Born in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Moses Swift
and Mary (Foster) Swift
Sister of
Ruth (Swift) Waterman, Bathsheba (Swift) Lewis, Sarah (Swift) Crowell, Hannah (Swift) Thatcher and Samuel Swift
Wife of
John Fearing
— married
5 Nov 1758 in Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
John Fearing
Died
at age 90
in Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Sep 2010
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Biography
Dorcas was the daughter of Moses and Mary Foster Swift; she was born on March 10, 1730 at Sandwich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1] She married John Fearing at Wareham in November of 1758.[2][3]
She died in 1820.[4]
Name: Dorcas (Swift) Fearing. Given Name: Dorcas. Surname: (Swift) Fearing. Array
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-R7CT : 18 February 2020), Dorcas Swift, 10 Mar 1730; citing Birth, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934221.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHCH-4VC : 24 January 2020), Dorcas Swift in entry for John Fearing, 1757.
- ↑ Smith, Eben. "William Swift and His Descendants to the Sixth Generation." Library of Cape Cod History and Genealogy, No. 15, 1923. Page 32/250. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/48171/images/CapeCodLibraryI-000463-250?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&rc=861%2C952%2C968%2C982%3B965%2C953%2C1109%2C988%3B1025%2C1123%2C1174%2C1159&pId=228953&backurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ancestry.com%2F
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #74866253
- Source: S1596365602 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Record Collection 1030Ancestry Family Tree APID 312307544736:1030:173238283
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