Elisha
Swain
Jr.
Born about in Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas
Ancestors 
Son of Elisha Swain
and Sarah (Unknown) Swain
Brother of
Nathan Swain [half]
Husband of
Catherine (Kemp) Swain
— married
1 Jan 1814 in Nassau, Bahamas
Husband of
Sarah (Ingraham) Swain
— married
3 Mar 1824 in Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 55
in Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Feb 2017
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Elisha Swain Jr. is part of a Bahamian family.
Biography
Elisha Swain was born about 1791 in the Bahama Islands to Captain Elisha Swain and Sarah Nottage Swain.
He married twice: first, in 1814, to Mrs. Catherine Kemp; and second, in 1824, to Sarah Ingraham. Elisha and Catherine Swain had children - among them Dinah, Margaret, Sarah, and Charles Swain. Elisha and Sarah Swain had children Charles Joseph and Melinda Ann Swain.
Elisha, shopkeeper, registered 4 slaves in Andros and New Providence in 1822. In 1836, he received compensation of £291 19S 4D for 17 enslaved laborers.
Sources
St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Nassau, Bahamas Marriage Records, 1814, #106.
Bahama Gazette, 5 January 1814. Births, Marriages, and Deaths in Early Bahamas Newspapers, compiled by Sharyn Thompson.
St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Nassau, Bahamas Marriage Records, 1824, #219.
Legacies of British Slave-ownership - University College, London, Department of History, Claim #381.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elisha 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. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elisha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elisha 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. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elisha:
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~6.25%
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