Dorcas
Swain
Born in Tyrrell County, NC
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Swain
and Nancy (Barnes) Swain
Sister of
William F. Swain, John Swain, James Swain Sr., Susan Ann (Swain) Etheridge, Nancy Louise Swain, Alethia Swain, Edgar Lefete Swain and Abram E. Swain
Wife of
Amos W. Swain
— married
4 Dec 1879 in Pasquotank County, NC
[children unknown]
Died after
after age 40
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Jun 2016
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Biography
Note: #N650.
Notes
Note N650.
Notes from Helen Sharpe. 1
1900 Pasquotank Census 1 w-d Elizabeth City.
Dorcas Swain Jan 1860 40 wd. Listed as boarder with James Ballance and wife Jennie.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorcas by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dorcas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorcas by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dorcas:
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~3.12%
~3.12%
Carolyn (Sharpe) Haywood 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M460173 [compare]
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~1.56%
James Fleming :
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