birth has also been transcribed and included with early Boston records (exact same vital record recorded for both locations, Boston and Charlestown).^[2]

From midpoint to midpoint Charlestown and Reading are about 10 miles apart.

Jeremiah Swaine married Mary Smith on November 5, 1664, in Reading, MIddlesex, Massachusetts ^{[3] [4]} and they had the following known children all born in Reading: ^[5]

• Jeremiah, b. 22 Dec 1665
• John, 24 Oct 1667
• Benjamin, b. 9 Sep 1669
• John, b. 22 Feb 1671
• Hepseba, b. 30 Jun 1677
• Sarah, b. 31 Nov 1682

In 1675 an armed conflict between the Indian inhabitants of various New England locations and the colonists broke out. Colonial militia and Indian raiding parties spread over Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Maine but in late 1675 a concentrated effort was targeted at Narraganset, Rhode Island culminating in the attack on the main fort and later called the 'Great Swamp Fight'. In little more than a year at least 12 colonies were destroyed and more were damaged with the economies of Plymouth and Rhode Island colonies all but being ruined. More than half of New England's towns had been attack.^[6]

During the conflict and war Major Samuel Appleton (1625-1696) of Ipswich, Massachusetts led about 600 men members of the Massachusetts militia to attack the Indian Narragansett fort in Rhode Island. A list of Major Sam Appleton's soldiers who were either slain or wounded in the 'Great Swamp Fight' on the 19 December 1675 at the Indian's fort at Narraganset included Lieutenant Jeremiah Swayne.

"The following paper, preserved in the Mass. Archives, vol. 68, pg.97, is the roll of Major Appleton's company in the Narraganset campaign. Jeremiah Swain of Reading was lieutenant: Sgt. Ezek Woodward; Sgt. John Whicher; Steven Buttler; Steven Gullever; Samuell Verry; Daniell Hall.' ^[7]

Indian Deed of Lynn. "Salem records, dated 4 Sep 1686, deed from [Native American] Indians in the territory now constituting Lynn, Lynnfield, Nahant, Saugus, and Swampscot, and parts of Danvers, Reading and South Reading. At the time this deed was given in reality not a 3rd of the territory was occupied by the settlers; but there was a prospect that it would presently come in use. The [Native American] Indians had mostly retired, and it was important that their title, if any existed, should be extinguished." ^[8] When town deeds were negotiated and executed in March 1689, Mr. John Browne, Capt. jeremiah Sweyn, and Leiut. William Harsey, acted as trustees and prudentials for ye towne of Reading, during these transactions..." ^[8]

Lynn and Reading 'joyne one another'.

Jeremiah Swayne, Lt. survived his wounds and at age 67 years died 13 August 1710 at Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Research Notes
Note on LNAB Spelling: In the transcribed texts for the period the spelling Swaine dominates.

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Reprinted by Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Online db publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Provo, UT: Online access 28 May 2019.
2. ↑ NEHGR, 1847-2011; Source Information Ancestry.com. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston. Online access 28 May 2019.
3. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas W., Vital Records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. 1912)(Free e-book) p. 444
4. ↑ Source Information Title Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 Author Ancestry.com Note Mackenzie, George Norbury, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, editors. 'Colonial Families of the United States of America: in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775'; 7 volume; Pg.372. 1912. Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995.Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Publisher Date 2016 Publisher Location Lehi, UT, USA. Online access 28 2019.
5. ↑ Vital records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 Author Ancestry.com Publisher Ancestry.com Operations Inc Publisher Date 2005 Publisher Location Provo, UT., USA. Online access 28 May 2019.
6. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Philip%27s_War
7. ↑ Soldiers in King Phillip's War; Beginning of Hostilities.' Citation Information Web Address ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLHG-KingPhilipsWar&h
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   Edit Source Source Information Title Soldiers in King Philip's War Repository Ancestry.com. Online access 28 May 2019.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} (1794-1861), Newhall, James Robinson, editors "History of Lynn, Essex county, Massachusetts, including Lynnfield, Saugus, Swampscot, and Nahant, 1629-1893", pg.52, pub 1890. Accessed 31 Jan 2020. E-book available in the public domain at https://archive.org/details/historyoflynness00inlewi/page/50/mode/1up/search/browne?q=early+Lynn%2C+Massachusetts

• Swain, William Chester. Swain and Allied Families (Swain & Tate Co., Milwaukee, Wis., 1896) Page 6-13
• Ullmann, Helen S. The Pierponts of Roxbury, Massachusetts (Newbury Street Press, Boston, Mass., 2007) Page 25

Acknowledgements

• Thank you to Robert Keniston for creating WikiTree profile Swain-725 through the import of L Harrington - Anc 2013-08-22.ged on Aug 23, 2013.
• Additional sources and editing by direct descendant Johnson-43462