Born in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Swain Jr.
and Experience (Folger) Swain
Sister of
William Swain, John Swain III, Ruth (Swain) Upham, Eliakim Swain, Priscilla (Swain) Bunker, Hannah (Swain) Gardner, George Swain and Stephen Swain
Wife of
Robert Wyer
— married
5 Jul 1720 in Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Elisabeth (Wyer) Swain, Mary (Wyer) Giles, Ruth Wyer, William Wyer, Zachariah Wyer and Hepzibah (Wyer) Coleman
Died
at about age 89
in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Apr 2010
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Biography
Catherine (Swain) Wyer descends from John Swain, a Nantucket founder.
Sources
- Barney Genealogical Record, Nantucket Historical Association. Person I17495.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Charlene Sue Chambers
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup V, FTDNA kit #5675
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~0.78%
Nancy Sheldon (Fisher) Hansen :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FY1177673 [compare], yourDNAportal NAN0ad9342e, Ancestry member NancyFisherHansen
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~0.78%
Thelma (Widdicombe) Beech :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QQ7745491 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B789144
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~0.39%
Ruth Armstrong :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T316929 [compare], FTDNA kit #835165
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Michael Dunn
Michael Dunn
Swain-1228 and Swain-6 appear to represent the same person because: Your spelling of the name seems more plausible.
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by Michael Dunn
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