Nathaniel
Swan
Born in Fryeburg, York, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Son of James Swan
and Mary (Smith) Swan
Brother of
Joseph Greeley Swan, Sarah (Swan) Russell, James Swan, Anne (Swan) Barker and Naamah Swan
Husband of
Mehitable (Colby) Swan
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Julia E. (Swan) Twitchell and Huldah H. (Swan) Twitchell
Died
at age 86
in Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Aug 2021
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Biography
Nathaniel was born on January 9, 1769, in Fryeburg, Maine. He was the son of James Swan and Mary Smith, who later moved to Bethel, Maine.[1]
Nathaniel married Mehitable Colby of Sutton, Massachusetts. They resided in Bethel, Maine, and had the following children:[2]
- Esther Parker, born July 2, 1798; died December 11, 1800
- Joseph Greeley, born March 22, 1808; married Mary (Adams) Burnham
- Esther, born December 31, 1801; married Hazen Koech
- Julia, born February 13, 1804; married Ransom Twitchell
- Jonathan, born May 14, 1806
- Abigail, born March 20, 1808
- Joshua G., born January 8, 1814; married Julia Goodenow
- Huldah, married Moses Twitchell
- Mehitable, born November 10, 1819
He died on January 2, 1856. He is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Bethel.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Lapham, 620
- ↑ Lapham, 621
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137865249/nathaniel-swan : accessed 27 August 2021), memorial page for Nathaniel Swan (9 Jan 1769–2 Jan 1856), Find a Grave Memorial ID 137865249, citing Riverside Cemetery, Bethel, Oxford County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Butterfly~Kisses (contributor 46994799) .
- Lapham, William Berry. History of Bethel : formerly Sudbury, Canada, Oxford County, Maine, 1768-1890, with a brief sketch of Hanover and family statistics. Augusta, Me. : Press of the Maine farmer, 1891. pp. 620-621
- Swan, Frank Herbert. Richard Swan and Some of His Descendants (Akerman-Standard Co., Providence, R.I., 1927) Page 54
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6V9-6QF : 22 December 2020), Nathaniel Swan, Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nathaniel 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 Nathaniel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nathaniel 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 Nathaniel:
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~0.78%
Lynn (Ross) Sullivan
:
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~0.78%
Robert Givens :
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